About Us

Hans Huber, born 1964 in Burgau, completed his doctorate in Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. Together with the other two company officers, Walter Rott and Marshall Kavesh, Hans founded ECT in 1998 and is a principle shareholder in the company. As CTO, Hans is responsible for the application layer in all ECT solutions. His hobbies include classical music, opera and theater, as well as astronomy and physics.

Walter Rott, born in 1963 in Munich, is a trained communications mechanic and attended Munich’s Technical College, where he majored in engineering and received a degree in Information Science. Walter has more than 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, having been a member of the Engineering Circle at Siemens, where for over 10 years he developed telecommunications products and lead development teams. Together with the other two company officers, Hans Huber and Marshall Kavesh, Walter founded ECT in 1998 and is a principle shareholder in the company. As CTO, Walter is responsible for the network layer in all ECT solutions. His hobbies include technology, scuba-diving, boating, cars and opera.

Marshall E. Kavesh, born in 1960 in the Unites States, received his MA in Germanic Languages and Literatures at The University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. in Social Systems Sciences at the Wharton School of Business, continuing with postdoctoral studies Mathematical Logic at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich. Prior to ECT, Marshall worked eight years in the telecommunications industry as a subcontractor for Siemens. Together with the other two company officers, Hans Huber and Walter Rott, Marshall founded ECT in 1998 and is a principle shareholder in the company. As CEO, Marshall is responsible for general management, sales, marketing and finances. His hobbies include the history of economics, literature, languages, folk and classical music, theater, opera, boating and fishing.

Metin Sezer was born 1977 in France and joined ECT in 2000. Metin is an ECT veteran, having joined the company in 2000 and held many positions in software development, presales, product management and sales. Within the framework of ECT’s management development program, Metin recently completed his MBA at the LIMAK Austrian Business School with a thesis on the business potential of WebRTC. Metin became the Director of ECT’s new Product Innovation Department in 2015 and has now been named Deputy Chief Executive Officer. In this capacity, he participates in the Board, actively contributes to the long-term company planning and represents the Board when the CEO is not present. Metin is French of Turkish origin and fluent in English, Turkish, German and French, and currently learning Spanish, which all makes him a particularly appropriate representative of the international corporate culture at ECT. Metin’s hobbies include soccer, sightseeing, watching sports, pétanque and spending time with the family.

Wolfgang, born in Burgau in 1977, holds a degree in IT from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich. He joined us in 2004 and his department is responsible for core application development. In 2017, Wolfgang also became the Deputy of our CTO, Dr. Hans Huber. He enjoys cycling, hiking and reading.

Francine Kavesh was born in the United States, where she attended Boston University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with magna cum laude. Before joining ECT, Francine worked in the British telecommunications market in various posts she held after the market’s deregulation in 1995. Francine contributed to ECT from its inception, is one of the original investors in the company and indeed made the very first ECT sale back in 1998. She is Managing Director of ECT’s UK subsidiary for sales and service in the UK, Ireland and Southern Europe. Francine’s hobbies include popular music, music publishing, cinema, traveling in Africa and India, and yoga.

Reinier Meuwissen, born in 1971 in the Netherlands, holds an engineering degree in Industrial Management from the HTS in Utrecht. Reinier first joined ECT in 2000 and held various management positions in service engineering (Head of Support services), product management (Vice President Contact Center Solutions) and sales (Vice President Northern Europe). Currently, Reinier is the Managing Director of ECT’s Dutch subsidiary for sales and service in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. Reinier’s hobbies include tennis, boating and having fun with his family.

Omar Salazar Brennes was born in Mexico. Omar has a degree in Communications Engineering and Electronics from the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico. Before joining ECT, Omar worked for over 18 years in sales in the CALA region at Broadsoft, Dialogic and Huawei. He is Managing Director of ECT’s US subsidiary for sales and service in the North, Central and South America.

Guido, born in 1975 in Steinfurt, completed his doctorate in economics, business administration and sociology (rerum politicarum) at the Bundeswehr Universität in Munich, Germany. He has been responsible for finances, accounting and administration within the entire ECT Group since he joined the company in 2009. His hobbies include classic cars, mountain biking and free climbing.

Francesc is our Director of Product Management and Deployment and has been with us since 2018. Prior to this he worked in the Swiss telecoms and aero-transport industries, in various posts. He also has a PhD in Telecommunications from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in Lausanne. Francesc comes from Barcelona and has a multicultural family, with which he enjoys having to speak three different languages. He also likes to go hiking, cross-country skiing, eating Swiss cheese fondue, and spending time with his friends and family.

Mannan was born in 1975 in Pakistan. He originally moved to Germany to complete his MSc in Communications Technology at the University of Ulm. Since joining us in 2005, he has had a number of roles, working in project management, indirect sales support and presales engineering. Within the framework of our continuing education program, Mannan completed his MBA at the Munich Business School in 2012. In 2015, he became the Director of our Presales Engineering Department. Mannan’s hobbies include playing cricket, literature and traveling.

