James Williams

I have worked in Telecoms and Technology for 25yrs, starting at CompuServe Network Services coordinating the installation of private, corporate networks leverging the backbone network that was acquired by WorldCom in 1998. I moved into sales and over the next 8yrs worked with many large, global and enteprrise clients providing global WAN, internet and remote access services and wittnessed the rapid evolution of technologies and expectations from customerf for higher bandwidths.

In 2007 I moved into Mobile Telecoms at o2 just as the iPhone was launched, helping corporate customers adjust to the new paradign of the smartphone following their reliance on BlackBerry. I moved to Vodafone where I worked closely with the IoT Automotive team and then moved to CenturyLink where I led both the Legal Vertical and Media Vertcial, the latter focused greatly on CDN and the importance of the internet backbone for OTT broadcasters. 

I currently lead the TMT Vertical sector at NCC Group with a focus on cyber security. NCC Group has extensive experience in risk management, governance and technical assessments with some of the largest telecom operators and vendors in the world. We have extensive experience and knowledge of Global Telecoms regulations and help many operators on their journey to compliance as well as applying deep technical expertise in mobile (2G/3G/4G/5G) and fixed telecoms, with a strong understanding of the operator environment, ecosystem and new emerging technologies.