Parag Khanna is a leading global strategist, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is a CNN Global Contributor and Senior Research Fellow in the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is also the Managing...

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...

Mr Montenegro is currently Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bluesky Samoa Ltd in Samoa, the President and Chief Executive Officer of AST Telecom, LLC and American Samoa Entertainment, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Samoa Hawaii Cable, LLC, in American...

Sam Nkusi is a former Cabinet Minister for Infrastructure in Charge of Energy and ICT in the Republic of Rwanda and was active in formulating ICT, Regulatory and Energy  national policies.  He was involved in several African and global Infrastructure initiatives including dealing with...

Jukka-Pekka Joensuu is an internationally recognized telecoms business executive with a proven track record in building next generation services and extensive new network platforms for both mobile and data segments. He joined Telia Finland in late 90´s to build an international mobile and...

With more than 20 years of telecom experience, Mr. Alexander is currently serving as Ciena’s Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer.  Mr. Alexander has held a number of positions since joining the Company in 1994, including General Manager of Ciena's Transport & Switching and...

Tony started at BT's Research labs and then moved to Alcatel Australia, becoming involved in testing submarine systems.  A move to Bell Labs gave him experience in terminal design and troubleshooting, after which he went back to Alcatel France, where he worked in Alcatel Submarine Networks’...

Dr. Grubb is currently a Global Optical Architect at Facebook, overseeing the build of several new open submarine cable systems and introducing new optical technologies for Facebooks global network.  Prior to Facebook, he was a Fellow at Infinera where for 14 years he directed work on next...

With more than 25 years of experience in the submarine cable industry, Linette Lee is the Director of Submarine Cable Investments Department in Singtel, responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of SingTel Group’s global submarine cable network infrastructure.Linette is the...

Sidheeque Machingal , a seasoned engineer, has been with Etisalat since 2000 where his work focused on operation and management of local and  global  connectivity  and networks. At present Sidheeque is the Senior Director - Strategy and Business Development spearheading the strategic investment of...

Based in Hong Kong, Andy Lumsden leads the Global Network Services team for Telstra, including the development and support of Telstra’s network infrastructure and underlying services outside of Australia.  He previously served as Pacnet’s Chief Technology Officer, heading Pacnet’s technology...

Carl Osborne is Asst. Vice President, International Network Development for Tata Communications.  As a member of the management team for the Global Network, Cloud & Data Centre Services line of business, Carl is responsible for establishing and implementing strategies for global network...

Seasoned executive with more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunication field, Yves Ruggeri is currently in charge of designing and creating new business opportunities for the Orange international submarine backbone networks. Yves is the Chairman of the Management Committee of ACE (Africa ...

Mr. Qadir is the Vice President of Omantel Wholesale Business Unit. He is responsible for International wholesale businesses and is also looking after the business for national interconnect partners and mobile resellers. He has more than 20 years of senior management experience in a broad range of...

Kent Bressie is a partner and head of international practice at Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP in Washington, D.C.  Kent specializes in cross-border regulation of communications infrastructure, investment, and technology, including:  national security and investment reviews; telecoms...

Joseph has more than 20 years’ experience in the Telecommunication Industry. Held positions in engineering, project management and operation for a number of subsea cable projects/systems. He currently heads the cable planning team of PCCW Global and is responsible for strategy, planning and...

As Chief Executive Officer at SEACOM, Byron J. Clatterbuck is responsible for all aspects of the business and for leading the company in its transition to become a Pan-African communications service provider.    Byron has more than 18 years experience managing and developing telecommunication...

Bertrand relocated in Australia in 2014 from Canada where he was part of the team launching the Natixis office. Bertrand has been involved in a number of complex and innovating financing transactions as Financial Advisor, notably in the telecom and renewable energy sectors, MLA and bond...

Eric Handa has built APTelecom into a globally recognized leader in telecom and fiber consulting. Since launching in 2010, Handa has grown APTelecom from a start-up business to an award-winning global organization which has generated over US $195 million in sales for clients. APTelecom has been...

Yoshishige Hasegawa has over 20 years professional experience in telecommunication, financial and information technology organizations in Japan, Bangladesh and USA. After joining Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation in 1994, he has engaged in Telecommunication System Development, Project...

