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ITU Regional Development Forum 2008, 26 -
28 May 2008 |
Vince Affleck (Network Competition Manager, OFCOM, UK)
Dec 2003 - Present
Director of International, Ofcom responsible for
coordination with global international
organisations. In particular:
- Head of UK delegation for ITU-T
- Chair of OECD Communications Infrastructure and
Services Policy Working Party
2001 - 2003
Deputy Director International, Oftel
1994 - 2001
Network Competition Manager, Oftel
Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Competition Policy
(Nottingham University, 2000). |
Akossi Akossi (Secretary General of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU))
Mr Akossi AKOSSI is the current Secretary General of
the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) since
January, 2004, a Continental body entrusted with
building consensus within African countries and
coordinating African Common proposals in
international fora.
Mr. Akossi is a national of Cote d’Ivoire. He is a
degree holder in Computer Science and Management and
Systems and Communications Engineering from Ecole
Centrale De Lille and Ecole Nationale Superieure Des
Telecommunications De Paris in France respectively.
He was the Technical Advisor to the Minister and
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of P&T from
1981-1984 and 1986-1990 respectively. He
successfully steered the liberalization process of
the telecommunication Sector in Cote d’Ivoire when
he was the Managing Director of Agence Des
Telecommunication De Cote d’Ivoire.
In his 28 years as a Telecommunication expert and IT
professional, he has grown through the ranks in both
private and public sector where he has acquired a
wide experience in managing the intricacies of
decision making processes both locally and
internationally and has contributed immensely to the
implementation of sectorial policies and innovative
investment projects in several African Countries. |
Joseph Kwabena Amoako (Ghana Atomic Energy Commission)
Mr Amoako graduated from University of Cape Coast
with Bsc(Hons) in Physics and Diploma in Education
in 1988.
He obtained M.Phil degree in Physics from the
University Ghana in 1995 and Post graduate Diploma
in Radiation Protection from University of
Witwatersrand, South Africa in 1999.
Mr Amoako has since been working with the Radiation
Protection Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy
Commission as a Research Scientist. He has attended
a number of international conferences and is
currently Ghana’s representative on The Radiation
Safety Committee of the IAEA and Acting Head of
Regulatory Control Department of the Radiation
Protection Institute. |
Jude Arthur (Chairman of
the Board of the National Communications Authority (NCA),
Ghana)
Mr Jude Arthur the Managing Director of First
Atlantic Merchant Bank Ltd. graduated from the
Business School University of Ghana in 1976 with a
B.Sc Admin 2nd Class Upper degree.
He commenced his Banking career in 1978 and has had
an extensive and successful Banking career spanning
twenty seven years. He worked at Merchant Bank (GH)
Ltd. from 1978 to 1994 where he rose to be the head
of the Bank’s Corporate Finance Division.
In 1994 he joined a group of investors with a shared
vision to set up First Atlantic Merchant Bank
Limited (FAMBL). He has been the Managing Director
since its inception. Mr. Arthur has had extensive
Executive training in Strategic Management and
Leadership in such prestigious institutions as
Ashridge Management College, INSEAD in France,
Wharton University of Pennsylvania, Templeton
College Oxford University and a joint programme
organised by Stanford University and the National
University of Singapore (NUS).
He has also attended the flagship programme in
Corporate Governance – Making Corporate Boards more
Effective in Harvard Business School, US. He was a
member of the Study Group that set up the Ghana
Stock Exchange (GSE) and a joint lead Manager for
the Ghana portion of the Ashanti Goldfields Company
(AGC) share offer which resulted in the listing of
the then AGC on the GSE, and the London Stock
Exchange (LSE). Mr. Arthur is the current President
of the GHANA ASSOCIATION OF BANKERS, an Honorary
Fellow of the CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BANKERS and the
Chairman of the NATIONAL COMMUNICATION AUTHORITY
since 2003.
In 2003, the President of the Republic appointed Mr.
Arthur as the Chairperson of the Governing Council,
The Board of Directors, of the National
Communications Authority. During his tenure the
Authority has benefited immensely from his the
Authority has benefited immensely from his excellent
management and corporate financial skills and
experiences; said experiences that has contributed
in no small measure in the Authority’s
re-orientation to capacity development, focus on the
customer and above all measured and high yield
balancing of the Authority’s multiple stakeholder:
Consumers, Government, Operators and Investors. |
Ali Drissa Badiel (ITU/BDT)
Profile:
Ali Drissa BADIEL, a national from Burkina Faso, is
a graduate engineer from the National Institute of
Telecommunications (INT) of Evry (France) in 1996,
specialized in computing and networking. Before that
training, he received a master in Physics at the
University of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in 1993.
