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This is the Telecom Expense Management blog, your online resource for the latest news on Telecom Expense Management and plenty of opinions & analysis.
About the Authors
James Cusdin
I have been working in the Telecoms industry directly for the last 9 years and indirectly for more than a decade. In that time I have worked for a global operator, a network system integrator and currently work for a telecom expense management company. Prior to working directly in the industry I supplied the industry with contract and permanent staff as a recruiter. From these varied perspectives I have been able to develop a comprehensive network of information sources which contribute towards forming a robust understanding of the industry as a whole.
I am a father of one (daughter) and married. We live as expats in Amsterdam where I have lived and worked for 18 years. Personal time is mainly spent cooking, socializing, reading and (watching) sports.
Jaco van Rooijen
Jaco holds bachelor and master’s degrees in Electrotechnical engineering from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. This eternal student reads up on a very wide range of slightly technical topics and then attempts to dilute the essence of each topic to a human readable format.
A born and bred South African, he now lives in the Netherlands with his wife and three children. He seems to live by the motto “Instant human, just add coffee.”
Bram Cool
Bram is Managing Director of Ezwim and an experienced corporate development and corporate finance executive.
Prior to Ezwim, Bram worked as an investment banker specializing in M&A at Morgan Stanley, where he helped companies with fund raising, buy and sell processes, private placements and IPOs. Before Morgan Stanley he was responsible for corporate development at Verizon Business.
Bram holds an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona and a Bachelors degree in Small Business Management from Haarlem Business School.
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Eric Schummer
Entrepeneur @ heart. Founded Sarde, a large local commodity distribution; VirtualCom, the first VOIP player into LATAM, developing first patent for the virtual PBX w/ e-commerce; Corpotel, developer of the TEM (telecom expense management) automated process for medium sized global companies; and Schur-Chem a B2B commodities trading and bartering global company.
Eric has over 20 years of expertise across industries (industrial, petrochemical, Government) in Operations & Logistics, Information Technology and Telecommunications. Recently awarded a contract for 80 MM EUROS for a steel plant in a LATAM country; Built a 20 MM$ trading group in 6 months; Developed a joint venture with 2 largest carriers in LATAM for technology platforms
He is also successful lobbyist ; business development engineer and complex contract manager with foreign governments expertise. Program director for Global Telecom expense management programs and initiatives expertise in International VoIP and Convergence technologies.
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