ALEX ANOKYE
CONTACT
************@*****.***
Florham Park, NJ 07932
U.S. Citizen
SKILLS
ArcMap
ArcGIS
NETACT
ATOLL
Mapinfo
VISUALYSE
RFarchitect
QXDM/QCAT
Wireshark
RF Measurements
CERTIFICATES
SCALED AGILE Scrum Master
Product Owner/Product Master
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
I am a creative and detail-oriented Senior level Radio Frequency Engineer in Wireless technologies. In-depth expertise in the design, performance, analysis, optimization, troubleshooting, and documentation of Wireless and Spectrum management. Proven ability to lead and motivate project teams to ensure success. Holds an Active Secret Clearance and committed to leveraging technology for national defense initiatives.
EXPERIENCE
October 2020 - Present
RF Engineer, Senior
HII Mission Technologies, Annapolis Junction, MD
Supporting NOAA/NESDIS operational coordination, RFI monitoring and conducting ITU-R studies for NOAA and DON CIO analyzing each agenda items, doing studies, providing documentation, reports, representing the studies at ITU meetings.
Served as 5G SME of assessing the interference from commercials 5G operations to USG radar systems to support the development of a spectrum sharing framework in the 3100-3450 MHz band under EMBRSS study for DoD CIO
Analyzed each spectrum certification for completeness, conduct analysis of frequency allocations and return results with recommendations to the submitter for corrections
Reviewed technical reports, DD 1494 Forms, and EL-CID requests for spectrum certifications
Mobile monitoring system Demos using Spectrum Master and Mobile Interference Hunter (MIH) software
Prepared radar plots showing the area of radar at 2,000 ft, 5,000 ft and 10,000 ft above site level (ASL), based on +0.5-degree minimum scan angle for different Radar Sites Service Areas.
For each radar plot, coverage area in square miles is calculated.
Leads HII-MTC 5G solutions team to bring 5G technology to DoD customers
Actively contributes to writing and reviewing White Papers and Request for Proposal (RFP) for government initiatives related to 5G and spectrum sharing
Knowledge of 3GPP standards, Open RAN, network protocols, procedure implementation and call flows
February 2013 - September 2020
RF TECHNICAL LEAD
NOKIA, Murray Hill, NJ
Led the testing of 5G networks for performance and quality, of new features and technology introduction in lab and field environments through automation, analytics and tool scripting.
Performed 5G planning and pre-optimization for Sprint/T-Mobile in New Jersey market. Planning included design target definition, geographical database selection, propagation model selection, RF Site database selection to achieve RF Design targets
Reviewed RFDS and CIQ data, ensuring compliance
Performed analysis and assessment of various SW releases and network parameter adjustments using collected KPI data and presented the findings to customer
Performance analysis of Long-Term Evolution (LTE), Voice Over LTE (VoLTE), small cells and UMTS networks using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and network counters
Served as the single contact on technical issues, provided network engineering and design support services (e.g., RF design & optimization, feature implementation) for wireless operators in international and local markets, and created evolutionary and capacity growth roadmaps
Performed coverage optimization of massive MIMO sites by shifting traffic onto the mMIMO by down-tilting the Tier1/Tier2 8T8R sites, while up-tilting the mMIMO sites. This was done using combination of drive data and 3DGL analysis and Atoll Cell Planning simulations
Supported network optimization and performance improvements efforts including traffic congestion reliefs, modification of network and RF layer parameters to improve system performance and customer experience
December 2011 - January 2013
RF Planning and Optimization, Head of Department
GSM & 3G
Etisalat, Abuja, Nigeria
Persuaded management to recognize Lagos City as a separate region with its own RF Manger and staff engineers to assure exceptional user and operator experiences and improving network performance for GSM and 3G systems, delivering game changing results that included:
Elimination of up to 80% networking trouble tickets
Reduced networking OpEX by up to 85%
Resolved networking incidents up to 50% faster
Led regional CAPEX/OPEX budgets through effective forecasting, management of internal maintenance and external vendor costs, balanced headcount with growth in network assignments and vendor support
Cost optimization by way of negotiating buy back of old equipment for network modernization
Renegotiated training contracts with vendors by setting up programs for cross-functional training and engineer knowledge sharing
January 1996 - November 2011
RF Engineer
Lucent Technologies
Responsible for design, optimization of TDMA, GSM and CDMA networks in various markets for Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T
Co-ordinated with field technician engineers for interference analysis and optimization issues
Issued search rings based on existing drive data, capacity requirements, population density, and propagation models
Performed radio site selection from candidates submitted by site acquisition unit
Performed traffic analysis for traffic trends and advised on TRX/Channel elements downgrades or upgrades to meet forecasted traffic
Provided technical input and guidelines for all stages of post-launch optimization including site turn up, performance monitoring, cluster acceptance and multi-band tuning/optimization during CDMA/EVDO launch
Supported the RTWP project for the Ohio markets to work with tower crew to fix the antenna imbalance issues and fix the noise. Troubleshoot with tower crew from the radio up to the antennas including fiber/connectors/antennas and the azimuth/tilts to clear out the imbalance
Supported operators to solve the issues of the newly deployed site/carriers to make sure KPIs are as per baseline or better
Participated in projects for CDMA integration and acceptance testing
Drive testing the network using JDSU and other tools to collect data, post processing the data and analyzed for drop calls, call origination and termination failures and any other failures for all technologies
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Telecommunication Management
Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering
City College, NY
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