Orange Belgium has appointed Stefan Slavnicu as new Chief Technology Officer of the company, taking over from Gabriel Flichy who was managing the Operator's Technology department since November 2012.
Gabriel will join Orange France to take care of the on-going FTTH deployment in France.
Stefan Slavnicu, 42 years old, has 18 years of experience in network technologies and holds various university degrees in Electronics and Telecommunications. He is currently Chief Technology Officer at Orange Romania where he developed the technical strategy and policies to promote and support company products and services of all segments to ensure proper coverage, network quality and profitability.
Stefan Slavnicu started his career with Orange Romania in 2000 as a Network Engineer. He climbed up and became CTO of Orange Romania 4 years ago and joined the board of Directors of Orange Services 1.5 years ago.
Michael Trabbia, CEO of Orange Belgium
I am very pleased to welcome Stefan to manage and further develop our network. His extensive telecom technology experience and knowledge will be of great value for Orange Belgium, in particular regarding our IoT business and the road towards 5G.
Stefan Slavnicu, In-coming CTO, Orange Belgium
Our attention will focus particularly on bringing the best network experience to our customers through the newest technologies and on developing our collaboration with network partners and operational efficiency.