Day in the Life of
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46 year-old Matera, lives with his wife and two sons in Sicily -
How the Estonian military and a small seafood business set him up to lead Messente from the front.
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Vincent Tran a senior infrastructure engineer at Evocative. He lives in Orange County, California with his wife and son. Being part of a team that builds data centres from the ground up.
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When 27-year-old South African Ruan Crouse isn’t riding motorcycles or competing in national squash competitions, he’s busy helping field technicians learn how to safely climb Africa’s telecom towers.
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Over the last 30 years, Evan Kirstel has built up a large following as one of very few B2B influencers operating in the tech and telecoms space. It could be argued he has carved out a following in an industry seen as a niche to those outside of it. But while he is fond of niches, Kirstel does not believe it would be accurate to describe the industry in that way.
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An industry veteran and one of the few female CEOs in telecoms, Ineke Botter has held integral roles in the build-out of Europe’s mobile ecosystem – a story which she tells in her new book, Your Phone, My Life.
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The Wi-Fi Alliance has over 575 members within its portfolio and it is Kelly Davis-Felner’s job to ensure that collaboration is present across the board.
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A life in the day of... Jean-François Cazenave, president and co-founder of Télécoms Sans FrontièresAs president and co-founder of Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), Jean-François Cazenave often does not know which country he will be in from one day to the next.
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A 20-year career in the telecommunications industry has only whetted Lynda Burton’s appetite for pushing boundaries.
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European operator Interoute is aggressively pursuing a strategy of growth with its enterprise cloud and computing services. As the company’s CFO, Catherine Birkett’s life is often a whirlwind of activity both inside and outside of the office.
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Robert Barlow admits his typical working day can be a little bit different from other telecoms CEOs. His company, WireIE, focusses on providing connectivity to rural areas in Canada, and Barlow dedicates a great deal of his time to collaborating with local communities – or as he likes to call it “grass roots work”.
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Nathan Bell’s day begins bright and early at 6am, when he likes to set off on a walk around his neighbourhood listening to tech podcasts to keep up-to-date with the latest market news and views.
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As the father of four children, James Segil finds that his start to the day begins somewhat abruptly. “Normally my wife kicks me out of bed at about five in the morning, telling me it is my turn to deal with our crying one-year-old twins” he says.
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Carl Roberts is a strong advocate of using time productively. As a man constantly on the go, the group vice president of Verizon Global Wholesale is often reliant on his Blackberry, iPad and laptop to keep up to speed with his company’s global activities. “I like to cram as much as possible into the day because I hate any blank spaces,” he says.
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Andreas Hipp is, by his own admission, not a morning man. It takes a coffee or two to kick start the Epsilon CEO’s day, and he likes to take his time and catch-up on emails before heading to his office in Singapore.
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Nick Wakai, VP of IP business at NTT Communications, likes to arrive into his Tokyo office before the rest of his staff. It allows him valuable time to plan his schedule for the day ahead in peace and quiet. It is, he says, by far the most important hour of his day.