Russ Matulich is the Chief Executive Officer of RTI. Matulich is a proven leader with a strong track record leading and advising global telecommunications companies. Recently, Matulich served in a consulting role in the Asia Pacific region providing advisory services across a variety of areas...

Paul McCann is Managing Director of McCann Consulting International Pty Ltd.  Paul has over 40 years network planning & development experience in telecommunications both in international and domestic arenas. Prior to returning to consulting in 2012, Paul spent over 8 years with Verizon in Asia...

Mr. Edward McCormack, has been Vice President and General Manager of Submarine Systems and International Accounts at CIENA Corp. since May 2011. Mr. McCormack is responsible for strategic partnerships, business development and customer support for Ciena's submarine business and strengthening...

Hugh McGarry is a 35+ year veteran of the ICT industry who has held executive positions in major international companies including, Cable &Wireless, Hewlett Packard BT Infonet, Hong Kong Telecom, and others. He has extensive hands on experience in a wide range of disciplines from engineering...

Anthony McLachlan is currently Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific region at Ciena Corporation.  In this role he is responsible for the overall sales strategy and operations of Ciena in the Asia Pacific region, which includes Australia, Hong Kong, India,  Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Japan, New...

Ms. Stafford has been involved in the planning, development, design, engineering, and implementation of undersea fiber-optic cable system projects worldwide since the early 1980s. Ms. Stafford joined DRG in 2002 and since that time has been advising undersea cable developers and owners across the...

Pierre cumulates 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.  He spent the first 16 years of his career at Alcatel Submarine networks holding positions in R&D, engineering, project management, and sales of international cable networks.  Using his unique blend of...

Mr. Lee is the Sales Director for SubPartners, responsible for liaising with Government, Carriers, Content Providers and the R&E community to ensure the APX-West cable meets its full potential.Prior to joining SubPartners, Mr. Lee was the European Sales Director (Carrier Services) for TATA...

With more than 30 years’ experience in the telecommunication arena, Pasquale is currently in charge of Capacity Services in the IP&Data Marketing dept of TI Sparkle, with the responsibility of defining and managing bandwidth products and submarine cables.Pasquale joined Telecom Italia Group in...

Sales Executive professional with more than 17 years experience in sales and marketing in the telecommunications sector, in Europe and Africa, with special focus in the mobile telecommunications, Submarine Cables and in the area of satellite and setup boxes.Currently CCO of Angola Cables since...

Natasha Beschorner is a Senior ICT Policy Specialist with the World Bank's Transport and & ICT Global Practice. She has been with the World Bank since 1993, and is currently based in the World Bank office in Singapore. Her areas of expertise include applied ICT for development planning and...

Rajesh Sreenivasan has been advising clients on matters relating to data protection, telecommunications, electronic commerce, IT contracts, digital forensics and digital media for over fifteen years. His clients include state governments and multinational corporations in the telecoms, computer...

With more than 11 years’ experience in the Telecom industry, Jamil started working on submarine cables 7 years ago when he was with Orange. He was Management Committee and subcommittees chair on different submarine cables. Jamil’s experience includes project management, business development, sales...

Mr. Shoaib Aslam Syal has over 13 years of telecommunications industry experience in the areas of Strategic Analysis, Submarine Cables, Global Carrier Sales and Business Development, Project Management, Operations and Customer Services.  During his career he successfully managed Multi-Million...

With almost 25 years’ experience in the Telecom industry, Johannes has associated the Financial responsibilities with the International Business. He has held executive positions at KPN and he is currently heading the Omantel International Business Department which he instigated.  Johannes has been...

Robert S. Bolouri is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Tonga Cable Limited, and serves as the Member of various Boards of Trustees. He has over 35 years in management position of various companies, mostly in the IT industry.  Robert has a Degree in Physics, and has taken special courses in ...

Dr Paul Brooks is an expert in telecommunications network design, planning and operations with extensive hands-on experience in broadband access, optical fibre networking and global backbone network design and operations. He has over 20 years experience in domestic and international...

Graham has more than 38 years' experience as a marine geologist and applied geophysicist with 22 years based in Singapore. Now living in Australia, Graham has the dual role of Managing Director Global Subsea Cable Business for the EGS Survey Group of companies, and as Executive Director of EGS...

