Rafael Lontoc, Service Manager

Rafael Lontoc

Service Manager

Cyviz Middle East

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Master of Business Administration
Experience
21 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 5 Months

Service Manager at Cyviz Middle East
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2015

■ Manages the Service operations in Middle East Asia and ensures that all clients systems are
supported by the team to achieve the targets as agreed in the Service Level Agreements (SLA)
■ Collaborates with top management regarding Service design packages during renewal of SLA
■ Contract management, planning, resource deployment and implementation
■ Provide a high level of customer service and support through regular communications, handles a team of engineers providing preventive and corrective maintenance visits, managing escalations and monitors deliverables have met in terms of time, cost and quality
■ Preparing and issuing of post incident reports, technical reports and service reports
■ Provides risk and issue assessments to ensure normal operations are obtain while keeping both client and support team safe from hazards identified
■ Promotes innovations and improvements and provides plan for implementation
■ Designs recovery processes that ensure customers of operational systems with limited system downtime.
■ Conducts meetings with stakeholders to inform them about the outcome of the visits made and improvements done.

Systems Engineer at Cyviz Middle East
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2010 to December 2014

Job function as Systems Engineer
■ Responsible in design and installation of AV systems in a collaborative work environment
■ Integration of Cyviz video processors and controllers with videoconferencing codecs, video sources management units and audio system devices
■ Performs pre-sales support activities such as performing site surveys, creation of schematic diagram, system drawings, calculations and bill of materials
■ Preparing and completing action plans, liaise with clients about problems or issues arising from installations and during preventive maintenance/corrective maintenance of the system, and reports to immediate supervisor for the countermeasure done
■ Performs customer support, servicing, diagnosis and repair of faulty system/projectors
■ Performs annual maintenance checking of existing AV systems

Electrical Lines Engineer at S E & M Engineering Consultancy
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2008 to August 2010

Key Responsibilities:
■ Prepares drawings, calculations and specifications for electrical disciplines including Power and Lighting systems, ELV systems including Fire alarm system, voice and data, security and CATV systems to be given to the client for approval
■ Reviews and approves contractors’ documents including engineering plans, specifications, project schedules, designs, circuit diagrams, and estimations
■ Ensure compliance of projects with the standards set by the government agencies in UAE (Civil Defence, DEWA, ETISALAT, Du, etc.) and in Qatar (Kahramaa, Qtel & Civil Defence)
■ Required traveling to Doha, Qatar for site supervision, testing and commissioning

Design and Development Engineer at MICRO AUTOMATION INDUSTRIES
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2006 to September 2008

The position's responsibilities include:

• Performs designing of printed circuit boards (PCB) and product molds of power protection devices
• Design platforms include AutoCAD 2007 and ProEngineer for Mechanical design; EAGLE and GerberView for PCB designing.
• Checks conformity of developed PCB and Molds with existing standards including British standard (BS), CE, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), etc. and performs compatibility testing.
• Product Designs include molds and PCB for P6C series Power Protection Devices with shutter assembly, P314 and P304 for 3 phase power applications, Extension Cords as well as Powertac
• Supervise technicians in designing PCB including layouts, design checking, component selection, prototyping and testing.
• Reports to the Factory manager all activities concerning developments of new products.

Equipment Modification Engineer at FUJITSU COMPUTER PRODUCTS CORP. OF THE PHILIPPINES
  • Philippines
  • April 2002 to March 2006

The responsibilities for Equipment Modification Engineer were as follows:
- Provides Electro‐mechanical modification and model upgrade of Automated and Test Equipments for Hard
Disk Drives including Servo Track Writer, Stacker/Destacker machines from AL7 to AL10 series
- Supervise machine test runs, PLC programming and testing, sub assembly and equipment evaluation, and
servo signal analysis.
- Performs machine hardware and software upgrade, anti‐virus installation, windows network administration
- Provide detailed analysis reports on model upgrade and modification

Education

Master's degree, Master of Business Administration
  • at University of West London – RAK, UAE
  • September 2020

The Masters in Business Administration of UWL - UAE Branch Campus is an Executive program that aims to improve the effectiveness as manager or leader and transform career prospects whilst encouraging individual entrepreneurship. The course also provides a comprehensive overview of international management and business issues within a framework that allows to develop particular areas of expertise through a choice of optional modules and a personal dissertation. The curriculum is designed to help your continuing professional development and to develop a critical understanding of corporate strategic development and functional perspectives on business activities, both locally and globally.

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • at BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
  • March 2001

This is a 5 year degree that focuses on two major aspects: Electronics Engineering and Communications Engineering. From Basic Electronics through Advanced, it also tackles Engineering Aspects of Instrumentation and Control, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, Broadcast Engineering and Acoustics as well as Radio Laws and Ethics. Designs on AM /FM Radio Stations, Telephone Switching, CATV Systems, Microwave Communications and Advance Electronic Designs were performed during the study. The bachelors degree enabled me to get a license through a Philippine Regulations Commission governed exam in 2001 for Electronics and Communications Engineers in the Philippines.

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Preventive Maintenance
Field Service
Video Systems
AUTOCAD
MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Access)
Interpretation of Electrical, Pneumatic and Mechanical Drawings
PC /Windows Network Software and Hardware Installation and Troubleshooting
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Wndows 7, Windows 8 and 10
New Venture Development
Audio Visual System Setup and Installation
Service Delivery Management
Business Strategy Development

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Languages

Tagalog
Expert
English
Expert
Japanese
Intermediate

Memberships

INSTITUTE of ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS of the PHILIPPINES-UAE CHAPTER
  • Member
  • January 2010
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Member
  • August 2013
Project Management Institute
  • Member
  • August 2013

Training and Certifications

ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2018
Certified Technology Specialist - Avixa (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2019
Valid Until:
December 2022
Project Management Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2020
Valid Until:
August 2023
ASEAN ENGINEER (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2018
Professional Electronics Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2018
ITIL v3 Certification for IT Service Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2017

Hobbies

  • Traveling
  • Photography