{"id":3747,"date":"2024-10-31T13:02:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T10:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/?p=3747"},"modified":"2024-10-31T13:07:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T10:07:47","slug":"gbis-cengiz-oztelcan-joins-as-a-speaker-and-touchdown-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/gbis-cengiz-oztelcan-joins-as-a-speaker-and-touchdown-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"GBI\u2019s Cengiz Oztelcan joins as a speaker and Touchdown Middle East!"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3772 \" src=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cengiz-Oztelcan-scaled-e1730368764330.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cengiz-Oztelcan-scaled-e1730368764330.jpg 1664w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cengiz-Oztelcan-scaled-e1730368764330-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cengiz-Oztelcan-scaled-e1730368764330-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cengiz-Oztelcan-scaled-e1730368764330-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cengiz-Oztelcan-scaled-e1730368764330-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cengiz-Oztelcan-scaled-e1730368764330-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cengiz-Oztelcan-scaled-e1730368764330-510x510.jpg 510w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cengiz-Oztelcan-scaled-e1730368764330-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">We are excited to announce that <strong>Cengiz Oztelcan, Chief Executive Officer from GBI <\/strong>will be joining Touchdown Middle East 2024 as a speaker! Cengiz will join our panel <strong>\u2018Connectivity: Linking the Middle East to the Global Network\u2019 <\/strong>taking place on <strong>Day 1 <\/strong>of the conference, <strong>26<sup>th<\/sup> November<\/strong> at <strong>14:30.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">This panel will look at how the GCC plans to leverage its connectivity advantages such as subsea cable investment and a regulated telecoms market. It explores the changes we can expect in the region in the near future and whether current networks can keep up with the influx of data centres and boom in AI development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Cengiz has over 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, business and corporate development areas in telecommunications and IT sectors; building and managing large, diverse and geographically dispersed organizations. He has held a variety of senior management roles for multinational companies such as Boeing, Intel and Turk Telekom. He holds a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&amp;M University and an Executive MBA from the University of Washington. He currently supports initiatives in the startup ecosystem in different countries especially focusing on Software, IT and Telecommunications domains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">He has also been an active technology entrepreneur having built successful startups in telecom software and MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) fields as well as an angel investor in different startups.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_341335875\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(227, 10, 135);border-width:10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<h4><strong>Need to know:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><strong>Cengiz Oztelcan, Chief Executive Officer from GBI <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 Panel\u2013 <span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><strong>Connectivity: Linking the Middle East to the Global Network<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">Day 1 | 26<sup>th<\/sup> Nov | 14:30 \u2013 15:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Take a look at the full\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/agenda\/\"><em>Touchdown Middle East 2024 Agenda.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_341335875 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n  padding-bottom: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-352493138\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-352493138 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons full-width text-center\" style=\"font-size:112%\"><span>Connect with this Speaker<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ammaralhorani\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce that Cengiz Oztelcan, Chief Executive Officer from GBI will be joining Touchdown Middle East 2024 as a speaker! 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