Work experience:
Since 1996, he served as a telecommunication
engineer at the National Telco (ONATEL) of Burkina
Faso within the team who set up the national
Internet backbone of Burkina Faso (FasoNet) in 1996;
in 1999, he was nominated head of the systems and
maintenance service and one year later, he passed
head of the ICT department until 2007 with, among
others, the duties of conducting IP networks and ICT
applications projects, extending and developing the
the FasoNet backbone, developing new types of
networks such as VSAT and ADSL, and studying the
feasibility of IP NGNs and IP over MPLS networks for
ONATEL.
In addition to those activities, he worked as a free
lance teacher in IP networking at four(4) high
schools in Burkina Faso (ISIG, IST, ENT, ISGE) and
run some consultancies in IP networking and ICT
applications for both the Africa Union and the ITU
from 2004 to 2007. He was also a member of the
French Task Force at ICANN (Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers) until 2007.
Since November 2007, he joined the ITU as a senior
advisor for IP-based networks and ICT applications,
at the Regional Office for Africa in Addis Ababa
(Ethiopia). |
Seydoux B. Bassavé (ITU/BDT)
Mr Seydoux B. Bassavé is a graduate Engineer from
the 100th promotion of the Ecole Polytechnique de
Montreal in 1976 and holds a BSC in Applied Science
at the University of Montreal, Canada. He also holds
a certificate of specialization in satellite
communication, British Telecom in 1977.
Professional background
At National level
From 1978 to 1987, Mr. Bassavé was appointed at
different increasing levels of responsibilities
within the Office des Postes et Telecommunications
(OPT) and the Office National des Telecommunications
(ONATEL) of Burkina Faso. Hence, he successively
held the following functions:
- Project manager and manager of the first earth
station in the country
- Director of Studies and Planning, P&T
- Deputy Director General of P&T in charge of
telecommunication,
- Director General of Post and Telecommunication
cooperation,
- Technical Director of ONATEL newly created after
the separation of Posts and Telecommunications
cooperation into two entities.
Distinction: decorated « Chevalier de l'Ordre
National » of Burkina Faso.
At African and international level
- Alternate Governor and then Governor of the 2nd
African Regional Group (GRAF II) Board of Governors
of Intelsat (1981-1982);
- Expert of the Pan-African Telecommunications Union
(PATU - current ATU), in satellite systems for
AFROSAT project and in Guinea for the technical
receipt testes of the earth station of Wonkifon
(1980);
- ITU Expert in network planning for feasibility
studies of RASCOM project (1987-1991);
- Since March 1991, ITU Area officer for Network
Management & Development with duty station at Dakar,
Senegal.
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Bernard Forson (Director General, National Communications Authority (NCA), Ghana)
Mr. Bernard Aidoo Forson, Jr. is a Telecommunication
Management Executive with about 25 years of
training, exposure and experience in
telecommunications, in the areas of: strategic
planning, corporate & business development and
investment finance.
He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s
Wharton Graduate Business School (MBA 1982), and the
University of Ghana (B.Sc. Econ, 1977). In addition,
he pursued non-degree advanced studies in Economics
and Technology Management Programs at Boston
University and The Haas School, University of
California, Berkeley. He has also attended a number
of telecommunications related programs at
InterConnect Communications facility, at Bath,
United Kingdom.
He has accrued highly relevant and significant
private sector and regulatory management experience
working with a number of US organizations such as
Avon Products Inc, New York City, New York; SNET
Telecommunications, New Haven, Connecticut; (Now
part of AT&T) Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Connecticut
and the erstwhile Edgix Corporation, New York City,
New York.
His accomplishments, particularly in the business of
wireless communications and in the development of an
effective regulatory framework, have been
outstanding. His experience brings to the table a
unique dual perspective of both developed and
developing markets, stable markets as well as ones
under flux.
