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Meet our Submarine Network World 2009 speakers
President & Chief Executive Officer,
Southern Cross Cables Limited
Ms Beck was appointed to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer for Southern Cross Cable Network in May 2001.
Prior to this she represented Telecom New Zealand as a Director on the Board of Southern Cross Cable Network and was a senior manager within Telecom New Zealand. During her time at Telecom she was responsible for Telecom's corporate planning, EVA analysis, capital investment reviews and corporate advisory service and she has also held positions as a Director for EDS (NZ) and ConnecTel.
Ms Beck joined Telecom New Zealand in 1996 from the New Zealand Treasury, and prior to this she was a manager with the management consulting division of Deloitte Touche Tomastu.
She is a chartered accountant and holds a Bachelor of Management Studies (Honours) degree in Accounting and Finance from Waikato University, New Zealand.
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Chief Executive Officer,
Ocean Specialists Inc
Since 2003, Jim has led Ocean Specialists, Inc. (OSI) in providing submarine cable system advisory and project management services to the the submarine telecommunications industry as well as to offshore oil and gas operators worldwide. During this time Jim has been involved in projects in both sectors of the industry from West Africa to the Asia Pacific, providing services ranging from business case development and investor recruitment to system design, permitting and implementation for customers including system investors, owners and suppliers. Prior to joining OSI, Jim served for 19 years in the submarine cable industry in the design, planning, installation and maintenance of undersea cable systems with General Offshore Corporation, Cable and Wireless (Marine), Ltd. and Global Marine Systems, Ltd., and has held VP and Regional Director roles in both Asia and the Americas regions.
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Vice President, Sales & Marketing,
MedNautilus
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Vice President, Sales & Marketing Asia Pacific,
Reliance Globalcom
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Managing Director,
Telecom Italia Sparkle
Dino Civitarese has 19 years experience in the Telecommunications Industry with international exposure in the last 12, of which 8 in Asia Pacific.
Dino joined Telecom Italia Sparkle in May 2006 as Regional Vice President Asia Pacific with the mission of strengthening the presence of TI Sparkle in the Asian market.
Prior to joining TI Sparkle, Dino has spent 18 months as Head of International Carrier Strategy & Business Development in Maxis Communications Berhad, the leading mobile operator in Malaysia, where he contributed to its international wholesale growth.
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Senior Director, Global Submarine Cable Strategy & Projects,
Tata Communications
Simon Cooper is Senior Director for Global Carrier Solutions for Tata Communications, a member of the $29B Tata Group. As part of the senior management within the Global Carrier Solutions team, Mr. Cooper is responsible for establishing and implementing strategies surrounding Tata Communications’ global network investment and cost base.
Mr. Cooper has a wide range of technical, commercial and project management experience. As Senior Director, he works closely across all lines of businesses to identify Tata Communications’ future needs and business opportunities. His core responsibilities also include working extensively with Tata Communications’ partners and technology suppliers.
Prior to VSNL, Mr. Cooper worked with Level 3 Communications where he took on a few roles before taking on the position as the Director of Transport Services where he managed the $50M European Transport Services line of business.
Mr. Cooper previously worked with Cable and Wireless where his accomplishments included many international connectivity projects of both building new cables and existing cable repair management. Some of the major projects included The ECFS, Gemini and The Cayman-Jamaica cable systems.
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Partner,
Bingham McCutchen LLP
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(Founder, Sub-Optic), Consultant,
Submarcom Consulting
Jean Devos is presently a senior consultant with Submarcom Consulting. He is also one of the founders and a board member of Axiom, a Paris based company specialized in Submarine systems projects study & management.
Prior this, Jean spent three years-1997 to 2000- with Tyco Telecom, developing Tyco’s international capability.
From 1977 to 1997, Jean was the head of ASN (Alcatel Submarine Networks). Under his leadership Alcatel moved from a small regional player, to become a truly global supplier.
He stepped in our activity in 1961 as a cable engineer in the Calais factory, before taking the position of submarine cable product general manager.
