The Management
Mr.
Zain Omar is co-founder, CEO &
President and a member of the Board of Directors
of the Company. Mr. Omar is responsible for
overall corporate strategy, corporate policy,
profitability and long-term growth. His responsibilities
also include the acquisition of companies with
complimentary services, the implementation of
strategic partnerships, cross marketing alliances,
and the identification and acquisition of all
necessary capital resources. Mr. Omar has participated
in various start-up companies such as of Phoenix
Wireless Group, Inc. of Orlando Florida, a pioneer
in software switching solutions for the cellular
industry.
As Director for Business
Development, Asia, Mr. Omar contributed significantly
to the rapid growth of Phoenix Wireless. He
was able to procure and implement Phoenix Wireless’s
first project. Phoenix Wireless was subsequently
acquired by Excel Communications, which then
was acquired by Lucent Technologies. Mr. Omar
practiced as a Certified Public Accountant for
Reznick, Fedder & Silverman, where he had
responsibility for Auditing and analyzing project
feasibilities for a variety of firms in multiple
industries. He began his career as a Marketing
Executive with AMEV, Inc, (now Fortis Funds),
a mutual fund management company, in Virginia.
Mr. Omar received his BSc degree from University
of Maryland and became a Certified Public Accountant
in Maryland.
Zarre Omar is co-founder, CTO
and a member of the Board of Directors of the
Company. Mr. Omar is responsible for the company's
overall data transmission and communications
environment, including design, implementation
and operational support of services and Broadband
Infrastructure. Mr. Omar is responsible for
the company's creation and/or acquisition of
technologies, and production of its content
services and products. He has years of experience
in the field of switching, data transmission,
wireless networks, IP routing and information
processing.
Mr. Omar is also an expert
in telephony applications, holding senior management
positions with R-Intel Development (a distributor
of Phoenix Wireless Group of Florida), where
he was a co-founder and a member of the management.
He was primarily responsible for building and
maintaining a wireless telephony system for
Bangladesh Rural Telecom Authority in Sylhet.
Mr. Omar continued supporting Phoenix Wireless
during its start-up and merger/growth stages.
Mr. Omar has many years of systems experience,
including knowledge of a variety of operating
systems and environments, LANs and WANs, and
interactive, real-time software applications.
He received his BSc degree in Physics from Howard
University in Washington DC.
Mr. Zaki Omar is co-founder
and a member of the Board of Directors of the
Company. His present activities include Corporate
Strategy and Market Positioning for the Company.
Mr. Omar was responsible for implementing and
deploying Broadband, through xDSL technology
in Dhaka Cantonment after the Bangladesh Army
selected AccessTEL to be the exclusive Internet
Broadband Provider for the Dhaka Cantonment
area. At that time, xDSL technology was new
to the market and up until then had been cost
prohibitive for residential users. His deployment
method in Cantonment is now a model used by
many local ISPs, to connect all levels of clients
and has become a standard in the industry. Mr.
Omar played a significant role in the company’s
strategic decision and planning of shifting
from its xDSL network to a NLOS Wireless network. Mr.
Omar is an Agriculture and Resource Economist,
having obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree
from the University of Maryland, College Park.
M. Salahuddin
Chowdhury serves as the Chief Operating
Officer (COO) of the Company. Mr. Chowdhury
has been responsible for restructuring all activities
of the company for increasing productivity and
efficiency. His main responsibilities are to
coordinate all major activities of the Company
and manage its cash inflow and outflow including
all overhead, capital equipment and inventory
expenditures. He is also responsible for investor
relations, procurement and Disbursement. Prior
to joining Access Telecom he spent 5 years at
TRIBE Computer System as co-founder and Managing
Director. Mr. Chowdhury is a graduate of Institute
of Business Administration University of Dhaka
with a BBA in Finance and MBA in marketing.
Mr. Chowdhury Participated in "The Training
Program on Information Technology for Bangladesh
[BAIT]" organized by Association for Overseas
Technical Scholarship (AOTS), Yokohama Kenshu
Center (YKC), Japan.
Mainul Islam serves as the
Manager of Systems Administration Department
of the Company. Mr. Islam is responsible for
overseeing overall server operations, backup
storage, billing, fraud detection & efficient
network utilization. Mr. Islam has vast experience
in the industry, having worked as assistant
manager Systems Administration for BDCom Ltd.,
where he was involved in maintaining client
servers. He received his MA degree in Political
Science from Dhaka University in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Also, he received Diploma in Computer Science
from the Genetic Computer School, Singapore
and another Diploma from NIIT, Dhaka.
M. Sadrul Alam serves as the
Manager of Broadband Infrastructure Department
of the Company. Mr. Alam’s responsibilities
include overseeing the configuration, installation
and maintenance of all physical backbone connectivity
between the Company’s NOC and POPs. In
addition his responsibilities also include overseeing
the installation and management of the
NLOS Wireless Broadband Network. As the representative
of NextNet Wireless Inc. of USA, on behalf of
the Company, Mr. Alam successfully installed
a Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) Wireless Broadband
system for Dishnet DSL in Chennai, India. Prior
to joining Access Telecom, Mr. Alam spent 5
years at TRIBE Computer Systems as co-founder
and Director of Production & Support. Mr.
Alam is a graduate of Institute of Business
Administration (IBA) University of Dhaka with
a BBA and MBA in Finance. Mr. Alam has been
trained on V-SAT installation and Management
by WSM, Singapore.
Rezaul Karim serves as the
Manager of Sales Department of the Company.
Mr. Karim’s responsibilities include overseeing
planning sales activities, scheduling sales
calls, develop & maintain relationship with
corporate clients, and identifying new markets
and strategies. Mr. Karim has been with Access
Telecom since November 1999. Prior to joining
Access Telecom, Mr. Karim spent 3 years in the
sales department of VAS Digital Communications
Ltd. Mr. Karim did his Masters from Dhaka University.
A. S. M. Mohi serves as the
Manager of Accounts Department of the Company.
Mr. Mohi is responsible for overseeing the implementation
of the Company's day-to-day accounting and logistics
management. He has primary responsibility for
all procurement, disbursement, financial record
keeping and timely submission of all required
legal corporate filings. Prior to joining the
Company, Mr. Mohi served for eight years at
Resource International as Accountant. He received
his Bachelor degree in Management from Dhaka
University in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Md. Monsurul Amin serves as the Manager
of MIS Department of the company. Mr. Amin is
responsible for overseeing the development and
management of all the information systems of
the company, database administration and system
analysis and design. He has vast experience
in the Software and Internet industry, having
worked as the software manager and database
administrator of Proshika Computer Systems over
three years. He also has worked as programmer
in several different companies like Grameen
Software Ltd. He received his BSc degree in
Physics from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
He also received his MSc degree from Department
of Computer Science, University of Dhaka.
