Alumni in Residence with Vinod Lala J.D. ’93 of Vonage Holdings Corp

Thursday, March 13, 2025 from 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. EST

The Alumni in Residence program connects current HLS students with accomplished HLS alumni for one-on-one career mentoring and advice. You’re invited to meet with Vinod Lala J.D. ’93 during their virtual office hours. Sign up for a 20-minute Zoom appointment.

Vinod Lala J.D. ’93

Vinod Lala is an accomplished finance executive with 25+ years’ experience in strategic investments, M&A, corporate finance, board advisory and public shareholder engagement coupled with domain expertise in cloud communications, digital infrastructure and mobile networks.

For the last ten years, Vinod has been the Chief Strategy Officer at Vonage (previously a NASDAQ publicly traded company) where he spearheaded strategy and M&A execution that transformed Vonage from a residential VoIP provider into a cloud communications leader through a series of acquisitions. These culminated in Vonage’s sale to Ericsson for $6.2 billion—yielding a 7x return for Vonage’s shareholders. As part of Ericsson, Lala has been collaborating on strategic and transactional undertakings to advance its next generation communications initiatives.

Prior to Vonage, Lala was a senior investment banker with $62 billion in M&A across 49 publicly announced US and cross-border transactions and strategic situations and $30 billion in IPO, equity and debt financings. He began his career as a corporate/securities lawyer at Weil Gotshal & Manges and is a member of the New York Bar.