Prashant Kumar
McKinney,Tx
Summary
A high calibre professional who can effectively handle Wireless network technical solutions and sales with transformed technology engagements, understands customer requirements at best, manage People and Processes. Prashant can make a real contribution to the growth of Wireless Network technology transformation business and is an expert at giving optimal approach and feedback to customer and team in order to improve the performance. He has a fair and consistent approach to manage, build team and possesses with his extensive experience.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director RAN
Engineering
10.2021 - Current
- Spread heading PMO and Delivery of AT&T Wireless and Wireline Network Engineering services
- RAN Engineering Leader for Products, Deployment & Operations of 5G, NFV, vRAN, o-RAN, MEC and Private Networks
- Establishing the Private Network test lab at customer premises with the team of RAN and Core test engineers
- Product Development Technical Advisor from RAN for building - Slicing Manager, near-RT RIC App based SMART RAN etc
- Leading Program P&L, RFP/RFQ, bids and driving the services and portfolio development based on customer requirements
- Active engagement in technical/sales team mentoring, Program services and SI partners selection and Business development.
Director RAN Engineering
AT&T Wireless
10.2021 - Current
- Spread heading PMO and Delivery of, and Wireline Network Engineering services
- RAN Engineering Leader for Products, Deployment & Operations of 5G, NFV, vRAN, o-RAN, MEC and Private Networks
- Establishing the Private Network test lab at customer premises with the team of RAN and Core test engineers
- Product Development Technical Advisor from RAN for building - Slicing Manager, near-RT RIC App based SMART RAN etc
- Leading Program P&L, RFP/RFQ, bids and driving the services and portfolio development based on customer requirements
- Active engagement in technical/sales team mentoring, Program services and SI partners selection and Business development.
Engineer
Amdocs INC
07.2013 - Current
- RF Planning & Optimization on WCDMA Projects based on delivering specific end customer requirements: i) SFR 2nd & 3rd carrier project, SFR, France ii) KPI BENCHMARKING, AXIATA - BANGLADESH iii) IMU (Inner Mongolia-Unicon) region Optimization, Unicon, China iv) GSM parameter assessment & network consistency check AMX, Ecuador (Latin America) v) WCDMA Radio Network Planning for MTS, Ukraine vi) WCDMA Radio Network Optimization Zain, Saudi Arabia
RAN Engineering Manager
AT&T
01.2018 - 09.2021
- G, LTE RAN Engineering as Technical and PMO Leader for NW Deployment & Operations - Lead multi-regional AT&T RAN network rollout, Performance Monitoring, Optimization, and Integrations with Amdocs ConneX Integrator for 4G LTE eNB’s, 5G NR gNB’s on Sub6 & mmW
- NR SMBB to MMBB migrations, NGS, DSS, ENDC Node anchoring and all major key 5G feature deployments
- Actively engaged and sales enablement in CBRS-based LTE/5G/Private Networks with E2E Solutions Combining Spectrum Access Capabilities and Comprehensive Network & Managed Services - RAN domain E2E Project Rollout Ecosystem Engagements along with handled Customer Escalations and Management
- Active Amdocs TIP member ( Telecom Infra Project ) for leading the Mobile Data offload (MDO) test cases
- Business Development, Team Leading, Vendor Management, Program P&L, RFP/RFQ and bid management engagements.
Team Lead
RAN Engineering
01.2014 - 12.2017
- Lead LTE 4G RAN Network Integrations Rollout, Performance Monitoring and Optimization of pre/post launch activities in AT&T Southeast and Northeast region markets., Lead LTE 4G RAN Network Integrations Rollout, Performance Monitoring and Optimization of pre/post launch activities in AT&T Southeast and Northeast region markets
- Lead the RAN CQI pre-post network optimization project ran with customized Amdocs Actix analyser module for parameter optimizations and recommendations - Managed customer expectations as well as lead the E2E Network deployment and Optimization project
- Worked to ensure the overall quality & timely delivery of the program.
Principal RAN Engineer
07.2013 - 12.2013
- Handle LTE and 3G new carriers pre-launch and post-launch RAN KPI Performance optimization of Louisiana AT&T Market
- Perform AT&T Global Standard (GS) LTE network parameter audits and alignments in the LTE OSS
- Engaged in monitoring and ensuring the Indoor DAS Event monitoring and generate the post event performance reports.
Sr. RAN Consultant
Connecting NOS. Mexico
02.2013 - 07.2013
- Worked as Ericsson consultant on premises of Telcel Mexico at Region IV (Nuevo León) Monterrey
- Perform major 3G KPI optimization and network physical parameter setting recommendations
- Responsible to maintain network performance on 7 RNCs and presented updates over Network Regional Management meetings
Technical Lead
Aricent Technologies, RAN
12.2011 - 02.2013
- India (Gurugram) - WCDMA-LTE Radio Network Planning & Optimization in CSS-NCIS-Engineering Team at Aricent Group for the following Projects: - i) Monaco Telecom Ericsson LTE RAN Sharing Consultancy, Monaco
- Tested RF interoperability RAN parameters & features ii) Vodafone, Huawei – WCDMA RF Optimization, United Kingdom iii) SMILE LTE Feature testing and trials, South Africa
Sr. RAN Engineer
Ericsson Global India Ltd
09.2010 - 12.2011
- AT&T 3G/LTE RF Network parameters and physical optimization for major KPIs- Accessibility, Retainability, Mobility, Integrity
- Performed UE traces (CTR/UETR) for analysing RAN network performance or raising CORE issues
- Performed AT&T 3G network design using Atoll - Antenna tilt calculations, Coverage predications, propagation models.
