Olawale Ojo Email & Phone Number

Lagos, Nigeria

• Program Manager to project managers and lead new initiatives from opportunity identification to knowledge transfer and performance measurement.• Key Account Manager on Nokia, MTN and ZTE projects for the company• Manage customer escalations with timely delivery to attain their satisfaction.• Provide executive level visibility to project and operational performance, resources assigned, project activity, service level and necessary budgets/cost details.• Leads, manages and monitors the successful delivery of projects, managing the implementation process end-to-end including process standardization and knowledge management build out.• Manages the implementation of DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems) and COW (Cell On Wheel) projects. End-to-end delivery and ensure they are managed to scope, time and budgets.• Provide oversight and/or project management, business analysis and transition management on each project

Lagos,Nigeria

• Coordinated Projects planning and Implementation.• Coordinated operations E2E and delivery.• Arranged training and staff developments plan• Planned and managed operations budget (OPEX & CAPEX)

Lagos ,Nigeria

• Coordinated all Network related activities.• Managed the Managers in Technical Division• Coordinated and managed all Regional Network Field Operations Managers for optimal delivery on Fixed and Mobile Broadband network.• Coordinated Network operations E2E delivery and due diligence with prospective investors on network transition.• Nationwide network diesel supply plan and coordination for sites.• Arranged training and staff developments plan.• Preparation and managed network operations budget.• Team Lead in resolving customers complaints and vendors requests (Last mile connectivity, service interfaces and Delivery)• Custodian of network Operations KPI attainability BTS/Transmission -Nortel CDMA / Fibre Optics Networks and Enterprise network-Last mile).• Manage LTE RFP vendors’ submission evaluation and interface with Huawei on the LTE trial equipment installation.

Ericsson Ghana

Project implementation• Core network features planning and implementation.• Mentoring ,coaching ,development and provided support for Local Engineers.• Support customers network in Sub-Sahara Africa region.• Handle and support Projects based on Customer Requests in 2G and 3G network.• Project support for MSS, MGw ,APG40/43 ,Blade cluster and APZ nodes.• Project co-ordination and weekly report to stakeholders

Nigeria

• Project Presentation ,coordination Budget Preparation and Handling.• Implementation of technical solutions, Rollout and technical team management.• Implementation of core and Access network rollout with optimization.• Coordination of Integration & commissioning of base station and DAS equipment

Riyadh ,Saudi Arabia

- Supports all core related nodes . (MSS , MGw ,HLR ,BC ,SCP ,RNC ,BSC)• Lead team in Implementation of core network designs.• Mentor ,coaching ,development and support local Engineers• Handle and support Projects based on Customer Requests in 2G and 3G network

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION AND PROJECT SUPPORT for the MUSA• Mentoring, competence assessment and Knowledge transfer to local Engineers.• Back office personnel for CS core problems in the MUSA (ELS back office) , R10/R11/R12.1/R13 Nodes

• Test and implementation of Software upgrade (ACA , EC & MPC) of all SS (84) nodes and BSS (100)nodes – core nodes using SMO tools, OPS and WINFIOL .• R12 Software upgrade from R10 on SS and R11 BSS nodes.• Worked on test plant for APG40 clone preparation and restoring on live nodes. • 1st Line CSR Handling and worked on 2G Projects• Resolve network related faults escalated from customer as CSR(ELS task)• Start up of APZ212 50 and integration• Disaster Recovery of APG NT and 2003

• Resolve all network related faults and issues that maybe required from first line operation & Maintenance • Implementation of software updates (ACA , EC & MPC) and upgrades on core nodes with SMO tool and WINFIOL (Network with 115 SS nodes and 48 BSS nodes)• Software/Hardware R10 upgrade—R10 Swapout• Installation / integration and troubleshooting on APG40 , AXE810, APZ21240 nodes. • AXE-810, APZ212-33/52 for new BYB 501 MSC/BSC(AXE10)• Complete detailed Investigations on Cellular Network to Optimise Network protocol layers and architecture. (SS7 signaling )• Install/Implement & Integrate new nodes into Network.• Monitor network performance statistics using OPTIMA/FACTS.• Complete New Functionality and Service testing as required/ Liase with Equipment suppliers---Ericsson and other Operators on network • Giving presentation and On Job Training to First line Engineers .

• Supervision of the installation, operations and maintenance of the Base-station transceiver subsystem for cell sites. Installation and configuration of TELOS CDMA-IP (CDMA2000) softswitchRadio Frequency RF planning, survey and optimisation of the system.Acceptance testing with the vendor and Government bodies.Supervise the installation and configuration of microwave radio links on the network. Coordinate and administrate the department activities.Site acquisition for BTS and repeater stations. Liase with other operators on the issue of interconnectivity.

Lagos ,Nigeria

Installation,configurtion and maintenance of Qualcomm CDMA (IS-95) switch and Base-station.Operations and maintenance of microwave radio links with Multiplex equipment using 7GHZ and 15GHZ frequency allocationTeam member in the installation and maintenance of the fibre optical link between Starcomms and Nitel {PSTN} exchanges.Acceptance testing with the vendor and Government bodies. Programming ,installations and maintenance of PABX system. RF planning ,drive test and optimization using MDM (Mobile Diagnostic Monitor )software and wizard. Observation , preparation and analyses of trunks and cell usage reports of the network using Degas software

Bsc, Electronic/Electrical Engineering

Graduated with Second class honors Major in Telecommunications and Control Engineering Member of my College association (GCIOBA)

Project Management