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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Noorder-Paarl Area, South Africa

Pioneer Foods is a South African packaged goods company and in March 2020 became a subsidiary of PepsiCo.Responsible for IT Delivery through strategic Managed Service partnersManaging IT Projets eg. SD WAN and EDI implementations

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Frogfoot is a licensed open access fibre network provider. Frogfoot intends to play a pivotal role in the growth of fibre to the business and home in South Africa.I was responsible for Multi Dwelling Units (FTTH) and Home Installations (FTTH).

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Led the RAN Migration Project working with Huawei. This included a RAN swap of 1105 sites, a RAN expansion of 300 sites and a DC power swap / expansion of 1700 sites.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Led ZTE's full turnkey rollout - site acquisition, build and transmission (MW & FTTS) - of MTN's mobile network and FTTH in the Western Cape Region. This included 250 new BTS / IBS sites, 400 MW links, 600 FTTS links and 5000 FTTH houses passed.Managed a team of 150.

Lagos, Nigeria

Built and managed the NRO organisation. Developed and implemented regional NRO strategy and objectives. Owned budget.Led NRO service delivery to support services sales.Drove NRO operational improvement programs.Managed three direct reports and over 100 Engineers.

SIS provides data center solutions to the GSM and IT industry throughout Africa and the Middle East. Reported to the CEO and managed all projects; design, delivery, budget and quality.Also carried out maintenance and support during warranty period.Managed additional strategic initiatives to drive new business.Successfully delivered a fiber landing station (Data Center) in Mogadishu and a Data Center in Lagos.

Dubai, Uae

Supported strategic group initiatives across the OpCos. Projects included: Led a 5500 RBS site swap & modernisation project (Ericsson, Huawei & ZTE) in Nigeria. Project budget of $200m.IT Shared Services: set up a central IT Hub in Uganda which provided IT services (Billing, ERP, Business Intelligence etc.) to Uganda, Zambia, Rwanda and Swaziland.Network Managed Services: supported MS initiatives in Cameroon, Zambia, Afghanistan, Sudan and other OpCos.Supported full turnkey network rollout and modernisations (Huawei, ZTE and Ericsson) in Sudan and Nigeria.

Dakar, Senegal

Delivery Management provides resources (Engineers and Project Managers) to support business in the region. Activities included network deployment & integration, design, operations & maintenance, managed services and customer support. Led four direct reports and 110 staff in total.Owned strategic development, operations, resourcing and financial management (budget) of the department.

Lagos, Nigeria

Led radio network implementation including site acquisition, site build, RAN & transmission equipment installation and commissioning. Nearly 1000 sites and a capital budget of $300M.Also led fibre network implementation (Project Blaze): built a fibre optic transmission network; over 4000 km worth $120M over 30 months.Managed core network implementation of MSC, BSC and other core nodes with a capital budget of $150M.Managed 12 direct reports and 120 staff in total.

Lagos, Nigeria

Led facilities implementation: clean room / equipment facilities (MSC, transmission, IT), B2B and Customer Service Centers, warehouses, office facilities with a budget of $120M and 12 direct reports.Developed and implemented Facilities Capital Program. Owned budgets.Carried out high-level reporting on departmental performance.Negotiated contracts and managed 3rd party consultants and contractors.Transformed the department from an inefficient “start-up” department to more efficient team, delivering on time and within budget. Reduced CapEx by over 30%.

Lagos, Nigeria

Owned Project Blaze worth $100M over two years: a national fibre optic transmission network, 3.5k km of optical fibre laid in 3 x HDPE ducts. Managed consultants, led & trained the team.Completed Phase 3 of the project one month ahead of schedule.

Frederick Md, Usa

SEI is telecoms power service company. Reported to the President.Led engineering, costing and project management of all bids (pre and post sale) in conjunction with Project Engineers, Installation Manager and Account Representatives.Responsible for preventive maintenance, service and repairs in conjunction with Service Engineers and support staff.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Represented Saudi Telecom in their $5bn network expansion and upgrading programme. The equipment vendors and primary contractors were Lucent, Ericsson & Siemens.

Bloemfontein Area, South Africa

Managed the Annual Regional Capital Program for Outside Plant ($70M in 98/99) and DC Power ($4M in 98/99) to meet regional targets. Led a team of 150.

Bloemfontein Area, South Africa

Managed the Regional DC power capital budget, planning, procurement, installation and problem resolution.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Honours Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, Cum Laude

Master'S Degree, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering