AI Since Inception

Our team of data scientists, software engineers and business operations experts have deep experience across the telecommunications industry, and our technology serves many of the best known wireless operators in the world.

Management Team

Opanga Networks is the global leader in the development and deployment of machine learning-powered software solutions for the telecommunications industry. The shift of mobile networks to the cloud has accelerated opportunities for massive network and economic performance gains previously unattainable given the industry’s traditional, hardware-centric orientation. Opanga’s cloud-native applications increase efficiency and provide actionable insights to drastically drive down capital and operating expenses for network operators of all sizes, while enhancing speed and performance for end-users.

Our team of data scientists, software engineers and business operations experts have deep experience across the telecommunications industry and is delivering on its innovation promise around the world. Together, we are committed to applying the power of AI/ML to transform an industry for the collective benefit of investors, shareholders, and consumers alike.

Opanga is privately held and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with additional offices in London and Mexico City.


  • CEO

    Cole brings over 30 years in the wireless and telecommunications industries to his role as CEO of Opanga, and a deep understanding of our core business gained over the 8 years he has served on our board. Cole played a key executive role in building T-Mobile through IPO and acquisition, scaling the company into one of the most successful challenger wireless operators in the world.

    With experience on both sides of the venture ecosystem – as startup CEO, Board Member and Venture Partner with several successful exits, he brings hands on experience in scaling fast moving technology businesses that drive true industry-changing innovation, like Opanga.

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  • COO

    Artur has more than 20 years of experience in leading software development organizations that develop mission critical software. This includes embedded software for the telecommunications industry, machine learning applications for industrial applications and software for automotive applications including safety relevant automotive OS implementations.

    The focus of Artur’s career has always been on accelerating innovation in hardware centric industries through software centric platform enablement.

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  • GM Americas & Australasia, VP Systems Engineering

    Since Opanga's founding, John has provided leadership in a variety of roles including CTO, COO and VP of Engineering. Building Opanga's engineering organization from the ground up, John led the requirement setting, architecture and design of Opanga's flagship optimization products. John continues to provide key insights and guidance into Opanga's RAIN platform architecture and development. He holds more than 40 issued patents in mobile networking and actively participates in the generation of new IP for Opanga.

    Having worked extensively with network operators globally, as GM A&A, John is focused on expanding sales, partnerships and strategy throughout the Americas and Australasia.

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  • GM of EMEA / APJ, VP Systems Engineering

    With a career spanning over 12 years at Opanga Networks, Ben has specialized in product architecture, algorithm design, and intellectual property. He has significantly contributed to Opanga’s technological advancements, including 17 key patents. His expertise extends across the entire product lifecycle – from conception, architecture design, implementation, validation, and commercial deployment in real-world scenarios.

    In 2019, Ben was selected to spearhead the establishment and leadership of Opanga Networks' expansion office in London, UK, a strategic move that underscored Opanga’s vision for global growth and market presence. As the General Manager for EMEA / APJ, he is responsible for shaping Opanga Networks' trajectory in these regions while cultivating new customer and partner relationships. His leadership has been instrumental in cultivating successful partnerships, expanding Opanga’s commercial footprint.

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  • Customer Engineering

    Ryan leads a team of experienced engineers developing ML algorithms and deploying solutions that deliver real business value for network operators. He also coordinates field trials and ensures excellent customer support for Opanga’s global installations.

    Ryan comes from a software development background with over 25 years of experience in telecommunication, automotive and medical device industries.

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  • Operational Management

    With over 30 years of experience designing, deploying and operating 2G, 3G and 4G mobile networks in the US, Trevor brings invaluable operational experience to the Opanga team.

    From greenfield RF design and cell site construction to microwave backhaul, core network infrastructure sizing, transport implementation and long-standing operational moxie, there is really nothing in mobile he hasn’t done. Over the years, he’s learned all of the operational and deployment tricks, what it takes and what it costs not only to stand up a single site or thousands but also operate them.

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  • Product Development

    Tavi is leading the product and software development initiatives at Opanga, globally. With over 20 years in the technology industry, Tavi brings invaluable experience to Opanga.

    He started his career building networks at a wireless communications company, held various engineering and management roles at Microsoft, and provided growth-oriented technical leadership for multiple startups.

