Nader ELIAS, MBA , PMP®

Experience

• 

  Alcatel-Lucent

  Mar 2004 - Oct 2005

  * 1 NNP Mission to Yemen for Spacetel network (July 2005 till October 2005)- Full NSS Technical assistance + maintenance:• Declaring + establishing connection of new HLR on OMC1.• Opening and testing Gs interface function after taking K15 traces between VLRs and SGSN.• Troubleshooting all technical problems (RCPs switchover, HLR switchover , SSP stations troubles,NMC1 switchover, etc…)• Opening and testing USSD function for prepaid and postpaid + patches installations on all RCPs to solve some USSD problems.• Opening interception on IMEI/IMSI function on all RCPs.• Performing MASH dump operations requested by the customer• IP modification on all NEs and PCFSs.- New numbering plan in SPACETEL YEMEN 2005 from 6 to 7 digits (with cohabitation).• Taking software conformity from all NEs.• Analyzing all the data that will be modified after the NNP (according to the customer needs) Show less * LTAC activities for Mobinil EGYPT (June 2005 till July 2005)- CE 285 on SSPC1,SSPB1,SSP71.- IAPs on all the RCPs.- Technical assistance and troubleshooting for Mobinil. * 1 Mission to Bangladesh for AKTEL network in Dhaka (May 2005 till June 2005)- SSP (HC3.1) extension.- Technical assistance for AKTEL operator. * 1 Mission to Mozambique for MCEL network in Maputo (March 2005 till April 2005)- SSP (HC3.1)- MD5.2 software upgrade + IAPs on MAPRCP2,3,4. * 2 Missions to Nigeria for Globacom network (March 2004 till September 2004 )- SSP (HC3.1) creation in Ibadan.- RCPs Commissioning in Lagos . - HLR commissioning and acceptance in Lagos. - NMC2 integration for HLR (routers configuration+ NE declaration on NMC2). - PCFS commissioning and reconfiguration on all the sites .- Patches on SSP,HLR.- HLR cloning.- SSP extension in Lagos 1 (MC1 LC2).- SSP extension in Ibadan (MC1  LC2) . Show less

