Network Engineer Manager

MOKESIOLUWA FANORO

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Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0037-4160

ID: 820-***-**** 181 (South African resisdence)/ Nigerian Cell number: +27-72-969*-***

Johannesburg, South Africa. {Married}

I have about 5 years of experience in the design of low noise amplifier (Analog IC design in a MMIC capacity) and another 2 years in the design, deployment and operation of the IMS core network. In the latter, I was mployed as a Core network Engineer while at the former, I am a researcher at the millimeter wave frequency.I led my team in Telkom South Africa in cutover and the deployment of a new technology to existing and new subscribers. All this was done before I started my PhD at the University of Johannesburg. Sandwiched between this two work experience is my Double Master degree (M.sc and M.Tech) from Twshane University of Technology and ESIEE Amien

I am an efficient, responsible and resourceful team player in a dynamic environment giving a unique contribution towards achieving organizational goals in relation to professional engineering practice worldwide. I am encouraged when I gain fundamental experience and expertise in any area of engineering applicable to resolving problems. I desired to solve problem in a fast paced world of ours.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2015 – DATE

MILLIMETRE-WAVE IC DESIGNER (ANALOG), UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

Optimization of LNA design and experience with matching techniques.

EM simulation of microstrip lines

MMIC designs

S-parameter design and Measurement methods

Strong grasp of matching techniques, impedance matching, distributed elements, noise, linearity, bandwidth, and stability.

Knowledge of IC fabrication

Design experience with 130 nm BiCMOS using GF PDK and IHP PDK; 180 nm CMOS

Knowledge of modulation schemes and multi-carrier techniques

Strong problem-solving ability and debugging skills.

Knowledge of CAD software like ADS, CADENCE, AWR.

Detailed knowledge of design flow from high-level modeling, through schematic, layout and physical verification.

Electromigration, power, and IR drop analysis.

Design of CPW-to-MTL transition for Input matching network at millimeter wave.

Design of Interdigitated capacitor at millimeter wave with appropriate Coplanar wave guide using CST MWS.

Design of T-section Microstrip Transmission line as in CST MWS.

NOVEMBER 2018

D.PHIL COURSE,

CMOS Analog circuit design;

RFIC Design software using ADS keysight.

Nature Master class for Scientific Writing and Publishing.

2013 – 2015

CORE NETWORK ENGINEER, huawei technologies, SOUTH AFRICA

Supervision, Deployment and Hardware installation of core network elements: IMS HSS, AGCF, IMS, IMS extended (UMG8900 and SIWF), iManager M2000.

Maintained and produced a daily and weekly report of activities affecting the network-based elements of the IMS core network using iManager M2000

Maintained and produced a daily/weekly report of activities affecting the network based on core network elements using M2000.

Perform and analyze call trace through the Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) generate reports with recommendations and troubleshooting each situation as it demands.

Upgrade of network elements (software/patch upgrade) for AGCF, ENS, ATS, and HSS.

License operation (Query, Activation for AGCF, HSS, SPG, MEDIAX, CSCF).

Generation of Customer Data Record (CDR's) through maintenance operations.

Interconnection configurations of network elements involved in the network.

Health Check on Ip Multimedia SubSystem (IMS) Network Elements.

Deployment, Hardware installation, commissioning of Universal Media Gateway (UMG).

Manage sub-contractors on site, ensuring that scope of Work (SOW) is delivered on schedule and quality.

Preparation of configuration scripts for Universal Media Gateway (UMG) configuration.

Conformance, quality test and troubleshooting of E1.

Configuration of Huawei Lan Switch.

Troubleshooting of Alarms.

Installation of Test Patch labels.

E-carrier (E1) loop-break testing, TRX Loop testing and Alarm Termination.

Site survey and reporting.

Developed standards for Hardware installation documentation and sub-contractor training document to provide documentation and training for Subcontractor and engineers. IMS Cutover: Traffic migration, Fault Evaluation, Investigation, Management, and Prevention.

