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Plano, Texas, United States

Kista, Stockholm, Se

o Leading the US R&D operations as unit leader.o Driving technology, portfolio, and cost leadership to improve unit bottom line by 15%. o Crafting unit strategies and execution plan to position antenna system unit as one of the top antenna vendors for tier-1 customers and increase market share by 20%.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

o Built & led a high-performing, agile organization with a self-managing culture that exceeded operational & strategic targets by 20%. Established organizational goals and objectives that facilitated alignment between short-term operational aims and sustainable long-term growth.o Engineered critical internal & external KPI frameworks for U.S. R&D ecosystem. Led comprehensive organizational design & capital budgeting efforts, optimizing third-party vendor governance, and boosting investment returns by 12% while ensuring robust risk mitigation strategies.o Collaborated with C-suite leaders on developing unit strategies and attracting $3M strategic investments.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

o Led $32M+ Antenna development programs from concept to release (E2E) for Ericsson's Global Antenna portfolio. o Led $10M+ platform development (system of systems) programs to support next generation Active / Passive Antennas. o Responsible for project definition and execution; defined deliverables and exit criteria for each of the phases (Ideation, Concept, Feasibility, Development, Validation, Launch); Responsible for "Make vs. Buy" decisions on key strategic R&D initiatives including incubation programs.o Improved Antenna GTM timeline by 187% and introduced six new products in 8 months. o Led 10+ geo-diverse cross functional R&D teams supporting global customers across the world.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

o Led 8 enterprise level digital transformation programs through design thinking, process re-engineering & Robotics Process Automation (RPA) & saved $4M+ YoY with an average 1.3 months payback & 500% + ROI.o Spearheaded 'automation as a product' service integration into Ericsson's internal product portfolio by collaborating with Center of Excellence, external vendors, customers & 15+software developers. Defined MVP & delivered final product within desired timelines & budget.o Designed a self-serving cloud automation solution for Ericsson’s 200+ vendors for user access provisioning into 8+ tools & platforms saving $1.8M.o Designed an intelligent solution for DNOC Engineering team using RPA & machine learning algorithm on 4M+ historical network incident data that reduces troubleshooting cycle time, improves network downtime & ensures utmost customer satisfaction.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

o Led a global service delivery operation that included 75+ engineers & 10 service delivery managers with an operating budget of $6M/year. Ensured E2E operational efficiencies that met & exceeded SLAs & WLAs.o As functional manager, strategized resource planning & achieved 95%+ resource utilization YoY through process innovation & capacity planning, developed best-in class engineers for globally distributed support centers.o Reduced significant multi-layered processes & improved service delivery time by at least 40% through Kaizen, translating to an annual savings of $250K +.o NPI Manager: Led a NPI team of 6 engineers at customer labs & successfully tested/validated ~20 new features in 3 months (3gpp Rel 14). Tested premium NPI features like DL UDP / TCP throughput on CC , CM, CE, DL Link Budget, 8T8R / 16T16R massive MIMO,B25-26-41 Handover on S-1 and X-2, 64 QAM / 256 QAM activations under Multi-path fading using channel emulator with EPA5 and EVA70. Completed extensive regression testing with80+ test cases to ensure Ericsson Software is robust under both optimal and abnormal conditions. Collaborated extensively with product development unit, hardware/software engineers, test engineers, customer validation team, OEM UE manufacturer etc. to ensure successful launch of new products (hardware / software / features) in customer network.o NPI Manager: Enabled Tier-1 customer on 5G readiness by leading BBU modernization program (5000+ sites). Led a technical team of 6+ engineers in FFA/FOA activities.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

o Led a technical team of 14 engineers from global support centers for AT&T & T-Mobile UMTS NodeB Rehome program. Updated LAC, RAC, IUB links on multivendor environment. Led a technical team of 8 senior engineers in multi technology (LTE, UMTS, & GSM) OSS-RC migration project for Tier-1 Customers.o Provided Pre-Sales engineering support, developed business case reviews(BCR), E2E solutions & pricing estimates in response to RFP/RFQ & converted the opportunities to $3M+ sales for RAN organization.o Led a team of 4 engineers & implemented IPv6 features on ~10K eNodeB’s for Verizon’s LTE network in 6 months.o Successfully completed several key projects on DU to Baseband Migration, OSS-RC to ENM migration and Carrier Aggregation for ATT in AROK and NTX market.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

o Led a team of 6 engineers & completed 1000’s of successful Node B rehomes for AT&T Inc.’s UMTS network nationwide. Provided live technical support, wrote scripts & method of procedures (MOP) to rehome NodeBs, add new NodeBs &new carrier. Scheduled maintenance window activities & made Go-No-Go decision for MW activities.o Provided live technical support, configured, maintained, tested & upgraded Alcatel-Lucent Wireless Call Server 5060 & Wireless Media Gateway for T-Mobile GSM network throughout US.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Global Leadership Executive Mba

Master Of Science - Ms, Systems Engineering & Management

Bsee, Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications)