Sr. Engineer/Project Manager
Resume:
MARJAN FARAHMAND
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SUMMARY
Network Engineer/Project Manager professional in telecommunications. Fourteen years of progressive experience in international, national and regional management. Strong technical and interpersonal skills. Designed, implemented, and integrated cost effective technical solutions to meet challenging business needs. Ability to listen to customer needs and formulate strategies to meet their goals. Known for contagious enthusiasm, ability to work in cross-functional teams, and multi-tasking. Excellent communication skills in English and Farsi.
. Sr. Engineer & Project Manager with National & International duties
. National & International Interconnection Contract Negotiations
. International Wireless Network Planning & implementation
. Transport & Trunking Network Engineering and Architecture
. Process Migration & Improvement
. Joint Application Design & Development
. New Services/Business Process Development
. Point of Interconnection (POI) Planning
EXPERIENCE
VERIZON BUSINESS - Richardson, TX 1996-2010
Senior Engineer: Voice Global Planner/International Route Manager, 2000-2010
. Implemented International Optimal Call Routing and migration of traditional international voice traffic to VOIP achieving $6M annual line cost savings.
. Achieved over $3M revenue producing tariff engineering and monitoring for Special Access, National and International Interconnections.
. Implemented and managed international network capacity and trunking to 90 overseas carriers in Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe, and South America for both TDM and VOIP networks as part of a $1.2B revenue stream.
. Coordinated and negotiated contracts to support network augmentation required for the anticipated traffic growth domestically and internationally with monthly traffic of 3.5 billion minutes.
. Evaluated and identified network problems and directed the implementation of fixes with internal and external field operations and account teams.
. Designed and implemented the network for five international wireless carriersí bi-directional mobile traffic.
. Published and maintained project reports to five organizations including multiple levels of management, technical supports, FCC, international relationships, and international administrators.
. Managed diversity and planning of Verizonís C7 international signaling network.
. Developed forecasting, planning, routing, and provisioning processes needed to meet company goals and objectives.
Engineer II: Domestic Voice Network Engineer, 1998-2000
. Created network guidelines and training procedures needed to interconnect with 57 domestic based carriers which resulted in an increase in productivity of 26% for the year.
. Implemented interconnections with resellers that generated network cost efficiencies and enabled the capture of inbound revenue from new countries/administrators.
. Investigated abnormal situations and suggested a course of action to senior management.
. Trained upper management on manual guidelines.
Engineer II: Domestic Cable Design Engineer, 1997-1998
. Developed the engineering/planning for the new OC-192 network for the west and Pacific regions of the US.
. Created strategy and guidelines using planning tools to assess the feasibility and benefit of changes to the existing network.
. Designed and presented the first and only domestic radio map making their network infrastructural growth needs transparent.
. Increased network efficiency which resulted in savings by performing high bandwidth capacity recovery.
. Ensured adequate transmission capacity to meet customersí demands and internal needs for network growth, DXC-base restoration, and design changes.
Engineer I: Lease Provisioning Engineer 1996
. Designed, developed, delivered and maintained lease capacity from domestic local telecom providers.
. Ordered and provisioned local interconnections with various US carriers.
. Built topology and created transmission paths to other long haul vendors and local providers.
. Coordinated the lease process with Field Operations, Vendors, and Sales.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, Dallas, Texas
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration 1996
Additional training includes:
. IP Network
. Trunk Engineering
. Project Management
. F&E
. Training and Course Development
. MS Office
ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS
Telecom Engineer, VOIP Network Engineer, Infrastructure analyst, Telecommunications Manager, Telecom Analyst, Voice Telecom Engineer, Senior Network Engineer, Engineer; Wireless Data Network Engineer, Business Development Manager; Network Build Project Managers, Project Manager, Planning, Vendor Relations; Contract Negotiations; Reports / Proposals; Customer Relations, Customer Satisfaction, Systems Integration; Networking. Telecommunications Support, Installation; Additions and Changes, Troubleshooting.
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