A professional with 12-plus years experience in telecommunications (Core network, Valued Added Services, Transmission and Quality of Service) and information technology management. Noted for skills in organization, written and oral communication, project management, critical thinking, troubleshooting, problem analysis and resolution, customer oriented, and personnel management/training. With a particular enthusiasm, managed up to 30 different nationalities and cultures in different places and continents. Named first and best engineer in Orange Group network at earlier years, proven record of success reducing downtime. Main technical interface for Sales discussions and crisis meetings with client. Build two GSM networks from scratch in Africa and Caribbean Sea with pressure of investors and client. Previous CTO position in Nigeria (ranks 8th in terms of population in the world), with more than 100 persons, based on 18 million subscribers gathered in 356,667 square miles. Introduction of some of the latest technologies like 3G, HSDPA, EDGE, WIMAX, Blackberry, etc...
Budget management being part of the main responsibilities along with, but not limited to:
- Advise customer Executives (CEO, COO) in defining the full end-to-end architecture and design according to their network evolution, business strategy, CAPEX/OPEX;
- Support Sales, Bid & Proposal teams, in the validation of RFP.