Hicham NEKKASSI, IP Transport Technical Project Manager

Hicham NEKKASSI

IP Transport Technical Project Manager

Alcatel-Lucent

Location
Morocco - Rabat
Education
Master's degree, Telecommunications
Experience
19 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 10 Months

IP Transport Technical Project Manager at Alcatel-Lucent
  • Morocco - Rabat
  • My current job since October 2014

RESPONSABILITIES:

+ Prime technical interface with the customer. Understands the customers'​ strategy and manages their technical expectations.
+ Understands the customers' strategy and manages their technical expectations.
+ Responsible to propose an engineering plan of execution, following clear milestones by Customer Delivery.
+ Identifies engineering resource requirements into resource managers and PM.
+ Defines integration and testing strategy & coordinates engineering teams into it.
+ Identifies deliverables under engineering responsibility. Plans & executes these deliverables with engineering team taking care of cost, quality & milestones.
+ Identifies internal and external technical risks impacting the project (ARs, ONs/Alerts/Announcements, product evolution) and proposes & implements risk mitigation plan.
+ Identifies and analyses customer needs and advises them on solution / technology / products that are the best fit and supports technically on up-scopes development.
+ Manages handover to other technical teams (CTS, NI, NPI, even FF)
+ Supports Solution Architects, during presales phase, to insure feasibility and delivery of the solution

PROJECTS:

+ Inter-Subsidiaries NG-DWDM project: Mauritania Part - Mauritel - Maroc Telecom Group
+ Carrier Ethernet Transport Extension-2015 : NG-DWDM Part - MédiTelecom - Morocco
+ G-Cloud an e-Gov project - Burkina Faso
+ 10G Extension of Fes-Meknes Lang-haul Ring - Maroc Telecom Morocco
+ 100G Extension of Fes-Mekens Lang-Haul & Metro Rings in Fes, Meknes, Rabat & Casablanca

Strategic Industries Technical Project Manager at Alcatel-Lucent
  • Morocco - Rabat
  • September 2013 to September 2014

END CUSTOMER: Imouraren S.A. (Joint Venture between AREVA & Niger Government)

PRIME CONTRACTOR: TSU Projects

PROJECT: Extension of LAN/Telephony Network on Imouraren Mining Area and

RESPONSABILITIES:

+ Responsible of design and engineering documents delivery as per customer specifications (High Level Design, Block Diagram, Wiring Diagrams…)
+ Technical interface with CCTV (Gutebruck) supplier and with internal engineering team (ALU Enterprise/GNEIC)
+ Technical validation of deliverables prepared by Gutebruck or GNEIC.

E2E Integration Expert at Alcatel-Lucent
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2013 to December 2013

 From February 2013: Integration Expert for NPCC Bab Thamma-G & Habshan-2 project
o Customer: National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) Prime Contractor awarded by Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO)
o Project: Bab Thamama-G and Habshan-2 1.8 MMBOPD Phase-1 Development Project - Integration of Telecommunication System
o Responsibilities: + Act as main interface for telecom commissioning & integration work.
+ Plan and supervise commissioning & integration of telecom systems (ACS, Meteorological, CCTV, PAGA, Wimax, UHF, LAN and SDH/PDH)
+ Coordination for all site activities with Customer, Contractor and 3rd Party Vendors
+ Reporting to project management team (work progress, installation issues, missing hardware…)
+ Installation verification and pre-commissioning check.
+ Commissioning and Acceptance Test for Wimax network (12 Base Stations & 106 CPE from Redline)
+ Commissioning of Ethernet switches deployed for Wimax (ALU OmniSwitches and RuggedCom switches)


Training & Certifications:
 RCSP-RDL3000 & AN80i Certified : RCID# RSCP-RDL3000-AN80i-130125-ALU-3302

Strategic Industries Solution Architect at Alcatel-Lucent
  • Morocco - Rabat
  • July 2012 to December 2012

o Customer: TSU (Prime Contractor) was awarded by Imouraren SA (End customer, a Joint Venture between AREVA & Niger Government)
o Project: Extension of TETRA Network on Imouraren Mining Area
o Responsibilities: + Preparation of engineering documents as per customer specifications (High Level Design, Block Diagram, Wiring Diagrams…)
+ Technical interface with TETRA (Rohill) supplier and with internal engineering team (GNEIC)
+ Technical validation of deliverables prepared by Rohill or GNEIC (TETRA & Microwave).

