Consultants

Tony Bannister

Tony is a senior network deployment consultant with strong international experience from USA to Thailand and Japan. Tony has held senior network rollout positions with operators such as Vodafone, Orange, AT&T and Cingular. Tony has expertise across all of the roll-out functions and is able to define standards and processes from scratch. Most recently Tony has worked with a large scale network audit project.

Nicolas Stylianou

Nic is a senior technical consultant with CTO experience. Nic has worked on numerous major license applications, equipment procurement and network deployment projects. Nic has experience with a wide range of technologies and has worked in multiple countries in Europe the Middle East and Africa.

Andrew Nye

Andy has managed many major technical telecoms projects over almost 30 years in the industry. His work spans the UK, Netherlands, Thailand and Switzerland and covers fixed, 2G and 3G networks. Andy has worked for Orange, BT, C&W, NYNEX and Huawei.

Lennart Alnas

Lennart is a senior network deployment and auditing specialist. Lennart has worked for many major operators and vendors including Ericsson, Nokia, Orange and Three. Lennart has experience with both GSM and UMTS and specializes in site acquisition and equipment implementation issues. Lennart is able to take senior positions within a roll-out organisation.

Lester Rand

Lester is a senior technical consultant with CTO and Director of Engineering experience. Lester can take a wide range of roles from senior management positions through to business case creation and network deployment.

Jan Wengelin

Janne is a senior mobile network expert having worked with Telia, Ericsson and 3. Janne has worked on numerous 2G and 3G network rollout projects including Sweden, Morocco, Jamaica, Brazil, Ukraine and Israel.

David Jones

David is a senior technical consultant having held positions including Director Network Implementation, Director Engineering and Operations, VP Technology, Regional VP Engineering and Technical Operations and CTO.

Mike Braddy

Mike is a senior financial consultant having held a number of CFO positions in the US and worldwide. Mike has worked on numerous business case creation and M&A projects and is an expert in financial modelling. Mike has a rich experience in working with the financial and investment community.

Harald Grytten

Harald is a senior economics, marketing and commercial consultant with strong operational experience worldwide in both the telecom and technology sectors. Harald has held numerous senior positions including Managing Director of several telecoms and technology companies. Harald’s experience includes 2.5G and 3G technology and many emerging markets.

Bill Tieman

Bill is a senior consultant with over thirty years experience in the telecommunications industry. Has been involved in international telecommunications operations since the early 1970s providing marketing and business advice to government and private telecommunications operators. Bill has been Product and Services Director at One-2One in the UK, developed brand, channel strategy and market positioning for numerous wireless operators, developed joint venture management process for ATT – International, developed, negotiated and implemented a switching factory in Taiwan, created a company that developed unique market research and built first USA PCS system.

Terry Hulseberg

Terry has worked as an engineer in the cable television industry since 1968. Generally recognized as one of the top talents in his field, he has extensive experience and expertise in the areas of technical system design and computer software for mapping, design engineering and operational support systems. Terry has extensive expertise and experience with HFC network design and analysis having worked on many large “triple-play” projects involving TV, internet and telephony over IP based networks. Terry has been interim CTO of CATV companies.

Terry has been successfully self-employed for over 20 years, acting in various executive capacities in the companies in which he started and owned an equity interest. These companies included Digital Synthesis Corp., Coaxial Analysts, Inc., and SecaGraphics, Inc. Terry has also owned and operated (with partners) several cable television systems in Michigan, Massachusetts, Texas and Colorado. Participation in ownership of cable television systems has given Terry unique and valuable insight into the technical, financial and operational aspects of the business.

Rich Delk

Strong financial skills and experience working a variety of companies in international markets.

Saaed Butt

A creative and insightful professional with fifteen years experience in telecom, most recently spent five years consulting with network operators and service providers in North America, South America, the Far East and Europe. Most projects have been for operators who need an experienced professional that can quickly move pricing strategy forward in a practical way. A significant period of time was also spent in the venture capital industry.

Prior to this was a six-year spell in marketing pre and post launch with one2one, the world’s first Personal Communications Network operator. A wide range of responsibilities were held including pricing, market planning, forecasting, network rollout strategy and New Product Development. This experience was gained subsequent to spending five years at British Telecom in Business Strategy and Market Development for landline and wireless units.

David Velasco

Mr.Velasco has significant international experience regarding valuations, fund raising and business modelling. David has assisted numerous international TMT operators and startups regarding their relationships with the private equity and investment banking community.

Robert Bowles

Outstanding operational marketing skills in both fixed and wireless telecommunications. Numerous marketing positions in emerging and European markets.

Ben Brasch

Ben has over 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry covering a wide range of positions and responsibilities including switch operations, traffic engineering, network planning, transmission and switch engineering, installation and project management, customer services and billing systems. Ben has held numerous senior positions including Divisional Director responsible for managing the acquisition of a telecoms company. Ben has strong experience in very challenging environments.

Chris Broadbridge

Submarine cable system engineering and operations expert.

Glenn Iverson

With experience in the financial analysis of all kinds of telecom activities, Glenn helps HAF clients value and acquire new operations.

Alan Kennington

Alan’s strong technical expertise has assisted many wireless clients throughout the world. Alan’s background is highly scientific covering physics and mathematics and he assist clients from first principles. Alan has worked with equipment suppliers to improve and modify algorithms, protocols and modulation schemes across many different technologies.

Rod Sutton

Rod provides substantial technical expertise regarding fixed telecom infrastructure, particularly in the area of undersea cable systems.

Sandy Williams

Sandy is a highly experienced GSM and UMTS mobile network implementation and audit consultant. Sandy has experience with most of the major equipment vendors and with major network operators such as Orange. Sandy has worked on many of HAF’s network audit projects in Europe and the Middle East.