Saankhya Labs adds Mariam Sorond to its Board of Advisors

Saankhya Labs has added Mariam Sorond to its Board of Advisors. Mariam Sorond is the Chief Research and Development Officer at CableLabs. In this role, she leads research & development of new technologies for CableLabs' members and the industry.

"I am excited to have Mariam Sorond join our Board of advisors. Mariam brings immense experience and expertise in wireless communication technologies and we look forward to her insights to help in our next level of growth," Parag Naik, CEO of Saankhya Labs, said.

An expert in mobile wireless, fixed, and satellite networks, Sorond previously held the position of Chief Wireless Architect for DISH Network and led the team focused on the 5G network. She was also responsible for spectrum technology and strategy, end-to-end technology development, creating the next generation network architecture and standards development, according to a company release.


Sorond has more than 26 years of technical and strategy experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining DISH, she worked at various companies such as Lucent Technologies (now Nokia), ICO, Nextel, and PrimeCo, according to the company release.

"Saankhya Labs is working on next generation innovative solutions in the world of open, virtualized and disaggregated networks across multiple access technologies including 5G, and I am happy to be a part of their advisory board to guide them in their endeavour to build disruptive products and solutions that take the industry to the next level of convergence and connectivity," said Sorond.