Northstream - Strategy and Sourcing

Consultant spotlight

The Northstream team brings a wealth of competence, expertise and experience to our client engagements.  Every week we will present snapshots of some of our world class team members and their key skills and capabilities.

Olivier Smith

Olivier’s 15+ year professional career includes business strategy and IT consulting to the telecommunications industry. His IT consulting expertise was gained through a range of large-scale telecom systems implementation projects where he was involved in all aspects of systems development life-cycle including requirements analysis, design, software development & integration, testing, and production planning. Olivier’s business consulting experience includes B/OSS sourcing, business operations management, business process re/engineering, and a diverse range of strategic assessments performed on behalf of mobile operators, vendors, and investors.

Martin Whitlock

Martin is a consulting Manager at Northstream with a solid telecommunication background. His professional experience spans over both engineering and marketing as he has held positions within Product Development, Business Development, Sales, Product Marketing and Product Management. Prior to joining Northstream, Martin worked with Product Management and Marketing at device manufacturing company Option, focusing on Option’s Fixed Mobile Convergence product line. In this role he was responsible for analyzing the global device market and translating market needs into product requirements. At Northstream Martin has been Project Manager of several important projects with high impact on clients’ business. Recent engagements include assessment of the operator LTE business case, Mobile Broadband visions, network rollout project management and marketing support of Rich Communication services.