Experienced and versatile Telecoms/OSS Consultant
Reading, United Kingdom
Experienced and versatile Telecoms/OSS Consultant
Reading, United Kingdom
A Telecommunications/IT Industry professional with a wide experience of technologies and products and experience of industry start-ups.
Focused on new product development and solution delivery in complex operational and organisational environments. Customers include iCom and EMC, I'm currently delivering OSS and J2EE solutions for BT.
Network Architecture, design and implementation covering:
OSS/BSS
EMC Smarts
Voice Over IP (VoIP), IMS and FMC
Technical Due Diligence
Wifi Hotspot Architectures
PDH and SDH & NGN networks
TDM/IN Voice networks and signalling systems
Billing Systems
ATM and Frame Relay data networks
Metro LAN networks
IP networks including Internet and ISP
Hosting facilities and systems
Workflow and BPM
DSL Broadband networks
Product Development
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 2003 — Present (5 years 2 months)
Provider of Technical/Consulting solutions to the Service provider community including:
OSS/BSS and process expertise,
Mobility and Messaging,
VoIP and FMC,
Managed hosting services
Technical Analysis for VC investors
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 2004 — February 2007 (2 years 11 months)
Provider of consulting services for Telecommunications Service Providers focussing on delivery of OSS solutions to support complex product developments. Customers include C&W, COLT, Orange, T-Mobile, and The Cloud.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
November 2003 — April 2004 (6 months)
Drove the introduction of VoIP services into Bulldog as well as OSS and Business Processes strategy.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)
January 2002 — December 2002 (1 year)
Responsible for design and deployment of the Interoute I-21 pan-European MPLS network and services.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CTM.L; Telecommunications industry)
April 1997 — April 2001 (4 years 1 month)
Part of the launch team at COLT Internet, a spin-off of COLT Telecom, I was responsible for technical strategy, Technical and Sales Support, internal delivery processes. I was also involved in M&A due diligence and new project development.
Later responsibilities included Design and Implementation of the technical infrastructure and systems for the COLT "ISC" hosting centres. I successfully delivered 9 large hosting centres in 12 months.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 1995 — April 1997 (2 years 1 month)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)
July 1993 — June 1995 (2 years)
As one of the first 10 employees of COLT, I was responsible for developing, implementing, and supporting many of the first COLT services including the COLT switch voice services and billing platform, COLT LANLink, and the Internet services. I was also responsible for many of the early OSS/BSS systems and processes.
Customers included Lloyds of London, Natwest, and Reuters
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
October 1990 — June 1993 (2 years 9 months)
B.Eng (Hons), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 1986 — 1990
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)