Speaker Biographies
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Speakers
Speakers
Andres Ibarra
Minister of Modernization, Argentina
He was born in Argentina in March 1957, he is married and has four children.
Andrés Ibarra was appointed the Minister of National Modernization in December 2015. Previously, he had been serving as the Minister of Modernization for the City of Buenos Aires since 2011, as well as the Secretary of Human Resources for the Ministry of the Treasury. Before that, he served as a Deputy Secretary of Education for the City Government’s Ministry of Education. Some of his finest work has been during his tenure as General Manager of the Boca Juniors Football Club, Corporate Commercial Director and Marketing Director of the Argentinian Postal “Correo Argentino S.A.,” and Financial, Commercial and Human Resources Director at motorways company “Autopistas del Sol.”
After receiving his Bachelor's Degree in Economics, he graduated from Stanford University with a postgraduate degree in the Executive Program in Strategy and Organization. He has developed programs as a professor at the Catholic University of Argentina, giving lectures both around the country and abroad. Together with President Mauricio Macri, he authored the books “Pasión y Gestión” and “Buenos Aires para los Argentinos, Ciudad Inteligente que Construye Futuro.” The latter reflects the modernization process of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
Oscar Leon
Executive Secretary, CITEL
Oscar has over 18 years experience in the ICT sector, has extensive experience in project management and implementation of new business and appropriation of new technologies. He is an Electronic Engineer Graduate Telecommunications Project Management and Master in Business Administration.
He was Director of Projects Solutions Providers of MICROSOFT, he worked in the Colombian telecoms regulator, was Manager Regulatory Claro (America Movil COLOMBIA) has advised three Ministers of Communications. He was Director General of the National Spectrum Agency of Colombia for nearly five years and was elected Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Telecommunications Commission since September 2015.
The engineer Oscar Leon has been an international speaker in the development of wireless broadband services. The areas covered include both electromagnetic fields and their relationship to human health, spectrum auctions, and strategy for developing countries
He has been awarded:
1. Medal of Merit First Class Communications gold for his contribution to the development of ICT in Colombia.
2. The Medal of Merit Communications - third class in bronze by the excellent results in the spectrum auction for the fourth mobile generation.
3. San Gabriel Military Medal for supporting the military communications service.
4. Appointed by the International Telecommunication Union for the Americas as Vice President of Group
5 - Environment and Climate Change, which studies the relationship between radio and health fields.
Mario Maniewicz
Deputy Director, Radiocommunications Bureau, ITU
Mr. Mario Maniewicz is the Deputy-Director of the International Telecommunication Union’s Radiocommunication Bureau, which plays a vital role in the global management of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits. Among his various duties related to that position, he was responsible for the overall organization and running of the recently held World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15).
Mr. Maniewicz has been with the ITU for 30 years, where he has held various positions of responsibility at ITU headquarters as well as in the Regional Offices in Peru, Chile and Brazil, leading activities towards fostering global telecommunications development.
During his tenure at ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau, as Chief of the Infrastructure, Enabling Environment and E-Applications Department, Mr. Maniewicz directed ITU’s efforts to assist developing countries in bridging the digital divide by promoting the use of ICT-based networks, services and applications, while ensuring the use of appropriate technologies to build or extend their information and communication infrastructure and adapt to the rapidly changing telecommunication/ICT environment.
Previously, Mr. Maniewicz was Chief of Policies and Strategies at ITU’s Development Bureau, where he was responsible for the Union’s activities in the policy and regulatory domain, human capacity building, ICT statistical data collection and analysis, and other development domains, including Internet and IP networks development.
Originally from Uruguay, Mr. Maniewicz is an Electronic Engineer specialized in Telecommunications. Before joining the ITU he held both technical and managerial positions in the main telecommunication operator in his home country. He also worked as assistant professor at the Faculty of Engineering of Uruguay’s main University.
Hector Huici
Secretary of Information Technology and Communications, Ministry of Modernization of the Argentine Republic
Hector Huici born in Buenos Aires, married with three children. Lawyer (UBA, 1989) with a Magister Degree in Administrative Law (Universidad Austral, 1992).
From 10 December 2013 to 18 January 2016, he was a legislator in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires for the PRO party. Before that, he devoted himself to the private practice of law with particular focus on regulated industries, mainly in the energy and telecommunication sector. He was a partner at the M&M Bomchil law firm between 2005 and 2013.
As regards the public sector, he worked at the former National Telecommunication Commission and the Energy Secretariat.
He teaches in public and private universities, both at graduate and postgraduate level. Additionally, he is the author of numerous articles on his specialty for local and foreign media.
Martha Suarez
Director General, ANE
Martha Liliana Suarez Peñaloza, PhD. born in Bucaramanga, Colombia. She received her degree as Electronics Engineer from the Universidad Industrial de Santander in 2004. During her undergraduate studies she participated in an exchange program with the Ecole Superieure Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon CPE in 2001 in Lyon, France. She received her Master degree in high frequency communication systems from the University of Marne-la-Vallee, France in 2006 and her Ph.D. degree from the University Paris-Est in 2009.