Sr. RAN Consultant
FCCI, Bahrain
04.2010 - 09.2011
- Worked as 3G Team lead from Huawei on premises of VIVA Bahrain
- Responsible to launch and maintain 3G network and the major Key Performance Indicators up to the desired level
- Lead 3G optimization team and worked as customer interface from Huawei 3G RAN performance review meetings.
RF Optimization Engineer
Nokia, GSDC India
09.2008 - 04.2010
RF Engineer
Huawei Telecommunications
08.2008 - 09.2008
- Worked on Airtel India Trial Swap Project
- Responsible for 10 clusters for Trail Swap and Involved in daily reporting of cluster during Post Swap.
RF Optimization Engineer
Metro Wireless Engineering (I) Pvt Ltd
05.2006 - 08.2008
- On the various locations of India at GSM optimization Projects: - i) NSN- Idea Optimization project in UP East ii) NSN- Idea swap project in UP East
- Lead the RAN CQI pre-post network optimization project ran with customized Amdocs Actix analyser module for parameter optimizations and recommendations - Managed customer expectations as well as lead the E2E Network deployment and Optimization project
- Worked to ensure the overall quality & timely delivery of the program., on the various locations of India at GSM optimization Projects: - i) NSN- Idea Optimization project in UP East ii) NSN- Idea swap project in UP East.
Education
Ongoing Post Graduate -
UT Austin McCombs School of Business
MS - Data Science
UT Austin McCombs School of Business
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree - Electronics & Communication Engineering
M.I.T. affiliated from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam University
2006
Skills
Wireless Engineering and Product Leader
Program, Project and People Management
RAN Automations Technical Advisor
Driving roadmaps strategy and definitions
Customer Relationship Management
Business development, P&L, RFP/RFQ, bids
Vendors & Service Partners Management
Researching automation from AI and GenAI
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of [Number] staff members.
- Achieved [Result] by introducing [Software] for [Type] tasks.
- Achieved [Result] by completing [Task] with accuracy and efficiency.
- Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
- Achieved [Result] through effectively helping with [Task].
Additional Information
- Certifications and Badges - , AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) – Expires Aug 2023 - Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) – No Expiration Date - Azure AI Fundamentals (AI
- 5G NR, NFV, vRAN and 6G research studies Open RAN ecosystem (MEC) Multiaccess Edge Computing (CDN) 5G NR QoS – Network Slicing Network as a Service for Private LTE/5G on CBRS 3.5Ghz Active Amdocs TIP member ( Telecom Infra Project ) for ORAN engagements E2E CRAN as a Service (CaaS) deployment with Cloud Native and Open RAN Ecosystem - Lead LTE/5G Radio Network Carrier add Integrations of AT&T markets, ensure customer guidelines & manage escalations. - Managed customer expectations as well as lead the E2E Network planning and Optimization project. Active Technical Engagements AI/ML and GenAI Telco product roadmap building 5G NR, NFV, vRAN and 6G research studies Open RAN ecosystem (MEC) Multiaccess Edge Computing (CDN) 5G NR QoS – Network Slicing Network as a Service for Private LTE/5G on CBRS 3.5Ghz Active Amdocs TIP member ( Telecom Infra Project ) for ORAN engagements E2E CRAN as a Service (CaaS) deployment with Cloud Native and Open RAN Ecosystem - Lead LTE/5G Radio Network Carrier add Integrations of AT&T markets, ensure customer guidelines & manage escalations. - Managed customer expectations as well as lead the E2E Network planning and Optimization project.
Certification
- Licensed [Job Title] - [Timeframe]
- [Area of certification] Training - [Timeframe]
- [Area of expertise] License - [Timeframe]
- [Area of certification], [Company Name] - [Timeframe]
Timeline
Director RAN
Engineering
10.2021 - Current
Director RAN Engineering
AT&T Wireless
10.2021 - Current
RAN Engineering Manager
AT&T
01.2018 - 09.2021
Team Lead
RAN Engineering
01.2014 - 12.2017
Engineer
Amdocs INC
07.2013 - Current
Principal RAN Engineer
07.2013 - 12.2013
Sr. RAN Consultant
Connecting NOS. Mexico
02.2013 - 07.2013
Technical Lead
Aricent Technologies, RAN
12.2011 - 02.2013
Sr. RAN Engineer
Ericsson Global India Ltd
09.2010 - 12.2011
Sr. RAN Consultant
FCCI, Bahrain
04.2010 - 09.2011
RF Optimization Engineer
Nokia, GSDC India
09.2008 - 04.2010
RF Engineer
Huawei Telecommunications
08.2008 - 09.2008
RF Optimization Engineer
Metro Wireless Engineering (I) Pvt Ltd
05.2006 - 08.2008
Ongoing Post Graduate -
UT Austin McCombs School of Business
MS - Data Science
UT Austin McCombs School of Business
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree - Electronics & Communication Engineering
M.I.T. affiliated from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam University
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