ICT4D Group Directory

PTC's ICT4D Group, also known as the Special Interest Group on Development (SIG-on-Dev), is a varied group of researchers, practitioners, government and non-government representatives as well as industry players who all share an interest in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to further social and economic development in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

The PTC ICT4D Group is intended to facilitate personal communication between group members. Members are prohibited from sending anything which constitutes unsolicited advertising or promotional material, including but not limited to any chain emails, commercial emails, bulk email, spam, or email bombs.

Full Name	Title	Organization	Country	Details	Hidden
Melchizedek Alipio	Associate Professor	De La Salle University	Philippines	Details	399498c1-306e-4201-b2df-ce16774e67f1
Hosein Badran	Regional Technical Advisory - North America Bureau	Internet Society	Canada	Details	6f5acc89-1dbc-42b7-b259-717a05e38a8e
Mr. Shishir Belbase	Head, Communication & Networks	Asian Development Bank	Philippines	Details	8a2132e3-19c5-481d-8e4c-d60da7955437
Scott Belford	Director	HOSEF	USA	Details	80e128ca-6ff4-4aaf-8433-142f33502a66
Fernando Beltrán	Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems and Operations Management	University of Auckland	New Zealand	Details	6a455dd8-4089-4bba-a7bb-c2f6e95e2677
Erik Bohlin, PhD.	Professor	Chalmers University of Technology	Canada	Details	b602bfe6-67bf-4094-9453-7dca2e5fcbef
Mr. Alex Breckon			USA	Details	75069da7-2853-453c-9b6b-eccd8c6c5f10
Wayne Buente	Professor, Communication Program	University of Hawaii	USA	Details	98406fc6-ef8d-4889-8cf7-7d446cf47e3d
Sylvia Cadena	Head of Programs, APNIC Foundation	APNIC	Australia	Details	f0010d88-9870-485c-8ff9-1dbfa558ce2a
Gregg Daffner	President of APSCC; CEO	GapSat	France	Details	078efb66-9c32-45da-90a3-fb77a3311f3a
Omar El Sawy		University of Southern California	USA	Details	5b660c1e-bce4-4514-83f1-9fb962c86a7c
Mohamed El-Moghazi, PhD.	Executive Director, International Policies	National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt	Egypt	Details	750652e8-b225-4483-a4cc-b6c6165c71ae
Mohamed El-Moghazi, PhD.	Executive Director, International Policies	National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt	Egypt	Details	750652e8-b225-4483-a4cc-b6c6165c71ae
Elizabeth K. Fife	Associate Professor, Technical Communication, Viterbi School of Engineering	University of Southern California	USA	Details	63cfeefc-ff5d-4754-b289-530e55b67d03
Robert S. Fish	Chair	IEEE	USA	Details	7ca037bc-2bc2-4d96-b976-59eec9bbb236
Jay E. Gillette	Professor Emeritus Information & Communication Sciences/Principal D5Associates	Center for Information and Communication Sciences	USA	Details	4da3e03f-1d6b-4fb3-818f-e97214a77883
