Faisal has over 19 years wireless industry experience in 5G-NR/LTE/VoLTE/UMTS/GSM radio network strategy, design, optimisation and performance management with various vendors and CSPs including Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, Ex-Siemens, Ex-Motorola, Rogers, Telenor, Zain, and STC. He has a strong track record in RAN equipment standards and guidelines, project management, team leading, fast-paced roll-outs, milestones delivery, managed services, network audits, bench-marking, vendor swaps, and new features/solutions implementation. He has hands-on experience of industry standard tools such as Ericsson Business Objects, AMOS, ENM, Power BI, VIAVI NITRO, Tableau, Huawei SmartCare, Discovery, U2020, PRS/mAOS, WTTX, ACP, NPMaster, NASTAR, OMStar, Assistant, Probe, TEOCO/Aircom ASSET (NetAct), Advantage, Ranopt; Actix/Spotlite, Invovista TEMS, Nemo Outdoor/Handy, Tektronix NSA, etc.Faisal has a Master's degree in Electronics Engineering with major's in Wireless Communications and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Systems Engineering. He has produced several publications during his academic career at reputable forums.Strengths and Skills:-5G NR NSA-SA/LTE/VoLTE/UMTS/GSM radio network design and strategy, coverage/quality/capacity planning/forecasting and subsequent optimisation.-Various RAN/IBS/subway systems design and managed service, roll-out, swap, and network audit projects experience in several capacities (from management/team leading to consulting positions); recommending solutions, features, parameter and configuration settings, and identifying discrepancies and optimisation requirements.-Hands on experience of creating and automating various processes for network department (e.g. processes for generating change requests, performance and worst cell reporting, drive testing, benchmarking, parameter auditing, hardware resource and licenses re-shuffling, geolocation measurement-based analysis etc.) -Writing and reviewing Guidelines, RFPs, RFP responses, MOPs, LOIs, MOUs, technical reports, etc.-Generating periodic technical performance, achievements, requirements and recommendation reports/presentations for the top management.-Strong academic background in telecommunications (MEng, BEng).