Basem Aggad
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Skills: | C/C++, Copy Writing, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Languages and Platforms, Software Engineering, Writing |
| Groups: | Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE) |
| Interested in: | Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of Huddersfield |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Public Telecommunication Company LTD (bravO!) |
| Position: | Special Projects Manager, reporting to CTO |
| Time period: | November 2006 - Present |
| Description: | XPress’s sister company, I was delegated along with selected key staff to establish a nationwide iDEN network in Saudi Arabia, which was built under a B.O.T agreement with the incumbent operator Saudi Telecom (STC).
With the increased demand for the provision of special coverage and technical requirements of prospective high-profile clients such Saudi ARAMCO and Saudi Airlines, the Special Projects Department was establish and I was assigned to it to handle such projects and manage its accounts. Responsibilities: ● Plan and manage special coverage projects ranging from large scale in-building system to full macro sites depending on customers’ requirements and mobilization of Cells-on-Wheels CoWs. ● Manage technical requirements of high-profile customers and provide sales support through preparing bid responses, compliance statements & provide technical documentation. ● prepare feature development documents and take part in specification and development of new products and services related to the managed accounts or to the general offering of the network. ● Preparing and producing weekly, monthly and periodic executive reports for the technical department that covers key performance indicators, network operations and narratives. ● Plan and manage the yearly Hajj season project in which CoWs are deployed and special O&M and 24 hour operation cycle is implemented. |
| Employer: | Public Telecommunication Company LTD (bravO!) |
| Position: | GeoMarketing Specialist, reporting marketing director |
| Time period: | November 2005 - November 2006 |
| Description: | Upon the completion of phase one of the network roll-out, I was reassigned to the marketing department to assist within the business development unit.
● Establishing a liaison body between the marketing and technical departments, responsible for the seamless flow of marketing requirements and directives and coverage priorities. ● Conduct field surveys and data gathering and trending exercises to better understand the market and to assist other departments with its respective responsibilities, such as : - Network coverage priorities, contiguity and capacity planning. - New showrooms openings. - Sales force distribution and sizing. - Marketing strategies. ● Conduct vertical/horizontal sales & marketing exercises with the sales department. ● Establish & run periodic reports from executive dashboards to detailed subscriber growth, ARPU, usage, customer-base clustering and trends reports. |
| Employer: | Public Telecommunication Company LTD (bravO!) |
| Position: | Field Implementation Manager, reporting to CTO |
| Time period: | September 2004 - November 2005 |
| Description: | I was assigned to the central and eastern provinces covering roughly 125 sites.
● Establish technical requirements for the purpose of vendor & contractor’s selection and qualification. ● Design Project Implementation Plans and run project-control related analysis. ● Manage the actual cell-sites deployment for 120 sites in the central & eastern provinces. ● Coordinate collocation procedures and standards with the incumbent network to maximize cooperation and utilization, Also to minimize the side effects of site collocation. ● Control site construction and quality control documentation and close-out procedures. ● Project budget control and liaison with the financial department to provide them with project data, fixed-assets tracking data and full documentation for the eventual B.O.T transfer of asset and operation to STC. |
| Employer: | New Generation Telecommunication Company (XPress) |
| Position: | Field Implementation & Project Engineer, reporting to field implementation manager |
| Time period: | August 2003 - September 2004 |
| Description: | A professional digital trunking radio service operator utilizing Motorola’s proprietary iDEN technology, emphasizing on the corporate market.
I joined the company as a trainee and worked my way to the following responsibilities: ● Civil, mechanical, electrical and telecom works follow-up for cell-sites implementation. ● eBTS installation, commissioning and trouble-shooting. ● Microwave transmission equipment (PDH, SDH and ADM) installation, commissioning and trouble-shooting. ● Cell-sites acceptance procedures, including VSWR and RF sub-system testing. ● Cell-sites integration with the main switch office (MSO). ● Indoor coverage solution planning, installation and deployment. ● Project planning and outlining. ● Departmental budget documentation and forecasting. ● Establishing technical and financial comparisons for managerial decision-making purposes. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Huddersfield |
| