Mr. Michael Symonette
Sunny Isles Chapter Executive of The Year 2009-2010
Mr Michael Symonette was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of URCA and is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the affairs of the Regulator.
Prior to his appointment as CEO, he served as Executive Director of the Public Utilities Commission from 1 October, 2008 to July 31, 2009. Prior to this appointment, he served as a member of the Commission from 1 July 2007 to 30 September 2008.
Mr Symonette was previously employed with The Bahamas Telecommunications Corporation which later became the The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. (BTC) from 1960-2006. He spent the last eleven years of his employment with BTC as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Prior to becoming CEO of the company, Mr. Symonette was head of the technical divisions, and had overall responsibility for the planning, engineering and maintenance of all telecommunications systems. He worked with Intelsat's engineers on the planning and engineering of the first Standard 'A' Satellite Earth Station for The Bahamas. He also worked with AT&T on the planning of the Bahamas-11 Digital Submarine Cable system between The Bahamas and Florida. Mr Symonette's experience also include the planning and engineering of analog and digital telephone exchanges, troposheric scatter and digital microwave radio systems, analog and digital cellular systems. He was also involved in the planning of the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Fibre Cable System recently implemented by The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited.
Mr Symonette is a graduate of the South Hall College of Technology and holds the diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He also pursued several management courses and holds diplomas from the University of Miami, Harvard University and the National University of Singapore. He is a member and Past Vice President of the Bahamas Institutions of Professional Engineers.
He is married to the former Apusam Rassaiah and they are the proud parents of four (4) children namely Richard, Shamini, David and Karasi. |
