Engineer Manager

Leonardo M. Ramos - Sr GSM WCDMA LTE Optimization Engineer / Sr. Product Engineer

Nationality: Brazilian & British DOB (MM/DD): 07/03

US Visa Status: H1B e-mail: **********@*****.***

Address: 3801 W Spring Creek Pkwy #1322 Mobile: +1-214-***-****

Plano, TX, 75023

Summary:

• NSN 3G Optimization for T-Mobile in Puerto Rico using Optimi’s xParameter tool.

• Sr. Product Manager for COPS’ Celcite Management Solutions, Washington DC Metropolitan area (USA), being responsible for trouble shooting, testing, improvement suggestions and technical specification for additional functionalities of the company’s SON software platform.

• Worked with WCDMA TEMS, TEMS Visualization, MapInfo, Atoll, AriesoGeo, Business Object for NPI stats and Ericsson WCDMA OSS suite, just to mention a couple of examples. Also has hands-on experience with NSN and Nortel equipment.

• Hands on experience with multiple technologies including - AMPS, TDMA IS-136, GSM, GSM-R, TETRA and WCDMA, not only as a cell planner, but also as an optimization engineer. Also had the opportunity to calibrate BTS Radio Propagation Models for Odyssey Cell Planning Tool, using COST231 parameters.

• LTE Training Courses:

o Wray Castle’s LTE Air Interface (http://www.wraycastle.com/course.php?id=82)

o Wray Castle’s LTE Parameters and Tuning (http://www.wraycastle.com/course.php?id=93 )

Education:

MBA - Administration Course for Graduated Students – São Paulo, Brazil Mar’ 99 – Jul’ 00

B.S. in Electrical Engineering - State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil Mar’ 91 – Dec’ 95

Professional Experience:

Network Optimization with Optimi - Ericsson, Plano, TX, USA Aug’11 to Oct’11

Sr. GSM / WCDMA Optimization Engineer for T-Mobile USA

• Puerto Rico NSN 3G optimization for accessibility, capacity, call drops and inter-RAT HO using Optimi xParameter optimization tool

Celcite Management Solutions - Herndon, VA, USA Oct’10 to Jul’11

Sr. Product Engineer

• COPS’ trouble shooting, testing, technical specification and advice for new features such as AIC enhancements, Geo-Location upgrade for 2010 AT&T RFP, KPI GUI interface improvements, inclusion of aerial satellite imagery (Bing) on map background, advanced WCDMA multi-carrier missing IRAT neighbor functionalities, new alarm feature suggestions, COPS’s database integrity, etc.

• COPS’ product presentations and workshop training for Celcite’s existing and potential clients such as AT&T USA, Telefonica Mexico, Telcel Mexico, Claro Brazil and TIM Brazil.

• Participation in COPS’ trial for potential clients such as Telcel Mexico, Claro Brazil and TIM Brazil.

• Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress (14-17 February 2011) pre-sales support as COPS’ technical specialist, including stand product presentations.

T-Mobile USA - Denver, CO, USA Jul’10 to Sept’ 10

GSM/UMTS Optimization

• GSM Optimization for Nortel Equipment and WCDMA Optimization for NSN Equipment

• NodeB remote antenna configuration project using NetAct, NPI performance monitoring and parameter adjustments for capacity management

• GSM border coverage evaluation, customer ticket resolutions and high antenna gain configuration changes to improve existing services, especially in the suburban areas.

• GSM and WCDMA layer 3 message analysis using drive test data from ASCOM.

AT&T and Ericsson - San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA Mar’10 to Jun’ 10

AriesoGeo WCDMA Optimization Customer Support

• Parameter changes and antenna tilt recommendations for the top 100 worst NodeB performers using AriesoGeo optimization tool

• AriesoGeo on the job training and customer support for AT&T and Ericsson RAN Optimization Engineer

• Participation in technical discussions resulting on suggestions to improve AriesoGeo optimization tool.

• Participation in technical discussions resulting on new optimization procedures using the capabilities of AriesoGeo tool that had been implemented in the local market

AT&T Nationwide - USA Dec’07 to Feb’ 10

WCDMA Network Optimization

• Hands-on optimization experience to improve the WCDMA network performance and capacity, such as Ericsson G2G AT&T project.

• AT&T UMTS network optimization performance in the Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina and California states, providing on the job training and technical recommendations for AT&T RF Performance Engineers and pro-actively discussing solutions for the local markets.

• Participation on the HSPA 7.2 MBPS hardware and radio parameter configuration for the local AT&T network, for example, proposing the suitable CEs allocation for EUL, R99/DCH, EUL/HS accordingly to the existing TX boards (TX6HS-03, TX6HS-04 and TX6HS-06).

