Leticia Latino van-Splunteren

CEO/Podcaster/Author/International Speaker

With over 25 years’ experience in the telecom industry Leticia Latino-van Splunteren went from working for Merrill Lynch and telecom giant Nortel Networks to accepting the challenge of extending the legacy of her family business, founded by her father in Venezuela in 1972, by establishing it in the US back in 2002. Neptuno Group has helped deploy some of the first cellular networks in the Americas where they have built over 10,000 Towers.
She was appointed CEO of Neptuno USA, Corp in 2017. Under her leadership, Neptuno has patented several tower designs and has applied 3-Dimensional technologies to Site Surveys, Tower Mapping and Virtual Telecom Assets Libraries. The company also contributed to the development of NAAP, an AI fueled Telecom Asset Management Software, geared to help manage Asset Life-cycles, and is taking an active role in the Smart Cities movement
through their innovative multi-host, multipurpose Smart Pole, branded as SmartTecPort.
Leticia was included in the 2023 Most connected Women in Telecom by Conecta Latam, and is a recipient of multiple recognitions, including the ‘Women in IoT’ award by Connected Magazine, Revolutionary CEO’s by Aspioneer and one of the 30 most influential Leaders in Tech by Insight Success. In early 2022 she was appointed by the United States Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Rosenworcel to serve in the Telecommunications Interagency Working Group, which was
formed as a requirement of the Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act and was tasked to present a recommendations report to US Congress on how to address the Telecommunications workforce.
She was also an appointed Working Group Member to the FCC Diversity and Equity Council and to the FCC’s Broadband Development Advisory Committee. She is a member of the Board of Governors of the National Wireless Safety Alliance and sits on several Boards including the SmartCities Expo Miami Advisory Board, The Global Telecom Women’s Network and The Acceleration Project.