Paul Kirwan | Director of Planning
Trans Americas Fiber System

Paul Kirwan joined Trans Americas Fiber System in October 2023 bringing to the team more than 40 years of experience in global telecommunications. In 2013, Paul spearheaded the technical integration of the CWC & Columbus Networks international assets, under one NOC, one provisioning system and one budget. He was responsible for the ongoing operations and maintenance of the Eastern Caribbean, Panama, Cayman and Jamaica subsea systems and CWC’s involvement in several consortium systems such as Maya, Americas 2, Panam and PCCS. At Tata Communications, between 2007 and 2013, Paul was responsible for all aspects of service management of the company’s major customers across four lines of business – Global Voice Services, Global Service Providers, Mobility and Global Enterprise. He also led Tata Communications’ Customer Experience Measurement and Next Generation Portal Initiatives, which incorporated Tata’s aspiration to become the “Singapore Airlines” of telecommunications. During his earlier tenure at C&W from 1981 to 2007, Paul held a wide range of positions in network operations, customer service and sales, working in the Middle East, UK, Europe, Bermuda and the United States. He led a critical project in 2003-2007 to build a parallel U.S. network for C&W in 90 days involving procurement, project management, contracting and ultimately operations of the network and facilities.