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Avnish Shrivastava

Avnish Shrivastava

Pune

Summary

20+ years of total exp in telecom. Pre-sales, Project Management, NOC Management– Copper,Fiber Operations, Optical Transport, FTTx MS-Operations & B2B Enterprise. Worked with domestic and international telecom customers/clients like – Airtel, Reliance Communications, Tata Communications Ltd, Cable and wireless -UK, Level3 communications-USA TELUS & Bell-Canada, SFR, France, Smile Telecom, South Africa, Reliance Jio 4G Project, National Broadband Network (NBN-Australia) and Vodafone IDEA India ltd. IT Companies: Infosys Technologies Limited, Vodafone Idea Ltd, and Aricent Technologies Limited.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Manager - Network & Operations

Tata Communications Limited
Pune
2015.08 - Current
  • Managed a team of 30+ employees by providing guidance, setting goals and objectives, delegating tasks, and monitoring performance.

Project Lead - Fiber & Mast Rollout

HFCL
Bhopal
2014.03 - 2015.08

Managed fiber and Mast rollout project With HFCL in MP region for Fiber, MW and Mast Rollout Reliance 4G Project, Jabalpur Area (M.P).Team Size: 10,5+ Vendors and their Resources.

• Vendor Management: Validation, Allocation, BoQ preparation.

• Media Shifting from Interim MW / Aerial to UG Fiber in phased manner and achieved 100% conversion.
• Implementation of intracity OFN 4G Network

• Identified, tracked and resolved critical path issues.

• Communicated with stakeholders throughout the life cycle of projects.

• Reviewed technical documents such as design specifications, test plans, user manuals.

• Tracked and communicated project status to stakeholders through weekly reports.

• Achievements: Completed on time RFE2 of OFC and Mast network within specified timelines.

Senior Technical Consultant

Aricent Technologies
Gurgaon
2010.08 - 2014.02
  • · A US based Telecom Network consultancy MNC)
  • · Handled presales projects of 2G/3G/LTE for Network and RFP Consultancy, Network Planning and design evaluation, Audits and Optimization and Vendor evaluation.
  • · Project Scheduling and Budgeting, Responsible for pre-sales activities like solution designing for business cases to enhance business scope, tracking the progress of projects and deliverables.
  • · Pre-sales / bid-team experience including creation of cost models, BOQ's, SOWs, response to RFI/RFP etc.

Projects:

Aug 2010 – Dec 2011

  • Onsite 3G UMTS Transport Network Audit and Optimization as Project Manager/SME, TELUS and Bell, Toronto Canada

January 2012 – Nov 2013

  • · Offshore Optical Network Audit and optimization, Vodafone, Newbury, UK

Dec 2013 – Feb 2014

  • · Smile Telecom LTD, Johannesburg, South Africa: Subject Matter Expert – Transmission.
  • · LTE Network Solution Consultancy (RFI, RFP consulting)
  • · Vendor and LTE Design Evaluation for DWDM,MW & Aggregation routers like CISCO ASR,ALU 7750 Series.·
  • Technical evaluation of RFP responses from Alcatel, Huawei, and Ericsson after series of discussions.

NOC Manager

Infosys Technologes Ltd
Pune
2008.09 - 2010.08
  • Worked as TNOC Shift Manager,24X7 Transport Support Centre for USA Client LeVel3 Communication Inc, Broomfield, USA.
  • Planning and executing Knowledge & process transition to offshore based on SONET Technology.
  • Managed a team of 10+ NOC engineers responsible for monitoring network performance and resolving issues in an efficient manner.
  • Monitored ticket queues to ensure timely resolution of customer requests.Incident and problem management vide ITIL framework
  • Coordination with onshore Project Management, Legacy Carriers.
  • Conducted regular training sessions for NOC personnel on new technologies and processes.
  • Ensured compliance with industry standards and best practices related to NOC operations.
  • Established key performance indicators for measuring success of NOC operations.
  • Reviewed incident reports from users and other stakeholders to determine root cause analysis and preventive measures.
  • Provided effective resolutions to issues and escalated problems with knowledgeable support and quality service.

