Julián Prado Email & Phone Number

Remote

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

• Responsible for the successful deployment of new MPLS network for Johnson & Johnson on critical hubs across EMEA, LATAM, ASPAC and NA regions > $ 5M USD budget.
• Responsible for managing the split of Latam Banking Operations as a part of Rubik program (Sencinet-BT separation).
• Currently managing the OCC solutions deployment for Atradius customer in Turkey > $500K USD budget.
• Leading the delivery of VoIP Solutions for American International Group – AIG across EMEA > $ 1M USD budget.
• Managing the implementation of VoIP solution for BNP Paribas across US Sites > $ 1M USD budget.
• Successful roll out of the SD WAN network for Banco de Santander for + 600 sites across East Coast of U.S. > $18 M USD budget.

Bogotá

• Lead regulatory Projects (CRC and MinTIC) to measure quality standards for mobile networks and provide broadband internet to public rural schools as compensation for the use of spectrum.
• Manage Operation and Maintenance contracts with different vendors to support transmission platforms (SDH-DWDM-OTN, MPLS, Satellite, Microwave). Annual budget about $20M USD.
• Plan, administrate, execute and control budget according to the needs of the operation of the transmission network.
• Evaluate risks in the operation, formulate contingency plans and execute them to improve network availability and reliability through Agile Methodology.
• Lead the Transmission-Transport group for Claro Colombia as part of my Corporative Engineer role, assuring major problems of the operation are effectively solved through effective root cause analysis.

Bogotá, Colombia

• Design technical proposals for special projects aimed to build or improve telecommunication networks for Private and Public customers in Colombia. Specifically helped on the design of PNCAV Project for MinTIC for $100M.
• Evaluate and test different technologies and solutions with the purpose of integrating them into the Company Portfolio offered by the Company.
• Support the planning and execution of new business units to increase the Company portfolio.

Bogotá, Colombia

• Implement large projects aimed to construct/expand Optical Networks (SDH & DWDM) for Telco Providers. Annual revenue of $10M USD
• Maintain permanent communication with the customer for the correct execution and follow up of the projects.
• Support the bidding processes for equipment and services contracts according to the customer needs.

Bogotá, Colombia

• Lead the high-level support team for Telefonica-Telecom Transmission Networks (SDH & DWDM) in charge of the Operation and Maintenance assuring Service Level Agreements.
• Plan, coordinate and perform system and service tests for the final acceptance of the networks for Project and contract closure.
• Assist the deployment of the projects foreseeing and correcting possible technical issues avoiding future problems of the networks being implemented.

Bogotá, Colombia

• Plan, manage and implement important projects aimed to build/expand transmission networks (SDH & DWDM) for Telco providers.
• Responsible for the Operation and Maintenance contracts aimed to uphold the performance of the Telefónica-Telecom transmission networks
• Participate on the commercial biddings by giving technical and managerial concept based on the experience executing multiple large network integration projects.

Bogotá

• Supervise the installation of SDH multiplexer equipment on the transmission nodes of the customer.
• Perform local equipment commissioning and system tests for the customer formal acceptance of the implemented transmission networks.
• Install, configure, test and initialize the Network Management System (NMS) for the provisioning, diagnostic, monitoring, operation and maintenance of the equipment and network deployed.
• Provide 7x24 specialized technical assistance to incidents presented on the transmission networks (SDH, DWDM) for several Telco providers.

Bogotá, Colombia

• Assist Latin American corporate customers with technical issues related to Microsoft environments and applications.
• Create, document and follow up technical cases according to the information acquired from the customer through the diagnostic of the affected platform or application.
• Escalate and direct the incidents to the correct support queue and provide bilingual technical assistance to establish a channel and collaborate in the solution of the problems.

Colombia

• Plan and execute visits around the country to carry out technical inspections on the Internet sites installed for the Compartel Program for the customer final acceptance.
• Arrange, prepare and supply training sessions about IT tools and applications for non-expert users in order to qualify them as Site Administrators.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Telecommunications Engineering

Ingeniero Electrónico Y Telecomunicaciones, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Activities and Societies: Asociación Universitaria de Estudiantes Boyacences