Erwin Sparreboom

International management in the Telecommunications Industry. Broad experience at many telecom operators, operating in many regions, servicing & implementing a broad range of products/technologies/networks.

Erwin Sparreboom’s Specialties:

(international) Management, Project Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, GSM / network roll-out, xDSL, MPLS VPN, Cable, SDH, DWDM, (Complex) hosting, Information Technology

Erwin Sparreboom’s Experience

Vice President Operations

Linxtelecom

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

May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Linxtelecom is a professional and dynamic international telecommunications company offering quality solutions to Carriers, ISP’s and Network Operators. Focusing on connecting Russia, the Baltic States, Belarus, the Caucasus, Ukraine, Hungary and Poland with the Nordics, Western Europe and the US, Linxtelecom is responsive, fast and flexible in meeting your requirements.

Linxtelecom was founded and is led by industry veterans and has become a prominent telecommunications provider with a unique proposition in the region. Linxtelecom fully owns and operates a 120 Gbps DWDM submarine fiber network covering the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea.

By selectively combining this infrastructure with leased facilities and bandwidth, Linxtelecom has created a network with a unique footprint connecting our SDH and IP PoPs in Moscow (3), St. Petersburg, Tallinn (2), Riga, Vilnius, Kiev, Lviv, Stockholm (3), Helsinki (2), Tbilisi, Warsaw, Amsterdam, London, Budapest and Frankfurt (2).
Group Service Delivery Director

Easynet

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

May 2006 — April 2007 (1 year )

Responsible for the delivery of all local and international services within the Easynet Group (appr. 150 FTE in 8 countries).
Operations Director

Easynet Nederland BV

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

September 2003 — August 2006 (3 years )

As Operations Director in the Netherlands responsible for the following 5 departments: Customer Services, Service Delivery, Network Operations, Systems and Engineering (appr. 90 FTE).
Consultant / interim manager

Flex Group Nederland

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

January 2000 — August 2003 (3 years 8 months)

Interim positions at:
- T-Mobile - Manager Project Office;
- UPC - Project Manager;
- Ben - Region Manager Implementation;
- Versapoint/Versatel - Manager Networking.
Consultant

CMG

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

December 1995 — December 1999 (4 years 1 month)

Interim/consultancy positions at:
- KPN - Project Leader;
- Unisource - Supervisor Infrastructure;
- AT&T Unisource - Network Engineer;
- SFR (France) - Co-ordinator SMSC;
- Unisource - Technical Designer / Programmer;
- KPN - Technical Designer / Programmer.

Erwin Sparreboom’s Education

RSM Erasmus Universiteit

Executive MBA , 2002 — 2003
Technische Universiteit Delft

MSc , Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications , 1989 — 1995
OSG Walburg

VWO , 1983 — 1989
't Span

1977 — 1983