Isaac Boateng is a Senior Manager at the National Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana with over 13 years of professional working experience in the ICT industry. He is responsible for technical regulations and is currently the head of ICT Standards setting and enforcement.
Mr Boateng is also a Vice Chair of ITU_T SG11, handling Question 8/11 (Guidelines for Implementations of Signalling, Protocols and for Addressing Counterfeit ICT Devices). His leadership has resulted in the recent publication of the ITU Technical Report on Counterfeit ICT Equipment. He is also leading the development of ITU-T Recommendation on Counterfeit ICT devices and other two technical reports. Mr Boateng is also the Associate Rapporteur of 11/11 dealing with Protocols and Networks Test Specifications; Frameworks and Methodologies). He is currently the Chairman of ITU-T Conformity Assessment Steering Committee (ITU-T CASC) which among other is responsible to set up criteria, rules and procedures for the appointment of ITU-T technical experts to work with established Conformity Assessment Systems and Schemes of IEC, in collaboration with ILAC aiming for a common testing and conformity assessment.
Mr Boateng holds a M.Sc. in Electronics and Computer Engineering (UK), with specialisation in Wireless Communication Systems, B.Sc. in Physics (GHANA) and formal Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Technology, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).