Brian Hedstrom

About Brian Hedstrom

I’m an AI-driven Enterprise & Solutions Architect with 30 years designing and leading enterprise, system, and integration architectures for communications service providers and industry standards bodies. I specialize in turning business strategy into executable architecture for OSS/BSS modernization, network/service automation, and operating-model transformation across fiber, cable (DOCSIS), and Ethernet/IP service domains. My architecture work is grounded in TM Forum Open Digital Architecture (ODA) and TM Forum Open APIs, with deep strength in service lifecycle and back-office integration, from Lead-to-Quote and Order-to-Activate through Operations, Assurance and Billing, where interoperability, data consistency, and automation are the difference between roadmaps and real outcomes.I bring hands-on expertise in:* Enterprise Architecture: business capability and domain mapping, target-state roadmaps, transition states, architecture governance, and cross-portfolio modernization alignment* Solution Architecture: end-to-end solution design, reference architectures/patterns, NFRs, integration blueprints, and delivery guardrails that translate strategy into buildable execution* Information & data modeling: TMF SID, Mplify (formerly MEF) alignment, UML, YANG, and cross-domain canonical modeling* Process automation: BPMN, DMN, eTOM-based decomposition, workflow-to-API/event traceability* Integration patterns: API-first, event-driven, and domain-aligned integration for complex OSS/BSS ecosystemsMy current focus is AI-enabled architecture execution, applying prompt engineering and agentic AI to accelerate discovery, decision-making, documentation, and solution design, while improving traceability and reducing cycle time across architecture workflows.I’m known for bridging business leadership and engineering execution, mentoring cross-functional teams, and delivering pragmatic architectures that scale modernization across the telecom ecosystem.Let’s connect if you’re driving transformation in network automation, ODA/Open API alignment, OSS/BSS/platform modernization, or Agentic AI in Telecom Use Cases.

Experience

1. Solution Architect

   Amdocs

   Mar 2026 — Present · Greenwood Village, CO, US

   Drive technical delivery within the Core Data Services team supporting the Charter–Cox system integration. Partner with stakeholders and cross-functional delivery teams to assess current-state integration patterns, identify gaps/risks, and translate target standards into executable delivery plans that reduce architectural compromise and integration churn. Lead coordination across services and domains through test data strategy and dataset definition for API validation, and own delivery execution for API endpoint testing and System Integration Testing (SIT) with end-to-end traceability. Define and lead Agentic AI processes and workflows to accelerate architecture-to-test traceability, including Specification-Driven Development (SDD) of automated test suites to improve quality, consistency, and release readiness across integrated services.

Education

• University of Colorado Boulder

  Master of Science - MS, Telecommunications Engineering

  2006 — 2011

• University of Wyoming

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering

  1989 — 1994

• Natrona County High School

  Honors Diploma

  1986 — 1989

Skills

• Internet Protocol (Ip)
• Information Architecture
• Service Operations
• Integration
• Broadband Networks
• Service Management
• Snmp
• Wan
• Ethernet
• Business Process
• Workflow
• Enterprise Software
• Yang
• Telecommunications Management
• Software Project Management
• Performance Management
• Computer Network Operations
• Networking
• Solution Architecture
• Api Development
• System Architecture
• Service Assurance
• Netconf
• Configuration Management
• Network Provisioning
• Cloud Computing
• Tm Forum Frameworx
• Service Activation
• Fault Management
• Information Modeling
• Agile Methodologies
• Network Operations
• Network Administration
• Wide Area Network (Wan)
• Process Improvement
• Data Modeling
• Telecommunications
• Metro Ethernet
• Docsis
• Ip