Courses & Events
Building Sovereign Communications Infrastructure: How ULAP Networks Grew from Asia into a Global Telecom Player
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
04:30 pm - 05:50 pm
Dominic McDonald, Founder & CEO of ULAP, will share his entrepreneurial journey building a global telecommunications platform, highlighting lessons on cross-border growth, leadership, and enabling seamless connectivity for enterprises operating across regions.
Dr. Richard Dasher, Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center, will serve as moderator.
Registration:
- To attend in-person, please RSVP here.
- To attend by Zoom, please register here.
Details
Agenda:
- 4:30 pm – 5:50 pm Discussion and Audience Q&A
Venue:
- Stanford University, Bishop Auditorium, 518 Memorial Way, Stanford, CA 94305 [Google Map]
Parking options:
- Memorial Way, Stanford, CA 94305 [Google Map]
- Lasuen St. and Roth Way, Stanford, CA 94305 [Google Map]
- Please check parking signs carefully to ensure that permitted parking (A or C) and metered spaces are free after 4:00 pm. Paid parking is enforced around The Oval until 6:00 pm.
Speakers
Dominic McDonald
Founder & CEO, ULAP
Dominic McDonald is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive of ULAP Networks, a Singapore-headquartered sovereign communications infrastructure company delivering intelligent cloud connectivity and telephony solutions to enterprise clients across more than 114 countries. Founded in 2017, ULAP has grown from its Asia base into a globally recognized telecom infrastructure player, earning recognition as a Top Global SIP and Cloud Voice vendor by UC Today and becoming a service-provider member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) from Brunei Darussalam.
Under Dominic’s leadership, ULAP has secured telecommunications licenses across multiple jurisdictions — including Brunei, Japan, and Indonesia — and established a presence across all five ASEAN markets, with operations extending into Silicon Valley and partnerships with Fortune 500 enterprises worldwide. ULAP’s sovereign-ready, cloud-agnostic platform enables multinational organizations to navigate complex regulatory environments and deliver resilient communications at scale.
Dominic is a passionate advocate for child online protection and has represented ULAP as a panelist at International Telecommunication Union workshops on the subject.
About ULAP Networks
ULAP Networks is a Singapore-headquartered Sovereign Communications Infrastructure company delivering Borderless Communications Simplified to enterprises across more than 114 countries. Founded in 2017, ULAP has pioneered a new category in global telecom — one built on the premise that enterprises operating across borders should never have to choose between global reach and local compliance.
Through its Smart Cloud Network spanning six continents, ULAP provides high-performance, sovereign-ready connectivity and voice infrastructure — including SBC-as-a-Service (SBCaaS) and SD-WAN — enabling multinational organizations to deploy faster, meet regulatory requirements with confidence, and deliver resilient communications at scale. With deep expertise in complex jurisdictions across APAC, MENA, and LATAM, ULAP bridges advanced and emerging markets in ways that legacy telcos and hyperscalers simply cannot.
Trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises and recognized as a Top Global SIP and Cloud Voice vendor by UC Today, ULAP holds telecommunications licenses across multiple sovereign jurisdictions and is the first and only service-provider member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) from Brunei Darussalam. Strategic partners include Zoom, 8×8, and NTT, among others.
Borderless Communications Simplified.
