Rolando Zaraspe Aldover

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Las Pinas City, Metromanila 1740, Philippines

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SUMMARY

An OSP/Fiber Optic Network Specialist with more than 42 years of extensive experience in telecommunications outside plant planning and engineering, research and development, project implementation, and operations of all fiber technology (FTTx) networks. My strengths include project management, quality and process management, leadership and technical training, effective collaboration, solving complex problems, and creating innovative solutions. I have worked with local and international premier telecom companies and service providers.

WORK EXPERIENCES

Ociusnet Inc. April 1, 2022 – July 15, 2023

Design & Engineering Team Manager

Managed project team to deliver quality and cost-effective planning and engineering designs including the corresponding bill of materials/quantities, established and implemented process improvements, conducted internal technical training, and performed project managements for international customers.

Managed 15 projects for the delivery of FTTH and FTTx HLD and LLD design works

Key Accomplishments

Delivered quality design for a 15 fiber optic design projects in UK, Germany, and Slovakia.

Ociusnet Inc. May 5, 2020 – March 31, 2022

Design Engineer V (Consultant)

Delivered quality and cost-effective planning and engineering designs including the corresponding bill of materials/quantities, established and implemented process improvements, conducted internal technical training, and performed project managements for international customers.

Project managed 8 design engineers for the delivery of FTTH and FTTx HLD and LLD design works

Key Accomplishments

Delivered quality design for a fiber optic design project in UK with more than 50,000 home passed.

Ericsson Telecommunications, Inc. June 10, 2013 – April 30, 2019

Solution Architect

Delivered quality and cost-effective planning and engineering designs including the corresponding bill of materials/quantities, established and implemented process improvements, conducted internal technical training and performed project managements for international customers.

Managed 12 – 16 planners depending on project scope, who were assigned in various projects for the delivery of FTTH and FTTx designs.

Key Accomplishments

Resolved conflicts with UK counterparts in VM FTTH turnkey project which was on the brink of project termination on the first quarter of year 2017 by working closely and resolving issues with UK Project Manager. The UK Project Manager expressed his satisfaction on project management, gave an “exceptional performance rating” and had the project which included as-built drawing production that continued up to March 30, 2019.

Improved design quality in ITPC project by 96% and productivity by 215% thru establishing design standards and processes, standardizing design quality checklist, monitoring and publishing designers’ performance.

Conducted 5 international technical trainings to managers and engineers in India, Brazil, Mexico and Croatia where trainees gave the trainer an excellent rating

Developed 2 innovation tools (Duct Available Capacity Estimator and Automated Design Quality Assurance Checklist) which were implemented and acknowledged by Ericsson for internal use that resulted to cost savings by US$4,566.47 and US$149, 900, respectively.

Smart Communications, Inc. Feb 14, 1995 - Jan 6, 2013

Network Program Management Contract Manager Nov 1, 2010 – Jan 6, 2013

Managed vendors/contractors’ project contracts, processed contractors’ project billings, resolved vendors’ project-related issues, enhanced department business processes and managed department’s budget.

Key Accomplishments:

Devised a tool for Request for Payment computation that saved 75% of RFP preparation time and ensured an accurate and consistent result.

Instrumental in consolidating and preparing the department’s annual budget for management’s approval by ensuring its funds for year’s build projects were available and well managed.

In collaboration with department’s project managers, attained cost savings of PhP990M on two build projects in year 2012.

Saved PhP25M on a contractor’s case where 129 projects were taken over by Smart due to contractor’s non-delivery of awarded projects by maintaining and consolidating all factual and accurate data on contractor’s activities and transactions and contesting its accomplishment payment claims.

Outside Plant Network Services Manager Feb 1, 2008 – Oct 30, 2010

Assigned in PLDT, established and enhanced outside plant technical standards, issued type approval certificates for products that can be used in PLDT networks, accredited contractors/vendors of PLDT, and improved internal business processes.

Led 6 fiber network design engineers in the design and implementation of the SCTEX project.

Key Accomplishments:

Designed and implemented joint project of Smart, BCDA and Globe for Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) spanning 94km of direct buried 72F fiber optic cable estimated at Php53M on year 2008 enabling Smart to have 60% cost savings (PhP 51M) and a very secured fiber network resiliency in North Luzon.

Resolved an issue about substandard AG cabinets from UTStarcom by fully documenting all related supporting items, proper escalation to designated authorities and collaboration with the supplier resulting to corrections of all non-compliant cabinets and extended warranty period to 5 years at no additional cost to PLDT.

One of the key players in Quality of Service (QoS) Improvement project that brought down OSP trouble index by 47% from 7.8 to 4.15 on year 2010 through rehabilitation of OSP facilities from cross connect cabinet to subscriber homes.

Planning and Engineering Transport Manager Oct 1, 2005 – Jan 31, 2008

Established department standards, processes and documentation standards, implemented fiber optic project from planning and engineering to acceptance phase, managed department database, processed contractors’ project billings, and acted as Smart SPOC for inter-company colocation initiatives.

