Guillermo Stefanolo: “Region lacks strategic thinking”

Convergencialatina spoke with Guillermo Stefanolo, telecommunications expert and head of Legatel, a consulting firm specialized in integrated engineering projects founded in 1999 and operating in the regional market. Stefanolo's experience includes having been part of the teams that worked on the strategic analysis of the privatizations of the 1990s in Argentina.

Guillermo Stefanolo - Credit: Legatel

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