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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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Debdatta Mallick, PCCW Global

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Peter Coulter, AT&T

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Deutsche Telekom Expert Says Risk Should Be Embedded in RA Tools

Gina Pesheva pleaded for vendors to deliver more sophisticated tools whilst speaking at the Risk & Assurance Group.

Sebastian Milczanowski, Vodafone Group

Sebastian Milczanowski is the Head of Margin Assurance at Vodafone Group. In his current role Sebastian is accountable for revenue and cost assurance...

Eric Burger, Georgetown University

Eric Burger is the Research Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University and a high-ranking advisor to government and business on security and risk...

From Losing CDRs to Losing Cars…

Verizon's purchase of a vehicle-tracking business shows how telco business models are evolving, and why assurance roles need to evolve as well.

John Cunningham, Lumen

John Cunningham is a Director of Fraud Management Operations and Corporate Security at US telco Lumen. Lumen is the second largest US communications...

Tariq Isaksson, Etisalat Group

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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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