The Advisory Council

Expert Webinar: Telecommunications Cost Management -- Inaction Costs You Money
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 4:00 PM EST

Organizations are increasingly required to obtain more value and capability within their existing portfolio of telecommunications services, or in many case working to drive increased output through enhanced services while reducing costs. This management challenge is further complicated due to...

		...the limited time and resources organizations have to fully research, understand and report on competitive and market trends. In this case study webinar, TAC Executive Consultants Rick Derouin and Mark Price — recognized thought leaders in telecommunications cost management — will highlight how telecommunications cost management best practices have been applied at an enterprise client. Hot issues to be addressed include: What are the risks and benefits of undertaking a telecomm cost management project? What is the impact to internal resources of a cost management project? What are the risks if you don’t do a cost management project? How should you assess alternative providers and technologies when analyzing deployed network infrastructure? What process should be used to benchmark current services and cost? What management structures and processes are required to effectively manage telecomm costs? What results can you expect from a telecomm cost management program? Rick Derouin, TAC Executive Consultant, has more than 35 years of experience in the IT and telecommunications industries, with the past 12 years focused on increasing clients’ business benefits from investments in communications technology and services and ensuring clients need what they have and are paying the best possible price. He has designed and implemented innovative approaches to performance measurement, benchmarking, and alignment of technology for increased communications (voice and data) effectiveness. Mr. Derouin began his career with 10 years at IBM, in the last 15 years of his vendor career he was Senior Vice President of TeleGlobe, Vice President of AT&T Public Sector Markets, World Wide Vice President of Steltor, and Global Vice President of Oracle’s SWAT Team. Mark Price, TAC Executive Consultant, has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He is an accomplished consultant, writer, and practitioner in this field. Mr. Price began his career with Sprint and AT&T in financial and marketing capacities. He then spent 10 years as a consultant and project manager with large enterprise telecomm carriers. As a consultant, Mr. Price has leveraged his financial and telecommunications background to work with senior management in understanding and implementing cost control solutions.

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