Muhammad Shahid Khaki, PMP

Current

Asst. Manager at Etisalat Telecom

Past

Asst. Manager BSS at Zhongxing Telecom ZTE
Regional Manager at Orascom
Sr. BSS Engineer at Saudi Telecom, Riyadh

Communication Field Engineer at Multitech Systems

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Education

Etisalat Academy
Spencer Johnson, USA
Etisalat Academy

Etisalat Academy
Etisalat Academy
PMCampus, USA
NWFP University, Pakistan
NED University of Engineering and Technology
Project Management Institute, USA

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Industry

Telecommunications

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Muhammad Shahid Khaki, PMP’s Summary

Possess eight years of experience of managing GSM/UMTS project rollouts, project management and technical support. Currently working on GSM Site Sharing project in Etisalat Telecom for last 3.5 years. Effective leader with proven abilities in team building and team development to achieve optimum working result alongwith personnel satisfaction.

Expertise encompasses:
* Project Management * Quality Management *Risk Managememnt * Systems Rollout * RAN Rollout (includes GSM, UMTS) * Troubleshooting * MS Project * Advanced MS Excel 2007

Muhammad Shahid Khaki, PMP’s Specialties:

Alcatel:
9100 BTS, Evolium 9110 Micro BTS, Evolium 9120 Base Station Controller, TCU, Node B, RNC
Motorola:
BTS Horizon Macro, BTS Horizon II Macro, BTS Horizon II Micro, BSC and Transcoder
Ericsson:
Micro/Macro Indoor and outdoor BTS, BSC, Transcoder
ZTE:
ZXG10-MSC; ZXG10-BSC; ZXG10-BTS
Tellabs:
Tellabs 8100 Managed Access System: Basic, Mini and Midi Nodes. Interface units: VMM, GMM, VCM, IUM, GMH and QMH with Interface modules
Baseband modems: STU 56-2304, CTU-S, HTU-2M, OTU-2M

Muhammad Shahid Khaki, PMP’s Experience

Asst. Manager

Etisalat Telecom

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

March 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

- Managing all aspects of site sharing with other operators UAE wide including the following:
* Assess all requirement included in sharing requests against availability in coordination with different regions, and issue responses to requests.
* Member of site sharing steering committee (With Du): Participate in setting sharing strategies, processes, making critical proposals, and finalizing plans and targets in coordination with own management, TRA & the Du
* Assigned as nation-wide single point of contact for implementation and sharing of outdoor and IBS projects with du.
* Assigned as an Etisalat spokesperson to jointly develop, and finalize with competitor the site sharing process document as well as the code of conduct as shared facilities.
* Developed site sharing process for outdoor and IBS for pre/post sharing
* Participate with Etisalat Commercial Work Group (CGW) in preparation of all aspects of site sharing commercial agreement with competitor.
* Member of site share technical review group: Suggest solutions for technical issues, plan implementation, and monitor progress.
* Prepare and send status reports to management and to the TRA.
* Obtaining tower loading and performing capacity planning foreseeing Etisalat future requirement and approving specific antennas, feeders and MW dishes to other operators
* Preparing schedule for implementation, execution and completion of above activities on each site
* Monitoring and controlling risk involved while execution and planning proper risk response strategies
* Communicating and negotiating with all regional managers for resource availability and timely provision
* Developing communication plan for performance reporting, status review, milestone, daily/weekly/monthly reporting, stakeholder info distribution
* Track progress of the sharing project, arrange meetings (tech & steering) and assist project manager in preparation of financial offer and agreement.
Asst. Manager BSS

Zhongxing Telecom ZTE

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; 763; Telecommunications industry)

November 2005 — March 2006 (5 months)

* Managing team of engineers and technicians for installation and commissioning of ZXG10 BSS
* Operation, expansion and level-3 maintenance of customer equipment
* Making roster of engineers and technicians for operation and alarms maintenance
* Scheduling of in-house/abroad training, lab training, on-job training of new engineers
Regional Manager

