Allan Ruiz

Allan is an expert in telecommunications, digital technologies and the development of public policies and regulations. He is the former Executive Secretary of Comtelca, the Regional Telecommunications Commission for Central America, and he was also the Vice Minister of Telecommunications of Costa Rica.

Allan is an engineer in Electronics and Telecommunications from the University of Costa Rica, where he has also been a professor, and has a master’s degree in Telecommunications from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Allan supports the Center for Advanced Studies of Broadband for Development as well as regular external consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).