CTO at Maxis
Malaysia
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- CTO at Maxis
- Past
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- CTO at Wataniya
- CTO/CIO at Telenor Nordic Mobile
- CTO at SONOFON
- SW development manager at TDC
- Education
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- Aalborg University
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Jon Hoffmann’s Summary
Chief Technology Officer. Multi disciplined senior technology leader who consistently contributes to increased productivity, cost effectiveness and profit.
Proven ability to develop and implement advanced technical and business solutions to meet corporate and customer needs.
Motivated Leadership. Focused leadership of large multi-disciplined teams providing training, motivation and performance incentives
An exceptional work ethic, industry knowledge, approachability and the ability to “get the job done” by focusing on priority tasks and project delivery.
Strategic Planning and implementation and the capacity to implement cutting edge technology solutions.
Outstanding track record of delivering complex projects on time, within budget/specifications and without compromising performance.
Project Management. Hands on management and project leadership, consistently delivering measurable performance improvements.
Proficient in troubleshooting, resource allocation and maximisation and the introduction of new technology whilst maintaining cost effectiveness and profitability.
Proven ability to communicate effectively on both business and technology issues. The effective interface between senior management and technology.
Experienced in creating scalable technology infrastructures from scratch. This includes: HSDPA, All IP, Converged Internet Fixed Net, Mobile Net, Prepaid & Postpaid.
Jon Hoffmann’s Specialties:
A senior telecommunications professional with strong international/multi cultural experience supported by an effective combination of technical proficiency and strategic planning skills including 18 years as a technology leader.
Jon Hoffmann’s Experience
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CTO
Maxis
(Public Company; ERTS; Telecommunications industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years)
As CTO at Maxis I am responsible for operating a countrywide mobile network with11 million customers and a fixed net service around Kuala Lumpur. Having decided not to outsource operation and Engineering I have undertaken a major transformation of the business which has led to a cost reduction of 70%. I have right sized the organization. Additionally we have almost finished upgrading the network. New technologies are being introduced to deliver quality service cost efficiently.
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CTO
Wataniya
(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)
September 2005 — August 2007 (2 years)
As CTO at Wataniya I was responsible for all IT and Network infrastructure. I ran a very lean organization; - with fewer than 200 people in the Technology division we served 1million customers with Mobile services as well as selected ISP services over fixed net connections. Billing systems as well as the network were fully converged at the end of my stay with Wataniya. I extended the network by 15% a year while maintaining the same level of operating costs for the network.
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CTO/CIO
Telenor Nordic Mobile
(Public Company; TEL; Telecommunications industry)
February 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 7 months)
As CTO I assumed responsibility for merging all of the IT and Network organizations of the Telenor Mobile operations in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Telenor Mobil Norway, Djuice Sweden and SONOFON Denmark. I merged the three organizations and reduced headcount from 780 to 510. After only 12 months I had reduced the total cost of the network operation by 30%.
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CTO
SONOFON
(Telecommunications industry)
2000 — 2004 (4 years)
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SW development manager
TDC
(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)
1986 — 1991 (5 years)
Jon Hoffmann’s Education
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Aalborg University
MscEE , Datasystems , August 1981 — June 1986
