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Mr Ryan Sher, speaking at Submarine Networks World Africa 2011

Mr Ryan Sher,
Chief Operating Officer
WIOCC, Kenya

As COO, Ryan holds responsibility for managing all technical aspects of WIOCC’s relationship with the EASSy consortium. In this capacity, he is Chairman of the Technical Working Group, Co-Chairman of the Procurement Group and Operations & Maintenance Sub-Committees. Ryan’s responsibilities include Operations (including the WIOCC Service Desk/NOC and provisioning), Product Management (developing and managing all WIOCC product offerings), IT and pre-sales support / bid management. Ryan joined WIOCC in 2009 as CTO, having held senior-level roles over eight years with Reliance Globalcom (previously FLAG Telecom). He holds an MBA from the London Business School and a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Appearing:
Day 1: Tuesday 26th of July 2011
16.30

Panel discussion: Submarine cable routes and landing points

• How to identify routing options that will enhance traffic flow
• What land use rights or permits are required to land cables?
• Environmental impact assessments – working with them to deliver capacity
• How to capitalise on Africa’s unused routing options to gain access tointernational networks

Mr Ryan Sher,
Chief Operating Officer ,
WIOCC, Kenya
Mr Johan Meyer,
Executive: Global Capacity Business,
Telkom South Africa Ltd, South Africa
Mr Mohamed Saro,
Director, International Customers & Networks,
Telecom Egypt, Egypt
Mr Nigel Bayliff,
CEO,
Huawei Marine Networks Networks Co. Ltd, China, China
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