Dr.

SHANTI TRIPATHI
Mobile: +234 8085839062 (Nigeria), +91 9415306087 (India), E-Mail: drshantib@yahoo.com

CTO / VP / Director: Telecom rollout and Operations

SYNOPSIS

A result oriented professional with over 10 years of strong technical, managerial and commercial experience in telecom project implementation and operationsGSM/UMTS/HSDPA/WIMAX/LTE/VoIP/FTTx/MPLS . Presently working with Netcom Africa Ltd. as Director-Network Operations, West Africa. Hands on experience of GSM/HSDPA, VSAT and IP network implementation and operations. Certified trainer of GSM,CDMA,GPRS,EDGE,3G,3.5G (HSDPA/HSUPA),4G, WiFi,WiMAX,LTE,VoIP,SIP, IP,MPLS and VSAT etc. Adept in end to end network audit, Network Operations Center, IT/IMS and Customer Support operations.

Business Plan, Regulatory Management Greenfield Rollouts Master Plan & CAPEX /OPEX/Evaluation Vendor Management RFQ and Tender Preparation Network Dimensioning, Planning & Optimization Telecom Trainings

Strong multi continental and multi vendor network experience.

Management Trainings Recruitments Business Developments Expert in Managed Services Operations and Service Delivery

Proven success in more than 12 network launch 2G & 3G with complete end to end nominal planning, implementation, frame supply agreements, site acquisition, implementation and operations. Exceptional team management, organizational and analytical skills coupled with demonstrated relationship management and communication abilities. Certified trainer of Motorola, Etisalat Acedemy and Wirexhibit Canda for GSM, IP, VSAT, 3G(UMTS-TDD & FDD) and LTE-TD&FD.

Executive Summary :

In depth knowledge, expertise and exposure of Chief Technical Officer, Director- Operations, Project Manager, Director -Network Operations Center, Director- Strategic Planning and Management, Director-Telecom Trainings for GSM, IP,ISP, VSAT, 3G & LTE companies (Operator/Vendor). LTE/WIMAX green field and overlay system design, IP/MPLS network design and optimization, Multi carrier UMTS network planning & optimization. Certified trainer for UMTS & LTE technologies. UMTS RF Network Optimization. HSDPA/ EUL/

New Technologies

HSPA+ Optimization. Expert in Airspan Macromaxe LTE and Wimax MPLS, VoIP, Triple play planning for Fibre To The Home (FTTX).

Area of Expertise :

Communications and networking, Business (commercial and technical) planning, Frame supply agreement, Procurements, Supply chain management and warehousing, Negotiations, Service level agreements, Policies and Procedure (ISO9001:2008, TL900- requirements and measurements, SOX compliances), Training and Development, Banking & Investors management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Managed services expert, Recruitments, Product developments, Marketing & Sales, New technologies development, Competitor benchmarking, Revenue assurance, Fraud & Risk, KPI based operations, Projects- rollouts and swap outs, Vendor management, Site acquisitions and Civil infrastructure, Management trainings, Value added services, IT. Huawei, Airspan, Siemens, Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, IP wireless, Alvarion, CISCO, iDirect and Gilat etc. for GSM, MW, VSAT and IP operations. Netcom Africa Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria 10/2008 till date

Vendors

Professional Experience :
Director- Network Operations Center

100% automations of Fault, Configuration, Alarm and Performance management for multi vendor operations. Measurement Champion for TL900 Measurement, member of Quest Forum advisory committee. Excellent optimization of satellite and wireless resources to save international satellite and IP bandwidth. Worked with iDirect and Gilat on several new software features. Managed 24/7 network operations to control upstream providers, multiple resellers in Western Africa. KPI based management of 5 C & Ku band VSAT hub and 3 Landing stations (Fibre POPs, WiMAX (UMTS-TDD) in US, UK and Nigeria. End to end operation of Internet Service through wireless, VSAT, Fibre and MW. Developed several in-house tools and training material to minimize CAPEX and OPEX. Running MPLS network with TCL, London Running UMTS-TDD, Wimax network in Lagos, Nigeria Running FTTx/GPON network in VI and Ikoyi,Lagos Global VoIP/SIP services VSAT Marine services from KVH Digicel Pacific Ltd, Fiji 5/2008 9/2008

CTO-Chief Technical Officer (Hub)

Mandated by company shareholders & executive management to, a) deploy & deliver a GSM network in Pacific, b) deliver an engineering organization capable of deploying and managing the network. Directly reporting to regional CTO/CEO Pacific.