On August 1st, 2007, he was promoted to the position
of Director General of the National Communications
Authority. Prior to this appointment Bernard served
as the Deputy Director General from January 1st,
2002 to July 31st, 2007. As the Deputy Director
General, his primary responsibility was to:
conceptualize, formulate, develop and manage the
implementation of strategies and tactical
initiatives to enhance the competitiveness of the
communications industry in Ghana.
In his new role as the Director General he will be
expected to continue to provide intellectual,
strategic and tactical leadership in a number of key
areas to enable the Authority achieve its stated
objectives. |
Bruce A. Gracie (Industry Canada)
Having completed a Ph.D. in 1976, Bruce Gracie has
worked in a variety of capacities in the Canadian
federal government responsible for
telecommunications and information technology
matters. He also participated in an exchange
programme with the Australian Department of
Communications over a period of 2 years. His current
duties include chairmanships of various
government/industry committees focused on the
preparations for ITU conferences and assemblies
(such as the 2010 Plenipotentiary Conference, the
2010 World Telecommunication Development Conference,
WRC-2011, and the 2008 World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly). Among his recent
responsibilities at ITU were the following: Chairman
of the Finance and Administration Committee at the
2002 Plenipotentiary Conference, Chairman of the
2006 Council, Chairman of the Radiocommunication
Advisory Group from 2000 to 2007, and Chairman of
the 2007 Radiocommunication Assembly.
His current responsibilities include serving as ITU
Councillor for Canada, as well as Chairman of the
Commonwealth ITU Group, Chairman of the Council
Group on the Financial Regulations and Chairman of
the Council Tripartite Group on Human Resources
Management. He has been a member of the Council
Troika since 2005. |
Paul Inglesby (Telekom South Africa)
Paul is currently responsible for Standards
Coordination and Innovation projects in Telkom’s
Technology Strategy and Integration section in
Pretoria Head Office. The key strategic Standards
Development Organisations (SDOs) and Fora that Paul
is involved in includes, but is not limited to, ETSI
TISPAN (fixed network NGN/IMS technical
specifications), 3GPP (mobile network and “Common
IMS” technical specifications), ITU-T Study Groups
13/19 and the Fixed Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA).
Paul has actively contributed towards the FMCA’s
workstream work items and served as an executive
board member of the FMCA.
Paul’s responsibilities includes Telkom’s Technology
Strategy involving specifically new creative and
innovative projects on Next Generation Networks (NGN),
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), Service Delivery
Platforms (SDP), future networks and mobility. Paul
has been actively involved with many strategic
projects since the early 90’s e.g. strategic
planning for the introduction of GSM technology into
South Africa in 1992 to 1994, Telkom’s NGN/PMA
(Packet Mode Architecture) project in 2000 and
Telkom/Vodacom fixed mobile convergence (FMC)
synergy project management in 2003.
Paul spent 20 months overseas in 1979/1980 in an
optical fibre cable research and development
laboratory in Basildon, UK and was responsible for
the network design, engineering and installation of
the first optical fibre transmission system that was
installed in South Africa between Witpoortjie and
Roodepoort in 1981.
Paul holds a Bachelor’s (with honours) and Master’s
Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University
of Cape Town. |
Désiré Karyabwite (ITU/BDT)
Mr. Désiré KARYABWITE is the IP (Internet Protocol)
Coordinator of the E-Strategy Unit at the ITU
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). Since
1989, he has played a leading role in the field of
technology transfer and in the Introduction of
Internet/Intranet in High Technologies Enterprises
in Switzerland and in several African countries. In
1997, he started to work with the ITU as Expert in
Telecommunication Management Information Systems and
IP-based Networks.
Now, he is managing IP activities and assisting
developing countries in setting up their IP-based
networks and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
technology, policies and strategies. He has
published several handbooks and documents on
strategies relating to communication systems and
access technologies, has participated in
international panels and organized IP Telephony,
e-services - applications and related events
worldwide.
Before joining ITU, he was a member and President of
IDM (Ingénieurs du Monde, Sector member of ITU in
Switzerland), Internet Coordinator at Synergies
Africa in Geneva, Switzerland. He also worked with
Northrop Grumman, Maryland, USA, as Coordinator of
“Air Traffic Management System and Radio Access
project” for Rwanda, and after that as Chief
Executive Officer a.i. for RITA (Rwanda Information
Technology Authority) and Permanent Representative
of Rwanda in ITU.
