CC is organising its next digital branded CC-Webinar.Live Panel Discussion and Knowledge Sharing Session sponsored by Batelco, taking place on the 24th of June 2021. This webinar is a part of the Europe 2021 GCCM – Lisbon 24th & 25th June event. Click HERE to visit the event page.During this session Batelco will give a keynote presentation and join the panel discussion session addressing industry topic: New Business Models to meet cables future digital demand and the role of Datacenters in the region to meet future demand.
Should you require further details, please feel free to contact our team at: [email protected]. To register please visit the agenda below to click on the webinar link as soon as it is published and fill in the form.
Based at Lago di Como in Italy, VSC provides strategic advisory services in M&A, Business Development & Media for the telecommunication industry. Over the last 25 years, Erik developed extensive expertise and deep domain knowledge working at major telecom companies. His international career includes senior & executive level positions. Over the years, Erik has been a regular speaker & moderator at major international telecom conferences.
Hasan Zainal is the Head of International Capacity at Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in Bahrain, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
Hasan joined Batelco in 2007 and led the product management and development of various services and segments.
He led multiple projects to expand Batelco’s presence in Europe and the Middle East, also the launch of Batelco’s first owned cable system (BGN).
Hasan currently leads the development and operations of Batelco’s international assets, capacities and new cable systems. Driven by the passion to reshape the regions and making Bahrain as the leading digital hub.
Adam is Head of Wholesale EMEA for Telstra, a leading telecommunications and technology company. Based in London, he oversees Telstra’s wholesale business in EMEA, with responsibility for developing and driving the business strategy, as well as wholesale and OTT customer relationships.
With a strong focus on the customer experience and building value for wholesale partners, Adam has led the EMEA wholesale business to record large referenced deals with customers such as BT, Telia, BICS, Colt, KPN and GTT.
Adam has over 20 years’ experience in the telecoms industry, having held a number of roles at Verizon, AAPT and Pacnet prior to joining Telstra. He is a dual national of the United Kingdom and Australia, a country where he spent a decade building his career.
Outside of work, Adam is a father of four as well as a keen footballer and coach.
Giuseppe Valentino leads in Sparkle the Backbone & Infrastructure Solutions - Product Management team. He joined the company in 2003 and he has held senior positions within sales, product management and innovation organizations.
From 1996 to 2002 he worked for GTS/Ebone, a pioneer in IP and cross-border fiber backbones development in Europe, with business development as well as sales responsibilities.
He started his carrier in 1991 at ICT manufacturer Italtel as Project Engineer and worked at Bell Labs in Denver, Colorado, between 1994 and 1995 as coordinator of a joint development program between Italtel and AT&T (now Nokia).
He holds a master degree in Management and Production Engineering from Politecnico di Milano University.
Jens Leuchters is the managing director at NewTelco GmbH, where Jens is responsible for sales as well as product development. Jens develops the strategy for the SME market entry, as well as the digitization of internal business processes.
Jens has been in ICT since 1993 and started his career in internal IT at BT. Since 2003 he has been responsible for international management functions, including Interoute (GTT) and NTT.
As Regional Manager starting from 2003, Jens built the carrier business at Interoute. Next to this he was driving the enterprise GTM as well as the integration & migration of the acquired hosting provider PSI-Net in the DACH region. In 2009 he took over the management of the Japanese NTT Communication for CEE as Region General Manager. In 2016, Jens took over the SVP Network Services position in NTT Europe, where he pushed ahead with the transformation of the corporate network to SDWAN solutions and transferred the European Network BU into a global network factory.
Jens lives in the area around Frankfurt and is a passionate scuba diver and classic car fan.
Andy is Chief Operating Officer of Seaborn. He is responsible for leading all aspects of Seaborn’s global operations and engineering. Over the past three decades, Andy has developed and brought into operation numerous transoceanic and regional submarine cable systems connecting Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East.
Andy previously served as Head of Regional Submarine Networks at Global Marine Systems, a preeminent subsea cable installation company. Prior to Global Marine, Andy was an early member of Global Crossing’s Network Team, where he brought into service all of Global Crossing’s submarine networks, and he led engineering and implementation of network upgrades and provisioning of customer circuits on the global submarine network. He also led planning, construction, and operation of Global Crossing’s global NOC
Andy began his submarine telecom career with FLAG (FEA Submarine System), where he was responsible for the successful commissioning and bringing into service of all 15 segments of the Europe to Asia submarine system and for the centralized management of the entire system from the FNOC in Fujairah, UAE.
Most recently, Andy led the project management for a new 1,240 km submarine fiber optic cable system linking Trinidad, Guyana and Suriname.
Andy served in the Royal Air Force where he received a degree in Electronic Engineering and Aerospace Studies, and thereafter entered the telecom industry with NYNEX in the UK.
