ADNAN KHAN

Email: adnan.wireless@gmail.com

Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adnankhanwireless

SUMMARY

Progressive Wireless Communications career with over seventeen years of extensive end-to-end Technical and

Management experience spanning across Wireless Cellular Network vendors, Mobile Devices manufacturers,

Test Equipment vendors and Network Operators. Proven ability to introduce new technologies, build

Engineering Teams and Test Labs from the ground up, develop highly efficient resources and manage multisited,

multi-cultural test teams. Focus on continuous improvement for people, methods and processes, with

natural attraction to high impact and cross-functional initiatives. Strong Analytical, Communication and

People skills and an outstanding Team Player who excels in challenging, dynamic business environment

dedicated to achieving Six Sigma Goals.

Demonstrated Strengths in:

Direct Management of Engineering teams and labs locally and remotely

Product Life Cycle Development and Managing, Planning and Executing various Test Cycles

Product Management

Customer relationship management

Project Management, Agile development methodologies with continuous integration

New Product Integration and Feature Testing

Decision Making and Problem Solving

Vendor Management

Budget Planning

Quality and Process Improvement and Optimization

Long Range Wireless Networks: LTE, CDMA, WCDMA, EVDO, eHRPD

Short Range Technology: NFC, Bluetooth and WLAN

Call Processing and Operation and Maintenance of Wireless Cellular Systems

Creative troubleshooting/debugging techniques of wireless networks and mobile devices

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Anritsu, Wireless Protocol Carrier Acceptance Testing

Program & Technical Customer Engagement Manager

Software Engineering Manager

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Richardson, TX

(09/15 – Present)

(07/14 – 09/15)

  · Leading and managing internal and outsource, multi-functional global teams to deliver major Carrier Acceptance

Protocol Test Platforms to the wireless ecosystem

Providing Technical leadership on Carrier Acceptance Test Solution by collaborating on leading edge 3GPP Rel11,

Rel-12, Rel-13 features with major US operators SME, key chipset vendors, handset OEM. Well versed with

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile legacy and leading edge feature requirements

  · Managing 3rd party partnerships from conception to commercialization to deliver innovative solutions to

customers

  · Managing customer relationship with key network operators and chipset vendors

  · Managing various release programs using Agile methodology and Scrum movement

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Technical Product Management, driving product and platform capabilities to align with customer technology

roadmaps. Evaluating feature commercialization from a business perspective

Cell: (817) 791-7027

Presenting overall product line business plans and proposals for mid-level and executive level management.

  · Overseeing the development of business plans/product positioning in the market place, identifying customer needs

and establishing pricing strategies

Interfacing with engineering, manufacturing, marketing and sales to develop new products or enhance existing

product(s) or product line(s)

  · Maintaining product line’s overall profit and loss performance including establishing pricing strategies, tracking,

reviewing, assembling Revenue & Order Intake performance versus COGS, R&D, and selling expenses

Amazon Lab126, Wireless Connectivity Software Quality Assurance

Engineering Manager

  · Responsible for extensive QA testing and certification of several FireOS consumer products in

Bluetooth/WiFi/NFC/Cellular domains

Sunnyvale, CA

(01/14 – 07/14)

  · Managed a team of quality engineering professionals to ensure the highest quality product delivery

  · Worked with business and development teams to understand product vision and requirements

  · Developed and implemented comprehensive QA strategy that aligns with engineering initiatives and overall

business strategy.

  · Spearheaded the development and execution of test plans and monitored and reported on test execution

  · Managed outsourced partners globally for QA testing and ensured adherence with internal testing strategies.

