Mehran Moghaddam

Pragmatic, Program/Project Management, Solution Architecture, and Product Development Leader who has developed and implemented technology solutions in the highly competitive Telecommunication industry. Extensive experience in all phases including sales support, requirements definition, solution design, development and implementation of complex solutions. Excel at evaluating and communicating both business and technical impacts to achieve higher targeted program results. Work effectively in matrix environments collaborating with internal and external teams. Professional background spans across the globe working with service providers, vendors, and partners in multifaceted large programs.

• Cartesian, McLean, VA, 10/01/14, 12/01/14, Consulting firm of industry experts, focused exclusively on the global communications, technology and digital media industries., Cincinnati Bell Network Transformation, Manage activities of Cincinnati Bell’s teams involved in the proof of concept initiative for network transformation from copper wire on legacy switches to fiber on soft switch.
• NII HOLDINGS, INC. (FORMERLY NEXTEL INTERNATIONAL), Reston, VA, 2010, 07/01/14, Fully integrated Fortune 500 mobile communications services provider; 10M+ subscribers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. US HQ., Director of IT Delivery, and Strategy, Evaluated and inventoried existing applications, systems and architecture., Evaluated & recommended IT solutions, road map, technology platform, and infrastructure., Designed and implemented global architecture and design review processes, Led a team to conduct a detailed analysis of IT systems across all markets to obtain a full inventory of all BSS/OSS systems, Identified and analyzed around 400 systems across 5 markets, Analyzed overall health and maturity of all systems based system’s stability, technical architecture, and overall cost to own and operate, Led the effort to define and evaluate options to overhaul company’s legacy IT systems with the goal of reducing overall cost, improving functionality, and providing a better user experience. Resulted in a new direction for company’s BSS/OSS, Evaluated multiple options including green field approach, upgrading existing systems and managed services, Recommended obtaining a solution with full BSS/OSS stack in a managed services model, Led team of experts to define technical requirements, find and evaluate vendors for the managed services BSS/OSS, Interviewed internal business customers and IT teams, Evaluated solutions from 12 world class vendors, In depth evaluation of each solution and recommended a final vendor that was selected, Created and operated a Test Management Organization (TMO), established global test governance, defined and executed full testing of the company’s IT systems for the launch of 3G in Brazil that involved over 20,000 test cases, resulted in on time and on budget launch of IT systems in Brazil, Selected vendor for test factory through an RFP process, Directed team of 200+ testers, test managers, test analysts, performing system integration, end-2-end functional, and performance testing, Interfaced with internal and vendor development teams, user community and executives to resolve issues and provide status updates
• ZAGROS Inc., Germantown, MD, 2009, 2010, Independent, high quality, consultants to the global Telecommunications Industry covering the multitude of operators including fixed line, wireless and cable., Senior Consultant (TELEGENCE Corporation), Provided operations, product management, and business development support to expand the product line, reduce costs, and increase customer base in a small team environment., Introduced and launched a new mediation and data processing platform, DPMS10K, based on open source and off-the-shelf tools and products to significantly reduce time/cost to market.
• ACE
• COMM, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1994, 2009, Telecommunications Company with products ranging from legacy to the latest IP based next-generation fixed and wireless networks with over 300 customers in over 70 countries., Vice President, Development and Solutions Delivery (2005 - 2009), Oversaw the design, development and implementation of corporate and end-user telecommunications solutions that increased efficiency and led to new products., Partnered with product managers, sales personnel, customers, development engineers and architects to identify needs., Evaluated existing, third-party and open-source tools to ensure development efficiency., Developed and reviewed technical aspect of customer proposals and travel internationally to present solutions to customers., Program management of implementation for key ILEC and CLEC customers such as Adelphia, Birch Telecom, BTI Communications Group, CenturyLink, Cincinnati Bell, Citizens and international customers such as Malaysia Telecom, Nextel International, TelMex, Telecom Egypt, Turk Telekom, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Gathered and documented customer requirements, Created solution design, including data mapping, system integration and migration plan, Implemented solution including system configuration, migration, integration and acceptance testing, Led the development of 3 major new product lines that generated 50% of the company’s total revenue, enhancing profitability by improving legacy and replacing discontinued products., Conducted research to identify new capabilities, features, and services for business and consumer subscribers, Created the technical solution for Parent Patrol, Intelligent Network (IN) based system that allowed parents to monitor and control cell phone usage of their children, the company’s first mobile, value-added service and its first product targeted to the mass market, Defined approach and network protocols for real time control of voice, SMS and data services, Identified and evaluated network controller vendors to support Diameter, CAMEL, SIGTRAN, SMPP, SIP and other protocols, Contributed to contract negotiations with vendors on both technical and pricing aspects, Managed the overall program including internal development and test teams, and vendor teams, Developed and implemented processes to obtain ISO 9000 certification
• COMM, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 2000, 2005, Telecommunications Company with products ranging from legacy to the latest IP based next-generation fixed and wireless networks with over 300 customers in over 70 countries., Director of Software Development, Directed all aspects of company’s software development, supervising 35 hardware and software developers across multiple international geographic locations and managing a $4 million budget., Re-organized four groups of software and hardware engineers located in US and Canada supporting multiple product lines, by identifying system and skill overlaps, and promoted re-use of common software components across different product lines., Encouraged use of new technologies and tools to improve productivity., The improvements lowered cost of development and improved system quality, allowing introduction of additional product lines without increasing the development budget.
• COMM, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1994, 2000, Telecommunications Company with products ranging from legacy to the latest IP based next-generation fixed and wireless networks with over 300 customers in over 70 countries., Manager of Software Development, Led a team of 12 engineers in the design, development and testing of hardware, embedded software and application software for the mediation and data collection product line., Developed sales presentations and educational workshops for key customers and personally performed system installation as needed.
• EASTERN ELECTRONICS, Hartford, CT, Software Engineer, Only team member acquired from American Phonemeter when product was acquired by Eastern Electronics, acting as subject matter expert on the product and assisting with new product development.
• AMERICAN PHONE METTER, Fairfield, NJ, Software Engineer

• Patent 7516219: Consumer configurable mobile communication web filtering solution
• Patent 7647047: Consumer configurable mobile communication solution