Live date: Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 | 11AM ET/8AM PT
This one-hour webinar will include two parts:
Part 1: Business Case Analytics - How to model your next (or assess your last) Mobile Deployment
Summary:
- How to perform specific best-practice calculations for your own mobile device business case.
- Which calculations to include in your budget to support your business case.
- How to validate your results and develop a consensus grounded in facts about your operation and your goals.
Jason Buk is an independent industry analyst with two decades of experience helping project teams make sense of their data. Jason will demonstrate a live analytic model for assessing your next deployment. During Jason's segment, you will learn:
- The five budget items you must include to get an accurate cost for your project.
- How to weigh your accessory and service costs without clouding your final result.
- When to simulate a process instead of summarizing it.
- How to find trade-offs without falling into the ''apples & oranges'' trap.
- How to quickly prove a business case by linking the assumptions in your model with field-trial and user-survey results.
Part 2: The Power of the FirstNet Network for the Utility Industry
What You Will Learn:
- What is AT&T First Net & Why Utility Organizations Should Care.
- Why Congress Created FirstNet.
- FirstNet Eligibility Requirements For The Utility Industry.
In an emergency, communication is critical. The tragic events of 9/11 underscored this, making it clear that public safety needed a better way to communicate. So, FirstNet was born to improve public safety communications nationwide. Like public safety, utility teams are called upon to handle emergencies every single day. Utility workers must be ready and equipped with the best tools and prepared to respond to a worst-case scenario as quickly and safely as possible. FirstNet is the only communications platform specifically designed with and for public safety based on their direct feedback and needs. FirstNet gives those who support first responders – utility workers like you – the ability to connect and communicate with emergency personnel in real-time, any time, day or night. When disaster strikes, you can be uplifted to priority status, so you can keep the lines of communication open – when it matters most.
Jason Buk, Analyst, Serious Networks
Jason Buk is an independent third-party analyst with Serious Networks, Inc. of Denver, Colorado. As a leader in analytical business case development, Jason has engaged in hundreds of technology projects by generating detailed customer models from real-time end-user research and public industry data.
His research spans the various impacts of different devices on the workforce, achieving vendor accountability, and driving down the annual cost of technology. His focus is the mobile computing industry and the critical role that data and analytics play in successful technology deployments. He also participates on numerous selection boards, advises technical groups, and informs various procurement committees in the public and private sectors.
Doug Clark, Executive Director, FirstNet Program, AT&T, AT&T Mobility Services
Within the AT&T FirstNet organization, Doug Clark is responsible for teams that engage with district/state & territories to consult on providing FirstNet based on specific primary and extended primary first responder needs. His particular focus areas include LMR-LTE interoperability, mobile data communications, deployable technology & mobile security.
Doug has 20 years of telecommunications experience, including business development, consulting, and other leadership roles at AT&T. In his career at AT&T, he has been responsible for delivering advanced connectivity solutions across Public Safety and Government customers. A majority of his focus has been providing wireless solutions, including mobile VPNs, fleet management, workforce management, and LMR-LTE interoperability. Doug engaged early in BC14 discussions in 2009 and led the development of AT&T's LMR-LTE interoperability strategy until his appointment to the FirstNet team, where he built the organization in 2017.
Doug holds Bachelor degrees from the Ball State University in marketing and history as well as a Master of Science in Information & Communication Sciences. In addition, Doug holds an MBA from the Kennesaw State University. He has been a speaker at events including IWCE, IACP, APCO, NENA, LEIM, NOBLE, IJIS & NASTD. He lives in Dallas with his wife and has three daughters.
