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Steven Braunstein
Solutions Architect at Ericsson
steve.braunstein@gmail.com
Summary
Principal Solution Architect with strong software architecture and development, system and solution
architecture skills, as well as Product Management. Interested in Product/Solution Architecture position.
Experience
Solutions Architect at Ericsson
October 2016 - Present (3 months)
Solution Architect - OSS for Tunisie Telecom Network Inventory Management Transformation
End to End OSS Solution Architect on large scale transformation project involving Network Inventory
(physical and logical data). Systems include Ericsson Granite Inventory with Assign and Design, Ericsson
Network Engineer, and Tunisie Telecom Work Flow Engine and GIS systems.
Solutions Architect at Ericsson
May 2016 - September 2016 (5 months)
Solution Architect - BSS for Tata Consulting Services Digital Transformation RFP (pre-sales)
BSS Domain Solution Architect including BSS Architecture domains of Catalog-driven Order Management,
Customer Experience Management, Business Analytics / Business Intelligence.
Solution Architect at Ericsson
June 2014 - March 2016 (1 year 10 months)
Solution Architect - BSS for T-Mobile Uprising project
Resource Management Domain Solution Architect including areas of Number (MSISDN and SIM)
Management, Number Portability, Voucher Management, Coupon and Promo Code Management, Device
Lifecycle Management, Special Proprietary Features, Identity and Profile Management. Authored High
Level Design and Functional Specification documents, led teams of domain area contributors to write
functional design, handed functional design over to development leads. Interfaced with T-Mobile architects
on areas of requirements definition, high level solution architecture, data model, interfaces, reports and
extracts.
Chief Solution Architect at Ericsson
April 2013 - June 2014 (1 year 3 months)
Chief Solution Architect - OSS for Reliance Jio 4G LTE project
Oversaw end-to-end OSS Architecture for 4G LTE, FTTx, IP/MPLS, Optical Transport (DWDM, OTN), and
RAN Access provisioning as part of Reliance Jio project. Worked with Assurance team to define interfaces

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between Provisioning and Assurance. Worked with Design and Architecture team to properly fit OSS stack
within Jio architecture and fit new functionality properly into OSS architecture. Analyzed new requirements
for cost and impact on existing OSS stack. Provided product and solution architecture overviews to Jio C-
level management.
Principal Solution Architect at Ericsson
January 2012 - March 2013 (1 year 3 months)
Defined OSS/BSS Solution Architecture and Strategy for target integrated product suite to support end-
to-end Telecom Business Processes (Idea to Implement, Plan to Provision, Lead to Service, Service to
Cash, Trouble to Resolution). Evaluated existing products against target OSS/BSS Architecture and costed
enhancements needed to comply. Defined customizations of existing OSS suites for particular customer
environments in the areas of Plan to Provision and Lead to Service for FTTx, DSL, IP VPN, Ethernet LAN
Services, Optical Transport (SDH), and Wireless technologies. Technical lead on Lead to Service for Mobile,
Lead to Service for Digital Services, and Service Agility Broker OSS/BSS solutions.
Principal Solution Architect at Telcordia Technologies
October 2008 - December 2011 (3 years 3 months)
Architected large-scale OSS Solutions in support of Plan to Provision and Lead to Service (Order to Service)
Telecom business processes. Tailored solutions to specific customer needs by proposing enhancements,
customizations and configuration of products and services in Fulfillment (Resource Inventory, Service
Design and Assign, Resource Discovery and Reconciliation), Network Planning and Engineering, Order
Management, and Product Catalog. Defined integrations between OSS Solutions and customers’ BSS,
Assurance and Work Force Management systems. . Drove individual product roadmaps to align with
OSS Solutions direction. Drove product teams to implement Plan to Provision and Order to Service for
Optical Transport (SDH) by providing business requirements for Resource Inventory, Service Design and
Assignment, and Network Discovery and Reconciliation. Presented proposed solution and participated in
demos to potential customers. Gathered feedback from potential customers to drive changes to planned
solution. Authored high level business requirements for DWDM support in the same product suite. Served
as on-site solution architect for STC (Saudi Telecom) – wrote business requirements for new features across
Network Planning and Engineering, Resource Inventory, Order Management, and Product Catalog, defined
services required to implement solutions, provided costing and pricing guidance to product management
team, wrote all technical portions of proposals, authored detailed requirements for features and interfaces,
and data migration. Pushed for the inclusion of additional products into the STC solution to solve Catalog,
Reporting/Analytics, and Service Design and Assign requirements, resulting in several million dollars in
increased sales. Conducted post-sale on-site requirements sessions to define modeling, customization, and
configuration requirements to tailor OSS Solutions to customer environments.
Principal Product Manager at Telcordia Technologies
June 2008 - October 2008 (5 months)

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Product Manager for Customer Number Manager, a customer number inventory and assignment system.
Set product direction and roadmap. Provided business requirements to development team for costing.
Determined product and feature pricing and negotiated prices and feature rollout schedules with customers.
Responded to requests for proposals from potential customers. Provided demos and product overviews to
potential customers. Maintained 60-80% profit margin on all features and services sold.
Principal Software Engineer at Telcordia Technologies
May 1998 - June 2008 (10 years 2 months)
Product architect and lead developer on Customer Number Manager, a customer number inventory and
assignment system. Set product feature and architecture direction based on feedback from customer
consultations and requests for proposals. Provide solution architecture, data modeling, data migration,
interface and configuration consulting support to customers pre- and post-deployment. Support product
sales efforts by providing technical responses to requests for proposals from potential customers. Deliver
product technical overview and demo to potential customers as part of sales activities. Cost proposed product
enhancements for pricing purposes. Oversee development team activities, provide guidance on feature design
and development. Develop J2EE and Web Services integrations with other products in provisioning flow.
Help customers meet product open interfaces to integrate into their environment. Develop core product
features. Support product management, requirements, test, performance, customer service representatives and
sales.
Senior Software Engineer at Bell Communications Research
June 1995 - May 1998 (3 years)
Designed initial product software architecture as product architect and lead developer for Customer Number
Manager, a customer number inventory and assignment system, defined software layers and object-oriented
model used by each layer. Designed and developed the application object layer used to map real world
objects (e.g., numbers, services) to database table representations. Influenced early product architecture and
feature set Developed many product features Supported product deployments Provided product overviews
and demos in support of potential sales.
Software Engineer at Bell Communications Research
August 1990 - June 1995 (4 years 11 months)
Designed and developed key inventory management features on large central office facilities fulfillment
system. Supported customer deployments, developed scripts to resolve data migration fallout on site.
Languages
English
Hebrew
Skills & Expertise
Telecom Business Processes

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Telecom Solutions: Mobile, Mass Market
Broadband, Optical Transport, Enterprise
OSS/BSS Architecture and Strategy
Software Solutions Architecture
Go-to-market Strategy
Product Management
Product Lifecycle Management
Product Marketing
Pre-sales
Experience providing technical sales support
Wireless
GSM
LTE
IP
3G
Interface Design and Development
Languages: Java, C++
Technologies / Tools: J2EE, Web Services, JMS,
Weblogic, Eclipse
Java / C++ Development
Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, Solaris, HP-
UX
Object-Oriented Design
Solution Architecture
Program Management
Software Development
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, 1988 - 1990
UCLA
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science and Engineering - Artificial Intelligence, 1983 - 1988
Activities and Societies: Freshman Honor Society

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Steven Braunstein
Solutions Architect at Ericsson
steve.braunstein@gmail.com
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