Miguel Lopes

Miguel started in 1999 as a software developer, and in 2002, he co-founded a network solution provider in West Africa. Further on, in 2007, he co-founded what would be the first Wi-Fi ISP in Cape Verde and the first company to offer high speed wireless Internet access to the general population at affordable prices and disrupt a 21-year local telecom monopoly. Over the next years Miguel launched and grew several Intelligent Hotspot, IoT, and Smart City products as Director of Technology at Ezelink Telecom. In 2015, Miguel accepted an invitation to join a startup in the Silicon Valley. Since then, Miguel has taken product leadership roles at companies such as Dialogic, Vidyo and Syniverse growing their market share by launching/managing products that deliver the best intersection point between real-time communications, collaboration, IoT, machine earning, and AI.

Miguel is also a Vice-Chair in the United Nations ESBN Women & Young Entrepreneurs Taskforce.