ALFRED L. VASSALLO - BOBBY VASSALLO

Alfred L. Bobby Vassallo of La Jolla, California, USA, is President and CEO of Valley Wireless Holdings, LLC., an international Telecom company with its home in Austin, Texas, having operations facilities in several countries. Bobby has done all aspects of the industry including acquisition management of International licensing agreements for various International markets, building local partnerships in these countries, and building and staffing necessary network deployments and resulting operations centers.

Alfred (Bobby) Vassallo with President Lahoud of Lebanon, 2002.

Discussions focused on telecom projects, freedom of internet, Christian flight from Lebanon, and other human rights subjects.





Bobby Vassallo and his City Wireless Builders group are wireless experts in the field of city deployments of WiMax/Wifi systems and multiple other technologies in order to achieve a seamless network for Police, Fire, Emergency, Surveillance, Traffic control, Traffic Light control, as well as “Smart Grid” - Smart City uses like remote meter reading.  His “City Wireless Consulting” is active in assisting cities on projects other than those of Valley Wireless.

Valley Wireless and related companies have built and/or consulted on projects in North, Central and South America, as well as design and implementation on other projects, both in Africa and Pacific Rim countries. 

Valley Wireless has covered much of the South Texas Rio Grande Valley, and has a current network covering most of Cameron County including Brownsville, Port Isabel, South Padre Island and Matamoros, Mexico. The wireless networks have survived 3 cyclones/hurricanes over the last 6 years, without losing a services.  All other city systems collapsed during the two direct hits, including Power, Television and Cell Phone services.

Hailing from Dallas, Texas, a long time oil and gas driller-operator, and CEO of a large independent oil company for almost 20 years, Alfred Vassallo became involved in telecommunications through investments made into start-up microwave phone companies in the early eighties.  Bobby has become involved in all phases of telecommunications over the past 25 years. His early Wall Street background has aided him tremendously in venture capital pursuits, funding several companies.

Alfred L. Vassallo, Jr. has earned humanitarian awards for emergency medical relief, and philanthropy has taken him all over the world.  He received a presidential citation (from Reagan) in 1985 for efforts in the Mexico City earthquake disaster, of which the group he led, was responsible for 20% of all aid flown into Mexico (as chairman of Operation Texas) and virtually 100% in the first week of the disaster.

Alfred Bobby Vassallo was given a doctorate in International Rights from AMDH in Mexico City for decades of philanthropy in Mexico.

Vassallo's distribution system of medical supplies, through students and faculty at Universidad de Anahuac, was the city template for future disasters, still used today.  He is considered an “post-earthquake trauma to urban areas” expert.

Known to friends as Bobby Vassallo, he was an original participant of "We are the World," which implemented millions in Africa for famine relief in the mid-1980’s.  Michael Jackson, Kenny Rodgers, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Ritchie and many other celebrities were involved in the undertaking.  Vassallo's group spent time in Africa working with feeding centers and Vassallo worked with UNHCR for water drilling and irrigation projects.

Vassallo has participated in mobile dental clinics in Juarez and Queretero, and contributed to other hospitals in Mexico, including Hospital Escandon in Mexico City. Under his direction, an annual Sight-Flight was deployed to Chiapas, Mexico to do cataract surgeries on indigenous Indians, from some of the oldest tribes on the planet. A group of San Antonio doctors continue the sight-saving practice today, after some 20+ years.  isightmissions

Alfred Vassallo and Nick Costas recently built a hyper baric clinic at Hospital de Horan in Merida, Mexico, for the recovery of cervical cancer surgeries and diabetes-related problems. Merida holds the highest incidence for these illnesses on the planet.  Vassallo and friend, Nick Costas, purchased and refurbished Jacques Cousteau’s personal, 8-man chamber from Cousteau’s brothers after his death.  

Recently, Vassallo was asked to utilize staff to design an emergency wireless network for Haiti, immediately responding with assistance. Current projects are “Tsunami-related wireless emergency networks, in the South Pacific.  Vassallo is the father of three, and resides in La Jolla, California and Austin, Texas.
 
Honorary Doctorate- 2000
Academia Mexicana de Derechos Humanas "AMDH"
Who’s Who in the South & Southwest 1984
Who’s Who in California 1985
Chairman-Operation Texas ‘85-’89
Board member Operation California ‘81-’85 -                     (now Operation USA)
Mexico City Women’s Club- Man of the Year ’87
Speaker-KMI Fiber Consortium Convention, Miami 2000
Speaker-Wireless World, 2004 Los Angeles
Official International Observer-Mexico 2004 Elections
Honored Hero- 2005, 20 year remembrance of Earthquake- ’85 Mexico City Rotary Club

Member:
Top Ten Executives
San Joaquin Geological Society
Austin Technology Council
San Diego Tech Council
Contributing Member - WiMax Forum
City Wireless Builders Group

Alfred Vassallo - Bobby Vassallo, La Jolla, CA