Martin Morell
Telecommunications Senior Consultant
Mr. Morell serves as a Senior Telecoms Specialist for PFA with secondary responsibility for regulatory, marketing and commercialization aspects. Mr. Morell has over 20 years' experience in telecoms and information technology, with a strong background in planning, design, cost-justification, implementation and management of systems and services.
Mr. Morell has been actively involved in project work in Central and Eastern Europe for several years. Recently Mr. Morell was responsible for producing the Master Plan for Telecoms and Management Information Systems for Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ), as well as the Business Plan for the proposed development of the BDZ rights of way for commercial telecoms purposes, and the Technical Specifications and Tender Package for a BDZ Data Network Upgrade. In the past he has had primary responsibility for the planning, design, cost-justification and implementation of large-scale voice and data networks, including a global network for an international hotel chain consisting of 125 hotels and ten major reservations centers outside the United States. Formerly he was Telecoms Manager for North and Central America for a major international airline.
He has worked and resided abroad for extended periods, and has significant project experience in North Africa (Morocco); Central and Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova); Russia; Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan); and Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia). He is proficient in Russian, Spanish, French and Italian.
Specifically, Mr. Morell has extensive experience with World Bank procurement procedures in telecoms and IT (RFP preparation, vendor response evaluation, negotiation and contracting).
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