Robert Woog
Principal

Robert Woog, with over thirty years of operational management experience in the telecommunications field, is a seasoned executive with significant experience dealing with global carriers in Asia, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and the Middle East and extensive knowledge of the telecommunications requirements in the financial services industry.

Mr. Woog leads a consulting firm (Transcom International) that specializes in assisting companies looking to expand their business into emerging global markets such as Vietnam, Pakistan, India, and Brazil.

Previously Mr. Woog held senior management positions at IXNet and Global Crossing. He was responsible for the design, deployment and operation of a global managed network specifically designed to support the needs of the financial services industry. His responsibilities included establishing strategic and business based alliances, managing the build-out of all aspects of the network, dealing with all regulatory issues and selecting the vendors and suppliers to support the network deployments.

From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Woog led the US and International operations of Positron Industries, a Canadian firm that designs and manufactures specialized communications systems for the financial services industry (trading turrets), for power utilities and transportation systems (command and control), and for the public safety emergency response sector (E911 systems).

Mr. Woog began his career at AT&T in 1968 where he progressed from engineering positions, to several District Manager positions, before leaving in 1985. From 1975 – 1978 Mr. Woog was on loan to the Government of Iran to serve as the Assistant Director General to focus on improving the effectiveness of the Iranian Long Distance Network.

He is a board member of Net Enterprise Inc. and is on the advisory boards of Dolphin Networks, VITC, and WPI.

Bob Woog holds a BSEE degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.