Sherif Lebdah Email & Phone Number

Middle East, Africa, And Turkey

United Arab Emirates, Dubai

Post-Sales & Pre-Sales Activities:• Support the Sales Team with customer-facing technical pre-sales assistance.• To attend meetings with potential Clients to determine technical and business requirements and ensuring that all necessary information collated before producing a solution.• Deliver Axell wireless product presentations and demonstrations, and provide support at external and internal customer-facing events.• Help with Factory Acceptance test (FAT).• Build custom demonstrations and deliver Proof Of Concepts (POC) if required.• Compare competitive products to specify the most practical solutions for customers.• Work with Product Management to feedback on issues with current products and provide input around new products.• To structure and produce compelling Bid Matrixes, proposals/commercial and technical documentation outlining the cost savings and business benefits to clients.• Create internal design configuration documentation, including network diagrams with technical explanations.• Determine, resolve, and communicate technical and business pre-sales issues to Sales Director and Engineering Management.• Work closely with R&D in Software Quality Assurance and validation of new features.• Work closely with R&D to develop new Data collection tools• Engage in product training to maintain customer high product knowledge.• Assist project teams with their inquiries during system operation.• Do the RF link budget for the complete system before commissioning activities.• Do the Noise floor raise calculation to make sure the system will perform as designed.• Do the purchased commissioning services.• Troubleshoot the root cause of any Technical issue on our equipment.Key Wins/Projects:• METRO/Rail :o Qatar-DOHA METRO.o Qatar- Lusail Rail Transit.o UAE-Dubai Tram.o Azerbaijan -Baku METRO.o Istanbul-Marmara Tunnel.o Switzerland-SOP Train –Corridor Coverage.• Oil & Gas: o Yathrib Chemical Planet.o SADARA Planet.

Kuwait

Smart Village is a Kuwaiti Local general trading and construction company that works as a system Integrator that provides IT, Telecommunication, site access, and CCTV services to Cellular operators, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of the interior. I was an active partner with Smart Village. I was one of the founders of this company. I led the Integrated solution department doing business development with direct engagement with suppliers, pricing activities during RFQ and bidding, customer meetings, technical discussions, pre-sales,post-sales activities, and managing the design and implementation teams.Key Wins/Projects:• Zain Kuwait: o 2G/3G Swap Projects, IBS Site design, materials supply, and Implementation; for and not limited to the following: Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait City, Sabah Al-Ahmad Cardiac Centre, Ministry of Foreign affairs at Sharq area, Ministry of Interior HQ in Farwaniya, and many others roll-out, and IBS sites projects.o We won Off-air Repeaters, Cables, and accessories Materials Supply multiple biddings, which happens every six months.• Ooredoo Kuwait, as sub-contractor from Hayat communication & GTC and KENTCO:o SRAN upgrade Project with Remote Radio Head approaches for 350 sites approximate 20% of total Number of Sites of their Kuwait network: Upgrade, including disassembling all the existing BTS equipment for GSM, UMTS, LTE, and MW equipment swapping them with Single RAN Huawei equipment (BBU inside the shelter and RRH on the top of the tower) all of this done with only 10 hours outage for each site.• VIVA Kuwait, as sub-contractor from Hayat communication & GTC and KENTCO:o 2G Refarming & LTE Swap projects.• Ministry of Health:o Supply and Installing Wi-Fi bridges to connect LAN networks of the different hospitals into one network.o Supply and Installing of fingerprints site access equipment for employee attendanceo Supply the Printers and printing accessories.

Qatar

I worked for Nokia Siemens Networks, Ooredoo Qatar Account, as End to End IBS project manager responsible for TETRA IBS activities (Design, Project WBS plan, implementation) for the Qatar foundation account, the Pearl Shell LNG Planet, and Qatarlum. The Qatar foundation account includes two main projects: the Qatar National Convention Center and Education city.Projects in Nokia Siemens Networks, Qatar:TETRA Projects of Qatar Foundation in the Qatar National Convention Center, Alshaqab, and Education City, and Shell LNG Planet PHII and QATALUM through Ooredoo Qatar Equipment and Technologies Activities: • CommScope Active DAS Equipment (ION-M Master unit, ION-M4).• Axellwireless off-air repeaters (D-CSR3604 ).

