Maryleana Méndez Jiménez

From 2009 to 2017, she was a full time member of the board of the Telecom Regulatory Authority (SUTEL) in Costa Rica and President of the Regulator during three periods. The board directed, organized and supervised the opening of the local telecom market and was in charge of the spectrumauctions, relevant market studies, number portability, universal service fund projects, sector statistics, among other important market regulation processes. Before this endeavor, she worked for more than six years directly in the telecom industry as project director in Latin America, deploying value added networks in the whole region. She has previously occupied various high level positions at important public and private ICT companies in Costa Rica. Now, she is working as a senior expert at ASIET (Interamerican Association of Telecom Operators) which is the most important association of telecommunications companies in Latin America, with more than 30 years dedicated to favor public policies that promote the sector development and the Information Society.