Islamabad, Pakistan

+92-346-5231696

khan.abdulaziz@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/abdulaziz-khan-pe-pmp/2/538/479

Abdul Aziz Khan

PE, PMP: PMI#1959612
Experience Summary
More than 15 years of diverse experience in Telecommunication especially in
Planning, Deployment, Operations and Project Management of large scale projects.
10 years extensive experience of cost effective planning and implementation of
large scale nation wide MW Network deployments in Pakistan.
8 years extensive experience of cost effective planning and implementation of large
scale DWDM and OTN deployments in Pakistan and UAE.
Managed Budgets of more than 10 million dollars, completed several projects of
lowering OPEX upto 50% in a year.
More than 8 years of experience in Vendor and Sub-Contractor Management.
Experienced of supporting Cross-Operation Expert Group Program for Transport
Networks with emphasis on MW, DWDM, OTN and DWDM/IP network convergence
and Support for development of Group-level optical roadmaps and technologies
Experienced in Planning, Installation, Testing and Commissioning, Service
provisioning and Operations of Cisco, Siemens, NEC, NSN, Alcatel Lucent and
Huawei Transmission Equipment
PMI certified PM experienced in all aspects of Project Management; from Initiation
to Closing, and from Integration Management to Procurement Planning.
Keywords: Transmission Network Planning, RFQ, Vendor Evaluation, Vendor
Finalization, Budget Management, PO Closing, Operations, Capacity Planning, CLS,
Submarine, FTTH, GPON, Vendor Management, 2G, 3G, 4G, GSM, EDGE, 3GPP,
CDMA, IP, MW, DCN, IEEE1588V2, SunchE, Synchronization, Optical Fiber, PDH,
SDH, DWDM, OTN, ROADM, ASON, IP/MPLS, MPLS-TP, GMPLS, ng-SDH, Project
Management, ITL V3, DataCenter Planning and Optimization.
Work Experience
OTN Engineer (DU, www.du.ae Sep 2014 till date)

Responsible for Transmission Planning, Implementation, Operations and Project Management of the
Transmission Projects of du, the activities includes; designing, ordering, resource planning, Progress
reporting to the higher management, bottlenecks identification and rectification through multi-functional
teams, installation, testing and commissioning of the systems, commissioining of Services untill handing
over to the operations team, ensuring all five areas of Project Management are followed as much as
required.

Regional Project Manager South(LCC, www.lcc.com June 2014 to

July 2014)
Responsible for Project Management and Implementation of Ericsson TI project of BSS and
Transmission for the following project:
Mobilink Project: 2G Swap and Power Swap
CMPak Project: 3G Transmission Upgrade

Senior Engineer Transmission Planning (DU Telecom,www.du.ae

APR 2008 to May 2013)
Responsible for Transmission Planning, Implementation, Operations and Project Management of the
Transmission Projects of du, the activities includes; designing, ordering, resource planning, Progress
reporting to the higher management, bottlenecks identification and rectification through multi-functional
teams, installation, testing and commissioning of the systems, commissioining of Services untill handing
over to the operations team, ensuring all five areas of Project Management are followed as much as
required.

Major Responsibilities:

Gathering requirements and Forecasts from Internal Customers and Business Units to perform
capacity planning and RFQ preparation for new requirement or extension of on going projects
Liaising with internal departments for timely availability of Optical Fiber, Space and Power on sites
for smooth installation of equipment and delivery of services.
Planning of the required services to utilize the network in most efficient way.
RFQ Preparation, Evaluation and Finalization, Realization of the budget and closing of POs.
Vendor management for equipment ordering and delivery to the sites.
Sub-Contractor management for Installation, Testing and Commissioning of devices.
Liasing with the Operations team for Service Provisioning and end to end testing.
Ensuring that all required Project Management best practices are being implemented.
Reporting to the management during the whole project lifecycle.
Identification of the bottlenecks and raising of early alarms.
Liasing with third part vendors for acquiring capacity for du in areas where du owned Optical Fiber
is not available.
Capacity Planning and Optimization of du Network.