He was born in Rwanda in December 1963. He has a
M.Sc (master of science). in Electrical Engineering
from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in
Switzerland.
He graduated from EPFL- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (Switzerland Federal Institute of
Technology) as Electrical and Communication Engineer
and he is also qualified in “Management of High
Technologies” from EPFL. |
Tim Kelly (ITU/TSB)
Dr Tim Kelly is Head of the Standardization Policy
Division of the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU), where he has worked since 1993. Before
joining ITU he spent five years as a Communications
Policy Analyst with the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) and three years
with Logica Consultancy Ltd. He has an MA (Hons)
degree in Geography and a Ph.D in industrial
economics from Cambridge University.
Over the last twenty years, Dr Kelly has specialised
in the economics of the telecommunications industry.
He has written or co-authored more than 30 books on
the subject including the ITU's “Internet Reports”
and “World Information Society Reports”. He was in
charge of the “content team” for the World Summit on
the Information Society (WSIS), which concluded in
November 2005. He is a visiting scholar at the
business school of Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology. |
John Saidi Kimbe (Manager, Technology
& Policy, South Africa Telecommunications
Association (SATA))
Holder of a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in
Electronic Engineering and Communications from South
Australian Institute of Technology. Has been in the
ICTs sector for over 27 years with 22 years working
for Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited.
Moved to join SATA, the SADC’s Telecom Operation
Wing in 2001 as a Programme Manager coordinating and
managing the SADC Region Information Infrastructure
Project aimed at interconnecting the region.
Mr. Kimbe is currently the Manager of Technology and
Policy matters at SATA responsible for ICTs projects
coordination and policy initiations and development.
Mr. Kimbe is a registered engineer with the
Engineers’ Registration Board of Tanzania (R.Eng),
Member of the Institute of Engineers in Tanzania (MIET),
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers in Australia (MIEEE), SADC Qualified
Assessor of Telecommunications Training Institutes
in the Region (SQA) and a Fellow of
Telecommunications Executive Management Institute of
Canada (F-TEMIC). |
Jean-Jacques Massima-Landji (ATU)
A- Formation:
Ingénieur diplômé en Radioélectricité en
Electronique et en Informatique.(EFREI 1983)
Diplôme d’anglais de la SPLEF(1983) et UN English
Proficiency (2002)
B- Fonctions Occupées:
1-OPT(Office des Postes et Télécommunications)
Chef de service des réseaux de teleinformatique et
de télématique (1984-1988)
Directeur des Etudes et Projets informatiques,
(1988-1990)
Directeur central des telecommunications
Nationales(1990-1994)
Directeur Général adjoint de l’OPT,chargé des
Télécommunications et
Directeur Général de la Société des
Télécommunications Internationales gabonaises(TIG)
1994-1998
2-ICO Global Communications
Directeur régional pour l’Afrique centrale 1998
–1999
3- UIT
Haut Fonctionnaire international, Coordonnateur de
Projet BDT ,Avril2000-Avril 2004
4-Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications du
Gabon
Président du Conseil de Régulation 2001-2002 (Mise
en place de l’organe de régulation)
5- Ministère des Postes et Técommunications. ARTEL
Gabon
Représentant Permanent de GABON TELECOM de Avril
2004 à Juin 2007 puis de l’ARTEL auprès de l’UIT,
Genève de Juin 2007 à ce jour.
C- Expérience internationale
Bonne connaissance de l’UIT et du système des
Nations Unies et des organisations internationales
et régionales de Télécommunications.
-Délegué aux réunions techniques et aux conférences
de l’UIT, y compris les conférences régionales de
développement et les réunions des organisations sous
régionales CAPTAC, COPTAC, CAPTEF
-membre de la commission de haut niveau pour la
réforme de l’UIT
-Chef de délégation adjoint à la conférence
plénipotentiaire additionnelle
-administrateur de RASCOM 1992 à 1994
-Président du Conseil d’Administration de RASCOM
1995-1996
-Représentant du Gabon aux assemblées des parties
d’INTELSAT,(représentant au GRAF2 )et d’INMARSAT et
de RASCOM
-Participation active aux CMDT, CMR ,
Plenipotentiaires
-Chef de delegation pour l’ AMNT 04 Florianopolis
-Chef de délégation adjoint pour la Conférence
Régionale Radio, Genève 2004
-President le Conference regionale Radio , RR06Rev
GE89,
-President du GT 5B de la Commission 5 ,CMR07
D-Responsabilités permanentes actuelles:
Vice président de la CE 12 UIT-T, et Vice président
du GCDT
Disponibilité :
Excellente.
