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Judith Hellerstein is a globally recognized expert in ICT policy, regulation, and digital transformation. As the Founder and CEO of Hellerstein & Associates, she leads a consultancy dedicated to unlocking digital economy opportunities worldwide. With over 30 years of experience, Judith has designed and implemented policies that drive regulatory reform, foster competition, and expand connectivity across Africa, the Pacific, South America, and the Caribbean.

Judith is a passionate advocate for helping to bring connectivity and empower communities. She has designed policies and regulations that create the enabling environment for digital economies including gap analysis, innovation, trade, and e-commerce and creation of frameworks for digital government and digital economy policies and strategies. She has developed Universal Access and Service policies, broadband strategies, and innovative solutions to bridge the digital dividebringing Internet access to remote and underserved regions.

Her expertise spans broadband infrastructure, digital government strategies, competition law, and Internet governance. Prior to founding her firm, Judith held key roles at the Federal Communications Commissions International Bureau, MCI Communications, and Vice President Gores Reinventing Government Office, where she spearheaded several high-profile transformation and digital government initiatives.

Judith specializes in crafting policies that enable digital economies, including legislative gap analyses, e-commerce frameworks, and digital trade strategies. She has advised governments, regulators, international organizations, and private sector clients on digital infrastructure, market reforms, and public-private partnerships. Her work has driven reforms in legal, regulatory, and digital government frameworks, including assignments for the World Bank.

Judith has led and managed several national multi-sectoral legislative and policy gap analyses of ICT and digital economy policies, including work on cyber, data protection, e-commerce and e-signature. She has also undertaken and led several regional and national assignments for the World Bank resulting in reforms in their legal, regulatory, ICT, and digital government frameworks.

Judith has assisted agencies, public and private sector agencies to locate project & infrastructure finance for their projects and helped clients develop public private partnerships. She has worked with actors across stakeholder groups in the Internet ecosystem to develop and manage Internet-related projects and campaigns.

Judith is a member of the US State Department's International Telecommunications Advisory Council and has worked with representative of US Government Agencies, private sector companies and others in Industry to help draft US position papers, resolutions, and proposals for the ITU (WCIT, WTDC, WSIS, Study Groups on Internet Public Policy, Plenipotentiary), regional telecom forums, e.g., CITEL, and other related telecom forums. She is very familiar with ITU's interconnection regulations and standards as well as with ITU Study Groups, ITU regional initiatives, WSIS Action Lines, and WTDC Resolutions and other groups in the ITU-D and ITU-T Sectors.


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Professional Bio


Judith Hellerstein is a globally recognized expert in ICT policy, regulation, and digital transformation. As the Founder and CEO of Hellerstein & Associates, she leads a consultancy dedicated to unlocking digital economy opportunities worldwide. With over 30 years of experience, Judith has designed and implemented policies that drive regulatory reform, foster competition, and expand connectivity across Africa, the Pacific, South America, and the Caribbean.

Judith is a passionate advocate for helping to bring connectivity and empower communities. She has designed policies and regulations that create the enabling environment for digital economies including gap analysis, innovation, trade, and e-commerce and creation of frameworks for digital government and digital economy policies and strategies. She has developed Universal Access and Service policies, broadband strategies, and innovative solutions to bridge the digital dividebringing Internet access to remote and underserved regions.

Her expertise spans broadband infrastructure, digital government strategies, competition law, and Internet governance. Prior to founding her firm, Judith held key roles at the Federal Communications Commissions International Bureau, MCI Communications, and Vice President Gores Reinventing Government Office, where she spearheaded several high-profile transformation and digital government initiatives.

Judith specializes in crafting policies that enable digital economies, including legislative gap analyses, e-commerce frameworks, and digital trade strategies. She has advised governments, regulators, international organizations, and private sector clients on digital infrastructure, market reforms, and public-private partnerships. Her work has driven reforms in legal, regulatory, and digital government frameworks, including assignments for the World Bank.

Judith has led and managed several national multi-sectoral legislative and policy gap analyses of ICT and digital economy policies, including work on cyber, data protection, e-commerce and e-signature. She has also undertaken and led several regional and national assignments for the World Bank resulting in reforms in their legal, regulatory, ICT, and digital government frameworks.

Judith has assisted agencies, public and private sector agencies to locate project & infrastructure finance for their projects and helped clients develop public private partnerships. She has worked with actors across stakeholder groups in the Internet ecosystem to develop and manage Internet-related projects and campaigns.

Judith holds a Masters in Public Policy (MPP) from Columbia Universitys School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), where she focused on International Management and was awarded a Public Fellowship. She is also a widely published author on ICT policy and digital economy issues.

Judith is a member of the US State Department's International Telecommunications Advisory Council and has worked with representative of US Government Agencies, private sector companies and others in Industry to help draft US position papers, resolutions, and proposals for the ITU (WCIT, WTDC, WSIS, Study Groups on Internet Public Policy, Plenipotentiary), regional telecom forums, e.g., CITEL, and other related telecom forums. She is very familiar with ITU's interconnection regulations and standards as well as with ITU Study Groups, ITU regional initiatives, WSIS Action Lines, and WTDC Resolutions and other groups in the ITU-D and ITU-T Sectors.


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