Our spokespersons

Damion has been active in the telecommunications world for almost 20 years, spanning the US, Caribbean and Europe. He believes in the power of data science to create opportunities for innovation, drive growth and to push the boundaries of the potential of communications in the digital era. 

In his role at the global communications platform company BICS, Damion established the company’s data-as-a-service product portfolio, and spearheads the organization’s artificial intelligence and advanced analytics solutions.  

Damion is passionate about unlocking the potential of data and is a seasoned contributor to industry discussions on topics of Industry 4.0, IoT and 5G nextgen services. 

Luc Vidal-Madjar is Head of M2M/IoT Business at BICS.

His role encompasses managing BICS Global IoT solutions portfolio, taking to global markets the BICS SIM for Things solution built on BICS’ market leadership in Mobile Roaming and establishing partnerships and projects worldwide in this fast-growing area of telecoms. More generally, Luc has been managing New Mobility Businesses at BICS for the past seven years covering propositions as diverse as MVNE, M2M/IOT, 4G Roaming, Data Roaming VAS, RCS, etc….

Luc has over 20 years of experience in Product Management, Strategy and Innovation, Sales, Business Development, Management Consulting, always focusing on new businesses in the telecom space; working with a broad range of companies in the ecosystem (mobile operators, fixed line operators, international carrier, network equipment vendors, consulting companies).

Katia González is a highly regarded fraud specialist with more than 15 years’ experience in the Mobile and Wholesale Telecom industry.  Based at BICS headquarters in Brussels, she is an expert in fraud risks for industry verticals including MNO, MVNx, OTT, IoT, Enterprise, CPAAS/UCAAS, Cloud Communications and Wholesale. Specializing in fraud prevention, Katia is a passionate believer that collaboration throughout the industry is the key to implementing best practice and keeping all stakeholders alert to fraud trends and current threats. She leads daily discussions between different industry bodies including BEREC, ECC CEPT, i3Forum, ITW Global Leaders Forum and GSMA, advocating, communicating and agreeing upon common standards. 

Katia is also the Chair of the i3 Forum, a non-profit organization which provides guidelines to the wholesale carrier industry on fraud-related matters and supports member organizations with fraud events.  She is passionate about gender equality in the workplace, and is a founding member of The Inclusion Hub – one of the first communities designed to advocate for progress on the issues faced by minority groups within the telecoms industry.