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SAMEH ELIWA
Cell: +20-1221930194 +20-1022818022
sameh_elaraby@hotmail.com

PROFILE
Over 9 years of experience in the telecommunication field with a practical hands-on approach to
design, install, implement, commission, integrate and advanced troubleshooting for optical
transmission equipments PDH, SDH, DWDM and OTN. Proven ability to manage and complete projects
to the highest standard, with meticulous attention to detail, meeting set timelines and deadlines.

SKILLS
Multi-tasking
Self-motivated
Stress management
Test and troubleshoot transmission
equipment multi-vendors

Project management
Team player
Good listener
Extensive optical networking knowledge

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TELECOM EGYPT
Position 1: Section head for Transmission equipments implementation
Position 2: Optical Network Engineer

08/2006 to Current
08/2006 to 07/2015

Responsibilities:

Study Transmission contracts/projects.

Initiate Project Plans with the PM (collect data/requirements, estimate cost, stakeholders).
Support project manager monitoring and controlling project p h a s e s a n d t e a m s .
Writing reports and keeping records.
Excellent knowledge on planning transmission networks (traffic, DCN, rings synchronization,
Commissioning, Acceptance and Testing PDH, SDH, DWDM and OTN equipment).
Use optical measurement tools such as OTDR, power meter, optical attenuator, SDH tester, Data
analyzer for G.E and spectrum analyzers.
Installation, Testing, Commissioning, Integration and Migration of optical transmission equipments
Huawei (Optix series, OSN1500, OSN2500, OSN3500, OSN6800 and OSN8800), ALU (PSS-32,
PSS-64, 1860, 1830, 1350) and Siemens (hiT 7300, hiT 7070 and hiT 7080).
Working on Network Operations and Monitoring Software for Huawei, Siemens and ALU OMS.
ONLINE HORIZONS INC
System and Web Administrator

01/2006 to 08/2006

Help desk technical support

Monitor customers servers and ensure its performance and q u a l i t y
Install, Configure and Administrate Web Servers (IIS 6 and IIS 5), Mail Servers (Mailenable and
IMail), and Database Servers (SQL 2000, SQL 2005, MySQL4.1 and MySQL5).
Administrate and Configure Backup server.
ISCC
System Administrator

01/2005 to 01/2006

Help Desk operator

Install and configure CISCO routers and switches
Monitor, Install and configure network servers (Exchange mail, Windows web and DNS) and
network PCs.

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EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING: COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS
Faculty of Engineering, Helwan Uni., Egypt
Communications and Electronics Department, Computer Section

2004

COURCES AND TRANNING

RMP preparation course Jan 2014
SDH and DWDM O&M Huawei China September 2012
PMP preparation course June 2012
SDH and DWDM at Nokia Siemens Germany 2009
CCNA preparation course
MCSA self-training on Windows 2000 and 2003.
Microsoft Network Essentials on Windows 2000.
Introduction to Advanced Communication Systems.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full name: Sameh ElSayed ElAraby ElSayed Eliwa
E-mail : sameh_elaraby@hotmail.com
Call : +20-1221930194 , +20-1022818022
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Date of Birth: 7th of January, 1981
Present Resident in Haram, Giza, Egypt
Sex: Male
Status: Married with 2 children (age 5)
Hobbies: Swimming, Reading, Internet surfing

SKILLS
Project management, Project planning, Stress Management, Communication Skills, contracts, Presentation
skills, Team worker, Continuous improvement.
Telecommunications, Optical network, Transmission, SDH, DWDM, Implementation, Integration,
technical support, Technical training and Troubleshooting.

LANGUAGES
Arabic Fluent.
English Well.
German Reasonable (B1 and improving).

AFFILIATIONS
Egyptian Engineers Syndicate

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Project Management
Supervised project production efforts to ensure projects were completed to company standards, on
time and within budget constraints.
Project Coordination
Provide drafting and project set-up support to the communications staff, creating initial to final
plans for whole project.