Orascom

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; ORTE.CA; Wireless industry)

December 2004 — August 2005 (9 months)

* Managing team of engineers and technicians for Motorola and Alcatel GSM BSS installation, commissioning and Acceptance Test
Managing other activities includes:
* Reconfigure, recondition, upgrade and swap of Motorola GSM BSS equipment
* Troubleshooting of BSS RF problem such as fading, handover and interference
* Site maintenance of BTS, BSC and XCDR: recalibration, path balance
* Survey for new, upgrade and swap BSS
* Support customer, Mobilink (mobilinkgsm.net)
* Installation, commissioning and maintenance of Microwave (NEC, DMC-Spectrum2; Stratex XP4, Alcatel, Siemens SRAL; Mini Link) for PDH and SDH transport
* Site Selection and Hard Parameter(Tower Height, Orientation, Tilt planning)
* Corrective and Preventive maintenance of BTS and BSC
* Handling time critical internal and external alarms of BSS
* Conducting internal training programmes for human skill development
Sr. BSS Engineer

Saudi Telecom, Riyadh

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Wireless industry)

May 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 1 month)

* Developing and writing engineering specifications and select system equipment and process for use in the system installation and integration
* Installation and comissioning of BSS Equipment
* Supervising and checking vendor installation at site installation phases and procedures
* Working with project management and files crews until the completion and acceptance of the complete system
Communication Field Engineer

Multitech Systems

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

November 2001 — April 2003 (1 year 6 months)

* Responsible for installation, preventive and corrective maintenance of Tellabs Managed Access' basic, midi and mini nodes for PDH and ATM digital signals’ transport
* Installed Tellabs Frame Relay application unit and tested its feasibility for Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Ltd. (PTCL)
* Installed and evaluated Network Management System (NMS), tracked and fixed all trouble tickets raised by the Network Operations Center
* Provided separate workstation in ITI (Information Technology Infrastructure) Hall, Lahore (Pakistan) for circuit loop test (CLT) and fault management system (FMS)
* Worked as a team in providing Optical Fiber Access Network (OFAN) solution to PTCL; finalized the BOQ; technical compliance and closed the bid

Muhammad Shahid Khaki, PMP’s Education

Etisalat Academy

Certificate Course, Advance Negotiation Skils 2009 — 2009
Spencer Johnson, USA

Workshop , Management , 2009 — 2009

The One Minute Manager is concise, easily read, story demonstrating three very practical management techniques i.e. One Minute Goal, One Minute Appraisal and One Minute Reprimands.

Activities and Societies:

- Setting One Minutes Goals
- One Minute Praising
- One Minute Reprimands
Etisalat Academy

Certificate Course , Effective Communication Skills , 2008 — 2008
Etisalat Academy

Certificate Course , Advance Project Management , 2008 — 2008
Etisalat Academy

Certificate Course , Effective Negotiation Skills , 2008 — 2008
PMCampus, USA

Certificate , Project Management , 2006 — 2007

Activities and Societies:

Studied the PMP, PMI exam preparation course covering the following knowledge areas:
* Integration Management
* Scope Management
* Time Management
* Cost Management
* HR Management
* Communication Management
* Procurement Management
* Risk Management
* Quality Management
NWFP University, Pakistan

Masters , Telecom Engineering Management , 2005 — 2006
NED University of Engineering and Technology

B.E. , Electronics & Communication , 1995 — 2001
Project Management Institute, USA

PMP , Project Management , 2008

Additional Information

Muhammad Shahid Khaki, PMP’s Websites:

Muhammad Shahid Khaki, PMP’s Interests:

* Managing projects and utilizing leadership skills * Social Networking * Hunting, Shooting and Traveling

Muhammad Shahid Khaki, PMP’s Groups:

Member Project Management Institute PMI, USA
Member Special Interest Group (SIG) IT & Telecom, PMI
Member Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineer (IEEE)
Member Pakistan Engineering Council
Member International Engineering Consortium
Member Institute of Engineers, Pakistan