SHAKEEL ZAFAR 248-***-****

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Livonia, MI 48152 linkedin.com/in/shakeelzafar

TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL

Tactical Planning / System Design / Commissioning/ Implementing

Technical Telecommunications experience with fast and rapidly expanding companies. Analytic decision maker with excellent problem solving skills. Planned, designed and implemented Nextel’s iDEN cellular network, (switch side), for the state of Michigan. Supervised teams of engineers and switch technicians for countless projects. Authored numerous Method of Procedures (MOPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and troubleshooting guides. Expert in iDEN, GSM 900, UMTS, UTRAN and LTE technologies and highly familiar with CDMA and WIMAX

“Due to his wealth of telecommunications knowledge, Shakeel has always played a pivotal role in troubleshooting network and customer issues.” – Design Engineer- Sprint Nextel

CORE COMPETENCIES

BSS Planning

CDMA/GSM/UMTS/LTE

Nortel DMS 100 Switch

Cisco Routers

Alcatel 1631/DS1/DS3

DragonWave MW

Pathloss 5/LOS

Cisco Switches

EBSC/iBSC/RNC

TCP/IP/IPv4

BTS/Node B/ENodeB

CCNA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Farmington Hills, MI

Lead Microwave Engineer Jan. 2014-Aug.2015

Responsible for DragonWave microwave, construction, design and implementation for Sprint's Network Vision project thus providing high speed backhaul for LTE Cell sites

Designing MW links by using Pathloss.5 and Google Earth, Troubleshooting MW links with field crew for network issues, performed Line of Sight Surveys.

ALCATEL-LUCENT- Columbus, OH

Remote Integration and Test Engineer Mar. 2010-Dec. 2013

Responsible for remote integration of Lucent’s 1BTS Node B for ATT’s US UMTS Network

Added 2nd, 3rd and 4th carriers to ATT’s 1BTS CDMA/EVDO Node Bs in order to address increasing bandwidth demand

Worked on migration from ATM backhaul to an all IP backhaul for the entire ATT’s UMTS/CDMA network.

Test and turn up of Lucent's 9412 LTE eNodeB for ATT, Verizon and Sprint using SAM5620

SPRINT NEXTEL- Livonia, MI Sept. 1999-Apr. 2009

Technical Support Engineer II

Subject Matter Expert in Motorola Base Site Controller (BSC), Call Processor (CP) and Transcoder (XCDR) technical troubleshooting, test and turn-up including MTL links.

Implemented Ohio’s cellular traffic migration plan from legacy Enhanced BSCs to next generation Motorola’s iBSCs, consisting of decommissioning 40 EBSCs and turning up 10 new iBSCs.

Performed flawless Software Release (SR) upgrade from SR 15.0 to SR 16.0 for Motorola’s network elements including Integrated Call Processor (iCP), Integrated Voice Processor Unit (iVPU) and Base Transceiver Station (BTS).

Responsible for CISCO router and switches implementation for the local switch room inter communications.

Commissioned, tested and launched Nextel’s cellular network for the state of Michigan thus adding more than a million subscribers.

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DATACOM – Lafayette, LA Aug. 1998-Aug. 1999

Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer

On-site oil rig customer visits to determine the optimal position of the microwave dish in order to provide the oil rig with telephone service. Planned and designed these link using Pathloss.

Responsible for creating critical engineering packages for off-shore oil rigs. This included designing channel banks and floor plans, battery reserve, installation notes and materials list which resulted in a cost effective installation of telecommunication equipment at the customer’s premises.

TRANSFORM TECHNOLOGIES, Salt Lake City, UT

Systems Engineer Feb. 1998-Jul. 1998

Acted as a consultant for planning and commissioning Bidirectional Amplifiers in order to enhance cellular coverage.

MOBILINK (PMCL), Islamabad, Pakistan May 1995-Jan. 1998

RF Engineer

Exceeded management expectations by turning up 20 cell sites ahead of schedule thus launching the product ahead of the competition.

Part of a drive test team which greatly helped enhance the system performance of Mobilink’s GSM 900 cellular system.

Planned and designed T1 MW links using Pathloss.

Responsible for search rings, construction, frequency planning, hardware planning and network parameter optimization for the whole tri-state area.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Iowa State University- Ames, IA

TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

BSS Sub-System Planning Motorola, UK

iDEN Systems School Motorola, Schaumburg, IL

Alcatel 1630/1631 DACCS Alcatel, Richardson, TX

Airgen Motorola, Schaumburg, IL

Nortel DMS 100 Operations Motorola, Schaumburg, IL

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) New Horizons, Livonia, MI

Cisco ID CSCO11765301

CDMA Overview Sprint Nextel, Livonia, MI

Wimax Overview Sprint Nextel, Livonia, MI

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APPLICATIONS USED

Spice

Pathloss 5

Matlab

Microsoft Word

Visio

RMT

Internet Explorer

NTM (Network Trouble Ticket Management)

Microsoft Excel

Mapinfo professional

ProComm +

Siterra

Microsoft PowerPoint

SAM7 (System for Automated Maintenance)

Microsoft Outlook

Photoworks

Adobe Acrobat

TBS (Telecom Business Solutions)

OTHER TECHNOLOGIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Motorola’s EBSC, EXCDR and Nortel’s DMS 100 SWITCH’s Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Nortel DMS 100 Switch Translations and table management

EBSC, EXCDR and SWITCH Planning (ILAs, BSC boundaries, Adding MTLs, XBLs, CICs)

Motorola’s iBSC commissioning, maintenance and troubleshooting

Creating EBTS, BSC and XCDR Loads using AIRGEN

Downloading EBTS, BSC and XCDR Loads using OMC

Switch Cuts, BSC Migrations, Software upgrades

Alcatel 1630/1631 DACCS planning, Installation and maintenance

Basic Dispatch Application Processor (DAP) knowledge including APDs, MDGs BPX, MGX

Engineering of EBTS, BSC, DAP and SWITCH Parameters

MSO Power Management (BDFB, Rectifiers)

MOP/SOP creations for countless projects

Project Management

Site surveys (on-shore and off-shore)

Engineering package management (Floor plans, Channel Bank design, battery reserve, installation notes, material lists.)

Path Profiles for 3DS3 microwave links, on-shore & off-shore

Familiar with Megastar Sonet (6 GHz), Lynx (2 & 6 GHz), RAD kilomux 2000, Telco Access 60 channel banks

Narrow band microwave management

Worked on Repeater / Cell-enhancer planning

BSC/ILA boundaries Planning

BSC/ILA Traffic calculations

Enhanced Network Performance by monitoring GSM statistics

System Traffic calculations and forecast using Erlang B Table

Site-Planning; EBTS, EBSC, MSC and Microwave

Frequency Planning (without baseband and synthesizer hopping)

System Generation (sys_gen)

Adding new sites and E1/T1 links in the BSC

RF Optimization

Drive-testing using TEMS

Planning and Installation of Bi-directional Amplifiers (BDAs)

Generated C/I plots using Contactica’s Axis software (similar to PlaNet)

SONET/ATM OC3 through OC12 implementation and trouble shooting

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