Delivering global connectivity is becoming more challenging as enterprise demands increase. Meanwhile, with the rapid advancement of AI and edge computing and wider enterprise digital transformation, the network is becoming ever more important. There are significant technical, operational and regulatory challenges with providing consistent services globally, but network connectivity is often viewed simply as a commoditised service.
On the 11th September 2025, join Transforma Insights for a webinar sponsored by Stacuity, which examines how a distributed software-defined edge network connecting multiple packet gateways (P-GWs) can address many of these emerging challenges and enable connectivity service providers to offer differentiated and value-added services.
During the webinar, the speakers will discuss:
Our speakers are all thought-leaders in the world of telecommunications and IoT:
Jim is a respected Digital Transformation and Internet of Things industry expert, with over 30 years’ experience of strategy consulting, operations management and telecoms research. Jim is responsible for the addition of the term Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) networking to the lexicon of the IoT, and is a co-author of the Ignite|IoT project management framework for IoT and the accompanying book entitled “Enterprise IoT”.
Cedric Mauvielle is the Vice President of Sales for Global Wireless Connectivity and IoT Solutions at PCCW Global, where he leads a multinational team spanning Asia, Europe, and Africa. With nearly a decade of accomplished tenure at PCCW Global, Cedric has played a pivotal role in advancing IoT, mobility, and cloud connectivity solutions for enterprise clients worldwide.
Previously, he shaped groundbreaking go-to-market strategies for emerging industries such as mobility services, eSports, and aviation, and championed the adoption of advanced secured software-defined connectivity solutions across the IoT industry.
With over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications sector, Cedric offers deep expertise in product strategy, mobile data roaming, and business development. Before joining PCCW Global, he held key positions at leading organizations including Arelion, Syniverse Technologies, and Mavenir, where he led major initiatives in mobile data, M2M/IoT, and telecom solutions across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and China.
Cedric holds a Master’s degree in Network and Telecom Technologies from the Université de Technologie de Troyes and a Bachelor’s degree in IT and Telecom from IUT Vélizy. He is fluent in both French and English and proficient in Mandarin.
Conor is a global business leader with more than 30 years of experience driving market share, revenue, CX engagement, and profitable growth in the international telecoms and IT sectors across both mature and emerging markets.
He joined Vodafone Business in April 2020 as Director for Northern Europe team for Vodafone Global Enterprises to drive growth across its global customer base. In October 2023 Conor joined the Senior Leadership Team for Vodafone IoT. The role focus is business and customer operations as Vodafone seek to accelerate their global growth curve in the IOT space. Conor leads a team of solutions subject matter experts in understanding and addressing customer requirements with suitable and impactful Vodafone solution designs and service architectures. Conor is also responsible for the global network partnerships programs developing alliances with mobile operators outside of the Vodafone footprint to meet the needs of our customers own expansion programs.
John Freeman is the Chief Executive Officer of Stacuity, where he leads the company’s mission to revolutionise mobile core networks through software-defined innovation. Stacuity’s programmable mobile core platform empowers MNOs, MVNOs, IoT Service Providers, and Enterprise Connectivity Providers, with unprecedented control, flexibility, and intelligence over connectivity. With a distributed network of managed packet gateways, the platform also enables edge services that enhance performance and responsiveness at scale.
With more than 15 years of executive leadership experience in the telecommunications and IoT sectors, John has a strong track record of driving growth, innovation, and operational excellence across both scale-ups and established industry players. Prior to joining Stacuity, he served as Chief Technology Officer at Arkessa and later as Chief Product Officer at Wireless Logic, following Arkessa’s acquisition. In these roles, he led the transformation of product and technology strategies that resulted in significant revenue growth, market expansion, and strengthened competitive positioning.
In addition to his role at Stacuity, John acts as an advisor to industry analysts and venture capital firms, where he provides strategic guidance on emerging technology trends, investment opportunities, and market dynamics in the connectivity and mobile infrastructure space.
Stacuity has developed an innovative, software-defined, global mobile core network and edge packet gateway (P-GW) to bring true cloud-style agility to the management of mobile connectivity. This empowers connectivity providers and their enterprise customers with flexible, real-time control, down to individual IMSI level. Using Stacuity, connectivity providers, such as mobile operators and MVNOs, can build more valuable and differentiated offerings for their downstream customers. Cost and complexity have been removed from the whole value chain, by turning traditional mini-projects (e.g. VPN administration and packet-tracing for troubleshooting) into self-serve capabilities.
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WHEN: 11 September 2025, 10am EDT, 3pm BST, 4pm CEST
WHERE: Virtual
