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Bernard Onyiwe has over 16 years of experience in project management and engineering roles in the telecommunications sector. He currently works as an Operations Manager at Degenesis, Lagos, Nigeria, where he manages a team of 30 employees and is responsible for operational improvement and cost control. Previously, he held engineering roles at Ericsson Nigeria, MTN Nigeria, and General Telecoms, among others, where he specialized in areas like project management, quality management, planning, and network optimization. Onyiwe has an MBA in Production and Operations Management and an MSc in Communication and Technology Policy.
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- 1. EN G R . ONYIWE BERNARD ONYIWE P M P C/O Mrs Esther Onyiwe Phone: +2348037262233/2348032004648 # 33, Akindele Coker Street, Egbe Lagos Email: benyline@yahoo.com/bernard.onyiwe@gmail.com PMI-Project Management & Engineering Professional Technical Support | Project Controllership | Team Leadership | Risk Management ¡°Innovative thinker with broad-based expertise in strategy, operations, Engineering and business growth¡± Top Performing, impeccable and results-focused Telecommunication & Project Engineer with more than 16 years of experience spearheading complex and effective projects at large Engineering organizations, including Telecommunication sector, Engineering firms, and different projects. Possess a combination of project/resource management, technical support and engineering, installation and maintenance, team leadership, support agreements, communication planning, regulatory & compliance and Information Technology skills. Demonstrated ability to catalyze lucrative results while complying with budget and time constraints with excellent communication, verbal and writing skills. AREAS OF EXPERTISE ? Project/Program Management ? Total Quality Management ? Strategic Planning/Analysis ? Disaster Recovery Planning ? BSS & RAN Optimization ? Continuous Process Improvement ? Change Management System ? Cost Reduction & Budgeting ? Clients & Contractors Leadership ? Installations & Maintenance ? Field Operations ? LTE Operation KEY SKILLS ASSESSMENT Ensure continuous improvement of processes and procedures to foster efficiency. Operations & Maintenance on Ericsson MSS & MGW nodes in MSC In Pool. Planned, budgeted and supervised engagements of team members to ensure the planning of preventive maintenance to be carried out in line with task schedules and industry best practice. Producing Operational manuals which define how the business is to run PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE DEGENESIS, LAGOS, NIGERIA December 2016 ¨C PRESENT OPERATIONS MANAGER Driving Operational improvement, maximizing the value of the company assert base while ensuring a tight control on the company¡¯s operational cost. Responsible for monitoring and continually improving standards of performance and quality within the operations. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: ? Managing a Team of approximately 30 employees in a busy work environment. ? Negotiating contract, ensuring that they balance value and risk ? Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives and procedures ? Creating, managing and analyzing performance data and other information ? Ensuring that capacity and capability are continually planned ? Encouraging, identifying and developing best practice strategies ? Ensuring compliance to all Environmental Health and safety goals and objectives LM ERICSSON NIGERIA, V/ISLAND, LAGOS April 2014 ¨C NOV 2016 BSS/RAN BO ENGINEER Establish project plan baseline: define project scope, secure the necessary resources & plans & monitor all activities. Drive project execution: track project activities, monitor & handle changes, conflicts & escalations. Handle customer & stakeholder engagement: manage customer relationship building confidence. Perform pre and post- tests to confirm that network functionalities are restored after a major node function change on BSS nodes. Report problems observed during Corrective Maintenance actions that are outside the scope of current Corrective maintenance activity. Carry Out comprehensive investigation and in-dept. analysis on all repetitive faults in order to proffer appropriate solution for BTS engineers. Performance of daily health check of all the BSCs. Carry out re parenting/Rehoming and cutover activities. Perform O & M function on RNCs and NodeBs. Using OneTM a remedy tool to log trouble tickets for field Engineers and tracking same for effective resolution. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: ? Execute approved disaster recovery (DR) plan and continuously identify, evaluate and proffer mitigating actions with regard to potential risks to business continuity across multiple dimensions - such as infrastructure, controls, regulatory requirements, support agreements and resourcing - from a network standpoint. ? Working with other functional unit areas of the business to enhance contingency plans and mitigate the effects of a technology system or application failures in order to ensure that various units are able to continue managing the various assets.
