Team Profiles – Europe

Biographical information about all WRTC2014 competitors. Teams consist of two operators. The Team Leader (TL) qualified for their region and was open to select any operator as their Teammate (TM).

CT1ILT Filipe Lopes

Team: Western Europe 1 (Team Leader)

Country: Portugal

Age: 27

Occupation: Telecom engineer

CT1BOH José Nunes

Team: Western Europe 1

Country: Portugal

Age: 47

Occupation: Director at Bank Espirito Santo (BES); Head of BES Web Sites and Internet Banking Operations

F8DBF Sebastien Le Gall

Team: Western Europe 2 (Team Leader)

Country: France

Age: 34

Occupation: Technician on Logistics and Management

F1AKK Olivier “Oli” Seizelet

Team: Western Europe 2

Country: France

Age: 36

Occupation: Truck Driver

M0CFW/JK3GAD Kazunori “Kazu” Watanabe

Team: Western Europe 3 (Team Leader)

Country: Great Britain

Age: 43

Occupation: Equity Market Specialist, iOS App Developer

GI0RTN Gerry Lynch

Team: Western Europe 3

Country: Ireland

Age: 36

Occupation: Director of Communications for Church of England Diocese

G0CKV Olof Lundberg

Team: Western Europe 4 (Team Leader)

Country: Great Britain

Age: 70

Occupation: International Telecom/Satellite Industry, Retired

M0DXR Mark Haynes

Team: Western Europe 4

Country: Great Britain

Age: 30

Occupation: Project Manager Aerospace & Defense Industry

F4DXW Stephane Van Langhenhoven

Team: Western Europe 5 (Team Leader)

Country: France

Age: 36

Occupation: Boatswain, French Navy

F8CMF Sebastien Bajulaz

Team: Western Europe 5

Country: France

Age: 31

Occupation: Manager, IT Industry

LX2A Philippe Lutty 

Team: Central Europe, Team 1 (Team Leader)

Country: Luxembourg

Age: 32

Occupation: Civil Engineering, M.Sc. (Water/Environment)

YO3JR Andy Ruse

Team: Central Europe, Team 1

Country: Romania

Age: 34

Occupation: Psychologist

IK2NCJ Luca Aliprandi

Team: Central Europe, Team 2 (Team Leader)

Country: Italy

Age: 45

Occupation: Product manager in furniture company

IK2QEI Stefano Brioschi

Team: Central Europe, Team 2

Country: Italy

Age: 41

Occupation: Networking System Engineer

DJ5MW Manfred Wolf

Team: Central Europe 3 (Team Leader)

Country: Germany

Age: 42

Occupation: Time/workflow management for Deutsche Post DHL

DL1IAO Stefan von Baltz

Team: Central Europe 3

Country: Germany

Age: 38

Occupation: Ophthalmologist

IK1HJS Carlo De Mari

Team: Central Europe 4 (Team Leader)

Country: Italy

Age: 52

Occupation: Owner of a local commercial wireless network

I4UFH Fabio Schettino

Team: Central Europe 4

Country: Italy

Age: 54

Occupation: Sales Manager for international renewable energy company

DL1QQ Alexandra Raeker

Team: Central Europe 5 (Team Leader)

Country: Germany

Age: 38

Occupation: Police Officer, Detective Chief Inspector

DL8DYL Irina Stieber

Team: Central Europe 5

Country: Germany

Age: 40

Occupation: Sales/marketing, Local Newspaper

ES5TV Tonno Vahk

Team: Northern Europe 1 (Team Leader)

Country: Estonia

Age: 36

Occupation: Private equity investments manager

ES2RR Toivo Hallikivi

Team: Northern Europe 1

Country: Estonia

Age: 49

Occupation: Solution Manager in sales and marketing of cellular network equipment

LY9A Gediminas Lucinskas

Team: Northern Europe 2 (Team Leader)

Country: Lithuania

Age: 58

Occupation: Telecommunications Engineer

LY4L Mindaugas “Mindis” Jukna

Team: Northern Europe 2

Country: Lithuania

Age: 38

Occupation: Business Process Expert – ERP / Oracle EBS

OH2UA Toni Lindén                            

Team: Northern Europe 3 (Team Leader)

Country: Finland

Age: 34

Occupation: CEO of ICT startup company

OH6KZP Kim Östman

Team: Northern Europe 3

Country: Finland

Age: 35

Occupation: Research Engineer, radio frequency microelectronics

YL1ZF Kaspars Uztics

Team: Northern Europe 4 (Team Leader)

Country: Latvia

Age: 36

Occupation: Field radio engineer

YL2GQT Andris “Andy” Blums

Team: Northern Europe 4

Country: Latvia

Age: 42

Occupation: Telecommunication

OE3DIA Ivan Dobrocky

Team: Eastern Europe 1 (Team Leader)

Country: Austria

Age: 52

Occupation: Medical doctor – Radiologist

E77DX Emir “Braco” Memic

Team: Eastern Europe 1

Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Age: 40

Occupation: HF Engineering/Tower and Antennas building/Transportation

OM2VL László “Laci” Végh

Team: Eastern Europe 2 (Team Leader)

Country: Slovakia

Age: 43

Occupation: Basic School Teacher

OM3RM Tibor “Tibi” Ferenec

Team: Eastern Europe 2

Country: Slovakia

Age: 57

Occupation: Owner of OM Power

OM3BH Rastislav Hrnko

Team: Eastern Europe 3 (Team Leader)

