- Lacasa, who has 25 years of experience in multiple roles within the company, has been named as executive president for wholesale telecoms carrier UFINET.
- UFINET has also announced the promotion of Juan Carlos Naranjo, who was serving as Global CTO, to assume the role of COO. In turn, Robinson Gutierrez, current CTO of UFINET Panama will assume the role of Global CTO of the company. Both will now report to Javier Lacasa.
Wholesale telecoms carrier UFINET has promoted COO Javier Lacasa, a company employee of 25 years, to Executive President.
UFINET has also announced the promotion of Juan Carlos Naranjo, who was serving as Global CTO, to assume the role of COO. In turn, Robinson Gutierrez, current CTO of UFINET Panama will assume the role of Global CTO of the company. Both will now report to Javier Lacasa.
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Strategic alignment focuses on long-term vision
Lacasa has been a key figure in UFINET’s exponential growth in multiple roles within the company, as well as in its geographical expansion in Latin America, with a deployment of more than 110,000 km of fibre optics across 17 countries.
“I feel very excited to take on this new challenge within UFINET, to lead a world-class team and maintain the path of business growth,” Lacasa said. He will continue to report to the company’s CEO, Iñigo Garcia del Cerro, who commented on this adjustment that “these changes reinforce both our strategic focus and the development of UFINET´s long-term vision.”
The appointment aims to further strengthen the company’s organisational structure, with Lacasa having a broader role. Adding to his responsibilities in business management, he will be responsible for the direction of the technical, procurement and human resource teams.
UFINET is a wholesale telecommunications carrier-of-carriers with a presence in 17 different countries within Latin America, providing connectivity services through its 110,000+ km of fully owned fibre-optic network and ever-growing array of infrastructure services that include Data Centre, towering, including connected poles, and much more.
