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ABDOULAYE SAADOU YAYE

*** ******** ***, *** ****, Athens, Ohio 45701

479-***-**** ***********@*************.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdoulaye-saadou-33a53689/ Network Engineer

Network and security professional with 10 years of combined industry and school laboratory experience including Cisco, VyOS, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, and Virtual box. Demonstrated ability to configure IP network routers, switches, firewalls, Access points, etc. A strong ability to plan, optimize, and troubleshoot wire, cellular, and Wi-Fi networks. A technologist with remarkable skills and passion for teamwork. Areas of expertise include:

• pfSsense Firewall • Routing and Switching • Network Planning

• Project Management • Network Troubleshooting • Network Optimization

• Cisco Wireless • GSM, LTE, NG Networks • Network Quality of Service Professional Experience

TEACHING ASSISTANT, OHIO UNIVERSITY; ATHENS, OHIO

MAY 2016 – PRESENT (5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS)

Currently serving as lab instructor in Java and C++ programming in the Computer Science department.

• Have trained more than 500 students in mastering the control structures, concepts of inheritance, techniques involved in object-oriented programming, etc. RESEARCH ASSISTANT, OHIO UNIVERSITY; ATHENS, OHIO

MAY 2016 – PRESENT (5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS)

Responsibilities involve conducting a survey of the state of art and identifying and solving problems in Wireless Systems Networking. Have implemented testbeds involving setup of Wi-Fi networks using tools in Linux and simulation of LTE systems in MATLAB. Published work includes the followings:

• Optimizing Situational Awareness in Disaster Response Networks. In IEEE ACCESS 2018, USA. Doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2831448

• A Network-Centric Model of Situational Awareness. In MILCOM 2017, USA. Doi:10.1109/MILCOM.2017.8170784

• Intelligent Command of Movable Objects. Elsevier 2015, USA. Doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2015.09.200

• Quality of Experience in Wireless Robotics. LAMBERT Publishing, 2015.ISBN 978********** NETWORK OPTIMIZATION AND PLANNING ENGINEER, ETISALAT; NIAMEY, NIGER FEBRUARY 2010 – MAY 2013 (3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS)

Analyzed KPI statistics, pioneered drive test data analysis, performed real time measurements through sessions of drive-test, Initiated and scheduled work order, assessed work progress during tasks execution, designed radio link budget, conducted site survey, set radio configuration parameters, etc.

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NETWORK QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS) ENGINEER, ETISALAT; NIAMEY, NIGER JANUARY 2009 – JANUARY 2010 (1 YEAR, 1 MONTH)

Monitored network QoS, collected and analyzed KPI statistics, issued reports on radio network KPIs such as radio cell usage, TCH and SDCCH congestion rates, TCH and SDCCH drop rates, handover success rate, etc.

• Helped the company meet the annual QoS audit requirements Professional Training

EC-COUNCIL & MIT SCHARZMAN COLLEGE OF COMPUTING; ONLINE DECEMBER 2021 – PRESENT (4 MONTHS)

Certificate in Cybersecurity: Technology, Application, and Policy Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

CALTECH CTME; ONLINE

MAY 2021 – OCTOBER 2021 (6 MONTHS)

Post Graduate Certificate in Cloud Computing

UDEMY; ONLINE

DECEMBER 2018 – JANUARY 2019 (2 MONTHS)

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

SFM TECHNOLOGY; TUNIS, TUNISIA

DECEMBER 2012 – JANUARY 2013 (1 MONTH)

GSM and GPRS network design and planning

Certifications

• CompTia Network+ • CompTia Security+

Technical Tools

Packet Tracer, GNS3, Atoll, Asset, Pathloss, TEMS, ZK Samp, Gladiator, Citrix RNO, Site Master, Business Object, MATLAB, Python, Java, C++, Linux, Putty, MS Shell, Linux CLI, Inkscape, MS Visio, Metasploit, Parrot, Nmap, Aircrack ng, LaTex, SourceTree, etc.

Education

PhD, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; OHIO UNIVERSITY, ATHENS, OHIO MAY 2016 – PRESENT (5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS)

MASTER, INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OHIO UNIVERSITY, ATHENS, OHIO

AUGUST 2013 – AUGUST 2015 (2 YEARS)

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS; ATB UNIVERSITY, BAUCHI, NIGERIA

AUGUST 2004 – AUGUST 2008 (4 YEARS)

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Relevant Courses

• Communications Engineering • Wireless Networking and IoT • MIMO Communications

• Optical Networks • Software Defined Receivers • Digital Signal Processing

• Internet Engineering • Encrypted Communications • Network Security

• Satellite Communications • Information Networks • Engineering Statistics

• Information Theory • Wireless Telecommunication • Project Management Scholarship

FULBRIGHT, US DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA JUNE 2013 – AUGUST 2015 (2 YEARS, 3 MONTHS)

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