Ferdaus Al Amin
Cell: +1-647-974-4875; (LL)+1-647-346-1987
ferdausalamin@yahoo.ca; ferdausalamin@gmail.com
Career Objective:
Successful execution of large budget Engineering Projects especially for
Telecom infrastructure.
Key Skills Summary:
More than 15 years of progressive & increasingly responsible and functional
achievement in mainly Telecommunications sector.
Prepare complete estimate with ROI, Business PLAN of Fibre Cable, Hand
hole / Manholes, field Fibre Cabinets with Splitters in ODF, building wall fibre
closets (i.e FttH OSP); Select “Multi-Play OLT like MA5600T of Huawei for
GPON with complete diverse mix of ONU/ONTs”
Plan and design Telecom Fibre Network with GIS Telecommunications
software having equipment port level access via software.
Select & Design the structure, process flow of an ongoing Data Network
solutions, a new Nationwide Telecom Transmission Network of NTTN
Plan, design/optimize Fibre based SDH Ring network for Core, Aggregate,
BTS back haul & STM1 distribution with CWDM/DWDM(as and when needed)
Intermediate to expert use of LibreOffice 4.4(MS Office equivalent),
InkScape, GIMP, MySQL, Linux Desktop & Server, Visio, Calligra
Skilled use of Telecom Planning Engineering software like Microstation(for
Fibre, copper, FttH), ARES, AutoCAD, JAM of AT&T Engineering Design
software for underground Metro Fiber Optic Network including Visio
Integrated deployment of OSS/BSS based Telecom projects involving
OSP/ISP engineering; site acquisition for Telecom Towers with budgeting.
Integrate LEC(Local Exchange Carrier) systems with Telecom OSP
Knowledgeable in the use Cisco 37XX, 34XX, 29XX Series Switches & MPLS
7609 routers.
Experienced in deploying, testing & commissioning of 132/33/11KV
40MVApower substations, 132KV Transmission Lines
Read, interpret RCC Civil Engineering structural drawings and prepare
estimates on steel and concrete mix requirement from these drawings.
Professional Experience:
Planning Lead, ADN Telecom, Dhaka, 09/2014 – till date; www.adnsl.net
Prepared detailed PROJECT estimate for a 8K MDUs (Residential &
Commercial)based FttH system using GPON with Huawei MA5600T for
GrameenPhone (Country's largest Telco) for Joint Venture. 1:32 & 1:64
splits & detailed fiber core, ODF, Field Fibre Cabinets requirements with
calculations were also presented.
Estimated cost in phase 1 to be US$5M, phase 2US$3M, Phase3 US$3M
Work for expansion/re-arrangement plan of SDH Ring network, EoSDH,
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CWDM, IP-MPLS. Estimated cost US$ 1M
Arranged presentation from Europe, Canada for GIS based fibre cable OSP
planning, record keeping & fibre network operation & maintenance as OSP &
ISP for procurement of Telecom GIS based Planning & Designing software.
Supervise the use of “AutoCAD/”DraftSight” to prepare Central Office
drawings. Draw & use “Equipment” blocks in CAD drawings for fast output.
Plan, design & setup Data Centre project with multi-source uninterrupted
power solution at, Dhaka both in AC/DC, HVAC, Fire System, Monitoring
arrangements. Estimated cost from US$ 0.25M to 1M
Head of Operations, ADN Telecom, Dhaka, 06/2013 – 09/2014;
www.adnsl.net
➢ Supervised the setup & commissioning of Data Centre at Jiban Bima Tower,
emulating “Tier-III” Data Centre setup & operations.
➢ Attend Meetings for IPLC circuits, International MPLS leased lines, Banks'
branches, ATM's data communications solutions; Corporate level data
communication solutions all over Bangladesh via Radio, Telco E1, long
distance fibre communications.
Convener & Lead, La'Bay Corporation 10/2012 – till date
(Personal company implementing “Benevolent Innovations to Life).
Residential cum commercial building floor design & estimating. Completed
two projects at US$ 1M and 2M respectively.)
Telecom Consultancy 06/2012 – 06/2015
➢ Prepared Business Plan for “Mir Telecom”, Bangladesh(Licensed IGW
Operator) for their new venture of all Fibre based Nationwide Telecom
Transmission expansion. Estimated cost: US$ 6M in phase 1 for Dhaka City,
US$12M for 4 distant city fibre link up with capital
➢ Consultancy services on Chittagong Port for fibre optic base security network
with high resolution monitoring cameras with BUET
General Manager, Technology, Fiber@Home, Dhaka, Bangladesh 06/2009 –
05/2012 (Fiber @ Home is the first Private sector NTTN Telecom company in
Bangladesh. Website: www.fiberathome.net)
Direct & audit Telecommunications activities on fibre based SDH project,
Data com projects with MPLS & FttX implementing GPON ensuring
compliance of projects' Execution Plans. Review project's Design Control
Check List (DCCL).