Involved in commercial launch and operations of Tonga and Vanuatu. Responsible for global frame agreement negotiations with Huawei. Key player for all vendors negotiations and business planning. Manage the department budget for equipment, installation, services and human resources. Key player in negotiations of Huawei, Veraz, Redknee, Roamware, Roambroker, LinkIP, NEC, Intec, Sun etc. Recognized as best CTO in Digicel Pacific First call in 2 days time in Fiji, core network completed in 15 days. Involved in operational activities of Samoa, PNG, Fiji, Tonga and Vanvatu. Involved in planning of several pacific island ex.: Solomon, Kiribati, Cook islands, East Timore, French Polynesia etc., signed Global frame agreement with Huawei for roll outs of these islands. Best NOC 24/7/365 for all pacific countries.

Head-Project & Operations

Waridtel, Congo, S.A.

10/2007 5/2008

Directly reporting to CTO and managing all network project and operations issues. Liaising with Huawei and subcontractors on daily basis to update the project plan, action item register etc. Key player in drafting, negotiating managed services contract. Single point of contact for Facilities, Finance, IT and Commercials. Drafting policies, procedure and control documents. Preparing BEC notes for project related major changes. Tracking site by site rollout progress. Drafting and evaluating RFP for phase-2. Negotiating with vendors for various tools and test equipments. Recruiting and hiring staff for technical operations team. Owner of managed services contract. Handling all operational and project management issues. Responsible for KPI and Quality control. In charge of NOC for O&M management.

Head-RF Planning & Optimization

Millicom group (Tigo,DRC)

05/2006 09/2007

Responsible for setting up, maintaining and scaling infrastructure and services for VAS for Tigo,DRC. Responsible for design, planning and optimisation of all VAS platforms for prepaid and post paid service (e.g. IN, SMS, GPRS/EDGE, MMSC, Voice Mail, RBT, FAF, Call Me Back, Call Completion Application, USSD, Location Based Services, OTA, SDP, Handset based applications, Content, Roaming VAS etc.) and to deliver the required availability level of all services. Execute prompt provisioning of network capacity for all the VAS network element,

features and protocol. Developing technical roadmap for Tigos VAS for the short term and long term in coordination with VAS-Marketing. Working with the Marketing team to develop new products on existing infrastructure and inducing new infrastructure and services to drive VAS revenues. Driving new product induction in Tigo by Interfacing with tigos Global Product Development/Operations related to VAS in line with the business strategic objectives. Implementing new products and price-plans on the IN platform in coordination with Marketing. Implementing and improving self-service facilities on the VAS platforms. Coordinating the efforts, inputs and outputs from many internal company departments, to ensure that the VAS infrastructure and operations are carried out appropriately. Budgeting for infrastructure and tools required for VAS operators. Overseeing Project management to ensure that products are launched within specified timelines. Participating in cross functional meetings with key stakeholders involved in the deployment of new and quality VAS. Meeting with vendors on new market releases and technology upgrade path to ensure quick deployment of new and innovative products/services. Preparing and developing internal VAS Trainings. Liaison with suppliers and Vendors on Design and Implementation issues specific to the organization. Regular presentation of the status, plan and operational issues to the management Ensuring that VAS planning and configurations is in accordance with company strategy by considering capacity, coverage and quality aspects as well as budgetary implications. Responsible for driving the VAS Quality standards (including trialing, statistical and Grade of Service and performance) as dictated by the company for the financial year. Carrying out technical surveys for Planning, upgrade and reconfiguration of the cellular network as well as evaluate all aspect to run the VAS and marketing sales promos in order to determine their suitability from a capacity point of view. Responsible for the preparation and the issuance of detailed work orders and data transcripts towards the timely and effective implementation of VAS platforms and services. Facilitating projects to evaluate the benefits of new functionality and VAS Planning and configuration techniques. Projects include new database features, CRBT, GPRS/EDGE, MMS and OTA etc. Responsible for the Implementation and the Management of all VAS related project and Strategy in the tigo, DRC network and also take ownership of all VAS Quality/Optimization Projects. Ensuring that all escalated subscriber complaints are addressed promptly. Solely responsible for resolving VIP complaints from key corporate and tigo,DRC senior management. Responsible for the formulation of the CAPEX budgets and the management of Technical VAS department OPEX budget. (Note Technical VAS department will

