Miguel Cobo P. Eng. Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Montréal, Québec, Ca

* Reporting to the CIO, lead an organization of 3 division heads with 100+ IT professionals, ensuring uninterrupted operations* Develops an annual I&O budget to ensure consistency with the overall strategic objectives.* Oversees all IT Infrastructure and operations aspects including telecommunications networks (fibre, public safety, public WiFi), data centers, and services (311, voice and data, messaging, webcast).* Manages 3rd party vendors and service providers; performance and SLAs, incident handling and issue/problem resolution and escalation

Montréal, Québec, Ca

* Led an organisation of 3 managers and 20+ project managers/project controllers* Led the IT project portfolio of the Police Department of the City of Montreal, the Montreal Fire Department, the Municipal Court, the Platform and Infrastructure Expertise Center, the Connectivity Expertise Center and Information Security Expertise Center.* Developed of the 2022-2031 10-year capital plan for the Public Security and Justice, Connectivity, Platform / Infrastructure and Information Security portfolios.

Ottawa, On, Ca

* Managed end-to-end IT and Telecom infrastructure project implementation from proposal to design, implementation, testing and handover to be integrated into CBC facilities.* Created and tracked the schedules and budgets for capital projects; monitoring progress to ensure compliance with scope and objectives;

Montreal, Qc, Ca

* Aligned the I&T strategy to the Mechanical strategy in the context of industry best practices and current technology trends; created and drove the mechanical technology roadmap* Developed business cases of technological projects with expected yearly savings of +$10M CAD (Car Repair Billing, Acoustic Bearing Detectors, Digital Task Cards, etc.);* Managed digital transformation programs; led and managed programs/projects from concept to implementation;* Elaborated the 2018 and 2019 Technology CAPEX Budget for Mechanical organization;

Kista, Stockholm, Se

* Enabling worldwide Cloud Engagements, interfacing and coordinating between Customer Units and R&D to deliver Proof of Concepts and Demo’s based on Ericsson Cloud System and Enterprise IT Converged Cloud.* Delivering Proof of Concepts and demos for major Telco customers and global events (Mobile World Congress, OpenStack Summit, Open NFV Summit, etc.)* Elaboration of innovation projects in IT Cloud Computing with strategic partners: Cloud-based media rendering in a 5G ecosystem, IoT for Next Generation Airports

Kista, Stockholm, Se

* Led Ericsson's Innova, the IP and Broadband worldwide innovation program, ensuring the development of employee's innovative proposals* Captured best practices in business innovation and created process for customer-driven innovation within Development Unit IP and Broadband* Drove collaboration with external partners to develop joint innovation projects* Developed and execute a new strategy for the innovation program, focus on business driven innovation* Created incubation innovation capability, speeding up delivery of innovative ideas into new products and offerings through fast prototyping and customer engagement* Direct strategice programs across multiple sectors in the Development Unit.* Oversaw the complex elaboration process of the IP & Broadband Operational Plans (2011-2020).

Kista, Stockholm, Se

As Head of User & Data Management Strategic Planning (2009-2010): * Performed in-depth strategic analysis and planning for product development and user databases. * Established highly effective business model and use cases for data management solutions. * Presented products/solutions to customers and conducted Gartner analyst meetings in collaboration with marketing. * Directed business development regarding data management for business unit networks and multimedia, including evaluating third-party data analytics product, developing growth plans, and managing new business strategies.Manager of IMS User & System Management (2008-2009): * Led 30+ System Managers to oversee system architecture evolution (SAE) and IMS user management, including HSS, SLF, and data management. Directed user management standardization initiative involving 3GPP, NGMN, TISPAN, and Kantara. * Spearheaded business development and technology intelligence innovations for user and data management.* Provided support to strategic product management and market units; managed IMS database evolution and characteristics.Tenure at Ericsson España S.A. also includes a Product Marketing & Technical Sales Support position in 2003.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

* Defined Ericsson's databases product portfolio strategy. Created business plans for subscriber databases, products, and solutions. Provided recommendations and advised on potential acquisition; performed due diligence and portfolio analysis.* Defined roadmap and solution strategy; developed product positioning and messaging that supported sales activities via direct and indirect channels. Worked with marketing team to present products/solutions to clients as well as analysts from Gartner and Heavy Reading. * Strategic Product Manager for digital identity business solutions and Program Manager for aware networking. Served as a board member on the Standardization Committee for the Liberty Alliance Project.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

* Built and directed an international team of Strategic Product Managers accountable for all aspects of user databases and application servers. * Led the design and analysis of new product and business development opportunities—aligning resources and planning with strategic view of wireless business technology and network evolution.* Managed Ericsson's service network product portfolio, including AAA, HSS, IP service engine, WLAN AS, J2EE AS, multimedia services, and DNS/DHCP/NNA server.* Defined requirements of home environment solution by partnering with R&D, customers, and external associates. Negotiated an OEM agreement with Atreus Systems, Inc.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:As Manager of CDMA2000 Packet Core Network Product Management (2000):* Established the strategic product management group. Supervised a partnership agreement with Bridgewater Systems to complement CDMA packet core network offering.As Senior Specialist, GPRS R3 Technical Coordinator (1999):* Led a team of System Engineers for technical pre-studies; developed the anatomy for the system design technical studies.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

As Strategic Product Manager of Intersystem Roaming (1997-1998):* Oversaw the product lifecycle of the 3PP intersystem location register (ILR), including developing product business case and defining product roadmap.* Renegotiated the OEM agreement between Ericsson and Synacom Technology Inc.As System Engineer (1996-1997):* Selected as the Ericsson delegate at the European Telecommunications Standard Institute ETSI/STC WPC.* Led elaboration of the GSM Mobile Application Part (MAP) specification (TS 09.02). * Directed a team in the European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) SMG3 WPC for the development of GPRS specifications (TS 03.60 and 09.60)* Created the Patent Organization in the Ericsson R&D Centre in Madrid.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:As System Engineer - AMPS/DAMPS Network System Management (1992-1996):* Served as Chairman of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR46.2.2 Working Group, which developed the IS-652 specification (GSM MAP for PCS 1900 MHz).* Guided team in developing and implementing AT&T Wireless networks in the IS-41C Authentication functionality.* Delivered a technical and cost evaluation for the development of Ericsson GSM network infrastructure for the North and South American markets (PCS 1900).* Selected to represent Ericsson at the Computer Research Institute of Montréal (CRIM).As Software Engineer - AMPS/DAMPS MSC Development (1991):* Spearheaded the development of Equal Access Administration functionality in the Ericsson CMS8800 Mobile Switching Center.* IT support (PC and mainframe)

Early career history includes tenure as: - MANAGER - SOFTWARE PRODUCTS at Bell Canada (1989) - SYSTEM ENGINEER at Captel, Inc. (1987-1988)

Design Thinking

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Applied Mathematics

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Physics Engineering

D.E.C., Pure Sciences

D.E.S, General