Nigel Bayliff, CEO of Aqua Comms, is a global telecom industry veteran of 25-plus years' experience. He has been an advisor and consultant to cable development, private equity and government clients, and Vice-Chairman of the United Nations Joint Task Force that examined the gathering 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...

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 20 years experience managing and developing telecommunication...

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...

Graham has more than 35 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...

Terence Fong is a Partner with ERM responsible for undertaking environmental impact assessments, environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A) and permitting (including right of way and environmental approvals) for submarine utilities, infrastructure development projects, and international and...

Bertrand Guiot has been with Natixis since 2012, first in Montreal and most recently in Sydney as Head of Global Infrastructure & Projects, Australia. He recently relocated to Hong Kong for his new role.  Bertrand has been involved in a number of complex and innovating financing transactions...

Arunachalam Kandasamy is the founder and CEO of IOX Cable and a member of Mauritius Institute of Directors. He oversees the corporate direction and strategy for IOX’s global operations including infrastructure development, business growth, alliances, commercial and channels. Prior to IOX...

Alan Mauldin is a Research Director at TeleGeography. He manages the company’s infrastructure research group, focusing primarily on submarine cables, terrestrial networks, international Internet infrastructure, and bandwidth demand modeling. He also advises clients with due diligence...

Bruce is the Managing Director - Telecoms at Global Marine and has been involved in the submarine cable industry since 1989 holding positions both offshore and onshore at Global Marine and both its joint ventures in China. In his current role he manages a global team responsible for all the...

Andrew Oon is Business Development Director for the Network and Content vertical at Equinix Asia Pacific, and has over 15 years of experience in the telecommunications and data center services space. At Equinix, Andrew is responsible for driving regional market and vertical strategy, sales, peering ...

Andy is responsible for marine engineering and planning of submarine cable systems at Facebook, and serves on the Executive Committee of the International Submarine Cable Protection Committee.  Prior to joining Facebook in 2016 Andy spent a decade with Verizon and was responsible for submarine...

Winston Qiu is SVP of Pacific Light Data Communication, which is now building the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) submarine cable system, the first submarine cable connecting Hong Kong and the US directly, featured with open cable architecture, ultra-high capacity and low latency.Winston founded ...

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...

Larry is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Seaborn. He previously served as CEO, board member and one of the owners of the parent company of Global Marine Systems Ltd., one of the world’s largest fleets of cable ships and a leading installer of submarine fiber optic cable systems. Larry ...

Mr. Shaw is a unique senior International Telecommunication Specialist who earned his post-graduate qualifications in electronics, telecommunications, business, marketing, and management, and has over 30 years of experiences in the field of technology, business development and sales.As the current...

Thomas Soerensen is Managing Director for Oceania and Global Marine Maintenance Strategy at TE SubCom. Thomas has been the industry for more than 17 years and held various senior management positions at Alcatel Submarine Networks and TE SubCom within Project Management, Operations, Marine...

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...

Michel Vergnes has an experience of 25 years in IT and International telecom  services for major global companies. In his current activity, he has been instrumental  in expanding the range of services offered by Orange Marine in a variety of telecom and power cable projects.He has focused on the...

Alasdair joined the STC (now ASN) in 1985 having left Newcastle University with a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Whilst at STC he worked on UK-Belgium 5, the first international optical submarine cable and subsequently numerous other submarine systems, mainly in the marine...

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...

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...

Dr. Panagiota Bosdogianni holds the position of OTEGLOBE’s Technology Director since 2008. Her role includes network (voice + data) and technology planning, operations and continued evolution of platforms across OTEGLOBE’s network. She joined OTEGLOBE in January 2001 as the company’s Network...

Fabrice became Managing Director of Interxion France when the subsidiary opened in October 1999, and since 2011 has been President of Interxion France. He began his career in 1987 at Anatel as Director of Marketing and Sales. Then he joined Sagem in 1988 where he was Sales Manager for Africa, and...