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Global Vice President of Product Marketing,
Infinera
Rick Dodd is Vice President of Product Marketing for Infinera. Rick has been involved with leading-edge optical networking technology since 1991. He began his career as a fiber optic engineer at WilTel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He then worked at Cisco Systems in product management before joining Lightera Networks as Director of Product Management for the CoreDirector intelligent optical switch. One of the most successful optical networking startups of the 1990s, Lightera was acquired by Ciena Corporation in 1999 for $550 million. Rick joined Ciena as Director of Strategic Marketing. He left in 2000 to join venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers as an associate partner focused on the optical networking sector. At Kleiner Perkins, Rick played a key role in the firm’s investment in Infinera. In 2003, Rick joined left Kleiner Perkins to join Infinera.
Rick holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BSEE from Brown University. He lives in Palo Alto, California with his wife and family.
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Product Manager, Cable Connectivity and New Cable Projects,
Cytaglobal
IMr Economides, International Network Manager, at the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority since October 1994. Mr. Economides has been with various groups within the International Planning and Business Development department for the past 15 years. His main tasks include: planning, negotiation and implementation of international submarine fiber optic cable systems, purchase/sale of international network facilities and services, feasibility studies for international projects, budget preparation costing and pricing of telecommunication services and management of a product portfolio of international capacity services.
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Director, International Business Development,
EGS Survey Group
With more than 30 years experience as a marine geologist and applied geophysicist with 22years based in Singapore. Now living in Australia, Graham has the dual role of Business Development Director for the EGS Survey Group of companies worldwide, and as a Director of EGS Survey, Australia.
Graham began specialising in submarine cable route planning and survey in 1990 after adapting engineering geoscience investigative procedures he had developed for dredging investigations, to the requirements of the submarine telecommunications industry; in particular in the field of burial assessment. Since that time, he has become an enthusiastic and dedicated participant in the submarine telecommunications community and is a regular speaker on his specialist topics at international submarine telecommunications conferences worldwide.
Graham holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from the University of Manchester, and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences from the Open University.
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Vice President - Marketing & Product Management,
Belgacom International Carriers Services
Patrick George is the head of the Marketing & Product Management organisation and member of the Management Team within Belgacom ICS. Prior to that, he was Director International Transmission Network of BICS being in charge of Engineering, Operations and Worldwide filed Operations where he deployed the first Pan European Next Gen Optical Backbone. Prior to BICS, Patrick was Senior Sales & Account Director at Mach, the leading clearing house worldwide. Before that , Patrick was the head of the Mobile Market Development at GTS-Ebone and was responsible for establishing Ebone as a key market player in the mobile data arena. In the late 1990s, Patrick held different management positions within the product and marketing departments at Belgacom and WIN. He began his career as a research engineer for the research and development team of Belgacom.
Patrick graduated as a Civil Engineer in Computer Science from the University of Liège and studied marketing at Insead, Fontainebleau.
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Executive Vice President, International & Wholesale,
Du
As Executive Vice President for du International & Wholesale, Andrew Grenville is responsible for developing the international carrier services business including wholesale long distance, international roaming, infrastructure and Internet products.
Andrew began his career at du by successfully setting up the Enterprise Division in his capacity as Executive Vice President, where he managed the overall commercial operations serving business customers.
Andrew has been at the forefront of the telecommunications industry for over 20 years. Prior to joining du, he was Vice President - International & Wholesale for StarHub, Singapore, responsible for managing and developing international voice and data networks, having also lead the Product Management and Marketing teams.
Earlier, Andrew was CEO of a company involved in submarine cable backhaul and facilities, and Alliance Director for StarHub (British Telecom’s Singapore venture). Andrew’s career with BT spanned nearly 10 years holding various senior appointments in Logistics, Procurement, Sales and Marketing. Prior to that he worked for GPT and Racal Datacoms in technical and sales roles. Andrew holds an Honours degree in Electrical Engineering from Sheffield University, UK.
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Vice President, Carrier & Service Provider ASEAN Markets,
Telstra International
Allan is the VP Carrier & Service Provider Markets, ASEAN, based in Singapore where he is also a Director for Telstra Singapore Pte. Ltd. Allan is responsible for Telstra’s business engagement with ASEAN based carriers and service providers. He also oversees channel models in ASEAN and provides counsel on investment strategies for the region to the parent company Telstra Corporation.
Allan joined Telstra International in September 2002 and has more than 30 years of experience within the global ICT industry gained through various roles in Asia and Australasia. Allan was instrumental in the establishment of the Telstra business in South East Asia and played a crucial role in creating a direct go-to-market organisation to specifically address the needs of Asian-based multi-national customers.
