Yankee Group Strengthens Expertise in Network Software Systems and Strategy

Telecom marketing and operations software expert Susan McNeice joins company as VP of software research.

Boston, MA Jun 7, 2010 - Yankee Group today announced that network software systems expert Susan McNeice has joined the firm as VP of software research and a key member of the Anywhere Network® team. In this role, McNeice will leverage her more than 25 years of industry expertise to augment Yankee Group's research in the areas of telecom marketing, operations and OSS/BSS software strategy.

McNeice comes to Yankee Group from Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan, where she was global director of communications infrastructure systems and software. Prior to that, she was director of marketing at Vibrant Solutions (now Teoco) and director of conference development at TeleStrategies. She also led several teams for AT&T in OSS/BSS strategic planning, software definition and program management. 

At Yankee Group, McNeice will drive the firm's research into the software technologies enabling the advancement of the Anywhere Network, including OSS/BSS, subscriber and policy management, customer care, self-service, RT charging, dynamic cataloging, business intelligence and service assurance.

"We are excited to have Susan driving Yankee Group's research in the areas of network software systems and strategy," said Brian Partridge, vice president of research at Yankee Group.  "She will be an invaluable asset to our clients as they evolve their critical software systems to support emerging business and operational models."

About Yankee Group
Yankee Group is the preeminent research and advisory firm equipping enterprises to profit in a mobile world. The core of our content is proprietary research and analytics on the attitudes, behaviors and usage patterns of mobile users. Based on this research, we provide a range of actionable data, insights and advices to marketing, strategy and product executives driving the mobility revolution in leading companies worldwide.

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