Ellie Sweeney has worked in the global telecommunications industry for over 20 years. Currently, Ellie is the Chief Operating Officer at Vocus, leading the CTO, CISO, Engineering, Operations, Delivery, Assurance, Commercial and Digital Transformation teams. Prior to Vocus, Ellie held senior leadership roles at Telstra, including Executive Director Global Sales, where she was based in Hong Kong and led the international business across 22 countries. Prior to that, she held the role of Executive Director Solution Sales, leading the domestic and global sales teams across voice, mobile, data, cloud, UC, security, managed services, industry solutions and alliances.
Ellie has worked across Asia, EMEA, Americas and Australia and across consumer, business, enterprise, government and wholesale segments. She has a passion for building and leading teams across the global telco markets, and has a strong track record in developing, meeting and exceeding business objectives in the telco, media, and advertising space. Her ambition is to become a better “purpose led” leader. Ellie holds a Bachelor of Business Degree from the University of Technology, Sydney.