Assiste à toutes les réunions programmées à Genève
et selon le besoin, participe aux autres réunions
importantes de Télécommunications en dehors de
Genève. |
Reynold Mfungahema (Tanzania)
Rayonld Crispin Mfungahema is serving as the
Director, Consumer and Industry Affairs with the
Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA);
responsible for licensing and enforcement, consumer
protection issues, industry analysis and tariff
regulation.
He is a certified regulatory expert and an Economist
with a long and wide working experience. He has
served in various capacities as an Economist with
the government of Tanzania, a Chief Economic and
Financial Analyst and as a Director of Economic
Regulation with the defunct Tanzania Communications
Commission (TCC).
His areas of expertise include regulatory impact
assessment, costing and pricing, tariff analysis,
interconnection analysis, market analysis, macro and
micro economics, economic and financial analysis,
econometrics and statistics, economic and
operational research, Regional and rural planning
science.
Dr. Mfungahema holds Ph.D. (1998) and MSc (1994) in
Regional Planning Science from Kyoto University-
Japan and B.A (Hons.) in Industrial Economics (1985)
degree from University of Dar Es Salaam – Tanzania.
He has attended a number of post graduate short
courses and specialized training mainly in Utilities
Regulation as part of Continued education. He is a
regular participant and keen follower of ITU- T
Study Group 3 , Expert Group on ITR’s and TAF
activities since year 2000. He was part of the
Tanzanian delegation to the WTSA-04 in Florianópolis,
Brazil. |
Fabio Leite, (Deputy Director,
Radiocommunication Bureau (BR), ITU)
FABIO LEITE is Deputy-Director and Chief,
Informatics, Administration and Publications
Department (IAP) of the Radiocommunication Bureau,
International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Since starting his career in ITU in 1987, Mr. Leite
has held different positions as satellite
communications engineer, Counsellor for mobile radio
services and for fixed wireless systems, and Project
Manager, International Mobile
Telecommunications-2000 (IMT 2000). He also served
as technical secretary in several World
Radiocommunication Conferences.
Before joining the ITU, Mr. Leite worked for
EMBRATEL, Brazil, responsible for the communications
system engineering unit of the first Brazilian
domestic satellite system, BRAZILSAT. Since 1980, he
participated in many ITU Radiocommuncation
conferences and meetings as member of Brazilian
delegations, responsible for technical and
regulatory issues. He was elected Vice-Chairman of
ITU Radiocommunication Study Group 4
(fixed-satellite service) in 1986.
Mr. Leite has Bachelor and Master of Applied Science
degrees in Electrical Engineering with
specialization in telecommunications. |
Massimo Migliuolo (Vice President Emerging Markets Theatre, Cisco)
Massimo Migliuolo is Vice President of the Service
Provider business for the Emerging Markets Theatre
at Cisco Systems Inc., the worldwide leader in
networking, transforming how people connect,
communicate and collaborate.
Massimo has led the Service Provider organisation
since August 2006, which currently accounts for more
than 35% of Cisco’s Emerging Markets business (by
segment). Cisco’s Emerging Markets Theatre covers
four key regions: Central and Eastern Europe (CEE),
Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (RCIS),
Latin America (LATAM) and Middle East, Africa (MEA).
Key engagements for Cisco include advising country
and service provider leaders about their Information
and Communication technology (ICT) and broadband
strategy, enabling the built-out of Digital Cities
across the Middle East, in addition to the creation
of a Public and Safety Virtual Service Provider (VSP)
in Latin America.
Recognised as an innovator and thought leader in
Cisco, Massimo is focused on creating new business
models and developing new solutions to help Service
Providers, as well as Governments, continue their
transformational broadband build-out in the Emerging
Markets. In particular, Massimo is leading Cisco’s
vision of a Virtual Service Provider (VSP), enabled
through his passion for and knowledge of linking
market segments to create greater opportunity for
Cisco’s customers.
