Our Leadership
Global Telecom Engineering is led by industry experts who bring a wealth of knowledge, skills, and wisdom to the business. Their collective experience enables them to navigate complex challenges and adapt to changing market conditions with confidence. Their ability to navigate challenges, make informed decisions, and lead with strategic vision is instrumental in driving the organization toward its goals and ensuring long-term success.
Ahmad Malkawi
Ahmad Malkawi has worked for +20 years in the mobile/wireless industry for tier1 companies including AT&T, T-Mobile and Qualcomm. He founded Global Telecom to address a major gap in the development of modules – the “brains” at the heart of every smart device (from your iPhone to your Roomba and your Nest to your car). Global Telecom is the only U.S. manufacturer of these devices at a time when China has rapidly taken nearly two-thirds market share in recent years. His emphasis on homegrown technology with elite security (a special form of blockchain that keeps foreign entities out of your computer systems) has proven to be very prescient. These “driverless” and “host-less” modules just earned him a second U.S. patent, which was awarded in May 2020. And with 5G finally becoming a reality across the globe, analysts predict the number of modules in our homes and offices to jump by at least 10 fold in the next five years. Ahmad has positioned this company to takeoff with big name partners and proprietary technology that’s second to none.
Most recently, Ahmad led Global Telecom with awards including Association Corporate Growth (ACG), IOT Evolution Product of the year, Hottest New IOT Device and many other awards.
Ahmad Malkawi
Ahmad Malkawi has worked for +20 years in the mobile/wireless industry for tier1 companies including AT&T, T-Mobile and Qualcomm. He founded Global Telecom to address a major gap in the development of modules – the “brains” at the heart of every smart device (from your iPhone to your Roomba and your Nest to your car). Global Telecom is the only U.S. manufacturer of these devices at a time when China has rapidly taken nearly two-thirds market share in recent years. His emphasis on homegrown technology with elite security (a special form of blockchain that keeps foreign entities out of your computer systems) has proven to be very prescient. These “driverless” and “host-less” modules just earned him a second U.S. patent, which was awarded in May 2020. And with 5G finally becoming a reality across the globe, analysts predict the number of modules in our homes and offices to jump by at least 10 fold in the next five years. Ahmad has positioned this company to takeoff with big name partners and proprietary technology that’s second to none.
Most recently, Ahmad led Global Telecom with awards including Association Corporate Growth (ACG), IOT Evolution Product of the year, Hottest New IOT Device and many other awards.
Sasha Gorman
Sasha is a seasoned tech executive, having worked at established brands and startups leading corporate strategy, product innovation and market growth. Sasha joined Global Telecom as the COO in 2023 and leads Sales, Marketing and Operations.
Prior to joining Global Telecom Sasha held product and strategy positions at T-Mobile during the company’s merger with Sprint as they grew to become the most valuable service provider globally. From 2020-2022, Sasha served as the leader of the strategy and product development organization at T-Mobile for Business. His responsibilities included managing teams dedicated to various T-Mobile business products, such as fixed wireless, wireline, edge compute, security, SDN, and managed services. From 2018-2020, he led the teams responsible for non-IOT enterprise products, managing a $1.5b P&L through a complete technology shift that grew revenue and tripled free cash flow.
Prior to joining T-Mobile, from 2013-2018, Sasha as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Platform28. In this executive leadership role, he served on the company’s board and was responsible for corporate strategy, sales and marketing.
Sasha’s extensive experience and leadership in the tech industry, coupled with his academic background—a BA from Bard College and an MS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison—highlight his expertise and contributions to the field. Outside of his professional endeavors, Sasha is based in Madison, WI, where he and his wife wrangle a menagerie of kids and animals.
Sasha Gorman
Sasha is a seasoned tech executive, having worked at established brands and startups leading corporate strategy, product innovation and market growth. Sasha joined Global Telecom as the COO in 2023 and leads Sales, Marketing and Operations.
Prior to joining Global Telecom Sasha held product and strategy positions at T-Mobile during the company’s merger with Sprint as they grew to become the most valuable service provider globally. From 2020-2022, Sasha served as the leader of the strategy and product development organization at T-Mobile for Business. His responsibilities included managing teams dedicated to various T-Mobile business products, such as fixed wireless, wireline, edge compute, security, SDN, and managed services. From 2018-2020, he led the teams responsible for non-IOT enterprise products, managing a $1.5b P&L through a complete technology shift that grew revenue and tripled free cash flow.
Prior to joining T-Mobile, from 2013-2018, Sasha as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Platform28. In this executive leadership role, he served on the company’s board and was responsible for corporate strategy, sales and marketing.
Sasha’s extensive experience and leadership in the tech industry, coupled with his academic background—a BA from Bard College and an MS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison—highlight his expertise and contributions to the field. Outside of his professional endeavors, Sasha is based in Madison, WI, where he and his wife wrangle a menagerie of kids and animals.
