Himanshu Mahanta

Himanshu S. Mahanta is a senior telecom transformation leader and Director in Business Consulting at EY, with over 20 years of global experience driving large-scale OSS/BSS and digital transformation programs across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. He specializes in complex, multi-vendor transformation initiatives, including M&A-driven integration, operating model redesign, and enterprise performance improvement, with a strong track record in delivering and recovering large, high-impact programs. Himanshu brings deep expertise in Program governance, solution architecture, and platform-based operating models, while partnering closely with CSPs to enable next-generation, AI-driven and cloud-native telco ecosystems. In addition to his consulting work, he is an active thought leader, researcher, and contributor to industry and academic forums, with a focus on advancing innovation in telecom and information systems integration.