Adam Sewall
Founder & CEO, Waterleaf International
Adam has been a successful senior executive and entrepreneur in the telecomm industry for more than 20 years. Adam has demonstrated success in complex technology deployments, as well as strategic planning, corporate development M&A, business development, operations and general management. This experience also includes several significant liquidity events for shareholders.
Adam has had significant experience In the design, deployment, and operation of fiber, cellular, point-to-point and other communications networks in the US, Asia and SE Asia. Included in these deployments are AMPS, GSM, CDMA/TDMA, spread spectrum, Wi-Max/Wi-Fi and various Metro and long-haul fiber networks.
Prior to Waterleaf Adam was the President and CEO of T3 Communications Inc. www.t3com.net a next generation CLEC based in Florida.
Other past executive positions include:
- SVP, Bus Dev and Operations at Fastmobile inc. www.fastmobile.com (Fastmobile sold to RIM in 2007).
- Entrepreneur-in-Residence/Venture Partner at Comventures (now Fuse Capital) a $2B California-based Venture Capital fund www.fusecapital.com.
- CEO of Spectrum Wireless – OEM/ODM of wireless hardware for last mile solutions (routing at the edge).
- Executive management positions (CMO at Trivnet), an M-Commerce infrastructure provider sold to Gemalto
http://www.gemalto.com - VP Marketing and Sales at Mondial LTD, a consulting and software company providing services to the financial industry.
He has also held executive management positions in operations, strategic planning and corporate development at T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless.
Adam’s technical background includes work in RF engineering, SDR, mobile s/w development, hardware engineering and telecommunications architecture. His project management and operations background include certifications in project management, GSM/PCS, numerous telecom standards and the successful integration of complex infrastructure as well as global deployments of software and communications networks.
He holds a BS Degree from SUNY and has completed graduate studies in engineering, finance, mathematics and economics at Stevens Institute, Columbia and Pace Universities.
He serves on various company boards and has been a fundraiser for community causes over the course of his professional career.
