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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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Rezah Williams, MTN Group

Rezah Williams is a revenue assurance, fraud and risk management professional who currently works as MTN Group's Design Authority for RAFM Controls and Processes.Rezah...

Esad Mumdzic, Deutsche Telekom

Esad is currently the Head of Credit Risk Management at Deutsche Telekom, responsible for B2C and SME service lines. He has spent much...

More Awful Bill Complaint Stats from Vodafone

The Vodafone UK billing fiasco extends to 18 months, with new quarterly figures showing Vodafone still prompts more complaints than all their postpaid mobile rivals combined.

Is Revenue Assurance Vital to African Development?

Some suppliers of RA services influence debate about taxes and trade by making unjustified promises to ordinary Africans.

Biggest RAG Event Sparks Even Bigger Ideas

Lacking the objectivity to review the RAG Summer Conference, it makes more sense to relate all the proposals for follow-on activities.

Paul Masters, Ocado

Paul is the Head of Internal Audit and Risk for Ocado, the UK online food retailer. Before he joined Ocado, Paul held a...

Denish Osodo, Safaricom

Denish Osodo is the Director of Internal Audit at Safaricom. As Safaricom's Chief Audit Executive Denish is responsible for leading the team that...

Abhijeet Singh, BICS

Abhijeet Singh is the Fraud Product Manager at wholesale carrier BICS. He has extensive experience of product management, fraud risk consulting, fraud operations,...

Eric Chilton, ex Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Eric Chilton is an expert in security who formerly worked at the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), where he held the rank of...

Commsrisk Top Ten for June 2016

Good advice and shocking news stories ensured Commsrisk traffic was very high throughout June. These were the most popular articles.

A Victory for GRAPA, a Defeat for Professionals

An advert for a highly-paid RA job in a 'telco giant' includes a stipulation that should frighten honest professionals.

Jonjie Sena, Neustar

Jonjie Sena is the Senior Director of Product Marketing at Neustar. With over two decades of experience in the communications industry, Jonjie drives...

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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