Prepared presentations on Fiber @ Homes GPON deployment and
SOP(Standard Operating Procedures) for Fibre @ Home's Network
Management Centre to et-up and manage 24x7x365 Client Care Centre with
TT based software system
Prepared the model for RDBMS software to track and implement client
connectivity and use the same information for Client care for fast and
accurate tracking of active and passive links
Arranged E1 back hauls to BTS sites of Telco companies via STM1 fibre cable
ring networks
Standardized AutoCAD drawings for setting up power & Telecom equipment
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for a new central office(CO) & others C.Os with generator backup.
Proposed and implemented optimization of Long Haul SDH fibre cable based
optical transmission system to make hop distance from 40km to 80+ km
Held discussion with vendors, clients and stakeholders to seek business
solutions for 3GPP, LTE backbone services to large cell phone operators of
Bangladesh with OSS/BSS targets
Chief, Curricula, Council for Access to the Profession of Engineering
(CAPE), http://www.capeinfo.ca, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 12/2008 – 05/2009
Prepared Engineering Tutorials from Presentation to on line video.
Put in valuable research on web based curricula developments on various
Engineering fields for Canadian Immigrant Engineers.
Design and Project Engineer(OSP), AT&T Engineering (mainly fibre cable
based, Bakersfield), CA, USA 11/2007 – 05/2008
✔ Performed field visits for project work assigned. Prepared AutoCAD drawings
as needed from field survey for Civil works. Prepared fibre route diagrams
on Micro-station including multiple splicing(Heat Up) design.
✔ Planned & designed overhead, buried and underground conduit fibre optics
loop make up for CSME(Custom Switched Metro Ethernet) with the aid of
ARES (Automatic Records and Engineering systems ) using intelligent
symbols in Micro-station drawing software & AutoCAD.
✔ Forecast project costs and analyzed Projects using JAM(Job Administration
Management ) in house software. JAM is linked to Oracle costs evaluation
from Micro-station project drawings. Total project cost is estimated in this
process.
✔ Performed application with AutoCAD drawings for RoW permits from local
Authorities. Coordinated project work with the Bakersfield Electrical Utility.
Held conference calls with utility personnel to make decisions for projects.
✔ Coordinated planned project work with the 3rd party contractor of AT&T
Engineering. Completed several Fibre based OSP project planning &
designing to cost around US$3M
Business Analyst, E O Business Systems, Toronto, Canada 2006 – 2007
✔ Completed gathering Business Requirements, writing Business Specification,
Use Case, Process Flow mapping for Golf Score Reporting system named
“GOLFTRAK”.
✔ Works included determining Business Requirements; Writing test Business
Specifications /Project Proposals for Financial Institution. Use of Crystal
Reports to generate Business Intelligence (Bis)
✔ Developed VoIP rate analysis for creating seller agents with subscriber/client
creation/deletion and client management.
Production Associate, MDS Sciex, ON, Canada, www.sciex.com 12/2004~
05/2006
✔ Assembled different modules of “Electronic Mass Spectrometer” with vacuum
testing of the modules.
✔ Ensured Quality Assurance of Assembling of the different modules
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“Electronic Mass Spectrometer” as per standard and specification.
✔ Initiated “Non-conformity” in designs of vacuum valve control system in
testing procedures, to ultimately call for design enhancements.
Production Associate, Celestica (Electronic Manufacturing Service ), Toronto,ON,
Canada; www.celestica.com 12/2002 – 11/2003
✔ Confirmed methods to replenish Production floor component requirement
using SAP. Validated Pre-shipment inspection of Juniper products including
tick check verification of shipping documents.
✔ SAP based component listing and gathering for production floor for assembly
and production of various electronic equipment.
✔ Used SAP system software for MM(Material Management) in MDC; Material
Distribution Centre (RTS; Return to Store)
Chief Tech, Emirates Telecom Corpn, Dubai, http://www.etisalat.ae 12/1998 –
05/2002
✔ Planned, installed, tested, configured and commissioned GSM transmission
backbones on PRI level, HDSL and Fibre optic circuits.
✔ Commissioned several ROADM SDH Transmission system in fibre ring
networks.
✔ Regularly tested underground long haul fibre cable network for quality and
readiness for new links/backup.
✔ Jointly worked with other Engineering departments of Etisalat.
