Zafar Aqueel, Head Global Service Delivery Unit - Core

Zafar Aqueel

Head Global Service Delivery Unit - Core

Ericsson India Global Service Pvt. Ltd.

Location
India - Delhi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communication Engineering
Experience
27 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :27 years, 9 Months

Head Global Service Delivery Unit - Core at Ericsson India Global Service Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Delhi
  • My current job since September 2009

Responsible to support Multi technology, multi-vendor, multi-services & their Demands fulfilment for both local and Global Customers across all Regions under Managed and NDO services handling Circuit Core, Packet Core, IP Networks, IMS & voLTE, Wireline, IoT(PoC) and Cloud. Integrated Delivery Management & assurance of Service Excellence with E2E delivery responsibilities & ownership. Unit Strategy Alignment w.r.t Ericsson Business Strategy Model. Drive strategy execution. Cost efficiency, Profitability with Quality delivery. Apart from general Department administration, Internal collaborations, Employee engagement, Growth and development plan for individuals, Identifying right Leadership traits along with skills and competence.

Head Wireless Prepaid Operations at RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS LTD
  • India - Mumbai
  • November 2003 to September 2009

Responsible for the Operations of Prepaid Network (CDMA & GSM) / VAS Nodes and its Service Assurance with 99.99% of Network availability. Handled 50+ engineers both central & at remote locations. Responsible for interfacing with Top Management, Circle CTOs & CDMA Leads, to identify the technological needs towards Service Assurance & KPI Management. Products configurations and its circle wise roll-outs as per Business needs and demands.

Network Engineering – Manager at GTL LTD.
  • India - Mumbai
  • February 2001 to November 2003

Responsible for Project management, support management and engineering co-ordination of all the O&M related issues w.r.t. contracts of the GSM Core switch within and outside the function. Assignments handled for the following Customer’s Network viz: Motorola India Limited, Mumbai, Motorola India Limited, Gurgaon, BPL Mobile Limited, Pune & Thuraya Telecommunication Company, Primary Gateway, Sharjah (UAE).

Deputy Manager - Operations & Maintenance at RELIANCE TELECOM LTD.
  • India - Kolkata
  • December 1997 to January 2001

Responsible as a Switch Professional in Managerial Category for the Operation & Maintenance of Ericsson AXE-10 (08K) MSC and other GSM nodes viz. GSM inter working unit and Ericsson MXE system for Voice messaging and Short message service.

Service Engineer at M/S COMPUTER CLINIC, SSI UNIT.
  • India - Kolkata
  • August 1996 to December 1997

Responsible for Maintenance of computers and its peripherals in the service center as well as at the customer’s sites

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • at North Eastern Hill University
  • July 1996

The North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) is a unique Institute of its kind in the country, having unconventional and innovative academic programmes. It was established in 1983 by the Government of India. It is a deemed-to-be-university, autonomous, fully funded and controlled by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.The institute is managed by a Board of Management, comprising representatives of MHRD, the eight beneficiary states of the North Eastern region, AICTE and educationists.

Specialties & Skills

Customer Focus
Result Oriented
Business Acumen
Collaborative Working
Integrity
Telecom Operations & Engineering
Network Operations Centre Management
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Customer & Stake holder Management
Assurance & Service Resource Fulfillment
People & Service Delivery Managemnt
Managed Service Delivery

Languages

English
Expert
Bengali
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Ericsson Leadership Development Program- RINA LCC14-C (Training)
Training Institute:
Global Leadership Program by Ericssson
Prince II Foundation & Practitioner (Certificate)
Leadership Excellence Program (Training)
Training Institute:
IIM Ahmedabad
ITIL Foundation V3 (Certificate)
Innovative Leadership & Team Building (Training)
Training Institute:
XLRI, Jamshedpur

Hobbies

  • Singing
    Gold medalist in College competitions
  • Cricket
    Captained College Team, Represented Department in Company's tournaments