Joseph O'Konek
Chief Executive Officer

Joseph O'Konek is appointed the Chief Executive Officer of CSL Limited which operates Hong Kong¡¦s first and largest mobile network. He was previously Executive Vice President of 3S Network, Inc., a privately held wireless engineering firm based in Bellevue, WA. Prior to joining 3S, Joseph led the prepaid and convergence billing software product line for Nokia Siemens Networks in Munich, Germany as Global Head of Business Support Systems.  He joined Nokia in 2005 in Espoo, Finland, as Global Practice Head for the Network Design and Service Management & Performance Consulting Practices. Before joining Nokia he served as COO and Interim CFO for Singlestep Technologies, an autonomic computer software company partnering with IBM, providing IT Network process automation software, based in Seattle.

Joseph has spent the past 29 years infusing teams with a passion for developing, marketing and delivering innovative products and services. His personal leadership, combined with strategic development, marketing, sales and operations expertise, has allowed him to take leading-edge products and services businesses from start-up phase to profitability.

He is known for creating performance led businesses where his superiors, peers and direct reports uniformly acknowledge him for guiding his organizations in their personal development by supporting harmony between their work and personal lives.

Joseph began his business career in 1981 with AT&T, he moved into the wireless industry in 1984 with US WEST Cellular where his career progressed through developmental roles in sales, marketing and customer service to become an Executive Director and Regional General Manager. In 1993 he became Chief Operating Officer for EuroTel Praha, in the Czech Republic. From 1997 to 2002, he was the President of Far EasTone Telecommunications in Taipei, Taiwan.

Joseph is or has been an advisory director to several companies including:  Zalag, a company focused on improving the relevancy of search; GoTv, planning to bring next generation pay TV services to APAC: , Cherry Picks, a Hong Kong based mobile marketing firm; and Stadeon, a multiplayer, multi-platform mobile gaming company, acquired by Yahoo in 2005.  Joseph was a co-founder and director for get2all, a multi-media messaging provider. 

Joseph holds a Master of Science in Education and Administration from National University, San Diego, CA, and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education from the University of Minnesota, Duluth.  He pursued post graduate studies at the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD) in Fontainebleau, France, working on strategic business development and leadership competencies.