About Us

Martin Varsavsky: Argentine entrepreneur and philanthropist, Martin is the founder of highly successful companies such as Viatel, Jazztel and Ya.com. Martin also teaches at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain and is President and Founder of The Varsavsky Foundation and the Safe-Democracy Foundation, and was Ambassador-at-Large of Argentina up to 2005.

Alexander Puregger: Oversees the company’s direction, strategy and partnerships.
Prior to FON, Alexander worked for more than eight years as a Strategy Consultant in the area of telecommunications and media for Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH). He helped establish the BAH office in Vienna and led the telecommunications team in Madrid. Alexander has worked in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and is fluent in four languages. Alexander received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Georgetown, D.C. and a master’s degree in International Business from the University of Vienna.

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Juan Pablo Dama: Oversees the company’s finance, accounting, and business intelligence.
Prior to FON, Juan Pablo worked on the financial team for Yahoo! Dublin with a specialty in affiliate partner relationships. He led the migration of Yahoo! financial applications to CRM and ERP standards. Juan Pablo received a bachelors degree in Business Administration from USAL, Buenos Aires and an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa, Madrid.

Borja Osorio: oversees the company’s operations, and oversees the company’s products, marketing and strategy.
Prior to FON, Borja worked for seven years as a Technology and Management Consultant for Indra-Soluziona with a focus on the Utilities and Finance Sectors. He managed the CRM team in Brazil and led the implementation of Balanced Scorecards during the Santander-Abbey merger in the United Kingdom. He is fluent in four languages. Borja received a bachelor’s degree in Organic Chemistry from Complutense University, Madrid and an MBA from ESADE Business School, Madrid.

Iurgi Arginzoniz: Oversees the development of the company’s full range of WiFi products. Iurgi is a WiFi technology expert and has been with FON since its inception.
Prior to FON, Iurgi worked as the technology manager for Air Bites, a Swisscom AG venture. He led the development and systems teams and was responsible for technical client relationships. He is fluent in four languages. Iurgi received a degree in Telecommunications Engineering with a specialization in Telematics from the School of Engineering (ESI), at University of the Basque Country, Bilbao.

Joan Fisbein: Oversees the development of the company’s full range of on-line technologies and products.
Prior to FON, Joan worked as an analyst for Fujitsu and the ICA group. He has developed IT projects for Telefónica Móviles, Uned, DGT and Indra. He is fluent in three languages. Joan received a degree in Technical Engineering from Antonio de Nebrija University, Madrid.

Jordi Vallejo has founded a VoIP IT company in Taiwan and another one in Spain (Coolnection and TelSIP) and acted as CTO in both. For the last 10 years, Jordi has been managing joined software/hardware developments between both Chinese and English/Spanish speaking engineering teams. Jordi is fluent in Chinese and has appeared on Chinese language TV programs and the radio show "Technology Paradise" in National Taiwan Radio. Jordi is specialized in both SIP technologies and Wireless technologies."

Joanna Rees, Chief Fonera of FON USA and president of the US Advisory Board. Joanna began her career at DMB&B and is the founder of VSP Capital. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Posit Science, Sabrix, AccountNow, Danger, QuinStreet, The Threshold Group and the Board of Directors of the NVCA. In 2000, she was named Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum, and Entrepreneur of the Year Rising Star by the National Association of Women Business Owners. Joanna is frequently featured in the press (Forbes, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNN, Business Week), and serves as a spokesperson for the NVCA. She holds an MBA from Columbia University and a BS from Duke University.

In Scandinavia, the remarkable Internet entrepreneur Ola Ahlvarsson is advising FON, named as one of the top 10 European Internet entrepreneurs by the Wall Street Journal.

In Italy, Stefano Vitta is advising FON. Stefano has more than ten years of IT experience and is now at the center of the web 2.0 in Italy as a leading blogger and new media consultant. Stefano founded the Pitbull Technology web agency in 1998 and the blogging platform, Bloggers.it.

Eugin Koryagin manages the Russian branch of FON. Eugin held management positions in government and in the technology industry before joining the FON team. While working for the Russian Ministry of Regional Development, he was in charge of developing the Russian policy for economic strategy. He then went on to manage the innovation department at JSFC “Sistema” and to consult for Coral Capital Management – one of the co-investors of FON Wireless – as part of the Russian business development team. He graduated from Moscow State University and the Russian Academy of Science with a degree in “National Economy Management.”

Robert Lang FON advisor for Germany. Robert was founder and CEO of Germany's largest WiFi operator: WLAN AG, sold to Swisscom Group in 2003 and renamed to Swisscom Eurospot, the current leader in the European hotel Internet access market. Before that, Robert was VP Business Development and Finance for iobox Germany, a subsidiary of a Finnish Mobile Entertainment startup. It was sold in 2000 for 230M Euros to the Telefonica-Group and became one of the largest mobile entertainment portals in Germany with 1.8M users.

Junichi Fujimoto, CEO of FON Japan. Junichi has been playing an integral role in the growth and development of Japan’s information technology sector, most notably his involvement in internet liberalization as the Founder and CEO of livedoor Co., Ltd., first ever free internet service provider in Japan, in 1998. After having built Livedoor and making it the leading free ISP in Japan, Junichi sold his participation in Livedoor and left the company in 2000 to dedicate his time to other challenges. As one of Japan’s most successful entrepreneurs, Junichi has founded and led numerous internet businesses in Japan, including eZuz Japan k.k., online comparative shopping site. With international educational background, Junichi’s expertise in global cross-cultural businesses has been widely recognized.

China is managed by Yat Siu. Yat Siu is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Outblaze. Yat has previously worked for Atari Germany, served as Director and Head of East Coast Operations for Lexicor, established Hong Kong Cybercity (the first free web page and e-mail provider in Asia, later renamed Freenation), as well as AT&T Solutions’ System Integration practice. Yat, who holds a degree in music from the Musik Konservatorium Wien, has been awarded for his past contributions to business and society a number of times and was named a Global Leader of Tomorrow for the World Economic Forum, and, more recently, a Young Global Leader 2006.

Yi-Kai has previously worked for Taiwan's leading network device producer Accton Technology and served as VP Marketing for Acction's China operation.Before moving to China in 2005, Yi-Kai held different position for marketing and management in Taiwan's several media, software and internet companies.Yi-Kai co-founded Taiwan's first open source software integrator Cyberwork Solution in 2000 and served as operational head,he was also the founding member of Taiwan's non-incumbent ISP Neto Corp in 1998 and helped company designing business strategies to compete with incumbent operators. Yi-Kai holds degree in Liberal Arts from Taiwan University and is an active writer of business topics and literature for years.