Topic Presentation:

Developing the IT Service Sector into becoming the 4th Economic Pillar for Curaçao

Speakers:

Danilo Zabala

Blue Nap Americas

Bio Danilo Zabala

Danilo Zabala is the Chief Operating Officer of Dataplanet N.V., doing-business-as, Blue NAP Americas, where he oversees the overall operation and strategy of the company.  He became COO in June of 2019.

Prior to that, Mr. Zabala served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Blue NAP Americas when he joined the company in May of 2014.  During that time, he was responsible for all commercial activities within Blue NAP Americas.

Mr. Zabala has over 25 years’ experience in international telecommunications and IT industries.  His last position prior to joining Blue NAP Americas was Chief Commercial Officer at UTS, the incumbent telecommunications provider in Curacao, where he led all commercial activities for the entire UTS group of companies.  Previously he was Vice-President of Sales & Marketing at CelPlan Technologies in the United States, a leading Wireless Engineering company providing advanced telecommunications services to AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA. Earlier, Mr. Zabala held the position of Business Development Director at Agilent Technologies in their Wireless Test & Measurement division. At Agilent he was responsible for the commercialization of the entire wireless portfolio in addition to developing an Indirect Sales Channel for the Latin America region.  

He has obtained his Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering & Business Management from Florida Institute of Technologies in the United States.