Sarmad Zahid Ahmed Email & Phone Number

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Canada

• PMO Network Build and Operate (NBO)
• Managing telecom IT network and transport simultaneous multiyear and multicritical path capital projects (mobility and/or wireline) within scope, time and budget
• Assessing deployment plans and business cases to present project scope statement and kick-offs
• Collaborating with fellow project managers, planning, engineering, procurement, build, and operations primes to prioritize and schedule project(s) deliverables
• Leading regular meetings with stakeholders on resolving issues and variances, and developing action plans to manage changes on projects
• Regular reporting and communication on project(s) status, budget, and schedule

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Managing end to end network construction and augmentation swap projects (4G and 5G) from TSS to final build and ensuring delivery as per scope, schedule and budget
• Reviewing As-Built construction drawings and ensuring them to be accurate as per scope for implementation
• Performing site visits for site acquisition surveys, construction progress, facilitation, quality control and audits
• Coordinating with internal stakeholders: PMO, Transport, RF, Real Estate, Procurement and Finance
• Coordinating with external stakeholders: City, Vendors, Engineering and Network Construction Contractors
• Conducting progress meetings over deliverables with internal and external stakeholders

Pakistan

• Specialist - FF Implementation
• Managed site Technical Site Survey Reports (TSSRs) technical analysis for site construction BTS solution. Assigned site work packages to subcontractors for site construction
• Managed Project documentation flow, project communication and resource assignment for wireless projects implementation across the internal and external organization
• Conducted regular meetings with all internal and external stakeholders
• Programmed (through MS Excel) a forecasting solution for network passive elements and installation material requirements
• Managed passive and installation material demand forecasting, mapping and management for budgeting, ordering, supply chain and utilization control through gathering and analyzing large volumes of field obtained data.

Islamabad

• Specialist - BSS & Transport Implementation
• Managed end-end high volume implementation (700+ annual site deliveries) having 100+ members across Telenor, vendor and subcontractor organizations as direct stakeholders of Projects: Outdoor, IBS DAS (Hotels.
• Managed internal CFTs having members from Commerical, Planning, Sourcing, Operations, Regulatory, Site Sharing and Public Government Affairs towards the establishment of Project scopes and implementation, site access.
• Managed external CFTs having members from vendors and subtractors for end-end deliveries of project build scopes through planning, risk management, vendor performance and SLA compliance, reporting and deliverable.
• Managed and planned the execution of high paced, high volume network swap with as many as 40 NEs per night
• Managed project governance across the portfolio including tracking, monitoring and updating/communicating project statuses

Islamabad

• Sourced IT HW, SW and Services in Telenor under the umbrella of Sourcing & Supply Chain
• Analyzed user needs and equipment specifications, issued RFQs, evaluated supplier capabilities and bids, negotiated pricing, acceptance criteria
• Managed procurement budget of $1M+, saved $ 0.2M to 0.5M in costs
• Collaborated with Telenor Group sourcing team to drive more efficiency and create synergies for projects under Global Frame Agreements, proposed and initiated by the group for multiple geographic business units
• Managed vendor relationships, vendor risk, quality control and issues resolution

Islamabad

Executive - BSS & Transport ImplementationSupervised installation and commissioning of Base Station Subsystem (BSS) and Microwave radios, Fibres for RAN 2G and 3G Rollout, verified issues resolutions, performed First Line Maintenance (FLM) using system tools. Performed acceptance testing Managed End of Life (EoL) equipment dismantling for RAN VEGA Swap.

Islāmābād, Pakistan

Operation and maintenance of Huawei Soft Switch / Media Gateway.Operation and maintenance of Huawei HLR and STP.Operation and Maintenance of DMS 100 Nortel switch and DMS 100 / 200 HLR.Operation and maintenance of Huawei GPRS nodes.Configurations on Huawei and Nortel switches.Provisioning in Huawei and Nortel HLR.Daily shift routines for all NSS and GPRS.

Installation and commissioning of Base Transceiver Station (BTS) sites and Digital Cross Connect (DXX) on PTCL exchanges

Responsibilities included the Commissioning and Integration of Base Transceiver Stations (BTS)

Masters Of Engineering, Electronics & Manufacturing

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electronics

High School (O & A Levels), Science

Activities and Societies: Student Council; Cricket team