She joined the department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing at École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Électronique et Électrotechnique de Paris ESIEE and the Esycom Research Center where she worked on wireless transmitter architectures. In 2011 she was awarded with a Marie Curie Fellowship and worked at the Instytut Technologii Elektronowej ITE in Poland for the Partnership for Cognitive Radio Par4CR European Project. Her research interests were in the areas of wireless system architectures and the design of high performance RF transceivers.
Since 2013 she joined the National Spectrum Agency in Colombia, ANE, where she worked as Senior Adviser to the General Director and supported international activities of the Agency. Since December 2015 Martha Suarez is the General Director of ANE and she continues promoting the efficient use of the Spectrum and the mobile broadband connectivity in Colombia.
Silvana Giudici
President, ENACOM
Silvana Giudici is the Chairman of the National Communication Agency (ENACOM).
In addition, she is the Chair of the Permanent Consultative Committee (COM/CITEL) of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) for the period 2018-2022.
Since 2017, she has represented the Argentine Republic at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in the Working Party on Communication Infrastructures and Services Policy (WPCISP).
She served as coordinator of the Drafting Committee of the Bill for the Convergent Communications Law.
In addition, she served as National Representative at Congress during periods 2003-2007 and 2007-2011 representing the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and as Legislator of the City of Buenos Aires in 2015.
She chaired the Freedom of Expression Committee of the House of Representatives for two periods.
She has served as Minister of the Bicentennial Gates Program for the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
In 2011 she created Fundación LED (Freedom of Expression + Democracy Foundation) a nonprofit organization dedicated to protect and disseminate the right to freedom of expression in the Argentine Republic and in Latin America.
She is the author of different books and publications such as “Freedom of expression, mother of all liberties”.
Mario Fromow
Commissioner, IFT Mexico
Mario Germán Fromow Rangel has a work experience of more than 20 years, both in the public and private sectors nationally and internationally in technologies, public policy and regulation of telecommunications and broadcasting. He holds a degree in Communications and Electronics from the National Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science in Engineering from KEIO University in Japan. He was an Optical Communications Researcher at the Research and Technology Development Labs of the Japanese company Kokusai Denshin Denwa and Associate Researcher at the Media Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been a member of the Institute of Communications, Computer and Electronics Engineers of Japan. He collaborated as General Director of Regulation "B" And Chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Telecommunication Standardization at the Federal Telecommunications Commission. He participated as Alternate Head of the Mexican Delegation with Full Power to sign ad referendum the Final Acts of the World Conference of International Telecommunications of 2012. He was also Project Coordinator of the Secretariat of Communications of the Ministry of Communications and Transportation.
Fernando Borjón
Director, Promtel, SCT Mexico
Fernando Borjón is Director General of Promtel, a new government organization to promote investments for telecommunications infrastructure in Mexico as well as to guarantee the deployment of the Red Compartida project, a wholesale mobile network using the 700 MHz band focused on increasing competition and coverage in the telecommunications Mexican market. Mr. Borjón is a former commissioner of the Mexican Regulator for Telecommunications the IFT and has an 18-year experience at the government in the telecommunications sector. He was chairman of the 2010 Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), chairman and vice-chairman of the ITU Council and was recently appointed chairman of the ITU Expert Group on the International Telecommunication Regulations (EG‑ITR). Mr. Borjón holds a Masters Degree on Industrial Measurement Systems from Brunel University at London and a Bachelors Degree on Biomedical Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana at Mexico City.
Brett Tarnutzer
Head of Spectrum, GSMA
Mr Brett Tarnutzer serves as the Head of Spectrum for the GSMA. In this role, in collaboration with the membership, he directs the Association’s full range of spectrum activities and represents it on critical spectrum policy issues with national governments and multilateral organizations.
Prior to joining the GSMA, Mr Tarnutzer worked at the US Federal Communications Commission. Most recently, he served as Assistant Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and a Senior Member of the Incentive Auction Task Force. In his role, Mr Tarnutzer focused on the technical and policy aspects of creating the first-ever incentive auction for spectrum in the 600 MHz band in the US. Previously, Mr Tarnutzer worked on domestic and international spectrum issues and spectrum auction design and implementation as a private consultant.
Mr Tarnutzer was educated in the United States, receiving a Masters Degree in Telecommunications Science Management and Policy from Northwestern University and his Bachelor of Arts in Telecommunications from the University of Wisconsin.
Vitor Menezes
Superintendent of Grants and Resources for Provision of Telecommunication Services, ANATEL
Lawyer, specialist in Administrative Law, Public Administration and Regulation of Public Telecommunications Services, specialist in regulation since 2007 in Anatel. He has already worked in the Superintendence of Private Services, Legal Advisory of the Presidency of Anatel and currently holds the position of Superintendent of Grants and Resources for the Provision of Telecommunications Services.
Hector Bude
Chairman, WG for WRC-15 CITEL, Head of Spectrum Management Department, URSEC
Hector Bude De Leon studied Electronics at Domingo Savio, a Salesian Institute in Montevideo and Engineering in the University of the Republic (UDELAR).
