WAGDY BERTY FARAG

Mob: 289-***-**** E-mail: acgi8o@r.postjobfree.com

Optical Transport Network Specialist with 20+ Years of Telecom Industry Experience

PROFILE

Expert in Optical Transport Network with broad knowledge in Fiber Optic Technologies, developed through long term

career progression and participation in international and local training sessions. Seeking to contribute to a progressive and

innovative Telecom organization where my specialty in the field of Planning, Designing and Managing of Optical Transport

networks shall prove to be mutually beneficial.

CORE STRENGTHS & SKILLS

• Extensive Knowledge about Optical Transport network Technologies Fiber Optic; SDH/SONET, CWDM, DWDM,

OTN and ROADM. (Alcatel Lucent, Wave Star, CIENA & Huawei )

• Effective utilization of Geographical Information system (GIS) for analyzing, planning and designing the routes for

expansion of Optical Transport network.

• Extensive experience in conducting route analysis for Backhaul Transport networks, focused on maintaining

high reliability for services.

• Involvement in various phases of planning and commissioning for Carrier Network expansion projects, Submit

Proposal, Assign Routes, Follow up Execution and Testing.

• Overall understanding of multiple data network protocols; XDSL, ATM, Ethernet, IP-VPN, MPLS, ALU 7450

AggL2/L3, Cisco Routers, Juniper Routers and OLT/GPON

• Extensive knowledge about Specifications, Performance and ITU standards for the various Classifications for Fiber

optic cables (G651, G652, G653, G654 etc….)

• Expert in Fiber Optic Characterization and testing methodologies, including Dispersion (CD/PMD), OLTS, ORL and

OTDR measurements.

• Familiarity with Triple play and GPON Technologies and FTTX topologies (FTTH, FTTB, FTTN, FTTC).

• Provide both cost effective and customer friendly engineering solutions.

• Strictly adhere to specifications and quality standards at all time.

• Strong troubleshooting skills for Optical Transmission networks.

• Proactive team player who utilizes critical thinking to generate solution focused ideas to resolve network issues.

• Maintaining smooth work flow within and between the operation centers and initiating plans for development.

• Managing documentation procedures for ongoing projects, and ensure validity of network resources database.

• Monitoring personnel and resources to achieve high performance and quality of services.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Fiber Optic Network Characterization Technician (Casual), CSS Corporation/Glow Network, May2014-Till

Now

Currently, I am working on temporary basis in a project which is targeting Characterization and Testing the Fiber Optic

Networks for Canadian Pacific Railway, and main responsibilities are as follows.

• Perform all Measurements for characterization of Fiber optic network such as OLT Set, ORL, OTDR, CD and PMD

• Repair works and integration, includes splicing for Termination and Rerouting of FO Links

• Area of work, all Canada Pacific Rail sites in the following Provinces Manitoba, Saskatoon, British Colombia, and

Alberta

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• PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE CONT’D

Associate Engineer, Fiber Optic Junction Networks, ETISALAT- Abu Dhabi, UAE 1995 –

2013

• Successfully managed Operations and Maintenance for a large scale Optical Transmission Network and IP Core

Networks including SDH, DWDM, Agg.L2 switches, MPLS and IPVN over terrestrial and submarine cable routes.

• Accountable to assign routes for IP/Core Data networks and Transport networks, focused on route diversity

requirements and technical specifications for interoperability of various Optical network technologies .

• Designed routes to extend IP VPN connectivity for enterprise data networks and data centers in government and

private sectors.

• Liaised with NOC in all service orders and faults related to Optical Transport Networks and provided alternatives

for traffic restoration

• Submitted proposals, design routes, follow up execution and commissioning for cable projects associated with

annual capital projects budget of $2.5 million, for development and expansion of fiber cable networks.

• Coordinated with OSP engineering teams for commissioning of Fiber Optic cable projects and monitoring execution

in order to ensure specifications and planned routes have been followed.

• Played an active role with engineering teams in Planning and Designing the routes for 800Km of Express cable

project starting from Kingdome of Saudi Arabia border and crossing all sectors of Abu Dhabi province, focused on

maintaining high reliability for International Transport Networks.

• Involved with committee responsible for planning infrastructure for a large scale IPVPN network to cater for video

surveillance system in all road sectors of Abu Dhabi city

• Maintained complete Database, Schematic Diagrams and As Built Drawings for Fiber cable routes; coordinated

with IT Team to integrate existing FO DB with Geographical Information System (GIS)

• Participated in committee accountable for the migration of Fiber network data base to the Network Resource

Management system (NRM), worked in coordination with Accenture group

• Reported and reviewed on day-to-day basis with superiors the key/critical observations/concerns and follow-ups to

ensure conformance to operation standards and maintenance of Optical Network including safety as per corporate

guidelines

Transmission Engineer, Egypt Telecom, Alexandria, Egypt 1987-1995

• Conducted operation and maintenance of International Submarine Fiber Optic Transmission Links (SEA-ME -WE2)

• Supervised installation for three sectors of submarine links and two sectors of terrestrial links

• Coordinated with multinational service providers for commissioning the links and Turn-up of service

• Supported testing and provisioning of customer circuits

• Supervised maintenance and prepared plans for traffic restoration

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EDUCATION

BSc. Degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunication & Electro-physics Section, Alexandria University, Egypt.

Bachelor’s Degree was assessed by ICAS on December 17, 2013 and deemed to be equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree

(Four Years) at an Ontario university

TRAINING

• Optical Fiber, generalities, splicing Machine, and Back Scattering Measurement

Les Cables De Lion Training Centre, Paris, France

• S560 SEA – ME –WE 2 Submarine Equipment

Alcatel Institute de Formation, Lanyon, France

• ATM Technology, 36170 ATM Switch (OAM), 4020 ATM & 46020 NMS

New Bridge Networks Training Centre, Maidenhead, United Kingdom

• NERA SDH Radio Operation & Maintenance of Link System

NERA ASA, Bergin, Norway

• 1661 SMC /1641 SMD/1651 SM, SDH Equipment, Operation & Maintenance

ALCATEL, ETISALAT Academy Dubai

• Wave Star ADM 16/1 Operation& Maintenance– SDH Equipment

Lucent Wave Star, ETISALAT Academy Dubai

• Optical Spectrum Analyzer Measurements for CWDM & DWDM

ACTERNA, ETISALAT Academy Dubai

• CN 4200 / DWDM Operation & Maintenance

CIENA, ETISALAT Academy Dubai

• Introduction to (NGN, GBE & IP Network)

ETISALAT Academy Dubai

• Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies Part-I &II

Cisco, ETISALAT Academy Dubai

• ALU -Agg.L2 Switch /7450 - ESS12, ESS6 & ESS1

ALCATEL, ETISALAT Academy Dubai

• Field Trial for ALU – 1696 ROADM

ALCATEL, ETISALAT Academy Dubai

• E-Rail Safety – CPR Online Training

CSS. Corp / Glow network

• First aid /CPR & Blood-borne pathogens –Online Training

CSS. Corp / Glow network

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