He has sat on the boards of numerous industry organizations including the GSM Association (GSMA), the CDMA Development Group (CDG), and as a member of the Federal Communications Commission Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Communications Security Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC).

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Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's finance minister and head of the IMF's policy advisory committee, is widely admired for his technical and political skills.

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