James Alderdice
Lynk Global
VP, Asia-Pacific
As Vice President, and the lead for Lynk’s business in Asia-Pacific, James has launched Lynk’s initial commercial sat2phone service with mobile operators and built Lynk’s government relations throughout the region to provide the foundation for satellite direct to phone services connecting the billions of people still unconnected.
Specialising in providing remote connectivity for unserved locations, James has held sales and marketing positions at Inmarsat, EMC (now part of Anuvu), and SpeedCast as well as other industry pioneers. With nearly 20 years working in satellite communications, his career has been highlighted by providing international IP backbone connections over satellite to countries such as Sierra Leone, South Africa, Kenya, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Timor-Leste as well as helping mobile network operators with their network reach and network optimisation.