TIA Member Spotlight:
TIA Welcomes one of its newest members,
Atvent Solutions, Inc.!
 Atvent Solutions, Inc. provides an integrated information management service for field technicians and managers who are responsible for service, maintenance and construction of the network facility. The benefits of our service come from efficiency gains in the operations and higher network QoS. Atvents' Louis Poulin spoke with TIA Weekly staff and told us about the organization.
 Louis Poulin is Atvent Solutions’ CEO and cofounder. He holds a bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from McGill University, 1991, and a MBA from HEC Montreal, 1996. Before completing his MBA, Louis worked in consulting engineering for SNC-Lavalin and was involved in the planning and design of major Hydro-Québec dam projects in northern Quebec. Since 1996 Louis has been working for Vidéotron Ltée, Canada’s third largest MSO, as HFC Construction Manager and then as Project Manager for HFC and Intercity Transport. He left Vidéotron in 2003 to become full time CEO of Atvent Solutions.
Denis Audet is Atvent Solutions’ CTO and cofounder. He holds a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Sherbrooke University, 1981. Before joining Atvent in 2000, Denis offered consulting services in telecommunications hardware and software design in Canada and in the United States. He is also responsible for developing a software interface for the radio frequency level meter HP Calan 3010. Denis also has a strong sales and resource management background acquired over a 10-year period spent at major broadband equipment supplier for the MSO market in Canada.
Please tell our readers how your team of engineers and IT specialists has been successful in its business of network operation and management of critical maintenance information for over 10 years.
As a B2B information technology company in the telecommunications industry, our technical team is Atvent Solutions’ primary asset and has played a direct role in our product development and operations since our early days. Like the company’s founders, the background of our people is a blend of network operations, engineering and project management. This unique talent mix enables us to understand our clients’ needs better and transpose this knowledge into a leading-edge OSS service that generates real savings.
Please tell us about your product MobileNet 2.0 and why it is a leading OSS services for network maintenance.
The main objective of our MobileNet OSS is to provide field technicians and managers quick access to an integrated information platform related to service, maintenance and construction operations at any time and anywhere. MobileNet includes an extensive suite of software modules such as map viewer, redlining tools, address locator, CPE diagnostic, network elements’ historical maintenance, material ordering, quality assurance, facility maintenance and so on. These components are then tied to specific business processes involving engineering, NOC and customer service, greatly enhancing information flow among these operating units and reducing the silo effect within the organization.
MobileNet OSS was first introduced at Vidéotron in 2002 and then at Rogers in 2005. The acceptance among the users community has been an immediate success and the feedback received has driven our continuous improvement approach to new heights, consolidating MobileNet technological lead and credibility in the telecommunication industry.
Tell us the value you gain from your TIA membership.
As a new member, our TIA membership gives our company a great opportunity to share ideas with key players in the telecommunications industry in the United States and to be recognized as a leader in our field.
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