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Consulting solution providers and network operators in the wireless business on new product introduction, technology & vendor selection, business planning, network optimization for technologies such as 5G, LTE, HSPA, UMTS, iDEN, Femtocell, OTA, and VoLTE.Consulting Videotron Wireless on technology and vendor selection in key strategic areas, including 5G, LTE, Femtocell, Handset Device Testing, HSPA Network Performance Monitoring, and Device Management.Consulting Radio-Canada, technical lead in the selection of a in-building cellular technology & system vendor.Consulting Bell Mobility, responsible to define product requirements for their new Netrac Fault & Performance Management platform, for both CDMA (Nortel) and HSPA (Huawei & NSN)Consulting Hydro-Quebec, technical lead on the RFP for selecting a wireless carrier to provide M2M wireless connections for Hydro Quebec's Smart Meter collectors.Consulting to Rogers Wireless, responsible for the RFP on LTE-ready OTA platform, review and assessment of Rogers’ benchmarking methodology, tools and process, and Acceptance Test Plan of the device management solution mFormation.Consulting to Cilys 53 (now Openwave) with regards to the commercial launch of a wireless data optimization product.Consulting to Telus Mobility, responsible to define product requirements for the evolution of their Metrica NPR platform.Consulting to Nextel Technology Strategy Group, responsible for strategic technology and vendor selection.

Responsible for the European business development of the NetMate suite of network planning tools, with special focus on 3G wireless operators.• Developed the UMTS-specific end-to-end network engineering capabilities into the NetMate product• Developed the value proposition and marketing strategy of NetMate• Established leads among 90 European operators and set-up product demos to 15 potential customers

Responsible for GPRS and UMTS pre-sales engineering covering UTRAN, core network, and applications-enablers for Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Focus on the end-to-end network impact of 3G applications and QOS portfolio.• Recruited, trained, and managed a group of 17 network engineers• Managed network design and engineering for offers that translated into 8 UMTS contracts• Turned negative business cases of 3G operators into profitable plans with 7-year pay-back period

Msca, Physics Engineering

Bachelor, Physics Engineering