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Pangea Europe Ltd Amsterdam, Netherlands
Vice President Submarine Cables, Network Construction Group (Contract and then Permanent)
Pangea was a start up company founded in the US in 1999 to create a unique solution
to exploit the exploding telecom opportunities of Northern Europe, and Scandinavia.
I was the founding European employee and tasked with engineering, sub-
- I Programme Managed the development, supply and SLA’s with Alcatel, Nortel and Bechtel for the SDH/DWDM equipment, NMS/OSS software and construction services to implement the rollout. The technology used was state of the art and developed specifically for this project. I ensured that the $100m+ contracts were agreed and the suppliers were being developed to plan, integrated into the overall financial and time plans, complied with local legal requirements and were compatible with the all operational technical requirements.
- I Programme managed a multi-
supplier group to ensure all software systems were integrated, compatible and met functional requirements. I worked with a multi- cultural team with local lawyers and subcontractors in Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, UK and France, on all the supply & customer contracts, as well as obtaining telecom licenses, rights of way, landing permissions, building and converting over 10 major telecom data centers, to construct numerous cable routes and associated network infrastructure. The company’s board, our partners and competitors all commended my team for achieving a state- of- the- art network in less than a year, despite the problems associated with a start up company. - I also led a team that produced a coherent project development plan to meet anticipated customer access and IP/Router requirements, making presentations to the board, and justifying the required levels of investment.
- I supported many of the sales bids including negotiating the sales contracts and compiling the Customer Service Level Agreement’s (SLA’s), subsequently managed the sales until customer handover.
- I worked closely with the VP of Sales to integrate the sales, engineering and operational procedures.