Byron Haigh

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Mr. Byron Haigh serves as Advisor at Ankr. Previously, he served as Principal at Docomo Innovations. He has several years of experience in the telecommunications and startup space, with consulting experience in the biggest Telcos across the globe and entrepreneurial experience in leading European and US startups. His strength is coordinating startups with corporations in international environments. His focus is consumer internet, eCommerce as well as converged communications. He brings a quantitative approach as well as qualitative strategic assessment to startups, which is based on his analytic and humanist educational background. During the last year, Byron has helped structure the partnership program in Docomo innovations, including the relationship with leading venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, and sourcing Docomo investment into Muzy and into 500startups. Previously Byron was a founder and partner with Maroon Analytics, a strategic consultancy firm created by six University of Chicago MBAs, with HQ in Singapore, and offices in Barcelona and Chicago. His area of expertise has been the telecommunication industry, specifically, its content strategy. He has worked with Telefonica, Vodafone, and Orange in Europe, and Claro, Vivo, TIM, and Telcel in LATAM. Byron has assisted Telefonica in the development of their corporate venture arm in Silicon Valley. He also sourced some of their first investments and completed the due diligence of Quantenna, Kyte, and Eventful. Byron has also helped other International Telcos expand their business development activities in Silicon Valley. He established partnerships with the following startups: Hiplogic (mobile storefront), Telenav (LBS), Twilio (voice API and VOIP), Zong (mobile payments), Playerx (games), Groovemobile(music). Previously, Byron has had several years of experience working as a European sales manager in several internet startups, including Iconmedialab, Aspiro, Airborne Entertainment, and Jadestone. Byron offers 20 years of experience focusing on consumer internet and mobile innovation in three continents: the Americas, Europe, and East Asia. Byron holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MA from Columbia University in New York, and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College in New York.