Patrick Adhiatmadja, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, PT Nap Info Lintas Nusa

Mr Henry Au Yeung, Vice President, International Products & Solutions, PCCW Global As Vice President of International Products & Solutions, PCCW Global, Henry is responsible for managing the Company’s international products management and development around the globe. In a telecoms career that spans 20 years and many Asian markets, Henry joined PCCW in 2001, before which he worked for Hutchison Telecom, Pacific Century Group and AsiaSat in areas ranging from network development to business development.

Mr David Ball, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Intelsat David Ball is Intelsat’s Regional Vice President for Asia-Pacific. Mr Ball joined Intelsat following the merger between PanAmSat and Intelsat. David Ball served as PanAmSat’s Vice President for Asia, having previously worked at the company’s headquarters and in a variety of sales, engineering and space systems development positions. Prior to joining PanAmSat, he served as a commissioned officer in the RAAF, specializing in communications system management. Mr Ball is a member of the Council of Governors of CASBAA, Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia, and is a member of the CASBAA Satellite Industry Committee. David Ball holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Communications Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and a Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Deakin University.

Owen Best, President, Asia Pacific, Flag Telecom Asia Limited

Mr Eckhard Bruckschen, Managing Director, SubCableNews Eckhard Bruckschen has over 15 years direct experience in the project management, installation and maintenance of submarine telecommunication systems. He is a Master Mariner and a MBA for Seatrade. After 10 years at sea culminating as a Master Mariner in the merchant navy and the oil and gas industry, he joined Siemens Submarine Cable Systems as an Installation and Development Engineer in 1992. At Siemens SCS, along with his normal duties, Eckhard designed modular cable installation equipment, a new design for ploughing technology and a unique cable transport system. He was promoted to the position as Director Installations and was in charge of several projects around the world in shallow and deep water.

Mr Zvika Caspy, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, MedNautilus

Mr Fabrizio Civitarese, Vice President, Sales & Marketing Asia Pacific, Reliance Globalcom

Mr Byron Clatterbuck, Senior Vice President, Global Transmission Services, Global Carrier Solutions, Tata Communications Byron J. Clatterbuck is Senior Vice President, Global Transmission Services for Tata Communications, a member of the $29B Tata Group. Mr. Clatterbuck is responsible for establishing the business strategies for Tata Communications’ leading global carrier customers and key partners. He works with these constituents to secure new business development opportunities and procure additional capacity to complement Tata Communications’ network. Mr. Clatterbuck began his career in the telecommunications industry working for BT Hong Kong as Director of International Development, Asia where he was responsible for negotiating large investment opportunities that expanded BT’s presence and market penetration in Asia totaling $1.5B. Major investment projects included; the acquisition of significant stakes in Japan Telecom, Smartone, LG Telecom and Hutchinson. Mr. Clatterbuck continued his career at Level 3 Communications Ltd., first as a Director of Carrier Relations, Asia, where he led negotiations for landing Level 3’s cable system in Japan. He then took on the role of Regional Director of Optical Transport Services and had complete P&L responsibility for all of Level 3’s optical transport products. Mr. Clatterbuck then became Global Manager, Bandwidth Services for REACH Network Services Ltd. where he possessed the ultimate responsibility for managing REACH’s largest data business unit with over $200M in global revenues.

Mr Simon Cooper, Senior Director, Global Submarine Cable Strategy & Projects, Tata Communications

Mr Rick Dodd, VP, Global Product Marketing, Infinera

Tony Frisch, Senior Vice President of Nu-Wave NXT Product Line, Xtera Communications

Mr Patrick George, Vice President, Marketing & Product Management, Belgacom 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.

Mr Gudmundur Gunnarsson, Managing Director/CEO, FARICE

Mr John Hibbard, 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.

Mr Dan Hughes, Sales & Marketing Director, Apollo Submarine Cable System

Mr Owen Irving, Director, Carrier Services Asia, Cable & Wireless

Mr Kelvin Law, General Manager, International Carrier Business, Hutchison Global Communications Limited Mr. Kelvin Law is the General Manager, International Carrier Business of Hutchison Global Communications Limited (“HGC”). A key management team member in the International Business Division of HGC, Mr. Law is responsible for the global business development and strategic planning for HGC’s wholesale carrier business. Furthermore, Mr. Law oversees the company’s wholesales business in 14 regional offices, including one office in the USA and four offices in China. Mr. Law possesses over 20 years of experience in the international telecommunications industry. Prior to joining HGC in 2002, Mr. Law was the Managing Director of Teleglobe, managing the company’s operations in Hong Kong, Macau and Asian countries. Mr. Law also held a number of management positions in MCI International in HK.

Ravindran Mahalingam, General Manager, International Business Division, Hutchison Global Communications Limited Mr. Ravindran Mahalingam is the General Manager, Malaysia of Hutchison Global Communications Limited (“HGC”). A key management team member in the International Business Division of HGC, Mr. Mahalingam is responsible for the regional 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 South East Asia, South Asia, Middle East and Europe. 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.

Mr Mohamed Maumoon, Head, International& Regional Development, Dhiraagu Maldives

Mr Daniel Moffat, Chief Executive Officer, GTA TeleGuam Daniel Moffat has 25 years experience in the telecommunications industry and has pioneered various ventures. He was president of GST Whole Earth Networks before starting New Edge Networks. He had also previously founded a telecom strategy firm, Access Value Services, which was later sold to Cathey, Hutton and Associates, a telecommunications consulting company. Dan’s telecommunications careers included sales, marketing and operations positions with U.S. Intelco Networks Inc. (Illuminet); IBM/ROLM Corporation; U.S. West Corp. and Tymnet, one of the original packet-based, value-added networks.

