Mr. Sidney de Weever has been involved in Telecommunications for over twenty-six (26) years, starting at the age of sixteen (16) at East Caribbean Cellular (ECC) as an apprentice while attending the St. Josephus Technical School on Curacao.

He also interned at what was the Radio Holland at that time and now C3 and remained with the company as a part-timer for about five (5) years and it is during that period, Sidney came in contact with the Dutch Military who he assisted with the setting up of emergency communications at the onset of the hurricane season. Sidney found the work that the military executed a perfect fit for him, whereby he could combine his love of Telecommunications, being outdoors and traveling all in one.

After completing the Roman Catholic Technical Collage in Curacao, Sidney went on to the Netherlands to pursue his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics at the Technical School of Leeuwarden.

Alas the calling of a military life was too great to ignore, whereby Sidney joined the Royal Dutch Navy, where he obtained the rank of Junior Officer within the Weapons and Ship systems division, with a specialty in Telecommunication and Electronic warfare.

Sidney had several tours onboard several Dutch battle ships, ultimately he wanted to be close to home, so he requested to be transferred to Navy base Parera on Curacao.

While on Curacao Sidney was in charge of RF communications for the Dutch arm forces that was stationed on Curacao, Aruba, he also was the Telecommunications and ship-systems specialist for the Dutch Coast Guard in the Caribbean.

His time in the military rapidly came to an end and Sidney headed back to St. Maarten, but before he left Curacao, he was contacted by Bureau Telecommunications and Post Netherlands Antilles (BTPNA) indicating to him, that they were in search of a Telecoms inspector for the Island of St. Maarten.

Sidney did not miss this opportunity and solicited for the job, whereby a new chapter within the world of Telecommunications began for him.

Within a short time of working at BTPNA St. Maarten’s office, Sidney became station head, where he was responsible for the St. Maarten office and its operations, he also was the contact person for all Telecommunications maters originating from the Islands of Saba and St. Eustatius.

On the 10^th of October 2010, St. Maarten obtained its separate status, whereby the regulatory agency was decentralized and St. Maarten now had its own regulatory authority.

At this point Sidney became the Head of the Technical department of the newly formed entity up to present.