Mr. Robert Bratulic, P.Eng
Director, Marketing & Product Management
Sigma Systems Group
| Organizer: IEEE Toronto Section, Communications Society |
| Title: Is your Stock Portfolio Ready for
Telecommunications OSS? |
| Speaker: Mr. Robert Bratulic, P.Eng Director, Marketing & Product Management Sigma Systems Group |
| Abstract: Did you miss out on the e-commerce and wireless internet stock market crazes? Not to worry, as you'll shortly have another chance at the hi-tech jackpot. OSS, or Operations Support Systems, are the large multi-million dollar software behemoths that run daily operations at telecommunications service providers. When a local or long-distance call is made, anytime or anywhere, an OSS will know the number and location of the caller, which equipment to route the call through across the city or across the country, how much it costs to make the call, who will pay for it and whether their account is delinquent, what the calling patterns of the subscriber are and even whether this might be a fraudulent use of the phone system. When you think of the volume of calls occurring at any given time and the 7x24 nature of the business, this puts OSS in the same league of complexity as airline reservation and traffic control systems. But being in a competitive telecommunications context, OSS has the hi-tech allure of mature dot-coms, with added gusto from related businesses like fiber optics, the Internet, broadband cable, and wireless coimmunications. This is not a financial advice session. It IS an overview of a very exciting technology that will capture the market's imagination in a very short time. Join the ride while it's still early! |
| Biography: Robert Bratulic has spent the last 10 years in the telecommunications software industry. Currently, he is Sigma Systems' Director, Product Management, where he is responsible for establishing the company's product development strategies and translating customers' requirements into deliverables. He also plays key roles in developing the Company's strategic direction and marketing. Prior to joining Sigma, Mr. Bratulic was a senior telecommunications and project management consultant with Deloitte and Touche Consulting Group, where he focused on customer care, billing, and OSS systems planning and implementation, as well as vendor selection and program management. Mr. Bratulic provided consulting services to leading global wireline and wireless telecommunications organizations including AT&T, Bell Mobility, Bell South, Nextel Communications and Sprint Canada. Prior to Deloitte and Touche, he held project management positions of increasing responsibility at Bell Canada and Bell Sygma Telecom Solutions. Mr. Bratulic holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering from Concordia University in Montreal. He is a member of the Project Management Institute and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He has spoken and written extensively on project management and is on the editorial board of The IT Project Leader, a monthly publication dedicated to project management in the information systems and technology field. |
| Time and Location: Wednesday October 18, 2000 at 6:30pm Galbraith Building, Room 120 University of Toronto 35 St.George Street |
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