Project Manager Engineer

Narasimha Betini Cell No: 408-***-****

Email: *******@*****.***

Objective: To grow in Networking Industry by leveraging my IP, wireless

and Sonet/SDH, Optical Transport project and people leading expertise and

with my varied Projects and Systems expertise on Nokia and Motorola GSM and

Cisco L2/L3.

. Education: MS in Wireless and Broadband Technologies(2004), Sonoma State

University - Rohnert park, CA

BS in Electronics and Telecommunications(1993), IETE- NewDelhi

. Address; Cupertino, CA

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

. Telecommunications Systems: Experienced in the design, maintenance,

training and troubleshooting of telecom and IP networks. Strong working

and theoretical knowledge of a wide range software and hardware

applications including: Datacom and IP equipment (L2/L3), OSPF, MPLS,

Wirless equipment (TDM, GSM(2G and 3G, SGSN, GGSN), SMSC and Voice Mail

systems) Transport equipment (OTN, SONET/SDH DS1, DS3, OC3, OC12, OC48

and OC192), Network Management Systems (Nokia NMS) and Switching

equipment.

. Hardware: Leading Application design and Operations experience on

Wireless NMS (Nokia NMS), GSM (Nokia - DX200, GSM(2G and 3G, SGSN,

GGSN)), Sonet/SDH and L2/L3 (Cisco ONS15454, ONS15327, RMI-Orion, Turin

Networks-Traverse & TransNav).

. Software: Leading skills in Application and System Test code development

in VxWorks, Unix/Linux, C, Perl, Object Oriented TCL and SQL.

. Telecom and IP Protocols: WLAN, GSM(2G and 3G), UMTS, LTE, OSPF, MPLS,

ATM SNMP, Sonet/SDH OTN, DWDM Ethernet and ISDN

. Test Equipment and Test Automation: Wireless call simulators, IXIA,

SmartBits, OmniBER, OTN, Spectrum & Transmission Analyzers, Traffic

Generators

. Leadership/Supervision: Live by example and sets high standards to

promote teamwork and individual accountability within a framework of

achievement and open communication. Successful models of

professionalism, productivity and effective interpersonal relations.

. Project Management: Skills in development and coordination of critical

and highly visible projects varying in nature and complexity requiring

accuracy and efficiency. Ability to meet the needs of changing customer

requirements and deadline-driven environments. Expertise in cost-

effective planning, budgeting and scheduling.

. People Management: Excellent analytical, organizational and planning

abilities coupled with highly effective communication, interpersonal and

leadership skills. Sound reputation for commitment to the highest

standards in technical services and personal relations.

. Troubleshooting/Problem Solving: Recognized for quality judgment,

decision-making skills and the ability to facilitate workable solutions.

Consistently targets areas for improvement and initiates successful

change.

Trainings and Certifications:

# CORPORATE TRAINING TRAINED

BY

1. UMTS and LTE Protocol and systems, Phy Layer I/Fs, Call Processing, QualComm

Packet processing and signaling overview.

2. MPLS, OSPF routing and L2 Switching protocols overview and Cisco

implementations

Cisco's ISO9001 process orientation and audit, Cisco Quality process and

DOORS

3. SS#7 - OSI stack, Different Layers, MTP, SCCP, TCAP, ISUP TUP, STP, SPC BPLCellul

etc. ar

4. NETWORK MONITORING: OMC Basic Architecture, Fault Management, OMC Nokia

Documentation, Performance Mgmt Configuration Management, Report

Generation Database administration, Unix administration, Oracle

databases administration.

NSS: MSC/HLR Architecture, Subscriber Administration, Cellular Radio

Network Administration, Common Channel Signaling in NSS, Short Message

Service, Routing Administration, Charging Administration, Interworking

Function and Traffic Administration.

SYSTRA: GSM Network overview, GSM transmission Equipment, Mobility

Management, Subscriber services, Radio path, Nokia Base Station

Controller, Nokia OMC, Nokia DX200 MSC, Network Management.

BSSSYS: DX200 Introduction, DX200 Documentation, Switching, Clock and

Synchronization, Files & Micros, Maintenance, OSI & X.25, I/O System and

Software Configuration Administration, Common Channel Signaling. BSS

Overview, Air Interface, BSS Signaling, Channels BSC General

Description, Transcoder and Submultiplexer, Base Station Interface

Equipment, Synchronization.

