Karthikeyan S

Experience

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  Gemini Communication Ltd

  Apr 1999 - Dec 2005

  Zonal Manager South - Customer Support & deployment

  Zonal Manager South (TSD) heading a technical team of 27 people I am responsible for implementation and support services to the Major customers in the south Indian region. The responsibility includes building a team, implementing and designing new major projects, taking care of entire customer support activities in South Region.• VSNL Implementation of 30 MMDS 3.3 GHz Aperto Network Wireless base stations in entire South Indian cities and more than 120 CPE installations with different applications for VSNL clients like TATA Motors, Hyundai, etc…• Bharti implementation of Pre WiMAX Technologies in entire South Indian Cities. • TTK Health Care Services Design and Implementation of Wide Area Network in 7 locations across India and Implementation of HP Pro Curve 2626 Switches. • Madura Coats Ltd., Implementation of Wide Area Network in 13 locations across the India and Design & Implementation of LAN with HP Pro Curve 2626 Switches.• Implementation of 15 Rf links across Bangalore in 2.4 GHz,3.3 GHz, and 13 GHz. Out Door Radio Modems. All most 15 Major LAN, CAN and WAN projects implemented across Karnataka Region.• VSNL Implementation of 21 MMDS Wireless links across India in 3.3 GHz Aperto Networks radios.• National Informatics Center Implementation of 160 Rf links across North India in 2.4 GHz. Speedlan Out Door Radio Modems.• MTNL Implementation of 39 sites 13GHz SDH Radios with Multiplexers for connecting all MTNL BTS in across Delhi. Show less

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  Bharti Airtel Limited

  Dec 2005 - Sept 2006

  Asst. Manager Wireless/WiMAX

  Asst. Manager – Wireless, responsible for Rf Planning, implementation and support services for WiMAX Products and other wireless products in across India. The responsibility includes building a new vendor and Team for installation, Implementation, handling customers and providing various wireless solution to the customer.• Planning 10 Major cities using NIR Hexagon Wireless planning tool using Map Info.• Working with Marconi Planet EV WiMAX planning tool for upcoming cities.• Conducted more than 35 Wireless surveys in Hyderabad region with in 4 days. Implemented Alvarion Pre WiMAX product in 8 major cities and Building a new wireless team across India. Show less

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  Wipro Technologies

  Oct 2006 - Apr 2010

  Project Manager Telecom/Networking

  Project Manager - Telecom/Networking, responsible for WiMAX project Implementation, Planning, Design and supporting major rollouts across the globe. Building competency in WiMAX products system integration area through forum participation, Network scenario simulation etc. One of key focus was to respond major WiMAX rollout, RFI and RFPs.• In Bangalore, India - Managed the 15 member team from Bangalore, offshore for a leading UK-based Telecom service provider. • The responsibility includes managing the team, Billing, handling escalations, tracking project status, Conducting regular meeting with customer/team for project updates, trainings, team motivation, etc..• In Australia, Melbourne – Lead 5 member’s team of MNS Enhancement Stream3 is to deliver Enhanced Product Capability in order to provide more appropriate product packages for customers and Service Enhancements to deliver improved service performance in line with Sales / Customer expectations. • Developing high-level test scenarios for business process & system changes. Find & close gaps within the process due to business process changes. • In Australia, Sydney - Leaded and supported for Energy-Australia WiMAX Trail in Newcastle, Australia using Alcatel- Lucent CWBS, WAC, OMC-R with core equipments. • 6 trail sites were implemented with 3 sectors and all were installed, configured, integrated and Tested with different vendors WiMAX devices like indoor CPE, USB, PCMCIA cards like Quanta-Beceem and ZYXEL-Runcom.• In UK – Technical Lead for WiMAX trial setup for BT rollout in Alcatel lab Newport, UK. Builded the WiMAX platform form for BT WiMAX Trail using Alcatel WBS, WAC, and OMCR.• Test lead roll with out any previous experience in UMTS for network upgradation, documentation (QA) and testing roll for Vodafone UK. • Contributed for Technical document preparation for UMTS U.A 5.1 upgradation and testing the upgraded network with 3G mobile phones using XCAL tool. Show less

