Experience

Squire Technologies

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Nov 2019 - Present

  -Responsibility for working with Sales Team to gather and verify technical requirements from prospective/existing customers to design a solution to meet their requirements -Responsible for presenting the solution internally for technical start of the contract/project approval -Interaction with department heads for milestone delivery and resource allocation -Accountable for full life cycle project delivery -Creation and management of the Project Initiation Document (PID) -Management of Project Plan -Data collection path escalation -Day to day contact on live projects -Managing the process to include, testing, installation, training, migration -Change Management project meetings



Gilat Satellite Networks

• Satellite Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Manager

  • Aug 2018 - Mar 2019

  Responsible for overall management of a project including scheduling, logistics, finance, site planning etc. Also interface with all other departments within Gilat including Technical Support, Customer Education Services, System Engineering, R&D etc. to ensure that the customer’s network will be fully operational during and after installation. Responsible for overall management of a project including scheduling, logistics, finance, site planning etc. Also interface with all other departments within Gilat including Technical Support, Customer Education Services, System Engineering, R&D etc. to ensure that the customer’s network will be fully operational during and after installation.



Vecto Mobile

• Brazil
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Telecommunications Engineer

  • 2017 - Dec 2017

  - Responsible for network availability;- Interface between Algar Telecom and the JT team;- Maintenance window planning;- SLA follow-up, etc. - Responsible for network availability;- Interface between Algar Telecom and the JT team;- Maintenance window planning;- SLA follow-up, etc.



Surf

• Brazil
• Telecommunications
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Technical Manager

  • 2017 - 2017

  - Responsible for network availability;- Interface between TIM and the Plintron UK team;- Maintenance window planning;- SLA follow up, etc. - Responsible for network availability;- Interface between TIM and the Plintron UK team;- Maintenance window planning;- SLA follow up, etc.



Comviva

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Telecommunications Consultant

  • Mar 2015 - Oct 2016

  Development of applications and services in IN networks and related systems;Demand analysis for new marketing services;Work on projects with multidisciplinary teams; Ensure compliance with deadlines set by the business areas for launching services and offers;Organization of projects seeking effective technical solutions for CORE network;Plan CORE network optimization;Preparation of internal documentation with excellent writing;Perform support and management of the development and activation of projects in the Core network;Carry out support for any validations at TIM Test Lab (MAP/CAMEL/INAP/Diameter Ro);Manage internal processes of the supplier and TIM;Act in the management of TIM processes for engineering and implementation activities. Interface between the internal areas of TIM, as well as the PMO dedicated to the supplier locally in order to monitor all phases of the project, from the preparation of equipment, delivery, testing, project design, implementation and the go-live process of the entire system;Focal point for all Mahindra Comviva IN related projects, interacting with all areas of TIM, including other vendors. Coordination of resources efforts internally in TIM to take forward the project, evaluate and lead the implementation of contracted platforms.



Sisteer

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Network Manager

  • Feb 2014 - Aug 2014

  Responsible for the definition, implementation, operation and evolution of a new mobile network operator full-MVNO in Brazil;Technical leadership in the definition, deployment and operation of the complete network components (features, applications, database, HW, connectivity) chain;Responsible for capacity definition (capacity planning) including traffic modeling, geographic definition, redundancy of sites, interconnection technical modeling ;Responsible for the full life cycle of network systems involved in the scope above (planning, engineering, deployment, operation, evolution);Responsible for integration with other operator systems or external providers;Owner of coherent network architecture and its evolution, and integration into the overall technical architecture (network, IT and infrastructure);Owner of functional requirements before regulatory obligations, already pre-determined choices of products/suppliers/solutions and business priorities;Development of functional and technical specifications. Knowledge in detailing impacts on customizations systems;Define scope and projects;Responsible for the control and implementation of projects (scope, schedule, quality, cost, contract, communication risk);Coordination with other internal and external involved areas (network, infrastructure, functional, business) and with developers, users, suppliers, regulatory bodies, etc.;Mapping, implementation, organization and responsibility of production operational processes;Responsible for QoS and security of network systems;Responsible for compliancy with regulatory requirements (Anatel).



Nokia

• Finland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Project Manager

  • Oct 2010 - Jun 2013

  I was responsible for planning, organising and managing Rel.4 Core Network Implementation and System Acceptance Testing in the customer project from tendering phase to actual implementation.Working as the primary interface in technical issues for customer, acting as technical consultant and providing support for customer in the network evolution.Main Roles and Responsibilities: 1. Be the primary technical interface to Customer during tendering, implementation and care phase for following activities: - Core Network Implementation - MVI testing - System Acceptance - Fault Management - Software Release Management (Software Upgrades) - Network Retrofits 2.Plan and manage execution of the above actions. 3.Responsible for completing of testing and acceptance activities, providing support for tendering related to technical and acceptance issues to win business cases. Contractual risk assessment. Acceptance process development and contractual alignment.Act as the prime technical interface of the project implementation teams, care teams, product lines and 3rd party suppliers.

