Telsyte has been a trusted source of market intelligence and advice to the Australian telecom industry for over a decade.
Some of our highly regarded and key team members consist of:
- Mevan Jayatilleke , Managing Director
- Warren Chaisatien, Research Director/Principal Analyst - Mobile & Wireless
- Samia Jawed, Research Analyst - Carrier & Broadband Market
- Gary Tsang , Associate Analyst
- Pallavi Agarwal, Equity Analyst
- Peter M. Pain, Sales and Marketing
Mevan Jayatilleke
Managing Director
Mevan is the Managing Director of Telsyte, responsible for the company’s business operations, directions and research/consulting activities. In addition to managing the business, has responsibilities for marketing, heading up custom research projects, staff development and management of the quality system, and resource management. Mevan is also involved in sourcing and securing new business opportunities.
Mevan has over 10 years experience in the telecommunications industry in Australia and the United States. His areas of specialisation include telecommunication & IT technical, strategic & business consulting, procurement, solution architecture, process reengineering and project management. He also has extensive technical experience in broadband transmission and access networks and blended IT and telecommunication solutions.
Warren Chaisatien
Research Director
Principal Analyst - Mobile & Wireless
Warren is Telsyte's Research Director and Mobile & Wireless Principal Analyst, responsible for the company's wireless and mobility research and consulting practice. In addition, he manages Telsyte's overall research activities and was instrumental in establishing Telsyte's three research competency areas and repositioning the company as Australia's leading independent telecom market research consultancy.
Drawing on over a decade of international ICT experience spanning North America and Asia Pacific, Warren is well known for the insights and practical advice he provides to industry players and end-users alike. His areas of expertise include new technology and market opportunity assessments, carrier and vendor strategies, and end-user analysis. He has spearheaded numerous industry-first research and consulting initiatives in such areas as Enterprise Mobility, Consumer Mobile, and Fixed-Mobile Convergence. Having written more than 120 papers and frequently quoted in leading business newspapers and trade publications, Warren is a recognised thought leader in the mobile and convergence space, and also a regular speaker at industry events.
Before joining Telsyte, Warren was Research Manager at IDC, where he spent seven years covering the Canadian and Australian telecom markets and received multiple awards for his work. Prior to IDC, he served as Marketing Operations Manager and Sales Representative with IBM ASEAN, Communications Sector.
Samia Jawed
Research Analyst - Carrier & Broadband
Samia is Telsyte Research Analyst, specialising in the fixed line connectivity market. Moreover, her expertise lies in the benchmarking and analysis of telecom service pricing. Samia has been instrumental to the redesign of Telsyte's Instant Benchmark database, the launch of the Instant Forecast database, and the regular updates of these online products. Apart from market research, Samia has been highly active in the delivery of a wide range of custom consulting projects, including customised price benchmarks, backhaul service provider analysis, DSLAM infrastructure analysis, and fixed line and wireless broadband competitive assessments.
With a background in engineering, Samia's solid understanding of telecom technologies gives her an unparalleled ability to analyse complex industry trends and developments. Samia joined Telsyte as Associate Analyst in 2005.
Gary is the Associate Analyst at Telsyte. Apart from his involvement in various consulting projects, Gary is especially active in tracking the Enterprise Communications and Mobile & Wireless market, providing industry insights and commentaries.He is also integral to the regular update and maintenance of Telsyte's Instant Benchmark and Instant Forecast online databases.
Gary joined Telsyte in 2008 after completing his B.Eng. (Telecommunications) at the University of New South Wales. Having previous experience at UNSW in a technical and analytic job function, Gary brings a balance of technology and business knowledge to Telsyte.
Pallavi Agarwal
Equity Analyst
pagarwal@telsyte.com.au
+61-2-8297-4607
Pallavi recently joined Telsyte as Equity Analyst for Equity Research Group. She is responsible for conducting detailed and comprehensive operational analysis on Telecommunication companies and providing a qualitative review of the company's operating environment and business outlook.
Pallavi has 3 years experience having worked as an equity analyst in India, where she was responsible for tracking the performance of the economy at macro level with particular attention to specific industries. In addition, preparing research reports based on extensive statistical and fundamental analysis on small and middle caps sectors; evaluate the company stock value & presenting investment strategies to Fund Managers. Pallavi has completed Bachelor of Commerce with Economics Honours and Masters in Business Administration in Finance.
Peter M. Pain B.E.(Elec)
Sales and Marketing
ppain@telsyte.com.au
+61-8297-4619
Peter has extensive experience in the ICT, Aviation and Renewable Energy
industries. Some of the projects that Peter has worked have included business development roles with Telco equipment suppliers in Australia. Peter was instrumental in seeking an alternative direct distribution channel for a major Telco and most recently developed further opened up a key data market segment for a US based equipment supplier. He also built a sales and marketing role for a start-up US Regional Carrier's Carrier from inception.
Peter¹s ICT experience spans a variety of sales and marketing roles in the
ICT industry that has equipped him with a sound knowledge of Telco infrastructure including fibre transmission, long haul and metro WDM, cabling, switching, microwave and short haul digital radio networks, GSM
mobile phone networks and applications of video monitoring across WiFi and 3G mobile networks.
He has experience working in both Asia and Australia where Peter has worked for major corporations including; Rockwell-Collins, HP, Burroughs, and Megadata.
In addition to his sales, business development and marketing expertise,
Peter also has experience in the technical/engineering field offering a
combination of business, marketing and technical insights to Telsyte
clients.
One of Peter¹s key assets is his ability to take a view from the perspective
of the needs of all stakeholders, and develop and apply creative strategies for the benefit of Telsyte's clients.
