Marco Carvalho,
PMP
Executive Consulting and Business Manager
Work Experience
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Rua Marechal António Spínola, 14,
2º C, 2685 – 162 Sacavém, Portugal
Cyient
Consulting and New Business Manager - Portugal
August 2021 - Present
Provide highly demanding consultancy to several RAN, TX
and CORE projects from EU, US and LATAM market
Gather all the requirements, engage with customer
stakeholders, define work-streams and project plan
Project Manage Mission-Critical, Technology Focused
Projects with up to 25 team members
Develop Financial Sales Models
Beacon 3 UK RAN Sharing Governance Leadership - United
Kingdom
September 2020 - September 2022
Education
Post-Graduation in Applicable
Management
NOVA School of Business and
Economics MHIP, Lisbon -
Master's degree, Electronics
and Telecommunications
Engineering
ISEL - Superior Institute of Engineer
of Lisbon - 2009 - 2011
Degree, Computer and
Communications Engineering
Polytechnic Institute of Leiria - 2002
- 2007
Worked with client Virgin Media O2, Beacon 3 RAN Sharing
Agreement Performance Leadership Between Vodafone and
VMO2 UK
Address issues that cannot normally be covered by the
performance teams in joint meetings with Vodafone – focus on
“wide area strategies” covering Performance team/Operational
Reviews/parameter team, VTK team & interface teams
Track improvement, make decisions and put in place
corrective strategies
Agree and approve any changes to high-level processes
Act as an escalation point from any appropriate board into the
Performance Board (mainly ORM, Parameter team, VTK and
Interface teams)
Align, connect and engage as one team
Executive Consultancy and Technical Authority - United
States - April 2022 - July 2022
Worked with client Connect 5G, Inc, doing Project
Management for a customer aiming to identify the root cause
of poor audio quality on the network
Performed Technical Advisory, Customer Management and
Senior Level Reporting
Celfinet
Skills
Leadership
Business Attitude
Efficiency
Commercial Attitude
Technical Skills
Business Solution Design
Project Management
Professional
Private Networks (PLTE)
5G, ORAN & IoT
RAN, TX, CORE
NOC/SOC
Pre-Sales Manager - Portugal
September 2019 - July 2021
Responsible to oversee and deliver all the needed support to
all Celfinet's services leads and proposals.
Make all the necessary assessments depending on the nature
and area of the proposal, building the Business Case, Create
the Technical and Commercial Proposal and Lead
Negotiations with Customers and Procurement
Program Manager For Telefonica UK - Portugal & UK
May 2016 - September 2020
Account for all the business that Celfinet holds with Telefonica
O2 UK.
Manage the different PO's and be the main interface for
operators.
Project Manage the E2E Network Optimisation Services part
of the Network Improvement Program Conducted by the
Customer
Program Manager For Telefonica UK - Portugal
October 2014 - May 2016
Licenses & Certifications
PMP Certification, Project
Management Institute - Credential
#-, Exp. 26 Dec. 2025
Apis IP-Solutions Training AB, 5G
NR and NGRAN - October 2018
Cambridge, First Certificate in
English (FCE) CEFR Level B2 - July
2012
Languages
Portuguese: Native
English: B2
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Basic
Project design, setting up a local team in London, UK at the
client’s site.
Technical setup to improve the client’s results in the P3
Communications Public Benchmark in the UK market.
Lead the progress of the project, continuous reporting to
senior management about achievements, and follow up on
technical meetings with Radio Design teams.
Head of RAN - Portugal
May 2016 - August 2019
Manage all Celfinet Radio Access Network (RAN) services
across multiple operators such as Vodafone and Telefonica
Manage not only Celfinet nearshore team and activities, but
also our RAN engineers located across all of our clients
Innovate to bring more services while maintaining a high level
of quality in our delivery
Recruit the finest engineers and constantly motivate and
engage my staff
LTE/VoLTE Product Owner - Portugal
September 2014 - September 2015
Product Owner for Vismon(R) Manager for the 4G VoLTE
Technologies.
Published Articles
- Carvalho, M., Vieira, P., "An
Enhanced Handover Oscillation
Control Algorithm in LTE SelfOptimizing Networks", 14th
International Symposium on
Wireless Personal and Mobile
Communications (WPMC’11),
Brest, France, IEEE, 2011.
- Carvalho, M., Vieira, P., "Um
Algoritmo Avançado de Controlo de
Oscilação de Handover em Redes
LTE Auto-Geridas", 5º Congresso
Comité Português da URSI –
Detecção e Medição de Sinais
Rádio no Futuro das
Radiocomunicações, Lisboa,
Portugal, 2011.
- Carvalho, M., Vieira, P., "Simulating
Long Term Evolution Self-Optimizing
Based Networks", 1st Conference
on Electronics,
Telecommunications and
Computers, Instituto Superior de
Engenharia de Lisboa (CETC’11),
Lisbon, Portugal, 2011.
Scholarships and Prizes
- Best Student Paper Award at the
5th Congress of Portuguese
Committee of URSI ”Detection and
measurement of radio signals in the
future of radio communications”,
2011 with the paper “An Enhanced
Handover Oscillation Control
Algorithm in LTE Self-Optimizing
Network”
- Merit Scholarship for best
graduate student in the academic
year 2009/2010 at the Polytechnic
Institute of Lisbon - Superior Institute
of Engineering of Lisbon (Portugal).
LTE SME for Vodafone Spain - Portugal & Spain
July 2014 - September 2014
Advance drive test analysis, parameter BMK &
recommendation.
LTE SME & LTE Commercial Launch Leadership for
Vodafone UK - United Kingdom
October 2013 - June 2014
Oversee 4G feature testing, including the planning, definition
and execution of trials and final rollout & assessment.
Advised the company’s 4G strategies and optimizations with
technical expertise as the 4G Network Specialist for Ericsson
network.
South & Center RAN Specialist for Vodafone PT - Portugal
March 2011 - September 2013
Plan, Optimize and Tun Parameter of the company’s 2G, 3G
and, more lately, 4G network as well as Feature Testing
across all technologies
Portugal Telecom, Portugal
Network Operation Support & Lead Manager
June 2008 - March 2011
Manage and coordinate the company’s mobile network
operations team (between 15 and 20 people)
Schedule the work during the company’s 3G network supplier
swap
Responsible for various types of operational works in the
GSM and UMTS networks that included site rollout,
sectorization and modernization, transmission and
troubleshooting
Handle various mobile networks supplier equipment such as
Nokia, Siemens Networks and Ericsson.
CGI, Portugal
LAN/MAN/WAN Architect Consultant
July 2007 - July 2008
Manage the Operations and Maintenance of the company’s
main data-center; Logica (aka Logica CMG) for EDP
(Electricidade De Portugal).
Develop, design and implement the secure payment solutions
for remote stores using 3G networks (CDMA 1xEVDO).
Supervise the company’s remote sites and data-centers
located all over the country giving remote support to the local
technicians by means of a trouble ticket system.
