Senior Level Wireless Communications Design Engineer with extensive experience in strategic planning, certification, and implementation of network infrastructures for national and international clientele.  Solid business acumen and technical expertise with the ability to design and deploy sophisticated business solutions. Eager to integrate strong team leadership, engineering principles and effective communication skills toxxxxxxrd supporting the business objectives of a progressive organization. 

 

Professional Profile

 

   Dynamic engineering leader with extensive experience in the strategic planning, design, certification and deployment of convergent network technologies for voice, data, image, and video services, on a global scale.

   Proficient in the facilitation of GSM, GPRS, UMA, 3G and IMS systems; ability to interpret trends and maintain industry expertise in a rapidly changing technology environment.

   Proficient problem solver who conceptualizes business and technical perspectives to develop workable solutions incorporating the requirements of all business units.

   Reputation for strategic planning expertise; motivated self-starter with concise attention to detail, and ability to encourage buy in from staff and peers.

   Solid leadership skills; assemble and guide high performance, multi-functional engineering teams.

   Track record of directing highly complex design and development projects that build/optimize organizational processes, secure market share, and creating cutting edge products that lead the marketplace innovation.

   Superior ability to interpret and translate technical language to audiences of all levels.

   Talented speaker and communicator with the ability to engage, excite, mentor and motivate others through presentations, motivational speaking and storytelling as well as influence others to gain cooperation and build partnerships.

   Completed critical handoff from old Cingular West to T-Mobile West within 5 months.

   Instrumental in leading 15 teams from design to validation, and subsequent launch of UMTS and IMS-Unified Subscriber Database.

   Provided superior leadership and action during a major NYC blackout; coordinated with broad based technical teams to restore service more quickly and efficiently than all other carriers in the city.

 

Systems Expertise

 

Ericsson, Nokia, Nortel, Starent, Alcatel Lucent core and access nodes and systems; Ericsson IN & Messaging systems, International Switch, Ericsson and Alcatel wireless R5 soft switches for  GSM, UMTS and UMA.

 

Professional History

 

T-Mobile USA, Bellevue, XXXXXX                                                                                                                                             2001 to Present

Senior Manager, Systems Design & Strategy

   Provide leadership and oversight for the Core NSS, Unified Subscriber platforms and IMS teams; oversee all systems engineering and certification for new products, features and services within the portfolio.

   Collaborate with PD, Marketing, IT, COS, Billing and FSC Teams to ensure interoperability testing and effective launch of new products and services.

   Maintain ownership for certification of vendor products including; Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, Nortel, Alcatel Lucent, and Starent Networks.

   Provide strategic planning and leadership for multi-vendor IOT testing, new product releases and all products introduced in the US market.

   Train, mentor and coach high performance staff; proactive leader and propend of empowerment and accountability.

   Forecast and communicate budgetary performance to Senior Management, identify and execute cost containment strategies, and effectively negotiate competitive pricing agreements with key vendors.

Key Contributions

ð  Led the evolution of MSS and USD platforms for Ericsson, Nokia and Alcatel; increased capacity, performance and reliability resulting in a multi million dollar cost savings in  CAPEX and OPEX.

ð  Certified and launched IMS, HSPA+, UMA services, achieved superior ESS leadership mirror ratings and scores, and received recognition throughout the organization.

ð  Successfully completed vendor evaluation of MSS/MGW.

ð  Spearheaded the design, trial, launch and deployment of the Alcatel Release 4 architecture.

ð  Oversaw HLR solution deployment with geographic redundancy; provided a seamless migration from Nokia and Ericsson HLR with zero down time and customer impact.

 

Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, New Delhi, India and Melbourne, Australia                                                              1996 to 2001

Senior Product Development Manager       

   Provided oversight for the planning and development of client projects to build, engineer and operate its telecommunication network.

   Spearheaded new proposal development to meet E2E delivery timeline for service and technology platforms for Asia Pacific Operators.

   Led the transformation of the Ericsson Regional Network Engineering Centre to a Global Network Engineering Center providing worldwide services and network capabilities.

   Integral in establishing clients  S/W release process and templates for effectively launching  new technology, products and services.

Key Contributions

ð  Performed comprehensive analysis of documentation on interface agreements and processes; spearheaded efforts to expand network capability throughout Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and North America.

ð  Integral team member in the due diligence process of collecting customer feedback for 3 nationwide operators in India.

ð  Developed business cases and technical proposals for NOC development to support and manage network operations for 2 nationwide operators in India.

 

Indian Universities in Tamilnadu State, Trichy, India                                                                                                   1989 to 1996

Senior Lecturer / Training & Placement Officer    

   Facilitated lectures on Microxxxxxxve Communication, Switching Techniques and Wireless Technologies for Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Engineering students.

   Delivered technical training to corporate attendees from Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, Lucent Technologies and Alcatel.

   Performed extensive technical recruiting for Bachelor level candidates, and provided on campus and in-house interviewing for groups of 100+.

 

Education and Affiliations

 

Masters Degree, Satellite Communication Engineering 1992

Bachelor of Science, Electronics & Telecommunication 1989

Specialized Ericsson Certification in Technical Management 1996 to 2001

 

Indian Society for Technical Education, Visiting Professor for South Indian Universities

 

Global Experience Summary

 

Ericsson Singapore: AXE 810 product introduction on behalf of Ericsson AP

Ericsson Tel Aviv, Israel: APZ 212 33 migration

Ericsson UAB, Sweden: System Integration C ET155 introduction to enhance delivery

Ericsson Denmark: BYB 501 Group Switch upgrades

Ericsson GRC, Australia: 2nd line support for Group Switch

Matra Ericsson, Paris, France: AXE 10, BYB 501 product document delivery

Ericsson Madrid, Spain: AXE 10, BYB 501 Product introduction , O&M activities

Ericsson Istanbul -Turkey: System Integration nationwide

Ericsson Aachen, Germany: AXE testing 1 training

Ericsson Rijen, Netherlands: AXE support activities

Ericsson AB Training Centre, Sweden: Delivered 5 weeks AXE O&M training

Ericsson Manila, Philippines: Delivered 5 weeks AXE O&M training for PLDT

Ericsson C Sweden UMTS/WCDMA Proof Of Concept and Trials

ALU / T-Mobile USA - UMA launch

NSN/ T-Mobile USA C HSS - IMS launch

 

 

 

 

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Dear Hiring Manager:

 

I am writing to express my interest in a <position here> within your organization.  I can offer you over 20 years experience as
Senior Level Wireless Communications Design Engineer with broad based experience in strategic planning, certification, and implementation of network infrastructures.

 

I am a proactive and progressive leader with a track record of leading cutting edge project management initiatives on a global scale; I have effectively spearheaded complex migration and deployment of sophisticated technical solutions in the wireless industry, and am confident that I have the expertise you are seeking.

 

I have an extensive professional history of designing and developing cutting edge products and solutions, and a well deserved  reputation for providing outstanding customer service to internal and external clients.   I am well known for my technical expertise and the ability to provide planning, testing and design initiatives in a field environment. 

 

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