Project Manager Management

Location:

United States

Salary:

$10000 per month

Posted:

January 11, 2011

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Resume:

C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

PERSONAL DATA:

Surname: Waldeck

First Names: Lambertus Hermanus

Known As: Herman

ID Number: 610**********

Nationality: South African

EE Demographic: White

Area of Residence: Port Elizabeth

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

1979 Grade 12 (Matric)

(Obtained) Christiana Highschool

1980 – 1983 Diploma (Telkom Technician))

(Obtained) Telkom Institute

No certificate

2000 Management Development Program (MDP) University of Stellenbosch

COURSES:

- Telkom Technical Advance Course

- SDH: Add - Drop Mux - SMA 1,4 and 16

- Walker Financial Program

- Pulse Code Modulation

- Higher Order Multiplexing and Optical Fibre Systems 34

- Mb/s Optical Fibre System (TL73)

- Microwave Radio; 140 Mb/s Digital System

- TDMA: DRMASS System

- Basic Management Principles

- Introduction to Total Quality Management

- Technical Administration Management

- Logics Management of Occupational Safety: MOOS

- Systems Thinking

- Team Development

- ATM: 36170 Switch

- Artemis Scheduling

- Effective Initiating of Discipline

- Project Estimation

- Managers Competency Workshop Phase l &2

- EMS Operations for Management

- Data Protocols

- IP: Voice Over IP

- Earthing: Telecommunications Equipment

- Transmission: DSL Technologies

- Tellabs 8100: Martis

- Netplan

- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

- Capital Project Management

- SAP PNR

LANGUAGE ABILITIES: English; Afrikaans

ICT MATRIX:

(Please note that the information below is based on the candidate’s own skills level rating.)

Category

Technology

Years of Experience

Level

(1-5)

Last Used

Telecommunications • Transmission planning and deployment (optical fibre)

• SDH

• PDH, PCM, FDM

• Optical Fibre

• Microwave

• Planning/ engineering

• TDMA Networks

• WiMax

• Imax

• Metro Ethernet

• Routers

• VANS

• Broadband XDSL

• NGN SDH

• UMC

• VOIP 20

Current

Current Current

Business • Vendor Management (Huawei, Siemens, Alcatel, SAAB Grintek, Battery Technologies, Mast Projects, DGT Power Systems, TFMC, Infracom)

• Budget management

• RFI’s RFP’s

• Technical management

• Operator relationship management 10

10 4

Current

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

11.2010 – Current Alcatel- Lucent, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

(Short Contract) (Telecommunications)

Project Roll-out Manager for Vodacom program in Eastern Cape

Description of duties

• To be the overall interface with Vodacom’s operational organization in the region on behalf of Alcatel Lucent.

• To plan, schedule and monitor the implementation of projects and subprojects

according to the Project Management Plan (PMP) supplied and updated by the Alcatel Lucent Senior Project Manager responsible for the program.

• To perform site surveys with subcontractors

to allow preparation of an accurate bill of quantity for quotation and installation purposes.

• To supervise subcontractors during the

installation and commissioning phase.

• To complete all the relevant documentation

during the pre and post installation phase.

• To interface with all relevant parties during

the pre and post installation phase.

• To ensure that all processes are adhered to

that will allow an efficient and trouble free rollout to the satisfaction of Vodacom.

• To do site acceptance after completion of

the installation to ensure Alcatel Lucent and Vodacom quality standards are met.

• To attend all relevant meetings and to prepare minutes for distribution to the Senior Project Manager responsible for the program.

• To take responsibility for all installation

materials and equipment and assist

with procurement of local materials.

• To take responsibility for all relevant issues like risk management, quality control, project overall performance and profitability.

• To prepare reports, schedules, etc. as required by the Alcatel Lucent Senior

Project Manager or dis representative.

• To ensure that basic Project Management

processes are followed and tools

implemented to ensure a smooth and professional rollout program.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

06.2010 – 09.2010 WEISS+APPETITO AFRICA, Malawi

(Contract) (Telecommunications)

Senior Project Manager

Description of duties

- Strategy for transmission planning and technical implementation

- Installation

- Commissioning

- Project management

- Co-ordination for the roll-out of S-Mobile network in Malawi

Key performance areas:

- Project management of network roll out in Malawi

- Project planning and tracking performance against the plans

- Project manage civil, electrical (power) and various subcontractors at MSC

- Project planning and tracking performance against the plans

- Project budgeting and ensuring project delivery within budget and time frames

- Working with the procurement team in sourcing of suppliers and / or subcontractors for sub- components of end to end project delivery

- Project progress reporting: progress as well as deviations from plan

- Ensuring that all administrative aspects of the project is well managed and in place

- Managing all foreseen and unforeseen issues impact project performance

Reason for leaving: Contract ended

01.2009 – 05.2010 ALTEON TRADING, Port Elizabeth

(Contract) (Telecommunications)

Independent contractor

Regional roll outs and transmission planning across (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Cape Town and KZN)

Description of duties:

- Engineering of Metro Ethernet and T5C routers for Telkom SA Ltd

- Engineering of various microwave high and low capacity PDH / SDH as well as radio technologies (point to point and point to multi point)

