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This list showcases the top London based VP’ operating in the Telecommunications space. If you think a VP’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Len Padilla
Vice President Product Strategy of NTT Communications
Len is a highly knowledgeable IT professional with considerable experience in a variety of areas from scientific super-computing to shared and dedicated hosting to selective outsourcing. Len has worked in all technical aspects and management levels of IT: supercomputing and financial systems programing, administration of large server and content delivery networks, PCI-DSS certification, management of international operations teams, product engineering and strategy.
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About NTT Communications: NTT Communications is a provider of network management and security services.
George Rigby
Vice President of Sales – Managed Cloud & Infrastructure Services (EU) of NTT Communications
George deals primarily with end user IT clients, advising on strategy and consultancy for digital transformation across financial and manufacturing industries. Over the last ten years he has helped companies achieve major gains for their businesses and describes how their aims translate into actions for the industry, focusing on value as part of ROI rather than pure cost calculations.
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About NTT Communications: NTT Communications is a provider of network management and security services.
Lisa Clark
Vice President – Contact Centre PM of 8×8
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About 8×8: 8×8 offers secure and reliable cloud-based, enterprise-class business phone systems, unified communications, and contact center solutions.
Meg Blight
VP Global Scouting (Consumer customer experience and propositions) of BT Global Services
Meg is a global scout in BT’s External Innovation team whose role is to identify and introduce companies with innovative technologies, propositions and business models to BT Consumer – the largest Broadband and Phone provider in the UK. Prior to scouting, Meg spent more than 10 years in the UK telco sector working in product, commercial and strategic roles at BT and other major providers. She has managed product lines with annual revenues over $3bn per annum in more than 9m households in the UK. Meg has an honours degree from Cambridge in Experimental Psychology and Physics.
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About BT Global Services: BT Global Services plc is a division of United Kingdom telecommunications operator BT Group.
Michelle Teufel
Vice President, Digital Technology of Arrow Electronics
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About Arrow Electronics: Arrow Electronics designs, manufactures and distributes electronic components for industrial and commercial sectors.
Phil Holcombe
VP API Support of Vonage
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About Vonage: Vonage is a provider of cloud-based communications to businesses and consumers.
Joe Marsella
Vice President PLM – Routing & Switching Portfolio of Ciena
Joe Marsella works as EMEA CTO at Ciena Corporation. With more than 20 years of experience in the software and telecoms industry, Marsella has expertise in both packet and optical networking, including detailed knowledge on SDN, NFV, photonics, dense wavelength division multiplexing, optical transport networks, Carrier Ethernet and control planes. Prior to this new role, Marsella served in several capacities within Ciena; most recently as the senior director of Product Line Management, responsible for the software strategy of Ciena’s Agility software portfolio, now part of Ciena Blue Planet. He also held leadership positions in Ciena’s product line management and R&D organisations, providing expertise and direction in key vertical markets and product portfolios. He worked as Principal Member Technical Staff and Engineer at Siemens Stromberg Carlson.
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About Ciena: Ciena collaborates with customers to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and and change the way they perform and compete.
Jean Philippe Gillet
SVP, Global Sales & GM Networks of Intelsat
Jean-Philippe Gillet is a SVP Sales & GM Networks BU at Intelsat.
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About Intelsat: Intelsat operates a globalized network that delivers high-quality, cost-effective video and broadband services anywhere in the world.
Jack Buechler
VP Business Development and Product Management of Talia
Jack Buechler is the Vice President of Business Development at Talia Ltd. He has over 25 years of sales and marketing experience in IT and telecommunications – making Mr. Buechler one of the industry’s leading experts. Past and current projects include definitions of satellite hub systems, integration of broadband satellite systems, terrestrial fibre services, VoIP service integration, Trunk VoIP systems, sales of integrated GSM satellite systems. Mr. Buechler has worked in many business sectors including Defence, Oil and Gas, Retail and Financial.Mr Buechler’s current position is at Talia Ltd – a top-tier network provider in the Middle East, Africa, America and Europe. Talia Ltd known as a market leader and experts in satellite, voice, video and broadcast solutions with their own WTA tier 3 certified teleport facility in Germany. Prior to working at Talia Ltd, Mr. Buechler has served at senior level positions at Loral Cyberstar, Orion Network Systems and Kingston Inmedia (Now Arqiva), and Advantech Wireless including: Vice President Sales EMEA, Head of Carrier and Internet Sales and product manager Satellite data products at BT.
