Peter Calis

Peter Calis is the Chief Executive Officer of RFI Engineering, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company with a strong focus on global sales, including revenue, profit and customer satisfaction in the countries where RFI Engineering does business.

Peter is an experienced international senior executive with an extensive knowledge and understanding of the telecommunication industry. He has substantial experience in management of high level professionals. He has a proven ability in defining, negotiating and implementing complex projects.

He was named to his present position in September 2008 after serving as chief operating officer of Hopling Technologies since 2006. Prior he was general manager carrier sales in Europe since April 2004.

Peter joined Hopling Technologies from Global Crossing, where he was senior vice president network & services and deputy managing director of Global Crossing Europe for over 4 years. At Global Crossing, he was responsible for the implementation, design, engineering and construction of the European fiber network, to increase revenues and profitability. The 1.8 billion dollar European network was implemented on schedule and within budget. He also managed to consistently grow Global Crossing' fiber business in Europe.

Previously Peter worked for Tele2 as managing director where he launched the telephone service, as a competitor of KPN, to the general public in the Netherlands in 1997. Within 2 weeks after the launch Tele2 had registered more then 10.000 customers. Earlier in his career, Peter worked for over 20 years mostly in executive management positions in Philips Business Communications and Philips Telecommunication Systems. Whilst with Philips he was resident in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 1980 to 1987, for the implementation of the Telephone Expansion Contracts.

In 2004, Peter was elected to the board of directors of Bata. He is a frequent speaker at industry and business conferences around the world.

Peter is married and has two children. His interests include tennis and squash.