- Engineering of NGN SDH optical fibre systems

- Engineering of UMC I000E access systems

- Strategic designs of telecommunication networks for gated complexes and Town House complexes which includes various technologies that support VoIP, surveillance, video, audio and Television

- Planning, compiling and facilitating network master plans, emphasizing the integration of access and core technologies and the provisioning of an end to end solution

- Conducting network and technology feasibility studies

- Site surveying for various technologies

- Project and co-ordination of various projects

- Doing work for Telkom

- Project management

- Writing training material

Key performance:

- Responsible for overseeing management of the entire company, and to ensure that all contracts are carried out according to specification, and to identify and secure new target markets in the telecommunications developments and audio visual industries

Reason for leaving: Contract ended

02.2008 – 01.2009 NERA NETWORKS AS, Nigeria

(Contract) (Designed, Developed, Manufactured and

Deployed transmission solutions)

Technical Manager – Nera Microwave

- Designs and transmission planning engineering, project management and installation implementation of all types of Nera microwave radios and network designs

- Planning of mobile operators:

Starcomms

MTN

Zain

Vodafone

Reltel/Zoom

Etisalat

Nitel

- Working closely with operators

- Vendor management

- Compiling project plans

- Providing consultancy services

- Providing microwave network support to various mobile operators in Nigeria

- Project management, co-ordination, installation, integration and maintenance of mobile operators Nera microwave systems

- Managing end to end project delivery from equipment ordering to project execution and

commissioning

- Planning of mobile operators 27

- Placing international orders

- Managing 46

- Planning installation project management commissioning

Key performance:

- Planning network design

- Compiling capital budget

- Conducting feasibility study

- Maintaining plans

- Providing consultancy services

- Providing network support

- Presenting information and implementing methods and procedures

- Managing full end to end delivery of projects from equipment ordering to project execution and commissioning

Reason for leaving: Retrenched

01.1980 – 02.2008 TELKOM SA, Pretoria

(Telecommunications)

Network Specialist - Regional Integrated Network Planning

(11.2000 – 02.2008)

Description of duties:

- Planning, compiling and facilitating regional network master plans

- Emphasising the integration of access and core technologies and the provisioning of an end to end solution

- Providing network support planning and scoping of optical fibre SDH technologies

- Microwave / radio technologies

- Martis, Al and TMNET

- WiMax, Imax, Metro Ethernet, Routers VANS, broadband XDSL services and all types of access technologies

- Implementing methods and procedures

- Compiling and micro managing SDH core capital budget for southern region

- Compiling and micro managing OATRP (Old Access Technology Replacement Program)

- Compiling and micro managing TRP (Theft Prevention Program)

- Conducting network investigation

- Compiling fundamental planning

- Conducting meetings

- Executing fieldwork

- Making technology choices for network deployment

- Providing consultancy service

- Conducting network and technology feasibility studies

- Providing project management support of various access and core technology roll-outs

- Master plans: Telkom strategy

- Managed Telkom SDH core capital budget in Southern Region.

- Compiled masterplan strategy for the replacement of old access technology to EMGW-MGW, WIMAX and WCDMA in Southern Region.

- Theft prevention plan strategy

- Designing, statistics, analysing

- Designing A to Z and project management

- Fibre to the node southern region

- ADSL and add on

- Metro Ethernet and program design and SDH and microwave

- Site meetings

- Presenting technologies to top management

- Targets / budgets

Key performance:

- Planning network design

- Compiling capital budget

- Conducting feasibility study

- Maintaining plans

- Providing consultancy services

- Providing network support

- Presenting information and implementing methods and procedures

- Implementing OATRP (Old Access Technology Replacement Program), TRP (Theft Prevention Program) and fibre to the node access technologies

Junior Manager (Control Technical Officer) - Transmission Planning / Engineering, Port Elizabeth

(11.1996 – 11.2000)

Reporting to Chief Technical Officer

- Staff reporting: managing 8 Pax (8 Technical PA Officers B5 – C2)

Description of duties

- Managing performance of the sub-section

- Managing peoples performance

- Managing operational resources

- Compiling high level capital budget

- Processing application (managing)

- Providing customer / supplier care

- Managing planning of transmission network equipment

Technical Officer (Technician) - Transmission Planning / Engineering, Kimberley

(06.1989 – 11.1996)

Description of duties:

- Planning / engineering of FDM, PCM, PDH (HOM) / SDH transmission optical fibre; microwave high and low capacity systems, TDMA networks, point to point radios systems. (Alcatel, NEC, Plessey, Siemens, systems)

- Automating 1.5 manual exchanges in 15 cities

- 8 Farmline automated with 7DMA projects

- Point to point over 300 links in 1994

- Planning a microwave and fibre backbone option survey of Vodacom network from Bloemfontein to Beauford West in 1994

Technical Officer (Technician) - Transmission Maintenance and installations (Construction)

(01.1980 – 06.1989)

Description of duties:

- Installations and maintenance of various types of Transmission Technologies eg: FDM openwire, FDM muxing, PCM, PDH (HOM) optical fibre analogue and digital microwave systems (Alcatel, STC and GTE) systems in Northern Cape area.

Reason for leaving: Got an offer from Nera Microwave I could not turn down.

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AVAILABILITY: January, February 2011

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