Kris Szaniawski

Research Director, Service Provider Access, Software and Transformation

As Research Director, Kris is responsible for Omdia’s research coverage of telecoms IT and access network technologies. He leads a global team of telecoms industry specialists monitoring and analyzing technology market developments, and supporting clients’ network, software, and operations transformation strategies.

His areas of expertise include the rapidly changing telecoms ecosystem, network evolution and automation, operations and business support systems transformation, and the move to the cloud. With over 25 years’ experience in the industry, Kris has also worked for Ovum, Informa Telecoms and Media, Financial Times Group, and Jane’s Information Group.