Kenneth Matthews
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Vinny Perumal
Working with Kenneth was an absolute pleasure. He is excellent at what he does. He pays attention to detail and strives to always deliver his best. He has a good ability to apply his technical knowledge to customer problems. He always provided a thorough explanation to technical queries in a manner that impressed customers with his knowledge and expertise on microwave/transmission networks. I could always rely on Kenneth to go the extra mile especially when dealing with customers. In addition, Kenneth also has a very good business acumen and excellent understanding of financials which makes him a very competent individual.
Vincent Chirouze
I did hire Kenneth when I was the VP Africa at CBNL because I have been working previously with him at Alcatel-Lucent and I knew very well the value he will bring. Kenneth has an in depth technical knowledge of Microwave systems and alway eager to learn more. He is showing a lot of rigour in his work and takes always the customer requirement into account. He is also a team player and is well perceived by his peers.
Vinny Perumal
Working with Kenneth was an absolute pleasure. He is excellent at what he does. He pays attention to detail and strives to always deliver his best. He has a good ability to apply his technical knowledge to customer problems. He always provided a thorough explanation to technical queries in a manner that impressed customers with his knowledge and expertise on microwave/transmission networks. I could always rely on Kenneth to go the extra mile especially when dealing with customers. In addition, Kenneth also has a very good business acumen and excellent understanding of financials which makes him a very competent individual.
Vincent Chirouze
I did hire Kenneth when I was the VP Africa at CBNL because I have been working previously with him at Alcatel-Lucent and I knew very well the value he will bring. Kenneth has an in depth technical knowledge of Microwave systems and alway eager to learn more. He is showing a lot of rigour in his work and takes always the customer requirement into account. He is also a team player and is well perceived by his peers.
Vinny Perumal
Working with Kenneth was an absolute pleasure. He is excellent at what he does. He pays attention to detail and strives to always deliver his best. He has a good ability to apply his technical knowledge to customer problems. He always provided a thorough explanation to technical queries in a manner that impressed customers with his knowledge and expertise on microwave/transmission networks. I could always rely on Kenneth to go the extra mile especially when dealing with customers. In addition, Kenneth also has a very good business acumen and excellent understanding of financials which makes him a very competent individual.
Vincent Chirouze
I did hire Kenneth when I was the VP Africa at CBNL because I have been working previously with him at Alcatel-Lucent and I knew very well the value he will bring. Kenneth has an in depth technical knowledge of Microwave systems and alway eager to learn more. He is showing a lot of rigour in his work and takes always the customer requirement into account. He is also a team player and is well perceived by his peers.
Vinny Perumal
Working with Kenneth was an absolute pleasure. He is excellent at what he does. He pays attention to detail and strives to always deliver his best. He has a good ability to apply his technical knowledge to customer problems. He always provided a thorough explanation to technical queries in a manner that impressed customers with his knowledge and expertise on microwave/transmission networks. I could always rely on Kenneth to go the extra mile especially when dealing with customers. In addition, Kenneth also has a very good business acumen and excellent understanding of financials which makes him a very competent individual.
Vincent Chirouze
I did hire Kenneth when I was the VP Africa at CBNL because I have been working previously with him at Alcatel-Lucent and I knew very well the value he will bring. Kenneth has an in depth technical knowledge of Microwave systems and alway eager to learn more. He is showing a lot of rigour in his work and takes always the customer requirement into account. He is also a team player and is well perceived by his peers.
Experience
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Goldnet
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United States
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Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
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Commercial Manager
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Mar 2021 - Present
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CSE Crosscom
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Australia
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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WA Sales Manager
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Dec 2018 - Feb 2021
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Commercial Solutions Manager
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Nov 2015 - Nov 2018
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CBNL
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United Kingdom
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Accounting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Telecommunications Sales / Pre sales / Bid Management for APAC
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Jan 2014 - Oct 2015
BDM in the APAC region with a strong focus on pre-sales via tender process. This entails the initial contact with customers, at "C" level and with engineers defining a need so that we can offer a product. With this process we would need to manage the response of the bid from a technical point and make it a sound business deal so that commercial response is viable.
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Microwave Telecommunications Engineer PtMP ( Pre-sales)
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Jul 2011 - Dec 2014
Technical solutions provider to the account director, in terms of product and network design for the account in the region on Point to Multi Point microwave systems .- Network design - Customer product presentation - Preparing tender responses
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Alcatel-Lucent
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Telecommunications Microwave Pre Sales and Bid Manager
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Oct 2008 - Jun 2011
Pre Sales on Microwave Transmission and Bid manager on the other technologies. Primarily responding to tenders (RFP/RFQ) received from customers - either as a contributor to a specific technology or part of the tender Manage the tender/bid, combining own and other contributor’s parts for the entire tender Pre Sales on Microwave Transmission and Bid manager on the other technologies. Primarily responding to tenders (RFP/RFQ) received from customers - either as a contributor to a specific technology or part of the tender Manage the tender/bid, combining own and other contributor’s parts for the entire tender
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Microla
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Italy
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Engineer
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2006 - 2008
• Compile tenders with technologies with good knowledge of WiMAX (Motorola/Nextnet), TetraMicrowave links and UHF radios • Project Management • Coordination/overseeing contractors on site and ensuring the safety standards are adhered to • Work with the customer to ensure the operation of the system is to the optimal performance • Project costing • Path profiles with Pathloss • Compile tenders with technologies with good knowledge of WiMAX (Motorola/Nextnet), TetraMicrowave links and UHF radios • Project Management • Coordination/overseeing contractors on site and ensuring the safety standards are adhered to • Work with the customer to ensure the operation of the system is to the optimal performance • Project costing • Path profiles with Pathloss
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Insimbi Projects
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South Africa
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Engineer / PM
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Mar 2006 - Sep 2006
Projects engineer EMPC (co-ordination of projects from start to finish) • Planning the project path and coordinating the work load • Liaison with consultant engineers on a weekly basis • Ensuring the concrete is to standard and is tested • Coordination and Management of the contractors • Safety documentation with induction of the Insimbi Projects contractors • Project costing Projects engineer EMPC (co-ordination of projects from start to finish) • Planning the project path and coordinating the work load • Liaison with consultant engineers on a weekly basis • Ensuring the concrete is to standard and is tested • Coordination and Management of the contractors • Safety documentation with induction of the Insimbi Projects contractors • Project costing
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Telecommunications Engineer on Microwave Radios
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Jul 2003 - Mar 2006
Telecommunications engineer on digital microwave radios and UHF systems • Path profiling (Pathloss 4) with frequencies ranging from UHF to microwave. This was done on the project for the South African Police Services to move the microwave links from 1,8 GHz which is in the 3G band to a higher frequency of 15GHz • Maintaining the simulcast systems for Gauteng South African Police Services • Basic system design in Tetra , Microwave and other radio frequency dependent equipment • AC and DC distribution with battery backup • Site building (Gauteng & Mozambique) All part of turnkey projects • Evaluations- testing electricity availability, space requirements and tower loading • Prepare costing of proposals for tenders typically in the value >$5m as a dynamic team member • Client interaction through routine maintenance calls • Site evaluations, both in South Africa and abroad for expansion and development purposes Show less
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Education
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Vaal University of Technology
Baccalaureus Technology: Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering