Engineer Project Manager

Francis Ramelo D. Roxas

House Address:

#** ****** **., ******** *******,

Bulacan, Philippines

H/P Number Philippines: (63 919)

***-****

Tel. No. (63-44-711-****

email: *******@*****.***

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Mailing Address: PO Box 798 Surryhills

2010

Australia

Objective To utilize my skills in goal-oriented problem and technical team

leadership towards a challenging career as SATCOM Field Network

Engineer.

Profile My diverse background in the Telecommunications Industry has

helped me develop a broad base of ideas and interests. I'm a

fast learner with creative and analytical abilities. Clear

communication and intuitive thinking have equipped me with the

skills required to achieve results in today's technology-driven

business. My determination, willing to work hard and desire to

excel in everything I do, are my key attributes.

Education Scholar Student for Digital Transmission Engineering

Department of Transportation and Communication, 1990

Valenzuela City, Philippines

Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications

Engineering

University of the East, 1984 to 1989

Caloocan City, Philippines

High School/Secondary Education

St. Mary's Academy, 1980 to 1984

Saluysoy, Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines

Employment

History Senior Field Engineer

SINTEL-Sintel Satellite Services, Inc.

No. 25 Health Sciences Drive, Suite 201

Stony Brook, New York 11790

April 2001 to December2009

Major Responsibilities:

-Performance of the following tasks associated with newly

installed Satellite Earth Stations, VSAT Networks and Microwave

Facilities:

a) Rack integration including cabling - termination of CAT5,

RS485, V35, RS422, RS 232, Rigid/Elliptical Waveguide and

Heliax/MW Coax cables.

b) Calibration/termination of power cables, signaling cables and

position transducers for Antenna Control Systems.

c) Waveguide installation and pressurization system testing.

d) Insertion Loss, Return Loss and VSWR testing for

Rigid/Elliptical Waveguide and Heliax/MW Coax cable.

e) Gain and P1dB compression testing, TWT (High Power

Amplifier), Klystron Amplifier, SSPA (Solid State Power

Amplifier), and BUC (Block Upconverter).

f) Antenna Verification Testing and Carrier Line-up to Intelsat

SSOG conventions.

g) Collation and documentation of all test results, equipment

parameters, configurations settings and readings, for customer

review and reference.

Additional duties:

Coordinating with Project Managers to develop proposals for

satellite and microwave network solutions

Representing Sintel Satellite Services in a sales capacity and

coordinating with different Telecommunication companies in the

Philippines for their upcoming projects involving

satellite/microwave communications projects and transponder

space requirements.

Ensuring site documentations corresponds with as-built

configurations

Preparation of system specific training materials for contract

required training

Preparation of system specific operating procedures

Experienced with:

Troubleshooting systems and integrated equipment from different

vendors

Engaging and working with vendor provided technical support

Testing/Installation of Single/Multi-mode Optical Fiber links

Site critical power systems

Installations and configurations of NMS (Network Management

Systems) for General Data Communications TMS 3000, iDirect

iBuilder/iMonitor and M&C PC controller.

Configuration and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN IP networks

Configuration of Cisco Routers and Switches

Configuration of multi-vendor SCPC, MCPC and TDMA satellite

modems

Major Projects undertaken at Sintelsat:

January 2001- System Integrations, testing and commissioning

for 4.6meter Andrew Satellite Antenna, including 700 watts

redundant HPA (high power amplifier), Miteq Up and Down

Converters, Foxcom- Fiber Optical Interfacility link,

Dehydrator, Antenna Control Equipment, Deicing/Hot Air Blower

Equipment, GSI SNMP compatible Axxys Monitor and Control System

Project: Internet Gateway Hub Station- Cancom (Canadian

Satellite Communications) @ Flavelle Boulevard, Mississauga,

Ontario, Canada.

July 2001- Installation and acceptance testing for 5.6m Earth

Station Antenna including 750W HPA, including Up/Down Miteq

converter and Comtech satellite modems configured at fully

redundant systems.

Project: DTH (Direct to Home) Broadcast Station for Star Choice

Canada @ Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

August 2001- Upgraded Monitor and Control cabling system, RF

interfacility link for 4.6 meter Andrew Antenna.- PFLS

(Processed Feeder Link Satellite Earth Station)

Project: WorldSpace Satellite Radio Network @ Kingston Earth

Station, Bedfordshire, London

Nov 2001- Installations, testing and commissioning of C-band

satellite multi-antenna earth station. 4.8 meter and 7.2 meter

Vertex RSI Antenna with Step Tracking capability, Redundant

400watt HPA, Miteq Up and Down Converter, Redundant LNA

(including switch) and Monitor & Control system.

Project: TV Teleport for DIC (Dubai Internet City), UAE

January 2002 - On-site Team Leader for installation and

acceptance testing of two satellite antenna- 4.6 meter and 3.7

meter Ku Band (Andrew- fitted with extended KU-band feed).

Activity include installations of LNAs, Loop couplers,

Comtech/EF Data transceiver (Up/Down Converter), 16 watts EF

DATA SSPA, W/G switching, interfacility links for IF and RF and

monitoring ports, Monitor & Control Cables, Axxys Monitor &

Control Software and Dehydrators.

Project: PanAmsat spectrum monitoring PAS-7 and PAS-10

India/Asian beams in

Software Technology Parks of India Block 3, KSSIDC Complex

KEONICS Electronic City, Hosur Road, Bangalore India.

November 2002- On-site Team Leader for installation and

commission of two 4.8 meter Andrew Satellite Antennas

(Gregorian type: center feed) including Viasat SkyLinx Dama

Network Management System. Provided technical training program

to their Telecom Engineers including Operation and Maintenance

of the DAMA Network for 12 months.

Project: Viasat Skylinx DAMA System : Hamra Str.-Prince Al Saud

Building, Beirut-Lebanon.

October 2003 -On-site Team Leader for installation and

commission of 3.8 meter Satellite Antenna- Prodeline V-sat

antenna Ku-band Linear Polarization including High Speed

Serial Interface ( HSSI) Comtech EF Data SMD 2020

Modulator/Demodulator, SMS 541-E Modem protection Switch, KST

2000A Upconverter with 16 Watts Amplifier, Cisco 3550 Ethernet

Switch, Cisco 3745 Route and HSSI Redundancy Switch, Cisco AS

5400.

Project: VOIP International Gateway-USAID, @ Al Mamoon Tower,

Baghdad, Iraq. This satellite network was to provide 700

International voice circuits in Iraq.

April 2004 - Supervised the installation team for the 9 meter

antenna for Telemetry Tracking Control and RF Satellite Station

at Cibinong, Jakarta. Performed acceptance testing for the

Uplink/Downlink satellite eqpts. and done antenna patterns for

the 9 meter Vertex C-band antenna having four port linear

polarized (5.85-6.425GHz Tx and 3.625-4.2 GHz Rx). Integrate

and commission the following Uplink and Downlink eqpts. As ff:

3 units of 3.3 Kilowatts of Klystron High Power Amplifier (CPI:

936R12/936D50 with 12 channels and redundant switching

capability), 3 units of Miteq U-9693-1, 5850-6650Mhz, 70 MHz

IF, 125 KHz steps size with RS 485 M&C interface 10Mhz external

reference, 3 units of Miteq D-9642-1, 3400-4200Mhz, 70 MHz IF,

125KHz steps size w/ RS 485 M&C interface with 10 MHz external

reference, 2 units of Miteq 1:2 Redundant Switching Units for

the Uplink and Downlink subsystems, Vertex Antenna Control Unit

7200M and Digital tracking Receiver. Telkom II was successfully

launch 15 of Nov. 2005 by Orbital Sciences Corporation- Duless

USA.

Project: TELKOM II Telemetry Control and RF Satellite Station @

Cibinong Satellite Station, Jakarta, Indonesia.

October 2004- System Integrations and testing of two 4.5

meter Space Star Satellite Antennas, Polarized: Tx/Rx Ku Band

Antenna (Rx:10.95-12.75, Tx:13.75-14.5 GHz) motorized antenna,

1:1 Fully Redundant Subsystems, initially configured with 1:1

400 Watt TWT HPA (13.75 - 14.5 GHz) Xicom Model XTRD-400K, Low

Noise Amplifier, 60 dB, 90o K, 10.95 - 12.75 GHz.,

Downconverter DT4513-1 /UpconverterUT4514/D-2 Comtech Subsystem

(wired 1:4, initially configured 1:1), Satellite Modem

CDM-600 Data Rate ( 2.4 KBPS - 20 MBPS, 1/2, 3/4, 7/8 Viterbi,

Sequential coding with 8PSK and BPSK/QPSK/OQPSK modulation) and

Reed Solomon FEC w/ Turbo Codec/HSSI interface and ADH 3Com

Dehydrator (Rack Mount).