• Care Technical Manager

  • Mar 2008 - Oct 2010

  Proactive technical Team Leading of NSS Issues & team in Brazil (leading of complex technical activities, coordination of contractors, weekly customer meetings, reportings, first technical point of contact for TL & CaM/PM, main technical point contact with PL);MSS/MGW Rel.4 Technical Support to other LAM countries when requested by TL & Stream Mngr;Guidance to others in all the tasks in their primary network element areas.

• CS Core Engineer

  • Mar 2007 - Mar 2008

  Member of Global Care Center in Rio de Janeiro, providing trouble ticket case handling and emergency support for GSM operators. Also, supporting expansion, comissioning, integration and acceptance of GSM network elements.

• CS Core Engineer

  • Sep 2001 - Mar 2007

  Participation during the very beginning of Oi GSM Project in Brazil, executing commissioning, integration and system acceptance tests; Responsible for the whole CLARO/TIM Trials at the Nokia/TIM Test Bed, between 2005/2006. I have been fully involved in these trials and I could implement and test all of the specific requests before it goes to the live network.



Globalstar do Brasil

• Brazil
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Telecommunications Specialist

  • Jun 1999 - Sep 2001

  Provided telecommunications system testing support, from the service provider side, during the initial satellite wireless gateway installation and software commissioning, system integration and acceptance test, remote operations, administration, and maintenance (OA&M) as well as new software upgrade. Provided testing and troubleshooting support to a team of international engineers from the USA (Qualcomm) and France (Alcatel). Hands-on testing and troubleshooting included: Integrated the gateway with external sub-systems (PSTN, HLR, GSM MSC, VMS, etc.); Experienced in the use of network protocol analyzers during testing and troubleshooting; Experienced in working with satellite system (antennas, interface with satellite control center in the USA, antenna resource allocation, worked with Qualcomm hotline for problem resolutions, etc.); Provided acceptance testing on IS-41 and GSM roaming (international and national inter-gateway roaming); Provided acceptance testing on IS-41 and GSM system call models (Voice, Call Features, SMS, Packet Data, Asynchronous Data, etc.); Provided 7x24 support on the remote gateway operations (equipment sub-system quality reports, alarms, HLR user provisioning, local gateway interface, critical issues troubleshooting, trained other staff on OA&M support, etc.); Skills used: SS7, GSM Protocols (BSSMAP, DTAP), IS41 MAP, ISUP V2, MFR2C, Roaming, Unix, MS Windows, English language, teamwork.



Nextel Brasil

• Brazil
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Telecommunications Technician

  • Jun 1998 - May 1999

  Involved with full life cycle of Nextel operations in Brazil from initial system implementation and test to on-going system improvements and OA&M. Worked along side Motorola engineers (USA) on every aspects of the IDEN system implementation, test, and troubleshooting. Hands-on testing and troubleshooting included: Loaded, tested, and troubleshooted software and datafill/database on IDEN's EBTS (Enhanced Base Transceiver System); Experienced in the use of Siemens protocol analyzer (GSM Protocols) during the testing and troubleshooting of IDEN sub-system interfaces (EBTS, BSC, GSM MSC); Experienced in the use of PSTN analyzers (MFCR2, BER) during the interconnection testing with the local PSTN; Provided 7x24 support on MSO (equipment sub-system quality report, alarms, testing and troubleshooting to a team of engineers from Motorola-USA for any problems related to Nortel HLR/switching systems or Motorola system); Experienced in working with trunking systems (two-way radio portion of the IDEN system) such as dispatch calls, interconnect calls and SMS; Skills used: SS7, GSM Protocols (BSSMAP, DTAP), ISUP V2, MFR2C, Unix, MS Windows, English language and basic concept of frame relay.



NEC Brasil

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Telecommunications Supervisor

  • Feb 1993 - Jun 1998

  Provided hands-on implementation and lead role on upgrade and expansion of NEC fixed switches (NEAX61BR) in multiple regions of Brazil and Uruguay. Some of the tasks were: Managed the test execution of NEAX61BR implementation and expansion. Worked closely with customers on acceptance testing with a set of testing procedures such as system specific test cases, switches interconnecting test cases, subscriber features test cases.Some of the main implementation and expansion locations: - Implementation (helper): Embratel-Morumbi-SP (Transit switch) in 1993; - Implementation (helper): Embratel-Natal-RN (Transit switch) in 1994; - Implementation: TELESP Avaré-SP (Local switch) in 1995; - Implementation: TELESP Chácara Sto. Antônio-SP (Local/Tandem switch) in 1997; - Implementation: ANTEL – Sta. Catalina/Mercedes – Uruguay– (Remote Line Equipments) in 1996; - Relocation of the entire SS7 signalling network of TELEBAHIA – Salvador, in 1995/96; Skills used: NEC SS7 analyser, channel bank, call generators, HP SS7 emulator.