We help smart people Solve difficult problems
Network Dynamics Associates provides strategic direction to Governments, Investors and Tech firms seeking to accelerate digital innovation and realize new models for growth.
Our clients since 1992 include some of the most inventive leaders in digital business and public policy in over 50 countries worldwide.
Public Policy Planning
Management Consulting
Transaction Support
Recent Engagements
Future of Telecom
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NDA has been selected as Technical Advisor to USTDA for next generation and 5G network opportunities in partner countries.
We are engaging with tech firms and local project sponsors to design grants aimed at establishing an open and secure 5G ecosystem, including through feasibility studies, proof-of-concept pilots, and related technical assistance. All aspects of the 5G value chain are in consideration including telecom core and OpenRAN networks, cloud, edge computing, data centers, enterprise solutions, centers of excellences, and more.
Other recent telecom projects have addressed:
- Sector taxation reform
- National Broadband Networks
- Peering and digital ecosystem development
- Municipal access and IoT
- Infrastructure WiFi
- Regional fiber and rural broadband
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Smart City
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Too often technology and urban planning are separate disciplines. We have developed a unique methodology to calibrate digital infrastructure investments with smart city public policy objectives and improved citizen services. We developed the program strategies and investment grants for these large-scale smart city initiatives:
Istanbul, Turkey – AI and predictive analytics platform to support IMM’s “Transportation and Traffic Excellence” program to reduce traffic in one of the most congested cities in the world.
Ankara, Turkey – Modernization and optimization of city bus route planning through machine learning and advanced real time analytics.
Amman, Jordan – Smart city digital roadmap and traffic surveillance and optimization platform.
Davao City, Philippines – Modernization of city emergency management and operations management center through new digital platforms.
Gaziantep, Turkey – Smart City digital roadmap and investment strategy.
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e-Government
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Our work spans e-Government public policy, project definition, multi-stakeholder negotiations, technology planning, investment modeling, public-private-partnerships and procurement preparation.
Projects in vertical sectors include:
- Digital transformation strategy
- Shared application services
- Consolidated data centers
- Emergency operations and disaster response
- Public health information infrastructure and data standards
- Revenue management applications
- Central banking applications
- Cybersecurity frameworks
- National ID and smart cards
- Rail and utility networks
- Airport ICT and cybersecurity
- Environmental risk monitoring
- Border security
- Infrastructure monitoring and IoT
- Civil Registry and Vital Statistics
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Digital Built World
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Investors, insurers and physical infrastructure asset holders increasingly equate future value creation with digital innovation. Every “thing” of economic value – from rebar sensors in concrete to smart manhole covers – is being virtualized with its own identity, address, and data stream. Analytic tools that observe, monitor and predict the performance of places and structures opens the door to an entirely new realm of anticipatory design, asset valuation and data monetization.
While there is ample hyperbole around the promise of IoT – Data is the new oil! Data is the infrastructure of the 21st century! – the unfolding array of data that abstracts the built environment and “digital built world” is having a transformative impact on developers, investors and the architecture, engineering and construction sector.
NDA brings unique digital experience to developers, municipalities and AEC firms seeking to enhance digital strategy for large infrastructure investments.
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Smart Nation
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We have defined whole-of-government digital strategies through public policy and targeted investments covering telecom networks, data centers, cloud computing, AI, shared services, PPPs and vertical sector strategies. Select examples:
Jordan – “Mobile sector reset” addressing telecom sector tax reform, revenue share payments, 5G spectrum planning, and the National Broadband Network.
Philippines – Designed large-scale investments related to the NBN, Cloud Center of Excellence and integrated revenue management applications.
Kazakhstan – Investment prioritization and review of broadband strategy Digital Kazakhstan 2020 program, with World Bank.
Afghanistan – Prepared National Telecommunications Policy and infrastructure plans for the national fiber, satellite and government networks.
China – Developed program strategy for Sichuan provincial healthcare network and proposed environment early warning systems.
See Ken Zita’s keynote speech at PTC’20 on “National Digital Strategy.”
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Cybersecurity & IoT
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Every project we lead includes focused attention on cybersecurity. Recent engagements include:- Political risk analysis for a global organization of CISOs to anticipate non-technical policy impacts on telecom and critical infrastructure market trends and opportunities.
- Served as interim CSO and led the product pivot and business model transformation for a B-round industrial Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity venture developing tokenized command solutions for the U.S. Army’s autonomous vehicle program.
- Managed an engineering team recommending a modernization roadmap to improve compliance with EU and US cybersecurity standards for the Romanian national airports.
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Digital Public Health
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We designed U.S. technical assistance for Sichuan Province’s Regional Healthcare Information Network following the disastrous Wenchuan Earthquake, a ground-breaking initiative to speed delivery of remote healthcare services and support for primary clinics that catalyzed a $50 million investment by Cisco. We also conducted an in-depth assessment of China’s national public healthcare data standards and prepared a comprehensive white paper on the market potential for trans-border trade in telemedicine and healthcare virtualization services.[/expand]
Emergency Response
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For the 26-nation “Pacific Endeavor” exercise and Multinational Communications Interoperability Program, we designed engagement protocols to improve military-civilian cooperation during large-scale disasters through ICT, forming bridges for information sharing between Asia-Pacific militaries and the UN system, global humanitarian community and industry. We have also specified a number of national and municipal emergency operations projects targeting incident management and decision support, command centers, critical infrastructure protection, environmental monitoring, flood management, hazardous waste transportation and emergency medical services.[/expand]
Automotive
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Early Stage Ventures
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We know how to craft a business case that makes sense, calibrate tech investment and features with market requirements, and position solutions for institutional partnerships and exits. We work equally well with founders, boards and development teams to get everyone on the same page — and pivot when necessary. We get the tech part but believe more in the 95/5 rule: a successful startup is 95% about the business story, market positioning and narrative, 5% about the solution. Getting that equation right requires listening closely to market and competitive trends.[/expand]
USTDA
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NDA has designed and led dozens of information infrastructure grants and technical assistance projects as a prime contractor to the U.S. Trade and Development agency, with a successful track record in nearly 30 countries. We are expert at helping senior executives convert early-stage ideas, business strategies and public policies into viable and bankable investments. We have assisted Cabinet officials, departmental CIOs, national technology champions, local entrepreneurs, global tech firms and international investors to realize large-scale development projects in emerging and frontier economies. We welcome partnering opportunities to develop sole-source proposals and project investments.[/expand]
Social Impact Ventures
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As humanity’s social and environmental challenges mount, the call for conscious investing is clear. We help entrepreneurs, project sponsors and investors refine their message, assemble communities of like-minded partners, and develop market-oriented solutions that promote measurable social and environmental change.[/expand]
Who We Have Helped
