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Dear Sir,
Please find my details as under for the role, I am sending my CV for your kind perusal.
Thanking you and with best regards
Subodh
Please find my details as under for the role, I am sending my CV for your kind perusal.
- 24 years of Telecom BSS/OSS and IT National/International strong experience for Solution, Project/Program management, Product Development, Delivery/Support and Pre-Sales.
- Solid Billing Telecom working experience of UK, Denmark, Canada, Dubai, Ethiopia, Saudi Arab, Iran and India with 14-year project/program management for Key Telecom Customers all over the world.
- Certification in Prince II, Ericsson Project Management (PROPS-C) and PMP Trained with complete project Life Cycle – Risk management, SOW, Communications, Finance, Resources, and Quality.
- Managed million $ Projects A to C Category with customer satisfaction, P & L and Cost Management.
- Worked with C level senior management for on-shore/off-shore model with multi-cultural team of 100+.
- Excellent exposure to Customer Facing, Stake Holder Management and Vendor Management.
- Strong experience in Telecom Billing Software with product development with SDLC & Waterfall Methodology for E2E Project Delivery with all phases of project, Business Requirement gathering & Analysis, Design/Architecture and Code Development, Testing and System Integration.
- Strong Technical/Functional hands on experience in E2E BSS i.e. Billing, Charging, Rating, Roaming, Interconnect, Billing Concepts, Structure, Database Migration, Mediation, Provisioning, BI, CRM, and RA.
- Hands on experience on products - Ericsson-BSCS/CBiO (Rating, Billing, Provisioning); Huawei-NGBSS (OCS/CBS, CRM & IPCC); Convergys-Jupiter, Geneva and Mediation; Kenan FX; Oracle BRM; Alepo; Comptel-Mediation and Provisioning. OSS-Service Fulfilment and Service Assurance; DSS.
- Worked with Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE, British Telecom, BSNL, Debitel, Mobily, Ethio Telecom, Ooredoo, MTN Iran Cell and Airtel for LTE, GSM, GPRS, UMTS, and WCDMA for tier 1 and 2 operators in Wireline, Wireless and Data/BB Business (Mobile, Fixed Line, Post Paid and Pre-paid)
- Appreciation from Customer and Ericsson for BSNL India project value $125 M (Year 2008-2013).
Thanking you and with best regards
Subodh
Project history
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
ZTE/BSNL, India
Project Director – BSS Jan 2018 – June 2018 (Contract)
Customer Project Manager – BSS April 2017 – September 2017 (Contract)
Project Manager – BSS March 2015 – Sept 2015 (Contract)
Senior Project Manager – BSS July 2014 – Dec 2014 (Contract)
Project Director – BSS Mar 2013 – Feb 2014 (Contract)
Senior CPM – BSS(BSCS) Aug 2008 – Feb 2013
Senior Project Manager – BSS/OSS Aug 2005 – April 2008
Project Manager – BSS Nov 2004 – June 2005
Senior Business Analyst – BSS Mar 2004 – Oct 2004
Senior Telecom Specialist – BSS Jan 2002 – Dec 2002
Project Leader – BSS/OSS June 1998 – Dec 2001
IT Deputy Manager Aug 1992 – July 1997
ZTE/BSNL, India
Project Director – BSS Jan 2018 – June 2018 (Contract)
- Managed deployment of BSCS iX Billing, LIS, RAS, SMLC and FMCC components for BSNL at PAN India.
- Prepared Master Project Plan with critical Issues, Risk and Dependency with Mitigation Plan.
- Defined client operational process and policies for BSS/NOC.
- Prepared and circulated weekly/monthly Progress Reports for senior management C3 level.
- Mentored and guided technical resource team and drove deliverables.
- Planned and Managed Overall Delivery Programs.
- Managed Resource utilisation, budget control, and SLA/KPIs.
- Held Responsibility for Customer Experience improvement and contract fulfilment.
- Ensured Projects Milestones achieved per business plans, targets, strategy, budget and standards.
Customer Project Manager – BSS April 2017 – September 2017 (Contract)
- Extensively Managed and Delivered projects BSCS iX-LTE/4G, EOC, ECM, EMA, EMM, EMG, SDP (Charging Nodes) with nodes like MSCS, MGW, HLR/VLR, and MPBN (Routers, Switches) for MTN Irancell.
- Prepared WP, Cost Estimation, Time Plan, CAST, Exe Summary (Section B) for A-C category Project with TG2 and SOW for Client and Ericsson submission and approval.
- Met stakeholder’s expectations for planning and monitoring project’s activities.
- Worked on Ericsson Tools i.e. CAST, CHRONOS and SAP for preparing budget/cost, TG2 PPT and reports.
