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Suman Dutta's Rap Sheet

Suman Dutta

 

Title:  VP Enterprise Business Unit
Employer:  ReCellular, Inc.
Featured In:
Green for Green Cell Phones, 11/20/07
Nickname/Alias:  Shu

 

What I'm Best Known For (in the Telecom World):

Helping large organizations manage the entire lifecycle of wireless and now mostly ensuring the end of life for mobile devices is handled responsibly.

Other Primary Areas of Expertise:

Real-time financial data systems, Internet insurance exposures, Identity theft, eBay business models.

Summary of Professional Background:

VP Thomson Financial – Real time financial data systems
Dir. Business Development, SquareTrade – eBay services, extended warranty
AIG – Director of Internet Risk – Western Region

Prediction on the Future of Telecom & Telecom Managers:

They will be bombarded by the carriers offering to manage their wireless assets and
all phones will be smart phones.

Weirdest Thing People Usually Don't Know about Me:

I throw pots – actually, make vases, plates, and bowls on a kick wheel.

When I'm not talking or doing something in relation to telecom, I'm usually...

Hanging with my family (kids 4 and 2), throwing pots or traveling for fun. 

Book and author I'm currently reading:

Anthony Bordain – The Nasty Bits
Steve Coll - Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

CD currently or most recently in my car stereo:

Max Roach & Clifford Brown – Max Roach & Clifford Brown

The stupidest thing I've ever seen anyone do or say in relation to a phone:

(sorry for being so serious)

Let their toddler chew on an old cell phone – there are a lot of bad metals in that old thing, like lead….find something more appropriate.

Let their kids use cell phones when not on a speaker phone…there is a growing body of research that the use of cell phones can affect the development of young brains……