Experience

Surfline Communications

• Ghana
• Telecommunications
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Access Planning Manager

  • Jun 2016 - Present

   Plans and lead the access network for Surfline, in the Design and planning area. Overall responsibility for all the aspects of offering access to the customers to Surfline Network. New technology evaluation.Manage the day to day activities related to the access of customers to Surfline network. Analyse the information provided by Marketing in terms of coverage required andinterconnection to customers and then works with the vendors to ensure solutions according tothe needs of the Commercial department. Approves the design presented by vendors and reviewed by the members of the team.

• LTE RF Planning and Optimization Engineer

  • Apr 2013 - Jun 2016

  o Responsible for Traffic, Subscriber and licensing to deliver RAN projections to Surfline management. o Provide strategic and business support on CAPEX budget definition for radio elements of the network.o Assist marketing teams with network coverage, capacity and quality requirements.o Interface with vendors for operational implementation of required changes in the network.o Prepare periodic report to management team on network status.o Responsible for Quality assurance of radio network and interconnection with core networko Develop guidelines on QoS and Optimization processes and procedures. o Micro manage In-building network solutions from concept, design and integration.o Support the enterprise and core teams to deliver customized solutions for enterprise customers.o Interface with ALU RNO MS Team to deliver on key performance indicators as stipulated in the MS contract.



Globacom

• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• 3G Planning and Optimisation Engineer

  • May 2012 - Apr 2013

  Responsible for review and approval Single Site Verification Reports o Responsible for daily monitoring and improvement strategy of the network o Recommended actions to improve network performance. o Reassessment of the 2G and 3G network physical and logical parameters. o Carried out Detailed DT analysis and troubleshooting of radio related Issues. o Redesigned and upgraded of 2G and 3G network elements. o Responsible for Network Improvement strategy by close monitoring and guidance of vendor teams.



Ericsson

• Sweden
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Performance and QoS Engineer

  • Oct 2011 - May 2012

  o Responsible for Performance analysis including KPI tracking to conform to contractual thresholds o Assisted RF Team with Neighbor list optimization between 3G and 2G cell, and between HSDPA and R99 cells and fine tuning to avoid ping pong handover (CS+PS). o Responsible for Inconsistencies Checks, Packet Throughput, Parameter changes & Physical changes. o Monitored of implemented Planned Activity Request and Worst Cell List, DT log files Analysis o Monitored of Alarms and Outages of RAN and Transmission related issues o Provided support customer complaints



Globacom

• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Team Lead RF Planning

  • Mar 2011 - Oct 2011

  o Evaluation and approval Nominal plan o Formulated and presented network growth strategy to upper management o Reviewed 2G and 3G network parameters. o Conducted ROI analysis for site build justification o Designed reviewed and evaluated of planning phases. o Formulated processes and procedures documentation for the RF department o Coordinated with vendor on how new network features were implemented o Evaluation and approval Nominal plan o Formulated and presented network growth strategy to upper management o Reviewed 2G and 3G network parameters. o Conducted ROI analysis for site build justification o Designed reviewed and evaluated of planning phases. o Formulated processes and procedures documentation for the RF department o Coordinated with vendor on how new network features were implemented



Huawei

• China
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• RNO Engineer

  • Oct 2010 - Mar 2011

  o Carried out 2G/3G Drive test and performance analysis o Performed Neighbor list optimization Inconsistencies Checks, Packet Throughput, Parameter changes & Physical changes. o Frequency plan review, Neighbor plan review & parameter audit of network frequently to ensure smooth operation in concern with traffic & customer needs o Monitored of KPI2G/ 3G (PS, CS), Worst Cell List, Single Site Verification o Formulated and Implemented RNO processes o Responsible for Bench Marking and DT reports for 5 major cities in Ghana o Reviewed all network parameters and KPI formulas o Handled Customer complaints and submission of reports to the Operator o Managed Logistics for the Network performance Team



Vodafone

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• RF Planning and Optimization engineer

  • May 2009 - Aug 2010

  o Responsible for Nominal Planning and justification of new siteso Supported to the RAN and Transmission Planning Team in site deliveryo Responsible for Frequency and Neighbor Planningo Responsible for conducting of DT benchmarkingo Produced performance monitoring reports and plots on network rollout plans

• BSS Implementation engineer

  • Oct 2002 - May 2009

  o Managed sub-contractors to deliver as per the BSS KPIs in the contracto Formulated and managed the swap strategy from Motorola to Alcatel (BSC, TC and BTSs)o Supervised the installation, Commissioning and Integration of BSS network Nodeso Formulated Site readiness verification and handover processeso Technical reports validationo Designed and Implemented Voice and Data solution(s) in 3 major Cities in Ghana

• RF Planning and Optimization engineer

  • Oct 2002 - Oct 2004

  o Radio Planning for rollouts and network expansion (Coverage Analysis/Traffic Analysiso Optimized coverage boundaries and cell border thresholds.o Nominal plan review and Planning Tool updateso Log files analysis, physical and logical parameters modification.o Performing DT using TEMS. o Network KPIs monitoring