Project: Satellite Earth Stations -Worldcall Telecom @ Lahore

and Karachi, Pakistan

December 2005- Provided Broadband Wireless Microwave System in

Kabul Afghanistan. This system is designed to support high

capacity, data & voice channel and capable for video

application for WAN or MAN. A Network Management System was

provided to monitor, control and analyzes integrity of the

links. Provided on-site 24X7 on call support.

Project: Microwave Radio, US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.

December 2006- Project Manager for the DAB Afghanistan Bank

Modernization Projects. Sintelsat provided a full turn-key

solution for the bank communication network, these includes a

3.8meter V-sat Hub station in Kabul Afghanistan and six 1.8

meter V-sat terminals to other DAB Regional Branch offices.

Project: DAB Afghanistan Bank V-sat Network.

March 2007- Onsite supervisor for the installation of Patriot

4.5 meter Ku-Band Prime Focus Antenna at Soundview Broadcast

Corporate at their Corporate Office in Queens, New York.

13) December 2007- Done the Acceptance test for 19 remote

sites for Air Traffic Controller

Network in Egypt @ FAA for their voice, data, AFTN and AIS

communications network

applications.

ICC Telecoms - (BAYAN Telecommunication, Inc. ) Philippines

Corporate and Carrier Network Group

Satellite RF Equipment-Data Services

Assistant Manager, March 1999 to May 2001

Major Responsibilities:

Coaches three (3) System Engineers and five (5) Technicians in

the operations, repair and preventive maintenances of the 10

Meter Satellite Earth Station, Microwave eqpts., UPS' and

generators of Bayantel and at least 300 V-SAT terminal

equipments installed around the Philippines.

Lead the operation planning, review and analysis of the status

and capacity of Satellite Earth Station subsystem network at

Antipolo Rizal facilities. And recommend subsystem upgrade if

needed.

Accountable for the General Data Communication (GDC) Network

System with existing 79 TMS nodes, 93 minimuxes and 18 OCM's,

including activation, deactivation, configuration, diagnostic

and fault isolation through the use of GDC Transport Management

System (TMS) 3000 controller.

Guarantee all in-house repair of V-SAT RF equipment,

multiplexer, point to point/point to multi-point radios, and

base band modem pass the standard set by my company.

Keep track of valuable records (like gains, parameter settings,

circuit configurations, etc.) during commissioning stage of a

remote V-SAT terminal site, multiplexers, point to point, point

to multipoint radio and data circuits. Making sure these

documents are ready available and updated regularly for

operations and field personnel use, to ensure a smooth isolation

procedure, incase of equipment failure and restoration.

Work with different Customer Service Engineer (both local and

foreign) to trouble-shoot performance issues, as well as to

upgrade the system facilities.

Prepare technical training materials for different V-SAT

equipments, Microwave Radio's, UPS and generators from basic

functional testing to proper preventive maintenance procedures.

Conduct regular technical training seminar to enhance technical

skills of our new engineers and technicians.

Head a team whose main responsibility is handling complaints and

site restoration of SMART. SMART Philippines was leading

cellular company in the Philippines.

Periodically check status of preventive maintenance inspection

of 10 meter antenna system, microwave radio's and LNA redundant

switch, including RF and data subsystem network facilities.

Projects undertaken:

Take part in the upgrade of 400Watt TWTA HPA to 700Watt

capacity, to improve uplink of Master Earth Station in Antipolo

that increase twice of our monthly revenue and accommodate

bandwidth upgrade and activation of new site circuits.

Headed the BAYANTEL - Service Quality of Excellence Group(SQE).

It's main task was improved the turn around time of in-house,

local and foreign repair of satellite equipments.

Take part in revising and updating of exciting testing

functionality manuals of BAYANTEL V-SAT and multiplexer

equipment.

