Philippe A. Perrier joined Meta’s Subsea Engineering Team
as Submarine Cable Systems Engineer at the end of 2021 in
Singapore. His main responsibilities include the design, build,
and delivery of Open Cable submarine cable systems in the
APAC region and to drive technology developments for the
next generation of high-capacity submarine cable systems.
Prior to his current role, he held the position of CTO at
Globenet. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from
Columbia University in New York City, has (co)authored about
100 refereed papers and conference contributions in the fields
of optical networking, transmission, and switching, and holds
two dozen US patents.