Nadeem Akhter

• 16+ years’ experience in IT/ Telecom/ Communication Industry. Worked as Project Management & Business Professional with hands-on Technical/Engineering and business skills. Leaded very large and complex rollout/turnkey projects, for large multinational and international industries, i.e., Saudi Telecom Company KSA, MOD Pakistan, JAZZ (Mobilink), Witribe, Wateen, MOI Pakistan, for multiple technologies i.e., 2G, 3G, 4G, WiMAX, TETRA & LTE. Have very good hand-on knowledge about 5G, public safety, cloud and IOT concepts and its practical implementation
• PMP diploma certified, and Certified Antitrust and Competition Law Compliance
• Expert in project budget and business forecasting,
• Developing and planning RFP/RFQ, also answering RFQ, with technical, commercial and Project requirements. Managing Project form Leads generation, RFQ, SOW finalization, kick of meeting till Project Sign off, and skilled for post sales activities

Last Resume Update March 26, 2019
Address Dubai, United Arab Emirates
E-mail nadeem95a@yahoo.com
Phone Number +971561980742

Experience

TeqSignTechnologies LLC
Technical Manager ((Network Security Operation & Services) HP, Juniper, CISCO)
Aug 2016 - Jan 2019

TeqSign IT Technology is Value added distributor of IT/IP and Security Products` vendors. Also TeqSign is Professional Services and Education partner of CISCO, Juniper, HPE etc.,
Business and Channel Development.
• Developed Business of telecom network support & maintenance contracts
• Developed and designed comprehensive networks status reports for customer to enhance post sales business opportunities.
• Managed and leaded Pre-Sales, Business and Networks team, by having usual commit calls, KPIs along with business milestones. To ensure business and project objectives are monitors and controlled with pre-define structure.
• Actively involved in business portfolio development, by adding up new vendors, regions, and increase foot print of the company in MEA.
Technical Support & Project Management.
• Leaded projects, from Planning, execution and control, till sign off.
• Ensuring zero downtime/outages for all access network elements
• Maintaining certified HSE & quality work environment amongst the teams/projects
• Always ensured/maintained maximum networks availability for end users
• Network Security, Software/hardware upgrades, troubleshooting, system rectification onsite, offsite.
• Implemented state of the art alarm ticketing system
• Managed to ensured contractual quality requirements are met with nominal cost factor
• Designed and control project, to ensure decent balance between budget and cost
• Managed projects quality reports, performance and ensured all key issues are addressed with agreed & win-win solutions. Also making sure, all quality indicators during projects.
Key Clients.
ENBD Bank (NAC Project- HPE- Aruba), Dubai Airport (Wireless), Abu Dhabi Finance Department (Wireless Solution), Banking and Hospitality industries in UAE and KSA, as well as Public Industry in UAE, Mobility and Wireless Solutions.

Huawei Tech Investment Saudi Arabia Co. Ltd.
Regional Account Manager (LTE & 2G/3G Projects with STC-KSA)
Feb 2015 - Jul 2016

Projects exposure: Turnkey project delivery of USF11 (remote & border areas telecom project) and 4 change order project scope based on 2G, 3G & LTE technologies at STC (Saudi Telecom Company) Network
• Managed Project of Smooth coverage provisioning of 2G,3G & LTE in different areas like deserts, rocky hilly areas
• Design and Deployed BTS sites with complete CME work scope
• Planned and Successfully accomplished USF11 turnkey project scope as per quality, cost & budget perspectives
• Maintained a reasonable pace for all projects to generate weekly/monthly/quarterly revenue
• Managed and control Material ordering/management as per customer/network requirements
• Pre-initiation project planning reports/summaries for all project stakeholders
• Devised and ensured 100% implementation of field work acceptance criteria
• Followed and maintained all company processes and procedures for successful projects delivery
• Analyzed all positive/negative risks and devised risk mitigation strategies well before time
• Established transmission system including intra-city fiber optic network and LTE based microwave radios system. Maintained healthy transmission network till project closure/acceptance
• Devised, implemented, supervised test plans for network (BSS & core including IMS, EPC, PCRF/PCEF platforms) keeping customer agreement in mind
• Revenue recognition for PMO through successful network acceptance execution
• Extended swift coordination environment between PMO & OSS for quick acceptance execution
• Change order management scopes for more than 1000 sites covering following services:
a) 2G carrier/sector addition
b) U900/U2100 carrier/sector addition
c) LTE advance 2nd carrier addition
d) LTE core network elements swap & upgradation
e) Implementation, integration of IP based microwave radios & microwave links swap
• Managed projects financials like BAC, ETC, EAC, P&L & project invoicing
• Project summaries for all stakeholders to ensure that projects are moving in right direction and that all stakeholders’ satisfaction/concerns are addressed appropriately
• Cost effective planning to avoid project delays. Saved multiple penalties, ensured successful project closure with healthy project financial figures