Prior to joining Telstra, Allan was General Manager at IXnet in Singapore, which was later acquired by Global Crossing in 2001. Earlier in his career, Allan worked with Syscorp Investment Systems, Trade Wind Group and Telecom Australia, the predecessor to Telstra Corporation as it is known today, and had various roles associated with providing ICT services to Australian and Asian based financial institutions.
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Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director,
Bangla Trac Communications
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Chief Executive Officer,
Hibbard Consulting
Since 2001, John Hibbard has been a consultant with his own company, Hibbard Consulting Pty Limited, focusing primarily on the many facets of international telecommunications. John spent most of his career with Telstra and OTC. In the 7 years prior to his departure, John was Managing Director, Telstra Global Wholesale responsible for a team maintaining and growing Telstra’s international carrier business around the globe. John was also the Chairman of the Australia Japan Cable from its formation, having conceived the project and over-sighted its execution. He was also elected by the industry to the Executive Board of the prestigious Pacific Telecommunications Council and is currently a member of its Advisory Council.
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Sales & Marketing Director,
Apollo Submarine Cable System
Daniel Hughes joined Apollo in January 2008. Previously Daniel worked for Verizon Business and was involved in the development of the Verizon Business global network, through private acquisition and the development of consortium submarine cable systems. He was the Investment and Agreement Co Chair for the SMW4 and TPE cable systems and the IMC Chair for EIG.
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Chief Executive Officer,
Triton Telecom, Cobian International Group
Ms Negron is a seasoned professional with many years of progressive expertise and a comprehensive background in engineering, project management, sales, marketing and administration of technology operations, staffing, and resources.
She has served as CEO/President, Chief Engineer, and Chairwoman of Cobian since 2005. In her capacity as Chief Executive Officer she has provided the executive staff with vision, and direction. Ms Negron remains focused on innovation, forever future thinking, and revolutionizing the industry. Keeping the team genuinely engaged & motivated, her responsibilities include corporate development. setting long-range strategy, and building and maintaining relationships with our customers and partners.
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Director,
SingTel Submarine Cable Business Division
Ang Joon Ping Joshua - A director in SingTel submarine cable business division. He has been involved with the entire cable system lifecycle process and in various cable partnerships. He chaired the SEAIOCMA a few years ago. His current interest is in the potentials of the 40G/100G technology and the cable business cycles.
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Senior Vice President, International Marketing & Sales,
Company TTK
Igor Kelshev joined Company TTK (TransTeleCom) in 2005 as Senior Vice-President of International Sales & Marketing. In 1989 he graduated the Moscow Academy of Foreign Trade. Mr. Kelshev started his professional career in early 90’s working in various Russian companies seeking partners in Asia-Pacific region. He started his own consultancy practice and represented a number of Asian wholesale suppliers. Later he joined one of daughter companies of Transneft, Russian oil transit monopoly as Executive Director of International Sales. In 2006 he got Executive MBA at Chicago Business School. Mr. Kelshev is fluent in English and Chinese.
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Chairman, North American Zone,
PIOCMA
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Mr Ioannis Konstantinidis, Executive Commercial Director,
OTEGLOBE
Mr. Ioannis Konstantinidis holds the position of OTEGLOBE’s Executive Commercial Director from February 2008, coming from the position of OTEGLOBE's Executive Technology Director. By joining OTEGLOBE at its start-up in 2000 as Director of Network Engineering & Operations, he contributed significantly to the development and establishment of the company’s business in the Int’l Wholesale Telecommunications Market.
Major highlights of his career within OTEGLOBE consist the design, implementation & operation of both the high capacity International MPLS/Data/IP Network (Multi-Service Platform – MSP) and the New Transbalkan Network (TBN), which feature two of the company’s core infrastructures, while at the same time he contributed to the optimization of the Int’l Voice Switches operations.
Mr. Konstandinidis holds a University Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Athens (NTUA), with specialization in Telecommunications & Electronics.
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Chief Technology Officer,
Pacnet
Wilfred Kwan, Chief Technology Officer, is responsible for Network Operations, Engineering, IT, and Product Management. Mr. Kwan previously served as Chief Technology Officer of Asia Netcom and earlier as Senior Vice President of Network Operations of Asia Global Crossing.
