Amedeo SAVA, Strategy Program Manager

Amedeo SAVA

Strategy Program Manager

Telekom

Location
Romania
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
27 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 0 Months

Strategy Program Manager at Telekom
  • Romania
  • My current job since August 2015

Monetize existing infrastructure through Network Inventory Program (Accuracy & Completeness GIS database improvement, enable Managed Services Flow Automation ERP ) to support End To End Service Delivery & Service Assurance. Lean service delivery and service assurance, process re-engineering

Managing Partner at SPM ltd
  • Romania
  • January 2007 to July 2015

Start-up consulting firm specializing in providing externalized strategy consulting, network operations and project management services.
Founder & Principal Consultant:
Monitored and directed HR recruitment, development and compensation, Sales, Marketing, Profit & Loss and strategic management operations. Spearheaded and supervised various projects including Malaysia DVB T2 project (Media Broadcast Germany CEO and CTO), and Strategy Programmes Project for CDMA, LTE, UMTS, and Fixed Mobile Convergence (Telekom CTO). Managed and controlled €20M operating budget for 825 brand new mobile network sites (CDMA) to offer or improve communication in remote areas. Recruited and trained CDMA radio, transmission, implementation, and operations team to build the new network. Conducted system functionality tests and redesigned internal processes to drive on-time service delivery for B2C and B2B CDMA improvements and control B2B client solution efficiency.
Key Accomplishments:
- Recruited and developed CDMA new team performing the fastest Telekom start-up and 800 new site deployments in one year, acquiring 100, 000+ new customers and raising annual revenues to €9M within one year of commercial service launch;
- Saved €10M in Capex investments for Telekom by utilising existing infrastructure and realised an additional €5M annual Network Opex savings by replacing high-consumption BTS with Huawei with 60% reduced energy consumption BTS.
- Led European Union, Black Sea Romanian Project, a multi-site system equipped with radar and an FLIR camera system, Control and Command Centre, for Black Sea Romania Border Police. Project included the power and security solutions. Project earned praise as the first Romanian Police EU-funded Project delivered on time and within budget in the last twenty years.
- Facilitated Huawei SWAP business line development delivering Orange and Vodafone SWAP projects, enhancing Huawei Romania public image, productivity, and profitability. Huawei Romania telecommunications SWAP’S business increased by 40% in 2008 and 2009; replaced Orange Romania Alcatel’s obsolete GSM and Vodafone Romania Siemens obsolete Siemens GSM networks with brand new, energy-saving Huawei 3G&4G equipment.

Network Operations & Real Estate Director at Vodafone
  • Romania
  • June 1997 to December 2006

Led Vodafone Technology Human Resources, PMO, SCM, budgeting and P&L functions.
Recruited, developed and led team of 45 staff and another 30+ externalized staff.
Monitored and ensured employee health and safety. Orchestrated and performed smooth operations, planned maintenance and repair a national mobile site network, along with technical, office buildings and Vodafone stores network, hosting over 2, 500 employees. Built and operated the 4, 000 mobile sites, Telco exchanges, data centres, office buildings, and stores. Led team that provided 1st and 2nd level support for all Vodafone radio, microwave, switch, and data centre sites. Whilst real estate director, led team to acquire sites, obtain building permits, design buildings and stores, build infrastructure, and install/configure/test all systems.
Key Accomplishments:
- Championed infrastructure optimization program, achieving 99.95% network availability by collaborating with Vodafone UK & VF Deutschland technology departments to select and implement state-of-the-art energy-efficient, radio, HVAC, UPS, rectifier equipment, and advanced building design solutions.
- Increased telecom site construction productivity from 20 sites to up to 110 sites per month without increasing headcount, developing the team Civil Works, Electrical Engineering, PM and Negotiation skills, improving the processes with their help, improving E2E team performance.
- Led Renewable (Solar, Wind, and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Sites) Programme; managed design of original Romanian automation design, which delivered 93% of yearly Telco site energy, from wind and solar source.

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at University of Melbourne
  • November 2011

online MBA, 18 subjects, Harvard MBA Curriculum: 601 Organisational Behaviour 612 Finance 620 Managerial Economics 630 Marketing Management 650 E-Business 602 Data Analysis for Managers 611 Financial Reporting and Statement Analysis 660 Operations Management 640 Managing International Business 730 Marketing Strategy 690 Strategic Management 2700 Supply Chain Management 770 IT Systems for Business 711 Performance Measurement and Control Systems 750 Human Resources Management 760 Management of Services 761 Developing New Enterprises 790 Capstone Management Project

Diploma, Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • at PMI.org - Project Management Institute , USA
  • June 2005

PASS Certification valid through May 2018

Master's degree, Master of Science, Electrical Engineering
  • at Polytechnic University of Bucharest
  • November 1988

5 years , day course Electrical engineering : Electromagnetic field mathematical analysis Mathematical modeling Electrical fields physics Electrical materials chemistry Mechanics and strength of materials Programming languages Electric drives Electromechanical converters Measuring Systems Protection systems and appliances with static switching Linear Electrical Drives Microcontrollers and PLCs Transport and distribution of electricity CAD-CAE Electric industrial systems Power Electronics and Automation

Specialties & Skills

HR Strategy
Lean Sigma
Telecom Infrastructure
Reward & Recognition, Design & Management
Succession Planning
HR Information Systems Implementation
Change &Transformation Management
Shaping the Company Culture
Organizational Design
Talent management and Retention
Health and Safety Management
Project management
Leadership
Communication
Internal & External customer relationship
Innovation management
Supply chain management
Lean organization design
Six sigma
Human Resource Management

Languages

French
Expert
Romanian
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Memberships

PMI
  • Project Management Professional
  • June 2005

Training and Certifications

Six Sigma (Training)
Training Institute:
Vodafone Internal Training
Date Attended:
February 2002
Duration:
80 hours

Hobbies

  • Fiction Literature
  • Tennis
  • ski