Experience

StarTech Networks Inc.

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Presales Manager

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Solution Management: Organizing kick off, Planning and Administration, Requirements Stripping, Definition and Scoping, Account Management. Business Development: Bid Management, Bid Analysis, Managed Services, Tracking case/business inflow, Renewal of expiring customer contracts to ensure business continuity. Documentation: Response to RFP/RFQ/RFI, Bid preparation, BOQ & BOM Preparations, Customer Presentations, Services Solution Description, Cost & Price proposal. Data Analysis: Cost benchmarking, Cost Optimization, Service Level Agreement, Competitive Analysis, GRN preparation. Project Coordination: Project Delivery, Resource Planning and Management, Team Handling, RF and Wireless Repeater Planning, Installation & Complaint Surveys, Repeater NMS, Logistics, Material management, RF Optimization, Customer experience. Show less



VectorUSA

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Technical Specialist 5G & 4G

  • Dec 2021 - Mar 2023

  End To End Rollout Support on the Private LTE / 5G for different projects 1) Green Field Planning considering the Capacity calculation in place using CBRA bands 2) Hardware selection from the Nokia portfolio, As per customer requirement 3) IDU / ODU suggestion based on the coverage planning 4) Completed training on WIFI Fundamentals, CWNA, CWDP & CWAP 5) Plumbing diagram creation, Considering CBRA band availability in the requested area. End To End Rollout Support on the Private LTE / 5G for different projects 1) Green Field Planning considering the Capacity calculation in place using CBRA bands 2) Hardware selection from the Nokia portfolio, As per customer requirement 3) IDU / ODU suggestion based on the coverage planning 4) Completed training on WIFI Fundamentals, CWNA, CWDP & CWAP 5) Plumbing diagram creation, Considering CBRA band availability in the requested area.



Ericsson

• Sweden
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Telecom Analyst (Pre Sales)

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2021

• Senior Engineer I(RF Planning Engineer)

  • Nov 2017 - Sep 2018

  Network Planning• RFDS creation: Familiarity of antennas, RF wiring/plumbing diagrams, connectors, cables/jumpers, equipment, Build of Materials, ordering, etc.• Performed RF Pre-Planning, Propagation Model Tuning, Link Budget, Antenna Selection, Cell Radius Estimation, Radio Resource Estimation and Module Planning, Radio Network Dimensioning, and simulation. • Testing the site coverage with original data of the Field logs.• Interference investigation.• Automatic Model Tuning and assignment in Mentum EV.• Generating Interference matrix.• Key Interface between Ericsson Planning and MTN HQ Planning managers ,MTN Regional Team on aligning the network database and configuring the same on the planning tool.• Technical SPOC for ASSET Planning tool for MTN Project.• Providing technical support for Network Planning by Asset and overall site planning process, including site database updating.• Responsible for providing Coverage Analysis for All New Sites and Special Focus Towns.• Support Site Acquisition team by providing feasible candidate study for the Nominal Plan.• Have successfully established Site Handler Process for Asset and Responsible for Maintaining and Monitoring the same.• Supporting GSC Team by ensuring all parameters are updated in ASSET to facilitate with SSV approvals.• I take the day-to-day tasks and challenge the status quo to see where improvements can be made. Show less

• Senior Engineer

  • Dec 2015 - Oct 2017

  Working with Ericsson India Global services Pvt Ltd for LTE (Multi-Vendor Multi Band Project) for Different operators (i.e. Sprint, AT&T & Rivada)• RF reports and identifies issues, route cause and provides recommendations to address Coverage, Capacity, HO, Retainability, Accessibility and Availability issues.• Trouble shooting LTE intra and inter-RAT RF issues, including UL Power Control, PDCP Timers, QoS, RACH, DCR, CSSR, CCSR, Mobility, RSRP, RSRQ, utilization, latency and integrity. Show less

• RF Engineer III

  • Aug 2013 - Nov 2015

  Support AT&T, Sprint NAS Car, Sprint Re homing, Re Farming, Hardware SwapPre - Sale Support• Meet presale planning requirement for Rivada Networks upcoming operator in USA.• Presented the company products i.e. 17B to Rivada Networks – Showcased drivers and value that supported the business case for the total cost of ownership to the customer.Technical Support• Design Optimization Process, to meet RSRP, Dominance, RSRQ and SINR KPI’s, and to maximize throughput and connectivity tuning by selection of best Antennas and adjust Azimuths, Mechanical and/or Electrical tilts and Radiation center following pre-agreed constraints of the LTE RF Design Optimization Process to meet the Design KPI’s.• Handling issues like Access failure, handover issues, overshooting also uplink interference related issues• Daily worst offender analysis & improving KPIs i.e. Accessibility, Mobility & Retainability.• Performed RF Pre-Planning, Propagation Model Tuning, Link Budget, Antenna Selection, Cell Radius Estimation, Radio Resource Estimation and Module Planning, Radio Network Dimensioning, and simulation Show less

• Engineer

  • Dec 2011 - Jul 2013

  1) Presently working with Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd from Dec '11 to till date as RF Planning & Design Engineer.2) CLIENT: Sprint Operator (US) for CDMA and LTE technology.3) Designing equipment which include channel element card, Amplifiers, controller’s and other essential equipment for Alcatel BTS/RBS depending upon capacity requirement as per the customer base and traffic.4) Underwent basic & advanced training on 2G, WCDMA (3G) and LTE technologies through Ericsson's Academy. 5) Handle CFRs and provide best solution after Desktop review For CE (Channel Elements), Carrier addition and removal after examine the utilisation trend.6) I.P Essential Technology level-1 Certified from Ericsson academy 7) Having knowledge of sub net masking, IP V4 and IPV6 at level-18) Knowledge of TCP and UDP protocols 9) Quality of Services of IPV4 and IPV6 Show less



