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CHEIKH M BAMBA THIOUNE

WIRELESS DATA CORE NETWORK SPECIALIST (GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, VAS)
38 years old
French native speaker
Fluent English and Spanish

SUMMARY
Ten years of experience in core wireless telecommunications.
Significant experience in system integration, troubleshooting, verification (test
writing and execution) and acceptance (strategy and leadership).
High degree of customer interaction.
Extensive international work experience.

SKILLS / PERSONAL
Ericsson Charging System Nodes (CS3.0 SDP, AIR/AF, VS, CCN, PSL, EMM, MINSAT)
Ericsson LRA (Local RSG Administrator RSG administration, access granting, RSG
troubleshooting)
Ericsson Customer Support Team Leader (CSR Management and dispatching)
Ericsson Support Tools (SMS NBP, Primus, Eridoc, Vault CDM) and certifications
(Security Sally, Anti-Corruption, )
All core network nodes (SGSN, GGSN, HLR, DNS/DHCP, Radius, Border Gateway,
Firewall, SMSC, SCP, MMSC, WAP Gateway, etc)
Ericsson CGSN R4 release, SGSN R6 and R7 releases, GGSN R4 release
Nortel Passport 7K/8K/15K (PCUSN v13, SGSN R5.0), GGSN (Shasta), Contivity, SIG/HP
Opencall
Alcatel MFS A935, SGSN, GGSN
Cisco GGSNs, Apertio HLR server
LogicaCMG VAS platforms (SMSC, MMSC, CDS, WAP GW)
SunOS, certified Redhat Linux 5, Unix, Windows
Sigtran, Frame-Relay, ATM, SS7, TCP/IP
Protocol analyzers (tektronix K1297/K1205, agilent, Nethawk, MA10)
Roaming IREG/TADIG tests, SIM toolkit, Tadig Test Tool
2G/3G core ETSI protocols and specifications

EXPERIENCE
Since July 2008
Customer Support Manager at Ericsson Hub Senegal
Technical Support Team Leader for Atlantique group account CSR Handling, Emergency
Recovery Handling, CSR dispatching to team members, Follow-up CSR resolution
according to target times on SLA and according to CSR severities, assisting SDM
during services review meeting, KCS/Primus usage during CSR handling, CNS team
member, LRA (Local RSG Administrator), competence/knowledge transfer, customer on-
site visits.
Dec.2007 June2008
ERICSSON CARIBBEAN in Puerto Rico working as Senior GPRS Technical Support
Consultant
Support end-to-end of the GPRS network of Claro using Ericsson solution (SGSN on
R7, GGSN on R4.0, RADIUS, eDNS/iDNS).

Jul.2007-Nov.2007
LOGICACMG in Seattle, Washington, working as Senior Telecom Operations Engineer
Support of the Central Directory Server (CDS) in order to ensure reconciliation of
the LDAP Data Base between SMSC, MMSC and PSA.
Support of the OMG1500 (SMPP Gateway).

Apr.2006 to June2007
JASPER WIRELESS INC. in Sunnyvale, California working as Senior Wireless Engineer
3G/GPRS/SS7/Roaming/SMS Network Operations Prime.
Selection and implementation of tools for monitoring and alerting on end-to-end
performance of GPRS devices to internet applications.

Monitoring GPRS End-to-end and ensuring that all GPRS backbones are up and running
SS7 backbone, IP backbone and the Frame-relay/ATM backbone.

Establishment of the NOC communication processes with wireless carriers.

Monitoring all nodes on 24X7 basis.

Ensure that all IREG tests are performed with our roaming partner as specified by
the IR21.

Using roaming tools to analyze roaming partners TAP files and ensure that we get
all TAP records are correct according to the AA14, if necessary drive work-around
with our roaming partner, our Data Clearing House and our financial department in
case of billing issues.

Ensure that all setup are done from our Data Clearing House in order to launch a
live network with our roaming partner.

Dec.2005-Feb.2006
International Consultant at Glotel (Miami Florida in USA), working as UMTS/GPRS
Packet Core Network expert in short-term assignment at Nassau(BAHAMAS) supporting
technically the GPRS network of the Bahamas Telecommunication Company(BATELCO) with
NORTEL NETWORKS technology.
Integration of BLACKBERRY to the NORTEL GPRS Core Network Platform (integration on
SGSN, HLR and GGSN) attach, PDP activation and setup of the IPsec tunnel between
our GGSN and the Blackberry Gateway.

Support end-to-end of the GPRS network using Nortel Networks solution (PCUSN, SGSN,
SIG, GGSN, RADIUS, DNS/DHCP) in release GPRS 5.0 for the Core Network and the
Access Network in release V15.

Jul.2005-Nov.2005
International Telecommunication Consultant at Sterling Networks(Canada), working as
UMTS/EDGE/GPRS Access and Packet Core Networks in short-term assignment at Nortel
Networks INDIA based in Calcutta for the deployment of GSM and 3-G for BSNL(a
telecom operator of the Indian government) in all East and South India.
SGSNs in release 6.0 and PCUSNs in release v15.0.1 integration for the East of
India particularly in the West-Bengal state(Calcutta, Durghapur, Salt-Lake city,
Bancura), in Orissa state(Bhubaneshwar/Cuttack), in Bihar state(Patna, Bhagalpur,
Ranchy) and in Assam state(Goharty).

