Philippe Hitti, COO

Philippe Hitti

COO

360 Engineering

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
21 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 10 Months

COO at 360 Engineering
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since November 2011

Managing and directing two contracting departments:
A. Telecommunications department
• Site Acquisition with the local operators - radio, transmission and CW design and sites
negotiations
• Full turnkey sites construction project with local operators - standard rollout
• Custom tailored solutions for the Lebanese army - new infrastructure for a new Tetra
network
B. Construction department
• Full turnkey main contracting - Mazraa 5492 - 18 floors residential building (around 12
million dollars real estate project)
• Full turnkey main contracting - Bliss 697 - 14 floors residential building (14 million dollars
real estate project)
• Construction extension of existing INKRIPT Factory Mega Project in Bchamoun
• Construction as a full turnkey of a village composed of 18 buildings with the complete rural
infrastructure in Bsous area (100 million dollar real estate property)
• Monoprix - BHV - Civil works rehabilitation and construction in Jnah
• Alfa Franchise re-branding - design and execution of all shops

CTO at NEO consult
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • April 2008 to November 2012

Co-founder and projects director, overseeing all phases of multimillion-dolIar telecommunications
infrastructure and environmental projects for government and private sector clients. Experience
includes managing a crew up to forty engineers and skilLed technicians in GSM infrastructure
improvements, transmission hops instalLation and commissioning, design and instalLation of PV
powered green solutions and a variety of other construction and rehabilitation projects. Backed by
strong credentials and a proved history of on-time, on-budget and high quality project completions.

• 3G rollout project: project director: working closely with Ericsson for the implementation of the
3G network for Alfa (1st GSM operator); 145 sites (including CW, telecom installation and
transmission expansion and integration)
• Project director for Huawei: implementation of the core network (RNC-BSC and switches
rehabilitation) for MTC (2nd GSM operator). 3G rollout project with Huawei includes civil works,
Telecom installation and transmission deployment.
• Wi-Max infrastructure project for Mada - Waves.
• Alfa expansion project for the year 2009 dozens of rollout sites (1 million $ project)
• GSM operator radio BS swap out projects for Nokia Siemens (40% of GBA network)
• MTC Lebanon expansion for the year 2009: A 2M$ project which includes the expansion of
the existing network hub which is widely distributed along the Lebanese territory from Akroum in
the northern area down to Naqoura southern coastal region.
• Syrian Border Interference Project with Alfa and MTC Lebanon to reduce interference between
both countries. This is a 1M$ project that includes full turnkey GSM sites construction from
excavation up to transmission and RF lines, antennas installation and commissioning.
• Preventive maintenance for transmission towers for MTC Lebanon.
• GSM IBS for Alfa and MTC Lebanon
• Design, supply and installation of green solutions for telecommunication rural sites: This
project was properly executed and delivered to the MoT. All relative photovoltaic autonomous sites
were commissioned and tested in the presence of the former Minister of Telecommunications (i.e.:
Arz Tannourine 6KWp solar generator to power up an ERICSSON base station and MW link on NEO
consult's 35 m angular tower).

Technical Manager at Ginger Group - Camusat
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • September 2004 to March 2008

Head of operations: Planned, coordinated, and directed engineering project, organized and
assigned staff, and directed integration of technical activities with products. Evaluated contract
proposals, directed negotiation of research contracts, and prepared bids and contracts.

• Rehabilitation of the majority of all bombarded GSM sites after the July war of 2006
• Microcells implementation for Alfa
• Managed the rollout of Mobi/iburst phase I soft launch in 2006-2007.

Consultant at Ministry of Telecommunications
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2002 to September 2004

Technical consulting within the Owner Supervisory Board of MIC1 and MIC2 regulating and
monitoring the mobile business in Lebanon and in direct relation with the minister of
telecommunications.
Projects: Handover project between FTML, Libancell and the new management of the GSM
sector (Alfa and MTC Lebanon); Tender process and documents for the management of the GSM
sector in Lebanon; Master Transfer Deed: official agreement between the government and the BOT
contractual operators of the GSM sector; The final network custody and operation between the MoT
and both GSM operators; The full monitoring probes for the consolidation of CDRs traffic between
GSM operators and Mot the owner of the sector;

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at University of Leicester
  • November 2015

MBA, Management 2015 Leicester University - Leicester, United Kingdom Graduated with distinction and with emphasis in Information Technology project management.

Diploma, Civil Engineering
  • at Saint Joseph University
  • June 2002

Diploma of Civil Engineering , Civil Engineering 2002 ESIB - Mar Roukoz, Metn, Lebanon Civil Engineering - Emphasis: Building and Project Management (ranked first in my class of fellow engineers)

High school or equivalent, French and Lebanese Baccalaureate
  • at Mont La Salle
  • September 1997

High School Diploma, Baccalaureate 1997 MLS - Ain Saadeh, Metn, Lebanon French and Lebanese baccalaureate

Specialties & Skills

IT Project Management
Telecommunications
Rollout
Engineering
Civil Engineering
Project Development
Conflict Resolution
Negotiation
Leadership
Process improvement
Staff retention

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Expert

Training and Certifications

IT Ambassador KADO, South Korea (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2007
Valid Until:
December 2007
Certificate for the installation, commissioning and integration of Flexi EDGE BTS 2G/3G wireless (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2008
Certificate of Completion of the Photovoltaic Advanced Course and NEC 2008 Solar Energy (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2011
PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
AUB & CMCS
Date Attended:
October 2011
Duration:
35 hours
E-government Management - South Korea (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2004
CWA - Certified Wireless Analyst (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2016

Hobbies

  • Cinema
  • Guitar
  • Reading
  • Tennis
  • Music