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Posted: 2 week(s) ago
Take a look at this eWeek article on Oracle versus Google .  This is no longer SUN protecting the Java for the benefit of CIOs and Developers. This is...
Posted: 3 week(s) ago
  I am taking a break up in lakes in the Adirondacks – watching small sailboats and forgetting for a while Larry and his yachts. So I want to t...
Posted: 2 month(s) ago
I was watching the financial news and a big "Oracle Stock Slumps" banner came on CNN online.  A bit misleading as Oracle's slump was no different from...
Posted: 4 month(s) ago
Category: Charging
I had an interesting few days at Telemanagement Forum in Nice last week.  I have tended to be a TMF skeptic. When I worked for a company that fought to...
Posted: 5 month(s) ago
Let's start with Larry's interview.  See: Larry's Interview . Now you have to take it all with grain of salt, but you can be sure that what is bein...
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First Name:
Douglas
Last Name:
Location (City, State):
Cambrideshire
Country:
UK
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What global region are you based in? For example Eastern Europe, North America:
Global
Do you work for a :
Telecom Industry Vendor
Current Employer :
MetraTech Corp. - Why Compromise? - www.MetraTech.com
What is your current job title?:
CTO
Areas of professional interest: history/education eg. BSS/OSS,Femtocells...:
As Chief Technology Officer, Doug is responsible for the MetraTech company’s technical direction and strategy.

Doug has played a major role in developing, designing and implementing major enterprise solutions for telecommunications companies since 1992.

Beginning with one of the first product-based billing solutions in Europe with British Telecom in 1993, Doug has contributed to BSS projects in Europe, Africa, Latin America, Australia and Asia.

He has worked for Kenan Systems, Lucent, MaxBill, CSG Systems and Comverse Technologies. Doug is an MIT graduate with a Master of Science with a specialization in Optimization and Finance.

He began his career as a financial statistician at the International Monetary Fund and optimization programmer/analyst at United Parcel Service. He currently lives in the UK, but has worked and has ties in Ireland, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Singapore and Boston.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasdzone
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