Dave Gale

Current

• Entrepreneur / Telecommunications Consultant at Umoya Projects
• ManCom Member at Internet Service Providers' Association - South Africa

Past

• Director : Business Development at Storm Telecom (pty) ltd
• Business Development Manager at storm
• Product Manager at storm

• Programme Manager at Iridium Africa
• Senior Project Manger at Telkom SA pty ltd

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Education

• UCT

Recommended

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Connections

123 connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

• My Blog

Dave Gale’s Summary

Operations Management : Telkom
Project Management : Telkom
Service Delivery Management : Iridium Africa
Programme Management : Iridium Africa
Product Development: Storm Telecom, South Africa
Product Management : Storm Telecom, South Africa
Business Development : Storm Telecom, South Africa

Dave Gale’s Specialties:

business strategy, product strategy, strategic planning, business planning, regulatory management, product development, product management, strategic relationship building, project management
key words:
Voice over IP, VoIP, Least Cost Routing, Internet Services, Public Speaking, Public Relations, Company Spokesperson, Strategist, Convergence, IT, Technology

Dave Gale’s Experience

• Entrepreneur / Telecommunications Consultant

  Umoya Projects

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Telecommunications industry)

  February 2008 — Present (6 months)

  Having exited from Storm, I'm considering my future, which may just branch out into a new industry, but I'm going to be approaching that leap cautiously

• ManCom Member

  Internet Service Providers' Association - South Africa

  (Telecommunications industry)

  2007 — Present (1 year)

• Director : Business Development

  Storm Telecom (pty) ltd

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2005 — February 2008 (2 years 11 months)

  As Director of Business Development, I am responsible for Product Strategy, co-ordinating the formulation of Business Strategy, handling Regulatory and Contractual issues, tracking technology and market changes, identifying opportunities, testing the feasibility and strategic fit of opportunities, building strategic relationships and running initiatives to bring such opportunities and relationships to fruition.

• Business Development Manager

  storm

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2003 — March 2005 (2 years 3 months)

  Responsible for Product Development and Management teams at Storm Telecom

• Product Manager

  storm

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  September 1999 — December 2002 (3 years 4 months)

  Development and Management of products at Storm Telecom

• Programme Manager

  Iridium Africa

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  July 1998 — June 1999 (1 year)

  Responsible for all service and infrastructure projects

• Senior Project Manger

  Telkom SA pty ltd

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TKG; Telecommunications industry)

  January 1997 — July 1998 (1 year 7 months)

  Project Management
  
  • Responsible for the Programme Management of the Switching Modernisation Programme portion of Telkom's Vision 2000 within the Western Region (Western Cape), amounting to over 100 projects with a total value of approximately R150 million p/a. This included the Project Management of the Digitisation of all remaining Electromechanical exchanges by the year 2000.
  
  • Responsible for Special Projects; the design and implementation of the telecommunications infrastructure for major developments and various projects to serve the needs of Large, Medium and Small businesses.
  
  • Developed processes, standards and methodologies used in the regional Project Office, a number of which were adopted nationally.
  
  • 2004 Olympic Bid:
  Drafted the telecommunications portion of the 2004 Bid document, co-ordinated the planning of the Olympic network, developed detailed capital and operational budget forecasts.

Dave Gale’s Education

• UCT

  MSc, Elec Eng, February 1983 — September 1989

Additional Information

Dave Gale’s Websites:

• My Blog

Dave Gale’s Interests:

Innovative use of technology, Hiking, Mountaineering, Rock climbing, Camping, Fly fishing, kayaking, flute, saxophone, sound reinforcement, DIY, woodwork

Dave Gale’s Groups:

MENSA SA

•    GeekDinner Cape Town member

Dave Gale’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
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