Afeite Dadja

Afeite Dadja is the Director of Cybersecurity at CTIA. Afeite has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications field. Afeite started their career as a Principal Engineer at LCC International and then became a Manager of Engineering Services at LCC. In 2004, they joined Andrew Corporation as a Program Manager. Afeite left Andrew Corporation in 2007 to join Televate, LLC, where they worked as a Senior Principal Consultant until 2021.

Afeite Dadja completed a professional certificate in budget and finance from Georgetown University. They then went on to obtain a Master of Engineering in cybersecurity strategy from the same school. For their undergraduate studies, they majored in physics at Université Grenoble Alpes and later obtained a Master of Science in engineering with a focus on telecommunications from Télécom Paris. In addition to their academic credentials, Afeite Dadja also holds certifications from the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and from the Scrum Alliance as a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM).

Afeite Dadja reports to Melanie Tiano, AVP, Cybersecurity & Privacy.