BSSTRS: BSS Transmission Overview, BSS Transmission solutions, DE 34 BTS

Transmission unit, TRUA, Abis Configuration Exercise, PDH Overview, SDH

Overview, Microwave Radios Overview.

BSSOM: BSS Overview, TCSM2E Commissioning, TCSM2E Integration, An

Interface Integration, DE 34/ DF 34 BTS Commissioning, Abis Interface

Integration, TRUA Commissioning, BSC, Service Terminal Extensions. Radio

Network Measurements, Diagnostic & Testing, BTS Integration.

GSM Cell Parameter Planning: Radio channel configuration, Radio resource

mgmt, Protocols, Mobility Mgmt, Measurements, Measurement Processing,

Handover Process etc.

5 BSS DATABASE: BSS parameters, Handover and power control parameters. Motorola

Timing Parameters.

BSS DATABASE APPLICATIONS: Time Slot configuration, Traffic Channel

configuration Power Control and Handover control database configuration

6 Unix and vxWorks: Shell Programming and Unix system architecture Infosys

CMM Level5 process and evaluation. C, SQL and Oracle Programming

RESUME

Projects and Professional Experience:

1.Project: Sonet/SDH Ethernet Transport System (with Layer2) Leading SW

verification and testing

Company: Netlogic Microsystems, Cupertino, CA ( Oct 2004 to till date)

Role: Sr.Staff Engineer

Achievements: Successfully lead the team on Multicore Network protocol

processors and Network application design testing.

Leading Network application architechture, design test and execution for

Multicore NW processors.

Test Process creation, Test methodologies design and documentation,

optimization, improvement and tracking.

Driver API and Bootloader testing and interface, feature and protocol testing

of Multicore network processors.

Bug tracking, assignment, follow up and resolution. Root cause analysis,

review and feedback.

Coordinating with FAEs on Customer issues, debug the escalated customer issues

in the lab and reproducing the issue. Identifying the root cause and providing

the alternative solutions for design issues.

Collecting necessary system data and design data for the FAE teams and

addressing the escalated customer issues.

Educating and presenting the FAE teams on system architecture and design

issues and test methodologies.

Reviewing the customer design documents and giving the feedback to customers.

Training and mentoring the test engineers on technology and test processes.

Resource management and rebalancing to meet the schedules. Hiring the talent

and building the team.

Functional features : Netlogic's MultiCore NW processors with 4 cores and 8

cores

Ethernet: Sonet/SDH, TDM and L2 Switching. MPLS, MAC learning, Aggregation,

Ethernet QOS parameters (Frame Loss, Latency, Through Put etc), VLAN and

Config testing based on IEEE 802.3.

Sonet/SDH: Framing, timing, Channel allocation, Channel mapping, overhead byte

integration, VCAT, LCAS and Bandwidth management.

2.Project: Sonet/SDH Ethernet Transport System (with Layer3 capabilities) SW

verification and testing

Company: Cisco Systems, Petaluma, CA - 12 Months (Aug 2003 to Sept 2004)

Role: Tech Lead

Achievements: Successfully lead the team on Sonet/SDH system network level

testing and BLSR and UPSR DRI features. Achieved maximum System level

Performance and team performance.

Designed massive networks with 32 Nodes and architected performance

characterization methodologies for Sonet and Ethernet networks with OSPF,

MPLS, BLSR, UPSR protocols and features. Carried out the network migration and

tear down performance.

Development of test architectures and methodologies and Preparation of test

plans for system validation and verification. Preparing customer acceptance

test plans and benchmarking the performance of the system when fully loaded.

Ensuring and adding Test cases as per System Specification Requirements at

Equipment level and Functionality level. Debugging and root cause analysis.

Design and execution of test plans, tracking, Bug reporting and tracking till

resolution. Design reviews.

Test features: BLSR DRI, UPSR DRI, Timing, SSM and Fault management. Ethernet

(GigE) QOS.

3. Project: Nokia BSS (BSC3i and TCSM, Ultra Cell) Integration to T-Mobile

network.

