Hassan Taher

• As a CFR, I was responsible for the pre-sales and sales of the proposed solutions and products.
• As a PM, Developing and delivering progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations to all project stakeholders including Key Account Manager and C level.
• Managing 20+ resources divided in onsite and offshore model team based on agreed SOW and SLA.
• Responsible for contract execution strategy and associated risk exposure and ensuring alignment with financial contract governance
• Monitoring contract execution, contract financial performance, and ensuring that Ericsson and the customer fulfill all contractual obligations
• Conducting Management Review Meetings to ensure effective Delivery and operational Excellence
• Identifying add on sales opportunities via a close cooperation with the customer in the delivery project
• Accurately forecasting revenue, profitability, margins, bill rates and utilization

Key Achievements

• Zain KSA: Transformation Reload project swapping out Huawei Billing & CRM with Ericsson Full stack solution with budget of 9 Mil USD under my streams
• Zain KSA: PM for the first Worldwide Charging System 17 implementation

STC KSA:
• Apple DCB Project
• Oracle ExaData migration from X3-2 to X5-2 and upgrade of DB from 11g to 12c
• Realm Unification project - Sales and Delivery
• IVR FNF Change - Delivery
• Hybrid new rate plan - Sales and Delivery
• Refill without ID check - Sales and Delivery
• Protocol Converter to Web services - Delivery
• Hanging sessions on SAPC - Delivery
• Pre-Sales CFR as part of the Core 3 team for multiple opportunities in total of 400 Mil SAR
• STC KSA CFR for Service Delivery Framework for Geo redundant site
• Charging System 16 virtualization and PCRF GR,
• Charging System 16 upgrade on existing production nodes
• ECE (Ericsson Composition Engine) upgrade

• Developing project scope (budget management, timelines, and delivery dates), customer relationships, cost avoidance, continuous design improvements, conducting status meetings and customer reviews.
• Resource planning: preparing and securing the resources required to deliver the projects (this includes managing the resource leveling among different projects).
• Constantly updating the project implementation plan and mini-risk analysis/mitigation.
• Preparing for the steering meetings and milestones review meetings. Identifying and promoting new business opportunities.

Key Achievements:

• KyivStar Ukraine as part of the 1 Billion Dollar Revenue Manager BSS transformation for Vimplecom. Reviewing SOW, Preparing the High-level time plan, Working on the Proposal, Risk assessment, Responsibility matrix, Workshops.
• Orange Egypt- Project Manager for Mobile Broadband Charging (1 Year 3 months): Swap Volubile System to Ericsson MBC system, prepare acceptance strategy, Plan and execute the Acceptance test schedule, Follow up with 3rd party integration and testing.
• Mobilink Pakistan - Project Manager for Charging System 5.0 Swap (1 year) NSN Swap out to Ericsson Charging System 5.0 for 58 Million Subscribers. Planned the Acceptance test schedule and executed it, managing a team of 14 Engineers, following up with 3rd party integration and testing.
• Telma Madagascar - CFR on presale Green Field for CS6.0 Reviewing SOW, preparing the High-level time plan, Working on the Proposal, Risk assessment, Responsibility matrix, Workshops, Presentation to Customer for the proposal.

I have the below roles and responsibilities:

• Prepare/perform network configuration and integration test for new and expanded elements.
• Prepare/perform system demonstration and/or acceptance as required.
• Gather all the required and valid tools, methods and processes, following recommendations/guidelines for delivery process where possible.
• Produce documentations such as HLD, LLD, list of test cases, test instruction, Method of Procedure (MOP), test progress and report.
• Properly handle customer requests.
• Be a point of technical coordination escalation for on-site problems and issues.

Projects worked on: Hutchison 3G UK, MTN GUINEA, ZAIN NIGERIA, ZAIN CHAD, ZAIN CONGO, ZAIN GHANA, Telecel BURKINA FASO, Unitel ANGOLA, STC Saudi Arabia, Mobily Saudi Arabia, MTN IRAN, Mobilink Pakistan, Korek Iraq, Orange Egypt, Alfa Lebanon, ZAIN KSA, T-Mobile USA

• Operate, monitor the Billing system BCRM developed by Eskadenia.
• Working with MACH as DCH & performed Tadig testing with international partners and successfully lunched commercially with them.
• Checked for fraud issues.
• Operated Huawei IN system.

- Monitored and operated the billing system
- Carrying out scheduled tasks and regular backups of the systems