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We simplify the wireless world, making mobile technology accessible to everyone. We look after every stage of a device’s lifecycle for our customers, from the moment it’s manufactured to the moment it’s time to trade it in and re-market it - putting us at the heart of the wireless ecosystem.
We serve carrier, retail and enterprise customers across 70 countries, delivering one of every 23 devices sold worldwide. We operate at every stage of the device lifecycle providing integrated services that seamlessly link with our customers’ businesses. We help companies transform their business models and get closer to their customers by helping them provide a complete end-to-end service.
Chief Executive Officer
Chairman Brightstar Corp. Director, SoftBank Group Corp.
Managing Director, SoftBank Group International
President & CFO, SoftBank Group International
EVP, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary
Chief Executive Officer
President & Chief Operating Officer
EVP, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary
Chief Financial Officer
President, US & Canada & Global Device Protection
President, EMEA & India
President, LATAM
President, APAC
Chief Executive Officer
Bio coming soon.
Chairman Brightstar Corp. Director, SoftBank Group Corp.
Mr. Fisher joined SoftBank Group Corp.in 1995, overseeing its U.S. operations and its other activities outside of Asia, and was the founder of SoftBank Capital. He is currently Director and President of SoftBank Holdings, Inc. and also serves as a member of the board of directors of SoftBank Corporation. Mr. Fisher has over 30 years of experience of working with high growth and turnaround technology companies. Prior to joining SoftBank, Mr. Fisher was the CEO of Phoenix Technologies Ltd., the leading developer and marketer of system software products for personal computers, from 1990 to 1995. Mr. Fisher joined Phoenix from Interactive Systems Corporation, a UNIX software company that was purchased by the Eastman Kodak Company in 1988. At Interactive Systems he served for five years as President, initially as COO and then CEO. Mr. Fisher’s experience prior to Interactive Systems includes senior executive positions at Visicorp, TRW, and ICL (USA). Mr. Fisher earned an MBA from Columbia University, New York, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa
Managing Director, SoftBank Group International
Jonathan Bullock is a SoftBank Group Corp. executive who also has served as SoftBank’s representative on the India-based Housing.com Board of Directors since April 2015. He joined the Brightstar Corp. Board of Directors in April 2016.
Prior to SoftBank, Jonathan worked at Google from January 2006 until October 2014, with his most recent position as the Chief of Staff.
President & CFO, SoftBank Group International
Chief Financial Officer
SoftBank Group International
June 2015 – Present
Founder
Baer Capital Partners
June 2005 – Present
Senior Advisor
SoftBank Internet and Media, Inc.
September 2014 – March 2015
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
1988 – 2003
EVP, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary
Catherine Smith is EVP, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary, and sits on the Board of Directors. Catherine is responsible for leading the global legal operations for the world’s leading mobile services company. In addition, she manages Brightstar’s real estate and indirect procurement globally.
Catherine has also had responsibility for managing the HR organization, and also supports Brightstar’s CEO on strategy execution and implementation.
Catherine was named as a “Women to Watch” in Fierce Wireless’ 2015 Most Influential Women in Wireless List which noted her as one of the most prominent African-American women in the telecommunications industry. A passionate advocate of the benefits of diversity and inclusion, Catherine regularly speaks on this subject externally as well as staying active in the local community in Miami. In 2017, she was profiled in Leaders Magazine’s feature on women leaders. Most recently, under her leadership, Brightstar received the World’s Most Ethical Company and National Association of Women Lawyers 2018 Challenge Award Recipient for adopting hiring, retention, promotion, and general employment practices designed to increase representation of women to one-third of leadership positions.
Catherine has over 20 years of legal experience and she excels at practicing sound corporate governance, championing the benefits of diversity within the company, and ensuring both long-term organizational health and overall business success.
Prior to Brightstar, Catherine served as Vice President and Lead Counsel for Motorola, Inc. and Motorola Mobility, where she used her expertise to contribute to the separation of Motorola Inc. into two independent, publicly traded companies. She also held a variety of other executive positions and served as the President and Executive Sponsor for the Global Inclusion and Diversity Council.
Catherine holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Virginia, and a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law School.
Chief Executive Officer
Bio coming soon.
President & Chief Operating Officer
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EVP, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary
Catherine Smith is EVP, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary, and sits on the Board of Directors. Catherine is responsible for leading the global legal operations for the world’s leading mobile services company. In addition, she manages Brightstar’s real estate and indirect procurement globally.
Catherine has also had responsibility for managing the HR organization, and also supports Brightstar’s CEO on strategy execution and implementation.
Catherine was named as a “Women to Watch” in Fierce Wireless’ 2015 Most Influential Women in Wireless List which noted her as one of the most prominent African-American women in the telecommunications industry. A passionate advocate of the benefits of diversity and inclusion, Catherine regularly speaks on this subject externally as well as staying active in the local community in Miami. In 2017, she was profiled in Leaders Magazine’s feature on women leaders. Most recently, under her leadership, Brightstar received the World’s Most Ethical Company and National Association of Women Lawyers 2018 Challenge Award Recipient for adopting hiring, retention, promotion, and general employment practices designed to increase representation of women to one-third of leadership positions.
