President – Board of Trustees | SubOptic Foundation

Founder – CEO | StratWorks, Inc

Independent Board Member | Padtec

Co-Founder & Board Advisor | Seafields Solutions, Ltd

Former CEO and Executive Chairman | GlobeNet Cabos Submarinos

Erick Contag is a seasoned strategist driven by his passion for building and managing sustainable digital infrastructures. With over 25 years of executive management, entrepreneurship, marketing & sales, and business development experience, he specializes in building high-performance teams, fostering growth, and scalability.

Mr. Contag has been responsible for managing C-level relationships and telecommunications / high-technology projects for start-up enterprises through large multi-national and Global 100 companies. He has proven success in starting, building, and operating telecommunications / subsea networks, and colocation / data centers infrastructure and high-tech businesses. Mr. Contag was awarded three times the Global Telecoms Business Power 100 Award, an honor bestowed upon the most powerful 100 executives in the telecom industry.

Erick has held executive positions in the U.S. and Latin America and serves on the Board of Directors of several companies and industry associations.  Erick believes in giving back to society through education and research programs.

Mr. Contag holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tulsa, U.S. and an Executive Engineering Management certification from Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA).  More recently, he attended the Executive Program at Singularity University.