Ventura not only provides consulting but has formed its own successful operator in the highly competitive Swedish market (the operation has now grown to 80,000 subscribers and 750,000 homes passed with 100 megabit/s symmetric services). 
He has started up or helped develop a number of companies - including a broadband hardware company that has so far raised $20 million and an online identity company that received more than $2 million in funding from BT plc.  He was a founder of a company that achieved up to 75 times returns following a post-acquisition, Nasdaq flotation.
Richard has led under-fire teams across four continents – managing or turning around major telecoms programs. He has developed strategy and business cases/models across FTTx, DSL and WiMAX technologies and has formed and/or invested in a number of NGN operators. 
Richard is recognised as an expert on the development of telecommunications strategy and business cases and runs workshops on business strategy and modelling for the FTTH Council of Europe, FTTX MEGNA and WiMAX MEGNA as well as for operators and utilities.
Richard was formerly Chief Commercial Officer of an IP based startup in Saudi Arabia.  He contributed from bid stage to developing all aspects of strategy, business planning and modelling for the company which is now deploying fibre for residential and business subscribers alongside the largest WiMAX deployment in the EMEA regions.  He is currently working on building an all-fibre operator in the Gulf as well as looking at improving operations and profitability in European operators.
Richard also writes books for Kogan Page on technology management including Project Management Survival (also available in Chinese and Latvian) which outlines his experience in turning around troubled telecoms companies.
He has a BSc (hons) in electronics, an MSc. Equivalent in engineering and an MBA with distinction. 


 

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