Dave Stuart
David is an experienced manager, having worked for a variety of international telcos. He has hands-on knowledge of fraud management, revenue assurance, risk management and software development. David is currently the Group Director of Revenue Assurance & Fraud Management at Vimpelcom.
Articles by This Author
What is Wrong with RA Tools?
I saw this question posted on the Linkedin website by one of our guest authors, Mark Yelland, and I felt that it warranted dusting...
RA Question – The RA Banker
With banking being the hot topic at the moment, I thought it would be a good idea to look at the next generation of...
RA Question: The Impossible Mission part 2
This question is a follow on from the previous impossible mission question posted a few weeks ago. One of the comments posted on the...
Answer: No No NO!
I think the easiest way to explain why setting a fixed rate KPI against revenue reclamation doesn't work is to first look at a couple of revenue...
RA Question: No No NO!!
A complete change of question this week. I saw this article and it made me chuckle, especially “This study is a considerable breakthrough in...
Answer: The Impossible Mission
There are a few options available to us when data is not directly reconcilable. All of which hold benefits and pitfalls - so I'll...
RA Question of the Week: The Impossible Mission
For this weeks question, I want to discuss one of the most annoying parts of working in RA - When data doesn't link. A...
Answer: Low Hanging Fruit
There are a number of ways you can find quick RA wins within an operator, the following are just a few tips for routing...
RA Question of the Week – Low Hanging Fruit
This weeks question is more of a general discussion topic, which I would be very interested in hearing peoples opinions. As a consultant I am...
Answer: Fraudulent Prepaid Top Ups
For this weeks question, the route cause was one of many possibilities that were investigated. The actual issue was identified after validating data used...
RA Question of the Week: Fraudulent PrePaid Top Ups
For this week's question I'm going to return to the subject of fraud and it's cross-over into Revenue Assurance analysis. Whilst working for a mobile...
Answer: Noc vs RA
To resolve this week’s issue, we went for the most obvious resolution path and performed a CDR to SS7 reconciliation against a days worth...
