{"page_id":4,"name":"William Barney","company":"Asian Century Equity","position":"Founder & CEO","bio":"During his 25-year tenure as an investor, board member and CEO in Asia, Bill Barney was fortunate to assemble and manage some of the strongest performing management teams in the region. These teams consistently achieved the industry's highest growth rates for both ebitda and revenue growth. \r\n\r\nAcross the telecom and technology sectors, Bill has been an advocate for regulatory and industry change and a major proponent of Cloud Computing and Open networks. He regularly participates in industry meetings and keynoted major conferences including the Pacific Telecommunications Council and CommunicAsia, \r\n\r\nIn 2008 Bill was named CEO of the Year by TelecomAsia. Bill was voted Best Asia Pacific Telecom Executive by readers of CommsDay in 2009. Finally in 2017 Bill was given the Data Center Achievement Award at the annual the Data Cloud Asia Awards and was later recognized as one of the \"100 Most Influential CEO's in Telecom\" . In 2018 Bill was recognized by the Economic Times as the Top CEO to work for in India and was given the prestigious Broad Group award for Thought Leadership in Data Centers in 2019. In 2023 Bill was recognized by the PTC for his Leadership with the Richard Barber Lifetime Achievement Award.","twitter_url":null,"linkedin_url":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/william-barney-99b07063\/","filename":"AHExTFAdp9zGK8IVLDBv4iZSzxm4pTVMow98SMDf.jpg","status":"1","sort_order":84,"updated_at":"2023-01-30T14:09:38.000000Z","created_at":"2023-01-30T14:09:38.000000Z","id":84}