Major Accomplishments:

Working internally as a consultant to prepare RFP, evaluate RFPs, select vendors, finalizing BoQ
and SoW, finalizaing contract, getting sign off from all the stake holders and manage the vendor and
sub-contractor for succesfull delivery of the requirement, finalizing all requirements to close POs
and formally close the project.
Deployment of Nationwide OTN backbone based on Huawei 8800 and 6800 to provide Ethernet
and TDM services to all internal and external customers, the network is based on the most advanced
OTN Platform which can carry 80X100G services on a single fiber and can provide range of
services from STM-1 to STM-64, 10G, FC100 FC800 and various kind of TV data rates.
Testing of Huawei solution for upgradation of OTN from 10G and 40G to 100G in du Lab.
Deployment of Nationwide MSTP+ hybrid (ng-SDH) network based on Huawei OSN 7500, 3500
and 1500 for the backhaul of mobile and LTE services.
Installation of different SDH boxes of Alcatel Lucent (AMS, AMU and ADMUs) for various
internal and external customers and handing them over to the Operations.

Installation of L3 DCMEs for International Carrier Relations team to provide redundancy to

international voice in case of major fiber failures.
Migration of Services from third party Fiber to free the fiber and saving huge OPEX for the
company.
Implementation of new Synchronization Network for LTE based IEEE1588v2.
Implementation and bringing into service a new SubMarine Cable Landing Station facility on the
Arabian Sea that connected du to SMW4.
Migration of 2G and 3G services from MW to OSN network to ease the frequency congestion,
rectifying Tower Loading issues and providing the services to the end user on a more robust media
and enhance the network performance and availability.
Offloading of Tellabs PDH boxes to save huge OPEX
Optimization of the ng-SDH based DWDM ring to save huge OPEX and CAPEX for du.
Deployment of nationwide DWDM network based on Huawei BWS1600G.
Installation of Cisco Switches and Routers, CRS, GSR, 7000 and 4500 series.
Writing of RFP for the procurement of Test Instruments for du.
Deployment of Synchronization Network based on IEEE1588v2 for the synchronization of LTE
network

Transmission Planning Specialist (Telenor

Pakistan,www.telenor.com.pk June05 to Apr 08)
Responsible for all activities related to Transmission Network Planning, Design and dimensioning of the
BTS/BSC/MSC/MGW Sites throughout Pakistan and coordination with equipment suppliers i.e. Nokia,
Siemens, NEC, Huawei and Nortel.
Major responsibilities:

Interface with IT, IP Core, RF Planning and Core Network Planning to properly Forecast the traffic,
dimension the backhaul network and relevant interfaces between various radio and other network
components (Abis, Ater, A, Gb, FE, GE, FR, ATM).
Planning of Microwave links on Path Loss and AirCom Connect
Interface with other departments for Transmission Planning for future projects like WiMAX,
IP/MPLS, FSO, BWA, VSAT, etc.
Planning of new Frequency in Telenor Network, coordination with PTA
Evaluation of different vendors, contract negotiations with the successful vendors.
Responsible for setting short and long term plans for the future planning and development of the
GSM/EDGE Radio network.
Prepare regular progress reports of the activities related to the GSM/EDGE network utilization and
expansion projects.
Responsible for preparing budgets for Transmission requirements for network expansions of the
GSM/EDGE to extend the Radio coverage country wide.
Continuously scan the market for new technology trends and practices in order to maintain the
competitive advantage of Telenor Pakistan.
Synchronization and DCN planning of the complete network.
Coordinate with Site Design Team in implementing the planned network by providing equipment
details and power requirements.

Major Accomplishments:
Planned more than 3000 BTS sites on Nokia and Siemens MW links.
Planning of MW Back Bone on 10.5 GHz links in order to save huge OPEX spent on leased media
from other operators.
Planning of SDH MW in Metro and sub-urban areas
Intra-System Interference analysis of Siemens, Nokia and NEC
Microwave Performance Monitoring of the complete network of Siemens, Nokia and NEC.

 DCN Planning of the complete network, Intra-System DCN design of bringing Siemens and Nokia
DCN traffic via DCN channels of NEC and vice versa, this solution has saved a lot of CAPEX and
OPEX for the company
VSAT and compression equipment deployment
Planning of Nationwide Fiber Optic Back bone on DWDM.
Planning of Metro Optical Fiber Rings for connectivity between MSC and BSCs.

