Sooraj Manikkara

Collaborative Project Manager emphasizing Airport surveillance ,Control,Planning,Routing Guidance,Satellite communication. Comprehensive background in project planning and development. Trained extensively in aviation and defense domain . Determined adept at assigning tasks to team members based on individual strengths. Communicated with key project stakeholders to ascertain project requirements.

GAGAN: GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation system (GAGAN) is a planned implementation of a regional Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) by the Indian government. It is a system to improve the accuracy of a GNSS receiver by providing reference signals. The Rs. 7.74 billion project is being implemented by the Airport Authority of India with the help of the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) technology and space support and Raytheon USA with their India partner Grintex India Ltd. The goal is to provide navigation system for all phases of flight over the Indian
airspace and in the adjoining area.

• Installed the Second INMCC in Bangalore for the FOP
• Installed the INLUS West in Bangalore for the FOP.
• Interlinked the Both INMCC Sites.
• Installed and Tested 4 INRES sites in various Airports in (Goa, Porbandar,Nagpur,Trivandrum etc) INDIA
  for the FOP of GAGAN.
• Tested the INLUS site.
• Installed Different application servers at INMCC Console.
• Software and firmware Up gradation.
• GPS antenna Installation
• Conducted SAT and FAT and handed over projects to customer.
• Prepared Detailed SAT and FAT report
• Maintaining Equipment inventory and preparing RMA faulty unit.

AUTO TRAC 3 Installation at Chennai international Airport‐The Autotrac III ATC System is one of two such technologies produced by Raytheon, Highly automated data processing and display system. That provides assistance to ATC Controllers. This system acquires, process, distribute and displays flight data information it’s compatible with all, current, in‐service ATC management environments and it’s the latest update of the earlier Autotrac and Autotrac II systems.

• Assist Raytheon engineers in installation and configuration of devices.
• Coordinate AAI Chennai ATC division and Raytheon Engineers.
• Manage the installation of consoles.
• Assuring the quality of whole project according to compliance statement.
• Conducted SAT and FAT and handed over projects to customer.
• Prepared Detailed SAT and FAT report.

SAAB ASMGCS SYSTEM INSTALATION and Maintenance AT VARIOUS AIRPORTS INDIA/ABROAD‐ ASMGCS (Advanced Surface Movement Guidance & Control System) is a system providing routing,guidance and surveillance for the control of aircraft and vehicles in order to maintain the declared surface movement rate under all weather conditions within the aerodrome visibility operational level while maintaining the required level of safety. (ICAO Doc 9830: Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (A‐SMGCS) Manual)A‐S MGCS is a modular system consisting of different functionalities to support the safe, orderly and expeditious movement of aircraft and vehicles on aerodromes under all circumstances with respect to traffic density and complexity of aerodrome layout, taking into account the demanded capacity under various visibility conditions.

• Manage and Monitor project all activities including allocation of resources and cost cutting.
• Actively involved in vendor identification and timely delivery of material.
• Assist SAAB engineers in critical and complex installations.
• Quality assurance of all technical installation.
• Actively involved in Hardware/software installation and configuration.
• Responsible for getting site acceptance certificate from customer after successful site acceptance test.

formation it’s compatible with all, current, in‐service ATC management environments and it’s the
latest update of the earlier Autotrac and Autotrac II systems.

• Completed training(Certified) on THALES Navigation systems ILS/CVOR/DVOR/DME/Remote Controland their site survey procedure, lightening protection methods from Thales Air Systems & Electron Devices GmbH in Stuttgart, Germany.
• Training on ND‐Satcom VSAT system installation at ND‐Satcom Dubai and ND‐Satcom GmbH
• SAAB ASMGCS system training at Bahrain International Airport
• Completed training (Certified) on VCXIP from Frequentis Vienna Austria.
• Completed training on ADSB system Comsoft GmbH
• ITIL Certification

• Operating system: DOS, Win 7., Win8, win 9, Linux, Win Server 2012
• Hands on experience in installation and configuration of HP Gen 8/9 blade servers and work stations.
• Experience in Computer Network Technologies.
• Hands of Experience in RACK and Heavy Equipment Installations.
• Packages: MS‐OFFICE.MS‐PROJECT,TELNET,WIRESHARK,PUTTY
• Proficient use of multi‐meters, soldering equipment, hand and power tools.