perform the overall CAPEX budget co-ordination and allocation along with VAS marketing). Ensure timely and accurate inputs to the VAS marketing W/O process and Global VAS team planning master plan. Responsible for the analysis of statistical performance data from the VAS network in order to maintain optimum VAS network quality. Liaising with VAS marketing department and other department both in the region and in central function in order to ensure that VAS quality related problems are resolved. Review for approval, VAS implementation plans made for the network by VAS marketing, content providers and suppliers/vendors. Making recommendations on the procurement of VAS equipment and draw up the respective bill of quantities and tenders. Assisting project management with the implementation of contractual obligations and clauses in the supply agreements. Investigating and evaluating available VAS technologies and recommend cost effective and efficient equipment specification for use in the network. Compiling, implementing and overseeing the necessary installations and acceptance policies, procedures, work practice and specifications. During the Millicom conference in Paris (March,2007), Millicom decided to form VAS Center of Excellence and they selected me as Head of VAS and RF. Specialist in creating database for goggle earth for RF planning & Optimisation. Responsible for Wimax planning. Drafted techno commercial Contract, SLA, responsibility matrix, work breakdown structure and acceptance test procedure etc for 546 sites. Sourced and negotiated technical and commercial deal to get industry standard tools with TEMS (TI&TP), R&S(SPA), Nemo (DT), ACTIX (Smartlight), Aniritsu, Sagem etc. Actively involved with NMC, MSC, Core Planning, IN and VAS etc. Responsible for REMEDY software NOC fault and alarm management contract negotiation, implementation and training. Develop excellent tools for end to end performance management. New end to end Huawei Network with Softswitch, MGW and EDGE network. Responsible for drafting and conducting end to end audit of tigo,DRC GPRS/EDGE data network. Written more than 50 policies and procedures related to GSM network. Organized daily, weekly and monthly meetings with all departments and vendors. Launch various performance management project like BENIC, WCFY, TERTO and TIWASE etc. First UMTS compatible core network in the country. Delivering to the Business strategic guidelines for the Design and Implementation of the GSM Network in Congo-DRC. Determining work priorities, 15 direct staff and monitor performance to exceed targets. Delegation of expenditure within signing limits and constraints of allocated budget. Ensuring the Radio Network Planning and routines are on schedule and completed.

Take responsibility for Company Operational, Health and Safety, Security and Fire Standards. Measure the effectiveness of the Radio Network Planning Organisation against set criteria and recommend and implement changes to staffing and organisation to optimise performance. Liaison with O.L.O.s, suppliers and Vendors on Design and Implementation issues specific to the Millicom,DRC. Provide development and training requirements for all Radio Network Planning staff and ensure corporate requirements are met. Preparation of reports as required by the CTO / CEO. Prepared on policies, procedures and controls documents. All control documents for SOX compliance. Management of the quality of the existing radio network Management of the capacity of the existing radio network Management of the planning of expansions of the existing radio network Management of the implementation of expansions and upgrades on the existing radio network Radio network Audit, installation of OPTIMA.

Sr. Eng Network Quality

Zain (Vmobile), Nigeria

05/2004 05/2006

UMTS:
WCDMA Planning Tool : Asset3g(Aircom), U-net(Huawei) Prepared guidelines for UMTS Technology including Network Architecture and WCDMA. UMTS-Network design and site survey experience for overlaying WCDMA cellular network onto Vmobiles existing dual band GSM 900 and 1800 network. Modeling interaction and handover (multiband operation) between 2G and 3G network. Forecasting and planning to accommodate growth in both 2.5 G and 3G network traffic. Developing KPIs for delivering services over both EDGE and 3G. Creating optimal WCDMA coverage and performance at planning phase to minimize future costs. Forecasting the ROI of UMTS cell sites. Checking GSM sites to find out if UMTS collocation is possible (from a radio planning point of view). Doing UMTS UTRAN-planning with ASSET3g. Doing site surveys together with Transmission-, Construction- and AcquisitionDepartment. Doing Scrambling code-planning. Doing test drives and analyzing them using RanOpt and Actix Analyser. Planning handover and pilot power adjustment. Preparing workshops and giving learning sessions to the engineers to make them

