SUMMARY:

• Certified Project management professional with vast experience as Telecom / IT project manager and an engineer in telecommunications and IT areas.
• Have been exercising project management principles and methodologies as per PMI / PMBOK
• Involved in the Management, administering and organizing projects in cooperation with and under the direction of senior Management or a Program Manager
• Scope Identification and management of third - party vendors and or subcontractors
• Stakeholder management
• MS Project experience
• Hands on experience on various Optical Networking projects including 3G, 4G LTE, IPBH.
• Global Avaya and Cisco based Contact Center consolidation project experience, involving IVR, PBXs.
• Experience managing competing and conflicting priorities in dynamic and fast-paced telecom environments.
• Expertise in different wireless telecommunications technologies - Microwave, Optical communication, GSM, 4G LTE, IP Back hauling.
• Experience with network rollout and IT infrastructure projects
• Over 10 years and in-depth experience in creating and managing reports, dashboards, schedule and budgets by utilizing MS Project
• Effectively managed radio rollout for 2000+ sites; involving 3G, and 4G technologies
• Skilled in managing the Mobile and IP Backhaul projects for Microwave connectivity of the sites
• Effectively performed the duties of project manager for Zain/ Airtel, MTN Uganda projects involving 3G Radio Access Networks, Packet core, Microwave Backbone transmission network swap
• Hands on proficiency in managing quality, risks, changes, issues and financial implications
• Management of work in a diverse team environment and promote a positive climate that fosters cooperation and teamwork
• Strong written, oral, communication and interpersonal skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Project Management
• SLA
• Network implementation
• LAN / WAN/ MAN
• 3G, and 4G LTE technologies
• Backhaul
• Radio Access Networks
• MS Project
• MS OFFICE
• MS Outlook
• MS Visio
• MS PowerPoint
• GPON/ODN
• Optical Network Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Round Rock, TX

Program Management - IT

Responsibilities:

• Managing global call center consolidation projects under the guidance of the Program manager
• Scope, time, resource management of parts of the global project Working on different project management tools that are used for procurement, change management, etc
• Project Communications and stakeholder management
• L2/L3 operation support Engineering role as part of a global team
• SharePoint access and management while working as a support Engineer
• Intensive use of MS Project, PowerPoint, excel as part of the project management duties
• Working in a diverse project team

Confidential, Irving, TX

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project manager for Global services lab relocation project in Irving, TX
• Responsible for overall planning of the scope, schedule, cost of the project
• Managing the execution, monitoring and controlling of the project
• Communication and stakeholder management
• Involves 60+ test beds used by carriers in the US and Abroad
• Relocation of Confidential US al lab
• GS Lab houses all mobile network technologies including 3G, 4G LTE, 5G, IOT and core networks

Confidential, Austin, TX

Sr. NOC technician

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for monitoring and isolation of various telecom devices spread geographically in the US
• Monitoring and troubleshooting of Carrier networks geographically distributed in the US
• Working on different telecommunications technologies including Optical networks and different networking routers and devices
• Dispatching out field Technicians to troubleshoot different outage issues

Confidential

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provide updates to higher leadership team and escalate if necessary any issues that will impact cost, schedule or budget
• Establish project scope and develop and customize project plans
• Work closely with all stakeholders to ensure the scope of each project maintained and is on schedule
• Responsible for LAN/WAN project implementation
• Working on various Optical Networking projects including GPON and ODN
• Managing SLA contracts with Starcom's reputable customers
• Preparation and follow-up of tender documents for IT projects
• Project management of large data networks involving GPON/ ODN
• Project management of WAN/ MAN and CANs
• Managing projects involving Optical Backbone network implementation
• Cell site back haul network design and implementation

Confidential

Customer Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Perform end to end project management for Ethio Telecom Expansion project consisting of swap and new site build project
• Worked as a central project manager covering four regions, having regional offices with diversified team
• Organize and manage daily and weekly project status review meetings as required
• Worked closely with project team to plan and coordinate and control daily, weekly, monthly activity
• Manage Radio rollout for 2000+ sites; involving 3G, and 4G LTE technologies
• Project managing the Mobile and IP Backhaul for Microwave connectivity of the sites
• Conducted internal and customer project review and follow up meetings with different departments
• Manage scope, risk, Communications and perform proper planning of resources (Human, Financial, time)

Confidential

Project Business Manager

Responsibilities:

• End to end Project Management for Ethio Telecom Microwave Transmission and Mobile projects
• Manage and work with logistics team to plan and monitor all project material deliveries timely and as per requirement
• Monitoring and controlling of project progress, identify issues in advance, and initiate appropriate escalations within the organization
• Backbone Transmission network TNMS and Netviewer Network Management systems implementation management
• Overall Project Manager for Zain/ Airtel, MTN Uganda projects involving 3G Radio Access Networks, 4G LTE network implementation, Packet core, Microwave Backbone transmission network swap
• Manage day to day project activities in different projects for Zain Gabon, Cable and Wireless Seychelles and Djibouti Telecom
• Managing Quality, Risks, Changes, Issues and Financial Implications,
• Follow up project tasks and escalate any issues that impact the Project performance and time constraints to the relevant parties
• Provide updates or adjustments to the project plans as necessary to ensure the project meets the key deliverables defined at the start of the project