Gaël Hernández Email & Phone Number

Dublin, Ie

Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

- Global strategy development for network interconnection and peering, including identifying opportunities for new sites, site optimisation, backhaul and data centre contract negotiations and management of service delivery process.

Global

- Establish and maintain business relationships with prospective partners such as Internet exchange points operators and data-centre operators for PCH sites in Europe, francophone African and Latin America.- Manage operational and provisioning datasets to inform decision making and build optimal solutions.- Development of tools and processes to measure and optimise the traffic delivery across PCH edge clusters.- Planning and coordination of network deployments with the NOC and provisioning team as well as external parties.- Management and supervision of two staff. - Speaking at peering forums, conferences and other technical venues such as the European Peering Forum, APRICOT, LACNIC, MENOG, etc. - Point of contact for EMEA public policy developments affecting business continuity.

Paris Area, France

- Collaborated in preparing the Communications Infrastructure and Services Policy working party meetings in Paris with delegates from participating countries.- Management of the Internet of Things panel during the Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy in Cancun (Mexico), including the drafting of a position paper. - Co-organised a workshop on IP Interconnection with the Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC).- Content expert writer on Internet of Things, IP interconnection and IPv6 sections for a variety of publications.

Global

- Assisted in the identification of opportunities for strategic expansions of PCH’s anycast DNS network.- Conducted quantitative and qualitative research on PCH’s global infrastructure databases- Produced research reports for international consultancies. - Developed knowledge on commercial models and network design principles around network capacity procurement.- Managed datasets for Internet exchange points, submarine and terrestrial cable systems, economic and demographic indicators.- Liaised with international organisations, government regulators and Internet exchange operators.

Global

ASITIC provides policy and research consulting services in the areas of Internet and Information and Communication technologies for development.- Management of ICT4D programmes from conception to implementation.- Strategy and policy analyst for Internet and ICT related topics such as ICT for Development, Mobile technology for Development, Internet governance, etc.- Research in the Internet, telecommunications and technology areas, with a special focus on developing countries and emerging economies.A few examples of work include:- Contractor for a regional study on the use of ICT for small scale water management in subsaharan Africa (World Bank Water and Sanitation Program).- Contractor for the implementation of an online South-South Technical Cooperation platform for the UN Funds for Population.- Contractor for an online tutor for the Telecommunications Infrastructure module for the African Leadership in ICT Programme (GeSCI)

The Hague Area, Netherlands

- Contribute to the social innovation process by assisting the Country Programme in the coordination and facilitation of in-country Solution Design workshops with project staff.- Assist the Country Programme in the preparation of project proposals, specially but not limited to the technical plans (incl. investment and operational budgets).- Coordination and management of internal Country Programme budgets dedicated develop the capacity of project partners and technical partners. - Direct technical advice to local companies and organizations to design, develop, maintain and support ICT technology solutions.- On-site and remote support (telephone, Skype, email) of implementation of technology solutions.- Organize and facilitate capacity building activities with IICD technical partners (train the trainer, technical update seminars, on the job training, etc).- Assist IICD staff regarding technical requests and provide content and facilitate technical Internal Seminars.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

- Preparation, coordination and facilitation of 10+ capacity development activities in Zambia and Uganda (train-the-trainer workshops, technical update seminars and regional technical exchanges) to increase the technical and institutional capacity of project and sector partner organisations.- Evaluation of technical competences at institutional level for 15+ projects, identifying opportunities and challenges and advising on action plans to the country team.- Strengthening of local technical communities facilitating 5+ monthly meetings and fostering discussions online, as a sector-wide capacity development activity.- Project management of three Public/Community Health software products (OpenHBC and OpenDonor) and one Agricultural Management Information System (QAMS).

Software developer at INTA for a satellite-based project.

County Dublin, Ireland

- Project team leader (5 people)- Inter-cultural environment.- Wireless mesh commercial market research.- VoIP gateway setup using sipX.- Campus wide deployment at the Dublin Institute of Technology.- Connectivity and performance test using SIP phones.

- Assisting senior officers on FP7 EU projects. MPLS, optical networking and next-generation networks planning and research.

Bsc, Telecommunication

Master, Development Cooperation

Thesis titled "Opportunities and constraints for ICT4D in the West-African Region", carried out with Ingeniería Sin Fronteras (ISF-ApD).

Master, Telecommunication

During the 2005-2006 year, I received the ERASMUS scholarship and was student at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Master thesis.