With more than 19 years of experience in the telecom industry, Mr. Kwan's experience ranges from software development and integrated circuit design to product development, network planning and operations. Mr. Kwan joined ANC from WorldCom Asia Pacific, where he was the Director of Operations responsible for overall operational efficiencies such as MTTR, on-time delivery and operations cost. He also led the implementation of ISO 9000 and cross-departmental processes for quality assurance at WorldCom. Mr. Kwan has also held various management positions with Global One, Lucent Technologies, Motorola and Nortel. Since 1999, Mr. Kwan has served as an advisory committee member to OFTA in Hong Kong.
Mr. Kwan has an MS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, where he also received his undergraduate degree in the same discipline. Additionally, he has an MS in Financial Management from the University of London.
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Assistant Director, Regulatory Affairs,
Office of The Telecommunications Authority
Mr Lau was graduated in the University of Western Ontario Canada in 1979. He joined the Office of Telecommunications Authority (then Post Office) in 1981 and has been working in the radiocommunications and telecommunications field since then. During 2002 – September 2008, Mr Lau headed the Operations Branch and was responsible for regulating and managing radio spectrum in Hong Kong and advising the policy bureau on technical matters
on broadcasting. He now heads the Regulatory Affairs Branch and is responsible for overseeing the regulation and licensing of public telecommunications services, enforcing licence conditions and administering the telecommunications numbering plan.
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General Manager, International Networks,
Hutchison Global Communications
Mr. Alan Liu is the General Manager, International Networks of Hutchison Global Communications Limited (“HGC”). A key management team member in the International Business Division of HGC, Mr. Liu is responsible for the planning and development of the company’s international network. Furthermore, Mr. Liu oversees the network engineering and operation of the company’s international infrastructure.
Mr. Liu has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry in Hong Kong. Prior to joining HGC, Mr. Liu has held senior positions in New World Telecom and Hong Kong Telecom. Mr. Liu also holds a degree of Master of Science in Electronic Engineering.
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Director, Asia Pacific Network Planning,
Verizon
Yali Z. Liu is Director of Asia Pacific Network Planning. Her responsibilities include national and metro network planning, access management, technical facility planning, as well as data, voice & transmission network implementation for the Asia Pacific region.
Yali joined Verizon Business (former MCI) in 1995 in Texas, USA. She held various engineering and management positions in the company. Her last position prior to moving to the region was Director of International Network Planning where she was responsible for MCI international data, IP, submarine cable systems and transmission network planning.
Prior to joining Verizon Business, Yali worked in the IT/communications industry in the US and in China including 4 years with IBM China as Systems Engineer.
Yali holds a B.S. degree in Mathematics from Beijing University in China, a M.S. degree in Computer Sciences from University of Texas, and an MBA in Management Information Systems from University of Dallas in the US. Yali holds a patent in VoIP and was recognized as a Distinguished Achiever in Technology at the US National Women of Color Technology Award Conference in 2005.
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General Manager, Business Management,
Hutchinson Global Communications
Mr. Ravindran Mahalingam is the General Manager, Business Management of Hutchison Global Communications Limited (“HGC”). A key management team member in the International Business Division of HGC, Mr. Mahalingam is responsible for the global business development and strategic planning for HGC’s wholesale carrier business. Furthermore, Mr. Mahalingam oversees two regional offices and the company’s wholesale business in 14 regional offices, including one office in the USA and four offices in China.
Mr. Mahalingam possesses over 11 years of experience in the international telecommunications industry. Prior to joining HGC in 2002, Mr. Mahalingam oversaw the data and voice business in Teleglobe in Malaysia.
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Research Director, Submarine Networks,
Telegeography Research
Alan Mauldin is a Research Director at TeleGeography. Since joining the company in 2000, Mr. Mauldin has served as a principal analyst in many areas of TeleGeography’s research, including international Internet infrastructure, submarine cable systems, and bandwidth demand modeling. Mr. Mauldin heads TeleGeography’s Global Bandwidth Forecast and Global Internet Geography research services. He holds a degree from Baylor University.
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Chief Technology Officer,
Glimmerglass
Prior to joining Glimmerglass, Joe was co-founder and CTO of Opthos, a metro area optical networking company. Earlier, Joe led the Optical Networking research at Optivision. Concepts developed by Joe’s team led to the founding of ONI Systems. At ONI, he continued to lead research into the next generation of All-Optical Networks. Research ranged from All-Optical system architecture and optical subsystem design to collaboration with DoD on the JIT signaling protocol for MONET project. Joe received his B.S. in Mathematics from Stanford followed by a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Caltech.