• Good knowledge of Business Object, TEMS tools, Ericsson WCDMA Optimization tools, such as, AMOS, WCDMA OSS, WCDMA RAN Explorer, Radio Network Optimizer, UETR, CTR, Alarm logs, Node Status Analyzer, WMRR, RBS and RNC Element Manager, etc...

UMTS Optimization Engineer

Ericsson - Plano, TX, USA Oct’07 to Nov’07

• 3G coverage and quality optimization using layer 3 message analysis from cluster drive test data to identify missing neighbors, pilot pollution, poor SHO/Softer, HO/ISHO and IRAT handover performance ( SHO / HO Success Completion Rate KPIs), drop calls (Drop Call Rate KPI) and call failures (CS Origination and Termination Success Rate KPIs).

Cell Planning and Optimization Engineer

T-Mobile - Bristol, United Kingdom Jun’05 to Sept’07

• UMTS and GSM Cell Planning for South Wales.

• Nortel GSM Optimization considering SDCCH successful assignment, TCH drops and congestion, Handover Success Rate and drive test data.

• Nokia UMTS optimization considering Ec/Io, Ec/No, BLER, RSCP, Ue TxPwr, Drop Calls, failed set-ups and DL data Throughput using drive test data.

RAN Performance Engineer

T-Mobile - Hatfield, United Kingdom Mar’04 to May’05

• Evaluation of UMTS (Nokia) and GSM (Ericsson and Nortel) NPI’s for the Optimization Engineers and software development of web site optimization tools for UMTS and GSM

Xenicom (formerly LogicaCMG Radio Planning) - United Kingdom Oct’00 to Feb’04

RF Engineer - Odyssey Cell Planning Tool Specialist

• Software development, programming testing and bug fixing using C and C++ programming language for Odyssey Radio Planning Tool for GSM and WCDMA technologies.

• Frequency Planning, Cell planning, Radio Planning project revision with £37,500,000.00 total savings (estimated cost per site £250,000.00 and 150 being the estimated number of removed base stations), RF coverage evaluation and Site Surveys of BT Airwave digital cellular system based on TETRA technology using Motorola equipment for the police forces in the Southwest and Wales region.

• Experience in BTS Model Calibrations for COST231 model in Odyssey Radio Planning tool in several projects for distinct technologies, such as GSM900, GSM1800, GSM-R, WCDMA and TETRA.

• Technical support for Alstom in the GSM-R bid for the Belgian national railway system, controlled by SNCB. This activity summarized all the necessary Radio Planning Activities, including database specification, RF design methodology definition, and frequency plan re-use pattern and project validation. A Radio Planning Exercise was also generated containing an initial RF design along the rail line from Antwerp to Charleroi, passing through Brussels.

• RF Surveys, Cell planning and Build Team meetings for GSM900, GSM1800 and WCDMA sites at O2 West Yorkshire area using Odyssey prediction tool.

Xenicom (formerly LogicaCMG Radio Planning) - São Paulo, Brazil Jun’00 to Oct’00

Pre-sales Support

• Contact with Clients, Product Presentations, and technical interviews to hire to initial RF consultant group.

Claro - São Paulo, Brazil Jan ‘98 to June ‘00

RF Optimization Engineer

• Optimization and network design expansion of TDMA cellular network system based on IS-136 technology using Nortel’s equipment for approximately 70 Base Stations in São Paulo metropolitan area.

• System analysis through network performance indicators, such as: Drop Handoffs, Set-up Failures, Forward and Reverse BER, Blocking Calls, Handoff Completions, Drop Calls and Base Station Hardware Failures

• Responsible for the RF Optimization of special events such as Brazil’s 2000 Formula One Race Car. This activity demanded real time traffic balance to minimize blocking calls. Adjustments of underlay/overlay coverage, mobile re-selection and handoff parameters and the use of direct retry were key elements to achieve this goal.

• Adjustments in the Network coverage in order to achieve an acceptable Quality of Service, reducing interferences and shadow areas, RF System Parameter Auditing, Frequency Planning, Radio Planning for the Network Expansion, Base Station Commissioning, Participation in the Network tests after the telephone exchange software upgrades.

NEC - São Paulo, Brazil May ‘97 to Jan ‘00

Computer Programmer

• Site Surveys, WLL Benchmarking analysis and in-house software development of RF Engineer tools to support field activities.

Ericsson Telecommunications - São Paulo, Brazil Apr ‘96 to May ’97 Computer Programmer

• Working in software development for AXE Telephone Exchange. In particular, I participated in the Project “New APT’s” for Brazilian market, which objective was to increase the possibilities of traffic control in order to avoid network congestions.

• Software Tester in “Colibri” project: execution of test routines to detect the existence of errors in the new software.

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