Kuwait

Design Activities:• 2G (GSM, DCS), 3G (UMTS), broadband IBS site Design.• Carry out the IBS design Activities (Building Owner negotiation, Layouts Collection, Site Surveys, Antennas optimum location selection, IBS Design , Customer Discussion & Approval, and Implementation Supervision).Roll-Out Work:• Manage all BSS\UTRAN implementation activities.• Manage all BSS\UTRAN Equipment implementation Teams.• Ensure implementation activities and Quality meet project requirements and targets.• Ensure resources are planned properly.• Interface with the Logistics Manager to verify the standard site components and asses availability of all materials.• Responsible for Warehouse Stock Monitoring of equipment and site materials in cooperation with the logistics.• Cooperates with network planning, site acquisition and site inspector to ensure the roll-out according to the project plan.• Scheduling of Site activities.• Reviews and Approve site specific drawing (Site Layout + Equipment installation drawings + IBS Surveys Reports) coming from Service Suppliers.• Follow up and report the work progress related to time, schedule and quality to my Managers and escalates deviations. • Proposes and act on corrective actions.• Support, setup and follow up documentation processes.• Act as point of escalation for implementation on the project level, both internally and towards the customer (including multi-vendor interface).Service Supplier (Sub-contractors) Interface:• Manage service Supplier teams (CW and TI).• Follow Up Service supplier’s performance.• Communicates Model Site Standard design & details to Service Supplier teams.• Review Site Specific design (CW+TI) prepared by Service supplier teams, send them for customer approvals.• When Needed, arrange training to Service supplier teams. Projects in Nokia Siemens Networks ,Kuwait:Zain GSM & UTRAN Network Expansions (2011)

Kuwait

Design Activities:• 2G (GSM, DCS), 3G (UMTS), broadband IBS site Design.• Carry out the IBS design Activities (Building Owner negotiation, Layouts Collection, Site Surveys, Antennas optimum location selection, IBS Design , Customer Discussion & Approval, and Implementation Supervision).Roll-Out Work:• Manage all BSS\UTRAN implementation activities.• Manage all BSS\UTRAN Equipment implementation Teams.• Ensure implementation activities and Quality meet project requirements and targets.• Ensure resources are planned properly.• Interface with the Logistics Manager to verify the standard site components and asses availability of all materials.• Responsible for Warehouse Stock Monitoring of equipment and site materials in cooperation with the logistics.• Cooperates with network planning, site acquisition and site inspector to ensure the roll-out according to the project plan.• Scheduling of Site activities.• Reviews and Approve site specific drawing (Site Layout + Equipment installation drawings + IBS Surveys Reports) coming from Service Suppliers.• Follow up and report the work progress related to time, schedule and quality to my Managers and escalates deviations. • Proposes and act on corrective actions.• Support, setup and follow up documentation processes.• Act as point of escalation for implementation on the project level, both internally and towards the customer (including multi-vendor interface).Service Supplier (Sub-contractors) Interface:• Manage service Supplier teams (CW and TI).• Follow Up Service supplier’s performance.• Communicates Model Site Standard design & details to Service Supplier teams.• Review Site Specific design (CW+TI) prepared by Service supplier teams, send them for customer approvals.• When Needed, arrange training to Service supplier teams.

