Ricardo Tavares is a leading international consultant on ICT policy and regulation. From 2004 to 2010 Ricardo was Sr. VP at the GSM Association, the international trade association for mobile operators. He was a Sr. Director of International Operations at San Diego, California-based Wireless Facilities, Inc. from 1999 to 2003, and was General Manager of WFI’s Brazil office in 2001/02, managing the roll out of 1,500 cell sites from radio planning to civil works to core network connectivity. TechPolis provides international consulting services to leading players in the mobile technologies sector and helps them to navigate policy and regulatory challenges by guiding government relations, building industry alliances, designing advocacy campaigns, and providing crisis management. TechPolis’ experience is concentrated in five regions: Middle East & North Africa, South & Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.
