HAMMAD RANA
RIYADH +966********* ***********@*****.*** ***********@*****.*** +923*********
CAREER SUMMARY
10+ years of technical & managerial expertise supported multi-vendors of telecom industry with strong interpersonal & problem solving skills. Demonstrated abilities to manage concurrent projects and cross functional teams, lead and motivate teams, drive projects to successful timely completion, customer expectations and achieve target results/revenue.
Done Optimization/Planning and detailed KPI/DT-analysis. Supported in many SWAP, Roll-Out, IBS, Technical- Survey, NPM/MS & USF projects for multiple technologies on Nokia, Huawei and ZTE equipment. EXPERIENCE
LTE Consultant NETKOM Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd. (Sep 2020 – Till date) o Working as Snr. LTE Consultant on IRAQ AsiaCell Project. o Regional end to end delivery owner for Baghdad region. o Preparing weekly task considering priority & resources. o Supporting RNO team in technical issues.
o Preparing CR for Cluster/KPI Optimization.
o Handling Management, Customer and Team interface remotely. LTE Consultant MobiCom (Sep 2018 – May 2020)
o Worked as LTE Consultant on MEA biggest Project, Huawei - STC Aspiration. o Initially supported DT teams, considering team management skills was shifted to regional (Central) POC to track delivery issues and control Subcon/RSC (60+ Members) and Management/Customer interface efficiently.
o Actively participated with CEG and management for POs and resource movement considering backlogs. o Output Project delivery and plan to improve efficiency on weekly basis with management & HQ (CHINA). o Shifted south as POC to improve and control delivery and later on technical support. o Handled VIP CC, DT support, SSV quality, KPI troubleshooting, Script (prep & exec.) & Trails. o Diverse expertise in troubleshooting 4CC, 5CC, 8T8R, MM 2/4 beam, TDD F3 & F4 (FDD+TDD CA), NBIoT, 5G, Split sector, etc.
o Traffic balancing on LTE layers using physical and parametric tuning (MLB/RET). o Follow up with MS team for site acceptance by providing technical justification and recommendation. o Worked for Huawei - STC WBB USF Project.
o Supported in RF-Design & Planning PCI, PRACH & TAC/TAL, Co-PCI and Co-PRACH conflict resolution. o Verified TSSR and prepared ISR, SSO, SCO & SAF after predictions (KML) approved by customer. o Attended technical trainings for VOLTE Optimization, 5G, NBIoT etc. RF Consultant VisionTel Saudi, LLC (Sep 2017 – Aug 2018) o Worked as an outsource Consultant, Team Lead for Nokia-STC antenna replacement Project. o Handled survey teams, management & customer interface and successfully closed multiple batches for survey.
o Resolved worst cells for LTE KPI’s improvement.
o Trained resources considering the project scope. o KPI benchmarking after implementation of any recommendation & major activities and threshold adjustments.
o Handled MDTs, Audit, Pre & Post Cluster and SSV reports. RF Consultant AdvaComm Saudi, LLC (Nov 2015 – Aug 2017) o Worked as Team Lead, handled multiple projects for 2G, 3G & 4G (IBS). o Handled efficiently HUA-Ericsson west SWAP for trial sites. o Achieved appreciation for Madina Haram Modernization HUA-Mobily 2017 project. o Performed LTE drive test analysis to improve RSRP (coverage hole) & SINR using Genex Assistant. o Analyzed LTE network level and cell level performance related to RRC, eRAB, HO, Drops, Throughput, RB utilization and Traffic.
o Neighbor planning for new eNodB and defining through script for intra and inter eNodB HO’s. o HOSR improvement and traffic balancing though events (A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,B1 & B2) o Identified & rectified SSV bad patches in terms of Rx levels, Rx quality, RSCP, Ec-No, RSRP, RSRQ & SINR. o Handled SSV issues like Coverage, Throughput, VOLTE & CSFB drops, IRAT redirection and Ping delay etc. o Resolved Pilot pollution, Bad coverage area, Drop calls, Access failures, Handover problems & Low throughput.
RF Optimizer LCC Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. (Jun 2013 - Oct 2015) o While completing MBA, joined LCC. Worked as RNO team on ZTE-NOKIA Swap project. o Individual Site acceptance/Final DT cluster acceptance, Planning DT routes. o Maintained network wide site-audit details and periodic verification with customer end. o Handled Partial acceptance on cluster level to meet KPIs (DCR, HOSR, CSSR, SD-Blocking, TCH-Blocking) after 2 weeks of Swap.
o Monitored BSC & City level KPIs, recommended effective solutions on routine basis. o Done cluster level optimization activities, troubleshooting of worst cells to improve network performance. o Resolving Co, Adjacent frequency, MAIO, BSIC and HSN discrepancies in assigned clusters. o Performing frequency, neighbor and parameter audits to remove any discrepancies. o Parameter tuning for GSM and DCS traffic sharing and FR/HR traffic balancing. o Neighbors Planning & HO Drops Optimization through HO parameter tuning. o Capacity Planning, traffic analysis & forecasting to relieve currently choked cells and avoid blocking in future.
o Managed Final acceptance from client based on network performance within timeline. RF Team Lead LCC Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. (Sept 2010 - Oct 2011) o Optimization of cluster level KPIs by working on degraded sites to meet target for NOKIA/TELENOR. o Analysis of traffic & data congestion on cluster level basis, recognized problematic areas. o Parameter tuning based on problems counter on worst cells. o Parameter Standardization, Neighbor Audit, and Frequency Analysis for Pre-launch Sites. o Drive Testing to identify problematic areas and issues. Optimization and troubleshooting using Stats, DT tools and Analyzers.
o Responsibilities include KPI analysis & Post processing and recommendations. o Monitored and assigned daily team DT activities and resolving customer complaints. o Recruited experienced & fresh teams and trained fresh resources for up-coming tasks/backup. o Managed-multiple technology project CDMA & GSM for ZTE simultaneously. RF Engineer NETKOM Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd. (Nov 2008-Aug 2010) o GSM (HUAWEI/UFONE/ROLL-OUT PROJECT)
o CDMA (HUAWEI/ZTE/PTCL SWAP PROJECT)
o WIMAX (HUAWEI/AUGERE PROJECT)
EDUCATION
• Master of Business Administration 2011 – 2013
Bahria University, Islamabad.
• Bachelors in Computer Engineering 2003 – 2007
Bahria University, Islamabad.
ABILITIES & SKILLS
- Take responsibility
- Work independently/team player
- Project-handling/management
- Progressive decision making
- Efficient & Effective resource utilization
- Contingency planning
- Negotiation & Conflict resolution
- Handling diverse teams
- Team builder
TOOL EXPERTISE
- M2000, U2000, U2020, Pro Optima, OMSTAR, NetNumen, NetAct
- NEMO, TEMS Investigation
- TEMS Discovery, ACTIX, Probe Assistant
- MapInfo
- Atoll, Asset
- PANORAMA, CNT, CNA, CNO
- XCAL-X, XCAP-X and Genex Probe
- Google Earth, Global Mapper, MS-Office, MS-Project REFRENCES
• Reference will be furnished on demand.