Motorola Solutions Pakistan
Customer Technical Support & Project Manager
Feb 2010 - Dec 2014

Project Management:
- Turnkey nationwide, end to end, secure, wireless, ground communication TETRA network deploying FTTX as per customer/project requirement
- Developed network design (LLD, HLD) in coordination with remote design teams in Germany & UK
- Suggested & built BTS sites inside police stations; saved site acquisition cost and enhanced safety
- Established state of the art data center for law enforcement agencies
- Project planning, Initiation, execution, closure and Sign off, leaded project and ensured all stakeholders satisfaction.
- Equipment ordering as per project scope
- 3rd Party local/global vendor/subcontractors selection, SOW commencement, contract finalization for
multiple network entities like power sources (generators/rectifiers), transmission equipment, core elements including HP/SUN/CISCO servers & civil scope
- TETRA network installation, integration, site & system level testing (provisional/coverage/site & system level) with quality assurance & control
- Developed acceptance parameters/process for E2E system including power system, transmission network including fiber connectivity, remote alarms monitoring & control system, NMS, dispatch,

- firewall, moto-locator devices, BSS & core elements which included CISCO switches/routers, SUN servers, EPC, PCEF/PCRF platforms, IMS, application servers (PTT, video, dispatch, analytics) ensuring full compliance to the contracts & best global industry standards
- Visited 5 major cities of Pakistan to educate field staff for efficient utilization of TETRA system
- Revenue recognition for PMO through successful network acceptance execution

Support Business and Technical Services

- After successful project closure; did manage operations support services business
- Devised standard recovery procedures for all network entities like power systems, transmission (MW & fiber optic) systems, BTS sites, TETRA core switching nodes
- Set up a healthy stock for back-up systems for all critical network entities and their updates
- 24/7, E2E network technical support services over entire network
- L1, L2 & L3 maintenance support as per Motorola`s state of the art alarm ticketing system
- Submission of faults analysis reports for customer against all case categories (P1, P2 ….)
- Daily stats analysis to maintain healthy network KPIs. KPIs monitoring & control
- Suggested and implemented couple of OSS upgrades (minor/major & software/hardware)
- Conducted drive tests in hilly areas in KPK province and identified few low/poor coverage areas within/near operational boundaries of specific police stations. Proposed a few of new cell sites solution
- Proposal submission of network extension/expansion
- Proposed & implemented protected MW protected ring topology for 100% network availability
- Set up R&R procedure and maintained spares pool for key elements like switches/servers
- Established local office lab to repair encrypted radios/subscribers
- Close coordination with Motorola product line to update them with recent RFP trends and help them in planning features for future releases
- Customer advocacy and customer relationship management
- Contract management (main frame agreements, 3rd party vendor/contractors contracts)
- Identification of new business opportunities based on product line in enterprise & public safety sector
- Developed business case for KPK province, visited couple of affected locations, had meetings with law enforcement agencies personnel to gather real time data on their day to day activities to know their working boundaries etc. to design and suggest a suitable mission critical solution.
- Active leading member of team to design safe city model for Islamabad

Motorola Solutions Paksitan
Project Delivery Lead (WiTribe – WiMAX Project Pakistan)
Nov 2008 - Jan 2010

• E2E implementation, integration, testing & acceptance of Pakistan`s 1st ever PtMP network within 10.5 GHz band to support upcoming WiMAX in-building solutions (IBS)
• Indoor & Outdoor WiMAX services provisioning for Witribe network
• Project execution & milestone management till closure
• In building solutions (DAS) micro-cell planning survey & implementation as per customer requirement
• Resolved coverage, capacity & quality related issue for smooth acceptance execution
• Migration plan & implementation from ULAP to DAP
• Change order management & invoicing management
Technical Operations support team lead

Motorola Solutions Pakistan
Technical Operations support Lead
Oct 2005 - Oct 2008
Motorola Solutions Pakistan
Field Engineer
Mar 2005 - Sep 2005
Engineering Services
Field Engineer
Jun 2003 - Feb 2005
Powertech
Field Engineer
Apr 2002 - May 2003

Education

University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan
B.E. Electrical Engineering
Sep 1996 - Feb 2001

Major Subjects: Telecommunication, Wireless Communication, Digital Electronics

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