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'Segun Olojo-Kosoko
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I am a Telecoms Professional with over two decades experience in the Information Communication Technology industry, currently providing Consulting Technical Project Management services for Tier 1 Telecom Operators for the delivery of new products and services to help increase Revenue. My experience spans between Telecom Vendors and Telecom Operators on Core Mobile Telecoms Infrastructures such as Circuit Switch Networks, LTE Networks, IMS Networks, Business Support Systems, Operating Support Systems and Value Added Systems for both Commercial and Public Safety Networks with for Voice, Messaging and Data Solutions.
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English
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2015 - ?
freelance
Principal Consultant. Altran Senior Consultant
Mejc Consulting.
Technical Project Manager to Telefonica O2
• Providing technical project management for the delivery of new Solutions and Services
• Managing project delivery through its Project life cycle from Vision, Crystallize, Prove, Build and Launch Phases.
• Managing stakeholder, external vendors and resource across various functional areas and countries
• Develop and maintain a detailed project plan to track project progress
• Develop and maintain a detailed RAID and trackers to progress project
• Plan project financial Capex & Opex £1M - £2M
Projects Delivered:
◦ VoLTE/VoWiFI Programme: Billing & Mediation Work-Stream
◦ Novum Programme: IPComms Work-Stream
◦ Arizona Programme: Integration & SMDP+ Work-Stream
◦ 5G Programme.
• Providing technical project management for the delivery of new Solutions and Services
• Managing project delivery through its Project life cycle from Vision, Crystallize, Prove, Build and Launch Phases.
• Managing stakeholder, external vendors and resource across various functional areas and countries
• Develop and maintain a detailed project plan to track project progress
• Develop and maintain a detailed RAID and trackers to progress project
• Plan project financial Capex & Opex £1M - £2M
Projects Delivered:
◦ VoLTE/VoWiFI Programme: Billing & Mediation Work-Stream
◦ Novum Programme: IPComms Work-Stream
◦ Arizona Programme: Integration & SMDP+ Work-Stream
◦ 5G Programme.
Project Management, Project Manager, Management, Integration, Manager
2014 - 2015
job
IMS System Architect
Airwave Solutions.
• Engage with key stakeholders (Directors (Sales, Operations) and Account Managers) across the business to understand requirements, analyse and translate into technical requirements.
• Lead technical discussions with suppliers and partners to deliver secured architectural designs.
• Ensure all designs are delivered with the highest level of Security for Data, Application, Identity, and Infrastructure.
• Provide input to the definition and implementation of Airwave's Architecture and strategy that will underpin Airwave's winning response for procurement.
• Responsible for designing the IMS network/IMS application environment and supporting products and services. This includes:
• Delivery of the high level and low level designs documentation,
• Delivery of technical specifications, recommending technical vendor selection and driving implementation through design and delivery.
• End to End ownership of network / systems & technology roadmaps related to the IMS capability.
• Develop effective and mutually-beneficial relationships with key platform and application vendors aimed at influencing product roadmaps to ensure that key technical requirements are supported by suppliers.
• Develop the technology cost base with clear justifications and business benefits to deliver capabilities and solutions with a keen eye on minimising capital and operational expenditure (CAPEX & OPEX).
• Ensure Architectural Governance by working alongside cross-functional delivery teams, manage Partner and vendors to support delivery throughout the development lifecycle and ensure solutions are delivered into the trial and production network.
• Support Operational/Business Support teams in design and implementation of OSS/BSS infrastructure for various projects.
• Actively engage in Bid response such as ITT and RFx [RFI, RFP, and RFQ] to ensure a successful sale.
• Carrying LTE Architecture Projects' Risk Analysis and ensure all risks are rightly recognised and highlighted and mitigated.
• Authoring Technical documents such as HLD, DLD, HLA
• Authoring Strategy presentation document and presenting to senior management team.
• Support commercial and product teams in analysis of business processes such as BPMN to deliver assigned projects.
Project Involved:
◦ Emergency Service Mobile Communication Programme (ESMCP)
◦ Project Blue-Iris: Migration plan of ESN from TETRA to New Generation Technology following 3GPP standards.
◦ Mobile Virtual Network Operator Value Proposition
◦ Internet Of Things Value Proposition
◦ Connected Living Proposition
• Lead technical discussions with suppliers and partners to deliver secured architectural designs.
• Ensure all designs are delivered with the highest level of Security for Data, Application, Identity, and Infrastructure.
• Provide input to the definition and implementation of Airwave's Architecture and strategy that will underpin Airwave's winning response for procurement.
