Foad Kasiri, FEC, P.Eng.

Experience

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  NORTHWESTEL INC.

  Nov 1990 - Feb 1996

  RF/Microwave Engineer

  Radio system design from concept through completion, including: Site selections, Path Profiles, Coverage Calculations and Plots, Satellite Link Budget, Frequency coordination, Field surveys, Equipment specifications, Tendering and Purchasing, Installation specifications, Engineering Briefs and Licensing (DOC-Industry Canada), Turn up and testing, System Planning and Design, Project proposal development, Project progress reports, Integrate project elements (M/W radio, MUX, supervisory, switching, power, roads, building, tower, fiber optics/copper cable, antenna, and transmission line) for telephony and data network systems. Liaise with contractors, technical, professional and support staff. Ability to maintain project costs within identified budget expenditure limits. Successfully assure project progresses according to schedule. Select and supervise technical consultants. Select equipment manufacturers and suppliers. Show less

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  Glenayre Electronics Inc

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  International Project Engineer

  Bids and Proposal support for initial system design, OEM evaluation and qualification. Participate in the customer presentations, technical clarification meetings, contract review, and system design reviews. Participate in the site survey and compilation of site survey data and issue identification. Generate all test documentation for the different components of the system as well as the overall system. Generate all system diagrams, wiring diagrams and any other technical drawings required. Manage the overall technical issues related to the assigned project including and close liaison with the R&D group for specific development issues. Integrate all system components in the Integration and Test Facility (ITF) to operate as a complete system. Provide complete implementation support for the system as it is installed and participate in the installation in country as required. Participate in the site acceptance in country with the customer to get sign off on the system operation and functionality Show less

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  Clearnet Communication PCS

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Senior Microwave/Transmission Engineer

  Created a functional Microwave/Transmission Engineering department. Plan, design, and implement microwaves backbone and backhaul infrastructure to replace the leased T1, interfacing the ClearNet PCS and iDEN (Mike) cell sites for the Western Canada region. Provide technical support for the implementation and operation department to implement and cutover the new microwave and transmission system. Provide leadership for the microwave/transmission team.

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  Norigen Communications Inc.

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Senior RF Engineer/Microwave System Design

  National RF design and frequency planning for LMCS/LMDS. RF/microwave engineering design tools selection. Establish RF/microwave and transmission engineering database. Integrate the HN telecom frequency re-use planning tool. GOS and terrestrial interference analysis. LMCS/LMDS and Microwave inter and intra-interference analysis. Establish methodology and process to design city backbone network; frequencies, equipment, and T1s leasing vs. microwave radio backhaul. LMCS/LMDS Hub sites selection. Select and recommend point to point equipment for approval. Prepare rooftop site plans to be used as template for hub leasing. Participate in LMCS/LMDS equipment acceptance testing. Execute/monitor LMCS/LMDS trail and national deployment. Show less

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  BC Hydro

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2018

  Contributed to strategic plans and reviews; initiated and implemented telecom planning and design standards and templates; completed review audits and identified trends.Participated in high profile, complex consultations with regulators, interest groups, the public, unions and stakeholders on variety of significant issues. Organized interdepartmental meetings, ensuring completion of the program/project on schedule and within budget constraints.Liaised with contractors and support staff,recruited, trained and coached employees; conducted performance reviews and goal setting; compensation; policies and procedures for engineering dept. Show less Reviewed Telecom Application and created design basis, visited sites and field reviewed the exiting equipment and wiring are reflected in the current drawing prior to new design implementation, prepared 30%, 60%, and 90% detailed telecom design packages for pear review, prepared settings and channel authorizations for telecom and teleprotection devices, prepared bill of material, arranged for telecom rack equipment assembly, and shipped the required material to site, supported the field installation and commissioning, reviewed and processed as-builts and participated in project closeout Show less

  • Telecom Engineering Manager & Project Manager

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2018

  • Senior Telecom Planner Engineer

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  • Telecom Senior Design Engineer

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2004
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  Frequency Coordination System Association

  Feb 2014 - Dec 2017

  Board Of Directors

  The Frequency Coordination System Association (FCSA) is a not-for-profit Canadian corporation and an association of organizations that own and operate microwave radio/wireless and satellite communication facilities. FCSA owns, operates and administers a computer and database facility, and a microwave information and coordination system (MICS) software module which is used by its Member organizations in the design, planning, and implementation of their telecommunication systems. FCSA's database contains technical data for over 140,000 terrestrial microwave radio stations and over 3,000 satellite earth stations licensed to operate in Canada, and a large portion of the licensed microwave radio systems located in the frequency coordination zone along the Canada-U.S.A. border. Show less

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  Corinex Communications Corp.

  Nov 2019 - Apr 2020

  Senior Director of Delivery

  BPL Project Delivery | Software and Product Development

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  Avan Telecom Engineering Inc.

  Nov 2019 - now

  Founder | Telecom Principal Engineer

  Clients: FortisBC | EASI LLC | InnovoengineeringMain services:-Project management (budget, schedule, project mile stones)-Project Engineering-Establish user requirement and create Statement of Need-Prepare Business case-Microwave engineering and licensing-Interference analysis through FCSA using TSIP-Frequency coordination-Line of Sight verification-Path survey analysis -Path engineering using pathloss-Establish microwave and microwave repeater site, based on Line of Sight, road access, power requirement, multipath, atmospheric inversion, frequency selection, and colocation-Site acquisition-Bill of material and procurement-Equipment evaluation and selection-Engineering (design basis, design drawing markups, 30% , 60%, and 95% design drawing package creation, check and review.)-Traffic engineering-Setting and channel authorization -Equipment configuration-Overseeing the equipment installation, commissioning, cutover-Project field review-Operation handover-Engineering application development utilizing Ruby on Rails, Ajax and jQuery Show less