George Bell

Entrepreneur and Independent Consultant

Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area

About

Over thirty years of experience in a wide range of technologies, applied to business development, sales, systems integration and consulting projects in Europe and Latin America – participation in various projects in over 25 different countries. Technical synergist focused on both business development and technology. Exposure to a very broad range of networking technologies, and demonstrated track record of success in complex projects executed under significant budget, resource and time constraints. Specialties: network architecture, network design, network analysis, VoIP, Internet of Things (IoT), broadband access, network security, business development, technical consulting

Experience

  • Co-founder at Cowork in Tres Cantos
    Oct 2013 - Present · 12 yrs 9 mos

    Co-founder of Coworking space in Tres Cantos for freelancers, entrepreneurs, startups. https://coworking3c.es

  • Entrepreneur, Investor and Independent Consultant at George Bell y Asociados
    Feb 2010 - Present · 16 yrs 5 mos

    Consulting work for third parties: technical consulting, market feasibility studies for small companies venturing into new (international) markets Business process optimization for SMEs Market research Launching new start-ups in Spanish market (product/service definition, target segment definition, field trials, commercial rollout)

  • Cisco Systems (12 yrs 1 mo)
    • Consulting Systems Engineer
      Sep 2009 - Jan 2010 · 5 mos

      Covering optical transport networks, OTN, MPLS-TP and related technologies

    • Business Development Manager
      Aug 2004 - Sep 2009 · 5 yrs 2 mos

      Focus on SP voice infrastructure (call control platforms, media and signalling gateways, session border controllers) and enterprise mobility for European markets. Development of solutions packages for SP voice infrastructure, tracking funnel/major opportunities for SP voice, engagement with partners, escalations to business units when needed, direct involvement in large opportunities.

    • Systems Engineer
      Jan 1998 - Aug 2004 · 6 yrs 8 mos

      - Focused primarily on working with service providers (Internet Service Providers, cable providers, incumbent telco, mobile operators, alternate/challenger SPs), as well as involvement in some projects for large enterprise customers (in particular, financial sector and oil industry) - Work with technologies such as HFC (hybrid fibre-coax) access networks, DSL broadband access, IP telephony (for SPs and large enterprises), SS7 signalling, mobile wireless infrastructure, besides working with network architecture/IP addressing schemes and routing design for large-scale networks. Previous work was also focused on network security solutions, large-scale dial access networks and content networking

  • Director of Technology at Integracion de Soluciones Digitales (ISD)
    Dec 1995 - Dec 1997 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Coordinate and develop systems integration projects. Particular emphasis on network interconnect, infrastructure for Internet service providers, Internet connectivity for large enterprise customers, dial access infrastructure, and network security. Consulting projects (in Venezuela and Colombia), including several of the first-generation ISPs in the region.

  • ACC Ingenieria (Caracas Area, Venezuela)
    • Engineering Manager/General Manager
      1992 - 1995 · 3 yrs

      Leadership and management of engineering team. Supervision of technical support and network installation teams. Responsible for the evaluation and selection of technologies, products and vendors, and putting together sales proposals for consulting and systems integration projects.

    • Support Engineer/Project Engineer
      1990 - 1992 · 2 yrs

      Technical support and project engineering, primarily for networks based on UNIX and Novell NetWare operating systems.