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Pathways for Progress: Meet our top belt holders

June 24, 2026
12:15-13:15
Growth Stage
Culture transformation
Organizational transformation
Skills transformation

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Pathways for progress is TM Forum’s new industry-wide program designed to solve one of the telco industry’s hardest problems: How to turn transformation ambition into real progress — for people, teams, and organizations. This session brings the new TM Forum 'Belts' program to life — recognizing the leaders already driving real change, sharing the stories behind red and black belt achievements, and showing how leading operators are embedding these pathways into their own internal development and transformation programs.

12:15-12:20
Welcome 

Shuvo Saha, VP Education, TM Forum                

12:20-12:35
Pathways for Progress - what the program is

Shuvo Saha, VP Education, TM Forum      
                    
12:35-12:55    
Fireside chat: Belt holder spotlights - the leaders behind the belts

Moderator: Shuvo Saha, VP Education, TM Forum    
Lester Thomas, Head of New Technologies and Innovation, Vodafone 
Fernando Camacho, PdM, Huawei             

12:55-13:10    
Early adopter voices - why companies are integrating Pathways to Progress internally

Wendhyharto Kusumaatmadja, Group Head Digital Initiative, Telin
Lester Thomas, Head of New Technologies and Innovation, Vodafone

                
13:10-13:15    
Closing remarks

 

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