familiar with new features and parameters. Doing the network design for a Test lab (Network architecture, Node dimensioning, System interfaces, Backbone requirements and Network management). Doing the network design and engineering work (HW and SW) for the Operation and Maintenance center. Doing the data fill and network reconfiguration on the UTRAN side. Working in coordination with the Core department. Doing checks, if collocation with existing GSM sites is possible and finding ideal positions for antennas. Defining TEMS drive test routes and analyzing the files. Assigned activity of UMTS Trial Project : (Ericsson : 16 sites (Lagos), Huawei :16 sites (PHC), 16 sites(LAGOS) ) : Currently awaiting trial single carrier (5Mhz) UMTS FDD spectrum from NCC, Nigeria. Completed survey for co-siting 16 sites for Ericsson(WCDMA BTS-RBS3202) and 32 (16 Motorola 2G, 16 Ericsson 2G) sites for Huawei. Strategic Planning- VMOBILE UMTS Trial Project: Cluster Optimization: Ensuring the design and quality of service targets for the cluster and recommendations, Template for RNC/NodeB Performance Management statistics reports. Case study to correlation of PM counter statistics and alarms with drive test results to capture end-to-end network performance. Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis (Using drive test data and trace data taken from the Uu, Iu and Iub interfaces) Capacity analysis, capacity planning and channel dimensioning Pilot Pollution Analysis Scrambling Code planning and verification Neighbour List planning and Soft Handover Analysis Network-wide RAN parameter planning and optimisation Interaction with vendors radio design and optimization managers and directors Fine-tuning of network engineering and network performance management processes and methodologies; documentation and dissemination of best-practice methodologies.

BSS Technology Development:

Research -responsible for researching leading edge technology to maintain competitive edge and accelerate VMobile s time to market .Interfacing with core engineering and new product development in ensuring same. Technical Evaluation-responsible for technical evaluation of BSS Vendor /3rd party coverage (e.g. antennas, amplifiers, rapid deployment sites) and capacity solutions (e.g. indoor systems). Integration support-providing support to O&M and 3rd party BSS node integration as needed System Validation/Development-responsible for managing and validating new

hardware/software entering the VMobile network .Liaising with vendors on incorporating VMobile requirements into system design and development Test Lab management- responsible for setting up and maintaining a laboratory for system evaluation under test conditions. Field trial management-responsible for interfacing with other VNL divisions, BSS and 3rd party vendors in implementing first market application trials. Providing technical resource for field trials. Liaising with regions in feature/service implementation /rollout. Spectrum Management-Develop and compile spectrum plans to support network growth and new technologies . Provide regulatory support and technical input regarding issues that relate to strategic spectrum planning and frequency spectrum license applications. Developing and Ensuring awareness of RF Exposure policies Special studies and investigations-Responsible for special network quality related investigations and implementing the framework required to carry them out e.g IOS. Interfacing with BSS vendors regarding new radio related features, studying new features and their impact on VMobile network Interference investigation-Coordinating investigation of external interference on the VMobile Network .Report on same to NCC and VMobile. Evaluate site share requests for possible interference

System TOOLS & Supports: Tools vendor management-responsible for managing tool vendor support relationships and contracts Systems Support Provide database and systems support for existing planning ,performance reporting and trialing tools Tools Development and Support-responsible for developing in house tools and supporting them GIS Support-providing GIS analysis and support to systems planning and performance as well as external functions such as marketing,CEO office System Planning & Configurations: National BSS Planning-responsible for national coverage planning, coordinating regional planning , developing best planning methods and procedures, ensuring Planning tool database integrity, technical resourcing for regional RF Planning , New node planning, dimensioning and integration, LAC Planning. End to End System Planning-responsible for coordinating BSS plan Implementation with BSS PM, switch and transmission planning teams Capacity Engineering-responsible for traffic forecasting, hotspot analysis and other capacity studies as needed. New Service Planning-responsible for planning new services and supporting regional implementation of same ex GPRS,EDGE Special coverage and capacity solutions- Technical resourcing for corporate

