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Employment             

 

1996-2001                     Nortel Networks Australia, Senior Business & Network Planner

 

Duties                           Ÿ    Conduct network planning studies for sales support (e.g. tenders)

·         Pioneer GIS in network planning and transfer processes Asia-wide

·         Build customer knowledge via geo-demographic market analysis

·         Understand service requirements for specific market segments

·         Map evolving services to technologies given technical and topographic constraints and a view of industry trends

·         Design voice and data traffic models for metropolitan and/or wide area networks with such considerations as community-of-interest

·         Understand network access, edge and core issues and products

·         Technology focus on VoIP and 3G Mobile (spectrum auctions etc.)

·         Generate Bill-of-Materials given an account product strategy

·         Review high-level business plans for customers

·         Create and deliver presentation packages to customers

·         Lead, mentor and train other network planners

·         Prime and manage projects and resource budgets

 

Skills Gained                 Ÿ    Further detailed knowledge in the field of telecommunications

·         Ability to absorb a lot of information quickly, take what is useful and apply it to solving a problem to meet a customer deadline

·         Ability to work within a team environment across many time-zones

·         Enhanced interpersonal skills given the number of projects completed and the requirement to liaise with internal and external contacts traversing cultural, political and social boundaries

·         Expert skills attained in the use of numerous software packages

·         Ability to manage time and resources to meet multiple project commitments

 

Country Project Focus          Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,

       Philippines, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Taiwan

 

Business Travel To               Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Taiwan, China, United States, Canada, Interstate-Australia {enhanced cultural awareness gained}

 

Projects Conducted For        PCCW/CSL, PowerCor, Downer Engineering, Lend Lease, Telstra,

China Unicom, CLEAR, Telstra Saturn, Uecomm, Vodafone, Cable & Wireless Optus (CWO), CyberPort, United Networks, CAT, Equant, Lit Cheong, SKT, PowerTel, NCIC, Formus, Bell Canada International (BCI), Bharti Telecom, PowerNet, NBN Television, Soul Pattinson Telecommunications (SPT), Transact, North Power, United Energy (UE), BellTel, VisionStream, Semaphore, Telstra, MCI WorldCom, CLEAR, Saturn, Koos Group Telecom (KGT), FET, Bayantel, ICC, ONSE Telecom, Hyundai, Reliance, Lanka Bell, Hutchison PCS, Telecom New Zealand (TCNZ)

 

Salary                                Salary in 2000 was >$100K (JCI3, Band 6) just below manager level

 

 

 

Jan 1996-June 1996      Andersen Consulting (Ampol/Caltex BPR), Systems Analyst

                                    Ÿ    Create programming standards for ABAP/4 development

·         Write specifications and code the customer, material and direct banking interfaces for implementation into SAP R/3

·         Use MS Access to manipulate master data used by the interface programs and ensure correct conversion of system components

·         Upload customers, materials and plant data for the training database and system testing procedure

·         Participate in online performance/stress test; integration testing of interfaces and build coaching material for change management

·         Liaise with users after 'Go Live' to identify any additional requirements

                                    Ÿ    Enhanced communication skills within a team environment

·         Ability to work under pressure to meet budget schedules

 

 

 

July 1994-Dec 1994       United Technologies-OTIS, Systems Analyst/Designer

                                    Ÿ    Construct a problem definition for a new training relational database

·         Conduct interviews to gather information about employee skills

·         Design an entity-relationship diagram showing necessary attributes

·         Design the national training centre competency skills database

·         Implement the solution using MS Access tables, queries, forms, reports and macros

·         Prepare formal reports and present findings to management

                                    Ÿ    Ability to work without a great deal of supervision

·         Make independent decisions whenever necessary about the direction of the project

 

 

 

Oct 1993-July 1994       Data Division, Proprietor/Desktop Publishing

·         Word processing, page design and layout, desktop publishing

·         Planning and designing promotional material for the business

·         Customer service interfacing skills

·         Understanding requirements and satisfying customer requests

 

 

 

Industry Training     Network Planning Bootcamp, Web Publishing, IP/Data Certification, Application Service Providers, Nortel Networks Certified Account Specialist, Assertiveness Training, Internet Thruway (ITW) & Internet Call Waiting, CDMA Overview, Magellan Technical Specification, Advanced STEM Analysys, Nortel Technical Products Overview, Advanced MapBasic Programming, NetMate Architect- proprietary network design tool, Introduction to STEM Analysys, Network Management and Control CCS#7, DMS Engineering & Architecture, BC170 Introduction to ABAP/4 Certificate (SAP Australia).

 

 

 

Computer Skills        Ÿ    Geographic Information System Software: MapInfo Professional 6.5,

       MapBasic 6.5, Vertical Mapper, ABS CDATA96, ABS Business

       Register, Microsoft Access, SQL, RF Import, MapMarker Australia

Ÿ         Network Planning: Microsoft Excel, Netmate Architect, Copper & Cable Plant Tool, SDH Planner, Bandwidth Model

Ÿ         Business Planning: Microsoft Excel, Analysys STEM 6.2 (Strategic Telecommunications Evaluation Modelling)

Ÿ         Presentation Software: Microsoft Powerpoint, Adobe Acrobat, Word

Ÿ         Document Management Systems: OpenText Livelink 9.0, WebCT