Leticia Latino-Van Splunteren
CEO, Neptuno USA, Corp
Speaker Profile
With over 25 years of experience in the Telecom Industry Leticia Latino van-Splunteren went from working for Merrill Lynch and Telecom Giant Nortel Networks to accepting the challenge of extending the legacy of establishing her family business in the US back in 2002. Neptuno Group was originally founded by her father in 1972 in South America where they helped deploy some of the first Cellular Networks in the region and where they have built over 10,000 Towers. Neptuno is also credited for being the pioneer of Virtual Twins applications in the Telecom Sector and developing innovative AI powered solutions for Telecom Assets Lifecycle Tracking.
Amongst many other recognitions, Leticia is a recipient of the Women in IoT award by Connected Magazine, Revolutionary CEO’s by Aspioneer and one of the 30 most influential Leaders in Tech by Insight Success. She chaired for two years, the Jobs Skills and Training Working Group of the FCC Broadband Advisory Development Committee and currently serves as a full member of the FCC Equity and Diversity Innovation and Access Working Group. She was also directly appointed by FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel to the Telecommunications Interagency Working Group which was charged, as per the Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act, to present to US Congress with a recommendations report on the state of the US Telecom Workforce. She serves on the International Board of the Global Telecom Women’s Network, and also on the boards of SmartCity Expo Miami, The Acceleration Project and the South Beach Jazz Festival. She is also an appointed member to the Board of Governors of the National Wireless Safety Alliance (NWSA).
In addition, Leticia is an Amazon Bestseller author, International speaker, mentor to young women and a big advocate of nurturing “Human Connections” through her Back2Basics Podcast. www.leticialatino.com