sales/VMD in securing corporate accounts. Interfacing with vendors and supporting regional deployment of special solutions (micros, in building) CRM Coordination and Reporting-liasing with Sales ,NMC, Customer care and regions on CRM issues. Reporting on same Transport Planning-Ater,A ,Gb interface and inter MSC routing and dimensioning BSS Equipment Management-responsible for new site BSS equipment allocation, inventory management, swap outs and redeployment Network Quality Management :

Vendor system support management-responsible for managing vendor system performance support contracts, interfacing with vendors to ensure network quality Regional Optimisation Support-responsible for providing technical support to regional optimisation activities. Coordinating national weekly top and worst performer lists, reporting weekly on NQ Performance management- responsible for network (core, transmission and BSS) KPI definition and management. Tasked with researching vendor performance measurement counters. Defining and developing performance reports and interfacing with NMC/ 3rd party vendors to display same information where applicable Network Trialing-responsible for coordinating regional in house trialing and third party network benchmarking Parameter Management-responsible for defining radio parameters, managing the parameter change process and maintaining parameter databases Inter Divisional QOS Management-responsible for coordinating network wide QOS initiatives. Managing network performance issues and liaising with relevant parties in ensuring responsibilities. Establishment and maintenance of framework to monitor and report on Quality impact of all JO/WO executed network wide Resource Management : Managing and Reporting on network efficiency/utilisation. Liaising with systems planning on node and route load balancing Undertaking special investigations to ensure e2e network dimensioning and optimal uses of resources deployed to provide best KPI, competitive advantage, ROI, MHT and ARPU increase. GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

Responsible for all Radio planning and Optimization issues countrywide Thorough knowledge of GSM A, Abis, Air Interface Recommendations and GPRS Gb, Gn, Gr and Gi interfaces. Link analysis using K12 & K15 protocol analyzer. Expertise in GPRS PCU and SGSN Database building. Analyzing measurement-results and BSC counters and optimising them in the office, using tools like Asset, TCP, Actix, Optima, COP, RNO, Olyphant. Planning new GSM-Base stations with Asset to improve the coverage. Preparing guidelines for UMTS Technology including Network Architecture and WCDMA. UMTS-Network design and site survey experience. Planning and optimising BTS- and BSC-parameters like neighbours, power control,

LAC, ARFCN, BCC, channel configuration,... to improve the quality. Doing the data fill, parameter planning in the BSC. Doing the planning for better performance (changing antenna-down tilt, -orientation and the kind of antennas). Doing test drives with special measurement equipment and fully equipped test car. Doing quality-measurements and optimisation for GPRS/EDGE-calls. Starting an optimisation task and manage the work with the Operation-, Radio planning-, Transmission- and Construction department. Analysing the network-quality on a BTS and BSC level and writing reports. Analysing traffic-reports and planning the future HW-configuration to guarantee high network performance (Upgrades). Talking to customers and clearing their problems (customer care). Doing Quality-acceptances on new Base Stations. Installing, optimising and accepting new GSM/GPRS repeaters. Ordering and managing temporary Base Stations for big events and concerts. Keeping databases up to date. GPRS traffic modeling, GPRS network design, Gb, Gn, Gi interface dimensioning, GPRS performance evaluator, involved in Ericsson Edge & Huawei 3G trial projects. Training, Management Presentation, Core Network Planning, Vendor coordination, Coordination with regulatory authorities. Network expansion planning, Capacity Coverage Solution, Capacity Enhancement Techniques- IBS & Micro Cell Planning. Various self designed Traffic analysis MACRO and matrix to optimize the network. Congestion relief & load sharing optimization Frequency plan with fractional load and discrete TCH group, SFH, MAIO, FHI, BSIC planning. Capex-Traffic model, BSS dimensioning, RSL, MTL planning etc. GPRS, EDGE trailing & dimensioning. Involved in AT process of Spacefone (ip access BSS nano BTS). BSS dimensioning & swap out plan for Motorola, Ericsson & Huawie. Test lab for Motorola BSS. Turnkey Special Project for VIP Coverage, Developed new concept for OML & Gb link. BSS Experience: Hands on experience of Installation, commissioning and rigging (Expert in Climbing tower upto 100 Mtr) of Motorola BTS, XCDR, BSC, Ericsson RBS, Siemens BTS, Airnet BTS and PCU etc. Taken initiative to developed high class VNL team for installation of PCU and succeeded. We saved millions of naira over the installation of PCU and done in house installation. Developed a level of confidence in VNL regional staff to take initiative to handle this installation in house. It is worth to quote that we saved million naira to start BSC & XCDR installation in house over a year. Tools: Tems Cell Planner, Netplan, Business Objects, Motorola Mars, Actix, Motorola OMC-R (Performance Management & Traffic Analysis), Mapinfo 7.0. AWCC, Afghanistan 05/2003 04/2004

