Paul de Sa Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Board Member

  • Active Board Seats
  • 1

Paul de Sa General Information

Biography

Mr. Paul de Sa serves as Board Member at Cogent Communications. Mr. de Sa is a co-founder and partner of Quadra Partners, a telecommunications advisory firm founded in 2017. From 2009 to 2012 and again from 2016 to 2017, Mr. de Sa served as Chief of the Office of Strategic Planning at the U.S. Federal Communications Commissions (FCC). During his time at the FCC, Mr. de Sa focused on issues including transaction reviews, spectrum and broadband policy. From 2012 to 2016, he was a Senior Analyst at Bernstein Research. Prior to his government service, Mr. de Sa was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, serving communications and private-equity clients from the firm's Washington, D.C., and Seoul offices. Mr. de Sa is a director of the Coalition for Green Capital, a non-profit that works with national, state and local governments to establish green bank financial institutions for the deployment of sustainable technologies. Mr. de Sa holds a doctorate in theoretical physics from Oxford and a B.A. from Cambridge. He was also a John F. Kennedy Memorial Scholar at MIT and researched technology policy as a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Board Member, Cogent Communications
Education
Harvard University, Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Oxford, Doctorate
Cambridge University, BA (Bachelor of Arts)
Gender
Male
Phone
+1 (202)
Address
  • 2450 North Street Northwest
  • Washington, DC 20037
  • United States
+1 (202)

Paul de Sa Board Seats (1)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
Cogent Communications Internet Service Providers Publicly Held Formerly VC-backed Washington, DC

Paul de Sa Network (10)

Board Members (10)

Name Company Representing Location From
Carolyn Katz Cogent Communications Self Washington, DC
Marc Montagner Cogent Communications Self Washington, DC
Cogent Communications Self Washington, DC
Cogent Communications Self Washington, DC
Cogent Communications Self Washington, DC

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