He has developed his work in the field of administration and management of the radio spectrum since 1991 when he joined the National Communications Authority (DNC), which in 2001 became the actual Communications Regulatory Agency (URSEC) of Uruguay.
For nearly two decades he was the Head of Radio Frequencies and today he is the Head of the Frequency Management Department and also is one the members of the Management Committee of URSEC.
Within the PCC.II of CITEL (Inter American Telecommunication Commission) he has been y several positions, including Vice-Chairman for the period 2010-2013 and Vice-Chairman of the Working Group for the Preparation for the Regional and World Radiocommunication Conference for the period 2008-2011.
Today he is the Vice-Chairman of PCC.II for the period 2014-2018 and the Chairman of the Working Group for the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference.
Jose Ayala
Head of Government and Industry Relations for Latin America, Ericsson
Jose Luis Ayala, Head of Government and Industry Relations for Latin America at Ericsson, is responsible for leading Ericsson’s strategy regarding telecom policies, which favour the massive adoption of broadband services in the region. He joined Ericsson in the USA in 2000, and moved to Latin America operations in 2002. In his position, Mr Ayala has supported several governments, developing successful strategies in areas of spectrum management, national ICT plans and, mobile broadband strategies. Prior to joining Ericsson, Mr Ayala worked with leading telecom operators based in Central America, United States, and Spain.
A telecommunications engineer with over twenty years of experience in the industry, Mr Ayala holds a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology University under a Fullbright Scholarship. In addition, he received a fellowship from AHCIET.
Glenn Fallas
Director, Directorate General of Quality and Spectrum, SUTEL
Electronic Engineer, with a degree on Telematics and Telecommunications Project Management.
Mr. Fallas has more than 12 years of experience in regulation of the telecommunications sector, including the areas of quality of service, operators-users relations and spectrum management.
In the spectrum area, has extensive experience in spectrum auctions, spectrum planning, administration and the design and implementation of Spectrum Monitoring Systems and its administrative database. Frequently supports the country representation in terms of spectrum management at CITEL and ITU.
Responsible for telecommunications user rights protection, in terms of quality of service testing, attention of complaints, type approval process and number portability among other tasks.
Lucas Gallitto
Public Policy Director, GSMA
Lucas currently serves as Public Policy Director at GSMA Latin America, based in Buenos Aires. He is currently focused in the mobile industry developments and key regulatory decisions related to connecting everyone and everybody for a better future, engaging with Governments, Operators and players in the Mobile ecosystem.
Lucas leads GSMA´s regional efforts related to Spectrum and represents the GSMA in international forums such as CITEL and ITU.
Before joining the GSMA, Lucas built a broad experience in project management and Support in multinational companies such as Ericsson and Nokia, with over 10 years’ experience in the telecoms industry. Lucas completed a Master’s in Business Administration from Universidad Torcuato di Tella (UTDT), holds an Specialization in Telecommunications Management from Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires (ITBA) and has a degree in Telecommunications Engineering. Besides, Lucas speaks fluently Spanish and English.
Agostinho Linhares
Manager of Spectrum, Orbit and Broadcasting Division, ANATEL
Agostinho Linhares received his PhD degree in Telecommunications from University of Brasilia in 2015. He joined Anatel in 2005 and has already worked in the Enforcement Division, Spectrum Engineering Division, Board of Directors Advisory and, currently, is Manager of Spectrum, Orbit and Broadcasting. Before Anatel, he has worked at Petrobras as a Telecommunications Engineer developing projects related to optical communications systems, RF links and IP Networks. He is the Coordinator of the Brazilian Communication Commission - Radiocommunication Sector (CBC-2) and is responsible for the Brazillian preparation for WRC-19. Additionally, he participates in ITU-R and ITU-T Study Groups, and is the vice-chairman of PCC.II/Citel for the period 2014-2018. He was Head of the Brazillian Delegation for WRC-15.
Richard Womersley
Director of Spectrum Consulting, LS telcom
Richard is Director of Spectrum Services for LS telcom. He has 20 over years consulting and business experience working in the radio spectrum management, public telecommunications, digital broadcasting and satellite industries. He has worked for regulators, network operators, financiers, governments and end-users on issues covering national and international policy; regulation and its impact; pricing, auctions and licensing; cost modelling and tariff setting; planning and consultation; network specification and procurement; and digital switch-over. His work has been international in nature having taken him to every continent except Antarctica. Richard is also an experienced trainer having been running courses on spectrum management and policy for over 15 years.
In addition to providing consultancy advice and training, Richard’s career has embraced roles in a military communications company, as a transmission manager for BBC World Service and business manager for the UK’s largest broadcast infrastructure provider ntl: (now Arqiva) giving him a broad perspective on telecommunications and broadcast technologies and industries, their commercialisation and their regulation.
