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KHURRAM SHAHZAD KHAN CV

111 Whippendell Road Watford WD18 7NH khurram9443@hotmail.com. 00447824642079

OBJECTIVE
To work in a reputable organization where one can nurture his professional growth and utilize abilities to the
maximum for significant contribution in the growth of the organization.
PERSONAL PROFILE
British National Telecom Engineer, with strong electronic engineering background Has over eleven years working experience
in Telecom Sector with multiple vendors ERICSSON, HUAWEI, ALCATEL-LUCENT, NSN and operators, enjoy working
in a team but can work equally well on my own. A good Time Planner, working under pressure and to deadlines. Like
learning new things all the time and willing to pursue a challenging career in a beneficial organization such as yours that can
benefit from my skills, have completed my M.Sc. in Advance photonics and communications from the University of
Warwick, one of the prestigious institutions of the United Kingdom.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UL Vs ltd. (RFI Global)UK
Since 05/2016
RF Specific Absorption Rate consultant

I am Providing services to UL VS Ltd. As a SAR contractor for all the new mobiles entering in the market.

This is a system which includes testing of mobile using speag Dasy 4, Dasy 5 and Dasy 6 Staubli Robots. Using
different types of Phantom e.g. SAM and ELI. In a Laboratory environment.

SAR Compliance testing of Wireless devices for electromagnetic radiation levels on the human tissue in
accordance with standards of FCC, CE, Industry Canada, India and rest of the world including different types of
Fluids e.g. Head and body

Dealing with GSM, 3GPP, UMTS, WCDMA, CDMA2000, LTE, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Bluetooth and NFC technology
protocols.

Keeping side by side with various standard updates and KDB updates for the test requirements and procedures.

Well versed with RF test equipment like Network and Spectrum analysers, Signal generators and Radio base station
simulators.

Working on base station simulators of various builds like Agilent, Aniritsu, Rohde & Schwarz (CMU200 &
CMW500) for Radiated SAR measurements and Conducted power measurements. Anritsu MT8821C

ROHDE& SCHWARZ CMU 200

HP Spectrum Analyzer 8596, HP Spectrum Analyzer 8596E

HP Signal Generators 8548C, Using of Different Jigs Body and Head.

Using of all types of Dipoles by SPEAG Validating and calibrating sets Includes

ROHDE& SCHWARZ Signal Generators, ROHDE& SCHWARZ Power meters

Good theoretical and practical knowledge of various mobile technologies like GSM/GPRS,DTM, UMTS, LTE
FDD/TDD and Wi-Fi etc.
Working with leading customers and clients in the wireless and mobile communications industry in regards to
certification and compliance testing.
Working in a young and dynamic team to contribute in different domains from test plan implementation, Conducted
measurements, SAR testing and report generation.
People Logic ZTE Pakistan
06/2015 till 05/2016
RF Optimisation and Planning

Network Planning, Roll Out, Optimization.

Swap of 2G/3G Radio Access Network &Telecom/IT Project Management.

Complete understanding of Radio Access Network KPIs (GSM/UMTS/LTE).

Frequency, Capacity, Configuration, Resources, Cell & Site Planning.

Hand on Experience of RF GSM/UMTS .

Vendor Swap Experience from Nokia Siemens to ZTE& Motrola to ZTE (GSM/UMTS).

Excellent Troubleshooting Skills to Optimize GSM/UMTS Radio Access Network.

Proficient in Handling Database.

Comprehensive Network Auditing Experience.

Extensive Experience internal and External Network Health Audits

Experienced in Project Planning, schedule & scope management, Tender responses & Bid management.
Experience in managing Vendors and high level stakeholders.

Managing large Project like 3G and 4G Roll-out .

Strong Team Leadership and Excellent customer relationship and influencing skills.

Worked as the Project/Program Manager within the IT&Telecom services industry.

Responsible for development & Maintenance of policies, standards, guidelines, processes & systems related to
Project & Program management.

Resource Management of More than 200 Resource.

Ericsson UK ltd Beacon /Metro/Eden/4G Project 02/2015 till 05/2015

Ericsson Accredited SI

Working in Ericsson UK NRO & I&S on Beacon /Metro/Eden/4G Project.

