Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
I am a Senior Telecommunications Professional with 25+ years of international experience across Iran, Italy, Turkey, and Germany. My career has progressed from technical consulting to COO, Chief Network Officer, and Program Manager. What I deliver: Large-scale RAN rollout projects (9,700+ sites, 1,000+ per year) Network modernization (2,000+ sites modernized annually, including 1,000 5G sites) Profitability turnaround via contract audit Customer-facing program management with highest regional CS score Certifications: PMP (valid through 2027) Currently: General Manager Network Rollout at MTN Irancell Goal: Relocating to Dubai/UAE to lead strategic network deployment projects for a major operator or vendor. Open to Director, Program Manager, or Customer Project Manager roles in Dubai.
Responsible for MTNI network rollout projects: • Designed and implemented a custom software framework for rollout management, optimizing task assignments and communication; adopted by Company and used by all internal players and subcontractors increasing overall productivity and accountability • Owned scope, schedule, resource baselines and governance for all Rollout Projects • Constructed approx. 1,000 new sites per year • Relocated 200+ sites per year, preventing service disruptions • Modernized 2,000+ sites per year • Delivered 500+ Fiber Drop Points in the last 3 years • Lead technical evaluation of subcontractors for network tenders • Fully revision of new Single Vendor Managed Services Contract for Network Operations
• Reorganized 5 Service Lines — 600 resources • Successfully completed 3G rollout project in Tehran (NAK most critical project, May 2014 – Mar 2015) • Extended PMP methodology across all Company projects • Controlled 30+ projects
• Delivering Managed Services contract scope for MCI Tehran Network • Achieved Overall Network Progress planned for 1 year in just 9 months • Contributed to Company growth from 150 to 800 employees in 1 year • Introduced Change Management Process (later on country-wide adopted) • Established Site Administrative Mgmt. Dept. and built MCI Tehran sites database in 1 year (2,300 sites) • Established EVM Dept. for cost & progress management • Introduced 20+ Level 3 ETOM processes (detailed at level 4/5)
• Directed nationwide MVO project for MTNI, turning profitability in 6 months • Managed 50+ engineers and 3 field subcontractors • Attained the highest Customer Satisfaction score in Ericsson Middle East region for 2013
• Program Manager for MTNI (Network Design, Implementation, CARE, Consulting and System Integration) • Cleared site acceptance backlog — 1,500 sites PAC’ed and FAC’ed in 1 year • Provided clear program cost visibility to Regional MEA Management • Service Business Excellence Award — nominated among World Top 60 Service Business Managers at NSN
• Leading 50+ Eng. & 2 Subcons for radio/TRS/core/IPBB planning & opt. project for MTNI Network • Achieved acceptance of all contracted Network Expansion Phases 1–7 (~3,000 sites)
• Technical sales for ADM, MW PDH/SDH radio, IP equipment; preparation of proposals