Experience

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  Tata infotech

  Feb 2004 - Sept 2004

  Associate systems engineer
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  Tata teleservices ltd.

  Sept 2004 - Oct 2007

  Sr.engineer

  Planning for capacity & coverage sites using Planet EV 4.2 for Bangalore & RoB upcountry Cluster.CDMA RF Network Optimization to improve Network KPI performance & traffic managements.Conduct Testing with DoT for Operational Requirement, Services & Service quality for CDMA Network under UASL for Telecom Operators.Carried out Coverage, Quality, and Handoff test using TEMS Investigation CDMA 2.2 & Agilent drive test tools to ascertain the Design criteria.Post processing & Analyzing of the collected data using Actix Analyzer, TEMS Deskcat 5.6 & MapInfo 7.0.Support to respective cluster Engineers for solving customer complaints & RF issues.Involved in PTT testing for CDMA network with Qualcomm Team.Conducted an Environment test (QM 333 - Standard) for Outdoor Micro BTS product of ZTE & Huawei as per 3GPP2 standards at Test lab in Bangalore. Huawei – iSite 3601C & ZTE – M802 are the two Outdoor Micro BTS, tested for RF Parameters in various Environment conditions as per standard QM333 at ET&DC test lab in Bangalore for Vendor finalization. Show less

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  Reliance communications

  Nov 2007 - Jun 2009

  Manager

  Team lead for western region, looking after Network Performance/Planning of Mumbai, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & Gujarat Circle.Responsible for planning & optimization of Western region CDMA network.Handled key responsibility of National level SPOC to drive a benchmarking project for PAN India Reliance CDMA network with a third party vendor Nielsen-Sasken.Played a key role in defining & validating benchmark KPI’s for all India benchmarking drives in Top-80 cities across India.Coordinating with Managed services partner Alcatel-Lucent/ZTE/Huawei for carrying out planned network activities & achieve quality performance.Involved in evaluation of various RF tools for optimization support & performance improvement like Actix spotlight, Actix Viewpoint & other PCMD based tools.Coordinating with Customer care team to analyze network issues through Customer complaints & incorporating inputs in RF Site planning & network Optimization.Involved in process finalization for optimization of existing PAN India network through quarterly optimization drives & analysis activities.Played key role in planning of 35 EVDO towns in co-ordination with marketing inputs.Coordinating with TAC & RAN teams to support the network activities like MSC re-homing, LAC planning etc.Co-ordination with managed services partner ALUMS to achieve Network KPI for RTL GSM -Orissa circle. Show less

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  Sistema shyam teleservices ltd

  Jul 2009 - Mar 2010

  Sr.specialist

  Responsible for RF design validation/changes for Mumbai CDMA network rollout under MTS brand.As a team completed CDMA network rollout in record 9 months with 434 base stations for SSTL - Mumbai, through infra sharing with various vendors – handled RF domain from site selection to site optimization ensuring network launch on fixed timelines.Managing vendor – ZTE to achieve planned RF design through Site selection/validation & rigorous optimization process for launch of Mumbai Metro City Network launch.Co-ordination with projects/transmission for Mumbai network rollout plan to achieve project timelines.Co-ordination with Infra vendors like Indus towers, TTIL, GTL for Site selection to meet RF design guidelines.Responsible for planning & optimization of Mumbai 1x-CDMA & EVDO network.Co-ordination with NHQ RF planning team for RF design validation & deployment.KPI monitoring & addressing RF related issues post launch of CDMA & EVDO services.Training sales teams & addressing sales related concerns for CDMA voice & data services. Show less

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  Alcatel-lucent

  Mar 2010 - Jan 2014

  Senior manager

  Responsible for 3G, CDMA & EVDO RF Planning for South & East Region of Reliance Communications Network;Regional lead for North India region - CDMA Voice & 1X-Data Network Quality & performance - Covering 6 telecom circles - Delhi/HP/UP-east/UP-west/Punjab & Haryana.Provided second level support to drive Network optimization activities & Operations for Circle RF teams. Responsible for Quality KPI Performance through daily KPI monitoring, physical & parametric optimization.Responsible for new feature testing in CDMA networks, like dynamic SHO, Intra circle roaming (ICR), Location based services etc.Scheduling and conducting Quarterly Benchmarking drive tests as part of network improvement plans.Analyzing the periodic drive test reports and driving optimization measures through circle RF teams.Periodic Network Parameter Audits & clearance of database discrepancies.Traffic Trend analysis of performance parameters (RF & RAN) & Capacity site planning as per AOP scope and finalizing sites.Addressing network Quality & Capacity issues post new services launch like EVDO Rev-A/Rev B at Delhi & other Major cities of northern India Network Audits with Global ALU teams (US & China) for Fixing System related issues.Performed 1X- Data network optimization through parameter optimization. Show less

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  Samsung electronics

  Jan 2014 - now

  Chief manager

  Currently responsible for Pan-India SCFT & CLOT readiness for RJIO 4G project.Leading team of 50 Analyzer engineers for SCFT Acceptance of 2.3/1.8 Band sites to meet RJIL for project readiness.Earlier Regional Lead for 4G Network optimization activities in Eastern region of India covering 7 Telecom Circles.Responsible for project delivery of various RF ATP test like SCFT & Cluster optimization as per agreed benchmark KPI’s.Responsible for testing & functioning of complete state of art Drive test & post processing system comprising combination of XCAL drive test tool & Actix One processing platform.Responsible for Cluster, TAC & TAL design for ensuring better paging performance.Responsible for NHQ /regional resource training for SCFT & Cluster optimization.Responsible for process improvement to achieve rollout targets by increasing overall efficiency of the tools & resource management.Responsible for VoLTE service optimization in coordination with IMS & EPC team.Analyze Drive Tests data using Actix One/XCAP to identify possible swap feeders, wrong PCIs, missing neighbors, overshooting cells, etc. & Define Drive Tests routes.Perform network optimization based KPI (RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, A3 Events), X2 and S1 handovers, RRC Messages Analysis, eNB, through system reports & drive test log data.LTE Pre Launch trail testing & optimization of air-interface parameters to ensure a quality end-user experience in the desired coverage area based on morphology. Test and tune various LTE SON Features (ICR, ANR, etc) to achieve benchmark KPIs for ensuring quality network performance.Responsible for physical optimization based on SINR/RSRP using Samsung proprietary Anyplan physical optimization tool.Responsible for EMF & MRO testing to ascertain DoT certification criteria for Network rollouts. Show less