VLADIMIR SIMONYAN

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Goal oriented, multicultural professional with 15 years of Project Management experience in Telecommunications/ IT and also experience in Telecom Engineering & Solutions offers a valuable combination of Management, Technical and Customer interfacing skills.

Professional Highlights

•Managed 50+ projects for AT&T (budget ranging from $50k up to $10M+) simultaneously from End-To- End.

- 40 successfully completed and closed projects from A to Z in 2.5 year period.

•Delivered Nokia Networks entire core network design within 3 month timeframe for Orange (France Telecom).

• Achieved 97% of integration success rate and only 3% rate of revisited sites during ALU 7210 router migration project for TWC and Verizon: 1000+ sites upgraded/ completed within ~5 months.

•Achieved max 2% rate of blocked calls throughout entire network via creation and development of Network KPI monitoring and statistics project team.

•Saved $200k/ year of operational expenses via initiation/ implementation of HW Upgrade of EWSD Line Units.

•Worked successfully as chairman of evaluation committee- evaluated 30+ RFP responses in a 2-year period.

•Additional value to organization by being highly flexible and ability to manage various tasks.

Key Skill Areas

•Project management experience and skills - result focused and detail oriented. Ability to manage remote teams.

•Great organizational skills and best PM practices and knowledge areas as per PMI PMBOK- Project Management: Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, HR, Communication, Risk, Procurement. Processes: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring/Control, Closure.

•Excellent leadership and negotiation skills, strong customer orientation, excellent conflict management skills, excellent analytical & problem resolution capability. Decision maker, ability to work unsupervised/ independently.

•Ability to manage multiple projects in different phases and projects with complex SOW.

•Clear communication with stakeholders, setting proper mutual expectations and ensuring high customer satisfaction.

•Active using of project methods/ processes and toolsets in accordance to established rules/ business models.

•Reliable meeting required deadlines and targets working under pressure. Proven ability to very quick learning.

•High level of integrity and dedication. Great team player and team motivator.

•Proven project management success in large scale Network Rollouts. Technical understanding and project experience with site construction, network deployment and integration, as well as telecom/ IT services and transport (T1s and Ethernet).

•Ability to work as Technical PM: Experience with infrastructure and security projects for telecom/ IT. Experience with Agile/ Scrum methodology. Strong knowledge/ SME in 2G/3G CS&PS, 4G/LTE networks and protocols, Network engineering and solutions experience. Knowledge of Network Elements (NEs) and implementations in all wire line and wireless domains: PSTN/ ISDN, RAN, legacy CS Core/ PS Core NEs, MME, SAE GW, HSS, IMS, PCRF, OSS/ BSS. Understanding of voice and data circuit provisioning process.

• Knowledge of LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, OSI, SS7/SIGTRAN, VoIP, NGN architecture and protocols.

•Office SW skills: MS Word, Excel (advanced: filtering, vlookup, pivot), Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project, Business Objects and IBM Lotus Notes.

Career History

Jul 2013- Jan 2016; Senior Technical Project Manager at AT&T, Richardson TX

Achievements: Managed multiple (about 50 in total, budget ranging from $50k up to $10M+) DAS (iDAS/ oDAS) projects simultaneously. 40 successfully completed and closed projects from A to Z in 2.5 year period.

Duties:

•AT&T Antenna Solution Group (ASG) DAS (iDAS/ oDAS) End-To-End Project management, reporting to Area Manager/ Director: Managing multiple (~50 in total) projects simultaneously (50% active in design/ construction/ optimization and 50% in initiation/ contract negotiation phase).

• Driving projects within established scope, quality, time, and cost from initiation into design, implementation and close out. Project funding control and change control.

• Project scheduling, forecasting, tracking/ maintaining milestones in Mobius.

• Project risk management: Development of risk mitigation plans. Ability to analyze/ resolve complex issues.

• Maintained clear communication: hosted internal team calls, kick off and weekly calls with the customers, vendors and other WSPs. Coordinated cross functional teams on regular basis (groups: C&E, RF, account, business development, transport -T1/ eNet, back office ). Steered team building, mentoring and conflict resolution processes.

•Regularly updated internal and external project stakeholders. Was responsible for executive reporting.

•OSS/BSS Tools used: Sharepoint, Siterra, CASPR/CSS, Mobius, Sweettoth, Quick Base, Oracle, MS Office suite, MS project.

