Osama Elamin

• Managed high profile projects
• Actively involved in Project Planning and Implementation by facilitating project execution, providing project cost control, schedule tracking, risk management and quality improvement
• Communicated project progress to stakeholders, sponsors as required and defined.
• Led and coached the team for the improvement of the work processes
• Led the team for network planning, system design and implementation activities
• Led the network Optimization of the SDH network
• Re-engineer the synchronization network
• Participated in the acceptance testing for the Alcatel Lucent 1626 DWDM system
• Participated in the acceptance testing for the Ciena OME6500 DWDM and the Ciena Core Director systems
OME6500 DWDM and the Ciena Core Director systems

• Managed projects (scope, planning, execution, budget, schedule, risk management, closing)
• Communicated project progress to stakeholders, sponsors as required and defined.
• Led, coached project team members proactively.
• Designed and implemented Private and public networks.
• Analyzed and reconfigured clients networks
• Created plans and designs that integrate the voice, data, and video communications networks to meet business objectives.
• Analyzed and determined the business needs

• Led the planning, design and implementation of a fiber optic network for the Washington Operating Market area.
• Supported pre-sales and post-sales, marketing and engineering activities for all Fujitsu, Nortel, Cisco, Force 10, Infinera and Ciena CN-4200 products in the SONET, and Ethernet space compliant to IEEE and ITU standards.
• Led the project team for the evaluation and the introduction of the Ciena CN-4200 platform into Integra
Telecom network.
• Managed Optical networks and Metro Ethernet (LAN/WAN) projects from the design stage until completion
• Managed cost budget to allocate overall cost estimate to individual tasks.
• Produced project status reports, managed the team and resolved day-to-day issues

Senior Strategic Planner with exceptional technical background and versatility providing in-depth technical support and valued contributions to business execution in: Sales and Marketing.

• Spearheaded collaborative effort to author the strategic planning document for the data network, transport network and voice network.
• Made long-range planning and technology strategy recommendations to senior management for Integra Telecom network.
• Key technical resource on advanced network planning efforts toward new market penetration and investments.
• Prepared business case analysis for advanced high visibility projects.
• Define the requirements for new technology (SONET, DWDM, Ethernet) and translate these requirements into technically sound solutions

Successfully manage the Network Planning group to execute projects by providing fast and efficient quality services based on business principles;

• Led the planning, design and implementation of a fiber optic network including the long haul and the metropolitan area networks in most every major city in the western U.S and the rural markets across the US.
• Satisfied corporate and investor goals by partnering with management peers to develop the reutilization of the inventory for the company. This effort enabled the company to save $5 Million in capital expenditure and contributed to the company became free cash flow
• Led the team effectively and showed mentoring as well as conflict resolution skills

Senior professional in the practice extended managerial and technical guidance to the engineering group to a successful launch of new products and services. Completed a broad array of projects, which emphasized business process improvements, system integration and vendor management.

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• Preparing and maintaining the capex and opex for each quarter of the respective financial year
• Ensured the provision of top quality services to the projects as per the established engineering guidelines; explore and analyze possibilities of further developing the efficiency of engineering personnel;
• Built, led and successfully managed a team of professionals applying principles of effective and efficient service delivery; aligned individual work plans to the company’s work plan and objectives; demonstrate sound management competencies;
• Satisfied corporate and investor goals by partnering with management peers to develop the reutilization of the inventory for the company. This effort enabled the company to save $7 Million in capital expenditure.
• Managed large-scale telecommunications service projects proposed to Fortune 500 companies, state government agencies and carrier accounts
• Established processes and procedures for the collocation with the Local Exchange Carriers (LEC) and the Inter Exchange Carriers (IXC)
• Managed the design activities of the largest long Haul Dense Wave Division multiplexing (DWDM/SDH) system in Western United States, spanning more than 3, 000 miles and requiring nearly 60 remote equipment shelters; the capex for this system is $130 million.

Designated as a lead planner and subject matter expert for the optical network. Other duties included inbound marketing, pre-sales support, and customer builds. Customer base primarily consisted of competitive telecom providers, incumbent telecom providers and fortune 500 business companies.

• Provided network planning details, project management and technical specifications of the deployment of the Electric Lightwave’s network.
• Partnered with peers to develop processes to monitor network capacity and augment accordingly.
• Developed standard formats for network plans involving network expansions, capacity upgrades and technology introductions.
• Led the design and engineering activities for the company fiber optic network. Acted as expert engineer to review SONET equipment from Cisco, Lucent, Nortel, Fujitsu and Turin. Received specific onsite certification and training on SONET products.
• Evaluated and selected partner vendor technologies, to complete full end-to-end solutions, and guided business development efforts through the establishment of strategic alliances and contracts with System Integrators and Partners.

Professional Engineer led the expansion and modernization of MCI network in Texas and Michigan.

• Performed the preliminary studies and sites survey for the placement of SONET/SDH fiber rings in large metropolitan areas (Dallas, Detroit, etc) for budgetary purposes.
• Developed engineering packages that includes the number of electronic fiber rings, number of nodes in the ring, SONET equipment, power systems and cross connect equipment.
• Prepared budgets for these network and customers’ builds. Budgets range from few thousands dollars to several millions dollars depending on the project requirement.
• Provided technical support to internal and external clients

Professional Engineer led the expansion and modernization of MCI network in Texas and Michigan.

• Performed the preliminary studies and sites survey for the placement of SONET/SDH fiber rings in large metropolitan areas (Dallas, Detroit, etc) for budgetary purposes.
• Developed engineering packages that includes the number of electronic fiber rings, number of nodes in the ring, SONET equipment, power systems and cross connect equipment.
• Prepared budgets for these network and customers’ builds. Budgets range from few thousands dollars to several millions dollars depending on the project requirement.
• Provided technical support to internal and external clients

Served in various roles during this tenure including Systems Engineer I, Systems Engineer II, and Systems Engineer III
• Developed the system-level specifications and architecture, design of the optical system for MCI long haul network.
• Conducted a quality site audit and site survey for the major sites for MCI Telecommunication in the Northeastern region of the United Sates.
• Developed engineering service order packages that include project installation material lists, floor plan, transmission system rack face, power plant, monitor and control drawings.
• Designed Network Synchronization that ensures the integrity of network operations and applications. The design include Stratum 1 clock (GPS Antenna), Stratum 2 clock and Stratum 3 clock. These timing sources provide timing to the wire center equipment.