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Eric Priezkalns

During his career, Eric has been a Director of Risk Management for a national telco, the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group, a Chief Marketing Officer for a software business, a consultant, a public speaker and the publisher of Commsrisk since its launch in 2006. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.

The comms providers that Eric has worked for include Qatar Telecom, Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky and Worldcom. In addition to his proficiency at speaking about the current scamdemic, Eric is also a qualified chartered accountant and a subject matter expert in consumer protection, enterprise risk management, fraud prevention, data integrity and billing accuracy. Eric was the lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press. He can be reached through the contact form on this website.

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Kathy Romano, Discovery

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The Queen Should Tweet

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Bernice DeMarco, BT

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Ian Peters, Sagacity Solutions

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Ten of the Best, from Ten Years of Blogging

To celebrate a decade of blogging, here is a gift of ten posts that helped to define our discipline and how we approach it.

Ericsson Buys German Consultants Allolio&Konrad

Ericsson has acquired a firm with a track record in assurance. Will it know how to use the consultants that joined their staff?

Bander Aldajani, STC

Bander Aldajani is the Business Assurance Section Manager at STC, the incumbent multiplay telecoms operator in Saudi Arabia. Bander is a highly experienced...

The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard


Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.

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