Liya Peng, PMP

Liya Peng

**** ***** **** ***, ***** City, CA ***87

510-***-**** ********@*****.***

Objective

A PMP certified professional seeking a challenging and yet rewarding position in project management area.

Qualifications Summary

• Over 12 years of experience in Telecom and related industries, more than 6 years as a professional project manager. Developed multiple high revenue impact products.

• Certified PMP; Seasoned in project management methodology; Insightful understandings of complete product life cycle management. Experienced in overseeing both software and hardware projects; Familiar with various PM tools. Well trained and ISO certified for product quality management process.

• Capable of handling stressful situation and tight development schedule; experienced in multi-tasking across sites.

• Hands on experience as a wireless system engineer. M.S. degree in Digital Signal & Information Processing.

Professional Experience

08/2004 - 10/2007 Project Manager

GEPON Group, Broadband Business Unit, UTStarcom, Inc., Alameda, California

• Interfaced with engineers, management and customers to drive the product development; Drafted the project plan including risk analysis;

• As the owner of project schedule, tracked project status and kept the team updated; Proactively identified and resolved issues that may negatively impact a schedule or deliverables; Addressed outstanding development issues by assigning, tracking and updating MRs (Modification Request) using IBM Rational ClearQuest; Coordinated software integration with multiple R&D team at various locations; Cooperated with production engineering department for R&D release and trial production in China; Collaborated with hardware designers and parts vendors on BOM cost estimation.

• Additional routine duties also included organizing regular development meetings; Chairing conference calls with customer on issue updates and maintaining team project portal.

• Prepared the team for internal and external ISO9001 audit by checking out appropriate development process gates.

06/2000 - 08/2004 Project Manager & Wireless System Engineer

Wireless System Group, Wireless Business Unit, UTStarcom, Inc., Alameda, California

• As a project manager, coordinated resources, schedule and procurement of parts & equipments; Lead a team of 8 members to provide PM, procurement, HW layout, documentation and other technical & logistic support; Implemented and tracked project schedule; Conducted BOM cost estimations; Coordinated with UTStarcom China for prototype trial production;

• As a system engineer, participated in drafting technical requirement specifications upon customer requirements; conducted wireless network planning and site survey for large scale PHS system deployment in China; Designed and developed the PHS base station stand-alone testing mechanism for FCC approval test, which bypassed the need for system setup and configuration during FCC test; Simulated and designed the interpolation filter applied in smart antenna solution for PHS system; Constructed RF propagation and coverage model based on 40mW PHS base station; Prepared technical and presentation documents for PHS products; Drafted user manual for final products.

09/ 1998 - 12/ 1999 Product Engineer/Solution Specialist

Information & Telecommunication Dept., SAMSUNG (China) Electronic Corp. LTD., Beijing, China

• Played a key role in a team for bidding projects on CDMA and WLL network construction sponsored by China Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and China Unicom;

• Worked closely with customers in cell planning and configuration of the Base Station System of wireless network; Prepared technical documents for the bidding for the CDMA projects and provided clarifications during technical meetings with customer; Delivered presentations of Samsung's CDMA solution at various technical conferences and trade shows; Conducted research and translation of related China national standards for R&D department.

10/1997 - 09/1998 Acting Manager representing CEITIC

GSM Billing and Network Management Center, China Unicom LTD., Yunnan, China

• Established the GSM Billing Center for China Unicom in Yunnan province;

• Co-managed a team of 10 members and supervised the daily operations of GSM Billing Center;

• Prepared technical details of bid invitation documents for GSM Billing and Operating System; Administrated, tested and maintained the GSM Billing and Operating System.

09/1995 - 09/1998 Project Manager

Communications Division, China Everbright International Trust & Investment Corp. (CEITIC), Beijing, China

• Worked as a dedicated PM for China Unicom GSM Project in Yunnan Province while representing the interest of CEITIC

• Supervised the establishment of GSM Billing & Operating System of Yunnan Unicom GSM Public Land Mobile Network, a $10M investment by China Everbright Group;

• Conducted research and studies on project feasibility; Delivered hardware configuration and function requirement of the GSM Network billing system.

• Completed customer request analyses and negotiated with the equipment vendors and foreign financing partners.

02/1992 - 09/1995 Presale Engineer

System Engineering Division, Kedian Technology Corp., Beijing, China

• Prepared bidding documents; Negotiated with tender bidding companies and customers; Programmed database software for sales management purposes.

07/1991 - 02/1992 Application & Support Engineer

Biochemical Instrument Department, Oriental Scientific Instrument Import & Export Corp., Beijing, China

• Installed and tested software for biochemical instruments; Wrote database programs for bonded warehouse and sales management; Provided technical consulting services to customers

Education

09/1994 - 07/1998 Master of Science, Digital Signal & Information Processing

Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Beijing, China

09/1987 - 07/1991 Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, Applied Physics/Electronics

The Branch Campus of Peking University, Beijing, China

Skills

• Proficient with project & product management tools: Agile, ClearQuest, DDTS, MS Project, Program Console

• Software expertise: MS Office Suite and MatLab

• Telecom Protocols: Wireless protocol (GSM/CDMA), IS-95A/B, RCR STD-28, TCP/IP

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skill, experienced in team work environment

• Language Skill: Fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese

References Available upon request

U.S. Citizen

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