Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Director
Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Doreen Bogdan-Martin was elected Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau on the 1st of November 2018. She took office on the 1st of January 2019. She is a strategic leader with 30 years of high-level experience in international and inter-governmental relations. She has a long history of success in policy and strategy development, analysis and execution. From 2008-2018, Ms Bogdan-Martin led the Strategic Planning & Membership Department of ITU. Ms Bogdan-Martin was responsible for the organization’s strategic planning processes, while also overseeing the organization’s Membership, Corporate Communications and External Affairs teams, the work of the United Nations Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. She also served as Coordinator of United Nations affairs for the organization, putting ITU at the center of digital aspects of sustainable development.
Ms Bogdan-Martin has advised governments from around the world on policy and regulatory reform measures. She has organized impact-driven global conferences with thousands of participants from 150+ countries, brokered international consensus on many critical issues, and is a regular presenter at high-level international forums and summits. As part of this important work, she was one of the principal architects of the annual Global Symposium for Regulators, directed ITU’s first global youth summit #BYND2015, and is currently driving ITU latest high-profile initiative – EQUALS, the Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age. Ms Bogdan-Martin previously headed the Regulatory and Market Environment Division of the Telecommunication Development Bureau and was responsible for the programmes on Regulatory Reform and Economics and Finance. Prior to joining ITU, she was a Telecommunications Policy Specialist in the National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA), US Department of Commerce. With a Master’s degree in International Communications Policy from the American University in Washington, DC, Ms Bogdan-Martin completed post-graduate certification in Strategies for Leadership at the Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is also certified in Accountability and Ethics by the United Nations Leaders Programme. Additionally, Ms Bogdan-Martin is an affiliate of the Harvard University Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society, currently serves as the Co-Chair of the United Nations Strategic Planning Group, Chair of the Academic Council for the Swiss Network for International Studies, and is a member of the Board of Governors of the UN Staff College. She is also an amateur radio operator.
Ms Bogdan-Martin is married with four children.
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Eng. Tuaha Mote
Telecommunications Engineer
Communications Regulatory Authority (ARECOM)
Mozambique
Tuaha Mote has backgrounds in computers and telecommunications, with over 20 years of experience, in a professional career built in public telecommunications and regulatory institutions. Tuaha has held relevant positions in the management and operation of transport and access networks at Mozambique Telecom Operator-TDM; and is currently Senior Engineer at the Communications Regulatory Authority in Mozambique- ARECOM. He holds a degree in Computer and Telecommunications Engineering from ISUTC and is Studying a master degree in Communications Management at United Kingdom Telecom Academy in partnership with the University of Rwanda. |
Mr. Jalal Shah
Global ETC Coordinator
World Food Programme (WFP)
With over 15 years of experience in information technology services during humanitarian emergencies, Jalal Shah is the Global Cluster Coordinator for the World Food Programme (WFP)-led Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC). Based in Rome, Jalal heads the Global ETC Team, responsible for leading efforts to effectively coordinate provision of shared communications services in emergency operations.
As Global Cluster Coordination, Jalal is driving implementation of the ETC’s ambitious strategy which seeks to ensure that by 2020 all those responding to humanitarian emergencies - including affected communities - have access to vital communications services, transforming aid delivery.
Prior to taking up this role in 2016, Jalal worked extensively in the field, coordinating delivery of technology solutions and services during humanitarian crises. Since joining WFP in 2000, Jalal has served in numerous humanitarian operations including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Lebanon, Rwanda and many other countries. Jalal holds a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering and is an IT emergency responder at heart.
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Mr. Ethan Lucarelli
Director
Regulatory and Public Policy
Inmarsat
Mr. Ethan Lucarelli is Director, Regulatory & Public Policy at Inmarsat, where he develops company policy positions and directs advocacy efforts in domestic and international fora, focusing on emerging technologies, intergovernmental organizations, and sustainable development. He also advises Inmarsat on legal and compliance efforts related to communications regulatory obligations in the United States and Canada. Mr. Lucarelli also is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School. Previously, Mr. Lucarelli was an attorney in the Telecommunications, Media, and Technology group at Washington, DC law firm Wiley Rein LLP, where he represented wireless and satellite network operators, manufacturers, and trade associations in diverse proceedings before the FCC and other federal agencies, and advised clients on international and domestic issues related to privacy, cybersecurity, and Internet regulation. Mr. Lucarelli earned his J.D. with highest honors from George Washington University Law School and a Bachelor of Science in Communications from the University of Illinois.
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Mr. Pedro Molinero
Coordinator of the Crisis Connectivity Charter
Hispasat
Pedro L. Molinero Sanz is the Operations Dir. at HISPASAT S.A, satellite operator for FSS services at Europe, Americas and North Africa., and Managing Director at HISPASAT CANARIAS S.L. a subsidiary of HISPASAT. He is member of the Board of Directors of GSS and ESNIS GmbH, companies related to the development of GALILEO , the European satellite navigation system. In HISPASAT, he has previously worked since 1989 as Deputy Technical Director, and Ground Control Segment &Satellite Control Centre Director. Since 1985 he worked in the Spanish Telecommunications Administration, being responsible in 1987 for the feasibility study of the HISPASAT Satellite System that was the basis for the creation of the HISPASAT company in 1989.
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Mr. Simon Gray
Vice President for Humanitarian Affairs
Eutelsat
Simon Gray is the Vice President of Humanitarian Affairs for Eutelsat and he is also a member of the ITU Advisory board for developing disaster comms strategy world-wide. He has been elected by the other satellite fleet operators & signatories to coordinate the Satellite charter (Which won the 2018 SSPI award) with the UN for the satellite industry. Simon has been elected a Director of the GVF by its members for over 9 years. He has worked in the satellite industry for over 23 years and while at Eutelsat has been responsible for overseeing over 350,000 terminal installations across 4 continents. He is the point of reference for the Eutelsat fleet for remote terminal technology. His role in Eutelsat has also encompassed developing a new class of satellite terminal, equipment approval, mobile Apps, training courses & training tools. He also designed the largest training program ever undertaken by a satellite operator training 12,000 engineers. |
Mr. Lars Ruediger
Programme Director
Ericsson Response
Lars has been with Ericsson since 1999 as telecommunications engineer for 2G, 3G and 4G core network as well as Cloud and IP products and is since 2018 the Program Director of Ericsson Response, the non-comercial humanitarian volunteer program of Ericsson. Joining the program as volunteer in 2006, Lars has not only been deployed in various humanitarian field missions like Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Haiti Earthquake and South Sudan, but also managed Ericsson Response operations in all major emergencies since then. Ericsson Response is a partner of the Emergency Telecom Cluster (ETC) and works closely with WFP and other partner. Lars holds a university degree of the University of Applied Science in Kiel.
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