Prof. Emanuele Giovannetti	Professor	Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge	United Kingdom	Details	9892e76f-16e9-49ae-bfbc-62bd3e466079
Mr. Andrew Haire, III	Chairman	AJH Communications LLC	USA	Details	aaed5efe-d65d-4791-afcd-3bb60d75eb4c
Anis Hamidati	Doctoral Student, Communication and Information Science	University of Hawaii at Manoa	USA	Details	52abf6ab-21c0-4423-bd0a-d791e0451887
Manny Hechanova	Interim CIO	University of Guam	Guam	Details	795bfe38-a996-44c3-8e65-b2719f48df48
Laura Hosman	Assistant Professor	Arizona State University	USA	Details	4a840609-b55c-4404-a1c7-5e00b2e561d1
Heather E. Hudson	Professor Emerita; Former Director	University of San Francisco; ISER, University of Alaska Anchorage	USA	Details	ceb6f168-453c-4b01-b251-8f6c5f675c5a
Krishna P. Jayakar	Associate Professor	Penn State University	USA	Details	a2c1da93-2688-43c5-91f1-8046aa2ed0f4
Dr. Thomas P. Keenan	Professor	University of Calgary	Canada	Details	9b2f8898-c13c-4dd3-acbb-98ea58bb25a6
Ekanath Khatiwada	Board of Director	NRNA Foundation	Nepal	Details	8737b3f1-05a6-47c4-a1e1-2a986d71529e
Chun Liu, PhD.	Professor	Southwest Jiaotong University	Peoples Republic of China	Details	8d0ef289-41a7-4769-9ecf-6ea6789e5db7
Prof. Yu-li Liu	Professor	National Chengchi University	Chinese Taipei	Details	a4595ece-ca20-44a8-bfe1-bfa62d32a670
Duncan Ian Macintosh	CEO, APNIC Foundation	APNIC	Australia	Details	af27e6e5-109d-4757-98b2-b4ff3c41ac7c
More Ickson Manda	Ph.D. Student	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	Details	a419aeb3-01f8-4e41-a02f-10d8ed2797de
Larry F. Martinez	Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Political Science	California State University, Long Beach	USA	Details	937b58f6-4737-4764-b5ba-9833544dc1ec
Stephen McClelland	Editor	Personal Media Press	United Kingdom	Details	3dc89eb9-7307-41e5-8828-b8d7ddbf9a83
Rob McMahon	Associate Professor	University of Alberta	Canada	Details	1a9a6627-2f67-49f5-aeb6-453f89e26309
Joseph Mertz	Associate Teaching Professor	Carnegie Mellon University	USA	Details	658e8571-1dbc-491d-80f6-b85a38ac3e32
Ali Nikkhah	Networked Systems PhD Student	University of California	USA	Details	39631301-5e77-492a-b647-1d5acc0f56d7
Erezi Ogbo	Postdoctoral Scholar- Research Associate	University of Southern California	USA	Details	c786f3c7-d618-4934-8bdb-a02256cd6251
Raymond Onuoha	Doctoral Candidate	University of Cape Town	Nigeria	Details	c8c88237-f5e3-4df3-8e78-409fee0c6149
Anna Oriishi	Doctoral Candidate	Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University	Japan	Details	4fe16512-882a-46f1-b092-1d654c2df6c1
Francis Pereira, PhD.	Associate Professor, Marshall School of Business	University of Southern California	USA	Details	d100c4d2-7a67-4d0b-b151-86c27d25fd18
Prasanth Prahladan	PhD Graduate Student	University of Colorado Boulder	USA	Details	236c8270-67c7-49ab-a186-d6afcd6bd8fe
Ashiyan Ian Rahmani	PhD Candidate & GA Instructor	University of Hawaii at Manoa	USA	Details	0303e916-718f-4d5c-bdc5-c82e1554e459
