A senior level telecommunications executive with 30 years of domestic and international experience in telecommunications and IT. Recently served as Vice President of IT Services for Verizon Communications (Largest telecommunications provider in the US), prior to joining as a partner with MEC Telematik, LLC. Examples of some of the businesses highly successful roles include:• Operational assessments of Operators in Somalia, Sudan, Mali, Philippines, Malaysia, Poland, Libya, Morocco, Iran, Nigeria. • New Mobile network and Broadband data network launches in Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Romania, Slovakia, Thailand, Venezuela, UK, Europe, USA, Russia and a number of other African countries• Due Diligence of Operators in Syria, Chad, Yemen, Afghanistan, USA, Mauritania, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Tanzania, Senegal, Iraq, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Croatia, Costa Rica.• Turn-around projects across all functional areas of a Telecom Operators business in: Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Korea, Thailand, Romania, Slovakia, Russia, Ivory Coast, Venezuela, USA, Argentina, Dominican Republic, and many others.• License bids and acquisitions• Operator commercial launch management• Operator Due Diligence • Financial and Business Valuations• Operational Performance assessments • Markets and Customer segmentation studies• Competitor analysis and strategy development • Manage and operate (M&O) services• Engineer, Furnish, and Install (EF&I) services• Commercial and Operational strategies• Network Audits and Optimization• Commercial Audits and re-engineering• Business Plan development• Business Process re-engineeringIn the USA, was responsible for Marketing, Sales, and Account Management for Verizon Information Technology which was the business unit that provided IT outsourcing solutions to the marketplace.Specialties: Contract negotiations, Operations, Sales and Marketing, Business Development. Expertise in Vendor Management