Chris Olsen Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, Gp, Za

Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa

Supply and Manufacture of industrial electronic components

Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa

General Manager @ BAC Truck Body Builders managing the company in all aspects.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Seeking new projects / assignments. Specialist on short or long term consulting or PM in construction projects Telecoms related to New Infrastructure Roll-Out, Audits, New Projects, Special Projects, Telecom Maintenance Projects (Managed Services), Switch Developments, Project Start-Ups, Projects not performing, identifying constraints and implementing corrective proposals, Quality, Budgets etc. Nationally and Internationally.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa / Nairobi, Kenya / Mauritius / Seychelles

Tower Rigging, Telecoms Power and Cooling Solutions and Implementation, Installations and Commissioning, Structural and Infrastructure Assessments on Telecoms related Sites, Audits and Detailed Reports, Corrective Proposals and Implementation of Proposals, Turnkey Civil Construction in the Telecoms environment. Planning and Implementation of Cell / Fiber Networks. Planning and Construction of MSC and related hubs. Site Surveys, TSS and detailed TSSR. Equipment room construction and reticulation. Telecoms Switch Planning, Development and Implementation of scope, turnkey. Consultation Telecoms . Telecoms Consulting. Graffiti Removal services and High Pressure Cleaning

South Africa

Core Business - Tower Rigging, Telecoms Power and Cooling Solutions and Implementation, Installations and Commissioning, Structural and Infrastructure Assessments on any Telecoms related Sites, Audits and Detailed Reports, Corrective Proposals and Implementation of Proposals and Turnkey Civil Construction in the Telecomms environment. Planning and Implementation of Fiber Networks. Planning and Construction of MSC and related hubs. Site Surveys, TSS and detailed TSSR. Equipment room construction and reticulation. Consultation.

Tanzania And Zimbabwe

Provision of turnkey solutions and implementation thereof to the telecoms industry. Interaction with senior management and players such as Vodacom, Milicom and Zain. Managing business and reporting to shareholders in all aspects of operations, financials and commercials.Duties  Managing and implementation of network infrastructure projects and network maintenance programs. Network infrastructure / special and audit/upgrade turnkey projects. Reporting direct to shareholders on all aspects of operations. Preparing and implementing project budgets. Fleet management (Overseeing) Coordinating and communicating with client (MD/HOD) level Overseeing project related company finances. Desighn change Overseeing power design changes. Overseeing logistics nationally Constructed +-1900 towers in 9 years all terrain TZ Turnkey Construction  Towers varying from 10m to 100m Overseeing RF/TX installations  All construction turnkey (AFRICA Conditions) Overseeing Network maintenance for 2 clients / 870 sites managed services Overseeing of automated NMMC for maintenance Overseeing procurement  Overseeing immigration processes. Overseeing Structural – Site audits  Advising clients on structural status of networks and maintenance program intervals Contract management to Project’s Costing and quotations of construction / audit and maintenance projects. Departments – Managers reporting Directly to me:• Operations • Financial and Commercials in country• Maintenance (National)• RF/TX installations and maintenance• Fiber Optic installations and maintenance / route and obstacle surveys.• Trade – Sales and Marketing• National Maintenance Monitoring Centre (NMMC)• Fleet operations and maintenance• Logistics in country• Procurement in country and internationalStaff strength of company - 392Senior Managers reporting to me - 12

 Managing and implementation of turnkey network infrastructure projects, special and conventual Projects (Infrastructure / Maintenance) turnkey implementation and management Reporting directly to shareholders on all aspects of any given projects / programs. Preparing budget’s and implementation thereof in conjunction with rollouts / programs. Overseeing fleet management Liaising / Interacting with client (Vodacom /Siemens / TIGO / Millicom / Battery Technologies…..) Overseeing project / program Finances and Budgets Implementing design changes to tower / foundations and general site infrastructure. Approving tower / foundation and general site infrastructure design changes with client.  Overseeing all logistics in and out country relevant to operations. Constructed 475 towers in 4 years nationally (TZ)  Towers varying from 26m to 72m (Angular and Tubular) & Rooftops (Standard and Custom designs) Overseeing RF/TX installations. Subcontractor vetting and appointments including contractual agreements. Part of network maintenance management Vodacom Setting up of automated NMMC for maintenance internal maintenance department. Overseeing procurement direct to projects ZA/TZ Overseeing acquisitioning of work permits with agents for expat staff. Site surveys / Acquiring of suitable sites and network routes. Site auditing programs. Network infrastructure maintenance programs. Managed at any given time +-240 staff and management.

