Mandar

Vijay Patil
CAREER OBJECTIVE SUMMARY

500 23rd Street NW, Apt B614 Washington DC Cell: 202-431-7618 Email ID: patilmandar02@gmail.com

To secure a position in a challenging environment that provides opportunities for learning in the field of RF engineering.

Around 12 months hands-on experience on testing LTE, CDMA, EVDO and UMTS Networks. Around 3 years of experience in networking, hands-on exposure to routing, switching and network security. Familiar with hacking, packet filtering and packet sniffing using Wireshark, ARPSpoof. Good understanding of IEEE and 3GPP Network standards viz Rel 99 to Rel 10, HSPA+, LTE.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Communication and Networks) May 2012(GPA: 3.4) THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, DC Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Telecommunication) May 2010 (GPA: 3.5) UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI MUMBAI, INDIA

WORK EXPERIENCE Associate RF Engineer, MobileNet Services, INC June 2012 Present

Worked on projects involved performing pre-launch cluster drives for Sprint-Nextel, AT&T and also assisting in evaluating fill in sites for increased market expansion and capacity. Assist in improving network performance by troubleshooting the RF coverage issues in the field. Moreover, coordinating with senior RF Engineers to investigate and analyze activities related to various communication systems such as GSM, CDMA, UMTS and LTE.

Key Responsibilities:
Experience with various RF data collection tools JDSU, QXDM and post processing tools Ericsson TEMS. Experience with wireless voice and data networks based in the following technologies: GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, CDMA, 1XRTT, and EVDO. Experience with system performance drive tests including cell site shakedown/ verification, cluster or market benchmark drive tests, and/or CW tests. Supported drive Testing on AT&T and Sprint-Nextel Network for Alcatel lucent in Washington DC-Baltimore, Shentel and Norfolk Markets. Worked on UMTS, CDMA (800/1900Mhz), EVDO and LTE. Collected data by Agilent E6474 software using scanners (Both CDMA and LTE Site Clusters). LTE Data collected for optimization (Sprint-Nextel Network) - Collect data by performing shakedown using QXDM. Understanding of wireless network operational measures such as BER, FER, Call Processing, Call Statistics, C/I, data latency and throughput. Proficiency in MapInfo, Delorme street atlas.

Technical Assistant, George Washington University August 2010 May 2012

Configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of network related issues for staff members and students. Hardware Environment: Cisco routers, Switches, Firewall, Wireless Internet, work station PC, Printers, Scanners

Key Responsibilities:
Responding and acting to Technical concerns and complaints against Wi-Fi network. Marinating effective communications with faculty members to resolve trouble-tickets, equipment RMAs and Requests. Updating anti-virus, spam blockers, and security software to ensure system security.

Project Member, System Administrator Group April 2011 -June 2011

Key Responsibilities:
Assisted system Administrator to set-up new Network for the labs in university. Configured routers and switches using HSRP, VLAN Trucking. Installing & configuring Cisco PIX 506 (Firewall) to provide security to the network.

 TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming languages: C, C++, and MATLAB. Software: Agilents E6474A, QXDM, QPST, MATLAB, Wireshark, OPNET Modeler 16.0, FreeSWITCH, Cisco Packet Tracer, Dreamweaver, Tableau. LAN, WAN and Wireless technologies. Familiar Networks: GSM, UMTS, CDMA, WCDMA, EDGE, EVDO rev A, LTE. Network Security: NAT, PIX Firewall Configure, VPN Configuration. Routing Protocols: RIP, IGRP, OSPF, BGP, and HSRP. O S: Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac; Ubuntu; Backtrack

CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Introduction to OPNET MODELER 17.0

PROJECTS

WiMAX as a Metro-Access Deployment Option over Wi-Fi Cloud Computing Interactive voice response with automated speech recognition and biometrics for banweb

-- Benchmarked performance of Web-traffic across users connected to WiMAX and Wi-Fi. -- Created cellular scenarios with varying WiMAX and Wi-Fi coverage using OPNET modeler -- Created a cloud network using OPNET. -- Performed Cost analysis on cloud network to estimate project breakeven and overall profit. -- Created an VOIP softphone network for student accounts website web portal in GWU -- Handheld voice based credential input from user and authenticated that against pre created database to grant access. -- Voice sampling and patterns generated using MATLAB. -- Softphone used X-Lite, communication software used FreeSWITCH, and programming language used Lua

Performance and System characteristics Interactive VSAT Technology

-- Understanding and tracking performance of different transmission schemes for interactive hubbed VSAT networks.

TECHNICAL COURSES

Wireless Communication, Network Performance Analysis, Telecommunication Security Protocols, Communication Theory, Telecommunication Enterprise Networks, Satellite Communication, Computer Communication Networks, Data warehousing. References provided upon request.