Sietse van der Gaast

Co-chair of the Wireless Network Evolution Working Group

Sietse van der Gaast is a Senior Enforcement Officer at the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) in the Netherlands. He holds an Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Twente, and gathered over 25 years of experience in the telecommunication and Information and Communications Technology industry before joining ACM in March 2022.

He previously worked for the Dutch advisory firm Stratix, and was active as project leader or expert in a variety of projects concerning fixed and mobile infrastructures, but also including topics such as datacentres, Internet of Things, Programme Making and Special Events and optical wireless communication, involving policy advice, technology advice, business strategy and tendering of fixed and mobile infrastructure. Earlier he worked for Bell Labs Research and was active in the European Telecommunications Standards Institute standardisation, representing Alcatel-Lucent.