POD - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- CTO Networks
- CTO Networks Management
An accomplished telecoms professional with over 20 years of experience in the industry, Alistair joined Pod having worked with a wide range of telecoms businesses from multi-national network operators to innovative disruptors. With deep technical and commercial knowledge, Alistair works with Pod Group's technical partners to customize and deliver new customer services such as eUICC subscription management, private networking and security monitoring services. Alistair is also responsible for Pod's Global network architecture, deploying new network services and managing integration with key MNO partners. Alistair has a keen interest in global climate issues, and in building the IoT to tackle the major world crises we face. He regularly participates in industry forums and events and has represented Pod on panel discussions, roundtables, webinars and in the media.
Job Titles:
- CMO
- Member of the Management Team
- CMO Management
With 20 years experience in PR and marketing for companies in the high-tech market, Amy García has worked with many high profile brands in the telecoms sector including Alcatel Telecom, O2/Telefónica and BlackBerry. One of the 3 original members of the Pod team, Amy single handedly raised our marketing department from the ground up, bringing years of experience from founding her own PR company, and helping Pod grow to become a major player in the market. With a strong background in technology and telecoms, Amy has also dedicated herself to the business side of Pod Group, providing sound leadership and advice around business planning and finances, and guiding the company towards success by defining and addressing our particular market segment. An expert in marketing strategy and PR, Amy has managed the marketing team for the last ten years and has completely rejuvenated the company with her knowledge of branding and messaging, helping us to expand around the world and serve more markets than ever before.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- CEO Asia Pacific
- CEO Asia Pacific Management
David Hambling has extensive experience in both business development and public relations roles in the telecoms sector and has worked with some of the largest Telcos in Europe. Attracted by the Pod Group philosophy and business model, David began working for the company in 2014. Since then he has taken an active role in promoting Pod Group through events across all our global markets, including participating in panel discussions throughout Europe, leading trade missions and acting as a media spokesperson. He has demonstrated an enormous empathy with our customer base and an acute sense of perspective in an ever-evolving market. As well as being a cornerstone of Pod's operations, he's put his own stamp on the direction the business takes and David now heads up the business in Asia Pacific, where he's driven by the thriving and vibrant market.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- R & D Director Management
Job Titles:
- Director of Technology
- Member of the Management Team
- Director of Technology Management
- Director of the Technology Department
Raúl is the director of the technology department at Pod Group, and oversees the development of our billing software and improvements in the business workflows. With more than 10 years of experience coordinating projects in numerous technology companies, Raúl is an expert in the Agile methodology. He defines, approves and develops our platforms different architectures and improves both corporate and development flows. As an expert in handling great data quantities and cloud microservices, he is responsable for our main IoT platform and billing Raúl coordinates the newest functionalities to be as useful as possible for our clients, emphasizing scalability and the maximum possible automation and user experience
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Member of the Management Team
- CEO Management
An expert in telecoms and an employee of Pod since its early years, Sam's ability to identify and target growth markets that contributed directly to the geographic and financial expansion of the organization quickly made him a mainstay of the company. In 2014 he moved to the USA to head up Pod's US office in San Francisco, California and during the first 5 years grew the US business by 100% year on year. In 2019 Sam was appointed Group CEO and began by taking Pod into another phase of growth, focusing on developing new global markets and increasing Pod's footprint in existing markets, culminating in the company's acquisition by Giesecke+Devrient, world leaders in eSIM technology, in July 2021. Pod Group has evolved into the world's first ENO, and Sam now stands at the helm of a company able to offer unique, customized solutions designed to give enterprises, both large and small, ownership and control of their IoT connectivity, from the SIM card right up to a complete private network.
Job Titles:
- COO
- Member of the Management Team
- COO Management
A native of Ukraine, Tania joined Pod in 2012, having worked in the financial sector. Frustrated at the lack of potential and the uninspiring, repetitive nature of her work, Tania sought a job where she would be challenged and could contribute to the evolution of systems and projects, somewhere she could make her mark. Attracted by Pod's unique working atmosphere, she set about designing systems to improve efficiency, productivity, and satisfaction to both customers and operators through the intelligent use of technology. Since then, Pod's scope and business have flourished and Tania now oversees the operational goals, processes, and initiatives of the Group. Passionate about technology, Tania has in-depth knowledge of diverse business functions and applies her technical expertise to find innovative solutions.