Deepak Taneja

Led transformational & Green Field proposal initiatives as CFR (Contract Fulfillment Responsible) resulting in a 25% increase in business revenue.

• Strategized and worked closely with multi-disciplined teams to drive Compliance, estimations (across domains for Ericsson & 3PP HW, SW, Services and Managed Services/Support/ AMC), delivery plans, risk identification and brainstorming for RFx engagements.
• Provided consultation within the pre-sales team and facilitated strategical stakeholder engagement that ensured competitive edge against competition, leading to business win.
• Defined and proposed Delivery model, Strategy & Program Org. basis SWOT analysis
• Led 3PP engagements to negotiate & finalize scope & price. Risk workshops, participated in contract & payment milestones and Price finalization to optimize proposed price.
• Engaged with Leadership team for strategic decisions to intensify business probability.
• Developed and maintained relationship with Customer, Senior management, business stakeholders including Customer Unit, Development Unit, Solution Area, Managed Service, Customer Support, Global Service Delivery, 3PP Vendors & OEM, Sourcing and required Internal & External Stakeholders to align proposal priorities with business objectives.

• Airtel 11 circles 5G Network Management Sol. for 500K Cell (WON)
• Airtel 10 circles 75K Transport Nodes Transformation (WON)
• Airtel 11 circles 1.2 M 2/3/4G cells N/W Mgt Transformation (WON)
• Airtel IMS (VoLTE) (WON)
• OPTUS Australia Ericsson Orchestrator (WON)
• ROBI Bangladesh Charging System (WON)
• Aircel 5 years, multi-million USD contract (WON).
• Aircel 80M Subs Charging System Upgrade & Expansion (WON).
• Aircel 13 M subscriber Charging System Expansion (WON).
• Airtel 2012-2014 & 2015-2017 PAN INDIA RAN & Transport Network Management solution upgrades (WON).
• Airtel 2012-2014 IN Expansion (WON).
• Vodafone Nokia Charging System Swap (WON).
• Idea Telcordia Charging System Swap (7 Circles) (WON).
• Bhutan charging system & CORE (DR), Postpaid Billing (WON).
• Telenor Mobile Number Portability (WON)
• Airtel TV, Consumer & business applications engagements (15+) i.e. IP Surveillance, Antispam, Hosted Call Centre, IPTV, Multiscreen etc.

Led end-to-end delivery of green-field & large-scale OSS /BSS transformation programs, resulting in increase of 13% UM & 16% customer satisfaction

• Set programs goals according to the strategic objectives of the organization and led solutions implementation from establishing project requirements to solution go-live
• Built & led geographically distributed high performing teams, including working with partner’s teams, and defining the right operating model, resulting in 25% increase in team productivity
• Devised strategies for program performance & governed the need for improvements. Managed team of 100+ resources including Architect, Program Directors, CPM, Engineers.
• To maintain & ensure Customer Relationship at CXO, middle management level (for interfacing departments eg IT, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Customer Care etc.)
• Managed multiple delivery teams including RAN (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G), Transport, CORE and ensured Leadership level governance, conducted program meetings, identified & resolved process gaps to ensure timely, quality & controlled-cost delivery with improved Margins.
• Built & managed strong relations with Customer Unit, Solution Area, Global Delivery & Expertise, Development Unit, Managed Services, Customer Support, Zonal & Global stakeholders to ensure required support.
• Governed steering group & milestones meeting with stakeholders for AoS generation.
• Vendor/OEM management & negotiation, Sourcing, Resource Management, Coaching, Mentoring, Conflict & Competence Management.
• Hired and managed contract resources or agencies to augment team staffing that helped to optimize delivery cost. Mentored team to develop leadership and technical skills.
• Proposed & Deployed automation (CI/CD) in Network management solution upgrades
• Defined & implemented Agile processes in complex environments, delivering Agile projects at scale.

• Airtel 11 circles Network Management Sol. Transformation for RAN (2/3/4/5G), Transport, VoLTE, PCRF, CORE etc.) (70+ EMS Deployment, 1.2 M RAN cells & 75K Transport Nodes migration, Reporting solution, Security compliance)
• Airtel 11 circles 160+ Network Management & Reporting Solution Version Upgrade.
• Aircel Telcordia charging system Swap of 12 circles, Postpaid Billing, 45 M Subs Expansion (5 Years Contract)
• Aircel 80 M subs charging system Upgrade & Expansion
• Aircel 13 M charging system Expansion
• Aircel N/W Management solution deployment & upgrades.
• Airtel 23 circles charging system upgrades (~1000 Nodes) e.g SDP, SCP, VS, IVR, MINSAT, DWS, CRS etc.
• Bhutan charging system & Postpaid Billing
• Airtel 23 circles charging system deployment (~450+ charging system nodes). Green Field Deployment in few circles.

• Managed end-to-end delivery of Prepaid Solution (PPS4.3.2), PPT422, PPS433, Centralized Voucher System, PRBP (Personalize Ring Back Tone) deployment in existing customer (Nigeria (GLOBACOM), Libya (GPTC), Sudan, Sri Lanka (MTN), & green-field customer (SPACETEL (Yemen) etc), including requirements elicitation, solution design, development, testing, and deployment.

• Led and successfully delivered hanaringMe, Background Music Services (IN Services), Local Number Portability (IN Service), GSM/WCDMA Inbound roaming in CDMA Network & Call simulators for PSTN, ISDN, R2, ISUP and V5.2 (ISDN, PSTN) to South Korean Operators i.e. Hanaro Telecom & Korea Telecom. m & Korea Telecom