ANDY PALMER-FELGATE is responsible for marine engineering and route planning of submarine cable systems at Meta, serves on the Executive Committee of the International Submarine Cable Protection Committee and is President of the North America Submarine Cable Association. Prior to joining Meta (Facebook) in 2016 Andy spent a decade with Verizon and worked on submarine cable construction, operations, and maintenance primarily in the Asia-Pac region. Earlier in his career Andy was part of the Marine Operations team at Alcatel Submarine Networks. Andy holds a MSc in Hydrographic Surveying from University College London, a BSc in Ocean Science from the University of Wales, and a Diploma in Law of the Sea from the Rhodes Academy.