
Eric has over 28 years' experience in the telecom and IT industries in Europe and North America, with a sustained track record of delivering sales and market share growth, including at Sylantro Systems where he was Regional President for EMEA, and 20 years with Lucent Technologies, where from 2002 he had responsibility as Sales Vice President for Lucent's European Mobility business based in UK, successfully delivering growth in sales to mobile operators (including the world's first commercial HSDPA deployment, in O2). Subsequently he was appointed Chief Operations Officer for the Europe Sales Region ($1.2b revenues).
Prior to these roles, Eric was the Regional VP for Lucent's $4 billion North America Mobility region, based in New Jersey, with responsibility for business management and sales support for all wireless service providers in North America. Eric's initial years at Lucent included strategic planning and business development leadership roles in Europe, including the negotiation and support of joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions in India, Germany, France, Eastern Europe and Saudi Arabia. In 1997-99 he moved to California as Lucent's global account director for AirTouch.
Eric has a strong multinational background, having lived in 8 countries on 4 continents. He graduated in Economics & Geography at University College London and completed his MBA at IMD in Switzerland