Christy Gulbranson
Christy has 15+ years of business leadership experience in various disciplines of Sales and Operations for a Fortune 30 company and an IOT start-up. During her career, she has built a reputation for operational excellence, building efficient and effective policies and procedures, as well as being on the ground floor of start-ups and new businesses. Christy also has a passion for talent development, coaching, personal development and servant leadership.
She started her career with AT&T in 2003 in Retail and Sales Operations. Her first significant role for the company was as Chief of Staff to the President of Aio Wireless, a start-up venture within AT&T (now Cricket Wireless), where she was a key contributor to building out the foundation of the business and driving effective and efficient decision making. From this role, she was promoted into the Chief of Staff for the CEO of AT&T Mobility where she was key support person to drive the CEO’s agenda and goals.
In 2017, Christy took on a sales role in a newly created organization to run outside sales in San Diego, Las Vegas, Arizona and New Mexico where she was responsible for 20 sales teams and led the organization in sales in 2018 and 2019. She oversaw all business operations and controls, sales execution, and auditing, inventory management, and people management.
In 2020, Christy became the Assistant Vice President of Operations supporting Fiber Sales and Execution for Retail Sales. This was a newly created role for a key priority of the business to drive Fiber sales and she was able to build a highly efficient team from the ground up and increase fiber sales in all retail markets.
In 2023, after 20 years with AT&T, she took on a new challenge as the Vice President of Operations of Global Telecom Engineering, an Internet of Things start-up. In this role, she has built all policies, procedures and processes from the ground up including Human Resources, Compliance and ISO9001 processes, CRM platform, Go-To-Market, Sales Operations, Business Operations, as well supporting the Board of Directors presentations and planning. Each process is in place with the purpose of scaling and growing the business with simplicity.
Currently, Christy is an advisory member for the Texas A&M Texarkana Women in Leadership Program. She holds a Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix. Today, Christy resides in Dallas, TX.
Christy Gulbranson
Christy has 15+ years of business leadership experience in various disciplines of Sales and Operations for a Fortune 30 company and an IOT start-up. During her career, she has built a reputation for operational excellence, building efficient and effective policies and procedures, as well as being on the ground floor of start-ups and new businesses. Christy also has a passion for talent development, coaching, personal development and servant leadership.
She started her career with AT&T in 2003 in Retail and Sales Operations. Her first significant role for the company was as Chief of Staff to the President of Aio Wireless, a start-up venture within AT&T (now Cricket Wireless), where she was a key contributor to building out the foundation of the business and driving effective and efficient decision making. From this role, she was promoted into the Chief of Staff for the CEO of AT&T Mobility where she was key support person to drive the CEO’s agenda and goals.
In 2017, Christy took on a sales role in a newly created organization to run outside sales in San Diego, Las Vegas, Arizona and New Mexico where she was responsible for 20 sales teams and led the organization in sales in 2018 and 2019. She oversaw all business operations and controls, sales execution, and auditing, inventory management, and people management.
In 2020, Christy became the Assistant Vice President of Operations supporting Fiber Sales and Execution for Retail Sales. This was a newly created role for a key priority of the business to drive Fiber sales and she was able to build a highly efficient team from the ground up and increase fiber sales in all retail markets.
In 2023, after 20 years with AT&T, she took on a new challenge as the Vice President of Operations of Global Telecom Engineering, an Internet of Things start-up. In this role, she has built all policies, procedures and processes from the ground up including Human Resources, Compliance and ISO9001 processes, CRM platform, Go-To-Market, Sales Operations, Business Operations, as well supporting the Board of Directors presentations and planning. Each process is in place with the purpose of scaling and growing the business with simplicity.
Currently, Christy is an advisory member for the Texas A&M Texarkana Women in Leadership Program. She holds a Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix. Today, Christy resides in Dallas, TX.
Mary Grandaw
Mary brings 20+ years’ experience in the wireless industry encompassing a wide scope of industry roles, ranging from Carriers, Certification, Sales, Life Cycle Management, Support and Leadership. As a key contributor, her strategic thinking, and solution-oriented approach has proven to be effective driving successful certification and carrier engagement.
Mary has been with Global Telecom Carrier driving Certification since April 2019. She is a strong contributor to the key growth and success of Global Telecom, including growing customer relationships, and managing successful target outcomes.
Mary Grandaw
Mary brings 20+ years’ experience in the wireless industry encompassing a wide scope of industry roles, ranging from Carriers, Certification, Sales, Life Cycle Management, Support and Leadership. As a key contributor, her strategic thinking, and solution-oriented approach has proven to be effective driving successful certification and carrier engagement.
Mary has been with Global Telecom Carrier driving Certification since April 2019. She is a strong contributor to the key growth and success of Global Telecom, including growing customer relationships, and managing successful target outcomes.