Pavel Romanenko
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Skype: pavel.romanenko
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/promanen
SUMMARY
I have been working in Mobile Telecommunications industry consistently for 13 years as an engineer, product owner, team leader and sales manager.
I have experience in:
2G, 3G, 4G Planning, Optimization, Performance acceptance
R&D innovations in RAN/ E-UTRAN features, optimization/performance tools and SON (Self organized networks) algorithms
Cisco LoRa (Long Range) that helps businesses enabling the roll out of Internet of Things.
Pre and post sales activities: technical trials conduction and acceptance, pricing and contracts negotiation directly or utilizing Partners Channels
Working with major Mobile Service Providers in North America and Europe.
Project and Program management, managing teams as big as 50 people.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Program Manager. Systems Engineering- NPI/Sales
Cisco Systems
Herndon, VA, USA,2014 - current
SON and Small Cells Trials/ Pre-sales management:
Sales proposals, RFP responses, contract documentation, pricing model generation and negotiation
Trials from the initial proposal to the purchase order as a technical lead/SME: KPI analysis, parametrization, adjustment to the customers’ requirements.
Managing Partners Channel Sales
Leading post-sales support to the all major accounts in North America
Managing nationwide deployment in the major accounts in North America
Customers’ education about Cisco SON and small cells solution
Solutions involving combined technologies such as SON, Big Data analytics, small cells, Mobile Backhaul, LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network), etc.
Cisco SON Solution support/improvement:
Drive new feature requests based on the customer needs
Collaborate with CTO/Product teams for Roadmap proposals
New features verification and analysis of their readiness for the customers
Consulting regarding RF parameters, counters, KPIs and features.
Product Manager/ Principal RF engineer
Celcite Management Solutions (acquired by Amdocs)
Herndon, VA, USA,2012 – 2014
SON Product management, R&D
Developed Celcite/Amdocs SON algorithms: ANR / MLB / CCO/Self-Healing / PSC optimization/ SON coordinator
SON Trials/Project support
Technical lead role in SON pre and post-sales activities, trainings for sales specialists and customers.
COPS (Celcite Open-Loop Optimization tool) Product management, R&D.
R&D Engineering for COPS tool in NSN, Ericson, Huawei and Alcatel- Lucent UMTS, GSM and LTE networks in various Trials/Projects.
Support for optimization projects (GSM, UMTS, LTE) in South and North Americas as a RAN Expert
R&D Network Engineering Senior Specialist
Nokia
Wroclaw, Poland 2009 – 2012
RF Expert support for WCDMA, I-HSPA and LTE projects worldwide as a RAN expert.
Projects: Vodafone Germany, TELUS Canada, BELL Mobility Canada, Free France, Bouygues Telecom France, Orange Armenia
Internal R&D tasks
E2E performance targets and definitions in new RAN releases
New features specification in performance monitoring
R&D trials, pilots and lab measurements
Technical documentation creation
Technical trainings for internal audience, customers and subcontractors
Head of Radio Network Planning and Optimization Department
Nokia Siemens Networks, GMS/WCDMA Department
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2008 – 2009
WCDMA/GSM Planning and Optimization in RF and in Transmission
Leading a 3G NPO (Network Planning and Optimization) team. Managed 3G RF/TRS/CS/PS NPO engineers in WCDMA project- the first commercial 3G network in the Region.
Projects: Ucell Uzbekistan, Beeline Uzbekistan, Megafon Russia, MTS Russia.
Head of the Network Planning and Optimization Department/Engineer
Huawei Technologies
Tashkent, Uzbekistan February 2005 – March 2008
NPO Department Management in Central Asia and Caucasus.
Projects: MTS Uzbekistan, Beeline Uzbekistan, MT-S NEO Kazakhstan, Megafon Russia, Turk Cell Turkey, Bytel Kyrgyzstan, MTS Russia Novosibirsk region CDMA radio network planning, site survey and optimization for Perfectum Mobile, Uzbekistan, Kazakh Telecom Kazakhstan.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS, CERTIFICATIONS
Master of Business Administration, 2015-current
Marymount University, Arlington, VA, USA
Master’s degree in Telecommunications, 2005
Tashkent State University of Information Technologies, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Cisco Systems:
The art of presentation (San Jose, USA 2015)
Small cell standardization in 3gpp release 12 (Miami, 2015)
Cisco Mobile backhaul solution (San Jose, 2015)
LTE-advanced 3gpp release 12 and 13 (San Jose, 2016)
NSN:
LTE Planning and Optimization, RNC RN5.0 EP1 Advanced, WBTS WN6.01 Basic Training, WCDMA RU 20 NetAct SW Advanced, RAN Signaling Flow
SPECIALTIES
Tools: NSN NetAct Optimizer, Configuration Management, Reporting, Huawei M2000, Actix, TEMS Investigation, Nemo, FCC ASR/ ULS databases, ANT, Atoll, Asset, COPS, VBA, Oracle, SQL Server, Google Earth, MongoDB, Python
Good knowledge of 3GPP standardization, RAN, E-UTRAN and SON features.
Strong Sales expertise, communication and presentation skills.