haitham_afifi_CV
- 1. HAITHAM AHMED M. AFIFI OBJECTIVE Seeking A challenging professional position in well organized & Multinational Company that provides a Challenging & Promising Career, where I can use my experience and technical skills to act as a role player and share its success in the market. PERSONAL INFORMATIONS Date & Place of Birth: 5/8/1982 – Cairo. Address: Building 206, 7 th . District, 6 th . October city,Giza ,Egypt. Address 2: 38, 25 th . St. – Begam – Shoubra Elkhema. Telephone: (+2) 012 858 66687 (+2) 012 2706 1884. E-mail: haithamafifi@hotmail.com haithamafifi82@gmail.com Nationality: Egyptian. Gender: Male. Marital Status: Married. Military Service: Completed (roll model) WORK EXPERIENCE Egyptian Company for Mobile Services Mobinil November 1 st , 2015 - Present POSITION: Project Manager, Transmission Solutions. • IUB Upgrade Project: 1
- 2. HAITHAM AHMED M. AFIFI Project Purpose is to upgrade 3G sites bandwidth (TDM/IP) upon requests from Capacity, optimization & BSS engineering teams. To match up with 3G demand & enhance network availability. Project manager duties are & not limited to: • Evaluate & prioritize the candidate sites to be upgraded. • Study with TX access planning team the upgrade solution (TDM/IP). • Ensure (end 2 end) route readiness for site upgrade, follow up any pre-requisites execution. • Project planning based on site priority & resources availability. • Managing the process & coordinating between stakeholders to ensure smooth process. • TX Power Securing Project: Project Purpose is to ensure that All Transmission elements “ADM, MW- TN, DXX & MPLS Router” and RAN elements are connected on two different power sources and all power system elements (Rectifier, Batteries and ground system) are working properly within Mobinil operation standards for All ADMs sites. Project manager duties are & not limited to: • Evaluate & prioritize the candidate sites to be secured. • Project planning based on site priority & resources availability. • Managing the process & coordinating between stakeholders to ensure smooth process. • Legacy TX equipment audit: Project purpose is to dismantle all indoor/outdoor unused TX equipment such as ADM, SDH MW, PDH MW. Project manager duties are & not limited to: • Follow up & managing contractor teams & progress. 2
- 3. HAITHAM AHMED M. AFIFI • Project planning based on site priority & resources availability. • Acceptance & invoicing process tracking. Egyptian Company for Mobile Services Mobinil March 1 st , 2014 – October 30 th , 2015 POSITION: Transmission Operations Senior Engineer. • Acting as team leader. • Hardware & Software troubleshooting for all transmission network elements of different vendors (Alcatel-lucent, Tellabs, NEC & Ericsson). • First line maintenance & troubleshooting for Core Network elements such as (ALU ADMs 1660 & 1662, Tellabs DXX 8660 & 8100, SDH MWs) • Providing first level support for BSS operation & deployment teams. • Perform & supervise preventive & corrective maintenance for all transmission equipment (ADMs, DXX, SDH MWs) • Monitoring & analyzing transmission network KPIs on daily/weekly/monthly basis; generate various reports required by management whenever needed. • Support & cooperate with different Mobinil teams (core operations, BSS engineering, Fiber transmission, Deployment). Egyptian Company for Mobile Services Mobinil 3
- 4. HAITHAM AHMED M. AFIFI December 1 st , 2012 – March 1 st , 2014 POSITION: Core Network Operation & Maintenance Senior Engineer. • Hardware & Software troubleshooting for all core network elements of different vendors (Alcatel-lucent, Huawei, Nokia-Siemens, Ericsson, Tekelec). • First line maintenance & troubleshooting for Core Network elements such as (SS, MGW, SDM, SSP, RCP, STP, IN) • Perform & supervise preventive & corrective maintenance for all core network elements (SS, MGW, SDM, SSP, RCP, STP, IN). • Monitoring & analyzing core network KPIs on daily/weekly/monthly basis; generate various reports required by management whenever needed. • System upgrades, expansions & health checks of the network. • Cooperate & support different Mobinil teams (core support, BSS, Deployment, environment). LCC Middle East FZ-LLC LCC June 1 st , 2012 – December 1 st , 2012 POSITION: 2G, 3G & LTE drive test coordinator. Nawras swap project – Sultanate of Oman: • Coordinating all LCC teams, point of contact with the client (Huawei) • Managing & tracking all the PO, acceptance & invoices activities with the client. • Manage & coordinate with LCC's subcontractors to achieve the client's targets. • Dealing with Probe and plot reporting to optimization team with complete details of the DT events using tools like Probe assistant, Map info, route analysis, Google earth and excel. • Verifying coverage and the quality of the mobile system (2G,3G) 4
- 5. HAITHAM AHMED M. AFIFI • working with mapinfo tool to represent Drive test Data • Perform 2G and 3G sites SSV, CQT and Data service test Telecom & Technology Company TeleTech May 1 st , 2007 – May 31 st , 2012 POSITION: Rollout & MW planning team leader. Projects: 1- Mobinil rollout project: • Acts as project coordinator. • Responsible for every activity from receiving the nominal coordinates till the site is on-air. • Point of contact with the customer (Mobinil). • Handle the daily process with Mobinil different departments & regions. • Manage & coordinate with TeleTech's subcontractors to achieve the client's targets. • Manage TeleTech acquisition & construction teams to achieve the customer's target. 2- MW network – Ministry military industries – Abu Zab'al: • Design a MW network to connect 6 facilities with two Telecom Egypt exchanges with different scenarios. • MW LOS survey for 20 links. 5