Beacon SRAN RBS6000 2G/3G/4G for Vodafone & Telefonica. Beacon 4G L800/L1800/L2600
commissioning,Integration,faults and technical support.
Ericsson Minilink installation and commissioning.E1s expansion and Carrier Upgrades.
Responsible for Installation, Integration and Commission of RBS 6000 series.
Defining IUB script in Node B of NBAP common and NBAP dedicated.
Rectify the alarms of RBS 6000. Configure all the parameters in the RBS 6000.
Responsible for Connectivity of New Site. Operation, Configuration and maintenance of Traffic Node.
Software Upgradtion of Traffic Node. configuration and commissioning of Ericsson MINI-LINK Traffic.
Worked up on and helped in standardization of the Bulk Configuration Scripts (.xml scripts) to be used in WCDMA
site integration in project rollout. Performed Addition, Deletion & Modification of different control parameter for
cell sites (3G,Transmission nodes) through the MO scripts and related operations.
Delete and reconfiguring the sites Using Moshell Commands releasing from site hang.
Modification of MO scripts as per design specifications. Responsible for running the License Scripts for the
continuity of the site in the RNC.

LCC UK(Tech Mhindra) O2 Project

08/2014 till 01/2015
Data Analyst

I was involved in Bench marking Analysis for O2. Which involving all Technologies That is 2G 3G and 4G. Using
Tems Discovery and TEMS Investigation. Both DM Data and Voice Analysis and 4G Data and voice analysis.
Monitored, analyzed drive test data to improve system performance indicators such as dropped calls, blocked calls,
origination failures, handoff features.
Involved in Optimization for cell sites, analyzing Coverage, Quality, Co-channel(C/I) and adjacent channel (C/A)
interference and Handovers of the network. Verifying soft handover, IRAT handover, IRAT cell reselection, and
IRAT cell reselection.
Monitoring of RSCP & EC/I0 levels. Analysing of layer 3 messages. idicatng the worst grey and red cells.
Monitoring RRC failure, IP Set-up Delay ,2G, 3G and 4G Time out and Get issues. Observing RSRP and RSRQ
levels. Highlighting the HTTP failure, CSFB , LTE Tracking area update Failed and server issues. Tool/UE issues
and many other errors generated by the systems.

Interference of 2G, 3G and 4G. Highlighting the best possible configuration for antenna heights, tilts and azimuths
for all the cells/sectors in the network and thus responsible for optimization of the network
Accountable for carrying out Drive Test and analysis of drive log files and monitoring hand over and Highlighting
system parameters like frequency assignments, neighbor list, path addition and deletion and Antenna orientation to
attain better coverage, cell quality and network.
Network performance improvement resolution and communication.
Statistical Analysis & data manipulation.
Highlighting the bugs in the software to the client.
Modular Network British Telecom Project
06/2014-08/2014
Installation and commission Engineer
Installation and commission Huawei FTTx Street Cabinets to BT.
Installing services supports and maintains the DSLAM.
Providing service upgrade from copper to Fibre in the BT.
Carry out the line conversion at the End User include rectifying any wiring issues that would prevent the Fibre service
from working.
Installation and commissioning of Super Fast fiber network (FTTC & FTTP), for BT service providers.
Installing new cards and new Huawei equipment in the DSLAM for new Fibre ports.
Test call
Ericsson, UK. Ltd. MBNL Project
08/2013 till 05/2014
Field Fault Maintenance Engineer
Ericsson (O2 Olympic Project )
07/2012 till 09/2012
Field Fault Maintenance Engineer
Ericsson, UK. Ltd. MBNL Project
10/2010 till 01/2011
Field Fault Maintenance Engineer
Ericsson , Ltd. UK. MBNL Project
03/2010 till 09/2010
Field Fault Maintenance Engineer

Transmission Expert with expertise in Ericsson Mini Link Craft 1.1, 2.1, 3.1 and 3.5. . Passo link, Alcatel, Nokia
and SIAE (AL, G, B, B+, C, C+), PCom, Nera, NEC Pasolink and Nokia Flexihopper, NEC.
Also Expert in Removing Transmission Faults External Clock Reference and E1/T1 Alarms. Fault finding and
Rectification of Hop to Hop TXN. Links. Have resolved very Old TXN problems within the network.