  • NSS engineer

    Jul 2005 - Oct 2005

  • NSS engineer

    Mar 2004 - Jul 2005
• 

  Nokia

  Dec 2005 - Jul 2019

  - Leading DCC (Domain Competence Center) Legacy Competence center global activities. (IeCCF, FlexiCMD, PCS5000, ICC and NGIN)- Line manager of all headcount and subcontractors working for legacy products.- Guided and lead the transfer of ICC activities and resources to GCC team.- Guided and lead the transfer of NGIN activities and resources to Aricent in Australia.- Guided and lead the transfer of IeCCF professional services to Nokia 3rd party subcontractor.- Contributed with the team in achieving and delivering the following projects:- IeCCF upgrade in USCC – USA- IeCCF upgrade and virtualization in AT&T – Mexico- IeCCF upgrade in SFR – France- PCS5000 CR miscellaneous deliveries in Avantel – Colombia- PCS5000 CR miscellaneous deliveries in Starhub – Singapore- PCS 5000 support in Ooredoo - Qatar- FlexiCMD CR deliveries in Nuevatel – Bolivia and Claro – Colombia- Market Relay for MEA region: playing the coordination role between NSW central team and MEA Market services team.- Reporting to NSW Monetization worldwide Leader. Show less - Line manager for Core and Application ALU team in Egypt.- In charge of "Core & Applications services delivery” for the different projects within META cluster:• Vodafone: Egypt, Qatar, Ghana, Botswana, Congo• Orange: Botswana, Madagascar, Uganda• Etisalat: Egypt, UAE• MobiNil(Egypt),TE(Egypt),SOMTEL (Somaliland), Al Madar (Libya), Newroz (Iraq)- In charge of resources dimensioning based on projects needs within META.- Assisting and helping “Bid and Proposal” teams during offers preparation and submission.- Collaborating with ALU central office during the yearly activities’ forecast exercises.- Weekly synchronization meetings with META Competence Center Leader.- Leading, coaching, assessing performance and developing needed Core and Application team technical skills to cover Middle East projects’ needs.- Performing annual setting expectations and appraisals to Core and Application team.- Developing yearly training budgets needed for the team.- Developing ALU EG resources on new application products : Surepay OCS, MRF, IN/ICC- Planning , organizing and implementing “summer training” programs for undergraduate engineers.- Coordinating and synchronizing resources with Application Service Group leader in Spain.- Reporting to convergence competence center manager.- Products covered by Core and Application team:• IN OCS Surepay• SDM• PCRF• IN OSP /PPS & ICC ( HP & SUN )• PRBT 2.2 (Personalized Ring Back Tone)• SRP4/SRP5• VMS 8683 ( Voice Mail System)• MCNS • MRF 6.3 / 7.0• BSCS/LHS• FRC• SMSC• NGN / IMS products Show less - Managed Services Roaming Manager for “Vodafone Qatar” network (August 10 till October 10)- Planning, coordinating & reporting all roaming activities to VF-Qatar.- Leading and managing Roaming Team in ALU Qatar.- Following and coordinating all IREG (IR21,IR24,IR32,IR35) and TAP validation processes between the roaming team and other roaming partners.- Scheduling tests dates and roaming live launch dates with all stakeholders.- Assisting ALU top management during roaming process quality meetings with VF.- Technically assisting the roaming team to unblock pending issues encountered during IREG and TAP validation phases Show less * New numbering plan Local Project Technical Manager in Alcatel Algeria ( November 2007 till March 2008 ) – OTA project :- Leading the whole new numbering plan project in Orascom Telecom Algeria ( 8 -> 9 digits with cohabitation)• Managing, dimensioning and leading all NSS teams ( 6 teams ) on all over Algeria sites.• Level 3 Technical support for all NSS issues.• Managing and supervising UMAX EP7 upgrade (NSS on all RCPs)• Alcatel – Lucent technical interface with OTA during the whole project.• The unique entry point and technical coordinator during cutover night (22nd of February) and the whole project. Show less * Local Technical Manager ( FTM ) in Alcatel Yemen ( March2007 till May 2007 ) – MTN project : - Alcatel-Lucent primary technical interface with MTN (Spacetel) Yemen.• Responsible of all NSS, BSS, IN, VAS activities.• NSS level 2 Technical support for all NSS issues.• Managing and supervising UMAX upgrade (NSS).• Managing and supervising SGSN, IGGSN software and hardware upgrade (GPRS).• Managing and supervising SRP creation in Aden and IN extension in Sana’a (IN)• Opening PRBT switch based feature+ IMSI call tracing + original called party in SMS-MT CDRs feature on all over MTN network (NSS).• Performing 2 MASH online operations (NSS)• Preparing the Kick OFF meeting 2007 Alcatel-MTN with the Program Manager and all TPMs. Show less

  • Nokia SW Competence Center Leader for Legacy products: PCRF, Billing Mediation & NGIN.

    Apr 2017 - Jul 2019

  • Middle East Turkey and Africa Payment and Charging front office leader

    Oct 2014 - Mar 2017

  • META Core & Application Service Delivery and Resource Manager

    Jan 2009 - Nov 2014

  • Managed Services Roaming Manager

    Aug 2010 - Oct 2010

  • Regional Senior NSS / Core Technical Support engineer

    Jan 2006 - Dec 2008

  • Local Technical Project Manager

    Nov 2007 - Mar 2008

  • Local Technical Project Manager

    Mar 2007 - May 2007

  • NSS engineer

    Dec 2005 - Feb 2006
• 

  Alcatel-Lucent

  Mar 2011 - Jul 2011

  Local Project Manager

  -Local Project Manager in ALU Ghana for “Vodafone Ghana” network (March 2011 – July 2011)- LPM of MNP (mobile number portability) and SDM upgrade project within VF Ghana.- Delivering MNP project phase 1 and SDM upgrade on schedule.- Planning, coordinating & reporting all on site activities and assigning appropriate resources to each task and activity.- Interfacing VF Ghana in all technical and non technical aspects.- Organizing and assisting periodic progress meetings with the customer for MNP and SDM upgrade project.- Reporting planning, on site progress, flags, and milestones achievements to top ALU management.- Leading and technically assisting on site team during cutover nights, handling first line of escalations from VF Ghana. Show less

• 

  Dell Technologies

  Nov 2019 - Jun 2023

  Senior PM/PGM Advisor

   Senior Advisor Project Manager (RDC France)(November 2019 till June 2023)o Handling RDC France project accounts: Salesforce, STIME, Nokia and SFR.o Coordinating with other PM teams in Europe (UK & Germany)o Leading hundreds of deployment and maintenance projects in all France territory: installations, upgrades, site migrations and audits.o Good Knowledge of Dell/EMC products portfolioo Mentoring teammates in RDC Team in France, UK and Germany.

• 

  Videotron

  Nov 2023 - now

  Principal Project Manager