- 6. HAITHAM AHMED M. AFIFI • MW planning, frequency assigning and link budget calculations (using pathloss V4). 3- MW backbone – Ministry of interior – Upper Egypt (Tender): • MW backbone for MOI to connect all police stations in Upper Egypt from Aswan to Elfayoum. • MW LOS survey for 47 links (SDH & PDH). • MW planning, frequency assigning and link budget calculations (using pathloss V4). 4- Vodafone Qatar project – Qatar: • 37 turn key sites through Alcatel-Lucent. • Rollout engineer & team leader for the project. • Project duration: 3monthes. 5- CDMA project: • Perform MW planning, frequency assigning and link budget calculations (using pathloss V4) for Alex and Delta CDMA network MW links. • Rollout engineer for the CDMA project. • Perform complete site survey for CDMA sites, CAD drawings, LOS verification. • CDMA Sites construction and implementation supervision. 6- Etisalat Misr Project: • Team leader of (Etisalat) project. • GSM (Etisalat) Sites construction and implementation supervision. • Perform complete site survey for GSM sites (Etisalat), CAD drawings, LOS verification. 7- Etisalat SDH back bone network project: • LOS survey, survey and quantities assumption for indoor equipments • 12 links north coast & Alex, 13 links in Delta, 12 links in Cairo ,15 links in Sinai and 32 links in upper Egypt. YpN Telecommunication Services. (Subcontractor of Ericsson – 3 RD . Operator Project) MARCH 1 st , 2006 – MAY 1 st , 2007 6
- 7. HAITHAM AHMED M. AFIFI POSITION: Telecom Engineer. (site acquisition, LOS, site construction and implementation.) 1- Perform Site acquisition for 38 sites – Etisalat Misr (Ericsson). 2- Perform 78 link LOS survey for Etisalat Misr (Ericsson) in Cairo. 3- Perform 66 Link LOS survey for Etisalat Misr (Huawei) in Upper Egypt – through EEC with cooperation with NEC microwave team. 4- Perform 34 Link LOS survey for Etisalat Misr (Huawei) in Alexandria – through EEC with cooperation with NEC microwave team. 5- Perform 30 Link LOS survey for Etisalat Misr in Qanal, Upper Egypt – through Siemens. 6- Supervise Site construction for 14 sites for Etisalat Misr in Cairo. 7- Perform 46 LOS survey for Vodafone – through specialist Co. 8- Perform site acquisition for 27 sites for Vodafone through Hoi/Asti. PROFESSIONALTRAINING Alcatel - Lucent (TeleTech office –Alex) MARCH 15 th , 2008 – MARCH 27 th , 2008 • CDMA2000 1xEV-DO radio access system (Operations, administration, and maintenance hands-on training). NEC Corporation (NESIC Cairo training center –smart village) • Fundamentals of MW planning. • Link budget for MW links. • Losses, reflection, refraction, Geo-climatic factors. • Frequency assigning and network design. ZTE National Telecommunication Institute (NTI) MARCH 5 th , 2006 – MARCH 23 rd , 2006 7
- 8. HAITHAM AHMED M. AFIFI • Fundamentals of cellular Communication & CDMA Standard. • CDMA BSS system. • Wireless Data and Signaling System. • CDMA MSS System. • BSS installation & configuration. • MSS installation & configuration. • Monitor BSS & MSS performance. MOBINIL AUGEST 1 st , 2003 – AUGUST 31 st , 2003 Position: BSS Planning Engineer. • GSM Networks overview. • Introduction of BSS's Radio. • Introduction to radio planning & optimization. • Monitor BSS performance. SYSTEL - MOTOROLA Distributor of Motorola Radio Equipments in Egypt. JUNE 29 th. , 2003 – JULY 30 th. , 2003 • Installation of Microwave equipments. • GSM overview. • Using communication system analyzer. • Simple Tx & Rx Radio. • Introduction of BSS's Radio. TELECOM EGYPT JULY 29 th , 2002 – SEPTEMBER 10 th , 2002 • Fundamentals of telecommunication networks. 8
- 9. HAITHAM AHMED M. AFIFI • Network administration –TMN. • ISDN basics – Intelligent networks. • V5.2 – Access network (Optical network unit). • Signaling systems. • Dial –Up networks – Installation & Maintenance. • X.25 system administration. • Next Network Generation (NNG). EDUCATION ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY 1999 –JUNE, 2004 SHOUBRA FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SHOUBRA, CAIRO, EGYPT * DEGREE: Bachelor OF Communications & Electronics Engineering. GRADE: GOOD (71.6%). • PROJECT: Stratospheric Platforms High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE). GRADE: EXCELLENT. PROFESSIONAL COURSES * INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL CELLULAR. MOTOROLA – CP02. * INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PACKET RADIO SERVICE. MOTOROLA – CP07. 9
- 10. HAITHAM AHMED M. AFIFI * PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC SWITCHING TELEPHONE NETWORKS. SIEMENS – EWSD. * CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE. * DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING. COMPUTER SKILLS • PRIMAVERA PROJECT PLANNER P3, P5, P6 • Microsoft office - Microsoft Project. • iManager (Huawei SS tool) • TEMS investigations (Drive test tool). • Probe (Drive test tool). • PathLoss (microwave planning tool) • MapInfo. • AutoCAD LANGUAGES Arabic: Mother language. English: Very good spoken and written . PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS Very Good communication skills. Project management capabilities. Hard worker. Active personality. Willing to take responsibilities. Team work spirit. 10
- 11. HAITHAM AHMED M. AFIFI REFERENCES All references will be available on your request. 11