Denis Darveau

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e-mail: adqv05@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

1987McGill University

Montreal

Post Graduate Diploma in Management

1983Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Montreal University)

Montreal

Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering

PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

2015 – 2022 Active member of STAC (Structure, Tower & Antenna Coucil), a non-profit council of CWTA (Canadian Wireless telecommunication Association)

2016 – 2022 Associate member of CSA S37 Antenna Tower Technical committee

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005 – 2022 Vidéotron Ltd (Québecor média)

An integrated communications company engaged in cable television, interactive multimedia development, Internet access services, cable telephony and wireless telephone service.

Montreal, Canada

Senior Director – Network Construction

Responsible of the network construction, deployment and maintenance of the wireline and wireless network in Québec.

Senior Director – Wireless Construction

Responsible of the construction, deployment and maintenance of a new wireless network in Québec. More 1300 sites in operation.

Initial phase: 238 rooftops, 132 towers and Coloc, 34 in-buildings and 44 DAS were built on time for the planned commercial launch in September 2010.

Director - Installation & Repair (O&M) – Business Solution

Responsible of operation and maintenance of the transmission network (+25,000 Km of optic cable) in Québec and Ontario. Manage the deployment of business customer services: telephony, high-speed data transmission, Internet access, hosting and cable television and installation of additional transport equipment.

2004 – 2005 Microcell (Fido) Solutions Inc. (today Rogers Wireless Inc.)

GSM 900/1800 Cellular Network operator

Montreal, Canada

Manager – Traffic and Transmission Network Management

Responsible of circuit management, translation, numbering plan, number portability and traffic management groups. Manage and reduce by 25% the $35M OPEX transmission budget by optimizing the network and negotiating new service level agreement (SLA) with carriers. (Nortel/Ericsson)

2001 – 2004 Denis Darveau Telecom (3823474 Canada Inc)

Telecommunications Consulting Services

Montréal, Canada

3G Project Manager (Orange)

Nokia UK Limited – Bristol, England.

Responsible to manage Orange UMTS/3G project in UK consisting: validation and testing of the new technology, managed the deployment of 2500 radio access network (RAN) in existing and new BTS sites and network optimisation to insure the same level of QoS as in the existing 2G network before commercial launch. (Nokia)

Project Director – Alberta SuperNet

Bell West – Calgary, Alberta

Responsible of the deployment of a high-speed, high-capacity broadband network linking 4,700 government offices, schools, health-care facilities and librairies in 422 Alberta communities. (Cisco, Nortel, Harris)

General Manager – Telecon Inc

Montréal, Canada

Contractual assignment to reorganize and consolidate the operation and sales of a telecom infrastructure & services provider after the acquisition of another company. Responsible of P&L with a staff of 8 managers 150 employees.

1996 - 2000 Bell Canada International Inc.

Montreal, Canada

Head – Network Operation & Implementation

Telet S.A., Porto Alegre, Brazil

Responsible for the operation and maintenance of a TDMA mobile network in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The network comprises 5 MSC, over 400 BTS and more than 3,000 Km of microwave backbone and optical fiber. Responsible for the network operation & control center (NOCC) and quality/performance management. Oversee the civil construction of the new sites and the implementation management of the new equipments. (Ericsson)

Telet S.A. (Claro Digital) has been recognized by the Brazilian cellular industry as a leading organization in term of quality of installation and services.

General Manager – Network Planning & Implementation

TATA Communications Ltd, Hyderabad, India

Responsible of the planning and provisioning of a GSM-900 mobile network in the province of Andra Pradesh in India. Responsible for technical/contractual liaison with domestic/international, operators, vendors, consultants and internally with other departments. Oversee the network performance management, new site development and equipment installation management. (Nokia)

In the second round of GSM license, after the metro cities, TATA Cellular was the first (out of 20 operators) to launch its mobile services commercially.

1994 – 1996 Yves R. Hamel & Associes Inc.

Broadcast and Telecommunications Consultants

Montreal, Canada

Sr. Telecom Consultant

Main Projects:

Bell Canada International Inc.

Preparation of RFQ for GSM project in Shandong province in China, evaluation of bids and contract negotiation. Preparation of the technical and services section of the joint venture agreement, Network and services lease agreement. Planning and deployment of the initial network. (Nortel/Motorolla)

ERICSSON

Responsible of the implementation of the microwave network for a cellular network PCS/GSM1800 (112 RBS) in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) for Mutiara Telecom.

Despite being the last of five operators in Malaysia to be granted its GSM/PCN license, Mutiara was the first to launch commercially.

1988 – 1994 Harris Farinon Canada Inc.

Transmission Equipment vendor

Montreal, Canada

Senior project Manager, Project Manager

Responsible of the control and follow-up of domestic and international projects. Maintain the relation with the customer and the various sub-contractors as well as coordinating the internal activities between the departments involve.

Main projects:

ERICSSON

Responsible of the implementation of the microwave network for a cellular operator (Celcaribe) in Columbia.

Responsible to manage the reconstruction of the microwave network for MTSC in Kuwait after the 1st Gulf War.

Folec Telecommunications

Responsible to coordinate the activities for the up-grade with minimum down time for the microwave radios of Telekom Malaysia.

ENATEL

Responsible for the implementation/logistic of a turnkey project in Angola with the entire infrastructure tower, building, power plant (Solar system & diesel generator)

Bell Cellular (today Bell Mobility)

Responsible to coordinate the activities of the implementation of the initial microwave network in Quebec and Ontario.

1983 – 1988 CNCP Telecommunications (today Allstream)

Fixed Network Operator

Montreal, Canada

Area Operation Supervisor, Engineer

Responsible of network operation and customer services for the Montreal area with a technical group of 15 persons.

Languages; English, French, some Portuguese and Spanish.

Other: Authorized to work in the following countries for any employers without sponsorship: Canada, United-States, Mexico and United Kingdom

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