Wonkyung Rhee	Assistant Professor, Center of Global Education and Discovery	Sophia University	Japan	Details	2f806f3f-2561-45f5-a738-16390c79d3f7
J. Stephanie Rose	Data Scientist	University of Pittsburgh	USA	Details	27a75841-e170-4087-8bb0-c2448d7ecfca
Fred Samandari	Director	University of Canterbury	New Zealand	Details	232dc65f-da46-4e30-a6ca-41a1c4aa1e8f
Muhammad Rashid Shafi	Founder & Chief Executive Officer	Rubitron Labs	Pakistan	Details	110fac08-1a15-49dd-ad6d-fa04ade9c67b
Sebastian Sigloch	Ph.D. Student	Anglia Ruskin University	Switzerland	Details	5593853e-104e-4e4d-87f4-7a81c92a57a4
Martin Sims	Managing Director	Policy Tracker	United Kingdom	Details	e85fa3de-8d47-4e40-a038-c2cefd769374
Daniel C. Smith, PhD.	Lecturer	University of Hawaii	USA	Details	bb19c05a-4196-44c1-874b-0ad91bbac653
Ms. Chalita Srinuan, PhD.		King Mongkut's Institute of Technology	Thailand	Details	3778067c-b081-4b16-b8d7-829de6d9cec8
Miss Ayushi Tandon	Assistant Professor	Mahindra University	India	Details	69afc8af-41ba-4772-98bd-a76b0aa279f3
Richard Denny Taylor	Palmer Chair & Professor, Telecommunications Studies Emeritus	The Pennsylvania State University	USA	Details	4c8a2e8c-f1b1-4743-9048-29f06dbefe51
Suraj Singh Thapa	Chief of Human Resource Officer(CHRO)	Nepal Telecom	Nepal	Details	d8648d61-0db6-496e-a68f-53eaedcb2fa7
Richard C. Vincent	Professor of International Communication	Indiana State University	USA	Details	ff58b333-3471-4eb8-a678-1b478d29e598
Alf Westelius	Professor	Linköping University	Sweden	Details	3baaf0b5-5d2d-4d1d-8c79-4af7134e58c9
Jason Whalley	Professor of Digital Economy	Northumbria University	Sweden	Details	4971b5ef-d77d-4241-8a3a-d71358cfcd25
Jenifer Sunrise Winter	Professor, School of Communication and Information	University of Hawaii	USA	Details	36e85018-f745-4548-a0ed-0b70476da204
Dr. Yan Xu, PhD.	Associate Dean		Hong Kong SAR China	Details	0c97a9e0-d6da-41d2-907a-4494da4da5a6
Haruko Yamashita, PhD.	Professor, Faculty of Economics	Daito Bunka University	Japan	Details	684556fb-c457-4dbd-9a33-49194a56e65d
Yang Yang	Director & Professor	SHIFT, School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University	Peoples Republic of China	Details	d40a54f3-9976-498d-9030-3b4a4e76a601
Nami Yonetani	Chief Researcher	Foundation for Multimedia Communications	Japan	Details	16aaaf20-f705-4f89-b931-09d405351c26
Dr. Christopher Yoo	John H. Chestnut Profesor of Law, Comm, and Computer & Information Science	University of Pennsylvania Law School	USA	Details	0e9fdcd6-40c2-41ef-852a-ddfa6708e251
Moinul Zaber	Professor and Senior Academic Fellow	University of Dhaka and United Nations University	Portugal	Details	265cdfff-6255-4f49-aff2-9e3b2b0d3a45
Dr. Aihua Zhang, PhD.			Peoples Republic of China	Details	5b8dae2a-bb87-4eb8-8247-82fa7304c7d2
Douglas N. Zuckerman	Past President	IEEE Communications Society	USA	Details	999be858-2697-4192-90b9-b79bc6aeaa7f

