is primarily concerned to offer clients expertise plus Technology Transfer in
the fields of Software Engineering Methods and Techniques, and
Telecommunications Systems.
The company
founder, Rick Reed, has over 25 years experience in Software
in the Telecommunications industry and has been acting as a Technology Transfer
consultant for over 14 years. The principle areas of expertise are
specification and description techniques and methods (SDL, MSC, ASN.1, LOTOS,
Dataflow, VDM, Z), software development and support systems (language design,
compiler design, support system design, debugging and testing techniques), and
Switching System Software (Call Processing, Call Accounting, Routing
Translation). Current and past work ranges over: SDL methodology; GDMO with
SDL; IN using SDL; SDL courses
; techniques for validation; architecture issues; advising on the overall
design process of projects; managing multi-site, multi-organization work; ITU-T
rapporteur; Report on integrated Service Engineering (RACE programme);
Technical Co-ordination of the RACE SPECS project. The range is broad. Rick Reed is a world-acknowledged
expert in formal description techniques.
Past work has targeted the evaluation of promising
techniques and, when appropriate, introduction into industry. The difficulties
encountered in technology transfer are understood and the experience gained
from this practical experience can be re-applied for new technologies.
Clients include Ascom, BT, Deutsche Telekom, ETSI, Italtel,
ITU-T, Motorola, Telecom Portugal, Telematics, and the RACE SPECS consortium
(GSI-Tecsi, CNET, STET-CSELT, PTT-RNL, IBM-France, DCU, TFL, INESC, GPT, ABB,
BELL, ELIN, ALCATEL ALSTHOM RECHERCHE, SESA).
Motorola, Land Mobile Products
Sector (a provider of trunked two-way TETRA and APCO25 compliant radio system
solutions) wrote "We consider you one of the world's leading experts on
SDL. As our SDL and system development methodology needs change, leading to us
require additional assistance, we will certainly consider you first. Thank you
for the invaluable insights and knowledge that you have already provided us."
The company is in touch with other consultant organizations,
and therefore may be able to help with additional relevant expertise.
Rick Reed BSc,
CEng, MBCS, CITP Consultant-Director
Last updated 23-Jan-07 (fax number)
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