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Dev Patel

Senior PartnerChicago

Dev coleads McKinsey’s global operator work. He previously coled the company’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), Infrastructure, and M&A Practices. He has extensive experience supporting strategy, operational, and organizational topics across the TMT value chain, from semiconductors to devices to operators to software companies.

Examples of Dev’s recent client work include the following:

  • contributing to two large M&A transactions in the North American telco market
  • reshaping the portfolio of a billion-dollar tech conglomerate via several spinoffs and acquisitions, along with associated transformations
  • designing market entry strategies for leading key components companies
  • driving a comprehensive transformation at a leading semiconductor company

Before joining McKinsey, Dev received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, an MSEE from IIT, and a BSEE from UIUC.

PUBLISHED WORK

Pushing telcos’ AI envelope on capital decisions,” McKinsey & Company, February 2025

Resilience in high tech telecommunications & media: Winning in downturns,” McKinsey & Company, October 2019

Are you ready for 5G?,” McKinsey & Company, February 2018

What US consumers think of shared mobility,” McKinsey & Company, November 2017

Cracking the mobile advertising code,” October 2013