Oscar González
Undersecretary of Regulation, Secretariat of Information and Communication Technologies, Ministry of Modernization of the Argentine Republic
Lawyer and Attorney, studied at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina, and completed a Master of Law at the University of Maastricht (The Netherlands). Since 2016, he has been the Undersecretary of Regulation in the Information and Communications Technology Secretariat, under the Ministry of Modernization of the Argentine Republic, responsible for the formulation of proposals and projects related to regulations, the regulatory frameworks of telecommunications, ICT, satellite services and postal and logistic services. Previously, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales S.A. (ARSAT), participating in the design and implementation of the ARSAT satellite system and the Argentinean satellite policy.
At the international level, he has participated in various forums, meetings and international, regional and sub-regional conferences, among which there is the 1994 Plenipotentiary Conference of the ITU; the Assembly of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) of 1994, the first World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC), held in the Argentine Republic, also in 1994 and, as an advisor and consultant in the private sector, in the World Radiocommunication Conference of the ITU, in 1997.
He chaired the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference 2017 (WTDC-17), held in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Fernando Borjón
Director General, Telecommunications Investment Promotion Agency (PROMTEL), Mexico
Fernando Borjón Figueroa is currently in charge of the Telecommunications Investment Promotion Agency, by appointment of the President. He also chairs the Expert Group on the International Telecommunication Regulations, an ITU Group responsible for their revision.
Mr Borjón Figueroa has more than 30 years of experience, working in the academic sector as well as in the federal public administration. He was a Commissioner at the Federal Institute of Telecommunications, appointed to it in 2013 by the President of the Republic and ratified by the Senate. There, he participated actively in the implementation and implementation of various constitutional and legislative goals, derived from the Telecommunications Reform of 2013.
Mr Borjón Figueroa holds a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana, with a Master in Sciences in Industrial Systems of Measurement from Brunel University, where he obtained the Best Master's thesis in Great Britain, awarded by the Institute of Measurement and Control, Great Britain. He has also received degrees in Management and Leadership, as well as in Strategy and Innovation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, USA, respectively
Francisco Giacomini Soares
Senior Director Government Affairs, Qualcomm
Francisco Giacomini Soares is Senior Director of Government Affairs at Qualcomm Incorporated. He joined the company in 2007. Francisco is responsible for government related activities in Brazil and Southern Cone countries. Amongst his main activities are spectrum, regulatory and policy issues, participation in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and CITEL, and social responsibility initiatives such as Wireless Reach. Previously, Francisco worked at ANATEL, the Brazilian Telecommunications Agency since its inception in 1997, and held various roles, including General Manager for Certification, Spectrum Planning and Engineering, and Advisor of the President. During his tenure he led and was part of the Brazilian Administration in different fora, including ITU and CITEL, where he chaired the working group related to IMT spectrum in ITU (WP-8F), and terrestrial fixed and mobile radio communications services at CITEL (PCCII). At the Ministry of Communications, he was the General Coordinator for Spectrum Planning and Engineering. Francisco serves as Member of the Fiscal Board in Telebrasil. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Brasilia (UnB).
Hazem Moakkit
Vice President, Spectrum Strategy, Intelsat
Hazem Moakkit is responsible for shaping Intelsat’s strategic long-term positioning in the marketplace. In his role, he works closely with the company’s product management and innovation service teams to analyze and identify emerging growth opportunities for Intelsat. In addition, he is responsbile for managing efforts that protect, optimize and leverage the company’s spectrum assets in support of Intelsat’s broader long-term growth strategy.
Mr. Moakkit is a veteran of the satellite industry where he held various capacities over the last 25 years. Prior to rejoining Intelsat in 2015, Mr. Moakkit served as Vice President, Spectrum Development, at O3b Satellite Networks where he was responsible for managing and acquiring spectrum assets for the non-geostationary satellite operator, in addition to overseeing all of their regulatory activities at the ITU, CEPT, and other regulatory bodies. Before that, he was the Director or Regulatory & Spectrum Affairs where he created and managed the spectrum strategy for Yahsat (UAE), and was a key member of the Corporate Strategy team where he was instrumental in formulating and executing the expansion strategy for Yahsat in Africa and South America.
Prior to Yahsat, Mr. Moakkit was a member of the Spectrum & Regulatory group at Intelsat (previously PanAmSat) in Washington, DC. During his tenure at PanAmSat, he also worked in various system and sales engineering capacities.
Early on in his career, Mr. Moakkit served as a systems engineer at ATCI, a nascent satellite systems integrator based in Tempe, Arizona. While at ATCI he designed and built RF systems for several Fortune 500 clients.
Mr. Moakkit earned a Master of Business Administration Degree from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University.
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) is the world’s leading provider of satellite services, delivering high performance connectivity solutions for media, fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure, enterprise and government and military applications for more than 50 years. Intelsat’s satellite, teleport and fiber infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, setting the standard for transmissions of video and broadband services. From the globalization of content and the proliferation of HD, to the expansion of cellular networks and mobile broadband access, with Intelsat, envision your future network, connect using our leading satellite technology and transform your opportunities.
Ana Valero
Director of Regulatory Affairs, LatAm, Telefonica
As Director of Regulatory Affairs for Latin America in Telefonica, Ana defines and coordinates the positioning of the Telefonica Group in relation to regulatory issues in Telefonica’s 14 countries of operation in Latin America. A member of Telefonica’s Global Regulation and Public Policy team, she works very closely with the local businesses and regulatory teams to define and defend Telefonica’s position in relation to the main regulatory debates. She represents Telefonica at regional organizations and industry associations.