Participation in UnPlug Fests and IOT events with automotive manufacturers

BlackBerry - Research In Motion (RIM), Systems Integration and Interoperability Test (IOT) Irving, TX

Senior Engineering Manager

  · Managed multiple radio software protocol test teams, locally and remotely working on broad spectrum of

wireless technologies across all phases of Mobile Device Operator Acceptance phases with major Cellular

carriers domestically and internationally. Managed team from both technical and individual career

development perspective including conducting performance reviews

  · Managed (3) IOT/Pre-Cert test labs through all phases of calibration, vendor management, upgrades,

audits & lab utilization

  · Built up efficient teams and established technology test labs from scratch on newer technologies and fully

capable of achieving WW acceptance of handheld and tablet products across all Tier 1 to Tier 3 carriers

(e.g., Verizon, AT&T, Voda, BeRT, TMO, Sprint, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC)

  · Delivered (10) NPI handsets/tablets successfully from concept to market to major Carriers across the

world

  · Leading teams across different phases of IOT/Pre-Certification/Carrier Certification/Industry

Certifications in WLAN, CDMA, EVDO, NFC, WiMAX and LTE domains

  · Developing strong relationships with Test Equipment vendors, Cellular carriers, Certification bodies,

External network vendor IOT and Third party labs. Working directly with the multiple NVIOT and

Carrier labs located in Dallas for all BB10 products

  · Successful integration, testing, and optimization of new IMS stack into existing software to facilitate

VOLTE functionality for multiple carriers worldwide

  · Providing status to senior management and program management along with associated risk and

mitigation plans

  · Managed team to validate and improve radio call performance in cellular and WLAN technologies

  · Influencing product direction by participation in internal product feature discussions, reviews, writing use

cases and technical discussions with operators. Presented results of investigation to the carrier

  · Participating in efficient resource planning and budget planning process for CAPEX/OPEX, minimizing

expenses based on technical comparison of solutions from different vendors on new technologies

  · Developing various KPI metric to measure and reflect software quality and test execution progress to

Executive leadership

  · Involved in strategic planning of product launches and project testing schedules to meet customer

requirements while balancing competing business priorities

  · Developing and maintaining relationships with various players in Cellular & NFC ecosystem

(UICC manufacturers, Carriers, POS/Transit terminal suppliers/manufacturers, equipment

vendors, Smart Tags manufacturers/suppliers, test labs etc) to better leverage Interoperability &

Mobile Payments testing internally with BlackBerry devices.

  · Managed team to participate in NFC (Near Field Comm), CCF (CDMA Certification Forums), CDG and

contribute to Technical Working groups keeping RIM’s technical/propriety behavior in perspective

(05/09 – 12/14)

  · Efficiently interacting with internal hardware/software development teams, project management and

external customer teams to troubleshoot, isolate and drive issues to closure to deliver defect free products

  · Reviewing new feature requirements from Carriers and design docs from modem chipset vendors such as

Qualcomm and TI to provided feedback to design teams on impacts from system perspective

  · Representing and preparing teams in various ISO audit for IOT test processes

BlackBerry - Research In Motion (RIM), Systems Integration and IOT

Senior IOT Specialist

Irving, TX

  · Provided technical support in test planning and executing Feature testing, Carrier testing, and 3GPP2 standards

based testing for device conformance

(03/08 – 05/09)

  · Actively performed in-depth log analysis and debug of voice and data field issues and in customer labs

  · Provided technical insight into radio performance and battery life improvement

  · Improved product quality and facilitated fast acceptance of the product from the wireless operators. Owner of all

radio related features like SMS, MMS, A-GPS, data, OTASP, OTAPA

  · Well versed with technical acceptance requirements, processes, and Carrier Certification requirements of major

CDMA and LTE Cellular carriers such as Verizon, Sprint, MetroPCS, Reliance, Tata, China Telecom

  · Interfaced with standard and certification bodies such as CDG, CTIA, CCF, Wi-Fi Alliance, NFC Forum on a

periodic basis

  · Hands on experience with various network emulators such as Spirent, Anite, R&S, Agilent, Aeroflex, Anritsu,

w2bi

  · Worked on technical issues found during lab and field testing, negotiated root cause and solution of issues with

carrier teams including lab and field test teams

  · Supported marketing and operator facing teams in driving discussions with operators related to network issues like

data architecture, roaming and compliance testing

Motorola, New Feature System Test Group - Networks & Enterprise

Senior Staff Engineer

Fort-Worth, TX

(06/03 – 03/08)

