Shadi Azzam, Operations Manager

Shadi Azzam

Operations Manager

Precise Telecom Services

Location
Iraq - Erbil
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering
Experience
15 years, 10 months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 10 months

Operations Manager at Precise Telecom Services
  • Iraq - Erbil
  • My current job since June 2014

Job specifications:
• Project Management:
 Follow the projects status with the project managers in the organization
 Monitor the budget for each project
 Issuance of the payments on each project with the support of the project manager and the finance manager
 Progress tracking to insure the quality and meet the timeline of each project
 Plan and implement the quality plan for each Project.
 Plan and implement the HSE plan for each Project.
• Business Development Management:
 Looking for new opportunities in the Iraqi Market
 Targeted customers are the telecom operators mainly
• Sales:
 Follow up on all the sales cases in our pipeline
 Study all the projects (financially and technically)
• Presales:
 Review all the tender documentation with the PMs and the presales team to price the projects and submit the proposal to the customers
 Preparing proposals and submitting them before deadline
Scope of work included: GSM/Mobile Site Integration
• Site survey and generating survey reports
• Verify Design and create Site Survey Reports
• Central office cabinets and ODF installation
• Tower Erection.
• Installing and commissioning of Base stations with all related Civil Work.
• Testing, Labeling and commissioning
• Executing Telecom infrastructure (Trenching Telecom Corridors, Building manholes, Pipe Laying, compaction and reinstatement…)

Project Manager at Qualios W.L.L
  • Qatar - Doha
  • September 2012 to January 2014

Initiating, Planning, Executing, and Controlling QNBN FTTH Project with Ericsson in Qatar. The Job Role included Cost Estimation and management, Plan and control Project activities and phases, Human resource Deployment plan, Time Management, Quality Control, communication plan, Qualitative, Quantitative Risk analysis and mitigation, Procurement management, OHS management and managing operations of teams on site. Moreover the job role extended to include other projects and biddings.
Scope of work included: OSP/ISP Implementation and testing
1. Site survey and generating survey reports
2. Verify Design and install ropes inside Ducts
3. Central office cabinets and ODF installation/splicing
4. Fiber optic Cable installation
5. Joint closure installation and splicing
6. Testing, Labeling and commissioning

Project Manager at Qualios S.A.L
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2011 to August 2012

Initiating, Planning, execution, controlling, and closure of the 3G project for Ericsson in Lebanon. The project includes civil work, RBS installation and commissioning, and Transmission implementation. At the management part it includes coordination with Ericsson, setting timelines, pricing, and controlling quality up to the standards. Qualios teams management, resources management and cost management.

GSM Site Engineer at Camusat S.A.R.L
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • March 2011 to June 2011

GSM Site construction management, GSM radio planning and implementation, and 3G implementation and supervision for HUAWEI project in Lebanon.

Telecom Site Engineer at Khatib and Alami
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • December 2010 to March 2011

PSTN infrastructure consultancy for the Lebanese ministry of Telecommunication: material specifications and installations, electrical tests, and civil work inspections.

Corporate Sales Manager at Green Light S.A.L
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2010 to December 2010

Promoting and selling Green light Products in the Lebanese market. Preparing proposals, quotations, and contracts including Private labeling solutions. Reporting market feedback about product movement, competition, price change and promotional activities conducted by competitors.

IT Corporate Sales Executive at Nesma Adavanced Technology
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • September 2009 to January 2010

Help constructing telecommunication infrastructure design solutions for new projects. Promoting and selling Nesma Internet services and IT business solutions. Preparing proposals, quotations, contracts, technical solutions including bidding to Governmental tenders. Reporting market feedback about product movement, competition, price change and promotional activities conducted by competitors

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering
  • at Lebanese American University
  • June 2008

Telecommunication Engineer

Specialties & Skills

Leadership Communication
Time Management
Cost Control
Project Plans
Primavera P6
Communication Skills
Cost Control
Quality Management
Operations management
Project Planning
Microsoft Office
Project Budgeting
Primavera project planner
Project Execution
2G,3G,3.5G
Team Building
Business Development

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

PSTN Switching Concepts and Techniques, PSTN Planning, PCM Operation and Configuration of Alcatel Sw (Training)
Training Institute:
OGERO COMMUNICATION, LEBANON
Date Attended:
July 2007
Duration:
200 hours
BTS3900/A installation and commissioning, BSC installation and commissioning, Transmission system (Training)
Training Institute:
Huawei Lebanon
Date Attended:
April 2011
Duration:
45 hours
RBS (6601, 6201, 6101, 6102) installation and commissioning (Training)
Training Institute:
Ericsson Lebanon
Date Attended:
August 2011
Duration:
40 hours
Fiber Optic Concepts, Applications and Implementations (Training)
Training Institute:
oreedo
Date Attended:
September 2012
Duration:
50 hours
Project management in Primavera P6-course 102 (Training)
Training Institute:
Order of Engineers & Architects
Date Attended:
March 2012
Duration:
54 hours
Project management professional Preparation Course (Training)
Training Institute:
CMCS (PMI certified)- Order of Engineers & Architects
Date Attended:
April 2012
Duration:
52 hours

Hobbies

  • Chess
  • Hiking
  • Reading