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Wilco Dekker TITLE : TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY MANAGER COMPANY : VODAFONEZIGGO INDUSTRY : COMMUNICATION PROVIDER LOCATION : AMSTERDAM , NETHERLANDS
“ I TAKE COMPANIES THROUGH THE SAME SEVEN STEPS I WENT THROUGH TO CLIMB EVEREST TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE FUTURE , WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY UNEXPLORED TERRAIN ”
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Wilco Dekker TITLE : TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY MANAGER COMPANY : VODAFONEZIGGO INDUSTRY : COMMUNICATION PROVIDER LOCATION : AMSTERDAM , NETHERLANDS

Wilco Dekker is responsible for the Video –, HFC and Access domain of the VodafoneZiggo network . Dekker , who climbed Mount Everest in 2019 , worked on the first Pay – TV system and introduced the first digital TV platform in the Netherlands . After the merger of Vodafone and Ziggo , he is now an internal advisor .
Dekker ’ s role at Liberty Global was as VP Broadcast & Media Services and was responsible for all digital broadcast services .
In 2011 Dekker worked for Doctors without Borders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
In 1994 , he worked on the transformation of the one – way CATV network into a bi – directional multimedia telecom network .

“ I TAKE COMPANIES THROUGH THE SAME SEVEN STEPS I WENT THROUGH TO CLIMB EVEREST TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE FUTURE , WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY UNEXPLORED TERRAIN ”

WILCO DEKKER TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY MANAGER , VODAFONEZIGGO

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