- 2. Onyiwe Bernard Onyiwe | +2348037262233 | benyline@yahoo.com Resume, Page 2 MTN NIGERIA, LAGOS, NIGERIA Jan 2009 ¨C March 2014 SWITCH ENGINEER Established and executed approved disaster recovery (DR) plan and continuously identified, evaluated and proffer mitigating actions with regard to potential risks to business continuity across multiple dimensions - such as infrastructure, controls, regulatory requirements, support agreements and resourcing - from a network standpoint. Worked with other functional unit areas of the business to enhance contingency plans and mitigate the effects of a technology system or application failures in order to ensure that
- 3. Onyiwe Bernard Onyiwe | +2348037262233 | benyline@yahoo.com Resume, Page 3 various units are able to continue managing the various assets, satisfying regulatory obligations and maintaining SLAs. Identify the project risk to define risk strategies and develop the risk management plan. Secured the information, e.g. back-up tapes, DVDs are made available in the alternative data center. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: ? Executed the tasks defined in the project plan to achieve project goals. Identify key project team members, their roles and duties to create a project organization structure to develop a communication plan. ? Allocate resource proactively while ensuring the appropriate resources and tools assigned to the tasks according to the project plan. Managed BSS & RAN optimization works through change management system. ? Streamlined the operations and measured project performance using appropriate tools and technique, formalize and obtain final acceptance for the project. ? Deployed and administered emergency and maintenance corrections software packages to addressing specific faults on the AXE nodes & MGW and perform hardware swaps/change on MSS& MGW.
- 4. Onyiwe Bernard Onyiwe | +2348037262233 | benyline@yahoo.com Resume, Page 4 FIELD SUPPORT ENGINEER (OCT 2003 ¨C NOV 2007) Troubleshoot and carry out reactive repairs as instructed by management. Establish and maintain a good working relationship with all clients and contractors. Monitored the performance and availability of the BSC¡¯s. Performed site and RF transmission modifications and site preventive maintenance. Troubleshoot failures within the network securing the 24/7 availability KPI¡¯s. Decommissioned RBS equipment, hot cutovers of RBS and Microwave Radio equipment within set outage Windows. Commissioned and decommissioned different power rated generators at various BTS sites. Implemented PDH/SDH Microwave Link with Stratex DMC, Harris, Ericsson Equipment. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: ? Liaised with local and foreign contractors on the installation, commissioning, testing and acceptance of different types of telecommunication equipment.
- 5. Onyiwe Bernard Onyiwe | +2348037262233 | benyline@yahoo.com Resume, Page 5 ? Installed/configure/integrate Ericsson¡¯s GSM RBS 2000 equipment including rigging, antenna placement, cabling and termination of cable. Upgraded BTS and transmission link capacity. ? Organised and give trainings to colleagues to update them on new equipment and methods of installing, configuring, commissioning and integrating it into network. GENERAL TELECOMS PLC NIGERIA, LAGOS , NIGERIA March 2002 ¨C Oct 2003 IMPLEMENTATION ENGINEER Led and motivated a team of 6 multi-skilled professionals. Directed all functions and activities associated with Installations and maintenance of Vsats (ku band /C-band), PABX (SX series, Lyrics and ISDX), LAN and WAN management and microwave radios (PDH/SDH). Appointed to plan and lead the implementation of communications equipment installation and integration. Deployed of Vsat to 57LGA¡¯s in Adamawa and Jigawa states (ALGON project). KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: ? Prepared Radio Site Installation Document (Transmission) encompassing configuration data, plant specification, test report,
