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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.

Articles by This Author

Customer Survey Reveals Vodafone Billing Woes

A regulatory report contains four statistics that show how problems with Vodafone UK mobile phone bills are severely undermining customer satisfaction.

Paul Lia, SIGOS

Paul is the Business Development Director for the RA and fraud services of SIGOS GmbH. Paul has plenty of experience in the telecoms...

Nick Mann, Security and Risk Innovator

Nick is an internationally recognised fraud, security, risk and trust innovator. At the Summer RAG Nick will contribute to our panel debate about fraud...

Ray Green, Focus Data

Ray Green is a Director of Focus Data Services Ltd. Focus Data Services are a leading provider of systems for law enforcement, helping...

Per-Olof Ahlstrom, PwC

Per-Olof is a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Prior to PwC, Per-Olof has worked with companies like EE, T-Mobile, Orange and TT Electronics. His focus is...

Privacy of a Message, Privacy of a Medium

A recent legal case clarifies that relying on practical common sense is a better way to protect privacy than fighting over the interpretation of the law.

Anat Hoida, FICO

As the Telecommunications Practice Lead for FICO in the EMEA region, Anat has responsibility for the sales and marketing of FICO’s industry-leading decision management...

Zain Group Appoints Chief Risk Officer

Commenting on the promotion of AbdulGhaffar Setareh to the new position of CRO, Zain Group CEO Scott Gegenheimer said risk management is "a top priority".

Mark Yelland, Author of Revenue Assurance for Service Providers

Mark is a highly experienced consultant who led RA teams at Thus and Cable & Wireless. This March the closing panel at RAG...

Pat Turner, TUFF

For over ten years Pat has been a member of the board of the Telecommunications UK Fraud Forum (TUFF) and the Mobile Industry Crime...

Tim Haentjens, Araxxe

Tim works for Araxxe as their VP of Sales for the EMEA and APAC regions. Araxxe provides monitoring services to the communications industry...

Amdocs Buys Cvidya

Customers of the Israeli assurance software firm have been told about the acquisition by Amdocs, confirming rumors which first surfaced in November.

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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