Bio

Elaine Stafford, Managing Partner in the team of undersea cable consultants at DRG Undersea Consulting) has been involved in the planning, engineering and implementation of undersea cable system projects worldwide since the early 1980s. In her role as a consultant, Ms. Stafford has served DRG clients with market research, due-diligence, feasibility studies, business plans, procurement management and project management for undersea cable networks and services in the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, most notably, amongst the new construction projects- PCCS, SEACOM, TE-North, Med Cable and TWA. Prior to joining DRG, Ms. Stafford was an executive at Tyco Telecom, AT&T Submarine Systems and at AT&T Bell Laboratories with undersea (submarine) telecommunications cable responsibilities spanning business development, sales, network engineering, and R&D (system design, system test, and the development of terminal equipment for undersea networks). Ms. Stafford holds a BSEE from Union College and an MSEE from Stanford University. She has been recognized by SubOptic for her outstanding contributions to the organization.