Responsible for Operation and Fault Maintenance of Huawei 2G and 4G. Samsung 4G, Ericsson and Nortel 2G and
Nokia 3G.Which includes Trouble shooting of faults in Ericsson RBS (205 and 2000 series) Replacing Faulty parts
DXUs, DRUs and other units. WBTS Nokia (Supreme and Flexi), Replacing Faulty parts includes Back plane,
Spider cable, FRGFs, MHAs, FSMEs and other equipments. Responsible for Reinstallation of BTS where there is
need for it.Working in Shifts. Handling Work force management System(WFM), was directly reporting to Field
OPs Manager. Using of BYBOX Facility for NSN, Ericsson and H3G,
People Logic Ltd. Warid Project Ericsson
10/2012 till 04/2013
Installation and commissioning

Engineer

Organising, conducting and supporting test activities on Ericsson Equipments

Installing RBS 6000 Series using IDB loading for integration, Trouble shooting of RBS & Microwave Equipments,
Online expansions of RBS 6000 Series Convert automatic transmit power control ATPC from Remotely transmit

power control RTPC for performance of the Radios. Checking the performance of Radios and monitoring all the
external Alarms through Ericsson OMT.

I was directly reporting to RAN Regional Manager. Supervise and control service providers resources for the
implementation of radio sites, implementation and documentation completion as per stipulated quality requirements
and lead-times. Controlling service providers resources in regards to competence, efficiency and tools &
instruments usage. Follow-up on sub-objectives based on objectives set by Radio Access Network. Authorise to
take corrective action towards service provider.
GreenWoods Services
03/2012-06/2012
Installation and commissioning

Engineer

complete Installation of Huawei BTS 3900 Series using BTSM loading for integration, Trouble shooting of BTS.
Survey for new BTS replacing old Ericsson equipment.

Hartwood Engineering MBNL Project

07/2011-03/2012
Field Engineer

Expanding the Ericsson and Nortel networks by installing and Decommissioning the sites

TRUs and DTRUs on RBS205, RBS 2X02, RBS 2X06 . Integrations of the new sites.

Technical site surveys for new expansions.

People Logic Ltd. China mobile Zong Project
01/2011 till 06/2011
Service Desk

Organising, conducting and supporting test activities on Ericsson Equipments

Continuously monitor Internal and External Alarms Using Netcool and Ericsson OSS CITRIX to handle the
Ericsson equipment remotely, answer technical support cases that are posted to Engineers personal Queue. Prepare
and Send Hourly reports to all stake holders.

Take inbound customer calls with technical queries, analyze the problem, research solutions and provide solution as
solid answers easily understood by customers and field area engineers.

Ownership and management of all calls taken, including responsibility for the resolution, escalation and final call
close. Diagnose Zong Mobile Network faults by analyzing mast stats using Zong insus.

Develop technical solutions to be posted to both internal and external knowledge base

Provide customers with easy to understand explanations and follow up, via email, and telephone communication.
Escalate customer concerns as necessary and document issues appropriately following guidelines.

Ericsson, Pvt. Ltd. (China Mobile Telecom project) 07/2005 - 01/2010

Ericsson, Pvt. Ltd. (China Mobile Telecom project):

RF RNO/RNP

Responsible for RF Planning and optimisation of Ericsson GSM 1800/900 dual band network and directly reporting
to RF Manager. responsible for nominal design, activated predictions with the help of TEMS Cell planner, carry out
propagation model tuning and link budget analysis systems site selection, approval and configuration
determination, create coverage maps that reflected the design for the market based on the customer's requirements
Site Audits & Verifications: Testing of site in the field to make sure the site design parameters are implemented as
planned. Verification involves TRX Testing, Intra/Inter Site Handover Check, identification of Faulty hardware,
Handover check for neighbours, Call sustainability, Drop Call (%) and other basic statistics auditing neighbours,
changing frequencies, various changes to TRX, Cell, BSC Level Parameters and other physical redesign
recommendations in order to improve the performance of the cluster. Drive test analysis using TEMS Investigation.
IManager (Huawei) to Extract and Analyze Network stats and RNO to extract and analyse FAS, MRR, NCX
reports. Using TEMS investigation; Recording all the data i.e. RX levels, RX quality, FER, BER, SQI etc. using
this data we optimise our network. This includes Radio designing, implementation and optimization.

