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Ricardo Tavares has extensive international management and strategic consulting experience in the mobile telecommunications and technology industries.  

Mr. Tavares has assisted the GSM Association (the world trade association of mobile operators, with over 700 members in 212 countries and territories) since 1999 and since March 2004 has held the position of Senior Vice President for Public Policy at GSMA.

Mr. Tavares was Senior Director, International Operations at Wireless Facilities, Inc. from 1999 to 2003. During his term at WFI, Mr. Tavares managed wireless deployment projects in Latin America and was general manager of WFI's Brazil office, where he won $20 million in wireless infrastructure deployment and engineering contracts for WFI 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 International Council of the Salk Institute for Biological Research in La Jolla, California and a member of the Board of Regents of the Harris Manchester College at Oxford University in the UK. Mr. Tavares is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

He lives in Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, California, with his family.

Peter Lyons
Vice President for Middle East and Africa

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 patent applications in 2001. Peter has a bachelor's degree in Economics from Purdue University and a masters degree in Telecommunications Systems from DePaul University.

Partnerships

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.

Farh Agency, Thailand

Farh Agency is the premiere telecommunications public relations company in Thailand.  Farh has strong working relationships with key business and telecom journalists, editors, government owned and private telecommunications companies in Thailand, the National Telecommunication
Commission of Thailand, Qualcomm, Huawei, and CSLoxinfo, among many others.

Voraparn Eua-arporn,  the president of Farh Agency, has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry in Thailand.  She has 20 years of experience as a public relations professional, senior journalist and editor.  Before establishing her own firm, Voraparn was Assistant Vice President and Head of Marketing and PR of Siemens ICM in Thailand.  She graduated in Communication with honors  from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, and has an MBA degree with a Beta Gamma National Scholastic Honor from Tennessee State University, USA.

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.