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Board of Directors


  • Chairman

    Scott is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Northeast Wireless Networks, LLC. Prior to joining Northeast Wireless Networks, LLC and since 1997-98, Scott has been a principal in Cedar Grove Partners, LLC, an investment partnership and in Cedar Grove Investments, LLC a private seed capital fund.

    In his role at Cedar Grove, Scott has had substantial investment and Board experience with early/later stage companies in a variety of industries, including wireless and teleco, petroleum engineering, retail coffee and defense contracting. From 1986 until 1997, he was employed by McCaw Cellular Communications and AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., where he served in various legal and M&A-related positions, last serving as Senior Vice President of the Acquisitions and Development group. In that role, he oversaw all McCaw’s M&A, focusing on rural and smaller metropolitan markets. Before his employment at McCaw, Scott was engaged in private law practice in Seattle. In addition, Scott was the Chairman of the Board at Root Wireless and a director of Kratos Defense and Security, Inc., (NASDAQ: KTOS), Globys, Inc., and Anvil Corporation.

  • Board Member

    Dave started his wireless career in 1989, gaining experience on both the technology and operator side. He has held engineering and leadership positions with AT&T, Nokia and Motorola and has worked on 2G, 3G and 4G handset and RAN products across TDMA, CDMA and OFDM technologies.

    The focus of Dave’s career has been on building companies innovating new network technologies that directly impact mobile operator financial performance through reduced CAPEX and OPEX. Dave has raised $50M in venture capital for startup companies he has founded, advised and sold.


  • Board Member

    Bill is Chief Executive Officer of Tillman Infrastructure. He is a highly recognized executive in the telecommunications industry with over twenty-five years of industry leadership in domestic and international arenas.

    Prior to joining Tillman Infrastructure in March 2018, he was with AT&T as Executive Vice President where he led the Global Connection Management and Tower Leasing businesses and was responsible for developing both international and domestic strategies and partnerships for network access and interconnection agreements. Before joining AT&T Wireless, Bill led legal, human resources, and regulatory affairs at Pacific Northwest Cellular/Western Wireless Communications. He began his career as a Partner with Stokes Lawrence, LLC, a law firm focused on cellular and telecommunications companies.
    Bill has served on the board of directors of the global GSM Association, where he had roles including Chairman of the Finance Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Association, and Chairman of GSM Limited, a subsidiary that managed the association’s trade shows. He is President of the African Education Foundation, a private foundation he established in 1984 after serving in the Peace Corps in West Africa.
    He holds a J.D. and Master’s Degree in Health Administration from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from the University of Colorado.


  • Board Member

    Adrian de los Santos has held the position of Corporate Finance Director and Investor Relations Officer in Axtel S.A.B. de C.V. since September 2008 and had the Investor Relations Officer responsibility since joining the company in April 2006.

    Prior to his current position, Mr. de los Santos was Managing Partner in Colinas de Bugambilias S.A., a real estate project in Guadalajara, Mexico, from January 2003 until March 2006. Prior to Colinas de Bugambilias, he spent six years with Standard Chartered Bank in different executive positions in Monterrey, Mexico, New York and London. Mr. de los Santos started his career at Banca Serfin, now Santander Mexico, where he occupied positions in private banking, corporate and international banking divisions. Mr. De los Santos has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and a Master of Science in Finance from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.


  • Board Member

    Cole Brodman is a member of Trilogy’s investing team. He served as a key member of the T-Mobile USA senior leadership team for nearly 17 years, leaving the business in June of 2012. He was a C-level executive in technology, product, and marketing positions at T-Mobile for over a decade, including roles as CTO and CMO.

    During his tenure at T-Mobile and its’ predecessor VoiceStream, he helped the business grow from pre-launch stage to become a national leader in wireless innovation with nearly $20B in revenue and over 30M customers. He has been in telecommunications since 1988, starting his career at Northern Telecom, where he helped develop, manage, and market digital wireless infrastructure products and technology to North American wireless operators. Cole has a BSEE from the University of Texas at Austin, and a MBA from Southern Methodist University. He currently serves on the board of M-87, PushSpring, and the Board of Trustees at Eastside Catholic School, as well as on the advisory board of several technology companies.


  • Board Member

    Ed has over 40 years of telecom industry experience in executive positions with AT&T, AT&T Wireless, NorthStar Communications Group, and PRTM Management Consultants. He has extensive experience in product management, supply-chain, and network operations, as well as international business development, marketing and sales.