Catherine has over 20 years of legal experience and she excels at practicing sound corporate governance, championing the benefits of diversity within the company, and ensuring both long-term organizational health and overall business success.
Prior to Brightstar, Catherine served as Vice President and Lead Counsel for Motorola, Inc. and Motorola Mobility, where she used her expertise to contribute to the separation of Motorola Inc. into two independent, publicly traded companies. She also held a variety of other executive positions and served as the President and Executive Sponsor for the Global Inclusion and Diversity Council.
Catherine holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Virginia, and a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law School.
Chief Financial Officer
Joe’s bio will be available soon
President, US & Canada & Global Device Protection
Coupling his roles as President, US & Canada & Global Device Protection, Marc Crisafulli is responsible for managing and growing a $4 billion business by delivering innovative, new wireless services to carriers, retailers, and enterprises, focusing specially on North American customers. Marc received his appointment to these esteemed positions in October 2018.
Marc first joined Brightstar in 2016, beginning his tenure as SVP of New Business Development. Collaborating with the senior leaders of each line of business, Marc strategically grew Brightstar’s Consumer Solutions program and expanded it into new channels and global markets. To this role, Marc brought with him more than two decades of leadership across the construction, gaming, and legal industries. Despite his diverse resume, Marc’s guidance has consistently brought about success in heavily regulated environments and large-scale bidding arenas. To date, his initiatives have spanned 40 countries on six continents.
Marc’s passion is building and leading global teams to deliver positive outcomes. Before joining Brightstar, Marc ran national and international businesses or divisions of public and private companies focused on professional services, technology and the lottery/gaming sector. His positions have included managing partner of Hinckley Allen LLP, division president of GTECH Gaming Solutions and general counsel and chief compliance officer of GTECH Holdings Corporation.
Marc holds a BA from Boston University and a JD from G
President, EMEA & India
David Nanayakkara is President, EMEA & India, responsible for operations in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction, overall P&L, and management of partners, services, and customer relationships.
David began working in the mobile industry in 1996 with Ericsson Mobile, and previously held roles as General Manager of Sales and Retail, respectively. Since joining Brightstar as Director of Strategic Sourcing in Australia in 2006, David has held multiple leadership positions. He previously led the Australian business as the Managing Director and later as the Regional Managing Director of Oceania. He also served as President, Asia Pacific from 2013 – 2018, leading operations in 12 countries with services contracts among many of the leading carriers, retailers and enterprise customers including Telstra, Maxis, KT Korea, Airtel India and Taiwan Mobile.
Known for his charismatic and motivational leadership style, David is devoted to the advancement of the wireless industry and is passionate about empowering employees. He holds a Bachelor of Business- Marketing from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and an MBA from Monash University.
President, LATAM
Pablo Suarez is the President, LATAM for Brightstar Corp. He is responsible for developing and executing go-to-market strategy to penetrate major industry verticals and build dominant market share across the LATAM client base.
Previously, Pablo was Brightstar’s Senior Vice President of LATAM Services, Key Regional Operator Accounts and Service Transformation from 2012-2014, where he oversaw the integration of the distribution and services business units.
Pablo has 20+ years of experience in the industry, and he has an exceptional record of value-added success in developing and implementing strategies for M&A, portfolio development and management, and developing successful marketing and sales strategies for global markets. Prior to joining Brightstar in April 2012, he was the Vice President and General Manager of Avnet Americas.
Pablo has bachelor’s degrees in agricultural science, administration and financial planning for agro-business, and economics & agro business applications. He earned his post-graduate degree in business management & executive management from Universidad Austral in Buenos Aires.
President, APAC
Remon Gazal is the SVP, Brightstar Logic & Chief Commercial Officer for Brightstar, responsible for overall leadership of Brightstar’s global commercial functions, including sales and growth strategies for the Carrier and Retail customer segments, business planning and performance, global sales operations, and executive leadership of the Top25 Key Account Management program. Remon also heads up the Brightstar Logic business unit, which focuses on supply chain advisory, data analytics, and both forward and reverse logistics.
Prior to this role, Remon held various senior roles over eight years in Brightstar, including two years leading the company’s global transformation program, both customer facing and regional roles in the APAC, Europe, and MEA regions, and leadership roles prior to Brightstar within the Acute Health sector in the UK and Australia, and consulting for BT across the South of England as part of the NHS’ National Program for IT.
Remon holds a Masters of Business Technology from the University of New South Wales.
Founded in 1997, today Brightstar has one subsidiary and is part of a family of disruptive companies at Softbank Group.
We acquired a majority interest in Beetel as part of a joint venture with Bharti Enterprises in October 2014. The team now operates as Brightstar India. Visit Website
In January 2014, SoftBank Group Corp. acquired Brightstar in a $1.26bn investment, enabling us to expand our scale and further our position as a leading provider of services for the wireless industry.
Read moreSoftBank Group Corp. was established in 1981 by its current Chairman & CEO Masayoshi Son and has based its business growth on the Internet and has investments in nearly 800 subsidiaries or affiliates across the world. It is currently engaged in diverse businesses in the information industry, including mobile communications, broadband services, fixed-line telecommunications, and portal services.