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December 08, 2005
Jon Arnold / Ash Chopra
On today's Canadian IP Thought Leaders podcast Jon Arnold spoke with Ash Chopra. Ash is an independent telecom consultant based in Toronto, and has extensive experience working with and for Canada's leading telcos. Ash and Jon reviewed the current state of our major operators, namely Bell, Telus and Rogers. They discussed the implications of the most recent developments and how they are impacting their plans for VoIP.
Ash Chopra, founder Chopra Management Consultants
With over 15 years of senior management experience in the Communications and IT sector, Ash brings a proven track of business acumen and operational experience, with an industry strategist's outlook. Ash is the proprietor of Chopra Management Consultants, a company that provides strategic consulting services to TELUS, AT&T and Macquarie Bank amongst others. At TELUS, provided Product Roadmap, Business Case Development, Partner Development and Strategic Services on Canada's first Enterprise hosted VoIP service, IP-One. Prior to this, Ash was the VP of Internet and Data Communications for Primus Australia, taking the business unit to profitability and the third largest consumer and business markets ISP in the country. From 1990 to 1998, Ash had various Network Operations, Network Surveillance, Marketing, Sales, Finance and Strategic Planning management roles at Bell Canada. Between Ash's experience at Bell Canada and working in Australia, he undertook several entrepreneurial and management consulting opportunities that included Web and E-Commerce consulting to the U.S. Department's of Health and State, he also led a Washington D.C.-based E-Commerce consultancy's efforts that resulted in winning Vice President Al Gore's "Hammer" Award for helping in cutting bureaucracy and waste in government. Ash is an alumni of the University of Western Ontario. Ash's industry related writings can be found at www.bitpad.com.
Posted at December 8, 2005 04:41 PM
