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Commissioner, Board Member, and Head of Telecommunications Technologies Unit. Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Lebanon 

Dr. Hoballah is currently Commissioner, Board Member, and Head of the Telecommunications Technologies Unit at  the Lebanese Telecommunications Regulatory Authority responsible for telecommunications technologies including new technologies, spectrum management, planning and monitoring, standards, type approval, quality of service, and , Dr. Hoballah is also Vice Chairman of the Arab Spectrum Management Group (ASMG). 

Dr. Hoballah is a member of the “Legislative Committee” and a member of the “Technical Committee”,  “Higher Committee to Limit the Risks of Internet to Children and Youths” tasked by the “Higher Commission for Childhood” at the Ministry of Social Affairs” in Lebanon.

Prior to his appointment Dr. Hoballah was the Chief Executive Officer of Omnix Media Networks.  Previously, Dr. Hoballah held a number of executive positions at Lucent Technologies and AT&T Bell Laboratories gaining extensive experience in the field. These include appointments as Executive Sales Director (Africa & Levant), Chief Operating Officer (COO) , Executive Vice President for Services & Program Management, MEA Region. He also held the positions of Services and Software Sales & Product Management, and Information, Operations, & Data Networking Systems Director, Saudi Arabia at Lucent Technologies. Dr. Hoballah was also Senior Manager, Operations Systems, and Operations Systems Architecture Group & Data Services Product Management at, AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Dr. Hoballah has a noteworthy academic record. He received a diploma from the Program for Executive Development from IMD Lausanne (Switzerland, 2000), a Master’s certificate in project management from George Washington University (Washington DC, 1997), an Executive Masters of Business Administration from Columbia University (New York, 1994), a Ph.D. in EE/Communications from Syracuse University (NY, 1986), and MS in electrical engineering from Syracuse University (NY, 1982), as well as a B.S in chemistry from the Lebanese University (Lebanon 197)