CHAITANYA RALLABHANDI

APT 36, 143 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, r.chaitanya4@gmail.com, 916-761-3229(M)

EDUCATION

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

National Institute Of Technology Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Telecommunication

EXPERIENCE

Nexgen Wireless, Chicago, IL USA

Associate RF Engineer (Co-op)

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Aug 2015

Master of Science degree in Telecom System Management

Relevant Coursework: Telecom Public Policy & Business Management, Data Networking, Telecom Architecture

July 2009

Jun 2014 – Dec 2014

Led benchmark testing (do tests to see which of the 4 major carriers is the best at a place/event)

  · Pivotal in preparing the Competitive Network Performance (CNP) process guide for benchmarking

  · Performed DAS testing for Dignity health systems (California), helped in making them a permanent client

  · Worked as a drive tester for Sprint Network Vision Project in North Dakota ( ATP testing 2.5 GHz and 800

MHz, Cluster drive )

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Himachal Pradesh, India

Junior Telecom Officer

Mar2010 - June2013

  · Maintained CDOT-MBM Exchange with 3980 hot connections and served as the main point of contact with

300 new connections each year

  · Commissioned 24 high speed Leased Lines/ MPLS Ckts on ofc connectivity to HPPCL, Nationalized Banks, Life

Insurance Corporation of India etc. with 10 connections of 2Mbps(E1 link) speed and above increasing

revenue by 10%

  · Supervised Mobile BTS Maintenance of 7 3G and 9 2G BTS’s, reducing the down time by 30%

  · Operational experience on transmission equipments of different vendors like Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent

  · Advanced training on Telecom switching technology and equipments

  · Commissioned a Wimax BTS, Mini-Link ( 16 E1 link capacity microwave system)

  · Optical Fiber Network maintenance ( connectivity to Mobile MSC and PSTN TAX)

  · Worked on ZTE 64-port ZXDSL 9806H Broadband DSLAM ( based on ATM protocol)

  · Stationed as the Nodal Officer for disaster management and relief initiative

SKILLS

Programming Languages: C, C++ and exposure to core Java, Linux, SQL, Ubuntu,

Networking Protocols: TCP/IP, Fiber Channel network protocols, Telnet, FTP, DHCP, RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, DNS, SIP, SS7

Additional Applications: Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Power point, Word), Wireshark, Cisco Packet tracer,

MapInfo, JDSU Trusite software, Actix

ACADEMIC PROJECT

Routing project on Cisco Packet tracer, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

November 2013

  · Designed a network consisting of routers and switches. Five different locations (countries) of the same

company were connected

  · EIGRP routing protocol was used for router configuration. VLAN concept was used in switches. A backup

route was also made

Capstone project using LINUX servers, Northeastern University, Boston MA

  · DNS server was configured using BIND9. Forward and reverse ns-lookup was implemented

  · DHCP and DNS servers were configured to accommodate IPv6 addressing

November 2013

  · Configured my personal computer running on LINUX UBUNTU OS as a Web Server, DNS server and DHCP

server. Gained knowledge of configuring the network manager