Network Product Manager
Huawei Technologies CO., LTD
Total years of experience :6 years, 9 Months
January 2011 - Current Network Product Manager at Huawei Technologies CO., LTD, Cairo, Egypt Job
Job Description:
• Responsible for market environment & competitor analysis.
• Responsible for market development and opportunities search.
• Responsible for setting & executing mid & long-terms network solutions' marketing strategy.
• Plan and implement branding activities for Huawei network solutions including Transmission, Access and DataCom solutions.
• Customer technical workshops, business consulting & planning, customer needs analysis and overall solution design.
• Responsible for tenders' responses & clarifications.
• Participate in contract negotiations.
• Participate in customer relationship development.
• Issue reports to top management about projects including strategy, milestones and future plans.
Technical Projects:
• Network Solutions Responsible (SR) for Mobinil account.
• Microwave IP Networks Devices (MIND) RFQ project with Mobinil.
• Deputy Project Manager for Mobinil MBB project concerning business consulting & network consulting for Mobinil MBB network.
• Branding activities for Huawei Routers in Mobinil mobile backhaul area.
• Provided fixed network solutions for LinkdotNet including transmission & access solutions.
• Presented LTE mobile backhaul solution for Mobinil.
• Market development in Vodafone Egypt opened new opportunities in mobile backhaul area as well as the core fiber network.
• Branding activities for Huawei IP Microwave solutions in Telecom Egypt.
• Responsible for introducing new technologies & solutions into VFE transmission network studying technical & commercial impacts (Capex & Opex) and handling first integration trials.
• Benchmark suppliers' equipment from technical & commercial point of view.
• Follow-up suppliers' roadmaps stating the impact on VFE transmission network and giving recommendations for network design & planning.
• Responsible for suppliers' performance evaluation.
• Responsible for budget & capacity planning for short & long terms technical plans.
• Responsible for VFE Transport Network Evolution (TNE)
• Responsible for handling transmission special projects including co-ordination & follow- up with involved parties.
• Issue reports to upper management about projects including status, future plans & recommendations.
Technical Projects:
• Managed & upgraded VFE Data Communication Network (DCN) used to control & supervise all VFE transmission equipment.
• Introduction of Ericsson new microwave technologies into VFE access transmission network.
• Handled trial for the 3G traffic transport over SHDSL link, the first in VF-Group.
• Provided & implemented solution for 3G/HSDPA traffic offloading over ADSL links.
• Provided & implemented end-to-end solution for HSPA+ transport using EoPDH & EoSDH technologies.
• Handled VSAT solution technical & commercial evaluations for the invited suppliers.
• VFE SPOC for the Backhaul Evolution Programs (BEP) leaded by VF-Group submitting technical requirements, volumes forecasts & budgetary figures in support of the vendor selection process.
• Handled IP Microwave vendor selection process, technical evaluations & TCO calculations.
• Introduction & testing of IP Microwave technology into VFE access/backhaul transmission network.
• Participated in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) program
• Submit the 1 Year DB/ODTP quarterly, Provide the 5 Year LRP yearly (Capex & Opex forecasts)
April 2006 - March 2007 Pre-Sales Engineer at Mentronix Corporation (Mentor Graphics authorized distributor in Egypt & Middle East), Cairo, Egypt
Job Description:
• Primary interface with customers in Egypt & Middle East.
• Present impact presentations to customers to convey Mentor Graphics tools & services.
• Integrate offer parts as offer manager.
• Optimize offers to present competitive prices without compromising technical
requirements.
• Always aware of customers business issues, technical environment & markets.
• Responsible for the technical after-sales support of Mentor Graphics tools.
• Responsible for offering the professional training on the use of Mentor Graphics tools to the customers.
• "PCB Systems" product sales that address ACCM (El-Kharafy Group) technical project
requirements.
• Provided the customer with full technical support to produce their first motherboard & ADSL modem products.
2000-2005 B.Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt • Major: Electronics & Communications Engineering • Cumulative Grade: Very good with honor • Graduation Project Grade: Distinction
2004-2005 Graduation Project Titled "Implementation, Simulation & Performance Analysis for CDMA Cellular Systems"; we succeeded to design & implement the complete CDMA IS 95 forward traffic channel's transmitter & receiver in the gate level for the first time in an Egyptian University using the components exist in the local market.
2000 Higher Certificate of Secondary Education, High school: Badr El-Islam School, Cairo, Egypt • Advanced English Education • Percentile Score: 97%