Aid and International Development Forum 2012 Washington D.C

Building partnerships for relief and development

Joel Schroeder

Joel Schroeder

Business Development Manager, Land Mobile Services

Inmarsat Inc

Joel Schroeder is Business Development Manager and Aid sector lead for Inmarsat’s Land Mobile Services based in Washington, DC. Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) offers aid agencies a mobile voice and broadband data solution that enables access to the Internet in areas where terrestrial communications are poor or non-existent. Prior to joining Inmarsat in 2009, Schroeder spent 2 years consulting on ICT development initiatives in Central Asia and West Africa, following 12 years working in the telecommunications industry in emerging markets.