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Tiago Rodrigues

Chief Executive Officer at Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA)

Tiago Rodrigues is the Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), a position he assumed on August 1, 2024, following a unanimous vote by the organization. He has been with the WBA since 2004 and previously served in various roles, including project lead and member of the Board of Directors. Rodrigues succeeded Shrikant Shenwai, a co-founder of the WBA, who continues to contribute to the organization.134

Professional Background

Before joining the WBA, Rodrigues spent 15 years at Portugal Telecom Group, where he held significant positions such as Head of Business Innovation and Manager of the Public Wi-Fi sector. His responsibilities included identifying and developing new business opportunities, managing service development, and overseeing strategies for internationalization of Wi-Fi services. He also engaged in strategic marketing, regulatory affairs, pricing, product development, and roaming initiatives.245

Education

Rodrigues holds an M.Sc. in Economics and Management of Science and Technology from the Technical University of Lisbon, along with a degree in Business Administration from the same institution. Additionally, he earned a BA (Honors) in Business Administration from Humberside University in the UK.2

Vision and Goals

In his role as CEO, Rodrigues emphasizes enhancing user experiences with Wi-Fi technology, particularly focusing on seamless connectivity and Wi-Fi roaming. He aims to strengthen relationships with enterprises across various sectors and to promote convergence between Wi-Fi and 5G technologies. Under his leadership, the WBA has initiated important projects such as Wi-Fi 6 deployment guidelines and trials in industrial IoT applications.134

Rodrigues is multilingual, fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. He enjoys sports including running, biking, skiing, and scuba diving. He is married and has two children.2

Highlights

Nov 23 · linkedin

Congratulations to the winners of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) Industry Awards 2023! These awards promote innovation, leadership, collaboration, and partnership across the Wi-Fi industry, increasing visibility and awareness of the power of Wi-Fi. A big thank you to all the winners, shortlisted, and companies that made submissions, as well as the independent panel expert judges, Adlane Fellah, Caroline Gabriel, Simon Forrest, Frank Rayal, Monica Paolini, Phil Kendall, William Webb, and Kyung Mun, for their work and analysis of all submissions.

The winners are:

  • Best Wi-Fi Network Operator: KT
  • Best Wi-Fi Network Technology: Telecom Infra Project OpenWIFI
  • Best In-Home Wi-Fi Network: Ambeent and Vodafone
  • Best Enterprise Wi-Fi Network: Huawei and Shenzhen Talent Institute
  • Best Wi-Fi for Social Impact: Telecom Infra Project OpenWIFI
  • Best Wi-Fi Innovation: Airties
  • Best Wi-Fi Customer Experience: Cognitive Systems Corp.
  • CTO of the Year: Matthew MacPherson from Cisco

Learn more about the awards and winners at https://lnkd.in/dCV9uCVa. #wifi #wba

Jan 5 · linkedin

Wish everyone a very happy and prosperous 2023!! The Wi-Fi industry has a big year ahead. Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) will continue to work hard to make Wi-Fi Easier & Better for all. Good to recognize the achievements of 2022 with all the winners of the WBA Industry Awards 2022, congratulations. I am sure 2023 will bring us many more innovations and novelties on the Wi-Fi space. Stay tune, a lot happening on the Wi-Fi Industry and in WBA. 2023 it´s our 20th anniversary, a lot to achieve and celebrate!!!

Matthew MacPherson, JR Wilson, Dr. Derek Peterson, Michael Tseytlin, Bart Brinckman, Jongho Park, Burhan Masood, Mustafa Ergen, Mark Zhang, Robert (Bob) El-Hawary and Carlos Cordeiro

#wba #wifi #wifi6e #wifi7 #openroaming

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Lisbon Area, Portugal