AIRCOM International (A TEOCO Company)

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Engineer

  • Jun 2010 - Dec 2011

  1) Understand wireless, wire line and IP networks performance statistics or probe statistics at any interface on the end to end levels and perform high level analysis and definitions of performance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for these networks 2) Work on multi vendor, multi technology, multi standards documents to produce high quality Performance Management indicators. 3) Research telecom standards specifications and standards to recommend the best practice KPIs in a new technology environment. 4) Prepare technical documentation for the KPIs to present to the customers. 5) Engage with the vendors to define PM KPIs like RAB, RRC, TCH, SDCCH Drop and Blocking Throughput & Payload of GPRS, EGPRS, HSDPA and HSUPA. KPI’s developing/compiling KPI-counter levels. 6) Ability to research telecom standards specifications and recommendations to recommend the best practice KPIs in a new technology environment. 7) Define Data model as per vendor specifications and create databases on its basis. Show less



Lepton Software

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Engineer

  • May 2009 - Jun 2010

  Project Details: 1) Bharti Airtel (Planning of 23 Circles). a) Time Period for Bharti Project is 11 months. b) Role is leading the team of Operating Mentum EV (Planet EV) Tool for coverage prediction generating, Automatic Frequency Planning, Automatic Model Tuning, Generating Interference Matrix. 2) BSNL Project (M.P) a) Time period for BSNL project is 2 Month. b) Role is KPI Optimization Engineer and leading the Team of 6 Engineers. c) Vendor is Alcatel. 3) BSNL Project (GUJARAT). a) Time period for BSNL project is 2Month. b) Role is KPI Optimization Engineer and leading the Team of 4 Engineers. c) Vendor is Alcatel. JOB PROFILE (RF PLANNING) 1) Road Map development using vectors. 2) Prepare project report. 3) Creating data base for Mentum EV Tool and import it in to Tool. 4) Trouble shooting for site coverage. 5) Mapa Report Validation Generated By IBM Team. 6) Generating the coverage from the CXO Report generator 7) Using different queries for Determine coverage. 8) Give the recommendation to respt. Circle for the site. 9) Ensure that the RF component of the required network coverage matches the Nominal Plan. 10) Maintain accurate and thorough knowledge of the national network through feedbacks from regional Team leads. 11) Performed RF Pre-Planning, Propagation Model Tuning, Link Budget, Antenna Selection, Cell Radius Estimation, Radio Resource Estimation and Module Planning, Radio Network Dimensioning, and simulation. 12) Testing the site coverage with original data of the Field logs. 13) BSIC Planning, HSN, MAIO (Step & Offset), And Interference investigation. 14) Check the Mapa Report. 15) Automatic Frequency Planning in Mentum EV. 16) Automatic Model Tunning in Mentum EV. 17) Generating Interference matrix. Show less



Eflag Technogy Services India Pvt limited

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineer

  • Jul 2008 - May 2009

  Project: 1) IDEA CELLULAR (DELHI & NCR) a) Time period for Idea Delhi project is 9 Months. b) Role is Optimization Engineer and a part of the Team. c) Vendor is Nokia. 2) Launching Aircel Project (UP West). a) Time period for Aircel project is 4 Month. b) Role is Optimization Engineer and Leading the Team of 18 DT Engineers. c) Vendor is ZTE. Time Period: April 2008 to March 2009. Place: Delhi, UP west (Meerut). JOB PROFILE (KPI Monitoring) : 1) Monitoring daily ND reports and KPI reports. 2) Creating site data base, NPAR tracker& Handover tracker. 3) Monitoring performance of site and take corrective measures for improving the network performance. 4) Prepared Pre and Post Drive test reports with KPI, Problem cause and recommendation solutions. 5) Responsible for Optimization and Handover of new sites. 6) Deciding Antenna positioning by checking coverage prediction. 7) Interference detection & rectification, Hand over, Sector Swapping & frequency scanning. 8) Preparation of final Site Handover Certificate for Customer. 9) Coverage Optimization: Level and Quality Optimization to ensure Satisfaction of Customer. RF OPTIMIZATION 1) Radio Network optimization by monitoring Network Doctor Reports , Alarms and KPI statistics e.g. SDCCH blocking, SDCCH drop, TCH assignment, TCH blocking, TCH drop, HO success rate on day to day basis and utilizing the resources to meet the thresholds. 2) Frequency BCCH & TCH planning, BSIC planning and MAIO planning. 3) Alarms and network doctor (ND) report analysis, Dump analysis. 4) Analyzing inconsistency of HOs for proper HOs in network (ND reports 204, 216, 208, 232,196,153, etc) and network logs (ZEOL, ZEAT, ZERO, ZEOH, ZEQO, ZEFS reports in NOKIA systems). 5) Optimization of Co-Channel(C/I) and Adjacent–Channel (C/A) interference by BCCH and BSIC, TCH planning. 6) Leading the team for RF Coverage, (AT) Drive Test & Co ordination with Customer. Show less