Client: T-Mobile, Seattle, WA, USA (Apr 2003 - Aug 2003) Role: Lead

Achievements: Successfully Integrated Nokia SGSN, BSC3i, Transcoders and BTS

cell sites (SW Version 10) to T-Mobile network.

Commissioning, Integration and Site Acceptance of Nokia 3G SGSN (Rel.2).

Integrated Iu (SGSN-RNC) via ATM & Broadband SS7, Gn (SGSN-GGSN) via OSPF, Ga

(SGSN-CG), Gr (SGSN-HLR) via SS7 Narrowband, QoS, 3G SGSN configuration.

Planned & Coordinated 3G SGSN config & integration parameters; such as

Addressing (SMMU, Gn, CRP/Gn/Iu loopback, ATM), PVC's (control/user plane),

SS7 Narrowband (Gr) and Broadband (Iu).

Configured BSC and verified the Signaling links, Local signaling point code,

Signaling link set Addition of Signaling link set, Signaling route set,

Signaling links, following for MTP Layer for A-Interface between BSC and MSC.

Debugging the configuration issues and root cause analysis.

Configured and verified the SCCP for the BSC's own signaling point, SCCP for

the MSC's signaling point, Broadcast status of SCCP signaling points, Local

broadcast status of SCCP subsystems, SCCP state at BSC side. SCCP state at MSC

side, Subsystem state at BSC side following for SCCP Layer for A-Interface

between BSC and MSC.

Created and integrated BSCs to MSC and BTSs to BSCs. And did the data fill for

T-Mobile network. Completed the acceptance tests and signed off.

4. Project name: ATM Sonet/SDH, Packet Over Sonet Transport System Functional

Testing

Company: Turin Networks (Jan 2001 - Apr 2003) Role: Sr.Staff Engineer

Achievements: Successfully released ATM backhaul, Sonet/SDH transport system

with Ethernet advanced features.

Development of test methodologies and Preparation of test plans for ATM,

Ethernet TLS (Transparent LAN) system verification. Ensuring and adding Test

cases as per System Specification Requirements.

Test architecture and methodologies design, review and test execution and

scheduling.

Test execution and tracking, Bug reporting and resolution. Coordinating with

SW developers in bug fixing and reproduction.

Customer demos and field trial for first releases. Preparation of customer

acceptance test plans and bench marking the tests for customer acceptance.

Release management, Design and execution of configuration management tools and

test applications.

Test plan scheduling and resource allocation, Test execution and tracking, Bug

reporting and resolution. Coordination with SW and HW development teams.

Offshore team building and coordination. Training the test engineers and team

building.

Coordinating with offshore teams and conducting review meetings and signoff

the projects.

Test features: 802.3 QoS (Transferant LAN, P-P Shared Ethernet, Link

aggregation, VLAN and MAC), ATM, BLSR, UPSR, Timing, SSM and Fault management.

5. Project Name: Multi-Service Telecom group Role: Project Manager

Company: Infosys Technologies Ltd, Bangalore, India. (May 1999 - Dec 2000)

Achievements: Successfully lead the onsite and offshore teams and established

the offshore test processes

Worked with Various Telecom clients ( Cisco, Excel Switching, Paradyne

Corporation.etc)

Onsite and Offshore team building for manual and automation testing,

Architecture design and reviews. Test plan design and standards tracking, Bugs

Technical guidance and resolving the tech issues on SS7, ISDN and ATM system

development.

Coordination between offshore and onsite teams, Setting up offshore test

processes and team training.

Hands on work experience with CISCO 15454, Lucent Switch with PRI, BRI (ISDN)

and SS7, application tools and SS7 analyzers. Paradyne Frame Relay Switch,

Frame Relay Access Devices and Router configurations and debugging.

Achieving max performance from each member and drive for creativity within

team.

Conducting performance appraisals and deliverables for reports. Guiding them

on their needs on training and improvements to make the successful team.

6. Project Name: Planning and Optimization of Cellular Radio Networks (BSS and

Radio Network).

Company: BPL Cellular Ltd; Bangalore, India - 9 Months (From May 1998 - Feb

1999) Role: Manager

Achievements: Created planning process and planned, optimized and maintained

best Grade of Service.

Coordinated all the planning activities of multiple geographical areas for

planning and optimization.

Worked with Network operations teams, Equipment vendors on features and

optimization upgrades etc.