    Ed is the past President of The Performance Measurement Group, PRTM’s operations performance benchmarking services company. Ed graduated from Ga Tech (BIE), Lehigh University (MSIE) and attended executive development programs at Penn State, Stanford and Harvard Universities.


  • Board Member

    Phil is a CPA currently in private practice. He has a 36 year track record of successful financial management including a senior level position with a “Big 8” accounting firm, founding partner of a medium size CPA firm, and a ten year stint as SVP and CFO of a medium sized manufacturing corporation before returning to private practice.

    Phil presently serves on the board of directors for wireless companies Opanga Networks, Inc and Eden Rock Communications, LLC on behalf of major investors, Pacific Wireless Ventures, LLC and Pacific Wireless Ventures II, LLC respectively. Phil is also a director of the Foundation for Energy Therapies, Inc, an international not-for-profit company organized for research, education, and integration of ancient and modern forms of energy medicine into the United States health care system. Phil has a legal education which includes an LL.M in taxation from the University of Florida and is a member of the Washington State Bar Association as well as the Washington Society of CPAs.

Advisors


  • Advisor

    Kim is a technology, business & innovation generalist with a passionate interest in the societal and economic consequences of digitalization and automation. He works as a technology, economic, and strategy advisor to companies in the telecommunications space, with a deep focus on infrastructure and cost-structure optimization.

    Currently, he is the Chief Technology & Information Officer (CTIO) at leading telecommunications companies in Hungary (Magyar Telekom) and The Netherlands (T-Mobile NL). Moreover, Kim has also worked for Ooredoo Group (Qatar) and Deutsche Telekom Group in various leadership roles finding solutions to the big challenges in our Industry. Having 20+ years of experience in the industry, one of his top priorities has been to formulate operational, techno-financial, and economical strategies to extract maximum value and synergies from telecom, optimizing customer experience.


  • Advisor

    Felipe has an extensive record of achievement in the management of corporate operations and business development functions for large international companies, with a consistent history of increasing revenue, market position, and profitability while reducing costs, enhancing operational performance, and delivering solutions to maximize competitiveness at the domestic and global levels.

    Felipe excels at building and leading top-performing teams, producing effective go-to-market strategies and new business models, driving growth. His previous experience includes CEO and Vice President roles with Global Hitss, Axity, and Hewlett-Packard. He possesses outstanding problem solving and communication skills and is both bilingual and bi-national (Dual Citizenship, Mexico, and Chile; US Permanent Resident).


  • Board Member

    Dave brings over 35 years of wireless industry experience to Opanga’s management team with a focus on RF Systems, RF Planning and RAN optimization. His expertise spans 3G, 4G and 5G technologies both in corporate environments at Motorola and AT&T Wireless as well as extensive experience with emerging technology ventures.

    His contributions to wireless technology have resulted in over 40 issued US and international patents spanning a wide variety of wireless topics including: bandwidth efficient airlink technologies, automated network optimization, satellite and terrestrial systems coexistence, beamforming technologies and spectrum sharing solutions.


  • Advisor

    Gianluca is a general management executive with a focus in sales and business strategy at VMware. He has over three decades of delivering customer focused telecommunications experience while in an executive role. Globally, his decisions have made a positive difference in consumer experience and company viability.

    He aims to help customers build competitive leadership through world-class technology adoption, superior customer focus and business management capabilities. All while being passionate at leading multinational multicultural cross functional teams.


  • Advisor

    Chetan is a recognized industry expert in strategy and implementation of wireless data and pervasive computing solutions. He has a strong background in developing and launching technologies, products, and solutions for the wireless Industry. Including extensive experience in managing and delivering all phases of the product development cycle.

    Executives from leading wireless companies around the world seek his accurate predictions, independent insights, and actionable recommendations. He has served as an advisor to senior executive management of several Fortune 100 companies in the wireless space. Some of his clients include NTT DoCoMo, Disney, KTF, Sprint Nextel, AT&T Wireless, Cincinnati Bell, Reuters, Qualcomm, Reliance InfoComm, SAP, Merrill Lynch, American Express, InfoSpace, BEA, and HP. Chetan is advisor to CEOs and CTOs of some of the leading wireless technology companies on product strategy and IP development. He serves on the advisory board of several companies. In addition, Chetan also advises some of the largest financial institutions on wireless technology and companies in the sector. Chetan is regularly invited by various US government agencies to speak on wireless data and security related matters. Chetan has MSEE from Kansas State University and BE from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.