Saad Hassan

Experience

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  Telenor Pakistan

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2005

  Intern

  Supported Operations & Maintenance, technical division, by collecting network performance stats and generating interconnect, quality of service and traffic handling reports.

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  Motorola

  Apr 2006 - Sept 2008

  RF Engineer

  Worked as RF Engineer for RF planning and optimization of 2 major clients involving GSM/WiMAX technologies.• Network deployment & RF services delivery for one of the first 4G (Motorola WiMAX) networks worldwide (Year 2007).• Developed MS Access/Excel macros and queries for automating routine KPI analysis reportsKey responsibilities included:• Dimensioning calculations based on link budget analysis to estimate site count, service flow figures and subscriber figures.• Detailed RF Planning to provide optimal site selection based on coverage, interference & capacity studies using ATDI/Atoll/Planet.• Nominal RF Planning for prospective cellular / public safety clients.• Field testing for troubleshooting and product capability testing including coverage, capacity & antenna pattern etc.• Statistics monitoring for maintenance and improvement of network KPIs.• Parameter Optimization to improve coverage, capacity and quality of network. • Maintenance of network KPIs through daily stats monitoring, and improvement of KPIs by network redesign & parameter tuning. • Submission of Drive Test Reports, Site Health Reports and various performance reports including processor usage, link utilization, hardware issues & LAC redesign reports. Show less

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  Wi-tribe

  Sept 2008 - Mar 2011

  Team Lead - RF (WiMAX)

  Hired as Regional Lead for a greenfield WiMAX operator, prior to network roll out and commercial launch. Built and led the WiMAX RF team to manage RO and MS work, and successfully in-housed RF services. Also worked as Acting RF Manager for 1 year and supported nationwide teams.• Built wi-tribe RF team to manage design, pre-launch and post-launch optimization.• Successful completion of In-house RNP/RNO services at wi-tribe Pakistan within 1 year of commercial launch.• Represented complete Engineering dept. in wi-tribe core FUT and soft launch teams. Successfully launched network in 4 major cities simultaneously and completed FUT to raise brand awareness.• Provided solutions to enhance network coverage & capacity (without equipment addition) including sector splitting, guard band reduction and parameter tuning.• Awarded ‘wi-tribe Star Performer’ for the year 2009.• Collaborated with wi-tribe IT team to develop Coverage Qualification tool for S&M and CC teams’ use. Key responsibilities included:• Site estimation, link budget calculations, area profiling and propagation model fine tuning for accurate planning.• Nominal design and design reviews based on coverage and capacity requirements through RF simulations on Mentum Planet.• Daily monitoring of network health KPI through Maxzilla. KPIs included link connectivity, connection sustainability, coverage and capacity stats. • Parameter fine tuning and trials for network KPI optimization and performance issue resolutions.• Vendor evaluation and performance benchmarking for Radio network vendor selection.• Troubleshooting of poor network entry, high usage, high deregistrations and external interference issues.• Detailed technical analysis for selecting planning/performance tools (CellPlan, Atoll, Planet, X-CAL, Agilent) and 2D/3D maps etc.• Technical analysis of upcoming offers and network performance impact forecast through detailed user traffic historical data. Show less

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  Huawei

  Mar 2011 - May 2018

  Team Lead - RF Planning & Optimization (GSM/UMTS/LTE)

  TEAM LEAD - RF PLANNING & OPTIMISATION (GSM/UMTS/LTE) (Jun 2016 – May 2018)TEAM LEAD - RF PLANNING & OPTIMISATION (LTE) (Mar 2011 – Jun 2016)Hired as Regional Lead for LTE RNP/RNO on Mobily project (Mobily is the 2nd largest cellular operator in KSA). Successfully delivered RF services for 6 major roll outs exceeding customer targets for quality and project timeliness. Promoted to Team Lead (GSM/UMTS/LTE) to manage RF scope for all technologies. Project scope included new deployment, equipment swap, capacity expansion, modernization and spectrum re-farming etc.• Successfully swapped Samsung with Huawei LTE on Mobily KSA network, while exceeding connectivity, coverage and throughput KPIs. • Identified and resolved transmission bottlenecks through analysis of MW + RF KPIs & traces.• Delivered 700+ sites within 6 weeks in Q1 2018 exceeding the PIP and customer committed project plan. • Developed and standardized transmission capacity monitoring guidelines through U2000 KPIs.• Standardized the E2E QoS parameters (RF/MW/MPLS) to improve IuB capacity and reduce packet loss.• Received ‘Performance Excellence’ certificate/award from Mobily for 6 consecutive years.• Unified RF team structure across multiple technologies to boost efficiency and productivity.• First ACP implementation in Q1 2016 for Madina central mosque area LTE design. Exceeded quality and coverage targets by forecasting and choosing optimum network design through ACP.• Deployed and trouble-shooted Auto X2 to enable site to site control plane communication resulting in improved HO latency. • Identified and supported in resolution of Tracking area / MME area discrepancies in EPC, resulting in LTE connectivity enhancement Show less

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  Telstra

  Jul 2018 - Nov 2019

  RF Optimization Engineer (LTE/5G NR)

  Hired as ‘RF Optimisation Engineer’ in the Performance & Optimisation team for Western Australia. Later assigned additional responsibility of National team support for improving RAN interworking and performance. • Improved User Throughput by 20 - 30% in several towns & urban clusters by tuning multi-layer interworking parameters• Reduced VoLTE Drop rate by 15% nationwide through tuning of SRVCC and VoLTE parameters• Proposed and successfully trialled several parameter improvement measures to deliver new interworking strategy for Telstra RAN • Completed large number of initiatives under the pioneer Agile transformation group for Optimisation & Systems team• Proposed parameter tuning measures which successfully resolved performance issues caused by long-term external interference• Proposed and conducted multiple trials for improving performance of worst performing cells in the region Show less

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  BHP

  Nov 2019 - May 2020

  Senior Network Engineer LTE

  Hired as ‘Senior Network Engineer LTE’ in the Industrial Communications global team at BHP. Acted as level 3 SME as well as design/governance authority for BHP LTE WAIO network. • Identified and provided solutions for vulnerabilities affecting LTE mobility, network capacity and service reliability of live Mine sites.• Reviewed LTE E2E designs for proposed Mine sites and provided guidance to Project teams for design improvements and standards compliance.• Supported APN/QoS enhancement work to enable Industrial IoT and ensure QoS standardisation• Supported Framed Routing solution development and implementation for LTE Rail project.• Supported RTP program for ensuring redundancy of Rail LTE EPC nodes and aggregation switches. Show less

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  Nbn™ Australia

  Aug 2020 - now

  Performance and Optimisation Engineer

  Currently working as ‘Performance Specialist Wireless’ in the FW Performance team. Scope includes performance management and optimisation of NBN FW network, along with data analytics for enhanced efficiency and automation. • Successfully automated daily performance checks for step change detection of key metrics, providing greater focus on impacted cells.• Built Interference Correlation capability which enabled taking over interference analysis work from Ericsson.• Tuned IFLB strategy to rectify existing issues. Automated qualified cell selection and cell level threshold tuning.• Developed Tableau dashboards for several tasks including identification of EPO sites degrading neighbours, standardised Pre/Post analysis KPI template, IFLB & CA qualification, Red cell tracker status, WNTD analysis etc.• Initiated CA/IFLB optimisation targeting increased footprint and improved usage of CA and IFLB features. Reduced load mismatches and enhanced CA availability on worst performing cells in the network. Show less