Basic understanding of Electronic Worldwide Switch Digital (EWSD: Siemens) and E10 exchange (Alcatel-Lucent) (CENTREX, Integrated Services for Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Access and Direct Dial In (DDI)).

Analysis of call flow of IMS TO PSTN, IMS TO IMS Call flow and BRI TO BRI DDI.

Interpretation and generation of Value Added Service (VAS) associated with E10/EWSD to give Value Added Services (VAS) to subscriber to IMS Subscribers.

Creation of Multi-Media Access Node (MSAN) / Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) for the upload of test numbers at V-side via Universal Access Controller.

Creation of Direct Dial-in (DDI).

Troubleshooting of Multi-Service Access Node (MSAN)/ Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) creation before Customer Migration.

Troubleshooting of Plain Old Telephone Service and Integrated Services for Digital Network (POTS/ISDN) for IMS. (Basic Rate Interface)

Providing post-cutover technical support of the IMS to the customer, including maintenance and patching.

Provision of Supplementary Service for IMS Subscriber.

Interpretation of Fibre design and Installation of Optical Fibre in the fiber Cabinet, both for Splicing and cross-connect capability.

EDUCATION

NOVEMBER 2013

M.SC AND M. TECH, TSWHANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, sOUTH AFRICA & ECOLE SUPERIEURE D’INGENIEURS EN ELECTROTECHNIQUE ET ELECTRONIQUE (ESIEE) dE PARIS, FRANCE

DISTINCTION IN MY DISSERTATION AND PASSING SUCCESSFULLY 9 COURSE WORKS INCLUDING FRENCH LANGUAGE. COURSE WORK INCLUDE HIGH-FREQUENCY SYSTEM, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING, EMBEDDED SYSTEM.

NOVEMBER 2007

B. ENG (HONOURS), FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, NIGERIA

I FINISHED WITH A 2ND CLASS UPPER DIVISION.

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

ELECTRONICS:

Circuit design, circuit simulation, circuit troubleshooting, layout design, Optimization of layout, post-layout simulations, measurement and testing, Electromagnetic simulation.

NETWORK DESIGN:

Modeling of Network; Network simulation; UDP and TCP; Analysis of Data rate; Bit error rate; packet error rate; Physical implementation of Network

MATHEMATICS:

Mathematical analysis and modeling; Optimization

COMPUTER SCIENCE:

Programming

Peer review of Journals

SKILLS

ELECTRONICS and MICROELECTRONICS: Proteus LTSPICE (1 year), MULTISM (1 year), ADS KEYSIGHT (5 years), AWR MICROWAVE, CST MWS (1 year), SONNET SOFTWARE (1 years), OSCILLOSCOPE (3 YEAR); MULTIMETER (12)YEARS), POWER METER/SUPPLIES (2)YEARS; SIGNAL GENERATOR ( 4 years)

PROGRAMMING: C++, C, MATLAB AND SIMULINK (4 YEARS), LABVIEW (1 YEAR), MATHEMATICA (3 years), Scilab; Octave

NETWORK SIMULATOR: OPNET, ns2 (2 YEARS)

OPERATING SYSTEMS: LINUX (7 YEARS), WINDOWS (10 YEARS)

OFFICE PACKAGE: MICROSOFT EXCEL (7 YEARS), POWERPOINT (7YEARS), WORD (7 YEARS)

RESEARCH STATEMENT

I have published 5 conferences and 1 journal paper, in which I showed my research acumen and capabilities in discussing the application of raptor code on the application layer of an OSI. Similarly, I have published about the Low noise amplifier in the millimeter-wave (60 GHz). In this area, the design, simulation, layout drawing, and tape out of IC have been carried out. Optimization of the layout and check for Electromigration, IR drop analysis has also be considered in full details.

