Shueb Ahmed
- Commercial Lead, Streetscape, Boldyn Networks
Shueb Ahmed is the commercial fibre lead at Boldyn Networks and is responsible for fibre investments and developing buy/sell partnerships. His remit covers the commercialisation of fibre infrastructure (existing and new) for use in 4G/5G, mobile networks, fixed/carrier networks and public networks. Shueb has been working in telecommunications for 17 years with a range and in-depth experiences in technical, commercial and strategy. He is an engineer at heart with a focus on business. Prior to joining Boldyn Networks in 2022, Shueb was O2’s technical strategy lead for fibre and x-haul networks and was central to the pre-integration activities in the £31bn O2-Virgin Media joint-venture looking at network evolution for xRAN, PON and Edge/Cloud networks. Shueb spent 12 years at O2 and prior to that, his experience over 5 years at Orange/France Telecom and EE were key in his experience and his contributions to the industry.
John Bretherick is Director of Business Development at Fujitsu Network Communications, where he focuses on the Fujitsu open networking portfolio, including Optical and Open RAN solutions, for Europe. John has over 35 years of experience in telecom, holding roles in engineering, sales, marketing and business development for both global service providers and equipment vendors. He has a long history of developing customized solutions for global IT, system integrators, and communication service providers, as well as vertical market experience in pharmaceuticals, utilities, government, and health sectors.
John is married with two children, lives in Ilkley West Yorkshire, where he enjoys many spots including golf and cycling.
Dave Happy
- Managing Director, Telint Ltd
Dave obtained his Masters Degree from Exeter (UK) and Tilburg (Netherlands) winning 2 scholarships. He has over 37 years expertise in the sector, beginning with Motorola in PMR and Cellular, US WEST and Virgin Media where he obtained their PTO and International Facilities licences, helped build their first Satellite Earth Station, oversaw a £40m subsea cable project, and assisted with France Telecom/Orange’s acquisition of a stake in the business.
Before organising, writing, winning and managing several 5G research bids to DCMS, he was with Samsung Electronics, as a Vice President in their EU R&D operation, where he won a Digital Europe award from his peers for technical excellence. He also won the individual collaboration award from The Department of Digital Culture Media and Sport and UK5G for his 5G work in 2022/3.
He is the current Chairman of the UK Telco Data Task-Force (“UKTDTF”), an advisory group mentored by the Department for Business and Trade, working with the Geospatial Commission and DSIT, and comprising Governments, Industry, academia and 5G test-beds. He is a former pro bono non-Executive Director of BT’s “Connected Earth” operation and a Non-Executive Director of 5G connected buoy company Jet Engineering. He was also appointed Chair of the UK Telecoms Innovation Network Security Expert Working Group in 2023. He also sits on the All Party Group for Digital ID.
He was co-author of the multi-award winning 5G Rural Dorset 5G testbed, whose partners included the Satellite Applications Catapult and Dorset Council, and the recent Dorset Open Network Evolution bid, working with ARM, Vodafone and Keysight Technologies.
He is a fan of all things Dorset and most things cycling!
Paul has a B Eng in Communications Engineering from University of Hull and worked in the wireless industry internationally for over 30 years.
At AtlasEdge he is responsible for RAN and Open vRAN Public and Private network architecture, strategy. He has deployed 4G and 5G small cell networks in both classical architecture and as dark-fibre disaggregated RAN networks and is currently refining the technical and cost implications of centralised classic and virtualised networks.
During his career Paul has worked in Telco Vendors and Infrastructure Providers, significantly for Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, CityFibre and World Wide Technology in Technical and Commercial roles in both Europe and North America. He is also an Expert Working Group Member in Wireless Networking at UKTIN.
Adam Withers
- Commercial Lead, Streetscape, Boldyn Networks
Adam Withers is the Streetscape commercial lead at Boldyn Networks and has been working in mobile telecommunications for 17 years. Adam is responsible for the commercialisation of the TfL above ground estate, consisting of over 90,000 vertical assets inc. Lighting/CCTV Columns, Bus Shelters, Land and Buildings. Bringing to market a unique portfolio of assets that can support use cases such a 4G, 5G, Wi-Fi, Private Networks, IoT, EV etc. creating a new layer of connectivity across London. Previously, he was sales and business development director at NET CS, developing and growing NET CS’s business and extending the reach of its products or services in the UK the market with a specific focus on neutral host and venues. Adam holds a strong technical/engineering background being technical director and technical lead for 5 years, delivering neutral host and MNO dedicated 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, DAS, Macro, Micro, Small Cells, as well as private networks and C/ORAN deployments.