Tahir joins us from his homeland of Pakistan, where he obtained first his bachelors in Electrical Engineering at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, and then, an MS in Computer Networks from the National University of Science and Technology, also in Islamabad. He has worked with various telecoms companies from Huawei and xFlow Research Inc., to DELLEMC and Nokia. He is now our Chief Network Architect, based at our Munich headquarters. He focuses specifically on the migration and compliance of ECT products with different cloud platforms, and works mainly with Cloud, SDN and NFV technologies. Outside of work he maintains an interest in current affairs and a passion for cricket.

Abdullah was born in 1979 in Pakistan. He holds an MSc in Communications Technology from the University of Ulm. Abdullah joined us in 2006, originally working in our development. He took over responsibility for our maintenance engineering at all our worldwide subsidiaries in 2015. His passions include reading, listening to music, cycling and trekking.

Michael, born in 1968 in Austria, moved to the Netherlands in September 2000. He joined ECT in 2005 after working in voice network and IT in the public and private sector. In 2012, Michael became the Director of Maintenance Engineering Department at the European Computer Telecoms BV which provides services principally to our customers in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. Michael’s hobbies include skiing and travelling by motorcycle.

Sheraz was born in London in 1974. He holds an engineering degree in Computer Science from the University College London. Sheraz joined us 2004 as an engineer and for many years has been the Director of Maintenance Engineering Department at the European Computer Telecoms Ltd. which provides services principally to our customers in the UK, Ireland and Southern Europe. Sheraz’s hobbies include cinema, playing and watching cricket and staying fit.

Fede was born in 1984 in Recco in the province of Genova in Italy. He first joined us at our subsidiary, European Computer Telecoms BV, in the Netherlands and later moved to our US subsidiary, European Computer Telecoms Inc. to assist in a major engineering project with Ericsson and AT&T. In 2016, Fede became the Head of Engineering for the Americas. His hobbies include volleyball, going to the gym as well as eating and cooking game-changing food.

Diego joined us in Munich in 2016 as an Innovation Manager, but, after successfully helping to conceive the next generation of ECT solutions, he founded our new Joint Agile Product Development Department, of which he is now the Head. He has a Joint MSc in Global Innovation Management from the Hamburg University of Technology and the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Having lived in Scotland and Germany he has had ample opportunity to enjoy his passion for the outdoors. When he is not hiking up every mountain that he comes across, he can normally be found at the opera. He joins us from his hometown of Bucaramanga in Colombia.

Ugur joins us from his hometown of Istanbul, Turkey, where he also received his education. He holds degrees in both Engineering, and, Product Design from the Istanbul Technical University and he even published his thesis entitled, ‘A Study on Designer Entrepreneurs’ Innovative Business Model Generation Practices’. Ugur is our Director of Products Innovation focusing on identifying opportunities for CSPs in the market and turning them into new products and services. Prior to joining ECT he founded two start-ups and assisted many companies with innovation via new digital solutions. Outside of work Ugur likes to cycle, to go window shopping, and to write with fountain pens, trying out different types of ink and paper.

Ángel R. Sánchez is our Director of Content Marketing here in Munich. His role with ECT allows him to combine both halves of his educational and professional background: the interest in technology that brought him to study Electronics Engineering in Mexico (where he is from), and a love of reading magazines and writing short stories that lead him to start a career as a writer. The content he now oversees relates to the technology and principles of ECT but he has been published widely on topics from finance and pop culture, to videogames and cloud technology. When he is not working Ángel is probably playing videogames, watching basketball or listening to music.

Michael was born in Mainz, Germany. Michael has a masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration from the Technical University in Darmstadt. Having joined us in 2001, Michael has been and continues to be responsible for the management of major telecommunications projects worldwide. In addition to English and German, Michael speaks Spanish and has strong ties to South America. He has a big sweet tooth and enjoys travelling, motorcycles, IoT and home automation.

Michel was born in 1963 in the border city of Saarbrücken where he was raised in a French-German binational and bilingual family. He holds a degree in Mathematics from the University of Bonn in Germany. Before joining us in 2002, Michel was a teaching assistant at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn and the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn. After successful years as a Senior Project Manager, he founded and now manages our Solution Specification Department which is responsible for amongst other things the analysis of customer requirements, including data analyses in migration projects. Michel’s hobbies include classical music, opera, good food and good wine, as well as traveling.

Jukka joined us at ECT in 2018 as the Deputy Director of our Solutions Development. He has an MSc in Economics and Business Administration and has held various positions with Nokia and Siemens in different countries. His hobbies include travelling, and watching and playing sports. He comes from Finland.

Josef is one of our few Munich natives and he joined us in 1999. During his university days he studied Mathematics and Physics for Teaching at LMU here in Munich. After it proved difficult to find work as a teacher, Josef opted for a career change, settling on IT. At the start of his journey with ECT, Josef was the first service engineer based here, spending much of his time installing new hardware and software systems for our customers. Now, as a result of sustained company growth, Josef is the Director of Maintenance Services, focusing primarily on configuring and integrating new customer systems as well as updating the software of their existing systems. Other than this he is involved with projects, such as Telekom. When Josef is not working you will likely find him Salsa dancing or playing classical guitar.