• Responsible for designing the IMS network/IMS application environment and supporting products and services. This includes:
• Delivery of the high level and low level designs documentation,
• Delivery of technical specifications, recommending technical vendor selection and driving implementation through design and delivery.
• End to End ownership of network / systems & technology roadmaps related to the IMS capability.
• Develop effective and mutually-beneficial relationships with key platform and application vendors aimed at influencing product roadmaps to ensure that key technical requirements are supported by suppliers.
• Develop the technology cost base with clear justifications and business benefits to deliver capabilities and solutions with a keen eye on minimising capital and operational expenditure (CAPEX & OPEX).
• Ensure Architectural Governance by working alongside cross-functional delivery teams, manage Partner and vendors to support delivery throughout the development lifecycle and ensure solutions are delivered into the trial and production network.
• Support Operational/Business Support teams in design and implementation of OSS/BSS infrastructure for various projects.
• Actively engage in Bid response such as ITT and RFx [RFI, RFP, and RFQ] to ensure a successful sale.
• Carrying LTE Architecture Projects' Risk Analysis and ensure all risks are rightly recognised and highlighted and mitigated.
• Authoring Technical documents such as HLD, DLD, HLA
• Authoring Strategy presentation document and presenting to senior management team.
• Support commercial and product teams in analysis of business processes such as BPMN to deliver assigned projects.
Project Involved:
◦ Emergency Service Mobile Communication Programme (ESMCP)
◦ Project Blue-Iris: Migration plan of ESN from TETRA to New Generation Technology following 3GPP standards.
◦ Mobile Virtual Network Operator Value Proposition
◦ Internet Of Things Value Proposition
◦ Connected Living Proposition
RFP, Winning, Processes, IMS, Production, Risk analysis, Internet, Development, Presenting, Infrastructure, Support, Implementation, Design, Internet of Things, Security, Technology, Architecture, Network, Service, Sales, Management, Procurement, Operations
2014 - 2014
job
Delivery Architect
Mitel.
• Delivered Telecoms Project As A Technical Architect, Project Deliveries & Senior Project Lead For LTE & IMS Network Elements For Tier 1 Telecom Operators in Europe, Middle East And Africa.
• Network solution design & Architecture including Business and Operation Support Systems.
• Contribute to software application development fixes on Web services and Java Solutions.
• Actively engage Pre-Sales activity RFI, RFP, RFQ to ensure a successful sale.
• Authoring Technical documents such as HLD, DLD, HLA
• Mentoring newly recruited delivery engineers.
The Projects delivered are:
◦ Circuit Switch Fall Back (CSFB) And Telephony Application Server (TAS) Platforms For H3GUK VoWifi and VoLTE Project.
◦ Circuit Switch Fall Back Platforms (CSFB) For Vodafone Germany
◦ Call Session Control Function (CSCF), Rich Communication Suite (RCS), Circuit Switch Fall Back (CSFB) and Telephony Application Server (TAS) Platforms for Vodafone Group in Cisco MIC Lab Milan. - [NFV/SDN Solution]
◦ Circuit Switch Fall Back (CSFB) Platforms For H3G Sweden
◦ Telephony Application Server (TAS) and Home Subscriber Server (HSS) Platforms for Megafon Russia as a VoLTE Proof of Concept. - [NFV/SDN Solution]
◦ Circuit Switch Fall Back (CSFB) Platforms For MTN-SA.
◦ Home Subscriber Server Front-End (HSS-FE) Platforms Solution For Tmobile Croatia
◦ Session Border Controller (SBC), IP-Short Message Gateway (IPSMGW), Call Session Control Function CSCF), Rich Communication Suite (RCS), Circuit Switch Fall Back (CSFB) and Telephony Application Server (TAS) Platforms for British Telecom's UK as a VoLTE Proof of Concept. - [NFV/SDN Solution]
• Network solution design & Architecture including Business and Operation Support Systems.
• Contribute to software application development fixes on Web services and Java Solutions.
• Actively engage Pre-Sales activity RFI, RFP, RFQ to ensure a successful sale.
• Authoring Technical documents such as HLD, DLD, HLA
• Mentoring newly recruited delivery engineers.
The Projects delivered are:
◦ Circuit Switch Fall Back (CSFB) And Telephony Application Server (TAS) Platforms For H3GUK VoWifi and VoLTE Project.