Previously, Massimo was responsible for developing
Cisco’s global mobile strategy and implementing the
company’s vision for mobile Service Providers. Under
Massimo’s leadership, Cisco’s mobility business
tripled and his team enabled Cisco’s sales force
with revenue-generating and cost-reducing solutions
to accelerate growth. Massimo also focused on
creating new markets and business models to
continuously generate value in the form of new
services to end-users. Massimo was able to
significantly drive growth for Cisco by brokering
key mobile alliances and partnerships to help scale
the business.
Massimo joined Cisco eight years ago from Lucent
Technologies and previously worked at AT&T, where he
was engaged in the development of their mobile
market.
Having graduated from the Bocconi University in
Milan, with a degree in Business Economics, Massimo
spent three years in the Oil Industry, before
joining the telecommunications industry. |
Matano Ndaro (Kenya)
Mr. Matano Ndaro is an Assistant Director
responsible for Market Analysis and Tariffs in the
Department of Competition, Tariffs and Market
Analysis of the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK),
where he has been working since 1999 when the
Commission was created. Prior to joining CCK, he
spent seven years as an Assistant Telecoms
Controller and later Strategic Planning Officer with
the defunct Kenya Posts and Telecommunications
Corporation (KPTC). Mr. Ndaro is the vice-chairman
of ITU-T Study Group 3 where he also doubles as the
Study Group’s Liaison and Coordination Officer on
developing countries issues, prior to which he was
chairman of ITU-T SG3 Tariff Group for Africa (TAF)
during the study period 2000 – 2004. He has been a
member of the TSAG and the African Group to WTSA-00
and WTSA-04 respectively. He has been representing
Kenya at all SG3 meetings since 1999 and was also a
member of his country’s delegation to the WTDC-06.
Mr. Ndaro has been a member of the Steering
Committee for the preparation of the ITU Regional
Development Forum and African Region WTSA-08.
He is a member of Kenya’s national ICT Working
Group, national committee on WTO, Trade in Services
and Task Force on Negotiations for the East African
Community Common Market Protocol.
He holds a degree in Economics from the University
of Nairobi, Kenya and has post graduate training in
Telecommunications Regulation from the University of
Westminster, UK. He also has extensive training in
ICT, competition, universal access, technologies and
regulation and is currently enrolled for an advanced
degree in ICT Policy & Regulation at the Jomo
Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology in
Kenya. |
Shem Ochuodho (Chairman, Africa Regional Computing Centre, Kenya)
Dr Ochuodho is the Executive Chairman of the African
Regional Centre for Computing (ARCC) and a Grand
Jury Member of the World Summit Awards. For three
years, he served as a Special ICT Advisor to the
Ministry of Infrastructure, Government of Rwanda,
part of which he was the Executive Director of the
Rwanda Information Technology Authority (RITA).
He was recipient of the 2007 Kenya Community Abroad
(KCA) Excellence Award for his role in pioneering
Internet and ICTs in Kenya, Rwanda and the East
African generally. He has more than 20 years of
experience in the ICT field, in private sector,
civil society, academia and public service. He
previously worked as Managing Director and CEO of
the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC). Earlier, he worked
as a Senior Lecturer at Kenyatta and Nairobi
Universities in Kenya, and served as External
Examiner in Computer Science for the University of
Zimbabwe.
In 2005, he received the AfricaOnline’s “Industry
Pioneers Award” for Internet development and
promotion in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has published
extensively in reputable journals and has presented
his works at numerous national, regional and
international professional fora. He holds an MSc in
Electrical Engineering from the University of
Nairobi, a PhD in Software Engineering from the
University of York, UK, and a Honorary LLD from
Marlboro College, Vermont, USA for “Entrepreneurship
development, politics and innovation”. He is a past
recipient of Fellowships from the German Academic
Exchange Programme (DAAD), the British Overseas
Development Agency (now Department for International
Development – DfID), and the American Maths Society
(AMS – for a Post-doctoral program at the University
of California, Berkeley, USA).
His major area of current interest is policy design
for ICT for development (ICT4D) especially in
employment creation and poverty reduction (ICT4PVR).