RelaCOM
12/2002 - 06/2005
BSS Engineer

Experience of Managing Teams for 53 BSCs with coverage area of 1831 BTS sites. Installation, Commissioning,
Integration, Software Upgrades and Strong Experience of Siemens eBSC, cBSC, BTS, cTRAU and eTRAU
(Worked on BR 7.0, BR 8.0, BR 9.0 and BR 10.0). Technical Troubleshooting of Nokia BSC (Flexi/3i) and Flexi
EDGE BTS issue.BSS Equipment Ordering and Installation Support

BSS Commissioning and IntegrationWorked as key technical member during execution of BR 9.0 Trials at Telenor
Pakistan. Database preparation and Configuration Management. Preparing Reports on Network KPIs Monitoring
and Benchmarking. Customer Technical Support on various technical queries.

Involved in Site Audits. Pro-active follow-up on all faults to maintain maximum TCH availability.

To ensure South Network availability by monitoring stats-KPIs and by involving in CM/PM activities.

Field Teams mobilization management for fault rectification. Installation supervision and upgradation of
Transmission Links (PDH). Generate and analyze daily/weekly performance reports.

Coordination and participation in all field operation tasks (BSC rehomings, site reparentings and network
expansions activities). Worked as BSS Engineer on Siemens SW Releases (BR 7.0 to BR 10.0).

EDUCATION
University of Warwick, UK.

2005 - 2006

NED University
Cadet College Petaro.
Cadet College Petaro.

2000 - 2004
1998 - 1999
1996 - 1997

MSC (Advance photonics &

communications)
B.E. (Electronics Engineering)
H.S.S.C. (Pre Engineering)
S.S.C

Pass
First
First
First

RELEVANT SKILLS

Different Types of Spectrum Analysers like Hameg etc....Site Master. Spectrum analyser.

Signal Generator SG-1150 and etc RF Receivers, Transmitters and RF Transceiver.

Working knowledge on different Antennas labs e.g Yagi, Yagi boom , 5 element log periodic Antenna etc and
different types of commercially used antennas of different ranges.
MATLAB & SIMULINK. MAPINFO for designing. Familiar with the use of TOM TOM, Garmin GPS and compass. TEMS
planner and Investigation for planning and drive testing of cells. Now SMS Gateway.

Comprehensive knowledge of HTML, XML and WAP using these tools in making 3 G Gateway as a master thesis.
Well Conversant with the I T that includes all windows, Linux and apple Mac OS.

Multi-lingual English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi languages.

ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

IEE, IEEE and IET, Computer & Communication, Communication societies 2005-2006.

Life Member Pakistan Engineering council, NED Old boys & The Petarian Association.

Owner of Departmental Yahoo groups for helping in knowledge transfer, mentoring the juniors, motivating them,
increase communication skills, built a team work for the betterment.

Enjoy taking part in science quizzes and general quizzes

Published Souvenir 2004 THE PETARIANS Best worker Award the Petarian Association.

Captain of EHAWKS in KPMG Cricket tournament, University of Warwick UK.

Best sports Captain award 2003 Department of electronics NED University.

TRAININGS AND SHORT COURSES
Ericsson UK
2015
Installation of Radio Cabinet (IRC)
Test of Radio Site 2G (TRS-2)
Test of Radio Site 3G (TRS-3)
Test of Radio Site 4G (TRS-4)
Total Access (UK)
2010, 2013
Advance Climber
SAGE Safety & Training Ltd (UK)

2010, 2013

Ericsson Pvt. Ltd.

2008

Huawei Technologies Co.Ltd.

2007

University of Warwick offers a range of

Skill programmes which are accredited
modules

2006

A I T Karachi Pakistan

1999

Roof top & RF Safety Awareness

Emergency First Aid at Heights.
Tower rescue
-GSM BSS 2x16 Field-Maintenance.
-Ericsson Windows Vista
-Project management Props C
-Security Sally
NSS Soft switch (Csoft3000X),
Media gateway (UMG8900)
HLR (9820)
-Transition to the employment (in collaboration
with IBM),
-Assertiveness,
-Time management and team work
-Communications skills
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INTERESTS
I enjoy travelling and exploring differing cultures in different countries. I also have a keen interest in Telecommunications,
Electronics and IT.