Paul Galant

Chief Executive Officer

Paul is the Chief Executive Officer of Brightstar Corp. and an Operating Partner at Softbank.

Prior to joining Brightstar in September 2018, Paul served as the CEO and member of the Board of Directors at Verifone since 2013. As CEO and Board Director at Verifone, Paul turned-around a declining legacy hardware company that resulted in a $3.4Bn take-private acquisition. Leading his team to transform Verifone into a services-platform company delivering omni-payment & commerce solutions, he helped clients grow new sales/reduce costs. Paul created/realized Verifone’s vision to become clients’ most trusted, secure and innovative payments/commerce solutions tech partner & set/executed the strategy of enhancing client service and generating high-margin recurring revenues.

Prior to Verifone, Paul was the CEO of the Enterprise Payments business at Citibank from 2010.  In this role, he developed innovative digital payments services for Citi’s institutional and government clients, enabling them to expand into growth markets and helping them to meet their consumers’ current and future needs for secure mobile payments and commerce.

Earlier, he served in three other CEO roles at Citi (Citibank NA & Internat’l Credit Cards & Merchant Acquiring, Global Transaction Svcs, and Cash Mgt) and held business head roles at leading institutions.

Paul holds a B.S. from Cornell University where he graduated a Phillip Merrill Scholar. He has served as Chairman of the NY Federal Reserve Bank Payments Risk Committee, Chairman of The Clearing House Secure Digital Payments LLC, and is an Executive Member on the NY Weill Cornell Medical Center Council. He was featured in Institutional Investor’s “Online 40” (2010, 2008), Crain’s New York Business as a member of its “40 Under 40” (2006), Global Finance as a member of their “Who’s Who in Treasury and Cash Management” (2006) and by CNBC as a “Young Gun” in its “Five Under 40” profile (2006).

Arturo Osorio

President & Chief Operating Officer

Arturo’s bio will be available soon.

Catherine Smith

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.

Joe Kalinoski

Chief Financial Officer

Joe’s bio will be available soon

Marc Crisafulli

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

David Nanayakkara

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.

Pablo Suarez

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.

Remon Gazal

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.

Michael Singer

SVP, Chief Strategy Officer

Michael Singer is Brightstar’s SVP, Chief Strategy Officer and has been with the company since 2012.  He is responsible for developing Brightstar’s global strategy and for sourcing new business opportunities organically and through partnerships, investments, and acquisitions.  Michael also serves on the board of several of Brightstar’s portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Brightstar, Michael worked at B/E Aerospace, a public multinational in the commercial and defense aerospace sector, where he was the Corporate Vice President, Strategic Planning and Chief Information Officer.  While there, he was responsible for leading the Strategic Planning, Corporate Marketing, Corporate Development, and Technology Departments.  Prior to B/E Aerospace, he was the Director of Global Business Development for Tyco International based in Boca Raton, Florida, where he led the development and execution of the global Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) business strategy for the Tyco Fire & Security division.  He has also held roles as a strategy & operations consultant with A.T. Kearney and as a business development manager with Pratt & Whitney.

Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Master’s in Business Administration, with highest honors, from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.