He is particularly keen on broadband infrastructure
development and e-applications deployment
strategies, especially in agriculture, food
security, education, health, commerce and emergency
relief services. |
Pierre-André Probst (Chairman ITU-T SG 16, ITU)
Mr. Pierre-André Probst started his professional career
as a Research assistant at the High Frequency
Institute of the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology in Zurich (research work and tutor) in
the early seventies. He progressed through jobs up
to Executive Vice President of Swisscom, Member of
the Management Board with responsibility for the
Network Services Division (strategy, planning and
implementation of Swisscom network platforms). He
was also Head of External Relations (1999-2000),
relations with international organizations (UIT,
ETNO, ETSI, etc.) and the Swiss political and
economical bodies and now acts as an Independent
consultant in the area of ICT. He has participated
in the standardization work in ITU-T for many years,
as Rapporteur, Working Party Chairman, and Study
Group Chair. For the last 8 years, he has been the
chair of ITU-T Study Group 16, "Multimedia Systems,
Services and Terminals". |
Eng. Thomas A. Senaji (Telecom Kenya)
Eng. Thomas Senaji holds a Masters degree in
Business Administration specializing in strategic
management and a Bachelor of Science degree in
electrical engineering with extensive training in
ICT planning, engineering, operations, maintenance
and management spanning over 17 years; with
qualifications in Marketing. He is enrolled for
doctoral (PhD) studies.
He has served on many expert ICT Taskforces and
Committees including the East African Internet
Exchange point (EAIXP), the Committee on
Interconnection Guidelines among East African
Community Partner states; and as chairman of the
Telecommunication Working Committee (TWC) of the
East African Regulatory Posts and Telecommunication
Organization, EARPTO.
He has served as Head of Data Services and Assistant
General Manager in Telkom Kenya where he managed
relations with all ICT stakeholders in Kenya and in
East African Region; as Head of Regulatory and
Government relations portfolio in addition to many
other engineering and management functions. He has
worked on signaling systems, NGN, GSM and CDMA and
carried out service provision and supervision of
operation and maintenance; and quality of service
assurance.
He served as a Director and Board member of Jambo
Telkom limited, an ISP and is a member of the
Institution of Engineers of Kenya; and a registered
engineer with the Engineers Registration Board of
Kenya. He is a Fellow of Telecommunication Executive
Management Institute of Canada, F.TEMIC. He
participates in the network of the African Economic
Research Consortium, AERC
He is currently Group General Manager and Managing
Consultant for the Wells Group of Companies dealing
in water, energy and environment; and a Management
and ICT consultant. He is also a lecturer at both
Kenyatta University (School of Pure and Applied
Sciences); and in Kenya Methodist University
(Business Administration and Entrepreneurship) in
Kenya.
His current interests are in access to ICTs for
holistic human development; and human capacity
building. |
Saburo Tanaka (ITU/TSB)
Saburo TANAKA is Chief of Services Department in the
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau – ITU, a
post he has filled since 2006. In the Services
Department, he coordinates the activities of
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau. From 1991
to 2005, he was Counsellor responsible for the
organization and the conduct of telecommunication
tariff and policy related meetings in the ITU. He
was in charge of analyzing the evolution of tariff
and policy related activities in the world and
provided advice for the elaboration of tariff
related Recommendations.
Before joining ITU, he spent twenty years with KDD,
Japanese international telecommunication operator,
where he held a number of senior positions in the
regulatory and policy related fields, in the
international relations department as well as in the
sales and marketing department.
He has an advanced degree in Econometrics from
Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Geneva. |
John Tandoh (Ghana)
Major John J.R.K Tandoh (Rtd) was enlisted into the
Ghana Armed Forces as Officer Cadet at the Ghana
Military Academy, Teshie, and Accra from October
1969 to October 1971 when he graduated as Second
Lieutenant.
He was commissioned into the Corps of Signals, Ghana
Army where he served in various appointments until
he was seconded to the Civil Service from the Ghana
Armed Forces to serve at the Office of the
President, 1982 to 1986 as the Chief Executive of
the Ghana Frequency Registration and Control Board.
He retired honourably from the Ghana Armed Forces in
July 1986 and set up his own Private Communication
Consultancy Services known as Communication Research
and Development Consultancy as the Managing
Consultant.
He was appointed Executive Chairman of the Ghana
Frequency, Registration, and Control Board in April
1993.
From July 2001 to July 2007 he was the Acting
Director-General & CEO of the National
Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana. NCA is the
Government Agency that regulates communications by
wire, cable, radio, television, satellite and
similar means of technology for the orderly
development and operation of efficient
communications services in Ghana.
