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CURRICULUM VITAE – Muhammad Talha Zia

Personal

Name : Muhammad Talha Zia

Permanent Address : House # A –108, Block # 8, F.B. area, Karachi, Pakistan

Current Address : Villa # 82, Mansoura Street, Al Mansoura, Sharjah, UAE

Tel # : +971**********

Cell # : +971**********

E-mail : *****.****@*****.***, ******@*******.***, ******@*****.***

Executive Summary

Overall experience in HV/LV SCADA/RTU/SCS/Metering systems and Building Management Systems. Ability to deliver substantial progress, productivity and quality improvements through well managed, on-time project execution, Particularly strong in staff development, including training, coaching and evaluation, Objective is to produce complete commitment to achieve objectives that will motivate and set examples and provide challenges, excitement and an opportunity to advance with the firm.

Core Competencies

HV/LV SCADA/RTU/SCS

Decision Making

Team Player

Project Coordination

Staff Training & Development

Communication Skills

Building Management System

Software Engineering

Telecom Systems

Metering Management

System Administration

Result Oriented

Professional Experiences

SUBNET Solutions Inc.(www.subnet.com) (February 2023-Present)

Presently working in SUBNET Solutions Inc. (Dubai office) as System Integration Specialist with clients across EMEA region. Projects include:

Saudi Electricity Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Elektrilevi, Estonia

ESKOM, South Africa

WSP (www.wsp.com) (July 2021-December 2022)

Worked in WSP (Sharjah office) as Resident Engineer for Building Services Supervision. Projects include:

Hamad International Airport (Qatar)-Central Building Management System

Zayed National Museum (UAE)-Building Management System

King Abdullah Financial District (KSA)-Parking Management System

Previously worked in Al Ain Distribution Company (AADC) as Resident Engineer for DMS INTEGRATION OF DISTRIBUTION SUBSTATIONS, GRID STATIONS, REDUNDANT LINKS AND FAULT INDICATOR SYSTEM (STAGE-IV)

KAHRAMAA – Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (www.km.qa) (August 2018-June 2021)

Worked in Electrical System Control Dept. in Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA) as Consultant SCADA Engineer for Kahramaa Commissioning Team (KCT). Key responsibilities include:

E-terraplatform EMP 2.3 administration including SCADA Database Management using e-terra modeler 3.1.2, Electrical Power Network world map graphics using Full Graphics Builder 5.6, SCADA Archive Management using e-terra archive 2.5 etc.

Point to point testing for new and existing HV substations along with project consultants, project contractors and Kahramaa system operation engineers in master station

On-site cyber security testing for SAS (Substation Automation System)/SCS (Substation Control System) with project consultants and project contractors in HV/LV substations

Point to point testing for new substation bays for WAMS (Wide Area Monitoring System) along with project contractors and Kahramaa operation system planning engineers

SEC - Saudi Electricity Company (www.se.com.sa) (June 2014-July 2018)

Worked in Distribution Control Center (Operation Division) in MAKKAH Electricity Dept. as SCADA Engineer (Distribution Engineer C). Key responsibilities include:

E-terraplatform EMP 2.3 administration including SCADA Database Management using e-terra modeler 3.1.2, Electrical Power Network world map graphics using Full Graphics Builder 5.6, SCADA Archive Management using e-terra archive 2.5 etc.

Sinaut Spectrum v4.1.1 administration including Source Database Management, Electrical Power Network world map graphics, connectivity of switching elements and bays at 13.8/33/110/380KV, mapping IEC-101 to Sinaut Spectrum addresses etc.

KE – K-Electric (www.ke.com.pk) (Jan 2011-May 2014)

Worked in KE (K-Electric) as Manager SCADA Operation & Maintenance in Transmission Department leading a team of 05 engineers spread over 56 sites, reporting directly to General Manager and Director Transmission Networks. Also responsible for the overall availability and smooth operations & maintenance of SCADA functionalities in all aspects (SCADA Master Station hardware/software systems, Telecom links, RMU remote maintenance and RTU outstations system). Key responsibilities include:

SCADA Operation & Maintenance

Sinaut Spectrum v4.5.1 administration including Source Database Management, Electrical Power Network world map graphics, connectivity of switching elements and bays at 11/66/132/220KV, mapping of IEC-101 addresses to Sinaut Spectrum addresses etc.

Tele-Control Interface administration including telecom channel assignment based on Power Line Carrier/Optical Fiber/High-speed Digital Subscriber Line, baud rate assignment based on the reliability of Telecom channels, Telecom channel diagnosis using IEC-Tester etc.

SCADA System Administration including maintenance and troubleshooting of SUN Fire V240 servers, SUN Ultra 45 workstations, diagnosis of errors from Sinaut Spectrum v4.5.1 wrt software/hardware, troubleshooting of SCADA-LAN, troubleshooting of GPS-based clock system & BARCO Wall rear projection system etc.

ABB Human Machine Interface system administration including 11/132KV Single Line Diagram graphics on RTU-560, troubleshooting of HMI-LAN, troubleshooting of connectivity b/w RTU-560 and REF-500/RET-600/REL-600/REC-600/REB-600 series relays etc.

Belvis-SODA Metering Management System administration including 11/132/220KV energy meter data analysis using Belvis, reporting energy losses at generation, transmission & distribution levels using energy meter data, troubleshooting of telecom modems for energy meter data fetching etc.

EMS/NA applications including Load Shedding Functions using group-wise, import target violations, transformer overloading, tie-line overloading etc.

KESC - Karachi Electric Supply Company (www.ke.com.pk) (Aug 2007-Dec 2010)

Worked in KESC (Karachi Electric Supply Company) as Assistant Manager-SCADA Project in Project Engineering, Planning & Implementation Department. I was responsible for project implementation of LDC-SCADA project with Siemens. Key responsibilities included:

SCADA Project

Coordination with all departments of KESC & Siemens involved in LDC-SCADA project

Site surveys of grid stations for planning of installation of telecom equipments including PLC (Power Line Carrier), Optical Fiber, HDSL (High-speed Digital Subscriber Line), analog modems & controlling equipments including RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) & metering equipments including Energy Meters of class 0.2 & 0.5

Involved in witnessing and verification of incoming shipments of SCADA equipments from Germany according to approved SCADA specifications

Making necessary arrangements for installation & commissioning of SCADA equipments at Master station and grid stations

Participation in local SCADA trainings by Siemens to observe and ensure that trainings are given according to approved course outlines

QUALIFICATION

Usman Institute of Technology-Hamdard University, Karachi

Masters of Engineering (ME-Electronics with majors in Telecommunications), 2008-2010

National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Karachi

Bachelor of Computer Engineering (BE-Computers), 2003-2007

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Trainings attended in Kahramaa, Qatar

oSCS (Substation Control System) training including cyber security at substation level given by GE, ABB and Siemens for different projects, WAMS (Wide Area Monitoring System) training given by GE, E-terra database administration training given by GE

TELVENT Training in Distribution Control Center-Saudi Electricity Company, Jeddah

oSpecialized two weeks training at Distribution Control Center-Saudi Electricity Company, Jeddah by Schneider Electric Expert on TSCT (Telvent Smart Configuration Tool) v1.02 DMS (Distribution Management System)/DAS (Distribution Automation System) training including operation, maintenance & troubleshooting

E-terra Platform Training in Western Region Control Center, Jeddah

oOn-job training on Alstom scada system for 2 months on e-terra platform 2.3 (including e-terra habitat 5.7, e-terra modeler 3.1.2, e-terra browser 3.5, e-terra archive 2.5, Full Graphics Builder 5.6 etc.)

SCADA & SINAUT Spectrum Training in Karachi by Siemens

oSpecialized two months training at LDC-SCADA building-KESC House, Karachi by highly skilled experts for proposing, designing, programming and testing of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems (SCADA & SINAUT Spectrum) specifically for power control, monitoring, troubleshooting & supervising operations of electrical utility’s Generation, Transmission & Distribution network. Training also included System Administration & Troubleshooting of SCADA servers based on UNIX (SOLARIS 5.10) operating system

Power Line Carrier System Training in Karachi by Siemens

oSpecialized two weeks training at LDC-SCADA building-KESC House, Karachi by Siemens experts on Siemens-Power Link PLC (Power Line Carrier) Communication System. Training included operation, maintenance, troubleshooting & commissioning of Power Link

Metering Management System Training in Karachi by Siemens

o Specialized two weeks training at LDC-SCADA building-KESC House, Karachi by Siemens experts on Kisters MMS (Metering Management System). Training included operation, maintenance, troubleshooting & commissioning of MMS software BELVIS-SODA

SKILLS & CAPABILITIES

Microsoft Windows Family, Internet Operations, Microsoft Office, Unix, Computer System Hardware Maintenance and Troubleshooting and PC skills in related software

Fluent English & Urdu speaking, writing & presentational skills

Excellent analytical, problem solving & communication skills, Project management, Flexibility, Time & resource management, Result oriented decision making skills, Can work sensibly under pressure.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Cricket, Table tennis, Strategic Games, Chess, Cards etc.

Music Listening & Playing

PERSONAL PROFILE

A confident & self-assured personality, can easily establish positive working relationship for achieving high credibility for recommendations, I set the highest standards & expect the same from my colleagues

REFERENCES

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