Erick W. Contag
Erick Contag is the Chief Operating Officer for Brasil Telecom GlobeNet.  Mr. Contag brings more than 20 years of sales, marketing, business development, strategy and corporate management expertise to Brasil Telecom GlobeNet.   His responsibilities include strategic management of the company's business operations as well as growing the business into new regions.
 
Mr. Contag has held executive positions in the U.S. and Latin America including founder, president and C.E.O of DataViz, a leading systems integration firm, CSO/CTO of Simbacom, a Wireless Service provider, and VP of Engineering for Protokol Sistemas, a leading Network Integration firm.  He also has served on the Board of Directors of several companies and organizations.
 
Mr. Contag holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tulsa, and an Executive Engineering Management certification from IESA.

Luiz Mario Alonso

Luiz Alonso is the Director of Operations and Network Engineering at Brasil Telecom GlobeNet.  Mr. Alonso brings over 23 years of experience in telecommunications engineering, having worked extensively in fixed and mobile communications, transmission, data communications and network management systems. Previously, Mr. Alonso worked in Network Planning for Brasil Telecom, responsible for short and long-term planning for voice, data and transmission systems.  Mr. Alonso has also worked for multiple divisions of Brasil Telecom since 1990, holding various technical management roles and leading numerous teams of engineering and technicians. Mr. Alonso is a graduate of Universidad Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil with a degree in Electrical Engineering.  He also holds Graduate degrees, an MBA, Master in Project Management from George Washington University and an MBA, Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Curitiba, PR, Brazil.  In addition, Mr. Alonso completed the Global Telecommunications Management Program at the American Graduate School of International Management.

Beatriz Pedrosa

Beatriz Pedrosa, is a strategic marketing professional with extensive experience in building multinational brands, primarily in the telecommunications and utilities sector.  She has more than 15-yrs experience and currently leads Brasil Telecom GlobeNet's marketing division. Prior to joining Brasil Telecom, she was vice president of marketing and public relations for a global Voice over IP telecommunications technology provider, overseeing strategic marketing  (corporate and product) initiatives across lines of business and market regions to resellers, distributors and end users, while also demonstrably reducing overhead and improving ROI.   There, she lead market research to determine risks and marketability of potential products and features, and oversaw product strategy including pricing, naming, and positioning, and packaging.  Additionally, she managed an integrated marketing communications program including public relations, advertising, special promotions, events, and electronic marketing to deliver strong brand messaging in a highly competitive sector.   Beatriz has also served as a marketing director at a subsidiary of Florida Power and Light (FPL), one of the country's premier power companies. There, she led product and channel promotions including program strategy, analysis, development, and ROI measurement.  Previously, she managed marketing programs at both Nortel Networks and Lucent Technologies, among the world's largest telecommunications companies, focused on maximizing product sales and creating consistent product messaging to faciliate and enable sales throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.  Bilingual and possessing an MIBA, she brings more than 15 years of proven and measurable expertise in leading effective B2B marketing initiatives.