Major Tandoh is a graduate from Military College of
Signals, Pakistan in addition he has pursued Masters
Degree Programme in Communications Policy and
Regulations at the University of Westminster in the
UK and holds a Postgraduate Certificate in
Telecommunication Strategic Planning and Management
from University of Colorado, Boulders, in the USA.
In November 1998, he was unanimously elected by the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Plenipotentiary Conference held in Minneapolis, in
the United States as a member of the ITU Radio
Regulations Board (RRB). He represented Africa with
two other colleagues from Cote d’Ivoire and Morocco
from February 1999 to February 2003.
He represented Ghana on the ITU Council as a
Councillor from February 2003 to February 2007.
Major Tandoh was also appointed in November 2003 as
Chairman, African Regulators Network.
In addition he has held the following appointments
among others:
i) Chairman, Ghana Civil Aviation Computer Centre
ii) Member, Board of Directors, Ghana Civil Aviation
Authority
Major Tandoh has several publications on
Telecommunication and related regulatory issues to
his credit. He has travelled extensively to give
lectures at seminars and workshops at various
International fora in several countries including,
United States; U.K; France; Sweden; Japan, Malaysia;
Australia; South Africa, Norway etc.
He is currently Chairman and CEO John Tandoh and
Associates Ltd and Member of The Board of Trustees
International Institute of Communications with its
Headquarters in London , UK. |
Chali Tumelo (ITU/BDT)
BSc (Hons) ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING,
Manchester University, England July 1985.
MEIZ (Member of Engineering Institute of Zambia),
Certificates in Business Planning, Marketing,
Finance and Management skills.
Certificates in various courses attended in
International Telecommunications Training Institutes
in the areas of design, management, administration
and operations of all Network Elements and
Subsystems of a Cellular Network, other Wireless
Systems and 3G Technologies.
Currently, ITU Senior Advisor for Network Management
and Development for Eastern and Southern Africa for
the past six and a half years.
Previously, Project Manager for study and design of
remote wireless communications solutions, GSM D900
Cellular Network Administration, Maintenance and
Operations Manager - Zamcell, CDMA Cellular Network
Systems and Radio Engineer - Telecel, International
Computers Field Services Computer Engineer - ICL ,
Radio and Transmission Planning Telecommunications
Engineer - ZAMTEL
Thorough knowledge of the world’s telecommunications
trends, convergence, 3G technologies and of general
environment of telecommunications in Africa.
Participation in the Ministry of Science and
Technology activities in Zambia as a Role Model and
active participation in the Communications industry
in Zambia. |
Mr. John Visser (Chairman, ITU-T SG 19, ITU)
John Visser earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in
Electrical Engineering from the University of
British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada in 1973. After
gaining practical experience in divers areas within
military communications as an officer in the
Canadian Armed Forces, John joined Bell-Northern
Research, then the R&D arm of Nortel Networks, in
1978. Since then, he has been involved in many key
network standards, systems engineering, planning,
product design, and product line management support
activities for many years. He has an extensive
background in SS7, ISDN, Intelligent Networks and
mobile networks, and has held a series of positions
of increasing responsibility, both internally and
within standards bodies, in these areas over his
career with Nortel Networks. Together with prior
activities in ANSI T1, TIA, and other areas in ITU
T, and the 3G Partnership Projects, John is very
active in International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT
2000) standardization work in ITU T. In October
2000, John was appointed Chairman of the ITU T
Special Study Group (SSG) on "IMT 2000 and Beyond."
In October 2004, he was appointed Chairman of the
successor to ITU T Special Study Group SG 19 “Mobile
Telecommunication Networks”. The SSG/SG 19 has been
successfully globalizing the 3GPP and 3GPP2
specifications as adopted by their partner
organizations, and progressing the vision and
requirements for the core network infrastructure of
next generation mobile systems. The latter includes
inter-system mobility management, and the
convergence of fixed and mobile networks. John is a
member of the Advisory Board of the Advanced
Software Engineering Research and Training (ASERT)
Laboratories at the University of Ottawa and
Carleton University. He is also a guest lecturer at
Carleton University and a frequent speaker at
conferences and seminars. John is a Registered
Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario and
a member of IEEE. |
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