- Managed project delivery with resource plan, TG1-6 Milestones, and Risk Management.
Project Manager – BSS March 2015 – Sept 2015 (Contract)
- Managed and Executed BSS E2E Deployment and Integration project for Ericsson LTE, PS/CS-CORE, with SGSN, EPG, MSCS, HLR/HSS and Huawei-NGBSS (OCS/CBS, CRM, and IPCC) with DWH, VAS products.
- Prepared Project Plan and SOW with Cost, Schedule and got signed off by Customer.
- Developed schedule with resource plan, Measures/Milestones, Risk with mitigation plan.
- Stakeholder and 3rd Party Vendors management.
- Monitored project Schedule/Planning, Cost, Quality, accurate reporting/communication.
- Managed internal/ external stakeholders/C level, and Customer Relationship.
- Delivered BSS components - OCS/CBS, CRM, IPCC and VAS with mini Technical Gap and change control.
- Managed BSS-BRS/FRS, Solution Design, Testing, Release and Data Migration.
- Ensured Telecom Business Processes, Procedures and best Practices and Knowledge Transfer to L1-2 staff.
- Developed and maintained good relationship with Account Manager, IT Team, PMO Office and Reported to ET Chief Information Officer (CIO).
Senior Project Manager – BSS July 2014 – Dec 2014 (Contract)
- Held Responsibility for BSCS Technical Solution and Account Relationship Management.
- Reported to Program Director-BSS.
- Managed E2E BSS project with identifying risks, dependencies, resources required with agreed cost.
- Developed SMART system with Centralized Repository – Share-point for KPIs, Actions, Documents, MOM, Change Request, Reports, Scope and Configuration Management.
- Project was Real Time Convergent Charging (RTCC) – BSCS iX (CS 5.0), BRM, VAS, Comptel Mediation and Provisioning, pre-paid subscriber’s database migration from BRM to CS5.0.
- Managed and defined Operational and support Procedures/Policies.
Project Director – BSS Mar 2013 – Feb 2014 (Contract)
- Managed Pre-Sales in BSCS BSS area for business and operational improvement.
- Managed BSCS - RFP/RFI/POC, proposal evaluation and defining scope during the bidding process.
- Managed onsite BSCS Transformation projects successfully.
- Managed project agreed deliverables and Milestones with minimum change request.
- Managed project risks and performed corrective actions with communication to all stakeholders.
- Managed Delivery and Client relationship management.
- Project/program management for Prospective potential customer.
Senior CPM – BSS(BSCS) Aug 2008 – Feb 2013
- Managed BSS Transformation and Implementation projects - BSNL India for 45 M GSM/GPRS Subscribers.
- BSNL project - BSCS/CBiO (CS5.0, EMA and EMM) with CRM implementation, 27 NE Integration, 20+ VAS elements Integration with Billing Systems.
- Developed BSCS Data Centre, IDR and DR Setup with HW areas- Severs and Network Infrastructure Design and Daily Presence at customer site and had driven sales opportunity.
- Developed Inventory and Billing Data Migration Strategy, SOW, secured resources and Risk Management.
- SAP Management-Cost Tracking and controlling, CADO / CNS41 reports, CPI/SPI, CV and SV tracking.
- CFR/CPM for SDP activities-RFP business requirements, presale support, technical presentation, comparative statement, Estimation/Pricing, SOW and Project Plan.
- Well experienced on Ericsson way of working CORE-3 (CFR, CSR & ACR) and tools like miniRisk, SAP, CHRONOS, MORE, Eridoc, Ericoll, EPP, POP, EKB, ESS/MSS, CAST & GORDON.
- Well experienced of PROPS-C of Delivery Toll Gates (TG1-6), & Ericsson Business Process (EBP).
- Zain Jordon BSS project – Swapping of Jupiter with BSCS 5.2/CBiO and 50 legacy application integrations.
- Eridoc management for Project Plan, SOW, MOM, Budget, Reports, Risk, Quality and Resources.
Senior Project Manager – BSS/OSS Aug 2005 – April 2008
- BSS Technical Manager (BSCS) – responsible for Data Centre Infrastructure – BSCS rollout, connectivity, firewalls, Networks, Bays and Power design management.
- BSS Delivery Manager – reported to British Telecom Plc program director and project execution from sales to delivery for Inventory based BSCS billing migration/transition for BT Global Services with an Onshore/offshore Model with a team of 75 resources.
- Design Manager – responsible for E2E OSS high level solution architect (Service Fulfilment and Service Assurance) 21 CN Harmonized Ethernet and MSIL for COTS (Amdocs NEO-order orchestration, Siebel (CRM), NetCool and BT legacy system – PACS, LIMS) Integration in BT Plc.