Region	Member Details
Southeast and South Asia For-Profit	William “Bill” Barney, Chairman, Asian Century Equity, Hong Kong SAR China
East Asia For-Profit	Sean Bergin, Co-Founder & President, APTelecom, Thailand
Oceania For-Profit	Laurie Miller, President & CEO, Southern Cross Cable Network, Bermuda
Middle East and Africa For-Profit	Cengiz Oztelcan, Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Bridge International (GBI), Qatar
Europe For-Profit	Mike Sauer, Vice President Americas, Aqua Comms, Ireland

Region	Member Details
Southeast and South Asia For-Profit	Paul Abfalter, Chief Strategy & Revenue Officer, Global Cloud Xchange, Hong Kong SAR China
Individual	Heather Hudson, Professor Emerita; Former Director University of San Francisco; ISER, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA
Oceania For-Profit	Paul McCann, Managing Director, McCann Consulting International, Australia
Global Non-Profit	Masaaki Sakamaki, Vice Chair, PTC Japan, Japan
North America For-Profit	Lynn Smullen, SVP, NACI Communications, IT & Media, Oracle, USA

Region	Member Details
Central & South America For-Profit	Tito Costa, Chief Revenue Officer, Elea Digital São Paulo, Brazil
Europe For-Profit	Isabelle Paradis, Co-Founder & President, HOT TELECOM, Canada
North America For-Profit	Robert Pepper, Head of Global Connectivity Policy and Planning, Meta, USA
Oceania For-Profit	Brian Tellam, Partner, Cornerstone Capital Partners, Australia

Region	Member Details
East Asia For-Profit	Brandon Amber, Managing Director, Palladium Partners, Hong Kong SAR China
Individual Member	Thomas “Tom” Cooper, USA [Retired Professor, Visual & Media Arts, Emerson College]
Oceania For-Profit	Mark Dando, Chief Executive Officer, Rabbit and Lion Pty Ltd, Australia
Southeast and South Asia For-Profit	John Garrett, EVP Sales, South Asia, Xenith IG Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore
Europe For-Profit	Nico Grove, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Kawikani GmbH & Co KG, Germany
East Asia For-Profit	Heng Lu, Chief Executive Officer, LARUS Limited, Hong Kong SAR China
North America For-Profit	Patricia “Tricia” Paoletta, Partner, HWG LLP, USA
Global Non-Profit	Francis Pereira, Associate Professor, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, USA
North America For-Profit	Nakul Rege, Chief Growth Officer, Bankai Group, USA
Appointed (15 December 2020)	Alex Vaxmonsky, Chief Executive Officer EdgeComms, USA
East Asia For-Profit	Joe Zhu, Founder & CEO, Zenlayer, USA

Region	Member Details
Appointed (25 August 2022)	Naaz Bax, Senior Partner & Chief of Staff, Cambridge Management Consulting Ltd, United Kingdom
Appointed (18 May 2023)	Linda Cham, Vice President, Roaming and Mobility, Console Connect, Hong Kong SAR China
East Asia For-Profit	Ricky Chau, Chief Strategy & Customer Officer, CBC Tech, Hong Kong SAR China
North America For-Profit	Robert Crinks, President, 89Degree Networks, LLC, USA
North America For-Profit	Mohammed Elagazy, President & CEO, CPS Services, Inc. USA
Appointed (6 September 2023)	Faye Henris, Executive Vice President, Business Analytics, TEOCO Corporation, USA
North America For-Profit	Gary Kim, Principal, IP Carrier, USA
Appointed (20 January 2024)	Tim Logue, Principal, TJLNova Consulting, USA
East Asia For-Profit	Yali Liu, USA
Appointed (22 March 2022)	Stacie Loidolt, Vice President of Product Management, Aqua Comms, USA
Appointed (18 May 2023)	Genevieve Maltais-Boisvert, Managing Director, DigitalBridge Group, USA
Oceania For-Profit	David Osita Mba, General Manager ICT, Cloud & Data Centre Business, PNG DataCo Limited, Papua New Guinea
Appointed (18 January 2023)	Michael McHale, President, Quintillion, USA
Appointed (21 June 2022)	Shannon McMann, USA
Appointed (29 June 2021)	Robert Mitchell, Global Director – Network Master Planning, Microsoft, USA
Appointed (18 January 2023)	Emily Newman, Marketing & PR Manager, NJFX, USA
Global Non-Profit	Vivien Paris, Director, Larus Foundation, Hong Kong SAR China
Appointed (25 August 2022)	J. S. Solomon, Director of Financial Markets, EXA Infrastructure, USA
Europe For-Profit	Diego Ricardo Teot, Head of International BU, Retelit, Italy
Oceania For-Profit	Andrew Tierney, International Key Account Director, Odine, United Kingdom

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