Speaker Biography
Dave Williams
Chief Technology Officer
Telefonica O2 Europe
Dave Williams was appointed Chief Technology Officer, Telefonica O2 Europe Plc (formerly O2 Plc) in February 2003 - he joined from US company, Cingular Wireless, where he was Vice President for strategic planning.
Prior to the merger of SBC Wireless and BellSouth Cellular in the US to form Cingular, Dave Williams was running all technological operations for SBC Wireless west region. He joined SBC Wireless following the company's acquisition of Pacific Bell Mobile Services and was instrumental in integrating the two networks.
After working for both Orange and Vodafone in the UK, he re-located to the US in 1996 to direct the build-out of one of the country's first digital mobile networks for Pacific Bell.
Dave is currently a Board Member of the GSM Association as the Telefonica Group representative and is also Chairman of the Strategy Committee in the same organization.
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