Dr Angus Hay

Chief Technology Officer, Neotel

Angus Hay is the Chief Technology Officer at Neotel. Previously Dr Hay was the Chief Technology Officer at Transtel.  Angus is well known in the telecoms and broadband community, and is a regular conference speaker at events related to telecoms and ICT.

Qualifications:
Dr. Hay completed his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1987.  He went on to complete his PhD in Digital Transmission from the same institution in 1998. He carries the following titles: PrEng, CEng, MIEE, FSAIEE.

Professional bodies:
Dr. Hay is a fellow of the South African Institute for Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) and is on the SAIEE Council.  He also served as the Chairman for the Electronics and Software committee in 2005. He received the annual Young Achievers awarded from the SAIEE in 1999.

He has written a number of papers on telecommunications, deregulation and professional mobile radio for local and international conferences and publications.

Work experience:
Prior to joining Neotel as Chief Technology Officer in 2006, Dr Hay was seconded to the company from Transtel, the telecommunications division of Transnet Ltd and appointed Chief Technology Officer.  He was involved in the positioning of Transtel for participation in the second national operator and preparation of the business and network plans for the shareholders.

He has been involved in a variety of areas of telecommunications, including Internet, data networking, transmission, fixed-line telephony, cellular telephony and access technologies. As a postgraduate student in the early 1990s, he took part in the establishment of the Internet between academic institutions in South Africa.