Tanveer Mohammad

Experience

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  Hyundai Engineering and Construction

  Jun 1996 - Aug 1997

  Design Engineer

  I worked in the design section of Hyundai Engineering and Construction for the Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge project. The duration was from mid 1996 to Aug 1997. This was the biggest construction project (USD 600 million) of Bangladesh by the South Korean giant Hyundai. I was responsible for the geometry design of the bridge by keeping liaison in between Hyundai South Korea, TY Lin of San Francisco and GCPB of France. I have gained lot of experience in working with different cultural mindset through working there. Show less

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  Grameenphone Ltd

  Jun 2005 - Aug 2014

  Responsible for Technology deliverables and be a part of Top Management team in Grameenphone:• Formulation of Technology strategy aligning with Grameenphone’s strategy, vision and objectives.• 3G roll out.• Building and managing network to cater voice, data and other VAS demand for 50 million subscribers. At the moment Grameenphone network carries highest traffic in Telenor group.• Driving efficiency initiatives in Technology domain, to ensure continued profitability in the market.• IS IT• Wholesale businessAchievements:• 3G roll out. Fastest roll out in Telenor.• Winning Green Mobile Award at GSMA in 2014, recognizing the green and efficient operation in GP.• Biggest network modernization in Telenor, swapping more than 13000 BTS and the whole voice and data core network of Grameenphone within 9 months in 2011. This ensured future proof architecture and bringing in huge operational efficiency. Energy cost has been reduced by 50%. Operational efficiency is at the top level in Telenor.• 3G and mobile broadband readiness.• Ensuring best network experience for the Grameenphone customers in Bangladesh. This has been established through regular benchmarking. In brand tracking and customer surveys also this has been established.• Efficiency in Capex through smart planning and use of features and competencies. At this moment Grameenphone carries highest traffic per BTS in Telenor group, at the same time holding the quality leading position in Bangladesh.• Building of the biggest data network in the country. At the moment Grameenphone is carrying the highest data traffic in the country.• Unified broadband• Outsourcing of IT deliverables to GPIT. Cost and productivity efficiency in IT domain. Capacity building in Product and Campaign delivery• Implementation of Business Intelligence framework in Grameenphone.• Leadership development at different levels.• Leading wholesale revenue market share. Show less a. Scope: The main responsibility for this position is to operate and maintain the network for more than 17 million and increasing subscribers, with ensured high quality, optimized and efficient cost structures for the best customer experience, and to help Grameenphone maintain its competitive edge and profitability.b. Leadership challenge:  Keeping pace with the ever increasing network with hybrid mix of in-source and out-sourced solutions Ensuring dynamic leadership all across the organization especially at remote regional locations Handshake with commercial division and other functions at regional level to develop a model of helping each otherc. Business challenges:  Ensuring most optimized operational cost structures. Ensuring efficiency in fault handing to minimize network downtime. Ensuring quality positioning of Grameenphone network through efficient work processes and pro active measures for trouble free quality network operation. Show less The responsibilities included from forming the department to reaching very high delivery figures. The recently achieved milestone for the department has been the rolling out of 2500+ base stations in 2006. In 2007 the department has been set with a target of 4000+ base stations. On top of that the department is also responsible for huge core and service roll out and backbone expansion. Some highlights:Development of local entrepreneurs for tower fabrication.Developing and engaging local firms for installation and commissioning of base stations and fiber optic backbone deployment worksStreamlining interfaces and processes with x-functional bodies like Supply Chain Management, Finance, Warehouse, etc to facilitate efficient roll outCost optimization (both capex and opex) to support the ever challenging business case. This includes design optimization, conducting regular RFQ processes with vendors to have best possible price and service advantages, etc. Show less This was a special six month project designed for coming up with total business solution for financially constraint group. The project was initiated in mid 2005 and closed by end 2005. I have led this group consisting of representation from various disciplines of the organization. This was an additional responsibility on top of my regular responsibilities at Grameenphone.Leadership challenges: To lead a high performing group from various disciplines including Marketing, Sales, Finance, Customer Care and Technical divisions. Challenge was also to understand the socio economic behavior of this group.Business Challenges:Understanding the market potential of the financially constraint group under segmented market approachUnderstanding the behavioral and expenditure pattern for the FC group. Show less

  • Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

    Jul 2010 - Aug 2014

  • Director Network and Deputy CTO

    Jan 2009 - Aug 2010

  • Head of Network Operation and D. Director

    Jul 2007 - Jan 2009

  • Head of Implementation and General Manager

    Apr 2000 - Jun 2007

  • Project leader for Product for Financially Constraint Segment

    Jun 2005 - Dec 2005
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  GPIT

  Sept 2010 - Mar 2014

  Director-GPIT Board

  Board Member

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  Telenor

  Aug 2014 - now

  Technology Integration Lead in the mergers in Malaysia and Thailand. Lead for designing operation model for new mergecos. Responsible for Operational Excellence for Technology Area for all Telenor Business Units. Special focus on Energy, Infra, and Operating Model.Chairman, GSS board, IT shared Service Company for Telenor.Critical and high value vendor / partner development and management. Chief Operating officer in Telenor India responsible for Network, IT, Sourcing. Telenor India is currently operational in six circles. I have been responsible for the massive transformation leading to data centric operation from voice. Several innovations have been a part of this journey like Lean GSM, Narrow band LTE, etc. which has paved the way from 2G to 4G. Huge revenue upside and remarkable operational efficiency has also been one of the key delivery.

  • SVP, Head of Asia Integration Team

    Nov 2022 - now

  • SVD, Head of Operate, Technology and Services

    Jul 2018 - Nov 2022

  • COO

    Aug 2014 - Jun 2018