Andy Palmer-Felgate | Submarine Cable Engineer
Meta

  Andy Palmer-Felgate is responsible for marine engineering and route planning of submarine cable systems at Meta and serves as Acting President of the North America Submarine Cable Association.  Andy is also a Director and Executive Committee member of the International Submarine Cable Protection Committee and a member of the ITU Advisory Body on Submarine Cable Resilience. Prior to joining Meta (Facebook) in 2016 Andy spent a decade with Verizon and worked on submarine cable construction, operations, and maintenance primarily in the Asia-Pac region. Earlier in his career Andy was part of the Marine Operations team at Alcatel Submarine Networks. Andy holds a MSc in Hydrographic Surveying from University College London, a BSc in Ocean Science from the University of Wales, and a Diploma in Law of the Sea from the Rhodes Academy.