Sr. Eng- RF Planning & Optimization

Responsible for all Radio planning and Optimization issues countrywide

Nominal Cell Plan,CW drive test, model tuning, RF site survey and selection. Drive test, Integration and Optimization, Checking link balance and setting system capacity, Setting site variable parameters like neighbor lists, Programming timing & power control parameters and thresholds. EIRP and link budget verification through spectrum analyzer and power meter Frequency planning, swap planning, addition of capacity cells, cell splitting and indoor solution. Network Performance Engineering, auditing network parameters and neighbor lists Evaluating system quality and setting up network monitoring systems Analysis of BSS and NSS counters Tracing non-alarming hardware faults and identifying sources of interference Changing parameters to improve network performance Predicting future capacity levels and provision equipment Retuning for reduced frequency spectrum Checking daily and weekly statistical reports. Finding the problems of bad performing sites (Hardware, Software, Parameters,...) using Metrica. Changing hardware configuration (antennas, azimuth or tilts). Planning and testing of new Parameter sets for existing and planned Sites to improve the network quality (frequency planning with Wizard and Asset, BSIC, LAC, neighbors,). Planning of capacity upgrades. Doing test drives (TEMS Investigation, Agilent) to find better configurations and new site-locations. Tools: TEMS, Wizard, Actix, Berkley CW, Spectrum analyzer and Bird Power meter etc. ORG Telecoms, India 04/2003 05/2003

Sr. Eng- Planning & Projects

Managing the Installation and Commissioning Teams. Doing Acceptance Tests together with the customer. Preparing papers for the customers. Writing reports and presenting them. Writing punch lists and installation checklists. Ordering material and telecom equipment. Keeping DB up to date. ISO-9001 Processes & Documentation. Turn key solutions for PHS network of UTSI. Optimization and expansion planning for Airtel and MTNL, Delhi, India In building Planning for MTNL, Mumbai Turnkey solutions for PGCIL, India with Tell abs. Worked as a trainer for UTSI & ORG. Responsible for all implementation issues. Convergelabs, India 04/2003 05/2003

Sr. Eng- Planning & Projects

ISO-9001 Processes & Documentations.

Drive Test, Optimization, CW and TSS of GSM network. RF Planning of GSM network using Asset, Wizard and NetAct 4.0 for Idea Cellular Ltd., New Delhi, India GSM training for Jr,Mid and Senior level employees. Turnkey RF planning for Idea cellular Ltd., India- GSM 1800 band. Complete In-Building (DMRC-Metro rail) coverage planning, Implementation for JWG (Airtel, HuTch, MTNL and Idea) using Motorola, Nokia, Ericsson and Lucent Equipments. Planning Installation and Commissioning of SDH equipment at all stations of MTNL Delhi. Prebid CDMA Planning for LG. Motorola,India 06/2002 11/2002

Trainer

Technical advisor of BSNL-Motorola project and deployed newly trained engineers in five states of India- AP, Karnataka ,Gujarat, Maharastra and Delhi. Integration, Commissioning, Validation(AT), Optimization of GSM network. Motorola Certified Trainer of BSS. Certified for CPO2, BSS-11,12, IP, Syso2 and Commissioning of BTS and BSC network, Syso4, Neto1, CDMA02, GLN070. Training lectures for BSNL staffs. InfiniteSoftComm, India 01/2002 05/2002

