Hasnain Ali

8104 Cobalt Springs Dr. Plano, TX 75025, 214-536-8418, hasnain.ali@sbcglobal.net

Extensive technical consulting, mobile applications and technology, and business process optimization of multifaceted

telecom networks. Result driven, team builder, skilled at partnering with core business groups to deliver best solution.

Effective and efficient response to constantly changing demands and requirements. High level of accountability through

technical competency, strong negotiation skills and problems solving abilities to meet goals of project stakeholders.

KEY STRENGTHS

  ‐ Test Architecture & Methodology

  ‐ H/W and S/W Integration

  ‐ Mobile Network IOT

  ‐ Solution Architecture

  · Standards

  ‐ RFP and SOW Development

  ‐ 3GPP/3GPP2 Standards

- S/W QA and Automation

  ‐ Technical Pre-Sales

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  · Process

3GPP (LTE/HSPA+/GSM/UMTS), UMA (WiFi), 3GPP2 (CDMA/EVDO),VoIP, VoLTE, Public

Safety (E911, SMLC, GMLC, CALEA), IP (TCP/UDP, SIP, IP-sec, HTTP, SNMP), SOAP,

GPRS (GTP, GGSN, SGSN), IEEE (WiMAX, 802.11), SS7, ATM, OSS/BSS, EMS, Mobile

Core (WSS, MGW, HLR), RAN (BTS, NodeB, eNodeB), SONET/SDH, IN (CAMEL, INAP,

LNP, NPDB, SMSC, VMS), Y.1731, Y.1564, RFC2544

  · Tools S/W

Six Sigma, ISO/TL9000, Agile, ITIL, IEEE12207 (MIL-STD-2167A), CMMI, SEI, FAGAN

SQL, MS Office, Linux/UNIX, SharePoint, ClearCase, Tcl/Tck, C/C++, HP QTP, HP QC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Frontier Communications, Allen, TX

Mar. 2014 – April 2015

Senior Systems Engineer

  · AT&T U-verse OSS Transformation and network optimization ($2B) involving Video (Ericsson Mediaroom), Data

(ALU 7450/7750/7330) and VoIP (MetaSwitch Call Server) system integration and testing.

Senior Consultant, VoLTE

AT&T, Mobility, Dallas, TX

  · LTE IMS (ALU) VoLTE call processing and mobility management test architecture, planning and execution.

Verizon Wireless, Technology, Dallas, TX

Feb. 2014 – Mar. 2014

Oct. 2012 ‐ Dec. 2013

  · VoLTE LTE IMS (ALU) for Ethernet Backhaul (EBH) L2/L3 QOS Performance Testing & Monitoring by engaging

Verizon HQ Planning, Network Planners and Network Operations towards 45k Macro and Small Cell sites

  · LTE Ethernet Backhaul (EBH) tools towards Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent L2/L3 Routers and Ericsson Network OEMs on

Small Cells, Dark Fiber, VoLTE and C-RAN (Cloud RAN) for OSS/BSS.

  · VoLTE EBH MSA and SLA management towards EBH and network OEM vendors.

  · Budgeting, Forecasting and purchase orders through vendor roadmap and SOW development.

Ericsson, B/OSS, Plano, TX

June 2012 ‐ Sept. 2012

  · Analyzed OSS architecture for Performance Analytics on Performance Management (PM), Fault Management

(FM), Inventory Management (IM) and Configuration Management (CM) GUI dashboards through Six Sigma,

Agile SCM processes for 4G LTE transformation requirements based on AT&T SLA’s

  · Developed 400+ performance analytics test cases through Six Sigma and Agile processes based on Monolith’s

S/W Management System Solution of OSS SQL-based redundant presentation, collector and database

Goodman Networks/Alcatel-Lucent, Plano, TX

Jan. 2009 ‐ April 2012

Manager, Network Services & Technology

  · Led & performed S/W and H/W integration process of Alcatel-Lucent’s GSM/UMTS/HSPA+/SIP NGN Wireless

Call Server (WCS) and IMS-based IP/TDM Wireless Media Gateway (WMG), EVDO RNC, Optical (DWDM) and

IP Backhaul for Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile mobile core and RAN access networks.

  · Led integration service S/W automation for Alcatel-Lucent’s CDMA EVDO RNC and IP Backhaul products for

Verizon and Sprint.

