Speakers
Special Guest
Guido Beermann
Permanent Secretary
- Born on 4 December 2021 in Emsdetten, Westphalia. Studied law and public policy in Munich; 1st and 2nd state examination in law. Federal Chancellery (1994 – 2002) Desk officer in various divisions, including “Contacts to culture and the arts,” “Relations between the federal and state governments,” and “Small and medium-sized businesses, regional economic policy, and skilled trades”. CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag (2002 – 2006) Staff member to Parliamentary Secretary Eckart von Klaeden, MdB. Permanent Secretary in Berlin’s Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research (since 1 November 2022).
Welcome speech
Nadja Lux
Head of International Platform Sales and Customer Care at 42com
- 8+ years of experience in the telecommunication business. Several years of experience in Customer Care and Change Management. Studied labor psychology.
Moderator
Erik van Stokkom
CEO at VSC
- Based in Switzerland, VSC provides strategic advisory services in M&A, Business Development & Media for the telecommunication industry. Over the last 20 years, Erik developed extensive expertise and deep domain knowledge working at major telecom companies. His international career includes senior & executive level positions. Over the years, Erik has been a regular speaker & moderator at major international telecom conferences.
Keynote Speakers/ Panellists
Thomas Reinig
CEO and founder of 42com Telecommunication in Berlin
- After founding and managing several successful businesses including Beronet, a thriving telecom access solutions provider, the founding of 42com as a spin-off of Beronet marked the beginning of Thomas’ career in VoIP-Telecommunications solutions. Starting out with R&D and project management of 42one – the telecom service enabling platform 42com’s success is based on, Thomas created the wholesales voice division in 2010. With his 15+ years of experience in the technology / telecoms sector Thomas is now as co-founder and managing partner of 42com mainly responsible for business development and creating successful business deals together with 42com’s partners all over the world.
Keynote Speakers/ Panellists
Perry Offer
CEO at Dialogue Group
- As CEO, Perry is currently responsible for leading the Dialogue Group. Perry joined the Dialogue Group in 2011 as Global Chief Financial Officer after having worked on a project basis with the company since 2005. With over 30 years’ experience in financial, commercial and operational management at board level across numerous business-to-consumer and business-to-business sectors, Perry spearheaded the global consolidation of Dialogue’s financial systems in a matter of days, not weeks. Perry is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CIMA), bringing with him the added financial and strategic expertise needed to support the Group’s growth.
Keynote Speakers/ Panellists
Reid Fishler
Director at Hurricane Electric
Reid Fishler is a Director for Hurricane Electric, one of the top internet providers in the world. This year he will celebrate his 20th year in the internet business.
Panellist
Süleyman Karaman
Managing Director at euNetworks
- Süleyman Karaman is Managing Director, euNetworks GmbH, Geschäftsführer of the Group’s German businesses. He joined the Company in October 2011 and manages the in-country business of euNetworks in Germany where, besides London, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin and Switzerland, the Company owns and operates fibre networks in seven markets incl. Frankfurt and Berlin and continues to roll out further cloud enabling infrastructure meeting the growing demand of Cloud Service Providers, Content, Wholesale and Enterprise customers. He started his career in telecoms with Siemens AG in their Information & Communications Networks division in 1992. He studied telecommunications engineering in Germany and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