Sr. Eng- Planning & Projects

Commissioned Motorola Horizon Macro cell BTS in Bharti Surat, Gujarat circle. Turnkey Project on GSM : Project In charge (Admin & Tech) Maharashtra Zone for handling ITI-BSNL project. Responsibilities: Installation (Shelter, Tower, DG, BTS equipment, Power Plant), commissioning, optimization, drive testing, acceptance testing of BTS station to end client Lucent technologies and BSNL, India. Turnkey Project on GSM: Project In charge (Technical) Gujarat ITIBSNL GSM Project: Few lectures on GSM and Lightning to GM, DGM, SDE and JTOs at Vastrapur Telephone exchange, Gujarat, Site Survey, Technical documentation and Tower and earthing work. Installing and commissioning GSM900 BTS equipment Installing and commissioning of Power Supply Unit Installation of antennas and Feeder cable and testing for VSWR and Return-loss measurements Installation of Micro - cells (M cells). Installation and Commissioning of 15/23 GHz Microwave link: Technical training to newcomers/freshers. LOS and RF planning survey. Tender preparation, technical presentation and price negotiation with telecomm vendors. TEMS diagnosis using MS. Nuteck, India 11/2001 01/2002

Eng- Planning & Projects

Technical Supervisor to various BTS installation sites. Installing Ericssons RBS2202 and PIU at BTS sites. Commissioning, Site master analysis and BSC Simulator tool of Ericsson. Quality Inspector at various BTS site. Installation followed by commissioning (CIT & CMA-2000) of Lucents BCF, BTS sites in Gurgaon for MTNL. Technical survey for RF planning support input parameters of BTS sites for Ericsson. Power audit for Essar Cellular installations. Expansion of existing BTS sites followed by commissioning and integration. ACME, INdia 07/2001 10/2001

SENIOR EXECUTIVE (R & D)

Research and development activity for Lightning, surge protection and earthing to microwave stations. Developed new concept and mechanism of tri-pit earthing using coductiver plus. Power audit to BSC/MSC/BTS stations. Installation of ESE, Class B, Class C and Telecomm line protective devices. Technical notification for the tenders. Presentation techniques and installation details of company products. An interior layout of Power Interface Unit for BTS electrical sites. Technical Supervisor to various installation sites. Working experience of the tools like NetAct Planner Ver. 3.4+ & 4.0+(RF) (Nokia), MapInfo Professionals, Agilent's Wizard, TOM/SAM, Ericssons TCP,TEMS and Agilent (E7475) & ACTIX Optimisation Tool (for Drive Test), & COMARCO frequency scanner, CW Test and Model Tuning at ASSET/NetAct Planner & Indoors Planning, Neptune Drive Test, Agilent Drive Test tool, Ranopt, WinFiol, Business Object, RNO, OPTIMA . Done installation of 15,23, 38 GHz access link. LOS survey, Link budget calculation for access link (T Path & Wizard). Done Troubleshooting General trouble shooting, alignment, Commissioning of access links. Experienced on : Ericsson, Siae, Siemens-Saral, Hariss. 1991 - 2001 University of Allahabad Allahabad, India D.Phil. Studies on Interaction Potentials M.Sc. (Physics-Microwave Electronics), First Class B.Sc. (Physics & Maths), First Class 1988 - 1990 UP Board Allahabad, India Intermediate, First Class High School, First Class 1998 - 1999 Ewing Christian Degree College Allahabad, India Part Time Lecturer Microprocessor programming to B.Sc. II Students 1998 - 1999 CMP Degree College Allahabad, India Part Time Lecturer Physics to B.Sc. I & II Students (Evening Classes) 1998 - 1999 KA Degree College Allahabad, India

GSM RF and MW Tools

Education

Training & Teaching Experience

Personal Details

Part Time Lecturer Physics to B.Sc. I, II & III Students 1999 - 2001 Wisdom Computers Allahabad, India Director Computer programming & Computer assembling 2001 Center for Biotechnology Allahabad, India Few Lectures Physics to M.Sc. I Sem Date of birth : 01-01-1974 Nationality : Indian Marital Status : married

(Dr. Shanti Tripathi)