ADNAN AFZAL
Freelance Writer, editor, and proofreader
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Summary
A freelance writer, editor, and proofreader with a passion to read and write. I have over 3 years
of writing experience which includes working for top writing websites such as WriterBay and
Livingston Research. I have also completed over 300 writing orders with excellent feedback and
rating on the portal. I am well-versed with writing journals and research papers and have an
excellent command over writing tools like LaTeX.
Work Experience
Freelance Writer
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Over 3 years of academic writing experience with major freelancing writing companies
such as WriterBay, Livingston Research.
Excellent writing skills and 100% completion ratio with very good feedback from both the
hiring companies and clients.
Completed more than 300 orders.
Although freelance writing is my passion, I work as a Telecommunication specialist fulltime at
Ericsson, listed below are its details.
Leadership Skills
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Leading a team of 20 people in South Region as Regional Manager South since May
2013.
Received several appreciation emails from CTO and COO for the dynamic leadership. Due
to this leadership, South Region stood out other regions on several occasions.
Highly motivating leader who is also a very good learner and listener.
Constant mentorship of colleagues and juniors through trainings, individual guidance and
remote assistance.
Excellent track record of KPI fulfillment.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Direct C level reporting.
Customer/Vendor Management Skills
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Over 12 years of experience working with different Customers and vendors.
Excellent customer relationship skills. Received many appreciation emails from customer
(Jazz) during the current role.
Technical Skills
Multi-Vendor experience: Experience working with top multi-national vendor firms such as
Ericsson and Huawei.
International Consultancy experience: Worked 2.5 years as a Telecommunication consultant
for Saudi Telecom Project in Saudi Arabia.
Leadership experience: Serving as Regional manager South for Jazz Project since 2013.
Regional Manager, South, Jazz Project
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Leading a team of 20 people in South Region as Regional Manager South for Jazz
Project.
Scope consists of 900 GSM sites and 400 LTE sites.
RF Optimization Consultant, Saudi Telecom Company
October 2010 to April 2013
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I worked as an Ericsson RF Consultant on Saudi Telecom Project for 2.5 years’ duration.
2G/2.5G RF Optimization & Planning Engineer
ZONG-GSM
December 2007 to September 2010.
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I worked as an Ericsson RF Engineer on ZONG project for 3 years’ duration.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS
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Star performer for Ericsson MMEA region
Received a certificate on leadership skills from Ericsson top management on the
recognition of leadership and management skills.
Recognized as “ZONGER of the month”, award given to best employee of the month, while
working at ZONG as RF Engineer.
TOOLS
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LaTeX
Well-versed with all academic writing styles such as APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian etc.
Excellent command on Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, Word, Presentation, Access.
Good command over SPSS
VOLUNTARY WORK
Conducted several voluntary sessions in different universities to teach graduating students about
the dynamics of the Telecom industry and how to prepare for a good interview.
EDUCATION
MBA in Marketing and Management
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Sep 2009 – Dec 2015)
B.E Electronics Engineering
NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan (Jan 2004-Dec 2007)
INTERESTS
My interests include photography, travelling, sketching, playing and following sports like
Basketball, Table Tennis, Tennis, Squash, Cricket, Badminton and swimming.
