Engineer Engineering

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Hasan Zafar Khan

***** ******** ***** *******, *******, VA – 20147.

Cell Phone: +1-703-***-****.

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

Security Clearance: Eligible as a U.S. Citizen

OBJECTIVE

Seeking an experienced managerial and professional position, that utilizes my Technical, Analytical and Project Management skills and enhanced my career in future. SUMMARY

Wireless technology and management professional with over 18 years of proven leadership, supporting U.S. Federal Government and commercial clients. Led major cellular, microwave and digital TV network deployment projects to successful completion. Strong technical and business qualifications with hands-on experience in analyzing business needs in the development and implementation of products and solutions. Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects. Expertise in mobile, fixed and broadcast wireless network design, deployment, and optimization. Expert knowledge of mobile, fixed, satellite and broadcast technologies, such as, iDEN, GSM, CDMA, PTP, PTMP, DTTV and iDirect.

KEY RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Technical and RF Engineering: Good understanding of Spectrum Management and Acquisition, Propagation modeling, Link Budgets, Optimization, Frequency and Capacity Planning

Program Management: Led the deployment of first digital TV network in Afghanistan. Planned, managed and deployed 270+ GSM cell sites in the remote and rural areas of Afghanistan

Strong Writing and Presentation Skills: Have attended many technical and professional trainings in various organizations

Network Performance Management: Monitored and analyzed network’s key performance indicators (KPIs). Have done risk analysis of Sprint Nextel red markets in terms of performance and capacity. Provided recommendations to bring those markets from red to green status

Vendor and customer management: Have managed and developed business relations with key telecommunications vendor, like Huawei, ZTE, CBNL. GatesAir, NERA, NEC, Ascom, and iDirect

Reporting and Monitoring: Managed and reported, Sprint Nextel iDEN network’s daily, weekly and monthly performance reports. Provided daily executive report to the President of iDEN Business unit

International Experience: Have travelled and worked in many countries outside U.S. Have firsthand knowledge working in Asian and MENA regions. Understand different culture’s business practices and requirements 2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Manager RF and Transmission Planning – ARX Communications, Herndon, US (06/2010 – Present)

Started working as a Senior RF engineer and Technical Project Manager to support the technical, business and operational activities of the company, Later promoted to Managerial position and reporting to CTO

Evaluate the technical requirements of the project and provide the best solution, based on the available budget, that includes releasing RFPs and vendor management

Planned, designed, deployed, launched and optimized the first ever digital TV network costing $10 Million with latest DVB-T2 standard in Kabul, Afghanistan

Currently engaged in planning, designing and deployment of digital terrestrial television (DTTV) broadcast network with DVB-T2 standard in other five major cities of Afghanistan

Planned and designed 270+ GSM cell sites in remote and rural areas of Afghanistan with traditional MW and satellite backhaul on iDirect technology

Perform wireless backhaul technologies evaluation, including microwave (PTP and PTMP) and satellite

(VSAT) with respect to each cell site location and requirement

Planned and designed the microwave backbone network with throughput capacity up to 800Mbps, connecting capital city Kabul with rest of the major five cities in Afghanistan

Planned three tiered fool proof microwave and satellite backhaul network to support Radars stations at 12 Major civilian and military airports in Afghanistan, Part of $129 Million Radar project awarded to Thales

Provide support to State Department, DoD and other US agencies in Afghanistan, primarily providing internet access to FOBs and other mission critical locations

Facilitate major US federal government contractors such as IAPWS, Ultisat and Xator for multiple projects all across Afghanistan

Recently supporting Kabul Surveillance System and Security (KSSS) of $63 Million project funded by US Army Corp of Engineers

Managing and facilitating cross border inter-connection between ACG, Afghanistan and Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL), part of ACG’s Fiber Optic Network that provides connectivity at three International border locations Technical Analyst, ICF International, Fairfax, US (08/2009 – 06/2010)

Team member of $3.5 Billion Broadband Initiative Program (BIP) funded by USDA to deploy wireless and wireline broadband in rural and remote areas

Analyzed the applications submitted by various applicants to deploy wireless broadband by utilizing major wireless broadband technologies available in the market, such as WiMax, WiFi and other

Analyzed the proposed technology and its feasibility to meet or exceed the broadband standard set by the U.S. government