Currently, I am writing my thesis and working additional publications which would be sent out for review. I have been opportune to grant from NRF for 3 years (ongoing) and the Knowledge, Innovation, collaboration (KIC) grant in 2017. This was utilized in conference attendance in Quebec, Canada while attending URSI GASS., 2017.

In respect to future research, I would like to utilize my Knowledge in MMIC design and Core network in the next generation communication which is Visible light communication (VLC). VLC, an emerging technology for high-speed and short-range optical communications, has been stimulating worldwide research. Even though it is still at the inception stage, the bandwidth of the VLC would useful in data communication. An added advantage is the immunity against interference from other magnetic sources.

COMPETENCIES

MILLIMETER WAVE AND RFIC MMIC ANALOG DESIGN ENGINEER

Experience to perform RF/microwave integrated circuit design, including schematic capture, schematic simulation, circuit layout, electro-magnetic simulation, physical verification (DRC and LVS) and device test and characterization.

Proficiency in Circuit Simulation tool ADS and in EM tools such as Momentum.

Knowledge with GF 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS PDK and IHP SG13 BiCMOS PDK.

Profound insight into MMIC documentation, semiconductor device testing, test, and evaluation.

Expertise with layout trade-offs to obtain a fully optimized layout for your circuit and run detailed extracted simulations to take account of layout parasitics. Modeling accurately EM effects in the layout.

CORE NETWORK ENGINEER

Supervision, Deployment and Hardware installation of core network elements: IMS HSS, AGCF, IMS, IMS extended (UMG8900 and SIWF), iManager M2000.

Deployment, Hardware installation, commissioning of Universal Media Gateway (UMG).

Manage sub-contractors on site, ensuring that scope of Work (SOW) is delivered on schedule and quality.

Conformance, quality test and troubleshooting of E1.

Developed standards for Hardware installation documentation and sub-contractor training document to provide documentation and training for Subcontractor and engineers. IMS Cutover: Traffic migration, Fault Evaluation, Investigation, Management, and Prevention.

Preparation of configuration scripts for Universal Media Gateway (UMG) configuration.

Analysis of call flow of IMS TO PSTN, IMS TO IMS Call flow and BRI TO BRI DDI.

E-carrier (E1) loop-break testing, TRX Loop testing and Alarm Termination.

Basic understanding of Electronic Worldwide Switch Digital (EWSD: Siemens) and E10 exchange (Alcatel-Lucent) (CENTREX, Integrated Services for Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Access and Direct Dial In (DDI)).

Troubleshooting of Plain Old Telephone Service and Integrated Services for Digital Network (POTS/ISDN) for IMS. (Basic Rate Interface)

Interpretation of Fibre design and Installation of Optical Fibre in the fiber Cabinet, both for Splicing and cross-connect capability.

Troubleshooting of Multi-Service Access Node (MSAN)/ Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) creation before Customer Migration.

Interconnection configurations of network elements involved in the network.

Health check on Ip Multimedia SubSystem (IMS) Network Elements.

Configuration of Huawei LAN Switch.

TRAINING AND WORKSHOP

Hand-on training and workshop series at Carl Emily Fuch Institute of Microelectronics (CEFIM ) in University of Pretoria on CST Studio Suite, 2018

Training at Carl Emily Fuch Institute of Microelectronics (CEFIM) in University of Pretoria (November 16 - 18, 2015) covering the millimeter-wave design of front-end receivers and measurement procedures.

UJ Open Science Day Training on the Use of High Computing Platform - 28th of October 2017.

Post - Sensor, MEMS and Electro-Optical System (SMEOS) half-day workshop on semiconductor device modeling - CSIR Campus Pretoria on 16th of September 2016. (Presented by XMOD Technologies)

Certificate of Course Completion on biological waste Treatment (Nov. 2016- Feb. 2017): Hamburg Open Online University

Long Term Evolution (LTE) Training (June to August 2014): Huawei Technologies, Centurion

Ip Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Training (August 2014): Huawei Technologies, Centurion

Universal Media Gateway (UMG) Rollout training (June 2014): Huawei Technologies, Centurion

Data communication Training (September/October 2014): Huawei Technologies, Centurion

Intellectual Property Competency Course (June 2012): Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria

Research Methodology (March 2011): Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria

C++ in 24 hrs (June 2006): NIIT, Lagos, Nigeria

Certificate of Merit and Recognition: Star Contributor in PSTN/IMS TRANSFORMATION PROJECT.