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Senior Vice President,
Pacific Crossing
Seth Davis has served as Senior Vice President of Pacific Crossing since 2002 managing its operations. His career spans more than 30 years in business and technology consulting and financial management in media and telecommunications industries. He has held executive and senior consulting positions with companies such as AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., Cable Plus L.L.P. and MIDCOM Communications, Inc. He also was Senior Vice President and COO of USOL Holdings, Inc., as well as President and CEO of U.S. Fibercom Network. In addition to his position at Pacific Crossing, he is Senior Director at CXO, L.L.C. Davis has a master's of business administration from the Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University.
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Managing Partner,
Pioneer Consulting
Julian is well-known throughout the submarine fiber optic industry for his insightful market analysis and project management skills. He has worked in emerging and developed international markets for nearly 20 years with blue-chip companies such as Global Marine, NTT, Cable & Wireless, Chevron, and BP. Since joining Pioneer in 2001, Julian has led projects for clients from all segments of the submarine fiber optic industry and continues to publish his research on submarine fiber optic markets around the world. In addition to regular quotes in the Press and articles for industry publications, he regularly chairs industry conferences.
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Managing Director,
Terabit Consulting
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Chief Executive Officer,
Australia Japan Cable
Robin Russell has over thirty years experience in the telecommunications industry. For the last seven years he has been CEO of Australia Japan Cable (AJC), an economical and ultra reliable submarine fibre optic network enabling links between Asia and North America with Australia. He holds a Master of Commerce degree from the University of New South Wales.
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Chairman,
West Indian Ocean Cable Company
John Sihra's background is in telecommunications engineering with over thrity years industry experience most of it at senior management levels. Having worked on major telecommunications projects in the Middle East and assignments in Africa, John diversified into the commerical side of the industry in 1976.
In 1992 John set up Hentorial Telecom International, HTI, a consultancy company based in Dublin, Ireland, specialising in telecommunications business development. John has provided consultancy to, amongst others, the ITU-BDT in Geneva, the EU in Brussels, Government of Latvia, Government of Zanzibar where it set ZANTEL, the SNO in Tanzania. John is Special Advisor to the Board of ZANTEL and the Government of Zanzibar.
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Chairman, Carribbean Digital Divide Initiative, Chairman, Telekom Caribe,
Carribbean Digital Divide Initiative
Mike Singh is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Telkom Caribe founded in 2003. Telkom Caribe is a strategic player in the planned deployment of the Indus-Americas Subsea Cable System which is expected to solve the bandwidth constraints faced by the emerging markets of the Southern Hemisphere via the linkage of Asia, Africa, South America & North America. In addition, his firm provides wideranging consultantcy services to a growing number of global powerhouses on both the operator and vendor sides of the global convergent telecommunications sector with a specialised focus on 2.5G Edge, 3G/UMTS, Mobile Broadband, FMS, WiMax, VoIP, IPTv and Mobile TV next generation solutions.
Mr. Singh is zealously committed to ensuring that the issue of inadequate bandwidth supply within CARICOM (Caribbean Community) is not ignored and that both the state and the private sector do jointly address the serious pitfalls that lie ahead for several island states as globalisation makes its presence felt especially in the telecoms arena.
He later finished his high school education in Great Britain and thereafter completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in Canada and Great Britain respectively.
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Group Vice Chairman China Unicom and President China Unicom European Operations, Hong Kong Operations,
China Unicom
Mr. William So is the Deputy Managing Director of International Division, China Netcom (Group) Co. Ltd., and Chief Operating Officer, China Netcom (Hong Kong) Operations Ltd.
Mr. So joined China Netcom in 2000 as head of international business and has since developed the business from scratch to become the largest in China, working closely with international telecom operators as business and equity partners. Born in Hong Kong and educated in Hong Kong and the UK, Mr. So has a very unique background with exceptional experience in both International and China business.
Prior to joining CNC, Mr. So served as General Manager to an European Telecom Equipment manufacturer and helped the company to establish Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprises (WOFE) as well as a Foreign-Foreign Joint Ventures in China. Before that, Mr. So served as General Manager for an International telecom operator and helped the company to establish and managed a Sino-US Joint Venture in 1996.
