Eric R. Handa
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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Eric R. Handa is a highly experienced telecommunications professional with 26.9 years of work experience. He has a strong background in strategy, mobile devices, management, and business development. As the Co-Founder and CEO of APTelecom, he has successfully grown APTelecom from a start-up business to an award-winning global organization. Handa has been recognized as the Sales Team of the Year by the Global Customer Sales and Service Awards and has been recognized as the Best VAS Consulting Company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He has also been recognized for his contributions to Wired.com's "Innovation Insights" section and has been recognized for his contributions to Wired.com's "Innovation
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As Co-Founder and CEO, Eric R. Handa has built APTelecom (www.aptelecom.com) into a globally recognized leader in telecom consulting. Since launching in 2010, Handa has grown APTelecom from a start-up business to an award-winning global organization which has generated over US $315 million in sales for clients, and has been named the Sales Team of the Year by the Global Customer Sales and Service Awards, as well as a Silver Award winner of the 2014 Fastest Growing Company EMEA by the Best in Business Awards. Telecom Review Magazine awarded APTelecom the Best VAS Consulting Company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2016 and 2017. APTelecom has pioneered financing options for new submarine cables with off-take pre-sale agreements, IRU options with economies of scales (upgrade rights), and fixing distressed assets for existing submarine cable systems. Prior to founding APTelecom, Handa worked for AT&T, Tyco Electronics, Tata Communications and Bharti Airtel in a number of senior operations, research, and sales assignments. Handa has covered, and resided (fourteen years overseas Hong Kong, Singapore, London). He is an expert contributor to Wired.com’s “Innovation Insights” section, and is regularly quoted by the most prestigious global media outlets in the world on the topic of telecom in emerging markets, including Entrepreneur Radio, Bloomberg, BusinessWeek, Telecom Review North America, SubTel Forum, CommsDay, and Fierce Telecom. Handa is a Pacific Telecom Council (PTC.org) innovation awards judge.Under Handa’s leadership, APTelecom has also developed a culture of giving back, and established its signature “State of Subsea” series, which is a 501c charity. APTelecom has donated more than 10% of its profit annually since inception (www.stateofsubsea.com). Handa is an avid supporter and volunteer of Habit for Humanity and Bloom Again Foundation. He sits on the Board of trustees for Bryant university.
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Co-Founder | Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Telecommunications
Eric R. Handa's Professional Milestones
- Sales Enterprise Account Manager | Business Financial Analyst (1997-01-01~2001-01-01): Provided comprehensive financial analysis to drive business growth and optimize the profitability of enterprise business assets.
- Co-Founder (2011-01-01~): Established a successful startup, establishing a strong presence in the industry.
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Executive Education
2007-2007Skill
Telecommunications
Strategy
Mobile Devices
Management
Business Development
Sales Management
Vendor Management
Enterprise Software
Managed Services
Marketing
Outsourcing
Start Ups
Network Architecture
Product Management
Leadership
Strategic Partnerships
Entrepreneurship
International Sales
International Development
Sales
Networking
Channel Partners
Ip
Loan Origination
Consulting
New Business Development
Solution Selling
Cloud Computing
Competitive Analysis
Salesforce.com
Product Marketing
Unified Communications
Call Centers
Direct Sales
Business Alliances
Co Location
Pre Sales Consultancy
Mpls
Pre Sales
Data Center
Wireless
Selling
Go To Market Strategy
Voip
Crm
Mobile Technology
Executive Management
Saas
Project Planning
Professional Services
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