Transmission Planning Engineer (Pakistan Telecommunication

Company Limited www.ptcl.com.pk Jan 05 to Jun 05
Solely responsible for transmission planning of 1200 BTS Sites throughout Pakistan, coordinating with
three equipment suppliers and various PTCL internal departments.
Major Responsibilities:
Microwave Planning of 1200 sites of PTCL WLL Network using Pathloss 4.0.
Planning of OF Media Connectivity and ensuring on-time availability of E1s and STM-1s for BTS,
BSC, MGW and MSC.
RF Planning of BTS Sites using Enterprise 3g, Map Info, Global Mapper and Arc View.

Major Accomplishments:
Transmission planning of BTS Sites throughout Pakistan.
Planning of OF Media Connectivity through PTCL Media.

Visiting Teacher (Institute of Advance Technologies www.iat.edu.pk

Jan 00 to Mar 01
Responsible for teaching C++, Data Communication and Computer Hardware
Major Responsibilities:
Teaching C++, Data Communication and Computer Hardware
Designing of Course for Post Graduate level Classes
Major Accomplishments:
Deployment of Campus LAN for more than 100 computers and servers

Assistant Manager Marketing(Carrier Telephone Industries,

Islamabad) May 98 to Jan 05
CTI, a company now owned by Siemens, was the manufacturer of Telecom Equipment under Siemens
License.
I was responsible for Marketing of Microwave and SDH equipment to PTCL and various other
governmental and private institutions.
Major Responsibilities:
Transmission Planning of Siemens SDH, PDH systems using CONFITT, Microwave planning using
Pathloss 4.0, DMLE and RIFU.

 Project Management of Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Transmission Networks

throughout Pakistan.
Leading teams for different projects of Transmission and Mobile Networks
Involved in Bidding/Offer Preparation, Pre-qualification of Vendors, Out Sourcing of Equipment,
Contract Drafting with Customers and Sub-Contractors.
Developing in-depth knowledge of Microwave Propagation, RF Planning, GSM, CDMA, AMPS and
Data Communication Protocols.

Major Accomplishments:
Won Major Annual Development Plans of PTCL for the supply of Microwaves through different RFPs
and RFQs.
Participated in various RFQs and RFPs by other Mobile operators and government agencies.
Conducted the Technical Survey of NTC Back bone Network.

Academic Qualification

BSC in Electronics Engineering (Telecommunications) from University College of

Engineering and Technology, Mirpur AK, Pakistan in 1997

Professional Trainings

5 day training on Project Management Tools and Techniques

10 Days Local Training of ICND1 and ICND2
40 days extensive OTN training in Shenzhen, Chinacovering allaspects from Planning to
Operations
5 Day Training on Huawei MSTP+ in Dubai, UAE
1 Day training on Basic Fire Fighting and First Aid by ETSDC in Abu Dhabi, UAE
1 week training of DWDM Planning by Huawei in Shenzhen, China
2 weeks Team Building Training by Telenor Pakistan at Nanga Parbat Base Camp
2 days training on Synchronization by Oscilloquartz
1 Week training on Transmission Planning by Telefocal in Islamabad
2 day training of AirComm Enterprise in Huawei Office, Islamabad.
2 Day Course on Communication Skills in CTI.
1 Day workshop in ICMAP, Islamabad on IPR in WTO.
2 weeks training on Microwave Propagation, SDH Concepts and Installation, Testing and
commissioning of SRA 4 (Siemens SDH Radio) in Milan, Italy.
2 day training on Export Marketing from SMEDA in Lahore.
3 day training of Test Instruments by Acterna in Islamabad.
3 day Marketing course by PIM Karachi.
3 weeks training from Huawei in China for Intelligent Network (GSM).
2 day course on Modern Marketing Management.
4 day course on Basic of SDH.
2 day course on Basic Comm. and MUX/DMUX + SH Frame Structure.
2 weeks intensive training of Testing of Telecom Products in FTL CTI.