Dimensioning and Expansion of RF Network for BPL Cellular ltd in Mumbai and

Pune.

Network Optimization: C/I Analysis, Interference Reduction (Co-channel &

Adjacent channel interference), Optimization using TEMS Drive Test Tool.

Site Selection and GSM 900 Frequency planning. Tuning the BSS parameters for

the better Handover Success Rate (more than 95%), drop call ratio (less than

2%) etc.

Traffic Analysis: Blocking, Grade Of Service (QOS), Drop calls, Erlang

distribution and analysis etc.

Installation & Commissioning of Repeaters for Coverage improvement.

Timing advance calculation and cell coverage calculations

Analyzing call reports regularly. Planning TCH and SDCCH Defining Grade of

Service of our network.

Planning and adding cell sites to network. Analyzing Drive Test results.

Optimizing cell parameters and quality of coverage. Analyzing Radio Frequency

propagation, path loss, Multipath etc. Networks Planned: BSS, RF networks.

Vendors Managed: Nokia, Motorola

Traffic Engineering, Signaling network planning. Capacity expansion,

optimization and scaling.

Configuration verification, network upgrades and validation. Field trails and

new feature tests

Achieving max performance from each report. Conducting performance appraisals

and deliverables for reports. Guiding them on their needs on training and

improvements to make the successful team.

Hardware: Nokia and Motorola BSS, NMS systems. Software: Planet (RF)

Planning tool(Planet and TEMS) and Unix

7 Project Name: NSS, BSS and NMS Operation, Administration and Maintenance and

Provisioning(OAM&P)

Company: TATA Communications Ltd; Hyderabad, India - 28 Months (Jan 1996 - Apr

1998) Role: Engineer

Achievements: Engineered Orderwire line, Installed repeaters, Cost savings and

reconfigured Microwave links for Tata

Network Architecture design and reviews. Technical guidance and resolving the

tech issues

BSC (Base Station Controller) configuration, preventive maintenance,

integrating it with NMS (OMC). Conducting regular diagnostics on BSC, Switch,

TCSM (Transcoder Submultiplexer) and BCSUs (Base Station Controller Signaling

Unit).

Trouble shooting of BSC and its Switching System, BTSs and Transport system

maintenance. Coordinating with planning people and getting feed back from

product line experts of Nokia.

Design configuration and maintaining of Nokia's Network Monitoring System

(NMS) i.e. OMC (Operations and Maintenance Center based on HP-UNIX, Oracle and

SQL) which is on Unix platform with Oracle database. Unix and Oracle database

Administration. Updating software changes. Generating network reports using

Oracle procedure calls and SQL.

Developing GSM network applications with Oracle database for GSM network

optimization so that utilizing and improving overall performance of NMS.

Integrating all GSM network elements to Network Management System (Operations

and Maintenance Center). Generating Statistic reports from Oracle database

using SQL language.

NMS, MSC, BSC and Transport system acceptance testing from vendors, Systems

and NMS integration, NOC center operations, System capacity expansions,

Configuration change management, System SW downloads and upgrades, trouble

shooting and feedback to vendors, Backup and recovery management, System

diagnostics, report generation and analysis. Coordination with planning team.

24/7 support and preventive maintenance. Field trails and bug report to

vendors.

Systems Managed: Nokia NSS, NMS, BSS and Transport systems.

Hardware: Nokia NSS (Network Sub System), BSS (Base Station Sub System),

NMS2000, SDH and Microwave Radio systems based on GSM Technology.

Software: Unix, Oracle and SQL

8 Project Name: Digital Microwave Design, Development and Verification and

field trails

Company: Advanced Radio Masts Ltd, Hyderabad, India - 69 Months (April 1990 -

Dec 1995) Role: Engineer

Achievements: Designed RF and IF Modules and integrated successfully. Carried

field trails of Microwave links.

Design, Development of Digital Microwave Radios with 16E1 and 32E1s.

Architecture design and reviews. Technical guidance and resolving the tech

issues

Test process creation, test methodologies defining and ISO9000 evaluation and

certification.

Unit testing, Integration testing and System testing of Microwave Radios.

Field trails of newly developed systems, Educating Customer field personnel on

Microwave Radios and MARR systems.

Hardware: Microcontrollers, filters and ASICs. Software: C and Unix

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