As a Microsoft Executive with a history of leading strategic teams and adept contract negotiations to include; network infrastructure (Terrestrial/Submarine Cable Systems, Metro/Long Haul Dark Fiber, Lit Services), content distribution networks, data center relations and design, as well as internet ...

Emmanuel Delanoue has over 20 years of professional experience in the Submarine Networks industry having held several roles since 1994 within Alcatel Lucent from Systems Technical Engineer to previous Head of APAC and now in his current role as the Chief Executive Officer of Samoa Submarine Cable...

Paul Gabla is Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) since September 2016.  Paul is a highly respected executive with over 28 years’ experience in the Telecommunications, Aerospace and Defence industries. Prior to coming back to ASN, where he worked until the ...

Remi graduated from the business school of Tours (France) and has been working in the telecom industry for more than 20 years. From 1995 to 2001, he held senior positions in Vietnam and Malaysia for Alcatel-Lucent. In 2001, he was appointed Alcatel-Lucent Country Senior Officer for the Pacific...

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...

Nigel has over 28 years’ experience of working in the marine environment, on survey and cable installation operations, as well as undertaking environmental assessments and permitting programmes, and in managing submarine cable system project builds and upgrades.He also has experience on global...

Brian Lavallée is Senior Director of Portfolio Solutions with global responsibility for Ciena’s Packet, 5G, Cable MSO, and Submarine network solutions. He has over 20 years of telecommunications experience with previous roles in Product Line Management, Systems & Network Engineering, Research...

Arlene Mae Jallorina is a Vice President for International Facilities Investments in the Enterprise Business Group of Globe Telecom, Inc. She has over fifteen yearsÕ experience in Planning, Negotiating and Implementing IntÕl Submarine Cables.  This involved either taking a leadership role in the...

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...

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, as well as start-ups. He has extensive hands on experience in a wide range of disciplines from...

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.Artur is Angola Cables’ CCO since 2013...

Tony specializes in Telecommunications Operations specifically in Wireless, Wireline, Broadband and Wholesale markets.Tony has been in the Telecommunications industry for 25 years having worked for MCI International, GTE International and Verizon Business as a General Manager of a full-service...

Mohamed Nasr is AVP – EMEA Cable Development at PCCW Global, with 15 years’ experience in Telecom field, including O&M, Project Management, Business Development, Sales and Marketing. Mohamed has been involved in Submarine Cable Business since 2008, and used to be the head of International...

Todd Rahimi is the founder of Lambda Consulting, an alternative legal service provider focused on the innovative delivery of legal services to emerging and mid-market telecommunications companies, particularly subsea operators. He worked for more than 15 years in both legal and commercial roles...

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...

Stephen Scott has 25 years’ experience in telecoms and related industries including; Global Marine Systems, PSiNet Europe, Sentrum Data Centres and Global Switch.  Alongside his role at these organisations, Stephen spent 10 years as COO at Bridgehouse Capital (UK family office) where he gained...

He is currently Senior Advisor, responsible for sustainable development through ICTs offering technical assistance and creating conducive policy and regulatory framework for South Asian countries. Mr. Sharma assisted several countries in migration from legacy networks to Next Generation...

Tim Stuch is a Global Optical Architect for Facebook where he is part of the Subsea team. Currently he is working on pushing the envelope forward in the subsea space to help people and communities around the world connect. Working on subsea for the last 10 years, Tim has been...

Dave started his career in the undersea cable industry with the marine route survey and installation departments of AT&T-SSI. He has since held leadership positions with AT&T, Tyco/Tyco Telecom/TE SubCom in Marine Operations and Project Management. With Ocean Specialists Dave is responsible ...

Ryan Wopschall, Director – Networks, at Pioneer Consulting supports a broad range of services in the submarine fiber optic telecommunications industry including market studies, due diligence, marine engineering, network and infrastructure planning, as well as system implementation and project...