ICC Telecoms - BAYAN Telecommunication, Inc. Philippines

Antipolo Operations Group (AOG)

Master Satellite Earth Station In Antipolo

Senior System Engineer, October 1994 to March 1999

System Engineer II Shift Supervisor, March 1993 to October

1994

System Engineer I, October 1991 to March 1993

Training Mini-Link TN Operations and Maintence

Attended Ericsson Educations Philippines, July 2008

DAMA SkyLinx Operations and Maintenance

Viasat Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, October

2002

Fiber Optic Cable Splicing Troubleshooting

BAYANTEL Training Center in Philippines, April 2001

Victron Philippines-Hardware Training

Victron Philippines factory in the Philippines, August 1997

Maintenance of Agilis SSPA

Agilis Communication in Singapore, November 1996

Modem Courses

Nokia Telecoms in Finland, October 1996

PACE SMT/Thru-Hole-On Workshop

PACE in Philippines, May 1996

Satellite Modems

Fairchild in Philippines, February 1995

SR500 Theory, Maintenance Operations

SR Telecom in Subic Philippines, July 1995

Others:

Managing Performance Workshop

BAYANTEL Training Center in Philippines, December 1999

Defensive and Effective Vehicle Operations and Maintenance

BAYANTEL Training Center in Philippines, March 1999

Service Quality Improvement Team (Logistic)

BAYANTEL Training Center in Philippines, September 1998

SQE-Kaizen Management Course

BAYANTEL Training Center in Philippines, September 1998

BAYANTEL Business Orientation

BAYANTEL Training Center in Philippines, July 1998

Basic Supervisory Development Program

ICC Telecoms in Philippines, September 1994

Skills Fifteen (15) years experience in the field of satellite, radio

Proficiency and data/voice communications via Single Channel per

Carrier(SCPC), X.25, Frame Relay, Viasat SkyLinx DAMA, iDirect,

LinkSat LINKIP, LAN, WAN and Multi-Channel per Carrier(MCPC)

applications.

Highly motivated person, have a strong desire to succeed and

always ready to take any challenges, to learn new information's

technology and enhance technical skills.

In-depth knowledge in operation, trouble isolation and

maintenance of Radio Frequency Transceiver(RFT) sub-system used

in Satellite Earth Station and Remote Satellite V-SAT station.

Extensive exposure in bench testing and remote site

installation/commissioning of various V-SAT RFT brand, like:

Quintech 1250 LNB Switch

Alga 50 watts Block Upconverter Amplifiers

Terrasat 125watts Block Upconverter Amplifiers

SSE ASAT 0406/N406 Series 5/10 Watt

Miteq Up /Down converter

Foxcom- Fiber Optical Interfacility link,

Anacom Transceiver 40 watts with Redundant option

Advantech Transceiver 2 watts and 4 watts SSPA

Scientific Atlanta RF Converter 7790/7792

Scientific Atlanta 6510 ORU 5/10 Watt

Skydata RFT 2454ASE 10/20 Watt

Agilis AAV 880 Modular VSAT C-BAND 2/5/10 Watt with Redundant

Option

Agilis AAV 880 Single Package ODU 5 Watt with Redundant/

Booster Option

Advantech AMT -30 L Band Turbo Modem

Comtech CDM QXL

Fairchild 290, 2900, 2800 Satellite Modem (with RS 232,422 and

V35 Interface)

Scientific Atlanta 8881 & 8880 Satellite Modem (with RS 232,422

and V35 Interface)

Test Instrument Used:

Hewlett Packard: 8596 E Spectrum Analyzer, 437 B Power Meter,

83732 B Synthesizer Signal Generator, 4357 A Microwave

Frequency Counter, 5350 B Sweep Oscillator, 8757 Scalar

Network Analyzer, 4957 Protocol Analyzer

Firebird 6000A Communication Analyzer

Scientific Atlanta: Loop Translator C-band Range (3700-4200MHz)

Advantest : R33657 Spectrum Analyzer

Application Softwares and Networking Tools :

Viasat-SkyLinx Dama Network Server/Network Management

System/Portable Management Terminal Software Version 7.2,

General Datacom Controller (GDC) TMS3000, iBuilder/iMonitor,

Procomm, Mirror, Visio, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Windows,

Microsoft Office products.

Communications Skills:

Highly creative and adaptable to a variety of people and

situation.

Motivate personnel to perform at top efficiency levels; to

assess needs and establish work priorities.

Promote harmonious relationship among colleagues and peers.

Language Skills:

Written and Spoken English and Filipino

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