Dr Pasquale Cataldi
Associate Director, Technology Lead
Pasquale is an expert in innovative technology, business strategy and spectrum management in the areas of telecoms, Wi-Fi, 5G, IoT and Cloud. Pasquale is passionate about connectivity and an advocate of efficient spectrum use. He advises clients on the development of new technologies, business models and regulatory approaches that can be utilised to meet the ever-growing demand for fast and efficient connectivity.
As a Vice President of Spectrum Management at Nominet he was responsible for Nominet’s wireless connectivity services. In particular, he led the research and commercialisation of a cloud-based spectrum management platform which included the TV white spaces databases operating commercially in the UK (approved by Ofcom in 2015) and the USA (approved by the FCC in 2018), and supported various trials around the world (e.g. in TV white spaces in Mozambique in 2018).
Prior to Nominet Pasquale worked as a research engineer at Sky UK, and has also worked in academia at UCLA, California, and at Eurecom, France.
Pasquale has a PhD in electronics and communications from the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, and is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Manager. He has authored several academic publications and has contributed to communication industry standards such as Weightless-N.