Mario Assaad joined Digicel Group in January 2005 as Chief Technology Officer. This role aims to bring coherence in the technical and IT approach, innovative telco-grade services and solutions to the end-user and efficient applications to internal clients in turn optimizing time and costs and raising revenues.

Mario and his team are focused on continuing to support the Digicel key style of customer experience. His responsibility is to provide across all the Digicel operations, cost efficient and customer-focused network and technology solutions that will drive the competitive advantage of our superior core product – our network. He also manages Group Carrier Services, Roaming and Product Delivery.

Mario has been in the Caribbean region for almost nine years and joined Digicel from his previous position as Technical Director for Orange in the Dominican Republic.

Prior to that, he was involved in the launch and support of GSM and fixed operators in Lebanon. Mario has a Masters in Engineering from the “Ecole Superieure Des Ingenieurs De Beyrouth”.

Mario is based in Kingston, Jamaica.