Dennis Clement James

Dennis clement james

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Customer Project/Tech Manager at Nokia

  • Education

    • St. bede's a i h s s

      1980 - 1992
      12th general
    • Texas a&m university

      1997 - 1999
      Ms in ee wireless networking

      Activities and Societies: IEEE

    • University of madras

      1992 - 1996
      Be electronics & communications
  • Experience

    • Nokia

      Sept 1999 - now

      • Project Co-ordinator - responsible for full end-to-end process of Technical Release Acceptance for Customer SW Releases in Live Networks• Interface with network operators (customers) in relation to acceptance processes, including setting initial contacts, discussing “release entry-level” criteria –including Features requirements by the customer, planning and handling test activities, discussing problems from test activities, negotiating results and product/release acceptance. • Technical Oversee/Management of TOL creation and planning (with Regression Features and New Features acceptance for each release), and making the test results available both internally to Project line and externally to Customers.• Responsible for FoA and Customer Lab Trial and Field Trial activities, including creation and overseeing of all MOP creations.• Responsible for working with Customers on Feature needs for future releases and to come up with the Feature List and follow up internally to analyze, create, develop test cases and testing strategies specific to each customer. Working as the liaison between internal R&D teams and Customer Teams in making sure that “technical requirements/agreements” are communicated correctly. Show less • Responsible for planning, preparing and support of testing activities with primary focus of making sure “all released features ” in the customer sites operate according to 3GPP Specifications and NSN internal Specifications (especially with customer specific configurations and parameters)• Co-ordinated across all I&V Competence Areas and SW development teams internally (including Finland, Poland, China, Germany and Oulu) to make sure that there are no gaps in the overall System Level eNB testing• Design Test Analysis for new LTE eNB features based on 3GPP specifications, Program Content List and Customer Requirements; following it up with Test Planning (for both Integration and Verification System-level Testing), test case design, test reviews and updates• Responsible for internal System Test Planning of features like BTS Site Manager, Fault Management, Temp Management, Antenna Line Management (including MHAs, TMAs and RETs), Testability (including RF Test Models, UL/DL Throughputs, Handovers – S1 and X2, IRAT, SRVCC, CSFB), eNB stability and load testing, HW Management and Configurations, SW Management (upgrade and downgrade between releases), General O&M functionality• Main responsible for analyzing RCA(Root Cause Analysis)/EDA(Escaped Defect Analysis) for faults found in customer site• Competence Development - Technical & Hands-on Training (on LTE specific implementation of eNB – System Level) for all new recruits in the I&V Department• Responsible for forecasting HW needs; interfacing with external vendors for ordering testing tools/equipments for the Department Show less

      • Customer Project Manager

        Feb 2016 - now
      • Project Co-ordinator / Senior LTE Specialist - Customer Specific Testing Team

        Jul 2012 - Jan 2016
      • Senior System Engineer

        Jul 2008 - Jul 2012
      • Test Engineer and Test Lead

        Sept 1999 - Jun 2008
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Six sigma purple belt for quality

    • Pmp trained - pending certification

      Nsn - nokia solutions and networks
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Counselor

      Issued by Salvation Army Rehab and Homeless Shelter on Jan 2007
      Salvation Army Rehab and Homeless ShelterAssociated with Dennis Clement James
    • Board Member

      Issued by Suzuki Music School on Jul 2016
      Suzuki Music SchoolAssociated with Dennis Clement James