Certificate of Merit and recognition : Senior Tutor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa

GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND POSTGRADUATE ACHIEVEMENT

National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) Doctoral Scholarship for Free-standing, Innovation and Scarce Skills between 2016 and 2018.

Best paper award in the Student category, International Semiconductor Conference, 2016 held in Sinaia, Romania.

Knowledge, Interchange and Collaboration (KIC) grant from NRF for the International Union of Radio Science General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS) International Conference in Canada (2017).

French South African Institute of Technology (F'SAIT) scholarship (M. Tech. by research) between 2011 and 2012.

INTERNSHIP

1-month internship at the National Institute for research and development in Microtechnologies, Bucharest, Romania during which the following responsibilities and achievement were made:

oSimulation of 60 GHz LNA

o3d modeling of the distributed passive component consisting of Microstrip transmission line, Coplanar waveguide to microstrip transition and Interdigitated capacitor in CST MW Suite at the millimeter-wave.

oPreparation of the distributed passive component basically the Input matching network and the interstage matching network for fabrication.

PUBLICATIONS

Investigation of 60 GHz LNA with estimated S11 values based on a mathematical model and numerical solution. Romanian Journal for Information Science and Technology (ROMJIST). vol. 19 no. 3 2016, 239-254.

Effect of Degeneration on a Millimeter Wave LNA: Application of Microstrip Transmission Lines {IEEE CAS 2018} in conference proceeding of the 41st edition of CAS International Semiconductor Conference. October 10 -12 Sinaia, 2018, pp. 283-286.

Design of low noise, low power V-band low noise amplifier in 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS process Technology {IEEE CAS 2017} in conference proceeding of the 40th edition of CAS International Semiconductor Conference. October 11-14, 2017. Sinaia International hotel Sinaia, Romania

A Low Noise and Power Consumption, High-Gain LNA in 130nm SiGe BiCMOS Using Transmission Lines URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (GASS) In conference proceeding of 32nd International Union of Radio Science General Assembly and Scientific Symposium. August 19-26, 2017. Montréal Convention Centre, Montreal, Canada.

Investigation of the Effect of Input Matching Network on 60 GHz Low Noise Amplifier {IEEE CAS 2016} in conference proceeding of the 39th edition of CAS International Semiconductor Conference. October 10-12, 2016. Sinaia International hotel in Sinaia, Romania.

Performance complexity of Raptor Code in TCP/IP-based wireless Networks {IEEE ICIT 2013} in conference proceeding of IEEE International Conference Industrial Technology (ICIT). February 25-27, 2013. Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa.

Performance evaluation of Raptor code on TCP/IP – Based Wireless Networks, in conference proceeding of the 15th annual conference of Southern African National Telecommunication Conference (SATNAC) September 1-3, 2012. Fancourt, George, Western Cape, South Africa.

VOLUNTEER SERVICES

HOPE ALIVE: Arranging of Bookshelf in Mamelodi, South Africa

HOSPIVISION: Feeding of HIV patient and contribution to work in Tshwane district hospital.

GIRLENG: Serving as Mentor in SaWomenEng (GIRLENG) in Wits University.

TELKOM South Africa: Presentation of the workshop for Telkom Staffs on IMS Test number creation, Creation of MSAN and VAS generation for IMS Subscriber.

LANGUAGES

English

French (Beginner)

Yoruba

HOBBIES

Soccer;

Lawn tennis;

Analysis of matches;

Do it yourself kind of person;

Cooking

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