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About Talia: Talia is a top-tier provider of Internet, voice, and video services
James Robinson
VP Research and Innovation of Opensignal
As the leader of OpenSignal’s mobile engineering team, James has led the development and adoption of multiple OpenSignal mobile apps, which have been downloaded on over 20 million consumer devices (and counting) around the world. He also focuses on pioneering next generation technologies to fuel company growth. James is an OpenSignal co-founder and holds a Physics & Philosophy degree from Oxford University.
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About Opensignal: Opensignal is a mobile analytics company.
Vladimir Mitrasinovic
EVP Channels and Alliances of Acision
Vladimir Mitrasinovic is the executive vice president of global channels and alliances at [Xura](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/xura#/entity), a company that offers digital communication services. He was previously an SVP at TOA Technologies. Mitrasinovic also worked as a VP at Acision and MetraTech. Mitrasinovic holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Belgrade University and a master’s degree from De Montfort University.
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About Acision: Acision is a mobile communications network infrastructure company specializing in messaging and charging systems.
Teemu Sorvisto
Senior Vice President – EMEA of JUNO TELE
Teemu brings over 15 years of professional experience in Business Development, Sales and Marketing from Mobile, Apps, Information Technology and Software businesses across markets globally. He has been in leadership positions in multinational mobile and cloud solutions companies such as Nokia, BlackBerry and F-Secure, being responsible for business development, partnerships and operator channel sales in mobile application ecosystem and VAS divisions. Teemu has a thorough understanding of various mobile solutions, related technologies and modern business models. He comes with a broad experience in leading and developing business across regions in EMEA, Asia Pacific, Latin America and North America, while he has been living in the UK, Singapore and Finland.
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About JUNO TELE: JunoTele is a mobile payments technology company.
Craig Vallis
VP Enterprise of My Voice
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About My Voice: My Voice is a Norwegian voice tech company.
Craig Vallis
VP Enterprise of My Voice
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About My Voice: My Voice is a Norwegian voice tech company.
Neil Stevens
VP, GM Products & Marketing of Skype
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About Skype: Skype provides a telecommunications platform that offers free video chat and voice calls to internet-connected devices.
Peter Agnew
Product Manager MPLS VPNs and SD WAN of Gamma
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About Gamma: Gamma is a leading supplier of voice, data and mobile products and services in the UK.
Barry Dahan
Executive Vice President, Global Sales of DragonWave
Barry Dahan is the Executive Vice President of Global Sales at DragonWave. Barry has 30 years’ experience in the International Telecom industry in various roles. Prior to joining DragonWave in 2011, Barry was tasked with building the business and infrastructure for Starent Networks. Barry was employed with ALU and Nortel in various Executive / Leadership roles. Since 2010 Barry is investing in private growth companies. Barry holds a Business Degree in Finance as well as a Bachelor in Engineering from Polytechnique in Canada.
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About DragonWave: DragonWave Inc. (DragonWave) is a provider of high-capacity Ethernet microwave solutions for Internet protocol (IP) networks. Its
John Shearing
EVP, Group Solutions and Security of Interoute Communications
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About Interoute Communications: Interoute is an international telecommunications service provider and the owner operator of Europe’s largest cloud services platform
Tom Luke
VP Sales, Marketing and Alliances of Tutela
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About Tutela: Tutela crowd-sources mobile usage and experience data from millions of mobile devices every day to provide insight to the mobile industry
Ravindran Mahalingam
Regional VP of Hutchison Global Communications
Ravindran Mahalingam is the Vice President – EMEA Region of Hutchison Global Communications Limited (“HGC”). A key management team member in the International Business Division of HGC, Mr. Mahalingam is responsible for the global business development and strategic planning for HGC’s international carrier business in Europe, Middle East and Africa with its regional office in London. Additionally, he has been leading the evolution of IP interconnection models and strategy for the region with a particular focus in IPX and OTT service.Mr. Mahalingam possesses over 15 years of experience in the international telecommunications industry. Prior to joining HGC in 2002, Mr. Mahalingam oversaw the data and voice business in Teleglobe in Malaysia.
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About Hutchison Global Communications: Hutchison Global Communications is a fixed-line service provider to fixed and mobile carriers.
Richard Newton
co-founder + VP marketing of Clarify
Co-founder of OP3Nvoice. VP Marketing.
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About Clarify, Screendragon: The world has moved beyond text. Our platform makes searching AV files simple for developers to integrate into their applications.
Phil Harvey
Vice President, Partner Management – Aviation of Inmarsat Government
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About Inmarsat Government, Sporting Mouth: Inmarsat Government is a Telecommunications Company.
