Senior Manager - Mumbai Circle Head RF 4G LTE
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd
Total years of experience :22 years, 8 Months
Work Experience
• Senior Manager - Mumbai Circle Head RF 4G LTE
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (Part of Reliance Industries Ltd RIL), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India formerly known as Infotel Broadband Services Ltd May 2012 - Present
❖ Mumbai Circle Head RF for RJIL's 4G LTE rollout in Mumbai Circle
➢ Owning to the entire circle and responsible for End to End delivery of the network by network planning and designing, supporting acquisition and construction, deployment and optimization.
➢ Responsible for planning and designing the LTE Network in Mumbai Circle with over 3000 eNodeBs consisting of own built and RCOM sharing by carrying out Model Tuning, Link Budget and 3D Predictions.
➢ Carried out IP Sharing Plan for sharing on other Infrastructure Providers like Indus, Viom, GTL ATC etc.
➢ Assigned as the Project Head to launch the Stage 1 rollout of the network. Responsibilities include Program Management by managing all key aspects pertaining to successful rollout such as getting the sites RFE (Ready for Electronics), deployment of sites, microwave links in absence of OFC, I&C, Optimization, EMF Self Certification and launch.
➢ Successfully launched the LTE network within the RCP campus as RCP As A Country by assigning each site to multiple circles.
➢ Successfully launched the LTE network within the IIT Bombay Campus for the IIT TECHFEST 2014.
➢ Setup the site survey and validation process and framed the site validation tracker to capture all intricate site details including EMF compliance during site survey.
➢ Constant support to the Acquisition team for speedy acquisition and resolution of the DTA (Difficult to Acquire Sites) and constant support to the construction team for speedy construction of sites.
➢ Setup a War Room comprising of RF, Acquisition and Construction Engineers to resolve acquisition and construction related issues on one platform.
➢ Responsible for Vendor Management and Evaluation.
➢ Managing a team of 11 Engineers directly reporting to me and 55 Engineers of the Vendor Team.
➢ Responsible for Optimization and Performance Maintenance of the On Air Sites.
➢ Responsible for Regulatory related activities such as SACFA, Spectrum Interference and EMF Compliance.
➢ Constant interaction with the Mumbai WPC Officer in charge and his team for speedy clearance of the Spectrum Interference spots.
• Senior Manager RF - 3G
Huawei Telecom India Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Aug 2010 - May 2012
❖ Account Head for Reliance Communication Account from the NTS department (Network Technology and Services) for the 5 Huawei Circles of Mumbai, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan and J & K.
➢ Owning to the entire account and responsible for End to End RF Services and Delivery of the 3G Network.
➢ Constant interaction with the client and identified their requirements, presented our delivery and services skills and negotiated with the customer in terms of the services to be offered to them
➢ Responsible for closing all the contract documents with RCOM for all delivery and services.
➢ Responsible for Vendor management and evaluation.
➢ Constant interaction with the Pre Sales, BSS, Core and Project team for smooth running of the project.
➢ Managed a team of 38 which included 1 Planning Lead, 1 Optimization Lead, 1 Performance Lead, 5 Circle Team Leads, 20 Engineers, 5 International Consultants and 5 Chinese Experts.
➢ Successfully planned the 3G network in all 5 circles.
➢ Successfully launched over 6000 NodeBs across the 5 circles.
➢ Responsible for optimizing the network and to achieve ATP and PAC.
➢ Responsible for performance maintenance of the network.
• Manager RF - 3G
ZTE Telecom India PVT LTD, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Oct 2009 - Aug 2010
➢ Responsible for Managing a team of 7 Engineers and 2 team leaders for 3G UMTS Planning Bid, evaluating each team member's performance, strengths and aspects and nurturing them accordingly.
➢ Responsible for Vendor Management and Vendor evaluation.
➢ Responsible for planning the 3G network for Vodafone and Idea Cellular for multiple cities of India as per the Operator's RFP.
➢ Carried out Model Tuning, Link Budget, site selection, predictions and Monte Carlo Simulations using Atoll.
➢ Prepared the RFDS of each site and generated the CIQ.
➢ Prepared the PICDs and Final Design report and presented to the customers.
➢ Constant interaction with the Pre Sales team to prepare the Vendor proposals for 3G Bid to the operators.
➢ Constant interaction with customers to present and explain ZTE products and services to be offered to them.
➢ Identifying customer requirements and coordinating with the RF and Pre Sales team to ensure that these requirements are implemented.
• Manager RF
Alcatel Lucent Managed Solutions, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India July 2009 - Oct 2009
❖ RF Performance Lead for Mumbai Circle for Alcatel Lucent Managed Solutions for Reliance Communications CDMA and GSM Network
➢ Responsible for leading and managing a RF team of 13 Engineers to maintain the performance of RCOM CDMA and GSM network at optimal level and to achieve end objectives of the managed services within time and cost constraints.