Team Lead - Circuit Design

Tata Communications Limited
Bhopal
2007.09 - 2008.08
  • Project: High Bandwidth circuit design for Cable & Wireless UK
  • Staff of engineers Controlled : 10+
  • High Band width network Circuit planning, designing, and Building on DWDM, SDH High Cap and Low cap equipment (Nortel, ECI,Marconi, Ciena and Alcatel) using tools like Preside NMS, MV36&MV38, customized tools like MORI, COMS, COPS, TC-10, LOCM.
  • Managing and designing various customer orders of various capacities and creating transmission design documents for the same
  • Coordinating with the (UK) Field Engineers for the project implementation
  • Awards: Received the Certificate of Excellence for excellent performance in the field of Network Infrastructure and Strategy (Circuit designing and writing) by client Cable and Wireless

Deputy Manager - NLD Transport

Reliance Communications
Bhopal
2003.08 - 2007.09
  • Worked as Deputy Manager – Optical Transmission and Microwave O&M, Reliance Communications Ltd., Bhopal (MP).
  • MCN Incharge for NLD Transmission Network FCAPS functions
  • Maintain MTTR and SLA for faults
  • Submit RCA and Incident Reports
  • Performed routine maintenance and calibration of optical and MW equipments

Town Operating Officer

Airtel
Bhopal
2001.12 - 2003.08
  • Worked in Wire line operations as Town head, Touchtel (A Bharti Telnet Ltd. Enterprise) on contract, Rajnandgaon (CG)
  • Copper NW LA and Last Mile connectivity to Touchtel wireline customers
  • Order Management and implementation in lead committed time
  • Adherence with SOP for Quality compliance for New and Rehab projects.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electrical Engineering

Samrat Ashok Technological Institute
Vidisha
2001-05

Diploma - Electrical Engineering

Samrat Ashok Technological Institute
Vidisha
1998-04

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Presales and Solution Engineering
  • RFP Management
  • Operation and Maintenance
  • Managed Service Operations
  • NOC Management

Certification

  • CDAC
  • CCNA
  • ITIL V3 Foundation
  • Prince2(Foundation and Practitioner)
  • Attended Training by TCTS on IOT and SDWAN
  • PMP certification training by Aricent.

Personal Information

  • Married
  • DOB : 17th Feb
  • Native : Bhopal(MP)

Awards

  • Domain Contributor
  • Certificate of Excellence for excellent performance in the field of Network Infrastructure and Strategy (Circuit designing and writing)
  • Rewards from IMS Academy (Internal Training stream at Infosys) for valuable contribution in Learning program “TRANSHARBOR”
  • Award for Excellence in Delivery for Level3 Communication Project
  • Key Contributor Award by customer (TCS) 2018 for Transition and delivery for FTTN Analysis Project to offshore
  • Blue Ribbon Award 2019 for significant contribution in Planning & Execution of the Fiber Transition for East & West region including IDEA Network
  • Award given by TCTS account VP. Team Triumph Award 2020 for Responsive: Focus on Execution and team management by MD & CEO TCTS
  • Award given by Enterprise Head account Vi. for Responsive: Focus on Execution and team management

Languages

Hindi
First Language

Timeline

Senior Manager - Network & Operations

Tata Communications Limited
2015.08 - Current

Project Lead - Fiber & Mast Rollout

HFCL
2014.03 - 2015.08

Senior Technical Consultant

Aricent Technologies
2010.08 - 2014.02

NOC Manager

Infosys Technologes Ltd
2008.09 - 2010.08

Team Lead - Circuit Design

Tata Communications Limited
2007.09 - 2008.08

Deputy Manager - NLD Transport

Reliance Communications
2003.08 - 2007.09

Town Operating Officer

Airtel
2001.12 - 2003.08

Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electrical Engineering

Samrat Ashok Technological Institute

Diploma - Electrical Engineering

Samrat Ashok Technological Institute
  • CDAC
  • CCNA
  • ITIL V3 Foundation
  • Prince2(Foundation and Practitioner)
  • Attended Training by TCTS on IOT and SDWAN
  • PMP certification training by Aricent.
Avnish Shrivastava