Experience

gateway.fm

• South Africa
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

• CO-Founder CEO

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  CO-Founder of Gateway.fm trying to bring goodness to the space by making Blockchain more service friendly , more inclusive and more fun to work with CO-Founder of Gateway.fm trying to bring goodness to the space by making Blockchain more service friendly , more inclusive and more fun to work with



Opera

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Mobile & Head of Crypto

  • Jan 2018 - Oct 2021

  Responsible for Mobile products business development within Opera Browser including Crypto Web3 spearheading solutions , encompassing more than 350M MAU globally across several leading Mobile browser applications , as Opera for Android , Opera Mini , Opera for iOS .Leading Opera into Web3 and Crypto since 2017

• VP Global Accounts & Distribution

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  Responsible for Opera Desktop & Mobile distribution Strategy support of emerging markets Opera Fintech ,responsible for business market assessment & licensing requirements for non-banking institutions working with Central Banks and regulators ,including underlaying technology partnerships related to deployment and initial set up.Continued support of Opera inroads into the Crypto/Blockchain ecosystem

• Global Accounts & head of Content partnerships

  • Oct 2013 - Dec 2018

  Set up team to manage Content partnerships across 14 markets and more than 500 tier1 Publishers across key markets, US , Africa , India , Indonesia , Russia , Brazil Support of Opera News Africa Strategy direction for growth into the leading News App in Africa. Supported Opera's initial strategical Pivot into Crypto/Blockchain ecosystemManaged mobile operators business for Opera Mini co-branded browser agreements globally encompassing key telco groups as, Telenor , Vimpelcom, Vodafone group ,TeliaSonera



Alcatel-Lucent

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Management Telenor Group

  • Jan 2012 - Sep 2013

  Responsible for translating Telenor group's strategy into value creation solution from Alcatel-Lucent.

• Key Account Manager

  • Mar 2007 - Sep 2013

  Key Account Manager for Telenor group , responsible for Denmark and Sweden sales.Key Account Manager for NORDUnet - DenmarkKey Account Manager for UNI-c - Denmark Key Account Manager for DANTE (GEANT) -UK

• Program Manager Nordic & Baltic

  • Feb 2005 - Mar 2007

  Managed Telecommunication projects for Nordic incumbents as TeliaSonera Sweden & Denmark, Telenor Denmark & vertical Market customers.

• Technical Project Manager

  • Nov 2003 - Feb 2005

  Managed the Technical interface & Network implementation for the Orange UK 3G deployment based on Alcatel RAN

• UMTS senior system integration engineer

  • May 2001 - Oct 2003

  Worked as E2E UMTS systems integration Engineer for multiple countries.Specialized in NODE B development for Load and endurance



Alcatel

• Türkiye
• Telecommunications

• Field support Engineer SDH

  • Mar 2001 - Aug 2001

  Worked as Field support Engineer mainly focus on Global Crossing Network in South Sweden & Denmark. Worked on other SDH project as KPN & Ebone. Worked as Field support Engineer mainly focus on Global Crossing Network in South Sweden & Denmark. Worked on other SDH project as KPN & Ebone.



Verizon

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Networks Technical Support Engineer

  • May 1999 - Nov 2000

  Work as a support technical engineer for all International Networks, with strong focus on the European NW's on voice products like V-NET, IBL, IPL, DRS. Work as a support technical engineer for all International Networks, with strong focus on the European NW's on voice products like V-NET, IBL, IPL, DRS.