Mr. So received his honor degree in Computing Science from Imperial College, London in 1981. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Regional Director, North Asia and South Pacific,
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Thomas Soerensen is Regional Director Asia Pacific for Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks. Thomas has a background as a Master Mariner before joining Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks in 2000. He has held various positions within Project Management, Operations and Sales & Marketing of turn key under sea telecommunication cable installation and service agreements with a focus on the Asia Pacific markets. Thomas has been based in Asia since 2004. Now based in Sydney, he is responsible for the Australasian, South Pacific, Indonesian, Malaysian and the Philippines markets for networks supply contracts and the entire APAC region for Marine Maintenance Agreements for Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks.
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Vice President,
Ocean Specialists Inc
Tom Soja is founder of T Soja & Associates, Inc. (TSA), a provider of premier market analysis & forecasting, business case development, commercial feasibility and market planning services since 1997. In response to overwhelming customer demand for integrated planning, engineering and project implementation services, TSA merged with Ocean Specialists, Inc. in late 2008. Mr. Soja has been a leader in the submarine telecoms industry for the past 18 years and has executed more than 90 submarine cable market and feasibility projects including several leading-edge studies for cable networks for the offshore oil & gas industry in the North Sea, West Africa, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Mr. Soja is a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs, financial institutions, investors, systems and components suppliers and the legal community.
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Senior Vice President, Global IP & Data Sales,
Telecom Italia Sparkle
Nicola Tordela has been serving as Telecom Italia Sparkle’s Senior Vice President, Global IP & Data Sales since 2003, with the mission of developing the company presence in this specific wholesale market segment.
While redefining from scratch TI Sparkle IP & Data value proposition and triggering a number of infrastructural projects that have earned TI Sparkle a fairly unique market positioning, he has managed - in tight coordination with TI Sparkle regional organizations - a newly hired multi-cultural sales force, ultimately gaining the trust of more than 350 clients worldwide, most of whom first-time buyers.
Prior to joining TI Sparkle, Nicola worked at Sprint International as Head of IP & Data Sales for Southern Europe, being also Managing Director of Sprint Italy. Back in time, he took active part in the successful start-up of Infostrada (currently incorporated within Wind, Italy’s second largest telco player), where he rolled out the experience gained in various marketing and sales roles at Telecom Italia Business Dept. in the early ’90. Before entering telecoms, he started his career in sales at Sandoz (currently Novartis), a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Managing Director,
Aletheia
Pierre has been a consultant to the submarine cable industry since 2006. Prior to his consulting career, Pierre accumulated 15 years of global experience in sales, marketing, project management, and engineering of turn key undersea cable networks. Pierre greatly enjoys working with telecom operators and the opportunity it provides for using and sharing his vast experience and his unique blend of commercial, technical and operational expertise.
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Technical Manager, Telecom, Building & Telecoms Cables Division,
Nexans
Inge Vintermyr graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1989 with a Ph.D in Materials Science, and he joined Nexans Norway Norge AS the same year. He has been working with research, development and engineering of fibre optic cables with special emphasis on offshore applications. Technical mgr for the Communications Cable Division since 2000.
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Associate Professor Sudharma Yoonaidharma, Commissioner,
National Telecommunications Commission
Associate Professor Sudharma Yoonaidharma was involved in many telecommunications projects prior to his appointment by the Senate three years ago to the National Telecommunications Commission, the first Thai telecommunications regulatory agency. Prior to the present position, he taught business & economic law at the Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University. At the University he was appointed a Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Director General of Intellectual Property Institute and Director General of the Science & Technology Law Center. He was involved in many telecommunication liberalization consulting projects such as drafting the two existing telecommunication laws, drafting an e-commerce law, and legal consultation with Cooper Lybrandt to propose liberalization and privatization plans for two government-owned operators. He was also appointed as a World Bank transport & telecommunications expert to work with the Ministry of Finance to facilitate privatization of key public utility service agencies. He led the telecommunication negotiation delegation in the negotiations for telecommunications service with trade partners such as the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement, Thailand-US Free Trade Agreement (suspended), Thailand-India Economic Cooperation Agreement (ongoing), ASEAN-China Closer Economic Cooperation Agreement (ongoing) and Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (upcoming for telecommunications in 2007). Sudharma Yoonaidharma participated in the MCL program at the National Law Center, George Washington University, and received an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and from the NYU School of Law.
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