20 years experience in Telecommunications (particularly
B&CC/OSS).
Strategic planning.
Book author.
Establish and maintain great rapport with clients.
Speaking engagements at international billing conferences
Professional Experience
THE BILLING COLLEGE
CEO 1995 – Present
·
The
Billing College is a Training, Consulting, and Research company that
specializes in Telecom Billing, Customer Care, and OSS. Mr. Ofrane Founded the company’s and managed
its growth with over 320 clients around the world.
·
Mr.
Ofrane is a Master Lecturer at the Billing College and delivers courses
globally on B&CC/OSS; he also conducts all contract negotiations on behalf
of TBC
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Clients
are typically carriers, OSS/BSS vendors, consulting firms, and systems
integrators
·
Some
of our clients: ADC, AMDOCS, Vodafone, EDS, Convergys, CMG, CSG, Cingular
Wireless, AT&T, Bell Canada, Bermuda Cellular, Cap Gemini, Ernst &
Young, CDG, MaxBill, CSC, Ericsson
JUPITER DATA INC.
CEO 1990
– 1995
·
Mr.
Ofrane founded Jupiter Data Inc. – a Telecommunications consulting firm
specializing in Billing with a staff of consultants:
o Business analysis
o Systems analysis
o Vendor interviews and
selection
·
Some
of our clients: AT&T (USA and UK), Energis (UK), KPN (The Netherlands),
Unisource (Pan-Europe – now defunct), Telia (Sweden)
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
Consultant (Business Analyst,
Systems Analyst) 1984 – 1990
(AT&T)
Consultant
(Systems Analyst) 1982-1984
(Citibank, Morgan Guarantee Trust)
Programmer/Analyst 1978
– 1982 (IBM)
COURSES DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT:
·
B&CC
– Fixed Line (North America)
·
B&CC
– Mobile (North America)
·
B&CC
– Fixed Line (Europe)
·
B&CC
– Mobile (Europe)
·
OSS
Fundamentals (North America)
·
IP
Applications and Billing
BOOKS & MAGAZINES:
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Telecom
Made Simple (APDG Publishing).................................. Co-Author
·
Introduction
to Telecom Billing (Althos Publishing)....................... Co-Author
·
Creating
RFPs for Billing Systems (in progress)......................... Co-Author
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Animated
Telecom Dictionary....................................................... Contributor
·
VanillaPlus
magazine............................................................. Training
column
STRENGTHS: Customer
satisfaction, “out of the box” thinking, vision, integrity, work ethics,
problem solving, listening
LANGUAGES: English (Fluent),
French (fluent), Hebrew (conversational), Spanish (conversational)
EDUCATION:
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B.S. Computer Science –
Pennsylvania State University (1978)
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Landmark Education