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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

Subash Menon and the Vultures

Over the course of 20 years, Subash Menon took the tiny business he founded and turned it into a world-beater, only to loose most...

cVidya in Israel’s Fast 50 for 3rd Year

My spies have tipped me off about some interesting news for cVidya, the Israeli business assurance vendor. cVidya has been ranked amongst Deloitte's...

Dreadful Q2 Proves Need for New Subex Strategy

In Q1, Indian RA supplier Subex presented financial results that were 'tough', but outgoing CEO Subash Menon promised they would get better. In...

UK Govt Official Recommends Fake Names on the Internet

A few weeks ago, I wrote how privacy activists encourage internet users to provide fake data instead of their personal details. Such a...

Prof Stuart Greenbaum Explains ERM

A lot of nonsense is talked about Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). As such, it is always a delight to hear a crisp 20-minute...

Subex Recommends 75% of Analysts Can Be Made Redundant

Congratulations to Subex, the Indian revenue assurance giant, the first vendor to come clean and clarify that software is an alternative to paying people...

cVidya CEO Named 95th Most Powerful Telecoms Person; Rest of World Bemused

The credibility of industry lists took another enormous blow when Global Telecoms Business issued their 2012 list of the 100 most powerful people in...

Leshem: New Services Trump New Tariffs

David Leshem, my old friend and comrade, recently took time out to speak to Black Swan. In a discussion that zings with fresh...

The 12 Quadrillion Euro Phone Bill (and what it says about telecom arrogance)

A quadrillion is not a made-up number. It is a real number: a 1 with 15 zeroes after it. The euro is...

Subex CEO Announced; More Changes to Come?

As previously rumoured, Subex has announced that Surjeet Singh will take the role of CEO and Managing Director; see the press release here. ...

New Subex CEO Rumours

Following the resignation of Subash Menon, the speculation is that Surjeet Singh has been lined up to take over as Subex CEO. India's...

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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