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  Nokia Siemens Networks

  Apr 2010 - Dec 2013

  Radio NPO Manager

  NPO Manager(APAC Region) - Responsible for all the stages of project transfer to the Remote delivery center and ensuring Quality deliveries within the agreed timeline to all the customers. Leading a team of 45 planning & Optimization Engineers and specialists.• Network planning & Optimization related Project Engagement for LTE, 3G WCDMA, and 2G Projects in Asia Pacific and Africa Region's.• Major customers: VHA Australia ( Multivendor project), Optus Australia(LTE & Optimization), Vodafone New Zealand(KPI & Optimization), Vodacom South Africa, CellC South Africa ,etc.. • Competence development of my team members, (45 Engineers & Specialist’s) Resource allocation for the projects and Line management for Sr NPO Experts.• Specialization in remote Project delivery, engagement, Process and Develop competence for Multi-Vendor.• Managing Projects in all Project Phases like, Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Control and Closure.• Responsible and guiding Teams handling 2G, 3G and LTE Planning & Optimization projects, including assurance for meeting KPI targets for Acceptance as per the Contractual agreement.• Experience in Estimating Project Efforts, Costs and identifying risks, tracking variance and implementing effective corrective actions to ensure project goals are met. Show less

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  Tech Mahindra

  Jan 2014 - Nov 2014

  Senior Technical Manager Presales & Solutions

  Sr. Tech Manager – Presales and Solutions (Telecom & Networking) responsible for offering Tech Mahindra’s product engineering and R&D services in the areas of LTE, Wireless Broadband, Access, Optical, Data Communication, and Cable Technologies to the Indian, US & European markets.• We create customized solutions and service offerings that help OEMs/SP’s to meet the time to market and ensure quality of service to their clients.• Presales, Proposals & contracts: Proactive proposals for major customers, responding to RFP / RFQ / RFI, Requirement gathering, drafting a contract with the help of legal, finance, sales and practice teams, Working closely with sales for the closure and leading it to closure.• Leading and managing a team of 7-8 Pre-Sales leads. As per the project need, I lead the ad-hoc matrix structured bid team with both technical and non-technical (Delivery, RMG, Finance, Legal and Strategy) personnel.• Responsible for crafting solutions, marketing and pricing for TechM’s Telecom and R&D Product Engineering practice.• Proposing various engagement models like fixed price, time and material, Offshore Delivery Centre (ODC), rebadging, revenue share, volume-based, and hybrid pricing models. Show less

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  Itron, Inc.

  Dec 2014 - Nov 2024

  Sr Manager Solutions Architect

  • My primary responsibility is to facilitate, lead, and manage the Network Design, NW Analysis (FAN - Field Area Network), IPV6 Network support & Automation projects.• Highly focused on Quality deliverables, 100 Percent on-time delivery and day-to-day operation management, facilitating, coaching and conquering more turn key projects.NW design:◦ Customized solutions and service offerings (AMI, DA, Street Lights, for Electric, Water and Gas utilities provider) that help OEMs/SP’s to meet the time to market, better cost, and ensure quality of service to their clients.◦ Responsible for engineering RF mesh links between customer endpoint locations and network egress points (APs & Master Bridges).Network (FAN) analysis:◦ Network Performance analysis of pre & post-deployment.◦ Identify and Mitigate the nonperforming regions & devices.◦ Offer the required RAN solution.◦ Work with the Engineering/field team on performance-related issues to meet the SLA’s.Automation & Development projects:◦ (LFR, Lorenzo and L-DI) A reporting cluster that retrieves data directly from the customer’s database and stores it on the Lorenzo server forever. It classifies information and generates reports, stats, and plots on a daily basis.◦ Lost meter Agent is our recent ongoing project.IPV6 NW support:◦ Our team is responsible for managing and supporting Networks, Servers, head-end systems in the Engineering data center (EDC lab).◦ End-to-end integration & testing. Show less