11732 Quay Rd.

Oakton, VA 22124

BRAHMDEEP JANDIR

bjandir@jandir.com

703-795-0921 (Cell)

Summary

  · Results-focused professional with over sixteen years of experience in telecom, satellite, healthcare & IT.

  · Experienced in managing large scale telecommunications and IT implementations in the cloud.

  · Hands on, Solution focused, People oriented, Engaging and Participative management style.

  · Self-driven, results, deadline, decision and budget oriented. Able to multitask and shift priorities quickly.

  · Broad background in systems architecture, design, development, system engineering, integration and

implementation.

  · Effectively managed and coached remote and co-located deployment and development teams.

  · Experienced in implementing projects on the cutting edge of wireless technologies.

Skills:

Functional Areas:

  · Client Management, Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management, Product

Development, Roadmap Planning.

  · Team Management, Leadership & Project Management, Technology Strategy, Risk

Management.

  · System Analysis and Design, Requirements Analysis, Testing, Field

Support/Integration & Implementation, Quality Assurance, Metrics Collection,

Analysis and Reporting.

Methodologies, Tools & Technologies:

  · Waterfall & Iterative development methodologies, CMMI.

  · MS Project, MS Office, MS SharePoint, Requisite Pro, JIRA.

  · Linux, UNIX, RedHat, Oracle, SQL, Mobile Applications.

  · LTE, UMTS, Packet Core, VoLTE, IMS, SDP, PTT, OMA-PoC/Presence, VOIP

Technologies, ETSI, OMA, 3GPP.

  · TCP/IP Networking, OSPF, IGP, BGP, LDAP, DNS/ENUM, Far End Firewall/NAT

Traversal, IEEE, IETF, RFCs.

  · C, C++, Java, Swift, Perl, HTML, CSS, ClearCase, Brew.

Work Experience

Independent Consultant, Reston VA.

(08/2014 – 07/2015)

Project: Multiple cloud based Push-to-Talk (PTT) deployments over Telecom and Wi-Fi networks

Managed AWS (Amazon Web Services) and hosted deployments of multiple PTT products with national and

international telecom operators.

AWS was a strategic initiative to significantly increase the efficiency of service operations, reduce

maintenance costs in addition to upgrading the technology. This also included deploying OTT (Over The Top)

applications to the cloud for improved customer experience. The conversion of PTT to an OTT application

shortened the development life cycle time for the product leading to faster feature rollouts.

Key Achievements:

  · Co-responsible for the planning and implementation of a $30 million PTT deployment for over 3 million

users.

  · Provided strategic guidance on engineering activities like architecture, service discovery, disaster

planning and geo-redundancy.

  · Provided clear direction and tactical management to a remote deployment and vendor team of 30

resources.

  · Held regular meetings with executive leadership to manage expectations and drive accountability.

  · Presented opportunities for product and process enhancements, implementation approach, risks &

mitigation plans and ensured that stakeholder and customer concerns were resolved in a timely manner.

  · Drove value by negotiating scope of delivery, budget and deadlines in a diplomatic manner.

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Oakton, VA 22124

BRAHMDEEP JANDIR

bjandir@jandir.com

703-795-0921 (Cell)

  · Collaborated with business units and vendors to develop product roadmap & migration strategy.

  · Coached team members on planning, prioritization, technical architecture, deployment and testing

strategies.

Application Architect at NII Holdings, Reston VA.

Project: Push-to-Talk Application Deployment over LTE/UMTS Networks

This project was a $50 million multiyear, strategic initiative to upgrade the wireless network from a 2G to a

3G/4G UMTS/LTE technology and deploy a PTT solution on the new network. The upgrade to 3G/4G was a

crucial step to leapfrog ahead of a cutthroat mobile services market in Latin America by improving customer

experience and service quality. The PTT solution is a value added service used extensively by large and

small business in Latin America and forms the core of Nextel’s product offering in those markets.

Role:

  · Led architecture, design, requirement analysis, vendor decision and capacity planning for the application

deployment on UMTS and LTE.

  · Collaborated with business units and vendor teams to develop product roadmaps, provide strategic

direction, support cost benefit analysis, socialize approach and provide level of effort for SOW (Statement

of work).

  · Led multiple international teams for implementation, network integration and product testing in Brazil,

Mexico, Peru and Chile.

  · Interfaced with vendors for procurement, requirements definition and architecture for deployment of

various network elements.

  · Managed testing and integration activities for several aspects of the PTT program (Server, network and

client).

  · Led design and integration of PTT interoperability with the Sprint PTT system.

  · Managed roaming architecture design, integration and testing for PTT.

  · Led operational handover of solution, including selection of vendor for collection and reporting of

performance/platform statistics.

Sr. Consultant with GDIT, Silver Spring MD.

Project: Department of Defense Telehealth and Technology Center Web Initiatives

The Telehealth and Technology Center (T2) provides technology solutions to other Department of Defense

entities under the Defense Centers of Excellence (DCoE) umbrella to establish best practices and quality

standards for the treatment of Psychological Health (PH) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). This involves

developing and deploying telehealth and web based and mobile applications to facilitate research and

collaboration, information sharing, outreach and information dissemination for military communities,

researchers, warriors and families.

Role:

  · Managed various telehealth projects from discovery to deployment using project management tools.

Tracked resources and timelines for remotely located team. Reported progress on the project to

stakeholders.

  · Managed and configured Linux/windows development testbeds.

  · Participated in the creation and implementation of a project management strategy for T2.

  · Authored and participated in development of several strategy and decision papers such as Web Search

Strategy, External Web Strategy, Database Strategy, Communities of Practice Strategy.