Ana has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunication’s industry. During this time, she has held management positions in pricing, marketing, customer experience, wholesale and regulation in different countries in Europe and Latin America. Ana has a Bachelor Degree in Economics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and an MBA from IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra.
Ariel Fernandez Alvarado
President, CATEL (Chamber of Telecommunications Cooperatives)
President of CATEL, Chamber of Telecommunications Cooperatives, an entity that groups together cooperatives of 8 provinces throughout the country, and stands out for the study of new technologies applied to this sector of the market. CATEL has implemented the first IPTV operation in the country, bringing together 9 cooperatives in 2015. It has recently obtained a license to provide MVNOs and has entered into an agreement with Movistar for the incorporation of small and medium operators into the mobile service. Ariel also serves as General Manager of TelViso, one of the largest telecommunications cooperatives in Argentina. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from Universidad del Salvador, and a Master's Degree in Technology and Telecommunications Service Management from the Universidad de San Andrés.
Andrés Sastre
Regional Director, ASIET
Andrés Sastre is Regional Director of ASIET for the Southern Cone since 2012. He has a Law Degree from the Complutense University of Madrid and a Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Salamanca. Expert Advisor in Telecommunications Regulation and Internet Governance, he is part of the Internet Governance Forum for Latin America and collaborates within the private sector in the strategy of eLac, digital agenda for Latin America.
Alberto Boaventura
Coordinator of Frequency Committee, Projeto 5G Brasil
Network Strategy and Architecture Manager at Oi. He started his career at Oi as Product Manager between 2003 and 2004, returning in 2006 in the area of Network Technology. He has 32 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, having worked in several areas: Deployment and Project Management, Network Planning, Strategic Planning, Market Planning, Business Management, Product Management and Technology Management. He has held positions at companies such as Embratel, Lucent Technologies, Ericsson, Brasil Telecom and Oi / Telemar. He holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Federal University of Fluminense (UFF), a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (MSc) from the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio / CETUC), and a postgraduate degree in Software Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and holds an MBA in Corporate Finance from the Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets (IBMEC-RJ). Alberto is Technical Deputy in Technical & Terminals Working Group in GSMA Latin America and the Coordinator of Frequency Committee inside 5G Brazil Project.
Lester Garcia
LatAm Public Policy Manager, Access and Connectivity, Facebook
Former public policy consultant and researcher. He served as Chief of Regulatory Policy at COFETEL (the Mexican Telecom Regulator). He has been a researcher and Professor in Economics and Public Policy for different schools and universities in Mexico.
Mr. Garcia holds a PhD in Public Policy (Universidad Anahuac 2003-2008), a Masters in Public Policy (University of Chicago 1994-1996) and a B.A. in Economics (ITESM).
Michael Daum
Director, Technology Policy, CELA Privacy and Regulatory Affairs, Microsoft
Michael Daum is a Director of Technology Policy in Microsoft’s Privacy and Regulatory Affairs group in Redmond, Washington. Michael’s primary responsibilities revolves around domestic and international spectrum policy and related issues that underpins connectivity to the cloud and to user equipment. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2013, Michael served as a Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell in her Washington DC office for almost a decade. Michael staffed the Senator on Information and Communications Technology policy issues, other issues of interest to the tech community (high skills immigration, patent reform, capital formation, etc.), and on aviation policy.
Michael began his career as an engineer designing, building, and testing laser and electro-optic systems. After receiving an M.B.A. in the early 1990s, he decided to change course and became a project manager at the U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards of Technology Advanced Technology Program. Subsequently, Michael was loaned to work successively in the Office of the Secretary of Commerce, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the White House National Economic Council on issues where technology intersects policy.
Greg Attiyeh
Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Gregory M. Attiyeh, Ph.D. is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting and is based in San Francisco. Dr. Attiyeh is part of the Telecom, Media and Technology practice. He has over 10 years of experience, working extensively in the areas of telecoms spectrum valuation, spectrum auction, business due diligence, market analysis, litigation and transactions in the wireless and fixed line sectors. His expertise also includes business plan development, econometrics and game theory.
Dr. Attiyeh’s telecom due diligence and restructuring experience includes creditor- and debtor-side engagements for numerous wireless, local exchange providers, such as competitive local exchange carriers, incumbent local exchange carriers and long distance companies. He has worked on multiple due diligence and restructuring engagements for international cellular carriers in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, India, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Dr. Attiyeh’s litigation experience at FTI Consulting includes financial damages, valuation and market analysis for wireless, local, long distance and broadband internet providers.
Dr. Attiyeh also has worked extensively providing end-to-end spectrum auction support and related services for wireless carriers in the U.S. and internationally. His auction consulting services include bid strategy, software development, bid tracking, war room management, valuation and regulatory support. Selected examples of his engagements include:
Bidding strategy, auction support, and valuation due diligence for wireless providers in 3G/4G and broadband auctions in India, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Canada, Colombia, Austria and currently in an incentive auction in the U.S.