➢ Responsible for optimizing and performance management of the network to maintain the RCOM defined KPIs
➢ Responsible for attending to customer complaints and VIP complaints and resolving them within the specified SLA
➢ Responsible for planning and scheduling drive tests and routes in consultation with the customer.
➢ Constant interaction with the RCOM CTO, RCOM Business team and Project team to get approval for new sites proposed for coverage and capacity expansion.
➢ Constant interaction with the site acquisition team to acquire suitable candidates for new sites proposed for coverage and capacity expansion.
• UMTS Principal RF Engineer
Networkers International LLC Consulting Firm, Dallas, TX, USA Responsible for leading multiple 3G UMTS projects across the USA for various operators and vendors.
➢ Responsible for building teams by personally interviewing the Engineers
➢ Successfully completed the assigned tasks of planning, designing, optimizing and launching various UMTS networks across USA on time.
• Projects Handled
❖ Consultant to Ericsson for T-Mobile and AT&T 3G UMTS Optimization Project in Plano, TX as a Market Lead
❖ Consultant to Alcatel-Lucent for AT&T 3G UMTS Project in Denver, CO as a Market Lead
❖ Consultant to AT&T Wireless for 3G UMTS Project in Minneapolis, MN as a Market Lead
❖ Consultant to Alcatel-Lucent for Cingular Wireless 3G UMTS Project in Rochester, MN as Market Lead
❖ Consultant to Lucent Technologies for Cingular Wireless 3G UMTS Project in Cleveland, OH as Sr. RF. Engineer
• Sr. RF Engineer
Wireless Facilities Inc Consulting Firm, Reston, VA, USA
➢ Handled multiple RF projects on 3G UMTS, EVDO and GSM networks across USA for various operators and vendors.
➢ Successfully completed the assigned tasks of planning, designing, optimizing and launching the networks on time.
• Projects Handled
❖ Consultant to Sprint Nextel for EVDO Project in Norfolk, VA as Sr. RF. Engineer
o Responsible for optimizing the Sprint EVDO network in Norfolk.
o Interact with the client on daily basis to discuss the progress.
o Responsible for managing the O&M of the network.
❖ Consultant to Ericsson for 3G UMTS Project in Houston, TX as Sr. RF. Engineer
o Responsible for planning, designing and Optimizing the Cingular Wireless UMTS network in Houston
o Performed Antenna Selection, Link Budget Analysis, Model Tuning and determined the Site Locations by conducting Site Audits.
o Setup the Project in Asset 3G and updated traffic files for loading.
o Performed Monte Carlo Simulations and determined the probability of coverage.
o Performed Optimization using Actix ACP WINES tool.
o Performed Neighbor list planning and scrambling code planning.
o Prepared the Final RFDS and the final presentation for different loading scenarios
o Performed Pre-optimization activities like neighbor list planning in Asset 3G and cluster drive route preparation in MapInfo
o Optimized clusters by analyzing cluster data using Actix Analyzer for dropped calls, origination failures, HSDPA and R99 ftp failures, low throughput, IRAT Handovers. Identified missing neighbors and added them in Ericsson OSS, identified pilot pollution and recommended antenna tilts to have a dominant pilot in the region, verified every sector's Ec and Ec/Io to identify to low Tx power sites and verified every site's propagation pattern in Asset3G and identified coverage holes and changed IRAT parameters to allow the phones to go in 2G near UMTS coverage holes to avoid call drops. Met the Cingular required KPIs.
o Performed End to End Optimization to resolve UTRAN and Core Network related issues.
o Performed IRAT optimization on 3G border cells.
o Provided UMTS training and knowledge transfer to our client Cingular Wireless.
o Responsible for post launch optimization to maintain the KPIs.
o Responsible for performance measurements by running OSS audits and monitoring and reviewing KPIs to manage the Operations and Maintenance of the network after launch
❖ Consultant to Cingular Wireless for GSM Project in Reston, VA as RF Engineer
o Responsible for the planning, design and optimization of the Cingular Wireless GSM network in the Washington-Baltimore Market.
o Responsible for performance measurements by running OSS audits and monitoring and reviewing KPIs to manage the Operations and Maintenance of the network after launch
Worked under the guidance of professor Dr. Jonathan Bredow in his Siemens funded project
Responsible for Planning, Designing and Optimizing the Cingular Wireless 3G UMTS Network for the NY and Washington Baltimore Markets as RF Engineer.
Worked as a Computer Programming Instructor at Indo German Computer Institute.
Responsible for teaching programming languages such as C, C++ and Java.
• The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), Arlington, Texas, USA ➢ MS in Electrical Engineering 2002 - 2004 Specialization in Wireless Communications
• University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ➢ BE in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering 1997 - 2001