Country: Slovakia

Age: 46

Occupation: Planning operation of power grid – National Dispatching Centrum

OM3GI Jozef Lang

Team: Eastern Europe 3

Country: Slovakia

Age: 54

Occupation: Telecommunication engineer

OE2VEL Wolfgang “Wolf” Klier

Team: Eastern Europe 4 (Team Leader)

Country: Austria

Age: 55

Occupation: Managing Director, Industrial Electronics Company

OE5OHO Oliver Huber

Team: Eastern Europe 4

Country: Austria

Age: 39

Occupation: IT Manager

S50A Tine Brajnik

Team: Eastern Europe 5 (Team Leader)

Country: Slovenia

Age: 64

Occupation: Brigadier General retired

S57AW Robert Bajuk

Team: Eastern Europe 5

Country: Slovenia

Age: 43

Occupation: Public administration, Emergency Call Centre Manager

9A6XX Hrle Horvat

Team: Southeast Europe 1 (Team Leader)

Country: Croatia

Age: 30

Occupation: Business IT Consultant

9A1UN Davor “Dave” Kucelin

Team: Southeast Europe 1

Country: Croatia

Age: 29

Occupation: Hotel reception desk manager

9A5K Kresimir Kovarik

Team: Southeast Europe 2 (Team Leader)

Country: Croatia

Age: 39

Occupation: IT solutions consultant, software development

9A1TT Richard Riley

Team: Southeast Europe 2

Country: Croatia

Age: 43

Occupation: Owner and Managing Director of multi-lingual 24×7 network operations and consumer care centre (tango.hr)

4O3A Ranko Boca

Team: Southeast Europe 3 (Team Leader)

Country: Montenegro

Age: 53

Occupation: Telecom Engineer – broadcast production, Helicopter pilot

9A3A Ivo Pezer

Team: Southeast Europe 3

Country: Croatia

Age: 53

Occupation: Chief Property Management in United Nations Global Service Center

UR0MC Roman Tkachenko

Team: Southeast Europe 4 (Team Leader)

Country: Ukraine

Age: 44

Occupation: Electronics Engineer, Entrepreneur.

VE3DZ Yuri Onipko

Team: Southeast Europe 4

Country: Canada

Age: 53

Occupation: RF Engineer, Owner and CEO of Rig Expert Canada

UU4JMG Andrey Kotovsky

Team: Southeast Europe 5 (Team Leader)

Country: Ukraine

Age: 28

Occupation:

UU0JM Andy Kazantsev

Team: Southeast Europe 5

Country: Ukraine

Age: 40

Occupation: Marine Search and Rescue Service – Head of Coast Radio Center of Sea Area A1 GMDSS

RX3APM Sergey Dyachenko

Team: European Russia 1 (Team Leader)

Country: Russia

Age: 42

Occupation:

RV1AW Andrey Karpov

Team: European Russia 1

Country: Russia

Age: 45

Occupation: Telecom/semiconductor production

UA3DPX Andrey Melanin

Team: European Russia 2 (Team Leader)

Country: Russia

Age: 52

Occupation: Owner of Telecom Company

UA4FER Igor Korolkov

Team: European Russia 2

Country: Russia

Age: 54

Occupation: Vice-director of local media company

RL3FT Yury Hmelenko

Team: European Russia 3 (Team Leader)

Country: Russia

Age: 26

Occupation: Engineer – UHF antenna systems

RA3CO Dmitri Kryukov

Team: European Russia 3

Country: Russia

Age: 41

Occupation: Founding partner of an asset management organization

W2RE Ray Higgins

Team: North America 2 (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 48

Occupation: Co-founder and station engineer RemoteHamRadio.com

IZ1LBG Filippo Vairo

Team: Youth Team (Team Leader)

Country: Italy

Age: 23

Occupation: Student

WQ2N Paul Whitman

Team: Youth Team

Country: USA

Age: 22

Occupation: Graduate Student, Seton Hall University (Diplomacy and International Relations)

LZ4AX Alex Avramov

Team: Wild Card #1 (Team Leader)

Country: Bulgaria

Age: 45

Occupation: Research Scientist, cloud and aerosol microphysics

LZ3FN Christo Ignatov

Team: Wild Card #1

Country: Bulgaria

Age: 42

Occupation: Dentist

DK6XZ Suad Zukic

Team: Wild Card #2

Country: Germany

Age: 45

Occupation: CEO, Owner of an Office for Commerce and Project Management; International trade with industrial plants and construction machinery.

DK9IP Win Kriegl

Team: Wild Card #2

Country: Germany

Age: 53

Occupation: Insurance Adjuster – machinery, printing machines, and product liability

RW1A Vlad Aksenov

Team: Defending Champions (Team Leader)

Country: Russia

Age: 47

Occupation: Commercial Director, RF Engineer, Amateur Radio company

RA1A Alexey Mikhailov

Team: Defending Champions

Country: Russia

Age: 35

Occupation: Founder, CEO, Telecommunication company

OH2BH Martti Laine

Team: Team Azores – Sponsored Team (Team Leader)

Country: Finland

Age: 67

Occupation: International Marketing & Sales Executive, Retired

OH2MM Ville Hiilesmaa

Team: Radio Azores Sponsored Team

Country: Finland

Age: 70

Occupation: Obstetrician, Retired