Valuation, bidding strategy and auction tracking support for a U.S. regional wireless carrier in the advanced wireless services auction and 700 MHz auction
Bidding strategy and auction support for a wireless carrier in a Mexican personal communications service (PCS) auction, and a Canadian fixed wireless provider in an local multipoint distribution services auction
Valuation of a PCS spectrum held by a defaulting C-Block auction bidder in bankruptcy litigation, and various spectrum valuations in the context of restructuring and litigation
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Dr. Attiyeh was a Senior Economist in the Telecom practice of the Law & Economics Consulting Group (LECG), providing regulatory and litigation support services, primarily to regional Bell companies. Prior to LECG, Dr. Attiyeh focused on demand forecasting and database marketing as a Senior Analyst at Bell Labs and the Consumer Long Distance division of AT&T.
Dr. Attiyeh holds a B.A. in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, an M.S. in engineering economics systems from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in economics from University of Arizona. Dr. Attiyeh is a candidate member of the American Society of Appraisers, having completed the required coursework and examinations.
Gabriela Lago
Director, Regulatory Affairs, OneWeb
Gabriela is responsible for managing regulatory, policy advocacy and licensing matters in Latin America. With more than 20 years in the ICT industry, Gabriela has extensive experience in several market aspects, including regulatory and public policy advocacy, sales, business development and technical implementations as well as marketing, communications and public relations. Gabriela started her career in the satellite industry, with COMSAT International (now British Telecom), and continued to work with companies such as Telcordia (former Bell Labs) and Neustar in the implementation of country-wide telecommunications solutions. Before joining OneWeb, Gabriela worked as an independent consultant, assisting private companies in their go-to-market strategy and sales in Latin America and advising private and public entities. Gabriela has also collaborated with the InterAmerican Telecommunications Commission (CITEL) and the Central American Technical Commission (COMTELCA). Gabriela holds a BA from Universidad de Buenos Aires and an MBA from George Mason University.
Allan Ruiz
Executive Secretary, COMTELCA
Allan Ruiz, born in San Jose, Costa Rica. He received his degree as Electrical Engineer from the University of Costa Rica in 1988 and his Master Degree in Telecommunication form the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros en Telcomnicaciones (Universad Politécnica de Madrid) in 1993 he also got a Diploma as Network Architecture from the École nationale supérieure des télécommunications, Télécom Paris in 1991.
He is a self-motivated, success-driven, detail oriented professional with more than 20 years of experience in information and communications technologies in the private and public sectors focusing on ICT networks, spectrum management, wireless, fixed and mobile, broadcasting, digital television, satellite, and broadband. He has been responsible for the planning and implementation of many diverse projects in the areas of: network operations, network planning, sales, pre-sales, post-sales, product manager, project manager, marketing and policy maker. He represented Costa Rica in different international telecommunication organizations such, CITEL (COM/CITEL as the Chairman), ITU (ITU council member), World Radio Communications Conferences and at the OECD infrastructure Chapter. OECD Ministerial Meeting 2016. He worked with several large global corporations, including Lucent Technologies, Alcatel-Lucent, Intel, General Electric and ICE (Costa Rican telecom operator). As well as international organizational organizations as World Bank and currently with the Interamerican Development Bank as a broadband consultant, the International Telecommunication Union as a Consultant for the Central American region on spectrum management on wireless broadband, broadcasting, satellite, aeronautical and maritime issues and public policy development. He was the Spectrum Director and Deputy Minister of Telecommunications at Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications in Costa Rica and he is the current Executive Secretary of COMTELCA (Comisión Técnica Regional de Telecomunicaciones) that covers Central America and the Dominican Republic.
Rafael Sanchez
Senior Engineer, Regulatory and Competition Department, INDOTEL, Dominican Republic
He finished his studies in industrial electronics at the Instituto Politécnico Loyola, even before finishing, he began working in the area of industrial technology and maintenance of radio equipment.
He obtained a Telecommunications Engineering degree, as well as a Master's Degree in Engineering, from the University of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology of Moscow, Russia, in the former Soviet Union. After that he worked for ten year in different ICT technology related business.
He started working at the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications in 2000, in the Concessions and Licenses department for three years. After that, he held the post of radio spectrum manager. Mr. Sanchez represents INDOTEL in international forums that deal with radio spectrum management and has participated in several WRCs, being the head of the Dominican delegation at WRC-12. Currently he is working in the regulatory and competition department and within the PCC.II of CITEL, He is Vice-Chairman of the Working Group on Fixed and Mobile Terrestrial Radiocommunication Services.
Hugo Miguel
Undersecretary of Planning, Ministry of Modernization
Hugo is graduated in Systems, specialized in Telecommunications. Retired Officer of the Argentine Navy, oriented in Submarines. Also Specialist in Communications and Electronic War; and Operational Analyst Graduated from the Management Development Program of the IAE (Universidad Austral, Argentina).
More than 20 years of experience in the management of IT and Telecommunications projects at the National and International level, both in the Public and Private sector.