Peter Zwinkels, Global Sales VP, is responsible for growing Infinera’s worldwide subsea business. Peter has over 18 years’ experience in sales and business development in the global telecommunications industry.  Prior to joining Infinera, Peter worked at Aqua Comms, where he was Chief Commercial...

Mehmet is supporting Türk Telekom International’s further growth through creating new business opportunities with OTTs, driving additional revenue through subsea capacity and transforming the sales teams.

Jas Dhooper has over 25 years’ experience in the Submarine & Service Provider Telecom Sectors. Currently serving as, VP Service Delivery Office for Huawei Marine Networks (HMN) in China. He has set up global capability to successfully deliver large scale multi-million dollar telecommunications...

Eran Haggiag is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Clear blockchain technologies and has more than 20 years of experience in developing, managing, and founding software-related companies. Eran began computer programming as a kid and started his professional career as a developer when he was...

A seasoned successful telecom/data center business executive with 30 years of operating experience including 17 years as a Chief Financial Officer for both private and public companies.  Over 20 years of work experience in Asia while residing in Singapore and Hong Kong. Chief Financial...

Elias TAHCHI joined EGS Survey Group in 2011. He is involved in survey data analysis and project management for cable route survey and planning of cable systems worldwide such as SJC, ASC, APG, SMW5, SAIL, SXNEXT, CURIE, FOA, JUPITER.In his early career, Elias was rewarded a Marie Curie Fellowship...

Dr Rosalind Thomas is the MD of SAEx International Ltd (Mauritius and South Africa), the Sponsor for the South Atlantic Express Submarine Cable (“SAEx”) project.  SAEx is a planned fibre-optic subsea system between SA, the USA, and Brazil. Rosalind has managed this project since early...

Pierre cumulates 25 years of global experience in the telecommunications industry having worked on projects around the world, and having lived in Australia, Canada, France, Singapore and the USA.  He spent the first 16 years of his career at Alcatel Submarine Networks holding positions in...

Christian is an independent telecommunications consultant from Germany.He has acted as an advisor in the field of ICT policy to administrations and politicians throughout Europe.While working for a Bulgarian group from 2014 until 2017 he contributed to the country‘s growing role as gateway towards...

Mr. Yanmin is responsible for management and planning of submarine cable systems at China Unicom Global, and actively involved in many submarine cable projects, including TPE, NCP, APG, etc. Yanmin heads South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL) project and acts as Chairpersons of PG and IF&ASC. Earlier ...

Sam Kwok is Director, International Network Development for Tata Communications.  Sam is based in Tata’s Hong Kong office and is responsible for developing and implementing Tata's global network expansion and investment plans in Asia Pacific.  Sam has his broad experience in project...

Jean-Sébastien Tassé has more than 15 years of experience in sales and marketing for technological companies. He currently holds the position of product line manager in EXFO’s optical business unit, where he oversees the business strategy, roadmap and launch strategy of the optical spectrum...

Johnny Kho is currently an Associate Director in Singtel Cyber Security Division overseeing the Managed Security Services Portfolio.Prior to Singtel, he is a Regional Business Development Manager with Systex Corporation, as part of the team guiding the solution strategy for the Asia Region. He...

TV Chalapathi Rao is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS).Chala is one of the founding members of TCTS and has assumed various leadership roles, including the Head of TCTS in 2012-13. Prior to TCTS, he joined Tata Communications over a decade ago...

Kazuo Fujii is Manager of Global Service Development for SoftBank Corp. He spent the first decade of his carrier in various engineering field like TDM, Optical, and IP/MPLS transport in the domestic core and metro network for Japan Telecom and SoftBank. In recent 5 years, he has been responsible...

Hiromitsu Todokoro joined KDD (currently KDDI) in 1980. As the leader of submarine cable planning in KDDI, he has been involved in founding new submarine cables including Russia-Japan Cable Network (RJCN), UNITY, South East Asia - Japan Cable (SJC),  the FASTER Cable System and most...