Andrew Kossowski

Co-Founder and Principal Partner

 Senior MNC Executive and Entrepreneur with the proven ability to direct business and technology operations, increase revenue and margins, and lead global initiatives. An exceptional cross-cultural ability to succeed as an international unified team leader 
Co-Founder and Principal Partner - Caiman Communication
Taking full advantage of the combined decades of telecoms experience of its founders with emerging markets, on both the operator and vendor side of the business, Caiman Communication brings innovative and disruptive technologies to mobile operators across Africa and Latin America.

Additionally, Caiman Communication continues to seek additional qualified business development agents in both geographies. All Caiman agents must fully embrace Caiman’s core values of Transparency, Integrity and Passion.

Chief Information Officer - Airtel Africa
• Reporting to the CEO as the leader of IT for Airtel Africa across its 17 markets across Pan-Africa enabling the privilege of empowerment to all members of the team
• Attitude Evangelist of Airtel's mobile vision for revenue market share growth through measurable qualitative and quantitative execution of technology
Africa enabling the privilege of empowerment to all members of the team
• Co-Chair with CCO to execute the fast track of Digitization initiative to enhance
customer experience through self-service applications using.
Africa enabling the privilege of empowerment to all members of the team
• Executive Sponsor of Mobile Money architectural revamp to acquire full revenue benefits of P2P,Remittance, Salary, and Savings capabilities.
• IT Governance Captain to fulfill results driven strategic collaborative partnerships
• Responsible for an organization of over 1000 resources with an annual budget in excess of $200M: reduced overall spending by 40%.

Vice President Operations - Latin America and Caribbean - Ericsson
Executive Leader of Technology Professionals across Latin America and Caribbean for $1.2b in Services Delivery Execution for Network and IT, Production Support, and Managed Services across 54 countries.
• Providing guidance and leadership on any issues relating to Programs/Projects, along with profitability, working capital, standardizing procedures, and executing processes to meet customer and corporate needs.
• Ultimately accountable for team results in Network and IT Production environments and resolution of any issue that may arise for clients across Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Responsible to ensure organizational success in achieving add on sales and customer satisfaction targets.

Director, Global Programs - NII Holdings Inc
Program Director with full budget responsibility for the new market entry deployment of new technology in Latin America. Overall responsible for all IT strategic decisions and final approval of corresponding vendor selections, technical solutions, architecture, and vendor management. Corporate IT governance over an International IT organization consisting of FTE, Consultants, Contractors, and Vendors.
• Lead Negotiator for Post Paid Billing System and Pre-Paid System contracts
• Drove the foundational framework in the formal use of IT SDLC processes in Test Management, Defect Management, Requirements Management, and Change Management.
• Principal IT Advisor for the initial exploration of New Technology Programs in Chile, Mexico, and Brazil.

Sr Manager - Network and IT Services - Sprint Nextel
Served as a direct report to the Vice President of Network & IT Services, for developing all tactical initiatives and corresponding roadmaps to support Corporate Strategic Objectives. Directing technology professionals including Senior Project Managers, Business Consultants, Requirements Managers, Developers, Architects, Analysts, and Test Engineers.
• CIO team leader on strategic initiative to drive operational excellence through the implementation of a systematic quick turn and permanent resolution strategy for all priority 1 issues.
• Drove the organization’s time to market strategic objectives and compliance with applicable regulations by ensuring there was no lapse in program quality effectiveness and collaboration with personnel at all levels, across functional groups and geographic locations, including senior executives.
• Developed communication strategy for Project and Quality issues that can have company wide impact to senior executives, users, and staff.
• Led National Tier II/III Customer Support Centers where average handling time was reduced by 30%.

Manager, Software Support and Development - MCI
Led national team of Technical and Project Management Professionals responsible for development and implementation of performance and productivity tools used across the company to enable Project Management, Requirements Management, System Development Testing, User Acceptance Testing, and Document Management.

Quality Assurance Manager - United States Air Force
• Leader in the fields of Developmental and Operational Testing and Quality Assurance.
• Led the cross functional team to replace and modernize the USAF Quality Assurance Program incorporating six sigma reporting.
Andrew Kossowski
Co-Founder and Principal Partner
Caiman Communication

Website:
www.caimancom.com

Address:
5600 N Bayshore Dr
Miami, Florida
United States

Areas of Expertise:
Telecommunications
Lending
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