Leaders

Ian Vernon

Chief Executive Officer

Ian is responsible for leading the commercial operations of the company.

Ian Vernon

Chief Executive Officer

Ian is responsible for leading the commercial operations of the company. Prior to joining AmanziTel he served as Business Development Director for companies such as LCC, WFI, EWI and Lorris Consulting. Before focusing in business development and corporate management he contributed his technical expertise to Agilent, SAFCO, ComOpt, Smart Communications, Far East Bank, World Bank and served as an associate professor at the University of Santo Tomas. He also served in the board of Q Corporation and was CTO at FTT. Ian also held consulting and advisory positions to various network operators, financial institutions, government agencies and expert witness to landmark telecom arbitration cases. Ian holds multiple degrees in engineering and studied master of business administration and business management.

Craig Taverner

Chief Technology Officer

Craig is responsible for the technological strategy and technical direction of the company.

Craig Taverner

Chief Technology Officer

Craig is responsible for the technological strategy and technical direction of the company. He previously served as Senior Software Architect at Actix as well as Research Director and Software Development Director at ComOpt, Agilent and SAFCO. Prior to joining ComOpt he worked as a software consultant for The Internet Solution, post-graduate researcher in Structural Chemistry at the University of Witwatersrand and researcher at AECI Ltd. Craig has degrees in physics, chemistry, and advanced biology from the University of Witwatersrand where he completed his Masters degree in Structural Chemistry and research toward a doctorate in Theoretical Chemistry.

Eric Ye

Chairman of the Board

Eric Ye was born in 1963 and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.

Eric Ye

Chairman of the Board

Eric Ye was born in 1963 and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering. Prior to joining DingLi, he was employed at the Zhuhai Polytechnic College as an engineer and has held management positions at Jinhong Telecommunications Company and Ovislink Canada Ltd. In 2006, he became VP in charge of Overseas Marketing at DingLi and has now added the title of Managing Director. In his free time, he enjoys golf, fishing and Peking opera.

Mark Hoogerbrugge

EVP Global Strategies, DingLi

Mark Hoogerbrugge was born in 1965 and hails from the Netherlands, where he studied telecommunications, computer science and electronic engineering.

Mark Hoogerbrugge

EVP Global Strategies, DingLi

Mark Hoogerbrugge was born in 1965 and hails from the Netherlands, where he studied telecommunications, computer science and electronic engineering. He started his career as an engineer and worked his way up to product development, business development, sales & marketing and general management for Agilent and later Actix. Before joining DingLi, he served as the Business Development & Marketing VP for CommProve. An avid reader and polyglot, Mark's free time may also be spent on the links, slopes or waves.

Robert Lindell

EVP Global Sales, DingLi

Robert Lindell was born 1964 in Sweden and has been studying nautical sciences, leadership and psychology at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy.

Robert Lindell

EVP Global Sales, DingLi

Robert Lindell was born 1964 in Sweden and has been studying nautical sciences, leadership and psychology at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy. After he left a career as a Naval officer, he started working with sales in various IT/Telecom companies. During 1997 he started working for Ericsson in various countries, mostly within TEMS where is served as Head of Sales for the CALA and APAC regions. The last two years within Ericsson he was also Head of Sales for the Network & Technology Consulting and the Education area for the Business unit within APAC. The last two years before Joining Dingli Communications, Robert was VP of Sales for APAC as well as the Managing Director for Ascom Network Testing Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia. He enjoys traveling, scuba diving and photography.

Kurt Lemke

Chief Business Development Officer

Kurt brings over 25 years of industry experience to DingLi and Amanzitel AB.

Kurt Lemke

Chief Business Development Officer

Kurt brings over 25 years of industry experience to DingLi and Amanzitel AB. DingLi today announced that Kurt Lemke has been named Vice President of Business Development. Kurt will develop business relationships & opportunities and manage the product portfolio roadmap to ensure consistency with customer business objectives.

Most recently Kurt started a consultancy business and worked in customer experience management. Kurt’s career started in engineering for satellite and terrestrial-based wireless networks for M/A-COM Linkabit (partially acquired by General Instrument) and SAFCO (acquired by Agilent) where he developed and managed products. He moved to Europe from America 13 years ago to serve as Director of Operations for the EMEA region focused on network & service monitoring/optimization solutions. Kurt thereafter served as Director of Sales in the EMEA region for PCTEL (partially acquired by Smith Micro Software) specializing in mobile broadband connection management, IMS applications, device management and multimedia management solutions.

Kurt received his B.S. in Engineering & Applied Science from the California of Technology and completed his coursework in Computer Science specializing in Artificial Intelligence at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has been awarded three U.S. patents in the wireless communications field.

Jonas Schultz

Chief Software Development Officer

Jonas Schultz joined AmanziTel in May 2011.

Jonas Schultz

Chief Software Development Officer

Jonas Schultz joined AmanziTel in May 2011. Jonas has previously worked as project manager and as deployment team leader in various fields. He has worked in the medical industry, telecom and financial business for various companies and has been especially noted as a mentor for junior employees.

Jonas has taught programming classes at Malmö Collage, and has the education equivalent of a master’s degree in Computer Science. Jonas lives with his wife and two children outside Helsingborg.

Gray Zhu

Chief Financial Officer, DingLi

Gray Zhu was born in 1975 and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from University of International Business and Economics and an MBA from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS).

Gray Zhu

Chief Financial Officer, DingLi

Gray Zhu was born in 1975 and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from University of International Business and Economics and an MBA from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). he started his career as an auditor in KPMG, prior to joining DingLi he was the CFO of Clear World Now Co., Ltd, In 2010, he became VP and CFO at DingLi Group. He enjoys traveling and swimming.