Professor of the University of Defense in different academic units. Postgraduate Professor in Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing at UBA (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Guest professor at UCA (Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina) and UADE (Universidad Argentina de la Empresa).
He currently serves as Undersecretary of Planning in the Information and Communication Technologies Secretariat, Ministry of Modernization.
He is Vice-Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 17: Security, of the International Telecommunication Union. He was also appointed Vice-Chairman of the Telecommunications Development Advisory Group (TDAG) during the las World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-17).
He is Member of the GAC (Governmental Advisory Committee) of ICANN, the body that regulates domains and assignment of network addresses on the Internet. And Member of the G20 Drafting Committee in the area of Technology and Digital Economy.
Hazem Moakkit
Spectrum & Regulatory Policy, ESOA
Hazem Moakkit is responsible for shaping Intelsat’s strategic long-term positioning in the marketplace. In his role, he works closely with the company’s product management and innovation service teams to analyze and identify emerging growth opportunities for Intelsat. In addition, he is responsbile for managing efforts that protect, optimize and leverage the company’s spectrum assets in support of Intelsat’s broader long-term growth strategy.
Mr. Moakkit is a veteran of the satellite industry where he held various capacities over the last 25 years. Prior to rejoining Intelsat in 2015, Mr. Moakkit served as Vice President, Spectrum Development, at O3b Satellite Networks where he was responsible for managing and acquiring spectrum assets for the non-geostationary satellite operator, in addition to overseeing all of their regulatory activities at the ITU, CEPT, and other regulatory bodies. Before that, he was the Director or Regulatory & Spectrum Affairs where he created and managed the spectrum strategy for Yahsat (UAE), and was a key member of the Corporate Strategy team where he was instrumental in formulating and executing the expansion strategy for Yahsat in Africa and South America.
Prior to Yahsat, Mr. Moakkit was a member of the Spectrum & Regulatory group at Intelsat (previously PanAmSat) in Washington, DC. During his tenure at PanAmSat, he also worked in various system and sales engineering capacities.
Early on in his career, Mr. Moakkit served as a systems engineer at ATCI, a nascent satellite systems integrator based in Tempe, Arizona. While at ATCI he designed and built RF systems for several Fortune 500 clients.
Mr. Moakkit earned a Master of Business Administration Degree from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University.
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) is the world’s leading provider of satellite services, delivering high performance connectivity solutions for media, fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure, enterprise and government and military applications for more than 50 years. Intelsat’s satellite, teleport and fiber infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, setting the standard for transmissions of video and broadband services. From the globalization of content and the proliferation of HD, to the expansion of cellular networks and mobile broadband access, with Intelsat, envision your future network, connect using our leading satellite technology and transform your opportunities.
Celedonio von Wuthenau
GSA CITEL Spectrum Group Member;, Head of Government Relations, LatAm, Nokia
Celedonio von Wuthenau is Director, Government Relations – Latin America of Nokia, based in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Nokia has presence in more than 100 countriesand is driving the transition to smart, virtual networks and seamless connectivity bycreating one, single network for all services, converging mobile and fixed broadband, IProuting and optical networks, with the software and services to manage them seamlessly.
Celedonio is involved in the development of the relation with government representativesand public officials and works in collaboration with Nokia´s LAT leaders to advance the company’s information and communications technology policy agenda throughout the
region.
Before he took this position, Celedonio was CALA Public Affairs Director – AmericasRegion at Alcatel-Lucent, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean with theCDMA Development Group (CDG), Public Affairs Director at Lucent Technologies forSouth America excluding Brazil and International and Institutional Manager of the National Commission of Communications (CNC), Argentina’s telecom regulator authority. He has a
rich background in external relations and public affairs in Latin America.
Celedonio, born in Buenos Aires, married and with three children, is Bachelor in PublicAdministration and Political Sciences of the University of Cuyo (Mendoza, Argentina) and Ph.D in Political Sciences of the University of Mainz (Germany).
Olga Madruga-Forti
Chief, Global Strategy & Negotiating Division, FCC
Olga Madruga-Forti has more than 25 years of experience as a senior executive and legal practitioner in the telecommunications and satellite industries, as well as extensive experience in commercial negotiations across numerous emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Currently, she is Chief of the Global Strategies and Negotiation Division of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), International Bureau returning to the Commission after 17 years of private sector international telecommunications experience. At the FCC Ms. Madruga-Forti leads the agencies international dialogue on a global basis. Much of her work is dedicated to helping developing countries establish new regulatory approaches that spur ICT development. Prior to joining the FCC Ms. Madruga-Forti was based in Argentina where she represented regional telecommunications companies before the International Telecommunications Union. Ms. Madruga-Forti was also a Member of the Board for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and an Adjunct Professor of Telecommunications Law and Negotiation at DePaul University Law School. Prior to this Ms. Madruga-Forti was Vice President, Regulatory and Legal, for several U.S. satellite companies heading global regulatory and market access operations.