- Customer Project Manager - O&M for Japanese client for BSCS Billing, Siebel (CRM), NID, NetCool and Infovista in offshore centre.
- Proposal and Bid Manager - MTNL Content Delivery Network (CDN-TV and Media) bid with technical solution for end-to-end IPTV, STB, Media, Digital TV, Broadcast infrastructure solution for architecture of VOD, Online Game, Video Conference, Audio Conference and e-learning through broadband and ADSL technology covering CRM, service fulfilment, billing, mediation, and middle ware with the help of SME.
Project Manager – BSS Nov 2004 – June 2005
- Managed projects for the Airtel–Mediation and service provision for Ericsson Switch AXE 810 for retail and interconnect billing for Bangalore circle, Up-gradation of Comptel’s AMD 4.01 & SAS 3.5 on Siemens switches EWSD V-16, BSCS-Audio bridge conference billing.
- Vendor management for Comptel, CSG-BIF Tool (Arbor/BP) and TCS.
- Feasibility Analysis; converted BR into SOW; Prepared project plan with Risk, scheduling, team sizing, monitoring & tracking. Cost estimation for up-gradation of Comptel product – Event Link 6.x (mediation) and Instant Link 5.x (service provision) on EWSD V-16.
Senior Business Analyst – BSS Mar 2004 – Oct 2004
- Held Pre-Sales responsibility with Technical Solution for Infinys Rating and Billing (IRB is new version of Geneva, and DDS) against RFP floated by clients – Mobitel, Telstra and TT&T in Asia Pacific region. Managed customization of the functionalities for implementation of Geneva 5.4 and Convergys Mediation Manager 3.1. Worked with development team and clients to define solutions to business problems, requirement gathering, and facilitating technical workshop with the client. Worked for GPRS, WAP, MSC, SMSC network elements supplied by different vendors.
Senior Telecom Specialist – BSS Jan 2002 – Dec 2002
- Exhibited technical expertise in Gem-base, VAX/VMS and Jupiter to IT staff for Mediation, Call Collection and Bill production in day-to-day activities. Developed GSM mobile check project that used to analyse subscriber database for its usage. Subscribers could switch on another package plan within the same network operator depending upon their high/low usage of the mobile. Achieved to modify existing call duplication system that saved loss of revenue.
Project Leader – BSS/OSS June 1998 – Dec 2001
- Responsible for Jupiter bespoke project estimation, FRS, high/low level design, review/walk through, code development, unit & project test plan and testing, project release preparation.
- Jupiter -3G Billing Solution Prototype: Architecture development for 3G billing system.
- Model design using UML (Rational Rose) and associated in development of application layer in C++ code interfacing to Oracle database. TAP3 Converter for Jupiter I & II – Product enhancement;
- Jumbo (Research work for Jupiter): Feasibility report for dividing the Jupiter Product into smaller modules i.e. Call Collection, Day End and Bill production after studying source code so that modules can be used as component to plug and play.
IT Deputy Manager Aug 1992 – July 1997
- Managed in-house business application with analysis, design, and review/walk through, coding, testing, implementation and support with training.
- Ingres DBA: Creating, Destroying, Loading/unloading, Security, Backup/Recovery, Sysmoding, Check pointing, Housekeeping, Users Authorisation and DB Optimization.
- Centralized DB application: Departments can have access and use business application i.e. Purchase Order generation, Inquiry System, Comparative Statements, Vendor Master, Material Master, Sub-contracting system, and Integrated material management system.
- UNIX Administration: system administrator for installation/update of operating system, backup, recovery, start-up/shut down, peripheral devices addition, performance, and security.
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PERSONAL SKILLS:
1. Snooker
2. YOGA
3. Tabla music instrument player.
- Project Management : PRINCE II from UK; PMP Trained; PROPS-C certification by Semcon. Software Project Management, QAI, India; MSP.
- Languages : SQL; UNIX scripting; Gem-base; DCL-Open VMS; C.
- Database : Oracle; Ingres; Dbase III.
- Operating System : UNIX; VMS; Windows; Linux.
- Software Methodology : SDLC; Client Server Architecture; Waterfall.
- Window Applications : MS office; Outlook; MS Exchange and Lotus Notes.
- Hardware : HP6000/9000; Blade Servers; IBM-DRS6000/3000; DEC-Alpha (VAX/VMS); Compaq (VMS); IBM/HP/Dell Desktop and Laptop.
- Tool and Framework Used : Toad for PL/SQL.; ITIL; eTOM; ISO 9000; SEI-CMM; TQM; TOGAF;
PERSONAL SKILLS:
1. Snooker
2. YOGA
3. Tabla music instrument player.