Project managed 5 internal network engineers and 5 contractors with 2 planning and implementation engineers each to complete the planning and construction of the Loop Zero project mentioned below.

Key Accomplishments:

Engineered and project managed the Loop Zero fiber network redundancy segment project from Cabanatuan City to Laoag city with a total of 713,803 meters of fiber optic networks and delivered the project on time even though there were implementation challenges encountered during construction period.

Established in collaboration with other departments, when various teams were maintaining their own databases, the Transport Site Database, a unified database for the whole network services division that became a reliable and accurate reference to all users from engineering to operation teams.

Quality Assurance and Process Engineering Manager Jan 1, 2000 – Sept 30, 2005

Established division’s technical and business processes and ensured compliance of said processes, identified competency gaps and recommended required training for skills development.

Key Accomplishments:

Established, documented and managed 214 business and operational processes that were used by the whole division to attain cohesive and clearly defined inter-functional activities.

Key player in achieving Sarbanes-Oxley Act sub-certification for the whole Network Services Division.

OSP Engineering Senior Supervisor Feb 15, 1995 – Dec 31, 1999

Ensured quality OSP engineering plans were accurate and delivered in a timely manner, coached and supervised design engineers to produce accurate and implementable plans, evaluated and recommended for approval service contractors’ OSP design works, and coordinated with the implementation team during project implementation.

Key Accomplishment:

Developed a tool in MS excel that enabled OSP engineers to save 95% on processing time and accurate report output that listed and quantified all the OSP materials including nuts and bolts required before materials were withdrawn from Smart Warehouse.

Philippine Cable Network and Construction, Inc.

OSP Senior Engineer Nov. 14, 1994 – Feb. 14, 1995

Performed site survey and designed fiber optic links between node sites, coordinated with construction team during project implementation, and coached junior designers during their design works.

Key Accomplishment:

Did detailed engineering for 3 fiber optic network links between cell sites and homing MSCs for Pilipino Telephone Corp.

Saudi Telecom Company May 1982 – Nov 11, 1994

Assistant Chief Jan 1, 1985 - Nov. 11, 1994

Supervised engineers and ensured quality design works in team’s production of secondary network extensions to ensure all telephone applications are served on time, coordinated with construction department during project implementations, trained newly hired designers, and evaluated staff performance and recommended whether to renewal/non-renewal of annual contract.

Supervised 16 network design engineers of various nationalities to deliver secondary network extensions.

Key Accomplishments:

Trained and ensured productive and gainful design engineers for new employees of various nationalities like Saudi Arabians, Indians, Egyptians and Filipinos.

Devised a method that was used by the whole department on how to measure engineer’s productivity by defining measurements for secondary network extensions, buried service wire plan, revisions and as-built drawings.

Outside Plant Engineer May 1, 1982 – Dec. 31, 1984

Investigated telephone applications whether with or without existing facility, performed site survey activities and designed OSP secondary networks to serve pending telephone applications.

Key Accomplishments:

Designed OSP secondary networks and buried service wire installations in Riyadh City (KSA).

Assisted the Assistant Chief in the actual training of new employees.

Pilipino Telephone Corporation Nov. 1, 1979 – April 15, 1982

Operations Staff Engineer

Prepared OSP engineering designs for expansion and rehabilitation, coordinated with construction team during project implementation.

Key Accomplishments:

Prepared detailed engineering for secondary cable extension in Baguio City.

Lowered the accounts receivables by 92% thru serving notices of disconnections to those accounts with more than 2 months as the Officer-in-Charge for one month in the absence of the Baguio Exchange Branch Manager.

EDUCATION

1976 – 1980 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City

1973 – 1976 General Engineering

Pablo Borbon Memorial Institute Of Technology

GOVERNMENT EXAMINATION

Assistant Electrical Engineer - April 23, 1981

Professional Regulation Commission Board Rating = 88.65%

SELECTED TRAININGS

Microwave Engineering (1978)

PLDT Technical Engineering Orientation Course (1981)

Fiber Optics for Communications Networks Course (Nov 11 – 22, 1996)

Fiber Optic Cable Basics – Splicing and Testing (Nov 22 – Dec 6, 1996)

Interaction Management Training Course (Feb 1, 8, 15. 22, 1997)

Cell Planning Principles Course (April 7 – 8, 1999)

System Training for GSM/DCS Course (July 5 – 8, 1999)

ISO 9000 Awareness and System Documentation Course (Nov. 15 – 16, 1999)

ISO 9000 Internal Audit with Actual Audit Workshop (Nov. 18 – 19, 1999)

Basic Management Course (First Part of Smart Management Development Program – Oct. 9 –14, 2000, Asian Institute of Management)

Strategic Management Course (Second Part of Smart Management Development Program - Nov. 13 -18, 2000, Asian Institute of Management)

Certified Fiber to the Home Professional (2016)

Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training (June 2018)

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