German M Fajardo Muriel

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Electrical Engineer, Telematics Specialist & Management and Business Administration (MBA)


Professional Experience:+31 years in the telecommunications and ICT industries
Current Positions:President - OhmTel Ltda
Memberships:
IEEE: since 1991
COMSOC: since 1993
ISOC: since 2011
Recognitions & achievements:
2019 -  ISOC: Chapters Advisory Council Steering Committee Member
2018 - ISOC: Founder Member of the Internet Society Colombia Chapter.
2014 - IEEE: Senior Member (highest professional grade of the IEEE in recognition of his professional standing)
1999 - Engineers Australia: Recognition of Professional Electrical Engineering Qualifications 

 


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Career Profile

Mr. Fajardo is an Electrical Engineer and Telematics Specialist from the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá Colombia), with a postgraduate degree in Management and Business Administration (MBA) from Northeastern University (Boston - USA) and with certifications in Communications Project Management from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá - Colombia) and Web Design & Authoring from RMIT University (Melbourne - Australia).

He has 30 years of professional experience. Currently, Mr. Fajardo is President at OhmTel Ltda. Previously, he held technical, commercial and management positions in public and private owned companies and he has participated as Member of the Board of Directors of companies in the telecommunications sector (operators, research centers, services providers, among others), in the oil sector (distributors of products derived from oil and gas), in Public-Private Partnerships (for the provision of telecommunications services, fiber optic deployment using energy infrastructure and operation of satellite services in the Andean Community) as well as non-for profit international organizations. For more information download his curriculum vitae.

In the telecommunications and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector, Mr. Fajardo areas of expertise included: management, planning, design, deployment and optimization of telecommunications networks (fixed and mobile); business plans and cost models of networks and services; management, planning and assessment of radio spectrum; business contingency planning; disasters recovery planning; public policy strategies; project management; strategic consultancy; future Internet initiatives, among others.

Mr Fajardo also has been actively involved in the research, development and innovation (R+D+I) areas, particularly with technology driven projects and initiatives managed by international organizations, associations and working groups fostering the advancement of the technologies, the evolution and the innovation in the telecommunications and ICT industries, amongst them the International Telecommunications Union (as expert for developing of the  “Colombian Radio Spectrum Management Handbook" and as a participating member of some standardization groups), the European Commission Research & Innovation (as independent expert), the European Future Internet Alliance - EFIA (as participant Member), Europe Unlimited S.A (as coach and as expert reviewer to assist the review of future Internet technology innovative business and project profiles throughout Europe) and Internet Society (as Chapters Advisory Council Steering Committee Member).

Since 1991 he has been Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  and, since 1993 he has been Member of IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC). He is founder of Future Internet Latinoamerica; he represents OhmTel Ltda as a participant Member of the European Future Internet Alliance (EFIA), since 2011 he is Global Member of the Internet Society (ISOC) and Founder Member of the Internet Society Colombia Chapter, officially created in October 2018.

Since 1998 he has been working as a consultant and he has carried out projects in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic and Trinidad & Tobago.