Kuwait

• Manage and supervise the installation teams to ensure the installation quality.• Involved in new indoor sites surveys and the design for DAS.• Responsible for the Commissioning, Integration, Upgrading, Reconfiguration, Downgrading and maintenance of Motorola 3G NodeB (Macro, Fiber, and Pico).• Familiar with software versions USR-2, USR-3, USR-4, USR-6, USR-7 and USR-8.• IUb’s trouble shooting (Siemens, DXR, NEC and Eclipse equipment).• Make and Modifying the DB of the NodeB using 3G RAN_CME program.• Able to program any tool required in my job.• Familiar with the OMC-U functions (NodeB Telnet, Upgrade the NodeB Software “BootROM and Flash”, checking NodeB parameters, Activating and Deactivating Cells).• Responsible for the Commissioning, Integration, Upgrading, Reconfiguration, Downgrading and maintenance of Motorola 2G BTS's (MCELL6, Horizon macro, Horizon II macro, Horizon micro and Horizon micro II).• Worked in software versions GSR5.0, GSR6.0, GSR7.0 and GSR8.0• Responsible for the Commissioning and Integration of Motorola BSCs, PCUs and RXCDRs.Projects in Motorola Kuwait :Zain GSM & UTRAN Network Expansions (2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 and 2011)

Egypt

Systel Telecom is a leading provider of mission-critical communications for public safety agencies in Egypt. As a Motorola partner, Systel has taken a leading role in developing the TETRA network and MobNile GSM network in Egypt. I worked for them as BSS & Transmission Engineer for Motorola Base stations, SAGEM Microwave, and SKYCELL laser links Implementation and Commissioning.• Manage and supervise the installation teams to ensure the installation quality.• Responsible for the Commissioning, Integration, Upgrading, Reconfiguration, Downgrading, and maintenance of Motorola 2G BTS's (MCELL6, Horizon macro, Horizon II macro, Horizon micro, and Horizon micro II).• Responsible for the Commissioning and Integration of Motorola BSCs, PCUs, and RXCDRs.• Perform site surveys for the validation of new sites.• Responsible for Installation, Operation, Commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting (Maintenance Level 3) of 2Mbps SAGEM Microwave Equipment.• Installation, Commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting of 2Mbps SKYCELL laser links.• Experience in antenna alignment on towers.• Experience in Routing and connecting New Sites to the BSC.Projects:• MobiNIL GSM Network Expansion (2004-2005).

61 Victor Emanuel St. Semouha, Alexandria, Egypt

Egyptian British Contracting, a local Egyptian contractor, was doing the infrastructure and installations for the IT and Telecommunication field. In this project, it was a sub-contractor, the Spanish Vendor called Soluziona. I was responsible for the following:• Coordinate with the customer for all the implementation activities.• Prepare WBS and Schedule Baseline (Primavera) and send it to the customer to approve it.• Manage and supervise the installation teams (1 Supervisor, 5 Forman, 50 groups of electricians ) to ensure the installation quality for the following Systems:• Telephone System, Hotline System, LAN/WAN, Satellite Communication System, PAGA Public Address and Alarm System, CCTV System, Anti-Intrusion System, Site Access Control System, LNG Tanker FO Communication System, Telecommunication Mast, and Telecommunication UPS System.• Installation of cable tries, Cables lying of FO Cables Splicing.• Train the new technicians to ensure the required quality level. • Follow up and review the materials' status in the warehouse and issuing the materials needed for Installation activities.• Prepare the necessary reports to the customer and higher management about the project status. Projects:• Damietta LNG Project "SAEGAS" (2004).

Egypt

I worked for AASTMT as a Computer ICDL instructor in a government program concerned with increasing the school teachers' computer knowledge and skills.The Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport is a regional university operated by the Arab League, which runs education programs in marine transportation, business, and engineering.•ICDL diploma ( IT Theory – Windows – MS Word – MS Excel – MS PowerPoint – MS Access – and Internet ) instructor.• Have the ability to deal with large number of student.• Have the talent of teaching.

Egypt

I joined the Egyptian army as part of my national military duty service. During the period, I was responsible for the following:• providing full IT support and network problem solutions.• Repair faulty Computers.• Install operating system for the new PCs.• Prepare the PowerPoint presentations.

Bachelor Of Science, Communication And Electronics Engineering

GPA 2.8/4.0 (70 %) • Graduation project : [ Multi-media Mobile communication systems] (GSM, IS-95, CDMA2000 and UMTS) Graduation project.

Secondary School