Dec 2011- Jul 2013; Project manager/ Quality manager at Avion Systems Inc., Plano TX

Achievements: *** Achieved 97% of integration success rate and only 3% rate of revisited sites in ALU 7210 router migration project for TWC and Verizon (1000+ sites within ~5 months). *** Was able to provide additional value to the company by handling different tasks throughout employment: Acted as ISO 9000 system Quality representative/ Quality Lead for the company and Quality BSS administrator Acted as Project Manager for multiple projects (ranging from 150 to 1000+ sites) for major players in Telecom market (Time Warner, Cox, AT&T, VZ, Sprint, T-Mobile, Metro PCS, ALU, Ericsson).

Duties:

•Project management:

-Initiating, planning, executing, control/monitoring, and closing. Risk, quality and procurement management.

-Daily scheduling and crew management. AMS reporting in LDO Apps. Project milestones reporting.

-Close Out packages in SH (Site Handler), SRM/SAP milestones.

-Complete Change Request management: analysis, submission, follow-up for final approval.

-Excellent understanding of SRM flow and data exports. Coordination of bids and POs.

- Project financial management/ coordination as per established vendor procedures.

-Reporting: Ericsson VPR/VCR, CRR report generation and analysis.

-Always customer focused, maintained great working relationships with the Customers and 3rd parties.

Managed projects:

*** Ericsson-MPCS, NY; LTE RBS 6201 Install./Commission./Integration (~150 Sites); *** Ericsson- MPCS, FL; LTE&EVDO Mini RE Install./Integration (~100 Sites); ***Ericsson- Sprint, TX; Battery Audit Project (~100 Sites); ***ALU- TWC/ Verizon, OH; ALU 7210 router migration project (1000+ sites); *** ALU- ATT, PA; T1 GSM over Ethernet backhaul upgrade project (700+ sites); *** ALU- Cox, CT/RI; Site surveys for ALU 7210 router migration project ( 250+ sites).

•ISO9000 Quality Management Representative/ Quality Lead of the company: Responsible for internal audits and management reviews. Management of local and global quality issues. Administrator of QISS Quality System.

•Ericsson OSS/BSS Tools used: LDO Apps; SRM/ SAP; Site Handler; eSourcing

Nov 2009 – Dec 2011; Project manager/ Sales Solutions Delivery manager at Avion Systems Inc., Plano TX

Achievements: ***Successful work as solution/delivery manager, supporting NSN VAR sales of equipment and services to Tier2/3 operators in US. Complete management and coordination of RFP/RFQ/RFIs and competition of proposals. ***Was able to provide additional value to the company by handling different tasks throughout employment: Acted as Sales Solution manager, HelpDesk/ Support Center manager, Project Manager for multiple projects for major players in Telecom market across US. *** Temporarily substituted Project Director.

Duties:

•Sales Solutions: Complete coordination and management of RFP/RFQ/RFIs and competition of proposals. NSN Solutions’ architecture.

•Expertise and consulting. Business development. NSN VAR sales support and presentations. NSN NEs based Network design/ engineering activities and solution diagrams preparations.

•Project management. (Initiating, planning, executing, control/monitoring, closing).

Managed projects:

*** NSN-AT&T; BSC memory upgrade project NSN- ICC, US Virgin Islands; New 2G/3G network (from scratch) rollout project. (Complete infrastructure Turnkey solution- RAN and Core); *** NSN- T-Mobile 2nd carrier deployment project (~120 sites).

•Help Desk/ Support Center management. Coordination of resolution of NSN CS/PS Core and RAN SW/ HW related issues. Driving root cause analysis.

• OSS/ BSS tools and applications used: NSN NOLS, NSN Resolve, Ericsson eSourcing, IssueTrak.

•Technologies: Nokia Siemens Networks 2G/3G, I-HSPA, LTE/4G

Apr 2009 – Sep 2009; Network Planning and Optimization Project Manager at

Nokia Siemens Networks (NYSE: NOK)

Achievements: Successful work as Network Planning and Optimization PM in new (from scratch) 2G/3G network deployment (new infrastructure). Was able to deliver entire core network design on-time (within 3 month timeframe) with great customer satisfaction.

Duties:

•CS and PS Core Planning for new 2G/3G Mobile network. End customer- Orange, France Telecom.

