Resume of Telecom Project Manager

Title
Telecom Project Manager

Primary Skills
Creative, result oriented, multi-degreed Wireless Telecommunication professional with strong and in-depth CDMA expertise

Location
US-CA-San Diego

Posted
Jan-03-08

Creative, positive, highly motivated and result oriented, multi-degreed Wireless Telecommunication professional with strong and in-depth CDMA expertise.
* Strategic thinker with proven ability in conceiving the big picture scenario as well as implementation details of complex engineering and strategic business-technical problems.
* Proven ability in approaching & positioning, creative solutions with ease, originality & initiative.
* Proven ability to conceive, develop & consummate solutions for strategic business opportunities
* Successful leadership in Global multi site software development, technology planning and field deployment projects. Strong ability in building and managing customer relationship.
* Demonstrated success in developing precise metrics, presentations & solutions.

In-depth technical expertise in CDMA Access Network Engineering, Product Development, System Design, System Testing, RF & Core Network Design & Dimensioning, Product/System Certification, Network Deployment, Integration, Optimization & Acceptance. Expertise in wireless as well as telecommunications protocols such as interface IS2000A, 1XEVDV, 1XEVDO, WIMAX, HSPA, WCDMA, TL9000, IP, ATM, SS7, VOIP, SIP, IMS, ANSI-41C, IOS 2001 & ITU.

Seeking a challenging position, requiring strong value addition in business development or strategy, product management, engineering or program management.

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EXPERIENCE:
6/06-11/2007 Studying for an MBA in International Business at The ICFAI University.

12/01-6/2006 Sr. Staff Engineer: Network Systems Engineering, Ericsson San Diego

* In depth experience in entire product life cycle of entire 3G CDMA Radio Access Network (C-RAN) infrastructure development, from Advanced Technology Planning, through product stabilization to final Software Releases.
* As C-RAN System Technical Lead, designed and led new feature introduction (e.g. Fault, Overload, and Performance Management); change control, performance optimization; and timely completion of First Office Application.
* Designed In Service Performance (ISP) measurement feature, using industry standards (TL9000), fault detection, processing and failure recovery framework. Led corporate wide CDMA improvement project to 99.999% system availability.
* Transport network design for 1xEV-DO Rev. A based VOIP telephony network.
* Led, C-RAN Network & OAM design transfer among different R&D units.
* Led, test strategy, metrics-development, planning and execution of Performance & Robustness testing as Manager of System Test.
* Developed, communicated and led Technical Performance Measurements (TPM) in a fast-track software development environment. As a strategic initiative, TPM helped focus R&D, business & project level decision-making.
* Developed concept, scope, quality metrics and execution-methodology for "Robustness Testing", a successful initiative in achieving target system stability.
* Competence development & technology transfer of system development project

6/99-11/2001 Director of Advanced Technology Planning: Ericsson, San Diego:

* Led design and creation of strategic business development, market penetration and new product introduction tools for 3G data networks. Specifically:
* Excel VBA based tools for Radio Network Dimensioning, Packet Core Network Design, Technology Migration Strategy and Operator Business Case Analysis.
* Algorithms for 3G CDMA RF Network Planning Tool (CDMAPlanner).
* Professional Services Development: Business & technical strategy, design, analysis & guidelines for Radio & Core Network Performance Improvement.

Staff Engineer/Mgr, Project Engineering, Ericsson San Diego:

* Core Technical Lead: Business Development Team bidding for PCOM/Moscow
* System and Project Engineer for Business Development team bidding for China Unicom.
* Customer specific solutions such as interference mitigation, capacity planning needed for RFP as well as business proposal. Strategy development, network design, product certification, competitive analysis & customer presentations.

12/95-6/1999 Staff Field Engineer, Qualcomm Inc., San Diego
* Led PCOM/Moscow and MTNL India CDMA deployments as Project Engineer.
* Identified, coordinated and fulfilled product certification, network integration, and customer-feature requirements.
* Led, RF and fixed-network design, installation, commissioning, integration, optimization and acceptance-testing, of entire network.
* Interfaced with software development and program management for feature development and bug fixes.
* Resolved performance, traffic engineering & call routing problems.
* Key team member for Sprint PCS Radio Network Planning & Optimization
* Performed CDG stage 2 Inter-operability tests on IS95A phones.
* Analyzed and troubleshot Radio Network Equipment in Sprint PCS networks.

1/88-12/1995 Multi Communication of NY USA, Emirates Telecommunications Corp UAE:
* Established & led a service center to cater to repair of Digital Paging Receivers.
* Troubleshot Subscriber & Base Station of TACS /PMATS cellular systems.
* Installation, commissioning & testing of Fiber Optic transmission equipment.

5/84-12/1987 Digital Equipment Corporation India, ECIL India, HAL India (various roles): Maintained VAX-11/750 computer hardware; SPC based Automatic Message Switching Systems. Calibration and repair of Communications T&M instruments.

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EDUCATION (Academic):
* Univ. of Southern California: Master of Science Electrical Engineering (MSEE)
* Polytechnic University, Brooklyn NY: Graduate Certificate in Wireless Telecom
* MS Univ. Baroda, India: Bachelor of Science Electronics Engineering (BSEE)
Graduate Courses studied: Radio Channel Impairments, Error Correcting Codes, Queuing Theory, Optical Information Systems, Wireless Telecom, Broadband & Local Area Network, Programming System Design, C++, Software Management

* The ICFAI University, India: MBA student (expected graduation in 04/2008)
* The ICFAI University, India: Advanced Diploma in Management
MBA Courses studied: Economics, Finance and Management Accounting, Marketing; Operations; HRM; Business Law; Project Mgmt.; Management Control and MIS; International Finance, Marketing and Trade.


EDUCATION (professional training):
* Qualcomm. Inc.: IS95A, CDMA Infrastructure, RF Design (Planet/QED), Alcatel S12, Performance Imp., CDMA Systems/Communication Engineering, SS7, IOS
* Ericsson Inc.: IS2000A, ATM, 1X EV-DO, EV-DV, IP Telephony, WiMAX, IMS, UMTS, WCDMA, HSDPA Air Interface, Bid Management, Project Management
* Computer Skills: Microsoft Office suite, COCOMO II, MS Project , Unix, VBA, Telecom Data Analysis, Linux, IP suite, Rational clear case & some C++/Mat lab

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: Patent in 3G n/w dimensioning (#20030054843), "QualStar" a Qualcomm Hall of Fame award, National Merit Scholar during BSEE in India


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