Saghafi Selene Tesume

SAHAR (Selene) SAGHAFI, MSc

https://www.linkedin.com/in/selene-saghafi-556a216/

San Diego, CA 92130 ~ 949-***-**** ~ ******.*******@*****.*** I am an experienced Telecommunication Engineer with a strong background in Project Management, Consultative Sales and Product Strategy & Demonstrations with Customer Support. I effectively led cross-functional teams to streamline project timelines and enhance customer relationships during my experiences, where I drove a significant cost reduction and growth in revenue. My analytical skills and innovative approach enable me to bridge the gap between technology and business needs. As a B2B and OEM sales specialist, I helped one of the companies I worked for (Huawei Co. Ltd) to reduce costs by 30% and increase revenue by $100,000 in 6 months. I am skilled in Project planning, consultative electronics sales communication, recruiting specialists, customer success support and coordination between subcontractors and stakeholders. I am interested in electronics sales and can think out of the box, utilize analytic skills and innovative techniques to achieve optimal solutions and return authorization. I have expertise in coordinating diverse technical teams to reliable, efficient, and productive team performance through viable workable solutions. I am skilled in translating business requirements into effective technical solutions to bridge the gap between business and technology to gain optimal profitability, always keeping myself up to date and achieved multiple awards and certifications to enhance my financial planning, time management, multitasking skills and time management. U.S. Green Card Holder - Canadian Citizen

Languages: English (Fluent), Dutch (Intermediate), Persian (Fluent) CORE COMPETENCIES:

Consultative Electronics Sales

Customer Relationship

Strategic-account-selection

Technology Equipment/ Systems

Product Strategy & Demonstrations

Technical Sales/Marketing

Oral And Written Reports

Sales Force (SFDC)

Drive-Revenue-Growth

Technology Analyst

Team Management

Problem Resolution

• "Business Analysis" ~ IIBA LinkedIn Certificate

• "Developing a Program Management Blueprint with Click Up" Coursera Certificate

• "Business Analysis & Process Management" Coursera Certificate

• "Project Management Tracker using Google Sheets” ~ Coursera Certificate

• "Data Analysis using Google Spreadsheets" ~ Coursera Certificate

• "Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management" Course ~ University of Virginia

• "Scrum PSM1 Preparation" Course ~ Udemy

• "Agile Project Management" Course ~ Google

• "Artificial Intelligence & Deep Learning" Course ~ IBM

• "Python for Data Science, AI & Development" Course ~ IBM

• "AWS Machine Learning" Course ~ Amazon

• "Machin Learning" Course ~ Stanford University

• “Volunteer teacher assistant” at Alderwood school in Irvine

Research Engineer - Technology Management Department ~ Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Conducted and researched on “The adoption of accountability of marketing communications practices by firms and the strategic financial management, concepts and cases”.

Associate Researcher - Electrical Engineering Department, Mixed Signal Microelectronics Group ~ Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

• Designing a Novel Charge Redistributed Binary Weighted Split Digital Analog Converter & a new optimum design.

• Designing a low power SAR and Cyclic ADC using 150 nm technology.

• Developing a Power Reduced Monolithic Sensor System (PREMISS) as a RFID Reader project.

• Calculating the power and area for an Analog to Digital Converter for an ultra low power, low cost ADC in RFIDs. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

2003 - 2025

Deputy Project/Program Manager ~ Huawei Technologies Co. LTD Successfully leading cross-functional teams to streamline project timelines, resulting in a 20% reduction in delivery times. o Mentored team members on several GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) projects for our key customer, South Africa Mobile Telephony Network (MTN), and successfully driving future viable business opportunities. o Met with stakeholders, fostering transparent communication regarding project issues and ensured cost efficiency. o Developin Project schedule, planned and tracked project status and risk management. o 'Improved subcontractors’ activities based on the implementation schedules for project planning and project quality assurance using ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and analyzed the status and gaps. o Trained our customers on advanced features through screen share apps, and prepared Project Management and Methodology seminars (Waterfall & Agile project methodologies). o Conducted a Project Evaluation Review to assess team leaders’ progress for the project in different stages of the project while communicating effectively with the technical and non-technical individuals dealing with the project.

Project/Program Manager ~ Parasp Co. LTD

Planning, implementing, and managing two GSM projects for our clients Siemens and Nokia and special picing. o Managed internal meetings with the team leaders during the project operational phase and o Planned and led internal meetings and mentored skills to lead and align cross functional teams including Network Planning, Site Acquisitions, Civil works and Telecom implementations. o Managed project resource allocation for different technical teams of Network Planning, Site Acquisition, Civil Works and Telecom teams, mentored subcontractors, monitored and reported project progress to the customers.

BTS (Base Transceiver Station) Commissioning Supervisor ~ Parasp Co. LTD

• Key role for Siemens mobile sites’ BTS commissioning, antennas, feeders and jumpers DTF (Distance To Fault) test using Rohde & Schwarz Spectrum Analyzer. Used skills and tools: MATLAB

Microwave and Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer, Researcher and Designer ~ Mobin Saman company

• Design, simulation and Implementation of Microstrip Bandpass Filter in 8GHz, Interdigital Microstrip Bandpass Filter in 2.4GHz, Power Splitter in 2.45GHz center frequency, Power Amplifier in 1.65GHz with AH-312, Two Stage LNA in 8GHz with ATF-36077 and NBB-30,

Used skills and tools: MATLAB, ADS (Advance Design System), Microwave Office, C++

Electronics Laboratory Teacher Assistant ~ Sharif University of Technology Supervised and conducted Electronics laboratory students in Electrical Engineering group under supervision of Dr. Alavi. TRANSFERABLE STRENGTHS & QUALIFICATIONS

Relationship Management ~ Vendor Relations ~ Decision Making ~ Team Leadership ~ Problem Resolution ~ Maintenance and Troubleshooting ~ Financial Services ~ Microsoft Excel ~ Internal / External Communications ~ Hiring / Recruiting ~ Smiconductor ~ Artificial Intelligence ~ Large Language model (LLM) ~ Quality Customer Service ~ Budgeting ~ Marketing ~ Microsoft Project ~ Coaching & Mentoring EDUCATION & CERTIFICATES

• “Project Management New Concepts” Certificate ~ TUV Academy ~ June 2005

• MSc in Electrical Engineering –Telecommunications ~ Amir Kabir University of Technology ~ Sep 2000 – June 2003

• Relevant Coursework: RF (Radio Frequency) concepts and components, RF/Antenna Fundamentals, LNA, PA, mixer, PLL, ADCs and DACs, ADS (Advance Design System), Serenade, Microwave Office

• BSc in Electrical Engineering – Electronics ~ Sharif University of Technology ~ Sep 1996 – Feb 2000 o Relevant Coursework: Electronics Circuits Design, Data structure & Algorithm, System design, C# Automation PUBLICATIONS

• S. Saghafi, F. A. Malekzadeh, A New Consideration of Correlation between External Noise Sources in HEMT Two Temperature Model’, IEEE AP-S Topical Conference on Wireless Communications Technology, Hawaii, USA, Oct 2003.

• M.Sc. Thesis: ‘Design and Analysis of Millimeter-wave Low Noise Amplifier in Ka-band’, Advisor: Dr. A. Abdipour, Tehran, Iran.

• S. Saghafi, IIR Filter Design Using Optimization Methods, the 6th Student Conference on Electrical Eng., Jan 2003.

• B.Sc. Thesis: Designing and simulating a series of nonlinear telecommunication circuits including AM Demodulator and Frequency Multiplier using Varactor Diode, Advisor: Dr. F. Farzaneh, Feb 2000

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