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Frederick
Abrams

Chief Technology Officer

Building resilient digital infrastructure that connects nations and enables digital economies across Africa and beyond.

Frederick Abrams - Chief Technology Officer
Currently at
Intelvision Ltd
About

Executive leader in
telecom & digital infrastructure

Chief Technology Officer with over 25 years of executive and senior leadership delivering national scale connectivity programs, carrier-grade telecommunications, digital infrastructure and cloud platforms across international environments.

Proven track record of owning, executing and delivering multi-million-dollar technology investments, modernizing legacy networks and building resilient infrastructure that supports long term growth, operational efficiency and customer experience.

Experienced in subsea cable systems, data centres, cloud platforms, network modernization, carrier grade networks, software development, and cybersecurity. Managed global technology partners and led large, multidisciplinary engineering teams.

25+
Years of experience
$32M
Major infrastructure delivered
600Gbps
International bandwidth secured
Career

Professional Experience

Chief Technology Officer
Intelvision Ltd
2021 — Present

Executive leader of technology strategy and national telecommunications infrastructure for a digital services provider operating carrier-grade networks and international connectivity.

  • Led the $32M landing and activation of the 2Africa submarine cable, securing 600Gbps international bandwidth — the nation's third subsea cable system.
  • Directed design, build and commissioning of a carrier-grade data centre and cable landing station (CLS).
  • Spearheaded enterprise-wide cloud transformation to a secure private hyperconverged Proxmox platform.
  • Launched unlimited high-speed residential internet packages with no fair usage policy (Sept 2024).
  • Led and mentored multi-disciplinary engineering, network and operations teams with focus on succession planning.
Technical Projects Manager
Intelvision Ltd
2015 — 2021

Senior technical leader responsible for large-scale network transformation and service reliability across national infrastructure.

  • Delivered nationwide migration from HFC to Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON), dramatically improving bandwidth and customer experience.
  • Re-architected the national core network from flat Layer 2 to a resilient Layer 3 architecture with full redundancy.
  • Governed billing, provisioning platforms and infrastructure lifecycle management, maintaining 99.9% service availability.
  • Directed internal development teams across PHP, Python, Bash and web platforms to improve automation.
IT Manager
Intelvision Ltd
2012 — 2015
  • Managed enterprise IT security, systems and infrastructure performance in a high-availability telecom environment.
  • Led deployment and integration of new technology platforms.
  • Conducted regular system audits, security updates, compliance initiatives and configuration management.
Earlier career (2001–2012): IT System/Network Engineer & Support roles at Intelvision Ltd (Seychelles), IT System/Network Administrator at 4u-Networks (UK), Managing Director at Killer Creation Networks (UK), and IT Specialist roles in the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.
Expertise

Core Competencies

Global Technology Strategy
Architecture, digital transformation, economic enablement and long-term technology roadmaps.
Telecom & Carrier Networks
GPON, core routing, microwave links, traffic engineering, QoS and high-availability infrastructure.
Subsea Cable Systems
International bandwidth, consortium partnerships, cable landing stations and capacity planning.
Data Centres & Cloud
Design, build & operations. Hyperconverged infrastructure (Proxmox), private cloud migration and resilience.
Cybersecurity & Resilience
Security architecture, risk management, compliance and business continuity planning.
Leadership & Governance
Executive & board engagement, large-scale team leadership, talent development and Capex governance.
Technical depth: Juniper, MikroTik, Huawei OLT, Python, PHP, MySQL, Proxmox, Docker, Bash scripting, and carrier-grade network automation.
Let's connect

Ready to build something
transformative together?

I'm always interested in strategic conversations around digital infrastructure, connectivity projects and technology leadership.