- 6. Onyiwe Bernard Onyiwe | +2348037262233 | benyline@yahoo.com Resume, Page 6 wiring diagram (transmission cross-connection) and Cable Distribution Diagram. ? In charge of PDH/SDH/GSM rollout for a new mobile network. Performed ¡®Line of Site¡¯ for transmission equipment installation and a technical site survey to determine its suitability for radio site construction. ? Installed Harris SDH 7+1 STM-1 Equipment such as antenna, radio and cabling. Produced and coordinated testing and documentation (BER Test for PDH and SDH) STC ELINEX, LAGOS, NIGERIA Nov 2001 ¨C March 2002 RADIO ENGINEER ? Provision of microwave radio links for ISP¡¯s. Configured of Routers, Bridges and Switches. Link and packet monitoring. ? Planned, budgeted and supervised engagements of team members. Managed audit team to perform commercial financial statement audits for clients. HOTEL PRESIDENTIAL PORT-HARCOURT, LAGOS, NIGERIA Aug 1999 ¨C June 2000
- 7. Onyiwe Bernard Onyiwe | +2348037262233 | benyline@yahoo.com Resume, Page 7 ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION TELECOMS DEPT., RIVERS STATE {NYSC} ? Operations & Maintenance of Microwave Radio link maintenance Gilat VSAT. EDUCATION & TRAINING
- 8. Onyiwe Bernard Onyiwe | +2348037262233 | benyline@yahoo.com Resume, Page 8 B.Eng., Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Jan 1999 MBA, Production and Operations Management, Lagos State University, March 2011 MSc. Communication and Technology Policy, University of Strathclyde Glasgow July 2009 Total Quality Management I-Skill (Lagos) Aug-13 - MSS troubleshooting, Ericsson training school, Feb 2013 Executive Project management training (Achieving enterprise-wide organizational goals), MDATA, Lagos, July 2012 Basic First Aid Training, Nigerian Red Cross, June 2012, Lagos Basic Fire safety Training, Nigerian Fire Service, Jun 2012, Lagos PMI- RMP Certification, RISK Management Professional, Nov 2011, PMI GSM/WCDMA MSoftTX3000/UMG8900 Configuration, Huawei training Center Jun 2011, Huawei Technologies CO LTD M-MGW V4 R6 Configuration, Ericsson Education Center, May 2011, Ericsson Telecom AB PMP Certification, Project Management Professional, Jul 2010 - Electrical Eng. (R.19, 760), COREN Dec 2010 GSM/WCDMA MSS-Server R13.2 Configuration, Ericsson Education Center Ericsson Telecom AB, Jul 2009 GSM/WCDMA MGw R5 Configuration, Ericsson Education Center Ericsson Telecom AB, May 2009 Maintenance and operation of Megastar & Truepoint Harris Corporations, Harris training center, 5000, Sept. 2007
- 9. Onyiwe Bernard Onyiwe | +2348037262233 | benyline@yahoo.com Resume, Page 9 UNPUBLISHED WORKS Reduction of PAPR in wireless OFDM Communication Systems (University MSc Research Project) (Sept 2008) GSM Operations in Nigeria: Case study on MTN Nigeria (University MBA, Research Project) (Nov.2007) Design & Construction of a traffic light System over a single way bridge (University Final Year Research Project) (Nov 1998) The use of Video coding Technology in wireless communication systems (COREN Technical report June 2010) PERSONAL DETAILS, Date of Birth: July 21, 1976 ? Sex: Male ? State: Delta ? Nationality: Nigerian
- 10. Onyiwe Bernard Onyiwe | +2348037262233 | benyline@yahoo.com Resume, Page 9 UNPUBLISHED WORKS Reduction of PAPR in wireless OFDM Communication Systems (University MSc Research Project) (Sept 2008) GSM Operations in Nigeria: Case study on MTN Nigeria (University MBA, Research Project) (Nov.2007) Design & Construction of a traffic light System over a single way bridge (University Final Year Research Project) (Nov 1998) The use of Video coding Technology in wireless communication systems (COREN Technical report June 2010) PERSONAL DETAILS, Date of Birth: July 21, 1976 ? Sex: Male ? State: Delta ? Nationality: Nigerian