  · Actively held position of Feature Test Lead for various major releases and features including 1x-EVDO

Rev0 and RevA, MFPA, QoS, VOIP. Involved in planning phase to make sure requirements were parsed

correctly and smart test plan/cases to developed. Lead the execution phase to make sure the all tests were

run, defects identified and resolved in a timely manner before delivery to customers which lead to sign off

with major carriers (Verizon and Sprint)

  · Monitored end-to-end network performance of core and access network and performed preliminary

analysis

  · Incorporated better test practices and processes in the System Integration and Test team. Ensured that

releases delivered to customer were free of high severity defects

  · Developed strong relationships between various teams worldwide including Development, System

Engineering, and Deployment and 3rd part vendors and coordinated technical meetings

  · Lead the OTA (Over the Air) test team activity for several trials before delivery to the deployment team.

Efforts resulted in identification various defects that were overlooked in lab environment testing

  · Supported and performed various in house demos of features to customers before the Deployment group

delivered the release to customer

  · Served as subject matter expert and troubleshooting expert in 1X and EVDO Hitachi and Motorola

IPBSC-DO system to within group as well as to other teams in Cellular Systems Division.

  · Authored various white papers on IP network planning, debugging techniques, O&M database

management and performed TEM training on major features

  · Actively participated in integration and testing of the new MMII platform that replaced the Motorola

legacy BSC. Rated as one of the highest defect finder in entire team in this program

  · Ensured that inbound software code quality received from development and sub-system test organizations

is acceptable to start System level testing

  · Introduced new processes by authoring document on requirements management and verifying tractability

matrix

Motorola, Advanced Release Planning Group - Global Telecom Solutions Sector

CDMA Release Manager

  · Provided technical presence and managed release within the M-Gate frame work from M11 to M3, ensured that

M-gate deliverables to all sub teams in System Test Organization were met at each M-Gates and issues and risks

identified and schedule adjusted accordingly

Fort-Worth, TX

(01/03 – 06/03)

  · Defined Budgetary Estimation Process that is currently used across the organization.

  · Performed Budgetary Estimates and Resource planning for the respective releases

  · Actively participated in meeting to identify and alleviate risks during the release cycle

  · Maintained Teamplay data with respect to release planning and use the historical data for future estimations.

Motorola, 1X Customer Field Trials Group - Network Solutions Sector

Senior Test Engineer

  · Integrated and deployed the first Motorola 3G CDMA 1X trial system using PDG (Packet Data Gateway), CBSC,

and 1X Base stations on the Sprint Network in Kansas City, KS and Verizon Network in Charlotte, NC

Fort-Worth, TX

(06/00– 01/03)

  · Performed and coordinated drive testing and data logging using CAIT for both voice and data calls

  · Analyzed logs and tweaked system to provide optimized throughput for data calls

  · Revised and executed ATP in accordance with customer and implemented reliability and functionality test

accordingly and precisely

  · Actively involved in the integration and testing of the new Selector (SDU) and Vocoder (VPU) platforms that

replaced the obsolete transcoder XC platform

  · Lead Systems integration, implementation, support and testing efforts of domestic and international wireless

network systems in U.S.A., China, India, Israel and Malaysia

Motorola, Customer Technical Solutions Group

Commercial, Government, Industrial Solutions Sector

Systems Engineer I

  · Provided technical support to major paging carriers including SKYTEL, PAGEMART, PAGENET, AIRTOUCH

  · Performed drive testing on live networks of paging carriers and tested different paging units

  · Performed analysis of data collected in field and raised appropriate issues with development and management that

might impact customer

Fort-Worth, TX

(08/99 – 06/00)

  · Provided on-site demonstration of software upgrades and associated features of new paging devices to customers

