Career Objectives
I worked for 8 years in telecom industry, past 3 years worked as project manager in Ericsson Iran. Now Im looking to make a significant contribution with a similar international company to improve my project management abilities to a higher level.
Key Qualifications
PMP candidate
PROPS-C Certified
Skilled in project cost management
Skilled in Pre-sales projects on Initiating and Planning
Skilled in managing stakeholders influence in project
Strong Risk Management skills
Experienced in technical aspects of telecom and IT
Professional Experience
Jan 2008 Jul 2010
Customer Project Manager, Ericsson, Tehran, Iran
I was promoted as Customer Project Manager under PMO department. I was CPM for multiple projects in different accounts. I improved my performance rapidly by achieving project objectives within planned schedule and budget.
Jan 2010 Jul 2010
- CFR (Contract Fulfillment Responsible) & CPM for In-Building project (Pre-sales project, Involved in Initiating and Planning)
- CFR & CPM for Implementation of A-bis over IP features. (Planning & Executing)
- CPM for BSS Nokia swap out project (Pre-sales project, involved in Initiating & Planning)
Sep 2009 Dec 2009
- CFR & CPM for BSC Project, including BSC Relocation for 2 BSCs, BSC Expansion for 18 BSCs, Site Re-Homing for 600 RBS, IOG swap to APG, and BSC SW upgrade. (Involved in Initiating, Planning, Executing and Monitoring & controlling process groups)
Jan 2009 Dec2009
- CPM for Class D BSC project as a part of Turn Key NRO project, the project was a long term project in 4 phases and I was involved in phase 4 of it, the project includes below sub-projects from Initiating to closing process groups
Deployment of new BSCs (Including SA, CW construction and BSC Installation & Integration)
BSC Expansions for existing BSCs
BSS SW Upgrade
BSC Relocation
RBS Re-homing
OSS HW and SW upgrade
- MVI (Multi Vendor Implementation) Manager (to manage critical stakeholders influences in project)
By playing this role in project I had close tracking on stakeholder management by managing their influence in project. Other competitors (Huawei & NSN) where high influential external stakeholders, because they where the NSS Vendor for the same project and managing of their influence was crucial activity during life of the project.
Jan 2008 Dec 2008
- CPM for implementation of new OSS RC System
- CPM for Design and Implementation of new DCN and MLM (Mini Link Manager) System in transmission network over the country.
- CPM assigned in MCCI account to clear outstanding issues with customer during conclusion phase
Jul 2007 Jan 2008
Project Coordinator, Ericsson, Tehran, Iran
- I started my career in Ericsson as project coordinator for Access Network Implementation (ANI) under ANI department for a turnkey NRO project. I was responsible to coordinate ANI teams to meet the monthly targets of NRO project within the provided schedule and budget. My great achievement during this time was about coordinating of a multiple team under a tough schedule and high pressure.
Nov 2006 Jun 2007
Project Manager, Partcell, Tehran, Iran
- Partcell was a Service Provider to Ericsson IRN and I was assigned as Project Manager to plan, Execute and monitor the project to meet the customers requirement. The project was a part of turnkey NRO project in 3 specific regions and it includes Site Acquisition, Civil Works and ANI works.
Jul 2006 Sep 2006
Optimization internship, ZTE, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- I was attended in an internship program for optimization of CDMA networks in ZTE and it was great experience for me to work with a Chinese company and learn their organizational culture.
Jan 2006 Jun 2006
Radio Planning Engineer, Telecom Malaysia (AKTell), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- As a first international experience in telecom, I was a junior Radio Network Design engineer in AKTell to launch a new 1800MHz GSM network in Bangladesh.
Jan 2003 Dec 2005
Telecom Engineer, Partcell, Tehran, Iran
- I started my career in telecom industry by joining to Partcell as telecom engineer for Access Network Implementation project and quickly by taking trainings on Radio Planning I was promoted as Radio Planning engineer in partcell.
Certificates
PROPS & PROPS C Certified
General Management Diploma from Industrial Management Institute of Iran
Ericsson BSS Operation and Maintenance
Ericsson Mini Link System Operation and Maintenance
Ericsson Certificate, WCDMA System fundamentals
Radio Network Planning by Asset 3G
GSM Radio Network Design
Computer Skills
Expert on Microsoft Office Programs (specially MS Excel)
MS Project and Primavera
Good Network administration skills
IP network configuration skills
Programming experiences
Technical Skills
Expert on Ericssons Radio Base Station (Installation, Configuration, Integration and Troubleshooting)
Expert on Ericssons Transmission System Mini Link (Installation, Configuration, Integration and Troubleshooting)
GSM Radio Network Planning
Frequency Planning
Language Skills
Persian Native
English Fluent
Turkish Beginner
Personal Information
Name Siavash
Last name Fahimi
Birthday 3rd of March 1984
Marital Status Single
Nationality Iranian