◦ Circuit Switch Fall Back Platforms (CSFB) For Vodafone Germany
◦ Call Session Control Function (CSCF), Rich Communication Suite (RCS), Circuit Switch Fall Back (CSFB) and Telephony Application Server (TAS) Platforms for Vodafone Group in Cisco MIC Lab Milan. - [NFV/SDN Solution]
◦ Circuit Switch Fall Back (CSFB) Platforms For H3G Sweden
◦ Telephony Application Server (TAS) and Home Subscriber Server (HSS) Platforms for Megafon Russia as a VoLTE Proof of Concept. - [NFV/SDN Solution]
◦ Circuit Switch Fall Back (CSFB) Platforms For MTN-SA.
◦ Home Subscriber Server Front-End (HSS-FE) Platforms Solution For Tmobile Croatia
◦ Session Border Controller (SBC), IP-Short Message Gateway (IPSMGW), Call Session Control Function CSCF), Rich Communication Suite (RCS), Circuit Switch Fall Back (CSFB) and Telephony Application Server (TAS) Platforms for British Telecom's UK as a VoLTE Proof of Concept. - [NFV/SDN Solution]
Design, Java, Cisco, Mentoring, Web Services, Sales, Network, Architecture, RFP, Support, Telecom, Development, Software, Web, Server, IMS
2005 - 2008
job
Specialist Value Added Service Support. (Team Lead)
Bharti Airtel Nigeria.
• Team leader for Interactive and Messaging team - Providing Technical Support for Value Added Services and Infrastructures for over 15Million Subscriber Base, Ensuring Third Parties and Content Provider Actualize Revenue As well as manage Telecom Vendors during Project Deliveries.
◦ Support of Network wide SMSC Infrastructure.
◦ Support of Network wide MMSC Infrastructure
◦ Support of Network wide USSD Infrastructure
◦ Support of Network wide Voicemail Infrastructure
◦ Support of Network wide IVR Infrastructure
• Providing Professional Services for Internal and External customers in the support of the Interactive and Messaging Infrastructure.
• Providing Managed Services for all in-house hosted Third Party Solution.
• Managing On-site Vendors for delivery of local support
• Project support Lead of New Value Added system platforms into the network.
◦ Support of Network wide SMSC Infrastructure.
◦ Support of Network wide MMSC Infrastructure
◦ Support of Network wide USSD Infrastructure
◦ Support of Network wide Voicemail Infrastructure
◦ Support of Network wide IVR Infrastructure
• Providing Professional Services for Internal and External customers in the support of the Interactive and Messaging Infrastructure.
• Providing Managed Services for all in-house hosted Third Party Solution.
• Managing On-site Vendors for delivery of local support
• Project support Lead of New Value Added system platforms into the network.
Content, Service, Network, Support, Infrastructure, Telecom
2005 - 2005
job
Information Technology Officer/Network Administrator
Negris Limited.
• Group IT Network Administration and Support for (LAN, MAN and WAN) and Microsoft Window Infrastructure Network of Windows Servers. (Exchange Server, Active Directory, Sever 2003)
◦ Was responsible for Installation, Configuration and network Administration of Negris Group IT Network (LAN, MAN and WAN)
◦ Supported Microsoft Window Infrastructure Network of Windows Servers. (Exchange Server, Active Directory, Sever 2003)
◦ Using Network tools like ethereal, iptraf and Whatsup gold to monitor and troubleshoot network related issues.
◦ Other responsibility included, Backup and Users' support.
• Ensuring Network Security for entire Company Network Infrastructure.
◦ Was responsible for Installation, Configuration and network Administration of Negris Group IT Network (LAN, MAN and WAN)
◦ Supported Microsoft Window Infrastructure Network of Windows Servers. (Exchange Server, Active Directory, Sever 2003)
◦ Using Network tools like ethereal, iptraf and Whatsup gold to monitor and troubleshoot network related issues.
◦ Other responsibility included, Backup and Users' support.
• Ensuring Network Security for entire Company Network Infrastructure.
Administration, Active Directory, Exchange, Windows, Network, Technology, Security, It, Support, Infrastructure, Backup, Server, WAN, Administrator
2002 - 2005
job
Head Technical Support Department
Crystal Network.
• Carried Out Network Installation, configuration for Corporate organisation and SMEs for Wide Area Networks, Metropolitan Area Network and Local Area Network Using Very Small Aperture Terminal installation, Wired & Wireless Network Communication
• Administered Networks Using Linux Server and Microsoft Servers.
• Involved in Pre-sales activities for new and intended customers
• Administered Networks Using Linux Server and Microsoft Servers.
• Involved in Pre-sales activities for new and intended customers
Linux, Linux server, Sales, Network, Wireless, Support, Organization, Server
My education
Lagos State
BSc, Biochemistry
BSc, Biochemistry
Witwatersrand Business School
MBA, Level course
MBA, Level course
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