Peter Smith

Experience

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  BBC

  Jul 1978 - Sept 1978

  Assistant Manager

  Graduate Work Experience in the World Service Engineering Stores during University Summer Holidays.

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  (STC) Standard Telephones and Cables

  Sept 1980 - Oct 1983

  Commissioning Engineer

  • Joined STC as a Graduate, initially working in the TXE 4A development laboratory.• Commissioned a number of TXE 4A Exchanges purchased by British Telecom

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  Cable & Wireless

  Nov 1983 - Mar 1996

  • Project Managed the network roll out of digital switching networks for Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (see BTC below), Macau Telecommunications Company (CTM) and the Shenzhen Telephone Company (Shenda) using Ericsson's AXE 10 Equipment • Project managed the rollout of switches (e.g. Ericsson BMX for Zurich) for the IA2 service. • Produced the Macau Telecom (CTM) installation program, which met customer demand.• Directed the Training Exchange commissioning. Pioneered its use for cut-overs and exchange upgrades, which reduced outage times by 70% and minimized inconvenience for customers. • Project Managed the £6m contract between Botswana Telecommunication Corporation (BTC) and ASCOM/Ericsson to provide switches for Main Development Programme (MDP) phase 3.• Purchased 20 new technology exchanges. Upgraded all existing exchanges to the latest technology. • Devised a plan to overcome exchange building delays by swapping sites between switch vendors. • Responsible for the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of the Botswana Switching Network • Implemented Local Area Charging Areas and the Annual Tariff Changes. • Localized O&M duties to take on a switch planning role. • Evaluated telephony equipment and updated specs. for C&W at their Head Office in London.• Seconded to the Shenda Telephone Company, the C&W joint venture in Shenzhen, China. • Monitored the functional tests of Botswana's AXE 10 at the Ericsson test plant in Sweden.

  • Project Manager Switching Network

    Nov 1983 - Mar 1996

  • Project Manager

    Oct 1995 - Feb 1996

  • Senior Executive, Switching Projects/Development

    Jul 1994 - Sept 1995

  • Engineer Planning & Development Switching

    Oct 1991 - Jun 1994

  • Senior-Assistant-Engineer Switching

    Jun 1986 - Sept 1991

  • Switching Engineer

    Nov 1983 - Jun 1986
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  Ericsson

  Apr 1996 - Oct 1996

  • Contracted as a planning manager in the O2 (was BT Cellnet) facing Public System Division.• Responsible for Work Package management within the department, interfacing to Ericsson Support Office, control of test plants and managing the data transcript team. • Appointed as the Ascom / Ericsson Representative in Nanchang China

  • Senior Mobile Services Engineer, Customer Services

    Jul 1996 - Oct 1996

  • Ascom / Ericsson Representative

    Apr 1996 - Jun 1996
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  Ericsson

  Mar 2000 - Aug 2002

  • Delivered GSM, GPRS, and WCDMA courses and made the competence shift into Data Communications. • Carried out Training Needs Analyses (TNA) for various customers including Inmarsat & Racal.• Trained the personnel and became familiar with the networks of several UK & overseas operators.• Made redundant following the decision to close the Training Centre following the downturn in the Telecommunications Industry. • Managed Switching System (SS) and Intelligent Network (IN) products supplied to T-Mobile.• Assisted the UMTS group with its 3G bid to T-Mobile (now EE) and the New Public Networks group with technical support for bids and presentations to potential Mobile Virtual Network Operators.• Participated in Core Network and IN Global and Product and Marketing Seminars.

  • Senior Instructor

    Nov 1996 - Aug 2002

  • Product Manager, Mobile Multimedia Communications

    Mar 2000 - Feb 2001
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  Runfold Plastics Ltd

  Oct 2002 - Mar 2003

  Qualty Assurance Controller

  Worked as a Quality Assurance Controller for a local medical plastics manufacturer near Liphhook. Responsible for the inspection medical plastics assembly inside and outside the clean room assembly area. Appointed Health and Safety Office,

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  Ericsson

  Mar 2003 - Oct 2003

  Project Manager

  • Managed mobile switch expansion project and Site Engineering Management service launch for O2 on behalf of Ericsson by Kilsheelan Technology International – KTI (UK) Ltd. • Responsible for project definitions, plans, reports, issue/risk registers, meetings with the customer (Ericsson) and their client (O2), resourcing of staff / materials, and request of project codes.

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  Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)

  Jul 2004 - Sept 2006

  Training Developer / Senior Instructor

  • Provided consultant services to Motorola for its new Switching and Intelligent Network products.• Developed Motorola Softswitch and Prepaid Server technical training including Overview, O&M, Administration and Provisioning, and Delta courses. Updated courses to the latest Software release.

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  Ericsson

  Oct 2006 - Oct 2006

  Senior Core Network Design Consultant

  • Provided consultant services to Botswana Telecommunications Corporation on behalf of Ericsson.

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  Aircom (a TEOCO Company)

  Nov 2006 - Apr 2007

  Technical Trainer

  • Developed and delivered Aircom’s DIRECT Tool course for customers such as Cell C (SA).

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  Ericsson

  May 2007 - Apr 2016

  Learning Consultant

  • Provided Learning Solutions including a BSA for a Structured Knowledge Transfer (SKT) to Unitel (Angola) performing the roles of Project Manager, Competence Consultant and Learning Architect.• Carried out Competence Gap Analysis (CGA) for Airtel Managed Service (MS) in 13 countries (Kenya, Ghana & others) and awarded Certificate of Achievement in the role of Learning Architect. Other MS CGAs include Etisalat (Benin, Ivory Coast, Niger, Benin & Togo), Airtel (Nigeria), Orange MS (Botswana) and the Ericsson Mobile Switching Team (RSA).• Carried out Customer CGAs for Econet (Zimbabwe & Lesotho), Movicel (Angola), BeMobile (Botswana) and Orange (Botswana)• Mentored several Ericsson staff in how to conduct a CGA in the role of Learning Architect.• Delivered latest courses on GSM / GPRS / WCDMA / LTE using Ericsson platforms.• Acted as Country Manager, Chairman of the Health & Safety committee and held POA as General Manager for the Ericsson Botswana Branch Office.• Downsizing in Ericsson following poor results in the Sub-Saharan Africa Region (RSSA) resulted in the merger with the Middle East Regions and the redundancy of the Learning Consultant Role. Show less