  · Designed and developed proposal plans including equipment list for migrating legacy small scale paging systems

to current FLEX and ReFLEX technology

  · Performed RF propagation analysis and designed small scale in-house paging systems for government project

including hospitals, fire department, and military bases

  · Provided Y2K support with respect to hardware/software upgrades

Motorola, Systems Engineering and Integration Group

Advanced Messaging Systems Division

Systems Engineer II

  · Designed wireless paging systems following established Systems Engineering standards and generated equipment

lists, descriptions, quotations, system drawings/schematics, and configuration within the design schedule/cycle

time

Fort-Worth, TX

(01/98 – 08/99)

  · Produced proposals, presentations, and statement of work (SOW) of high technical quality to major paging carriers

and utility companies by working closely with program managers and directly with customers

  · Integrated and tested Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) and other vertical market applications on existing two-way

systems and ReFLEX™ paging protocol

  · Developed and implemented Acceptance Test Plans (ATP) to troubleshoot and field test new subscriber devices

and wireless systems

  · Coordinated and supported entry level engineers and co-ops to come up to speed on ongoing projects in the

department

  · Prepared engineering computer modeled predictions (propagation studies) of paging receiver coverage and RF link

performance (link studies) using MOZAIK™ software

  · Assisted in deployment of a new two-way coverage modeling tool for use in evaluating and analyzing site density

and optimizing site placement in both the outbound and inbound paging channels

  · Involved in the systems integration, implementation and deployment of Motorola's CDMA IS95 A/B WiLL, ,

voice and data networks

  · Aided Engineers and customers in US, Latin America, and Canada to integrate and test radio paging coverage and

predict their paging infrastructure requirements and also assisted in frequency planning

  · Upgraded Wireless Messaging Networks worldwide to be Year 2000 compliant

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Bachelor of Science – Electrical Engineering December 1997

University of Texas at Austin

Harvard Management Mentor Program - 2011

Leadership Challenge, People Management, Performance management, LTE Protocols/Signaling, LTE

Advanced Protocols/Signaling CCNA boot camp, Wireless RF System Design, TCP/IP Internetworking,

Exploring WiMAX, Understanding 4G technologies, VOIP for Wireless Networks, Mastering CDMA2000

(1x) Call Processing and Mastering 1xEV-DO Signaling (Rev0 and RevA), , Understanding IPv6, IMS

signaling,

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  · Well versed in knowledge of 3G and 4G technologies IS-95A/B, IS-2000, IS-856 (EVDO rev0 and revA),

eHRPD, LTE standards (rel-13 and earlier)

  · Well versed in LTE features like FeICIC, CRS-IC, eMBMS, Carrier Aggregation, 256QAM, eMTC, Cat M, NBIoT,

LTE-U, ePDCCH, CoMP

  · Knowledge of EMVCO and NFC Forum/ISIS Level 1 and 2 Cert process SWP/HCI, ISO 14443, NFC Forum

Digital, NDEF, SNEP, LLCP standards, and NFC protocol

  · Practical knowledge of WLAN (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) and WiFi Alliance (WPS, WMM-PS, 802.11n, Miracast, WiFi

Direct, Mobile Hot Spot, WISPr)

  · Practical knowledge of Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), Bluetooth SIG, BT CTIA Cert

  · Working experience in using Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Agilent span analyzer, TAS4500

Flex fader

  · Detailed knowledge of TCP/IP and all layers of OSI model and various protocols including SIP, RTP, TCP/IP,

SNMP, RSVP, ATM

  · Hands on experience configuring various Cisco routers and multilayer switches e.g. CAT 4006, 6509, 6513, 2880,

8850 (Aggregation Node) and Cisco and 3COM/UT STARCOM PDSN

  · Detailed knowledge of the Motorola 1X, EVDO Architecture and all elements in RAN as well as the Core Network

  · Working knowledge of mobile debug tools like CAIT/QXDM, ACTIX and sniffers like Wireshark, Omnipeek,

Iperf, Netspy, Netmon, and RF propagation tools like MOZAIK™ (Computer Based RF Simulation Tool),

Mapinfo

  · Hands on experience with Microsoft Project, HP Quality center, JIRA, DOORS, EPM, and various in house

test/defect management and execution tools

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

IEEE Member

CITIZENSHIP STATUS

United States Citizen