"Al brings to us a wealth of experience in North American carrier operations and a depth of knowledge we need for this key position," said Tony Holcombe, President and CEO of Syniverse. "Although Syniverse continues to expand globally, the majority of our revenue is still derived from our North American operators. Needless to say, this is an extremely important position within our company, and both the Board of Directors and I are excited to have someone with Al's expertise join Syniverse."

De Cardenas brings to Syniverse more than 20 years of experience in the global telecommunications industry. Prior to his most recent position as general manager of converged multimedia networks where he had full P&L responsibility for this division with close to $1 billion in annual sales, he held a number of other key leadership roles for Nortel Networks, including vice president positions in carrier support and operations, sales, marketing, customer care, and network operations. He began his career as a senior engineer for Southern Bell.

"I am thrilled to be joining the company at this time," de Cardenas said. "I look forward to working with Tony and the rest of the team as Syniverse builds on its excellent reputation among wireless operators to maintain its strong customer base in North America and continue to grow its business throughout all regions of the world."

De Cardenas earned his master's of business administration degree from Nova Southeastern University and his bachelor's degree in industrial and systems engineering from Florida International University. He is fluent in English and Spanish, and conversational in Portuguese.

Information Source:    Business Wire