Earlier in her career Ms. Madruga-Forti served nine years at the FCC as Special Counsel for International Satellite Policy and also Chief of the Domestic Services Branch of the Common Carrier Bureau. She earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, in Washington, D.C. concentrating on international business law and graduating as the Belgrano Scholar to the Organization of American States. Prior to that, she graduated summa cum laude from Emory University with a double major in both English and French Literature. She is fluent in English, Spanish and French.
Luis Pacheco Zevallos
Supervision and Inspection Manager, OSIPTEL, Peru
Supervision and Enforcement Manager at OSIPTEL
Luis is the acting Manager for Supervision and Enforcement at OSIPTEL, the Peruvian telecommunications public services Regulator and Competition Agency, where he has been also Regulatory Analysis Deputy Manager. He is also Commissioner at the Consumer Protection Commission at INDECOPI, the National Authority for Competition, User Protection and Intellectual Property.
He has more than 22 years of interdisciplinary experience in the ICT sector, holds a MS in Telecommunications, and a MEng in Engineering Management, both from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a BS in Electronic Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where he is also Professor at the Graduate level.
He has worked in the team that designed the National Broadband Plan of Peru and the "Law of Broadband Promotion and Construction of the National Optical Fiber backbone". He has led and worked with OSIPTEL teams in charge of monitoring the implementation of the national fiber optic network and regional networks, also worked in the regulation for quality of mobile and Internet services, and in the elaboration of OSIPTEL opinions on spectrum assignment and transfers asked by the Ministry of Transports and Communications. He has been also in charge of the elaboration of net neutrality regulation in Peru.
Christian O'Flaherty
Regional Development, Internet Society
Christian O’ Flaherty joined the Internet Society as Senior Education Manager in July 2009, where his work focuses on promoting Internet access, growth, and sustainability in Latin American and the Caribbean.
Christian began his career in academia, lecturing on operating systems, networking, and data communications at the Universidad Nacional del Sur in Argentina. In 1995, he became the Internet Operations Director at the Argentine National Research and Education Network (RETINA), where he was responsible for network planning and operations, coordinating more than 20 universities and research institutions that were connected through RETINA to the NSFNET.
In 1997, Christian joined IMPSAT, a Latin American provider of IP, hosting and data solutions. He played a key role in IMPSAT’s evolution from satellite-based communications to a regional IP fiber network and managed Internet services and network planning in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.
Global Crossing acquired IMPSAT Fiber Networks in 2006. With Global Crossing, Christian served as Latin American Internet Product Marketing Manager, and was responsible for developing and implementing the strategic plan for Internet products in the region.
Christian served as the Policy Chair of LACNIC from 2004 to 2008. He has been an active participant in other local, regional, and international forums including the Argentine IPv6 Task Force, the Argentine ISP association (CABASE), the Latin American IXP association (NAPLA), and the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
Christian is based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Sebastian Kaplan
Director of Regulatory Affairs LatAm, Millicom
Sebastian Kaplan is Director of Regulatory Affairs LATAM for Millicom since January 2016. He is responsible for coordinating the regulatory affairs of the Group’s operations in Latin America. He most recently served as Latam Regional Legal Director for Groupon. From 2012 to 2015 he was the Regional General Counsel (Legal and Corporate Affairs) of Claro Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. He joined the latter from Argentina’s largest law firm, Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, where he spent more than a decade (2000-2012) in the Telecommunications, Media and Technology Department advising some of the largest mobile and media companies in the region. He holds degrees from the Universidad Nacional de Rosario School of Law, a Master in Laws (LL.M.) from Northwestern University School of Law and a Certificate in Management (C.M.) from Kellogg School of Management.
Moderators
Carolina Limbatto
Principal Analyst, Americas, Cullen International
Carolina Limbatto is an economist, specialized in regulation and competition. She works at Cullen International and follows telecoms, media and digital economy regulation in the Americas. Before joining Cullen, Carolina worked at the Argentinian telecoms regulator, SeCom, for five years, advising on regulatory and economic issues.
Amit Nagpal
Partner , Aetha Consulting
Amit Nagpal is a Partner at, and one of the co-founders of, Aetha Consulting. Amit has over 20 years of experience on spectrum management issues having started his career with the Radiocommunications Agency (now part of Ofcom) in the UK. Amit advises regulators/government bodies, fixed and mobile operators, broadcasters, financial institutions and industry associations on a wide range of issues including spectrum policy development and spectrum valuation and auction support. Amit’s experience includes leading studies for the European Commission on the introduction of spectrum trading and a harmonised approach to the digital dividend. Amit has undertaken projects for clients in Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia and North America and is therefore able to bring a global perspective to his work. He recently supported a mobile operator in Colombia with its preparations for the AWS
spectrum auction.
Andrea Catalano
Editor, iProfesional.com
Andrea Catalano is a journalist, from iProfesional.com, where she writes about telecommunications, new tecnologies and economy. He also works in Radio Led Online where he has a program on current affairs. She´s graduated in Social Communication from Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.
Logistics
When
Wed 5 September, 2018 09.00 to
Thu 6 September, 2018 17.00
UTC-4
Where
Bernardo de Irigoyen 740, C1072AAP CABA, Argentina
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