The Management

Mr. Zain Omar is a member of the Board and has a BSc degree from University of Maryland and became a Certified Public Accountant in Maryland. Mr. Omar�s experiences with Phoenix Wireless Group Inc. of Florida, USA, a startup and pioneer in software switching solutions for the cellular industry, practice as a Certified Public Accountant with Reznick, Fedder & Silverman in Maryland, USA and work with AMEV, Inc, (now Fortis Funds, a mutual fund management company, in Virginia, USA) has been instrumental in leading ALAPCOM through its startup years and through the subsequent acquisitions to position the company for rapid future growth potential today.

Zarre Omar is a member of the Board and has a BSc degree in Physics from Howard University in Washington DC. ALAPCOM involvement as a Representative of NextNet Wireless Inc. enabled Mr. Omar to gain extensive experience with BWA systems & networks. He was also involved with the installation of the NextNet Wireless trial system for Dishnet DSL in Chennai, India. In addition, Mr. Omar has vast experience in Voice Over IP systems through his involvement with an international voice carrier in providing installation and management support for their voice and billing systems collocated with Teleglobe Canada and Bangladesh Telegraph & Telephone Board. Having vast experiences in both Pre-WiMax BWA, VoIP networks, knowledge of a variety of operating systems and environments, Virtualization, DBMS, LAN, WAN, VPN, IP routing protocols, MPLS, MPLS VPNs, deploying and managing metropolitan IP backbone makes Mr. Omar unique and instrumental in the future growth of the company.

Mr. Zaki Omar is a member of the Board of the Company. His present activities include Corporate Strategy and Market Positioning for the Company. Mr. Omar was responsible for implementing and deploying Broadband, through xDSL technology in Dhaka Cantonment after the Bangladesh Army selected AccessTEL to be the exclusive Internet Broadband Provider for the Dhaka Cantonment area. At that time, xDSL technology was new to the market and up until then had been cost prohibitive for residential users. His deployment method in Cantonment is now a model used by many local ISPs, to connect all levels of clients and has become a standard in the industry. Mr. Omar played a significant role in the company’s strategic decision and planning of shifting from its xDSL network to a NLOS Wireless network. Mr. Omar is an Agriculture and Resource Economist, having obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Rahat Khan serves as the Head of Sales & Marketing of the Company. Mr. Khan is responsible for the overall revenue of the company alongside ensuring proper visibility of the brand. His major responsibilities include market planning and revenue growth, acquisition and retention of customers, public relations and branding activities, market research and market intelligence activities etc. Prior to joining Access Telecom Mr. Khan spent 3 years in Airtel Bangladesh Limited leading the Business to business sales & service team. Prior to serving Airtel Bangladesh Limited he worked 5 and a half years as Head of Corporate Key Accounts in Grameenphone Ltd responsible for B2B business planning, branding, sales and service for B2B business. Mr. Khan graduated from Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka with Major in Marketing and MIS. Mr. Khan participated in �Conceptual Selling� conducted by Miller Heiman Group, Germany, �Project Management� & �Professional Salesmanship� conducted by Upali Mahanama, former Marketing Director, Unilever Srilanka and various other Sales, Branding & Leadership development trainings in home and abroad.

M. Sadrul Alam serves as the AGM of Broadband Infrastructure Department of the Company. Mr. Alam’s responsibilities include overseeing the configuration, installation and maintenance of all physical backbone connectivity between the Company’s NOC and POPs. In addition his responsibilities also include overseeing the installation and management of the NLOS Wireless Broadband Network. As the representative of NextNet Wireless Inc. of USA, on behalf of the Company, Mr. Alam successfully installed a Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) Wireless Broadband system for Dishnet DSL in Chennai, India. Prior to joining Access Telecom, Mr. Alam spent 5 years at TRIBE Computer Systems as co-founder and Director of Production & Support. Mr. Alam is a graduate of Institute of Business Administration (IBA) University of Dhaka with a BBA and MBA in Finance. Mr. Alam has been trained on V-SAT installation and Management by WSM, Singapore.

Mizanur Rahman Talukdar serves as Head of System & Network Operation Center. His key responsibility includes smooth operation of NOC and relationship management with Key stakeholders. Prior to joining to IG, he served as CEO of Earth Telecommunication Ltd for 1 year and CTO of Agni Systems Ltd. For 11 years. He has completed RHCE and Professional Program in Network-Centered Computing (PNC). He has participated in several training and workshop on WiMAX planning, WiMAX BTS installation, Internet Exchange Configuration, Internet Resource Management, IP Telephony and VoIP Development in home and abroad.