Huzaifa Zafar

House 95, Street 59, Sector F-10/3, Islamabad, Pakistan

Date of Birth: 10/08/1989 Phone: (+92) 3458508233 Email: huzaifazafar108@gmail.com
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EDUCATION_____________________________________________________________________

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan (http://www.lums.edu.pk/)
Bachelor of Science (BS) 2008 - 2012
Major: Electrical Engineering CGPA: 3.29/4.00
Relevant Courses: Wireless Communications, Digital Communications, Computer
Networks, Communication Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Feedback Control Systems,
Computer Organization, Devices and Electronics, Digital Logic Circuits, Signals and
Systems, Introduction to Programming, Problem Solving using Computers, Circuit
Analysis, Applied Business Writing and Communications

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES_______________________________________________________

RF Planning Engineer November 2013 Present
Telenor Pakistan - (http://www.telenor.com/)
Managing the network rollout activities of the North Region of Telenor Pakistan
Capacity/Coverage planning for integration of new sites in the network by monitoring
sites traffic/blocking and identification of areas with low/no coverage
Conducting Technical Site Surveys and generating their reports
Coordination and follow-up with other teams to ensure timely integration of sites

NOC Engineer November 2012 November 2013
Telenor Pakistan - (http://www.telenor.com/)
Monitoring, surveillance and First Line of Maintenance (FLM) of the entire network of
Telenor Pakistan by participating in 12-hour shifts in a 24/7 cycle
Escalation and notification to Second Line of Maintenance (SLM) and top management
regarding network outages and ensuring their timely resolution
Identifying root cause of network outages and generating their fault reports
Trouble ticketing using HP Service Manager
Hands on experience on NEC PNMSj (NEC microwave radio), Huawei U2000/T2000
(DWDM/Transport Network), CA Spectrum (IP-Core), HP-OVO (Enterprise Network) and
ZTE U31 NetNumen (All transport networks)

Internships:

Alcatel Lucent, Pakistan June July 2011
4 Week Internship in the Radio Networks Engineering Department
Responsible for generating drive-test reports using the provided log-files on software
(TEMS and MapInfo), and submitting to the customer.
Conducted a study of GSM and various other technical training manuals.
Compiled a tutorial on Generating drive test report using TEMS and MapInfo for future
interns to come.

And Or Logic Pvt. Ltd, Pakistan July August 2010
6 Week internship during which I conducted various programming-related tasks and was
expected to show familiarity particularly with object oriented programming.

Halliburton Worldwide Limited, Pakistan July August 2009
4 Week internship in the Zonal Isolation Department, Cementing Laboratory.




RESEARCH & PROJECTS____________________________________________________________

Undergraduate Final Year Project: Test-bed Implementation of a Cooperative
Communication Network: Developed a three-node cooperative communication network
using the technology of Software Defined Radio (GNU Radio and USRP boards), and
tested various relaying schemes.

Undergraduate Course Projects:

Digital Communications: Monte Carlo Simulation of a 4 PSK modulated system
Computer Networks: FTP-like client/server application in UNIX using C/C++
Digital Signal Processing: Digital sound system in MATLAB with various effects
Computer Organization: 8 bit single cycle MIPS processor
Introduction to Programming: Facebook-Lite application in C/C++
Problem Solving using Computers: Developed the game Hangman in MATLAB.

HONORS & AWARDS______________________________________________________________

Gold medal on achieving straight 4 As in A-Levels 2009
Silver medal on achieving 7 As in O-Levels 2006
Merit scholarship holder during O-Levels and A-Levels 2004-2008
Certificates of Merit and Honour during O-Levels 2005-2006

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION____________________________________________________

Computer Skills: C/C++, MATLAB, Proteus (and other simulation software), GNU Radio,
GNU Radio Companion (GRC), MS Office.
Summer course in Japanese Language from National University of Modern Languages
(NUML), Pakistan
Fluent in English, Urdu and basic Japanese.
Raised funds for Flood relief campaign (2010 Floods in Pakistan) for an NGO (NUPSA) in
Islamabad, Pakistan
Interests include reading books, articles and blogs, traveling and sightseeing, sports