Project Manager and mobile expert

Assignments in Telefonica Germany since May 2003

• Since October 2014 Manager Transport Engineering Strategy: Managing a team for 5G mobile system strategy: Main Topics: Transformation to Full IP, Virtualisation & SDN, 5G-Architecture (Front- and Midhaul), C-RAN and V-RAN, Budgets, Processes & Physicals for MW, IP & Optics
• Dec-2011-Sep-2014 Manager IP & Optical Networks: Manager of a design and implementation team for Fibre, DWDM, SDH, Ethernet and IP for fixed, mobile and business services.
• Oct-2010-Nov 2011: Manager IT-Provisioning Systems: Manager of a Software development team (Scrum and Waterfall) for fixed and mobile provisioning.
• January 2010: Assignment in Telefonica Germany Top Talent Program incl. 6 month Rotation to B2B Sales creating and selling mobile shopping Apps.
• 2008-2009: Program Lead for an Ethernet Implementation in the mobile Backhaul
• June 2003-2007: Technichal Lead of several internal transmission projects.
• Received the o2-network excellence award in May 2006
• 2005: Assignment for Telefonica international strategic group activitiies
• Feb - May 2003: Contracted by Telefonica for UMTS-RF model calibration

Assignments as contractor
25.02.2002 - 5.1.2003: Orange Sverige AB Stockholm. Contracted as senior consultant for UMTS-Rollout

• RF- and Transmission design and planning
• Performing Training in UTRAN-Technology
• Developing service scenarios for the Stockholm market
• Developing Site quality benchmarking for technical and non technical disciplines

1.09.00 - 21.02.02: Siemens AG. Team Leader UTRAN-design for a new UMTS entrant in Germany

• Head of a 10-member UMTS-design team
• Complete UMTS-design for Germany including traffic, models & performance stats
• Interface and negotiations with Client
• Evaluation of candidates & site surveys
• Turnkey process development for network acceptance tests, Objectives Definition documents, etc.

4.10.99-31.8.00: Mannesmann Eurokom. Contracted as senior consultant in the M&A-team

• Generation of Bid texts and qualifier papers for projects in Spain and Switzerland
• UMTS-design for Spain (Greenfield-operator)
• BC-calculations for UMTS license acquisitions in Germany
• Vendor UTRAN-system Evaluation (for XFERA-Consortium in Spain)
• EMC-calculations for the Vienna Magistrate (support for Telering Austria)
• Strategic papers for incumbents and greenfielders in UMTS

10.10.98 – 21.9.99: Telcom South Africa. Contracted as Planning Officer for MW-Projects.

• Point to Point-systems (Ericsson Minilink, DXR, Rurtel, DRMASS, RTS-2
• Wireless LAN-systems (Breezelink, Cylink, MPDR)
• Point to Multipoint-systems (DECT A900, WLL I4000).
• Tasks: Design of wireless links, feasibility study, compilation of installation documents,
  Equipment sourcing, optimization of planning procedures & Training of staff

06.01.97 - 30.09.98: RF-consultant at LCC International, Arlington/ VA. Senior engineer and Team leader. Clients & achievements:
01/97 - 08/97: PT Telekomindo, Indonesia: Team Leader for a combined AMPS & CDMA IS95 project, Tasks:

• RFQ-evaluation, vendor negotiation for implementation schedule and responsibility matrix (with Lucent Technologies)
• Headed 7 engineers of AMPS-CDMA design-team (250 sites) for Model-calibration, search map generation, drive test
• Assisted office setup, staff-interviews for the operator and interconnection with PT Telcom

09.97-12/97: PT Metrosel. Indonesia: Team leader for a dual mode AMPS-CDMA IS95 project, Tasks:

• RFP-Evaluation and vendor negotiation (Nortel, Motorola and Lucent).
• Heading 4 RF-Engineers for dual mode AMPS-CDMA design (400 sites) including search map generation, candidate selection & drive testing
• Traffic & market projection for 5 years with marketing department
• Assisted in definition of design and coverage objectives

1/98-3/98: Lucent Technologies / PT Komselindo: Optimization engineer for an In-house optimization in CDMA IS95, Tasks:

• In-house measurements of 50 business buildings for new CDMA-network.
• Generation of Reports and Work Orders to achieve quality KPI's.

4/98-9/98: SFR France, Consultant for a GSM-Dual-Band 900/1800 Overlay design (Alcatel & Nokia), Tasks:

• Design of in-house-projects and capacity hotspots (e.g. combined Micro, In-house & fiber optic repeater system in Le Bourget for military fair)
• Participate in implementation, acceptance and cluster optimization.
• Monitor performance quality (Metrica) and project cell traffic growth

14.11.94- 05.01.97: T-Mobil Darmstadt and Munich. RF-engineer GSM. Tasks:

• RF- design, candidate-evaluation & selection of network in eastern Bavaria
• Assisted sectorisation & capacity approximation for Munich network,
• Compiled Repeater-planning documentation

T-Mobil / PT Satelindo, Indonesia. Assignment as Manager Cellular design for a GSM-Rollout (Siemens & Alcatel). Tasks:

• GSM-optimization Jakarta. Propose and implement actions & parameter changes
• RF- and MW-design and Implementation for outside Java project (Siemens) for 192 BTS. Design, vendor-task sharing, keep track & report of implementation progress, generating BSS-parameters & network documentation, doing performance drive test (TEMS).
• Assistance in setup of planning tool (RFP for digitized data) & performed staff training.