Abdullah Alotaibi, MBA, PMP®, PRINCE2® ,ITIL®

Experience

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  Schneider LTD.

  Jan 2006 - Aug 2006

  Cooperative-Training Program | Project Department

  Cooperative-training program in Electrical Power Distribution Boards and Switchgear Ltd (Schneider). I was in projects department and I have worked with a project named: ALI ABDULLAH SALEH MOSQUE PROJECT.

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  Schneider LTD.

  Sept 2007 - Dec 2007

  Project Engineer | Project Department

  ● Develops project objectives by reviewing project proposals and plans; conferring with management.● Determines project responsibilities by identifying project phases and elements; assigning personnel to phases and elements; reviewing bids from contractors.● Maintains project schedule by monitoring project progress; coordinating activities; resolving problems.● Controls project plan by reviewing design, specifications, and plan and schedule changes; recommending actions.● Prepares project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends; recommending actions. Show less

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  Zain SA

  Jan 2008 - Aug 2014

  ● Project manager for “leased lines migration” which is a special project to migrate most of the existing leased circuit from data service providers to Zain SA fiber network:a. Preparing the traffic matrix from transmission, IPBB and IT department.b. Sorting out all the planned leased lines for migration ( 132 circuits) and preparing the migration technical requirements such as IP addresses and configuration plans, VLAN’s, DWDM/OTN/SDH ports and cards.c. Prioritizing the PIP according to main factors: required bandwidth from IPBB and Circuits Expiry Date.d. Coordination with wholesale department regarding the leased lines circuits status in order to send the termination request to the data service providers.e. Coordination with the operational and the regional team for each circuit’s status in order to manage the migration and to secure the performance and the KPI’s.f. Coordination with the quality and capacity management team for the new changes happened to monitors the enhancement.g. Saving huge amount of Transmission OpEx. ● Managing the DWDM/OTN fiber network with the vendor.● Working with the internal customer (Access, IPBB and IT) for their requirements within the metro and long-haul network.● Preparing and reviewing the high level and low level design with the vendor.● Reviewing all the invoices according the original BoQ.● Reviewing the performance reports from quality department and make sure to secure the KPI’s.● Working for “3 years RFP” plan. Show less ● Collecting the radio and IBS requirements (capacity for 2G, 3G and LTE).● Transferring the requirements to high level and low level with the vendors.● Collecting the operation, optimization and performance report and re-work for enhancing the KPI’s.● Managed all planning sessions and provided executive level conflict resolution and communication consultation. ● Working for any required plan for Zain Network in regards of MW links or Leased Lines and for Zain Projects: 1- Swap Project from NSN to Huawei in the Central Region in low level design (LLD). 2- Swap Project from NSN to ZTE in the Southern Region in low level design (LLD). 3- Zain Shops Connectivity Project. 4- Universal Service Fund (USF) Project Show less ● Joining the new fiber project division as assistance fiber engineer.● Joining Zain Group in Bahrain to get their vision and strategy regarding the new project.● Start collecting the required information for Zain SA network: number of sites, number of HUB site, type of services, network high level topology, IPBB network topology, IT network topology, type of each site, traffic matrix, etc.● Start collecting the information about telecom standards: ITU, IEEE, ISO, EIA, IETF, etc.● Start collecting the latest fiber technology for the telecom vendors: CISCO, ALU, Huawei, Ericsson, etc.● Transferring the requirement to high level design.● Building a high level fiber topology: Metro and Long-Haul.● Conducting meetings with Zain Group fiber consultants to review the proposed topology.● Building fiber roadmaps: Passive Part and Active Part. ● Finalizing the RFP document and share with the vendors.● Start collecting all vendors’ replies and validating them.● Conduct meeting the Zain Group consultants and the bidders.● Closing with the procurement department all the awarding procedures. Show less ● Joining the Technical meetings between Zain Carrier department and the transmission department.● Joining the technical workshops prepared by vendor (NSN, Sky-band, CISCO, etc.)● Collecting all the required capacities from transmission department (MW, IPBB) and coordinate those with the data service providers.● Follow-up with the data service provides regarding the delivery readiness.● Joining the 24/48 hours BER test between Zain vendor (NSN) and the data service provider for acceptance. Show less

  • Transmission Planning Supervisor, Team Leader| Network Engineering Department.

    Nov 2012 - Aug 2014

  • Access Specialist for Microwave Network, Team Leader | Network Planning Department.

    Jan 2012 - Oct 2012

  • Transmission Planning Team Leader | Network Planning Department

    Mar 2011 - Dec 2011

  • Rollout Transmission Team Leader | Network Roll-out Department

    Nov 2009 - Feb 2011

  • Fiber Project Assistance Engineer| Network Carrier Department

    May 2009 - Dec 2009

  • Carrier Engineer I | Network Carrier Department

    Oct 2008 - Apr 2009

  • Networking Trainee | Network Carrier Department

    Jan 2008 - Sept 2008
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  NCEI

  Aug 2014 - May 2016

  National Education Network Project Manager

  ● To review project plan and update on administration of various project activities.● To develop and review project development and delivery plans, oversee implementation.● Translate the business plan into detailed activities and action plan.● Liaise with partners and suppliers to ensure agreements on terms and conditions, responsibilities and deliverables.● Lead the project implementation, including:- Developing project plan in discussion with Program Leader and stakeholders.- Ensuring regulatory (MOE) clearances, licenses and approvals required for day-to-day operations.- Securing physical infrastructure required for the initiatives.- Recruiting required experiences.- Preparing budget and getting approval from CIO and Program Leader.- Ensuring required growth to meet revenue projections.- Overseeing key revenue drivers e.g. customer relations, quality of service, marketing etc.- Preparing for discussions on strategy for the initiative e.g. pricing, expansion plans etc.- Update project plan based on progress, increased knowledge, new developments etc.- Participate in management discussion on project expansion, planning other initiatives etc.- Liaise with the identified partners for project implementation.- Detail out the roll-out plan covering milestones, facility locations, time-lines, infrastructure etc.- Ensure each project milestone meets its revenue projections.- Liaise with franchises in case the franchise model is chosen as the preferred model.- Manage the communication and marketing for the new project/initiative.- Report the progress of the initiatives to the CIO on a regular basis. Show less

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  Saudi Telecom Company

  May 2016 - May 2018

  Sr. Project Manager

  - Managing and Leading Pool of Project Managers - Manage the execution phase of contracted or internally assigned Corporate and Government projects- Manage the project contract and make sure the agreed project goals with respect to time, quality and budget are reached- Ensure that project delivery issues are resolved in a timely manner according to the customer requirements, and handle escalation of issues- Monitor and report on project delivery progress to Business Operations PMO, account managers and other stakeholders- Plan internal projects (like customer projects) by applying project management frameworks, policies and procedures- Manage development of the complete Project Management Plan including project cost calculation in all project proposals - Manage all service contracts with Corporate and Government customers and ensure all important operational issues are covered by the contracts- Ensure all customer-facing Enterprise departments and their partners meet SLA terms guaranteed to Corporate and Government customers- Drive regular service assurance review meetings with Corporate and Government customers Show less

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  Ericsson

  Jun 2018 - now

  Managing program life-cycle and maintaining projects business case.

  • Network Program Director

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Program Manager

    Jun 2018 - Nov 2023