Alex Besen

CEO, The Besen Group

Speaker Bio

Alex provides strategic advisory, business development, market research and training services for private networks. 

He has over 30 years of hands-on experience in the mobile industry working for mobile network operators and vendors in North America and Europe in numerous roles including business development, marketing, project management and finance.  

He has been working with mobile network operators, system integrators and enterprises in developing their digital transformation strategies. 

Previously, he worked at Ericsson with mobile network operators on MVNO and UMTS projects in the EMEA region. He was also responsible for identifying potential partners and hosting workshops at Ericsson Mobility World (a mobile data laboratory) where developers create, optimize and commercial mobile applications. 

Prior to this position, he was employed at T-Mobile USA (formerly known as Omnipoint Communications) where he was responsible for partnerships, and joint ventures and provided billing, customer care, marketing and vendor financing solutions to mobile operators.  

He began his mobile career with Pocket Communications based in Washington, DC where he managed the company's auction activity for C-block spectrum licenses as well as other activities associated with market research, market segmentation, pricing plans and market distribution strategies.  

He holds a BS degree in Management from the University of Tampa and an MBA degree in International Business from the American University.  He is fluent in French, Turkish and proficient in Italian.