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Project Manager – Rollout/Site Acquisition/Radio Access & Transmission – SafariCom Ethiopia• Planning, scheduling and coordinating subcontractor teams doing site search and acquisition• Compiling and validating site acquisition (SAR), technical site survey (TSSR), land acquisition (LA)Line of site (LOSR) reports and submitting to the customer for aporovals for civil work (site build)• Follow up with site acquisition teams (SAQ) for site design (SD) approvals and building permits• Transmission access link rollout planning and implementation for respective site integration to BSC/RNC• 2G/3G/4G rollout planning and implementation• Managing equipment and installation material delivery• Resource planning and management• Scope and change management control• Subcontractor management• Project budget and cost control• Follow up and ensuring the application of all company safety requirements• Managing TI implementation quality checks, ensuring the sites are ready for acceptance• Plan and schedule regular (daily/weekly/monthly) project meetings and reporting• Liaison, communication and coordinate with other project managers, projectteams and all stake holders within the company/customer to ensure overall effectiveness of the project delivery• Following and controlling all project milestones (from implementation planning to final acceptance and invoicing)

Rollout Project Manager – Radio Access (Consulting) – Vodacom TanzaniaRe-joined Nokia as a RAN (Radio Access Networks) project manager, a position I have had held for over 20 years.Responsibilities include;• Full responsibility for the management of assigned projects• Short and long-term rollout planning and implementation of 2G/3G/4G BTS sites/BSC’s/RNC’s and transmission/microwave – PDH and SDH• Planning implementation resources• Managing equipment and installation material delivery• Following and controlling all project milestones (from implementation planning to final acceptance and invoicing)• Monitor scope, implement change control process and handle change management• Ensure that all rollout targets are met and the lead-times are kept• Project planning, scheduling tasking and control• Rollout/Installation planning and associated costing/pricing• Project budget and cost control• Negotiate and contracting of subcontractors• Regular (daily/weekly/monthly) project reporting• Ensure the application of all company safety requirements• Establishment of work breakdown structures and statement of works• Managing implementation subcontractors• Managing TI implementation quality checks, ensuring the sites are ready for acceptance• Managing BTS site integrations including the coordination of customers transmission• Liaison, communication and coordinate with other project managers, project• team and all stake holders within the company/customer to ensure overall effectiveness of a project delivery

Management of the day to day running of the company; Fibre optic cable rollout and maintenance Purchase and Supply of fibre optic material – For orders from various stakeholders running fibre optic networks and projectsShipment, customs clearance and handing over to respective customers

Project Manager (In country project manager for Vodacom Tanzania)

In-country project manager for Celtel ZambiaRollout of Layer and Motorola BSC/TRAU upgrades - Copper belt Zambia

In-country project manager for Vodacom Mozambique Full turnkey RAN/Transmission rollout project for phase0 and phase1, over 100 sites;1. New site builds – civil work (tower foundations of various heights/sizes, Shelters, fences, standby generators2. BSS – Installation/commissioning/integration of BSS equipment3. Transmission – Rollout of transmission access links (Microwave) linking all respective sites 4. Transmission – Rollout of trunk radios for backbone routes liking major towns/cities

In-country project manager for Vodacom Tanzania; Full turnkey RAN/Transmission rollout project for phase1 to phase3 - over 1000 X sites;1. New site builds – civil work (tower foundations of various heights/sizes, Shelters, fences, standby generators2. BSS – Installation/commissioning/integration of BSS equipment3. Transmission – Rollout of transmission access links (Microwave) linking all respective sites 4. Transmission – Rollout of trunk radios for backbone routes liking major towns/cities

Product Support Engineer for Middle East and Africa (MEA);• To provide detailed product expertise• To provide technical support on all product related issues including product features; performance, capabilities and implementation of the product within a telecommunication network• Provide installation and commissioning support within the Marketing phase of the sales cycle• Provide point-by-point response to tender opportunities• Set-up test and demonstration equipment plus perform product demonstration to sales force and customers• Assist in updating and disseminating product collateral plus keeping the technical library (hard and soft copies) up to date• Provide training to Sales force and customers plus updating training material on relevant products

Employed as a project manager at Digital Microwave Corporation whereby my duties included; • Full responsibility and management of the assigned projects• Project planning, scheduling tasking and control• Establishment of work breakdown structures and statement of works• Installation planning and associated costing/pricing• Undertake/manage site surveys and prepare survey reports• Negotiate and contracting of subcontractors• Regular project reporting• Ensure the application of all safety requirements• Liaison, communication and coordinate with other project managers and staff within the company to ensure overall effectiveness of operationsProjects included microwave deployment projects for;• Managed deployment of transmission links for; TTCL Tanzania, Vodacom Lesotho• Rollout of PDH and SDH microwave links and associated Multiplexers for MTN Uganda

Installation/Commissioning - Transmission/Microwave;Undertake team supervision and carry out installation/commissioning and integration of transmission and microwave equipment.Some of the projects were in South Africa but most of the projects were outside South Africa including;• Swaziland PTC – PDH and SDH links with respective Add/Drop Multiplexers • TRITEL Tanzania - Installation and commissioning of Low Capacity PDH access microwave links within the network • Net One – Zimbabwe GSM operator – Installation and commissioning of various low capacity PDH access microwave links • Zamcell (CelTel) Zambia – Installation and commissioning of various low-capacity access microwave links• TransTel – South Africa - Commissioning of the Sishen – Saldanha SDH microwave backbone (SRT1C/GPT Multiplexers

Duties and Responsibilities;• Installation and maintenance of rural carrier systems• Installation of Rural Radio Concentrators (RURTEL)• Establish a panel repair centre to cater for small repairs for transmission/microwave equipment

Transmission Installation/Commissioning/MaintenanceMy main responsibilities were;• Installation and maintenance of PCM (pulse code modulation) systems from 2mbit/s up to 140mbit/s together with the associated line terminating units over fibre optic link - ITALTEL• Installation and maintenance of 1+1 subscriber carrier systems – Seiscor/Embracom Systems• Installation and maintenance of Subscriber line Concentrators

EAST AFRICAN POSTS & TELECOMS CORPORATION – Tanzania Between April 1975 – and December 1983I joined the East African Posts and Telecom as a technical officerMy main responsibilities were,• Transmission Department;o Maintenance of rural carrier systems – Teletra L12/L100, MP25 Equipmento Maintenance of Voice frequency telegraphy (VFT) - STC• Between January 1979 – December 1983I joined the training department within the Corporation as an Assistant Engineer and my duty was to train in service staff at the Central Training Centre in Mbagathi, Nairobi – Kenya in;• Transmission Principles• Digital electronics• Semiconductor theory• Voice Frequency Telegraphy (VFT)• Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)