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 DOUG DAWSON
Douglas A. Dawson's primary responsibilities at CCG are helping clients realize their
potential through detailed needs assessment and strategic planning. Mr. Dawson has helped devise
strategies enabling clients to survive and thrive during the recent
telecommunications industry slowdown. Mr. Dawson brings a broad background to
his work with experience in telephone accounting, engineering, regulatory and
business planning.
Mr. Dawson is in charge of all consulting done at CCG. CCG has been involved in
a wide array of projects since it's inception. At CCG Mr. Dawson has been
involved with a wide array of consulting projects. Some of the larger projects
that have been directed by Mr. Dawson include:
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Financial Business Plans. The creation of nearly 200 financial business plans
for clients. A significant proportion of these business plans have gone from
concept to profitable working entity.
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Broadband Implementation. Under Mr. Dawson CCG has helped clients choose,
design and deploy broadband solutions to deliver voice, video and data using a
number of technologies including coaxial cable, copper and FTTH.
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Municipal Networks. Mr. Dawson has helped a number of Cities and Counties
devise strategies to solve telecom problems. Solutions have included building
voice and data networks to serve the City government; devising strategies for
economic development; devising strategies for managing rights-of-ways and City
assets; and constructing competitive networks to serve end user customers. Mr.
Dawson also helps municipalities in solving problems such as lack of broadband,
inadequate local free calling and recalcitrant service providers.
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University Networks. CCG has assisted universities into devising strategies to
replace ebbing revenues from traditional telephone sources. Solutions have
included partnering with wireless companies to enhance wireless coverage on
campus, installing voice and data platforms that can serve a wider local
community, and partnering with other entities to lower telecom costs.
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Raising Money. Mr. Dawson has assisted many clients in obtaining the financing
needed to implement their desired telecom solutions.
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Costing and Pricing. Mr. Dawson assists clients in choosing the right products
for their market. We help clients to set prices, choose bundles of products and
create products that differentiate them in the marketplace. Mr. Dawson also
helps clients understand their costs and can help clients understand the margins
on products and to devise strategies to maximize profitability.
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Transport Networks. Under Mr. Dawson, CCG has assisted in the launch of several
transport networks. Such networks achieve revenues through the sale of dark
fiber and bandwidth. Additionally, networks can achieve profitability with
centralized tandem switching and related products.
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Mergers and Acquisitions. Mr. Dawson has assisted clients in the buying,
selling and merger of entities. Mr. Dawson is a specialist in valuation and
contract negotiation.
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Partnering. Mr. Dawson has put together a number of partnerships between
telecom entities.
Professional Testimony. Mr. Dawson assists clients by testifying on a broad
range of telecom topics.
Prior to CCG, Doug Dawson's most recent job was as the Staff Director of Special
Studies at John Staurulakis, Inc. There, Doug oversaw those projects that were
not historically part of JSI's core separations business. This included
launching new ventures for LEC clients such as long distance and Internet
subsidiaries. Additionally, he re-wrote the JSI Part 36 / 69 allocator into a
windows based spreadsheet. Doug also did numerous other projects including
numerous EAS studies, tariff rate development and cost of service studies.
Doug also has operational experience as Director of Separations and Regulatory
for CP National in Concord, California. There, Doug oversaw a large group that
performed accounting, separations and traffic studies for a seven state area.
This group also monitored earnings, filed rates and tariffs including rate
cases, developed access and tariff rates, and monitored and commented in state
and federal regulatory proceedings. Doug testified in a number of rate cases and
regulatory proceedings in California, Nevada, Oregon and New Mexico. He also was
responsible for earnings monitoring and rate case work for electric, gas and
water properties.
Prior to that Doug worked as Staff Manager in Industry Relations at Southwestern
Bell in St. Louis Missouri. His functions there included Bell rate case
preparation, tracking issues that impacted Bell's relationships with the
Independent Industry, calculating and negotiating various interconnection rates
between companies for EAS and other arrangements, and the overseeing of the
review of independent traffic and cost studies.
Doug received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of
Maryland in 1977, and received a Masters of Mathematics from the University of
California at Berkeley in 1985.
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