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Vancouver, Bc, Ca

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•Managing project financials in accordance with corporate financial policies and tools (SAP)•Managing risks and escalating as needed•Managing and developing quarterly budget plans with Project Managers and Planning and presenting Quarter End Monetary Reviews, Capital Triage and Year End Monetary Reviews•Managing monthly variance with Project Managers; presenting Capital and Expense summaries at CMT (Capital Management Team) calls•Closing and documenting projects in accordance with Telus internal policies and tools•Aligning best practices for required scorecard metrics

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• Performing bid walks with Engineers and contractors for scope briefing and allocation• Preparing detailed bid notes for scope award• Verifying PRs and invoices throughout the different phases of projects and authorizing payments as per scope completion• Reviewing close-out packages and documentations • Coordinating and if required, visiting the completed builds with city representatives for building permit closures• Maintaining and providing project status reports on a weekly basis using Excel• Forecasting POs receiving as per expected project closures

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 for 3000+ project swap sites and IBS DAS sites planned under the project scope• Managed and supervised a team of 10 professionals delegated with technical project deliverables pertaining to network infrastructure build rollout including review of AutoCAD site build drawings

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, Hospitals, Corporate offices and Farm houses), Site Decommissioning and Relocation• 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, NOCs, site technical solutions, budget, resource allocation and timelines• 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 sign-offs (Acceptance Certificates for handover to Network Operations)• 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 • Managed liaison with technical back-office for site commissioning, FLM and SLM when required• Conducted regular meetings with all external and internal stakeholders• Formulated Business Plans for sites scoped for decommissioning and relocation scopes• Managed Project CAPEX/OPEX budgets and associated monthly reporting using in-house Microsoft Excel tools.• Managed PR verifications and payment authorizations to vendors and subcontractors upon achieving sites BoQs, PACs (Partial Acceptance) and FACs (Final Acceptance)• Supported HSE through coordinated audit visits during implementation of all scoped projects towards quality implementation

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 Project (Hardware), oversaw service vendors Key member of high level cross functional team for aligning the end to end rollout process of Base Station Subsystem (BSS) Project ROLLEX (Rollout Excellence) Managed CAPEX and OPEX, PR and Invoice Verification for Network Rollout and VEGA RAN Swap Project

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 nodes.Definition of Ufone / OMO numbering series.Implementation of new interconnect routes.Definition of E1s / signaling links.Implementing Datafill / routing changes as required.

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