Wimax & UHF Design Engineer at Alcatel-Lucent
  • Morocco - Rabat
  • January 2012 to July 2012

o Customer: National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) Prime Contractor awarded by Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO)
o Project: Bab Thamama-G and Habshan-2 1.8 MMBOPD Phase-1 Development Project - Integration of Telecommunication System
o Responsibilities: + Technical interface with 3rd party suppliers
+ Technical validation of solution, products and deliverables provided by 3rd party vendors (Redline, Motorola via Safeer, RuggedCom, ALU Enterprise) with respect to customer requirements.
+ Provide engineering documents as per customer specifications (BoM, Data Sheets, Tag Numbering, Cable Schedule, Alarm List, Site Acceptance Test Procedure…)
+ Validation of CAD drawings.

Strategic Industries Solution Expert at Alcatel-Lucent
  • Morocco - Rabat
  • August 2011 to December 2011

B&P Support to Bid team on ONCF-LGV offer.
o Customer: ONCF the National Railway Operator in Morocco
o Opportunity: Signalling, Telecommunication & Control Centre for the new High Speed Train Line (LGV) between Casablanca & Tanger.
o Responsibilities: + Coordination with bid team and SMEs.
+ Preparing cost notes for acceptances and tests activities for different subsystem (SDH, LAN/WAN, Telephony, Railway Telephony, CCTV, ACS, Industrial Switches)

Lead Technical Project Manager at Alcatel-Lucent
  • Morocco - Rabat
  • October 2010 to July 2011

o Customer: MediTelecom the second Multiservice provider in Morocco
o Project: Implementation of the first Carrier Ethernet Transport Network (WDM + IP/MPLS) in Casablanca City and Migration of pilot sites (3G Node-B, Wimax BS and Business Customers)
o Responsibilities: + Prime interface with customer for all technical aspects
+ Responsible of delivering all design, integration & migration deliverables (OFC Report, HLD, LLD, ATP, Migration Strategy, MOP…) with respect to planning & cost.
+ Coordination with project team (PM, Architects/Designers, TPMs, Integrators & Rollout team)
o Achievements: + Migration Execution Service Up scope (from 1 pilot site per techno to all Casablanca 3G network)
+ Outstanding CLI score in 2011: 8.25 (Targeted score was 7.50)

Broadband Access & Transmission Engineer at Meditelecom
  • Morocco - Casablanca
  • June 2007 to September 2010

Tasks & Responsibilities:
 Act as focal point to deliver Last Mile Access to Business customer (Wimax, Microwave & Optical Access)
 Plan and follow up site survey, installation, provisioning and acceptance test activities
 Coordination between Suppliers, Subcontractors, Pre-sales team, Provisioning team and End Customer to deliver last mile access in time, within budget and ensure customer satisfaction.
 Provide Backhaul transmission for Internal Clients (Radio Department, IP Backbone Department)
 Prepare RFQ to select subcontractors
 Prepare RFQ to purchase Access & Transmission solutions
o Hybrid microwave links for 2G, 3G and Wimax BS and Business customers
o Native IP microwave links to ensure IP Backbone expansion
o SDH ADM to built Optical Local Loops
o Optical CPE to provide optical access to Business customers
 Technical evaluation of vendor/subcontractor proposal
 Project Manager of many microwave projects (Network Design, RF Planning, DCN Design, Roll-out, Commissioning, Acceptance Tests, Services provisioning…)
o Providing multi-service access to Business customer
o Backhauling of Wimax Base Stations
o Expansion of Meditel MPLS Backbone
 Prepare offers to Business customers (Solution Architecture, Backhauling cost, Implementation time plan) and working closely with pre-sales engineer to answer clients RFQ (Banks, Universities, Government, Companies…)


Training & Certifications:
 RCSE-RedMAX Certified : RCID# RC-3-100212-MD-3101
 RCSP-RedCONNEX RedACCESS Certified : RCID# BWI-2-091016-MT-2980
 RCSP-RedMAX Certified : RCID# RC-2-090206-MT-2802
 Training on Microwave products: Ericsson; Nera, NEC, Huawei and Redline

TETRA Network Engineer at Ministry of Interior
  • Morocco - Rabat
  • December 2004 to May 2007