Apr.2005-Jul.2005
International Consultant at GLOTEL (Miami Florida in USA), working as UMTS/GPRS
Packet Core Network expert in short-term assignment at GT&T Guyana using NORTEL
NETWORKS technology.
GPRS integration at Lethem(city in the border Guyana/Brazil) integration of a new
PCUSN(located at Lethem) connected to the SGSN(located at Georgetown) via a Geo
Satellite link.

Jan2005-March2005
International Telecommunication Consultant at SPECTRUM GLOBAL NETWORKS (Hernando in
Florida), working as UMTS/GPRS Access and Packet Core expert with NORTEL NETWORKS
technology in assignment in GUYANNA for GT&T.
Support end-to-end of the GPRS network using Nortel Networks solution (PCUSN, SGSN,
SIG, GGSN, RADIUS, DNS/DHCP) in release GPRS 5.0 for the Core Network and the
Access Network in release V14.3.

Nov2004-jan2005
International Telecommunication Consultant at SPECTRUM GLOBAL NETWORKS (Hernando in
Florida), working as UMTS/GPRS Access and Packet Core expert with NORTEL NETWORKS
technology.
Integration end-to-end of the GPRS network with Nortel solution for Guyanna
Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) at Georgetown in GUYANNA.

April2004-Oct2004
International Consultant at Glotel (Miami Florida in USA), working as UMTS/GPRS
Packet Core Network expert in short-term assignment at Nassau(BAHAMAS) supporting
technically the GPRS network of the Bahamas Telecommunication Company(BATELCO) with
NORTEL NETWORKS technology.
Support end-to-end of the GPRS network using Nortel Networks solution (PCUSN, SGSN,
SIG, GGSN, RADIUS, DNS/DHCP) in release GPRS 5.0 for the Core Network and the
Access Network in release V14.3.

Dec2003-April2004
International Consultant at Spectrum Global Networks (Orlando Florida in USA),
working as
UMTS/GPRS Packet Core Network Operational Technical Support Engineer at NORTEL
NETWORKS
UMTS/GPRS Packet Core Network Support for Nortel Networks customers in Germany and
Netherlands (T-MOBILE International), support first and second level of the T-
Mobile SGSN, Nortel product release 4.0 and 5.0 based on passport 7k and 15k, SIG-
IP/SS7 Gateway based on HP platform and GGSN based on Contivity and Shasta,
Interception Gateway Node, DNS/DHCP/Radius based on the PPS (Preside Policy Server)
and CGF(Charging Gateway Function).

Mar2003-Nov2003
GPRS/MMS and VAS Senior System Engineer at GLOBACOM LTD NIGERIA
Management of the GPRS and the MMS deployment and integration with Alcatel
solution.

Oct2002-Feb2003
DATA TRANSMISSION CONSULTANT at ART (Regulation of Telecom Agency) in SENEGAL
Participation on activities of regulation of the Data Transmission by writing
technical specifications in all technologies of access ADSL, VoIP, Wireless
Broadband, Wireless 3G (GPRS and UMTS).

Jan2002-Oct2002
WIRELESS INTERNET DATA BUSINESS UNIT MANAGER at SENTEL GSM (Millicom Operation in
Africa) in SENEGAL
Strategy definition, management of the BU, setting-up of several Wireless Broadband
system for lot of customers in Senegal, ISP operations (Web Mail integration, Web
site design, ).

Feb.2001-Dec2001
SENIOR GPRS SYSTEM ENGINEER at NORTEL NETWORKS (Nortel GSM Solutions) in
expatriation in ITALY
Technical support of the GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Core Network for TIM
(Telecom Italia Mobile) in trial network and live network.

Sept.2000-Feb2001
GPRS SYSTEM ENGINEER at NORTEL NETWORKS (Nortel GSM Solutions), St-Quentin-En-
Yvelines in FRANCE
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) technology by supporting all Nortel Customers
in the EMEA (Europe, Middle-East, and Africa) area.

Sept.1999-Sept2000
ENGINEER at NORTEL NETWORKS (Nortel GSM Solutions), St-Quentin-En-Yvelines in
FRANCE
Technical Support of the Piconode product developed by InterWave, which is all GSM
network in a Box. Technical Assistance Center for all Nortel Networks customers
using Piconode in EMEA (Europe Middle-East and Africa) region.

EDUCATION
1998-1999 ENST Bretagne in France Post-graduated in Telecommunications Specialized
Master (digital communications for radiocommunications and satellite systems)
channel coding/decoding, speech coding/decoding, equalization techniques, and
signal/image treatments.

1995-1998 Charles Fabry Institute in France Electronics Systems Master Degree

Engineer (high frequencies and opto-electronics) antennas, microwave, wave guides
and micro-electronics.

1993 Advanced Mathematics and Physics for preparation to the entrance of high
engineer schools at Lens in France mathematics and physics highly skilled.