Mohammad Abu-Samra Email & Phone Number

Orland Park, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Technologies: CDMA, GSM, 4G/LTE, pLTE, CAT-M, LTE-NB, 5G, IoT, eSIM, WiFi, VoLTE/IMS, and Clouds• Architected and designed network services for 30+ projects in LTE/VoLTE/IMS/5G/IoT technologies (like: Emergency services, Prioritized data/voice, Private LTE (CUPS), Domestic and International LTE/VoLTE Roaming, Diameter security …etc).• Created innovative state of the art network solutions for USCC network to become an IoT aggregator for integrating IoT MVNO enterprise customers (like FloLive, Ameren, Monogoto, Webbing, Southern Linc…etc.)• Created IoT eSIM solutions based on GSMA push and pull models, which helped sales winning Relaypro and TactaCam contracts. • Contributed to CDMA sunset by identifying and updating impacted network elements configuration.• Created and validated test plans for all design PoC • Achieved top 5% performance rating in 3 consecutive years.

Austin, Texas, Us

• Technologies: LTE, UMTS, Diameter, SS7, IMS, VoLTE, TCP/IP and Cisco Routers (49XX), HP Switches, Oracle Load balance, Oracle 11g DB, Fiber Optic, VMware and Linux Centos OS • Gathering customer business requirements and define new sales opportunities • Leading 3G/4G signaling protocols (SS7 and Diameter) based products deployment and integration• Define projects deployment and integration scope of work (SOW) and pricing• Creating IP network and architecture plans, architecture documents, and acceptance test plans• Oversee field deployment engineers.• Creating 3G/4G subscribers accounting policy (Gx/Rx) and roaming solutions and implanting them.

Morrisville, Nc, Us

• Technologies: LTE, UMTS, Diameter, SS7, IMS, TCP/IP and Cisco Routers, HP Switches, Tekelec Load balance, Oracle 11g DB, Fiber Optic, VMware and Linux Centos OS • Business and Technical solution analysis and architect for LTE signaling networks• Leading delivery of complex software and implementation on large production networks • Migration and Database Conversion planning • Performance/Optimization Tuning• IP Network integration configuration • E2E Integration/Interoperability Testing

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

• Technologies: LTE, CDMA-1X/EVDO, IMS, Diameter, T1, TCP/IP, Cisco switches (CAT65XX), and Linux Redhat OS • Developed competency in the IP Multimedia System (IMS) and LTE for supporting large scale SPs including the HSS, IMS CSCF and PCRF Diameter signaling interfaces for policy and roaming solutions. • Supported large scale SPs for CDMA-1X and EVDO sites (~300) integration, swing testing and cutover.• Developed automation scripts for sites integration, frame/carrier addition, and backhaul build and conversion from T1 spans to Ethernet.

Chicago, Il, Us

• Technologies: CDMA-1X/EVDEO, WiMAX, VoIP, TCP/IP, Ericson Routers, Foundry Switches, Cisco CAT65XX Switches, Juniper SSG Routers, Fiber Optic, and Solaris 10 OS• Led 20+ 3G/4G Networks integration projects E2E; improved products and processes, and provided creative solutions to technical issues and customer business requirements • Provided technical support and consultation to account teams in the presale phase for multiple projects. Defined and sold new services to clients. • Expertise, and broadened responsibilities led to achieving consistent excellent performance ratings and career promotion to the technical staff board membership in 2009• Received outstanding award for leading WiMAX ASN-GW O&M and configuration activities in eight markets and leading the centralized ASN-GW capacity expansion. • Developed automation tools for upgrading more than 4000 Cisco routers, switches, and aggregate nodes in 72 sites of CDMA and EVDO networks for Alltel, Verizon, AT&T and AWCC and managed to complete the projects ahead of the planned schedule

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Technologies: CDMA-1X/EVDO and Cisco CAT65XX Switches• Managed the CDMA-1X-EVDO software releases deployment and quality from both business and technical perspectives • Credited with providing the CDMA Software deployment organization with a 200% increase in year 2006 productivity and enhancing the organization portfolio without increasing the resources. • Improved CDMA Software quality and reduced the builds churning in R18 and subsequent releases by creating Roles and Responsibility framework for the release managers (TRM/BRM), account teams and field engineers during Software development/deployment cycle, applied Software quality standards, and created a stoplight dashboard communication tool to update the stakeholders.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• E2E install and upgrade software development of Cisco O&M IP products and Solaris using Perl and UNIX shell programming; software configuration management; and customer technical support• Improved CDMA O&M quality by developing OMCR and OMCIP databases audit/synch tool. • Reduced Opex through O&M improvements by developing Perl and Shell automation tools for the install and upgrade procedures of Solaris and OMC-IP. The tools reduced the install and upgrade time by 40%• Reduced customer reported unique defects (CRUD); created troubleshooting and user guides documents and communicated critical technical issues, their recovery actions and workarounds in monthly newsletters, and reduced the execution errors of the customers manual procedures by introducing flowcharts mechanism• Managed and executed the Software Configuration Management (SCM) process on Unix/Solaris environment.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• E2E embedded software development life cycle (SDLC) using C, C++, UML and object oriented design (OOD) concept and VxWorks and Linux platforms environments• Developed HAP core processes SW (C/C++) on VxWorks and Linux platforms• Enhanced HAP messaging and database access performance by redesigning and developing 3rd party services (messaging throughput and database access APIs for read, write, delete and search operations)

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Previously employed with Motorola Inc. / Motorola Solutions Inc. as Modeling and Performance Engineer – High Availability Platform (2000-2001); AIM Wireless Solutions as Co-Researcher and Software Engineer in the RF optimization area and developed the “intermod60”, inter-modulation interference prediction/detection tool (1997 -2000)

Certification Ai-Ml, Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning

Master'S Degree, Computer Software Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree Of Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering

Adjunct, Computer Science