Reviewed the design of the network, in terms of channel bandwidth, spectrum availability and served capacity

Scored the highest feasible application based on the best doable plan within the timeline set in the guidelines Senior RF Engineer, Sprint Communications, Reston, US (01/2006 – 03/2009)

Team member of iDEN Performance and Optimization group at National RF Engineering in Reston

Generated timely and accurately iDEN Daily, Weekly and Monthly Performance reports 3

Automated the iDEN weekly and monthly reports and cut down the time to generate these reports from three days to one day

Presented daily executive report to the President of iDEN business unit

Generated and presented event and performance reports to the executives during special events or natural calamities and disasters

Managed the equipment forecasting tool in terms of 800MHz and 900MHz legacy and Quads Base Radios.

Set various KPIs threshold based on historical and current market performance.

Provided sets of recommendations to the markets in terms of Capacity and Performance parameters to maintain iDEN network at its Best Ever Level.

Team player of the iDEN Quality assurance program. The iDEN network performance was brought back to its best ever level, blocking and drop rates were kept below 1%

Determined the list of 1500 Sprint Nextel iDEN and CDMA potential sites for co - location. That was one of the biggest synergy targets after the Sprint Nextel merger.

Analyzed the Busy Hour traffic of iDEN sites and recommended to launch 7pm Night and Weekend plan. This drastic measure increased the subscriber’s base and the reduced the churn rate. RF Engineer, NEXTEL Communications, Reston, US (05/2004 – 12/2005)

Had analyzed 45 Nextel engineering markets in terms of capacity and performance. Based on their capacity and performance, list of markets were compiled to launch Boost Mobile.

Recommended several post merger scenarios to Nextel executives. That includes gradually migration of iDEN subscribers to CDMA network and adding 1.6Million dual mode phones into the iDEN network to support 800MHz rebanding.

Drafted a methodology to reimburse cost associated with 800MHz rebanding. Managed the team of consultants to analyze this methodology.

Prepared Nextel iDEN markets to remove 800MHz carriers and deploy more 900MHz carriers to prepare for FCC-mandated 800MHz band reconfiguration

Subject matter expert and owner of Nextel capacity sites forecasting tool called iAnalyzer. Enhanced the accuracy and efficiency of the tool

RF Engineer, New Directions LLC, Vienna VA, US. (12/2003 – 04/2004)

Performed drive testing of US Cellular network in, Ohio. Pennsylvania and Up State New York markets

Diagnosed RF related problems such as interference, Drop call, HO failure and missing neighbors

Collected live network data using TEMS Investigation tool and analyzed the performance of T-Mobile GSM network in Washington DC metro area

Evaluated Search Rings and Candidates for design purposes

Identified and performed propagation and coverage analysis of new cell site locations for T-Mobile Network in the Washington/Baltimore market

Sales Engineer, Layer 3 Technologies, Rochester NY, US. (06/2003 – 11/2003)

Pursued new sales opportunities, built a personal supportive relationship with new and current clients

Provided the best products, technical support and network solutions like bandwidth management at application level, Content filter, Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam

Met with clients to capture requirements and create requirement documents 4

Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park, US. (Spring 2002)

I was a Teaching Assistant for graduate course ENTS-641 Communications Protocols.

Conducted and supervised Opnet Modeler Training sessions and seminars

Supervised students in completing their Network models and simulations

Developed teaching and communication skills

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Telecommunications (MS) University of Maryland, US (2002)

(The cross-disciplinary program combines Business and Engineering School.) Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electronics Engineering, N.E.D University, (1997) Project Management Professional, (PMP), Project Management Institute, PMI, (Certification in Progress)

TRAININGS

iDirect Operations and Maintenance by VT iDirect

Mentum by InfoVista – RF Propagation and Modeling

ICS Telecom, Radio planning tool by ATDI

Asset, Radio network planning tool by Aircom / Teoco COMPUTER SKILLS

Advance knowledge of MS Excel, Access, Word and Power Point.

Advance knowledge of GIS tools, MapInfo, Google Earth and Global Mapper

Intermediate knowledge of MS Project and Visio.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Member: University of Maryland Alumni Association.

Member: Belmont Country Club

Interests: Golf, Travel, Cricket, NASCAR.

Languages: English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi.

REFERENCES

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