•Coordination of all network planning and design related activities with customer and Nokia CS and PC Core planning engineers. Liaison person for all design related issues. Informed all stakeholders on a regular basis. Presented project status update on internal group meetings. Mitigated risk to minimize schedule delays and costs. Ensured all commitments are met in accordance with established project objectives.

•Coordination of high level and low level design preparations for customer. Dimensioning of Network interconnections and final corrections of HW configurations. Creating and maintaining of technical documents and version history.

•Part of project design, completed personally: 1) High level design files and network diagrams./ 2) Data fills for NSN MGW U4.1 and BSC3i 2000 S13./ 3) NSN NEs’ IP interconnection design.

•Participation in installation, commissioning and integration of NEs.

•Technologies: Nokia Siemens Networks R4, DX 200, IPA 2800, Flexi ISN. (2G/3G)

Jan 2005 - Aug 2008. Head of Wireless Core engineering. VimpelCom (NYSE: VIP )

Achievements: ***Created and developed very successful team for implementation of Wireless network KPI monitoring and statistics project. ***Successful resolution of wireless network engineering issues in order to deliver quality service and minimize the congestion and NE overload: achieved max 2% rate of blocked calls throughout entire network Acted as main lead for first successful launch of GPRS/ 2G data service.

Duties:

•CS and PS Core engineering, dimensioning and performance monitoring.

•Core NEs (BSC, TRAU, RNC) load balance monitoring and prediction. Geo design of MSCs,LACs, RACs.

•Traffic and SS7 signalling routes’ planning, dimensioning and KPI data analysis.

•NSS/BSS and RAN KPIs and statistics analysis. Close cooperation with RAN planning team.

•Verification of parameters and activated performance measurement counters/objects.

•Planning, design and managing of cutover and swap activities in different markets.

•Technologies: 2G/ 3G Siemens- D 900/1800; 2G/ 3G Ericsson -AXE (BYB) 501, AXE 810, BTS 2000/Node B 3000 series.

Dec 1999 - Jan 2005. Head of PSTN Switching Systems Support and development division.

Hellenic Telecom- OTE

Achievements: ***Saved operational expenses via initiation and implementation of HW Upgrade of EWSD switches’ Line Units (Saved amount- $200k per year.). ***Worked successfully as PM and chairman of acceptance group for PSTN Switching systems upgrade project (new infrastructure, $30M+ in total). *** Worked successfully as chairman of evaluation committee for about 30+ technical tenders/ RFP responses in a 2-year period. ***Worked as corporate trainer for “SS7” training course for 5 years.

Duties:

•Analysis and resolution of switching systems technical problems.

•Project management in Digital switching systems installation and commissioning.

•Evaluation of tenders/ RFP responses related to telecom equipment and services.

•Responsible for “After Sales Support” agreements with telecom equipment suppliers. Experience in negotiations with OEMs and providers of “After Sales Support” services.

•Worked as corporate trainer for 5 years (SS7 Signalling System training course).

•Technologies: Lucent 5ESS, Siemens EWSD, Siemens D900, Alcatel E-10B, Ericsson AXE-10

Education

1988 – 1993 State Engineering University of Armenia;

5 year “Engineer” degree (Master’s equivalent). Major: “Computer Engineering and technology”.

Certifications

1997: 5ESS O&M by Lucent;

1997: SS7 O&M by Lucent;

2000: Siemens EWSD switch O/M/C/I by Siemens;

2000: Unix User Level; Unix Admin; X-MATE Admin by EuroCom Expertise S.A;

2001: Teletraffic engineering course by ITU;

2002: NetManager by EuroCom Expertise S.A;

2002: 5ESS Switch Analysis & Lab course by Lucent;

2003: “Transmission & Data Transport Networks” by “Last Mile Access Solutions;

2003: Siemens EWSD switch V12-V15 Delta by Siemens;

2004: Alcatel E10-B, R22-R27 Delta by Alcatel;

2006: GSM System Overview; GPRS System Overview; GSM Signalling; GSM cell planning by “APIS”;

2006: Siemens GPRS-UMTS SGSN O&M by Siemens;

2007: NGN and services by “ItalTel”;

2011: NSN Channel Partner program by Nokia US;

2012: Ericsson WCDMA RBS 3000 Series Installation/Integration by Ericsson US;

2012: Ericsson LTE RBS 6000 Series Installation/Integration by Ericsson US.

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