Jamie Laguna Ramirez, Business Development Manager, Nokia
Jaime Laguna is the Global Business Development Leader for Oil & Gas and Mining in Nokia. He has been working for Nokia 24+ years, most of them dedicated into the Energy Segment. Before coming to the US, as Global Oil & Gas and Mining resource, he was Business Development Manager for South East Asia and later Asia Pacific region in the Energy segment, supporting Mining and Oil & Gas markets. Originally from Mexico, back in 2001, he was the Key Account Manager for Strategic Industries division, working directly with local and international EPC’s and Mexico’s Oil State Company.

Main activities and projects are related to the development of Wireless Technologies, Telecom Packages for surface and underground mining, upstream offshore and onshore assets, refineries and LNG Plants were Mission Critical Networks are required looking also into the development and interoperability of applications and Digital Transformation. He has a bachelor’s degree in Science in Electronic and Communications Engineering, with a Post Grade in Finance.

Martin Veitch, Writer, Mining Magazine
Martin Veitch is a freelance writer, analyst and contributor to Mining Magazine. He has been writing about business and technology for over 30 years. Martin is the former editor of titles including IT Week, ZDNet, CIO and IDG Connect and he has contributed to many other publications and media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian and the BBC. He has met and interviewed luminaries including Steve Ballmer, Michael Dell, Mike Lynch, Mark Hurd, Scott McNealy and Mark Shuttleworth.