Matt Ekram is the Asia Advisor at Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF), bringing over 20 years of experience in business, product management and market development, as well as carrier partnerships. His expertise spans A2P and P2P omni-channel messaging services, underpinned by a strong background in mobile networking, security, and messaging. Matt has held leadership roles at Ericsson, Symantec, Syniverse, iBasis, Kaleyra, and Infinite Convergence Solutions. He splits his time between Washington DC, and Kuala Lumpur, and holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.