Mr Marvic Molina, Head, International Business, Bayan Telecommunications

Mr Brett O'Riley, Chief Executive Officer, Ochre Services

Rabindra Paramothayan, Director Submarine Cable Investments & Strategy (Asia), Submarine Cable Investments & Strategy (Asia), Cable & Wireless Rab Paramothayan joined Cable & Wireless in 1994, where he is currently responsible for submarine cable investments and strategy in Asia Pacific, Africa and India region.In his role in Consortium systems he was the APCN2 MC Chairman from 2000-2001 the period leading to the RFS of the system. Previously he has spent time working within Cable & Wireless's Mobile & Marine divisions, based both in the UK and Singapore offices. Rab has a MBA from Henley Management College and has particular interest in corporate strategy and business development.

Mr C.B. Perera, Chief Global Officer, Sri Lanka Telecom

Mr Seth R Davis, 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.

Dr Raghu Ranganathan, Technology Director, Ciena Corporation Dr. Raghu Ranganathan currently serves as Technology Director within the Office of the CTO at Ciena Corporation, where he is focused on solutions to help carriers and enterprises evolve their networks. In his ten years at Ciena, Dr. Ranganathan has worked extensively with the Company's research and development. He also serves as Ciena's representative to the Metro Ethernet Forum.

Mr Michael Ruddy, Managing Director, Terabit Consulting

Mr Robin Russell, 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.

Mr Keith Schofield, Director, Submarine Networks, Submarine Networks, Pioneer Consulting For over 26 years, Keith has worked internationally in the submarine communications industry, initially in cable/process development and project management for a supplier, then for 17 years in a carrier, where he worked on both consortium and private contracts as a Director of Commercial Development, engaging in system management, due diligence, engineering and implementation consultancy. During that time Keith has worked on the commercial and engineering aspects of over 20 contracts both in repeatered and unrepeatered cables. He is a regular contributor to SubOptic, having presented papers at every event since 1997. Keith presently works in Pioneer Consulting as Director of Submarine Networks, providing expertise for carriers, suppliers and investors.

Mr Jim Schweigert, General Manager, Matrix Networks Jim Schweigert has over 17 years of experience in many phases of the submarine telecommunications industry. He was Senior Vice President of General Offshore Corporation responsible for that company’s shallow water cable installation business, overseeing all phases of business for 5 companies in Europe, the Americas and South East Asia. He was a Senior Consultant to Tyco Telecommunications and responsible for sales of new submarine telecommunications systems in Asia for 3 years. He was COO of Nava Networks Singapore Pte. Ltd., a startup carriers’ carrier that was planning to construct a submarine cable connecting Singapore to Jakarta and Perth. He is currently General Manager of Matrix Networks Pte. Ltd. Matrix is constructing a submarine cable system connecting Singapore to Jakarta and Batam, Indonesia. At Matrix, he is responsible for managing the supply contract with Tyco, overseeing all marine matters and all permits and construction in Singapore.

Mr Data Sharan Mishra, Head, Technology, Qatar Telecom Mr. Mishra has 27 years of International experience on Telecommunication after his Master degree in Electronics Engineering from Banares Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He is Fellow member of IETE, India. He has written a book on “ Optical Access Network” which was published in 1999. He has joined Qatar Telecommunication (Qtel) in 2002 as “ Head of Access Network Planning & Development” and was given the responsibility of “ Head of Technology & Network Development” in Wireline Business Unit in 2003. Currently he is “ Network Architecture Expert” and has presented paper and participated as panelist in various International Conferences and Seminars organized by ITU, IIR, Total Telecom, APOC and Beacon. He is expert in New Generation Network ( Voice, Non-voice, Video, Convergence, Mobile, Enterprise, Wireless, LAN and WAN)

Mr Bevan Slattery, Chief Executive Officer, PIPE Networks

Mr Poonsavas Sukosi, Vice President, JasTel Network Company

Mr Uchida Takanori, Vice President, Global Network Department, Global Services Business Division, NTT Communications Corporation

Mr Kittipong Tameyapradit, Senior Vice President, And Acting President, TOT Public Company

Mr Wilson Teng, Director Sales, Tiscali International Networks

Mr Pangestu Tjuhendra, Director, Matrix Networks Pte Ltd

Mr Pierre Tremblay, Managing Director, Aletheia Pierre Tremblay 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.

Dr Inge Vintermyr, 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.

Mr Alexander Yakovenko, Deputy, Carrier Business and Sales Director, Rostelecom Alexander Yakovenko joined Rostelecom as Deputy Carrier Business and Sales Director in 2008. He is responsible for the relationships with all international carriers in the field of voice and data services. Alexander has over 13 years of wide experience in Russian telecom industry. Prior to Rostelecom he worked for 2 years in the Presidential Communications Service. Since 1998 he worked for 7 years for Teleport–TP where he step-by-step held different positions from International Account Manager to Head of International Carrier Business Department. During this time Mr. Yakovenko was occupied with network interconnection cooperation, arrangement of direct connections and relationships with all major international and national carriers. In June 2005 Alexander joined MTT as Head of International Wholesale where 7 months later he was appointed Marketing Director. Over the last two years in this position Alexander was responsible for strategic and marketing planning, developing and marketing new products and services, market analysis and promoting basic and value added services. Alexander Yakovenko graduated from the Oriental Languages Department of the Military University as an interpreter (two foreign languages) with a qualification of foreign trade.

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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