Divisional Engineer, Frequency & Wireless, Ministry of Posts
&Telecommunications, Dhaka, Bangladesh; http://www.mopt.gov.bd 06/1996 –
12/1998
✔ Planned, analyzed new project specifications & methodology for new
Frequency management, Frequency Assignment to new Cell Phone
Operators as per ITU-R and local radio laws and recommendations..
✔ Held monthly meetings for Frequency Assignments to resolve on Policy,
Rules & Guidelines for the use and distribution of “Spectrum Resources”
✔ Prepared a comprehensive Spectrum Tariff chart for charges, Radio
equipment, electro-magnetic emission tariffs based on power, omni/unidirectional
like features, frequency emission rate charge for the
Government, still being used by BTRC(Bangladesh Telecommunications
Regulatory Commission)
Divisional Engineer, C&W, B T & T B (Telco)Dhaka, Bangladesh;
www.btcl.gov.bd; 01/1996 ~ 05/1996
Divisional Engineer, Computer & Data Network Project, B T & T B (Telco),
Dhaka, Bangladesh; www.btcl.gov.bd 06/1995 ~ 12/1995
✔ Floated Tenders for In-house computer Network(LAN)
✔ Floated tender with detailed specs for Country's first ever ISP
Divisional Engineer, C&W, B T & T B (Telco)Bogra, Bangladesh;
www.btcl.gov.bd; 01/1993 – 05/1995
✔ Supervised Long-Distance M/W transmission of Northern Bangladesh
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comprising 19 districts (covering 15,000Sq. Km).
✔ Planned microwave path profile planning for new radio links using DOS
software similar to “PathLoss”
✔ Financial Management of Assets, Equipment of the region, Administration of
200+ staffs and officers of the diversified region
✔ Participated in UAT(User Acceptance Test) for 140Mb digital Microwave from
Alcatel as per ITU-R specifications
Systems Analyst, Bangladesh Computer Council(BCC), Dhaka;
http://www.bcc.net.bd 01/1990~10/1991
Assisted in the “Implementation of UNIX, Oracle & C” project of Bangladesh
Computer Council. Participated in UNIX, Oracle & C training course
Demonstrated & Made presentation on nascent Data Communications
Evaluated the initial computerization process of Government departments as
and when needed by the Government.
Assistant Divisional Engineer, B T & T B, Dhaka 02/1984 ~ 02/1989
✔ Instructor for Electronics Lab on Advanced Electronics, at Telecentre of
BT&TB; Instructor of Microwave Transmission at Telecom Staff College,
Gazipur of BT&TB; Introduced new courses.
Assistant Engineer, Transmission Project Division-1, Power Development
Board; http://www.bpdb.gov.bd (from 08/1981 to 12/1983)
Supervised the construction of buildings for Kabirpur 132/33/11KV
substation as per drawings and designs. Supervised installation of “Control
Cabling of substation equipment on bay.
Performed and recorded all data of Insulation tests of all installed electrical
equipment prior to “Testing & Commissioning” of the substations.
Tested, configured & commissioned 132/33/11KV transmission lines and
substations.
Education (University only); Professional Body Association:
B.Sc. in Engg. (Electrical & Electronic) from B.U.E.T
“Life Fellow”, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh
Professional Developments
Certificate in SAP(S&D) from “Solutions One” Training Centre in
Chicago, IL, USA; June, 2008
Certificate, OSP Engineering from VersacomLLC: October, 2007, San
Antonio,Texas for AT&T Engineering
Certificate, “IT Business Analyst” & ”Software Quality Testing”
Institute for Software Engineering, ON; 2007 (included Data Modeling
for RDBMS design and implementation)
Certificate, Centennial College; Toronto, ON, 12/2004; Qualified the
"Voice and Video over IP" course at Centennial College.
Certificate, CQT(Certified Quality Technician) of American Society for
Quality(ASQ), 2004
Dubai 1998 and 2001, completed MCSE and CCNA course
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Certificate, Spectrum Management and Radio Frequency Planning,
Bail brook College, Bristol, U.K. 02/1994;
Digital Radio Transmission Training using SEL at Telekom Malaysia,
Kualalumpur, Malaysia, 08/1994
Certificate, "Radiocommunications Seminar on Spectrum
Management", Geneva, Switzerland, 11/1996
Unix, Oracle & C Training at Bangladesh Computer Council, 07/1990
Certificate, Application Software Training on NEAX61E Digital
Exchange, NEC, Tokyo, Japan, from 03/1989 to 08/1989
Languages Proficiency Level
Bengali: Fluent - Mother tongue;
English: Fluent -Full Knowledge;
French: Conversation – Ltd; Reading – Adv Hindi: Conversation -Adv;
Urdu: Conversation -Adv; Reading – Average
Arabic: Conversation – Ltd; Reading – Adv
Japanese: Conversation - Average
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