Management
Claude Achcar is the Founder and Managing Director of Actel. Claude resides in Hong Kong and has been working and living in Asia since 1995. He began his career as a research associate with CRIM in Canada. During eleven years with Nortel Networks, Claude held an extensive range of responsibilities including engineering, product marketing, program management, business development and sales on Nortel’s comprehensive enterprise as well as service provider wireline and wireless portfolio.
More recently, Claude built up the Asian operations of Ciena, a leading intelligent optical networking vendor, from a greenfield start. He established and developed the Asia Pacific HQ in Hong Kong followed by regional offices in Seoul, Singapore, and Beijing while continuously expanding the Tokyo office. Claude built a self-sustaining organization achieving significant revenue growth in each year of operation.
Claude is a telecom engineer by training and holds a B.S. and M.S. Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Canada and an MBA from McGill University.
Actel has assembled a successful leadership team throughout Asia Pacific and Middle East / North Africa. All team members possess extensive experience, skills, qualifications, relationships, and proven track record within their respective markets. All are fully committed to seek opportunities and efficiently complete all required tasks. As a unit, the team is a self motivated, resourceful and highly dependable asset to any business partnership. Prior to joining Actel, the regional market directors had achieved senior management positions with leading vendors including Cisco, Juniper, Alcatel, Ericsson, Agilent, Intec, and Nokia. Their present position within Actel extends the scope of their careers with new challenges and exciting business endeavours.