I am an independent consultant specialising in telecommunications networks and technology. I trade under the business name of Premitel.I have an honours degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering. I am also a Chartered Engineer and have an MBA business qualification.I have worked for over 30 years in the telecommunications industry with major companies such as Cable & Wireless, BP and, as a management consultant, with Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC).I have also owned and operated my own telecommunications & internet reseller businesses.While with Cable and Wireless I worked for 18 months in the Middle East (North Yemen) and 6 months in Saudi Arabia.At Coopers & Lybrand I had a number of overseas assignments including several weeks in Oman working with the Omani PTT.More recently I was retained on a part-time basis for 4 years by the North American telecommunications company ConneXon as their UK Operations Director to take responsibility for the launch of their enterprise emergency calling (ie 999 & 112) location identification telecommunications system in the UK.In addition to a general knowledge of public and private telecommunication systems and networks gained over the past 30 years in the industry, I have recent experience in:• Office PBX phone systems (including hosted VoIP services);• Enterprise multi-access point DECT & WiFi systems;• Internal structured cabling systems (eg Cat 5, Cat 6 & fibre);• Local Area Network infrastructure (eg routers, network switches & WiFi);• Wide Area Internet connectivity solutions & services; and• Long range wireless solutions.My particular expertise is in bringing all these technologies and servcies together to deliver cost effective business solutions that are fit-for-purpose.
Listed skills include Voip, Telecommunications, Wireless, Solution Selling, and 21 others.