  · Initiated and documented several process improvement initiatives including a new SDLC process to

manage projects all the way from approval to deployment.

Sr. Consultant with Sprint, Reston VA.

Project: Push-To-Talk Over Cellular (PoC)

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(01/2007 – 03/2009)

(03/2009 – 06/2010)

(06/2010 – 07/2014)

11732 Quay Rd.

Oakton, VA 22124

BRAHMDEEP JANDIR

bjandir@jandir.com

703-795-0921 (Cell)

Push to Talk over Cellular is an enabler technology that extends the reach of Sprint’s PTT offering over IP

networks. PoC is deployed over an IMS infrastructure which is equivalent to a Service-oriented Architecture

for telecom data networks.

Role:

  · Successfully managed 2 phases of the PTT project. The first phase involved coordination with vendors

and Sprint teams to set up the PoC integration lab for testing. The second phase involved 3rd party vendor

testing and application integration over the PoC network.

  · Developed and documented product requirements, network architecture, network planning letters and lab

equipment install documents.

  · Developed strategy for maintenance, testing, upgrades. Reviewed system integration and acceptance

test plans and provided quality feedback.

  · Managed systems delivery with vendors for network infrastructure equipment, installation, integration and

PoC client/PTX applications

  · Organized and performed demos for senior executives. Planned and executed a trial of PoC service.

  · Responded to Sprint RFPs and participated in Proposal and SoW creation for technical consulting

services.

Project: Production Billing Server for Push to View (PTV)

This project involved implementing and deploying a redundant billing server configuration for Push to View

call billing.

Role:

  · Installed, configured and managed Solaris test bed for testing and training of solution.

  · Formulated detailed system requirements and technical specifications from high level business

requirements based on discussions with the business owners/product group. Provided feedback to

business group regarding issues with business requirements and proposed solutions to resolve them.

  · Designed, developed and implemented the system using C/C++ and LDAP on UNIX.

  · Ensured all stakeholders were up to date on progress and issues.

Project: Multimedia Streaming Client Prototype on BREW Handset

The BREW multimedia client runs on CDMA handsets and allows for simultaneous PTT calls and media

streaming.

Role:

  · Successfully led the project from inception to close. Delivered the project on time and within budget.

  · Provided project leadership for project including project timetable, resource planning, status reporting and

quality assurance.

  · Drafted product and technical specifications from Business requirements.

  · Designed, developed and tested the streaming client in C++ and BREW.

  · Acted as liaison between Sprint, handset vendor and the development team.

Project: SipDart (iRD Test Tool)

SipDart is a test tool to emulate and validate a Motorola proprietary NNI SIP interface to extend iDEN PTT

across an IP network.

Role:

  · Designed, implemented and tested in VC++, STLs.

  · Wrote and executed TCL scripts for End to End testing of the network.

  · Performed root cause analysis of any issues discovered during testing.

Lead Engineer at Hughes, Germantown, MD.

Program: SPACEWAY

(06/1998 – 12/2006)

Spaceway is a $2 billion broadband over satellite project with an intelligent spot beam satellite creating a

mesh network as opposed to a traditional star network between remote terminals.

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BRAHMDEEP JANDIR

Project: Accounting Data Collection

Role:

  · Led the Accounting Data Collection implementation team. Developed project plan, timelines and resource

allocation plan for this sub-system.

  · Collected, managed and documented system and derived requirements using Rational Requisite Pro.

  · Implemented new data collection architecture to simplify data collection and optimize storage and

retention.

  · Designed, implemented and tested the Accounting sub-system along with all required documentation for

quality records.

  · Designed and wrote the air interface protocol to report accounting data over the satellite to the NOC.

  · Organized and performed design, code and test plan reviews along with collection of defect statistics for

software quality reporting.

  · Established/improved several processes to streamline configuration management and software builds.

  · Wrote and performed system integration tests for this sub-system.

Project: Network Address Translation Module

Role:

  · Interfaced with system design team to come up with workable requirements.

  · Designed, implemented and tested the module using C/C++. Wrote technical design documentation and

integration plans. Achieved ~100% code coverage for testing.

  · Developed and tracked project status and communicated it to management.

  · Ensured on-time delivery of a high quality product.

Program: Thuraya

Thuraya is a very successful $1 billion satellite phone system over the Middle East. The system used a

geostationary satellite to provide phone service over the Middle East, Northern Africa, Europe, Central/South

Asia and Russia.

Role:

  · Designed and implemented (C on VxWorks) the physical layer and the layer I protocol stack for the

Dedicated Channels of the modified GSM protocol for a geostationary satellite based mobile phone

system.

  · Proposed and implemented various process improvement ideas.

  · Generated High Level and Low Level design, and Interface Control documents.

  · Performed System and Sub System Integration, Performance/Load tests on various modules.

Graduate Assistant at Purdue University

Role:

  · Designed a software package in Visual Basic to be used for psychological research.

  · Trained students on Microprocessors and Digital Logic Design.

System Administrator at Sargent & Lundy, India

Role:

  · Network design and administration for 300 employees.

Academic

  · Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana.

MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering

  · Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India.

BS in Electronics Engineering

  · Diploma in Systems Management

National Institute of Information Technology, India.

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(Aug, 1996 - May, 1998)

(GPA 3.40/4.00)

(June, 1991 - July, 1995)

(GPA 3.84/4.00)

(Jan, 1993 - July, 1994)

(08/1996 – 05/1998)

bjandir@jandir.com

703-795-0921 (Cell)

(08/1995 – 08/1996)