Arnab Ghosal is the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Southern Telecom.  Southern Telecom is the telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company.  Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Southern Telecom provides wholesale dark fiber optic solutions to the business community.  

Prior to his role at Southern Telecom Arnab spent 18 years at Alabama Power.  He has had several different roles within the Power Delivery Organization which include Substation Maintenance Engineer, Alabama Control Center Operator, Protection and Control Engineer, Substation Construction Scheduler, Assistant to Power Delivery SVP, Connectivity and Innovation Manger and Grid Inform & Connectivity General Manager.

He is currently serving on the board at the American Red Cross (Bham Chapter), Embrace Alabama Kids and the Alabama Power Service Organization. He was also selected as a 2019 Aspen Ideas Scholar, 2021 Birmingham Business Journal Top 40 Under 40, 2022 Fortnightly 40 under 40 and a participant in the 2022 Young Americans Leader Program at Harvard Business School.

Arnab received his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Alabama as well as a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Alabama-Birmingham.