Dar Es Salaam

 Managing and implementation of turnkey network infrastructure projects, special and conventual Projects (Infrastructure / Maintenance) turnkey implementation and management Reporting directly to shareholders on all aspects of any given projects / programs. Preparing budget’s and implementation thereof in conjunction with rollouts / programs. Overseeing fleet management Liaising / Interacting with client (Vodacom /Siemens / TIGO / Millicom / Battery Technologies…..) Overseeing project / program Finances and Budgets Implementing design changes to tower / foundations and general site infrastructure. Approving tower / foundation and general site infrastructure design changes with client.  Overseeing all logistics in and out country relevant to operations. Constructed 475 towers in 4 years nationally (TZ)  Towers varying from 26m to 72m (Angular and Tubular) & Rooftops (Standard and Custom designs) Overseeing RF/TX installations. Subcontractor vetting and appointments including contractual agreements. Part of network maintenance management Vodacom Setting up of automated NMMC for maintenance internal maintenance department. Overseeing procurement direct to projects ZA/TZ Overseeing acquisitioning of work permits with agents for expat staff. Site surveys / Acquiring of suitable sites and network routes. Site auditing programs. Network infrastructure maintenance programs. Managed at any given time +-240 staff and management.

South Africa

 Team member in pilot project for the DECT tenderTelkom. Overseeing installations and maintaining of customer DECTequipment. (Trial for DECT TENDER) Installing and maintaining of backbone equipment on the masts (Trial) Earthing of masts and providing of earth mats on masts. (Four leg & Spider including exothermic welding) Assisting product specialist in problem solving. Remotely configuring the subscriber onto the EXCHANGE BASE STATION (XBS interfaceBetween subscriber radio and exchange) Recreating, locking and deleting subscribersfrom OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCESYSTEM Connection between IDF and XBS frame (jumper connection)  L.O.S surveying  Mobile mast rigging DECT frame generator operations Signal strength reading with a RSSI meter (radio strength signal indicator) from pre- selected coordinates. Establishing the most suitable position for the tower for the best coverage in the operational area. GPS operation Managed sub-contracting partners DECT project installations 9800 DECT (omni based system, TDMA backbone) 9500 Sectorized standalone system. 9500 distributed DECT  Supervised contract installation on backbone on Monopoles – 25 to 50m Managing sub-contractors Materials requirements and ordering on Z spec seeing to delivery and distributions thereof.  Liaising between Alcatel & Telkom on project related issues and reporting back to senior project manager and IPM. Checked that work was done according to specification Completed relevant paperwork concerning the project - (MC171, Build lists, Soft copies, Spreadsheets, Site diaries, Delivery notes, COC /PAC/FAC Obtaining a COC from Telkom when project is completed. (Certificate of Conformance) Reconciling of the project and stock reconciliation.  Team member on the MARNET MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS project RURTEL Project Burundi.  Lecturer for Indonesia Alcatel.

Benoni Area, South Africa

Overseeing of the following Telephone lines  PABX Systems Data Lines Telex Lines Cabling of buildings Planning and Implementation  Re-cabling of buildings and doing cut-over Maintenance on the above mentioned Faultfinding and repairing  Test room duties Testing of faulty lines Analyzing faults  Liaising with customers MDF (Main dividing frame) operations Interconnections  Telex Data E/C Exchange Connection

High School, Telecommunications Engineering

Telecoms Engineering

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