Speaker Bio
Eric grew up in Canada and lives in the U.K., where he leads a team of talented individuals providing technical expertise to combat cybercrime across the operational footprint of the Tier 1 carrier Orange. Since 2014, he has also been leading a team within the GSMA, comprising experts from mobile operators, network, and security vendors. This team is dedicated to developing guidelines for safeguarding networks within the mobile industry. Eric played a pivotal role in initiating and developing several GSMA initiatives designed to elevate the baseline security level for the collective benefit of mobile carriers worldwide. In 2003, he led a project within the GSMA that resulted in the deployment of one of the first mobile signalling firewall that year. In 1993, he devised a strategy for retransmitting mobile data lost across the radio interface, which is still implemented in mobile devices and base stations and paved the way for advancements in mobile radio performance. Eric holds an engineering degree from McGill University, a master's from the Canadian National Institute for Scientific Research, and a Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He has received various distinctions, notably being recognized as an Orange Security Expert and received several awards from the GSM Association.