Carlos Caceres, Former CEO of Digicel Haiti joins Kirusa Advisory Board
New Providence, NJ, Wednesday, December 28, 2016: Kirusa, a global leader in telecom and social media solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Carlos Caceres to its advisory board.
With a multifaceted career for over 12 years in telecommunication companies across Latin America, Africa, and Europe, Carlos is currently serving as the president for Markest, USA. He has also been the executive for numerous operations in companies like Digicel, Pollpar s.a, Millicom, 3M and Diario La Nacion, along with experience in newspaper and radio management.
Carlos was previously CEO, COO and Commercial Director for the Caribbean and Central America for Digicel Group and has been with Digicel Group since April 2014. Prior to joining Digicel, Carlos held senior roles with Millicom (Tigo) in Ghana.
Carlos says, “I am passionate about telecom and associated with it over the last 20 years. As part of Kirusa’s advisory board, I will have the privilege to work with a group of innovative and driven executives. I have been familiar with Kirusa since my stint in Africa, and their effectual growth and influence in the emerging markets is highly commendable. It is Kirusa’s work ethic that appeals to me; I am honored to join their leadership team with an objective to help shape the company’s future with my ideas.
He further added, “Latin America can prove to be a major territory for Kirusa, given the region’s emerging telecom sector. With the right product strategy and market execution, there is space to roll out innovative mobile solutions for the consumers and the same can drive incremental ARPU for telecom carriers in the region.
“We are delighted and fortunate to have Carlos Caceres on our advisory board,” says Dr. Inderpal Singh Mumick, Founder, and CEO of Kirusa. He further added, “His diverse experiences in Telecom will go a long way in helping us tackle specific challenges in the market. We are looking forward to his vision and invaluable advice”.
Carlos holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts (B.A) Economics and Political Science from the University of Kansas. An alumnus of Harvard Business School in General Management, he also holds a master’s degree in policy economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA in marketing and director commercial from Universidad Americana.
About Kirusa
Kirusa is a global leader in providing telecom & social media solutions that enable customers to have a voice and connect seamlessly. Kirusa’s solutions include InstaVoice®, InstaVoice Celeb™, InstaVoice Sports™, InstaVoice Ring™, myGenie™ & a host of mobile marketing solutions, which are offered in partnership with over 40 mobile carriers in Africa, India, LatAm, and the Middle East, as well as via the app stores for iOS, Android & Windows. Kirusa solutions are built on its patented technology and its highly reliable, scalable multimodal & cloud platforms, which manage over 2.5 billion calls/messages a month. Kirusa solutions are being used by over 100 Million mobile users in four continents every month. Kirusa has been recognized as one of Top 20 most promising technology companies by Silicon India and one of Top 25 emerging technology companies by Smart Techie magazine. The InstaVoice app won first prize at NJTC Mobile Apps Forum. Informa selected InstaVoice as a finalist for the Best App in Africa. Headquartered in New Jersey and led by an experienced team of wireless telecom executives and technologists, Kirusa has offices in four continents. InstaVoice is a US registered trademark of Kirusa, Inc. For more information, visit: www.kirusa.com
For Kirusa
Alchemy Corporate Communications
Anju Makin
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