TechPolis | Mobile Telecommunications Consulting


Ricardo Tavares CEO TechPolis	Ricardo Tavares is an expert in mobile telecommunications in emerging markets, with extensive international management and strategic consulting experience. As Senior Vice President at the GSM Association, the London-based world trade association of mobile operators, Mr. Tavares led public policy efforts in 25 emerging markets from 2004 to 2010, including China, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam, South Africa and many others, opening up new spectrum bands for 3G and 4G, reducing taxation on mobile broadband, expanding mobile financial services for the poor and improving regulatory regimes, resulting in billions of dollars in new investments and exponential growth of mobile phone penetration across the globe. Mr. Tavares now advises the GSMA on critical aspects of mobile growth in emerging markets. Mr. Tavares was Senior Director, International Operations at San Diego, California-based Wireless Facilities, Inc. from 1999 to 2003 and was general manager of WFI's Brazil office in 2001-2002. Mr. Tavares holds a masters’ degree in political science from the Rio de Janeiro University Research Institute (Iuperj) and completed course work at the Ph.D. level at the University of California, San Diego's School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. Mr. Tavares is a member of the Board of Regents of the Harris Manchester College at Oxford University in the UK. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in the United States.
Peter Lyons Vice President TechPolis	Peter Lyons is TechPolis' Vice President for Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Techpolis, Peter was an equity research analyst with New York-based institutional brokerage, Oscar Gruss & Son, Inc. where he covered emerging markets telecom, media, and technology sectors between 2006 - 2010. Peter began his career in the late 1990's as a project manager in Motorola's Mobile Commerce Core Solutions Center and co-authored one of the Company's first mobile commerce related patents in 2001. Peter has a bachelor's degree in Economics from Purdue University and a Master's degree in Telecommunications Systems from DePaul University.
Martyn Roetter, PhD Owner MFR Consulting	Partnerships MFR Consulting, USA Martyn Roetter is a former Vice President at Arthur D. Little Inc., and has over 30 years of global consulting experience focusing on the interactions between business, technology, and finance, as well as regulation and public policy. Dr. Roetter has conducted numerous strategy assessments and provided both due diligence and project implementation support to network operators, internet service providers, equipment vendors, and investors. His strategy assessments have elaborated on the network economics, market dynamics, and business plans of wireless network operators around the world. Central to this analysis is a techno-economic comparison of relevant broadband wireless technologies such as WiMAX, HSPA, EV-DO, and LTE. Dr. Roetter has served as a non-executive member on the Board of Directors of Allen Telecom (leading global supplier of wireless subsystems) from 1998 until its acquisition by Andrew Corp. in 2003. He was educated in England, Germany, and the U.S., and holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Oxford. A U.S. citizen, he speaks English, French and German.
Regina Pimenta President Pimenta Comunicações	Pimenta Comunicações, Brazil Since 1985, Pimenta Comunicações, based in São Paulo, Brazil, has developed strong working relationships with key business journalists and editors in Latin America, particularly in the telecommunications and information technology sectors. Among Pimenta's clients are Acer, Advantech, American National Can, Conectiva, the GSM Association, Harris Corporation, Hitachi Data Systems, Iomega Corporation, Landesk Software, LogicaCMG, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazilian Ministry of Labor, Pepsi Cola, and Trend Micro. Regina Pimenta, president of Pimenta Comunicações, is a journalist and public relations professional with over 25 years of experience. Before establishing her own firm, Pimenta was a journalist with Brazilian magazines Veja, Exame, Expansão, and RNT, as well as top Brazilian newspapers Gazeta Mercantil and O Globo. Regina Pimenta has received several awards for her coverage of business innovations in Brazil. She received a degree in Journalism from the School of Communications of the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Scott Fox Chairman & CEO Global View Partners	Global View Partners, USA Scott Fox is a 30-year veteran executive of the wireless industry. His diverse background ranges from executive/officer positions within multinational corporations, leading the world’s largest international wireless industry trade organization, founding and leading innovative and entrepreneurial startups, strategic and business consulting, Mergers & Acquisitions, and equity investing. Mr. Fox is the Chairman and CEO of Global View Partners, Inc (GVP) which is an investment, M&A, and strategic consulting company focused exclusively in Wireless. Scott has spent many years as Chairman and/or Member of the Board of the global GSM Association which is the world’s leading wireless industry body.