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.

Articles by This Author

Hack of Polish Telco Mixes Crime with Politics

The real hack of Polish telco Netia has been used to draw attention to a lot of faked documents, created by people with a political motive.

Andreas Manolis, BT

Andreas is the Head of Innovation & Strategy for BT Group Business Services. He is a highly experienced telecoms professional whose knowledge of...

Simon Walsh, Telefónica UK

Simon is the Head Of Disclosure at Telefónica UK, which trades commercially in the UK using the O2 brand. He is responsible for...

The TMF, Surveys, RA and Risk: An Interview with Rene Felber

Rene explains his goals for the TM Forum RA team and calls on the TMF to focus on the needs of practitioners.

Ģirts Kaimiņš, Tele2 Latvia

Ģirts is the Fraud Prevention and Security Manager at Tele2 Latvia. He has specialised in information security and fraud management since he joined...

Pauline Kieleko, Safaricom

Pauline Kieleko is Head of Revenue Assurance at Safaricom, a leading network operator in Kenya. She is responsible for billing assurance, platform integrity,...

WeDo Uses AI to Judge Your Personality

Machines can crawl the web for data in order to anticipate how we think and feel. That will allow them to treat good customers well, and identify people who pose a threat.

Hilary Onuorah, MTN Nigeria

Hilary Onuorah is responsible for IT audits at MTN Nigeria. He is an innovative telecommunications professional with more than 14 years’ hands-on experience...

Nixon Wampamba, MTN Nigeria

Nixon Wampamba is the General Manager for RAFM at MTN Nigeria. He has over 20 years of experience in revenue assurance, fraud management,...

Mike Morley-Fletcher, Macmillan Cancer Support

Mike Morley-Fletcher is the Head of Risk & Assurance at Macmillan Cancer Support, one of the largest charities in the UK. In total...

When I First Learned…

A Brazilian programmer has a message about education that is relevant to anyone working in a technology-driven industry, and especially to risk and assurance professionals.

Neural Revamps Brand and Continues to Recruit

The vendor has a new logo, new name for its product line and is taking on new staff in the UK, Singapore and Malaysia.

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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