Alexis has twenty years’ experience in strategic development and corporate advisory specialising in complex investment initiatives in sectors such as telecommunications, technology and engineering industries across Asia Pac Region. He is an accomplished executive director with 14 years leading...

Bjørn Rønning is a telecom professional with his background from next generation access and networks services. Mr Rønning started his career at the Norwegian incumbent Telenor, and left to pursue a career as independent telecom consultant, subsequently forming his own telecom consultancy company...

Greg Varisco, Chief Executive Officer for Aqua Comms, is responsible for leading the company’s policy and strategy, including organizational and partner developments. Greg has over 30 years’ experience of professional services in the telecom and oil & gas industries.Throughout his impressive...

Mr. Chang has over 16 years’ international telecom operations experience in the global network planning, construction and maintenance, and has 13 years’ university academic experience in Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication (BUPT) as an associate professor. Before joining China Telecom ...

Fabrizio Civitarese is President of Asia Pacific for Global Cloud Xchange, responsible for driving sales and business development across the region.Mr. Civitarese joined Global Cloud Xchange (formerly FLAG Telecom and Reliance Globalcom) in June 2000 as Strategy and Corporate Development Director...

Mr. Constable’s career spans more than 20 years in the submarine cable industry, having led the development and implementation of numerous cable systems throughout the globe.  Prior to Huawei Marine Networks, Mr. Constable served as Corporate Development Director at Global Marine Systems Ltd...

Involved in the Test and Measurement industry for nearly 20 years, Raymond Lai has extensive hands-on experience working with the submarine market, telecom service providers and mobile carriers to help implement state-of-the-art technology within the Asia-Pacific region (APAC).Raymond’s expertise...

TV Chalapathi Rao (Chala) holds 29 years of experience spanning technical, operations, projects, sales roles in the telecommunication industry. Chala holds a Masters in Engineering (ME) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Master of Science, MS (Finance) and CFA from...

Prior to joining Xtera, Robert's experience includes working at Nortel Networks Telecordia and AT&T. At Nortel Networks he held various Executive and Leadership positions in Marketing, Product Management and Sales positions. His experience at AT&T included various engineering and...

Mr. Michael Rieger is Vice President of Sales and Business Development at TE SubCom. He has been with TE since early 2000. In his current position Mr. Rieger manages all Sales activities on a global basis. Prior roles at TE SubCom include VP Sales for the TGN global network and Managing Director of ...

Michael Ruddy has been the Director of International Research at Terabit Consulting since the company's founding in 2000. There, he has overseen the creation of a wide range of industry reports including the 1,600-page Undersea Cable Report and the International Telecommunications...

Mr. Yijun Tan (Donald) was appointed to Executive Vice President of China Telecom Global Limited in 2012. Prior to joining China Telecom Global Limited, Mr. Tan served as the President of China Telecom (Americas) Corporation, General Manager of Hunan Data Communication Bureau and Internet...

Jordick is the Senior Vice President, Product and Vendor Management of PCCW Global and leads a team of product managers and vendor managers to manage data product business and procurement activities cost-effectively. He was previously VP, IP Products in the company.Jordick has more than 30 years...

As CEO of WIOCC, Chris leads the executive team responsible for all elements of the company’s global operations including corporate and product strategy, worldwide sales, finance, IT management, resource planning and operations. Chris joined WIOCC as CEO in 2008, driving the company through its...

Mr Nanang Hendarno graduated from the Institut Teknologi Sepiluh with a degree in Electrical Engineering and holds a Master Degree of Space Engineering from Delft Univerity of Technology in Netherlands.He was appointed as TELIN's commissioner in December 2015 and also serves as EGM Service...

David Lloyd has over twenty years of experience in the Telecommunications industry, with a core specialization in network engineering and planning.  He has held senior technical roles with Telenor, 360networks, and is currently Senior Director of Engineering with Hibernia Networks. David holds an...

Anthony Rossabi – Managing Director - Colocation & Connectivity Line of Business Anthony Rossabi is Managing Director, Senior Vice President – Digital Realty Trust, where he is responsible for driving strategic development and execution of the Colocation & Connectivity line of business...

Mr. Iwan B Saputra has years of experience with enterprise strategic projects and currently holding the role of VP Infrastructure Planning and Development at Telin, a subsidiary of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, tbk (Telkom), a state-owned telecommunication and network provider in Indonesia. Telin...