Safi Ismail

 

E-mail: safi.ismail@ymail.com   Phone: 630-842-7160

 

OBJECTIVE:

Obtain a position in RF Engineering in Telecom Industry.

 

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

·  Good knowledge of RF theory and fundamentals.

·  Good knowledge of GSM, CDMA, UMTS, LTE Technologies.

·  Good knowledge of TEMS, AGILENT, LLDM, EXCAL and QXDM

·  Good knowledge of Preparation of RFDS, Auto Forms, and Plumbing Diagrams.

·  Familiar with Optimization  principles.

·  Worked on Post processing tools E-dat, Actix.

·  Familiar with Auto Forms for RFSD preparations and plumbing diagrams.

·  Over 18 years of strong Technical/Management experience.

·  Excellent Knowledge/experience of Windows OS.

·  Good management, communication and problem solving skills.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Jan 2014 – April 2014

Client: Sprint

 

·  Worked for Nexius Wireless for a Sprint project in Chicago and Indiana.

·  Responsible for collecting data using TEMS 15.2 version.

 

June 2013 till December 2013:

Client: At&t

·  Working on Antenna swap project in Wisconsin

·  Data collection using Tems and MS Streets and trips.

 

Feb 2013-July 2013:

Client: Ericson

DRIVE TEST ENGINEER

·  VoLTE/LTE services testing using Android and Apple devices.

·  Driving all over Chicago land area to support VoLTE testing at specific TAC sites.

·  Drive testing, Shakedown testing, and iRAT testing

·  Provide troubleshooting testing support based on need during the day and night.

·  VoLTE testing in VoLTE RAN areas.

 

Nov 2012 – Feb 2013:

Client: Sprint

DATA COLLECTOR

·  Nexgen Wireless for Sprtint 4G Project in Chicago and Indianapolis.

·  E911 and 4G testing.

·  3G  CTTP  Testing

·  Training new teams and making them ready to do the above tests.

·  Drive testing and collecting data by driving all over the Clusters.

 

April 2012-Oct 2012:

Client: Verizon

 

RF ENGINEER

·  Avion Systems for Verizon 4G  UMTS Project in  Utah.

·  Drive Testing using Agilent and Delorme Street Atlas for data collection.

·  Post processing collected data in eDat.

·  Responsible for drive test data post processing and detail problem analysis.

 

Feb 2011-Feb 2012:

Client: At&t

 

DATA COLLECTOR

·  LCC International Inc for AT&T LTE Project in Chicago.

·  Drive Testing for the antenna swap from 3G to 4G using Agilent and Microsoft Streets and Trips.

·  Post processing collected data in Actix.

·  Making power point presentation of the processed data of different frequencies.

·  Call testing at cell sites to check the calls performance for new antenna.

·  MCU Reconfiguration with the correct IP address for Power wave and Andrew NodeBs.

 

 

Sept 2010 – Feb 2011:

Client: Verizon

 

DRIVE TESTER AND POST PROCESSING.

·  ADEX Corporation for Verizon LTE Project in Philadelphia.

·  Collected LTE data for using LG equipment and LG Connection Manager, LLDM, Agilent and DeLor me Street Atlas.

·  Processed Sector Test data files using eDat..

·  Collected the data  for cluster drives  in the three states of   Pennsylvania, Delaware  and   New Jersey.

·  Exposure to RF  Data Sheet.

·  Performed responsibilities of setting up testing equipment.

 

April 2010-May 2010:

Client: Alcatel-Lucent

 

DRIVE TESTER

·  Alcatel-Lucent At&T project in Detroit, MI

·  Drive testing using Agilent for Baseline Drives, Post Drives, Sector Test Drives  and Cluster Drives .

1995  - 2009:

 

Civil Engineer in India.

 

EDUCATION:      

Completed  a course in Bachelor of Engineering, Bangalore University, India.

Major: Civil Engineering.

Computer Skills: Auto CADD, 3DSMAX, Primavera,Microsoft Office SAP

 

IMMIGRATION STATUS: Resident Alien