Project: « Building a nationwide TETRA network for secure mobile communications »
Tasks & Responsibilities:
 Validation of engineering studies (Radio Coverage, Cell Planning, Network Design)
 Review/comment on Vendor Acceptance Test procedures (FAT and SAT)
 Supervision of site acquisition & site installation
 Plan and supervise installation and commissioning of telecom systems
 Participate in Factory Acceptance Tests
 Manage and conduct Site Acceptance Tests
 Generate punch-lists and follow up with vendor for clearance
 Operation and Maintenance of Rohde & Schwarz TETRA platform : ACCESSNET-T (Base Stations, Switching & Controller Node, PABX Gateway, Switches, Routers, Servers, Network Management DB, Subscriber Management DB)
 Operation and Maintenance of the transmission network: Codan DMR-8800 Series
 Network Management (Fault Management, Performance Management and Security Management)
 Subscriber Management (Creating groups, Creating user profiles, Service provisioning)
 Lead of a team of technicians for O&M of the network
 Provide knowledge transfer and training session to technicians (RF, Networking, Security, TETRA, Microwave…)
Trainings:
 « Introduction to TETRA and the ACCESSNET-T platform » - Rohde & Schwarz
 « Integration, Maintenance & Troubleshooting of the ACCESSNET-T network » - Rohde & Schwarz Service and Training Centre - Köln, Germany
 « Maintenance & Troubleshooting of Codan Microwave Equipments DMR 8800 » - Codan
 « Security on TETRA Network: Authentication & Data Encryption » - Sepura

Radio Optimisation Trainee at Meditelecom
  • Morocco - Casablanca
  • March 2004 to July 2004

Project: « Implementation of a Configuration Management Suit to handle Ericsson Radio features »
 Study of Ericsson BSS (Radio Parameters and Ericsson RBS features)
 Analysis of the Radio Optimisation Process
 Design & Implementation of a Radio Data Base to archive all radio parameters and configuration changes on the BSS using Oracle 8i
 Development of a Java based script to track radio configuration changes on the Ericsson BSS.
 Development of O3_Ericsson (Optimisation Of Optimisation Process), a Configuration Management Tool which provide fast and user friendly access to all Radio parameters and track configuration changes on the network
Plateforms: Ericsson OSS, Ericsson CNAI Interface, Unix Solaris, ORACLE 8i, JDBC, JBuilder.

Education

Master's degree, Telecommunications
  • at Institut National de Poste et Telecommunications
  • July 2004

Specialties & Skills

Pre sales Technical Support
Project Management
Integration
Telecommunications Consulting
Technical Design
Transmission Technologies (Micrwave/FO; SDH/PDH/IP Native; ADM)
Fixed Wimax (RF planning, Capacity planing, provisionning, support)
Access Network
Huawei Transmission Product (RTN-600, Optix Metro100, Optix Metro1050, T2000)
NEC Microwave Product (Pasolinl Neo, Pasolink NeoC, PNMSj)
Redline Family Product Certified (RCSE-REdMAX, RCSP-RedMAX, RCSP-REDACCESS & RedCONNEX AN80i)
Nera Microwave Product (Evolution, Etherlink, Nera NewNMS)
Ericsson Transmission Product (ML E, ML TN, ML HC, OMS, TEMS Link Planner, MiniLink Manager)
DMR, UHF , VHF
CCTV, Access Control

Languages

Arabic
Expert
French
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

By Redline Communications (Training)
Training Institute:
Redline Certified Support Professional - RedMAX
Date Attended:
February 2009
- (Training)
Training Institute:
Maintenance & Troubleshooting of Codan Microwave Equipments DMR 8800
Date Attended:
March 2006
By Rohde & Shwarz (Training)
Training Institute:
Introduction to TETRA and the ACCESSNET-T platform
Date Attended:
June 2005
By Ericsson (Training)
Training Institute:
Mini-Link Manager
Date Attended:
January 2008
By Ericsson (Training)
Training Institute:
Mini-Link HC Operation & Manitenance
Date Attended:
January 2008
By Alcatel-LucenT University (Training)
Training Institute:
Solution Architect Accreditation Program
Date Attended:
February 2012
By Redline Communications (Training)
Training Institute:
Redline Certified Support Professional - AN80i
Date Attended:
October 2009
By ENST de Bretagne (Training)
Training Institute:
Gigabit Ethernet Networks
Date Attended:
April 2008
- (Training)
Training Institute:
Integration, Maintenance & Troubleshooting of the ACCESSNET-T network
Date Attended:
July 2005
By Redline Communications (Training)
Training Institute:
Redline Certified Support Professional - RDL3000-AN80i
Date Attended:
January 2013
By ENST de Bretagne (Training)
Training Institute:
ADSL
Date Attended:
June 2007
By Redline Communications (Training)
Training Institute:
Redline Certified Support Expert - RedMAX
Date Attended:
February 2010