  ‐ Service Oriented Architecture

  ‐ Process Optimization

- OSS/BSS Transformation

  ‐ Performance Analytics

Alcatel-Lucent, Plano, TX

Senior Engineer, Mobile NGN

Aug. 1997 ‐ Jan. 2009

  · Performed IOT and proof of concept testing RFP on SIP/GSM/UMTS/HSPA+/WiFi (UMA) wireless call server,

wireless media gateway and Ericsson and Nortel BTS/nodeB through call processing and mobility management.

  · Developed Test Strategy and Test Architecture for mobile device and applications voice, data and public safety

testing on 4G (T-Mobile) and 3G+ (Verizon) networks through Six Sigma, Agile, CMMI and SCM processes.

  · Performed GSM/UMTS traffic analysis KPIs as part of OSS/BSS solution on wireless call server and media

gateway with T-Mobile engineering management for US regional markets during product rollout.

  · Led T-Mobile regional market launch and rollout of SIP/IP/GSM/UMTS/HSPA+ wireless call server, wireless

media gateway and wireless management system for California, Washington, Virginia and Oregon markets.

  · Managed S/W automation of OSS/BSS (EMS) dashboard platform for Alcatel-Lucent for

SIP/IP/GSM/UMTS/HSPA+ wireless call server and IP/TDM wireless media gateway through development of

5000+ test cases to meet KPI scores on Network Performance, Subscriber, Provisioning and Billing data.

  · Developed pre-sales solution architecture on new wireless network architecture to T-Mobile engineering

management through requirements analysis between 3GPP standards and T-Mobile’s wireless network

requirements (RFP) encompassing 3G+ Mobile Core, IP/TDM wireless media gateway.

  · Performed billing systems (CDR) solution architecture through data collection, validation, transformation and

distribution for OSS/BSS charging and mediation systems of mobile applications & networks.

  · Completed successful network penetration into T-Mobile’s mobile core network as Tier 1 vendor with next

generation /GSM/UMTS/HSPA+/SIP/IP wireless call server, IP/TDM media gateway and OSS/BSS (EMS).

  · Project managed team through work requirements, project scheduling, task management, technical auditing and

resource management for S/W test automation development on GSM/UMTS/HSPA+SIP/IP IMS-based call

server, and IP/TDM media gateway to ensure customer deliverables and mitigation of customer issues.

  · Led customer trials per T-Mobile’s RFP on GSM/UMTS/HSPA+/SIP/IP distributed network architecture technology

solution through call processing and wireless mobility management.

  · AT&T and Verizon customer demonstration through NMS (OSS/BSS) solutions testing of FTTH/GPON for Triple

Play services (IP/SIP/VoIP, Video, Data).

  · Demonstrated OSS/BSS service architecture solution of subscriber, billing & performance management and KPIs

through EMS dashboard capability of real-time and historical data to T-Mobile Management.

  · Developed network technology solution with for AT&T customer trial on ATM Routing Platform,

SIP/IP/GSM/UMTS/HSPA+ call server and media gateway.

  · Provided network deployment solutions to T-Mobile engineering management during customer trial based on next

generation wireless distributed architecture.

  · Customer support to T-Mobile management on GSM/UMTS S/W releases and upgrades.

  · Trained Alcatel-Lucent engineers from Europe, Mexico and South America on wireless call server, wireless media

gateway and wireless element management system in preparation for customer trials and deployment with TelCel

(Mexico GSM/UMTS Operator) and TAO (Thailand GSM/UMTS Operator).

  · Managed work requirements, project scheduling, task management, technical auditing and resource management

for EMS automation development to ensure deliverables are met.

  · Lead member of the Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola Defect Prevention Working Group to develop root cause

analysis methodology and Gap analysis for CMM requirements on Five Nines availability (99.999%) for Japan’s

KDDI and Verizon Wireless CDMA 2000 networks.

  · Project managed LNP and LNP-CALEA billing functionality for Verizon Wireless.

  · Performed OSS KPI requirements analysis for Japan’s CDMA 2000 KDDI network and FOA for Verizon Wireless.

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Bachelor of Applied Science Electrical Engineering

University of Ottawa, Canada

TRAINING / CERTIFICATION

3GPP/3GPP2, TCP/IP, VoIP, Six Sigma, ISO/TL9000, QoS/QMS, CMMI, SONET, ATM, MPLS, Java, C/C++, Tcl/Tck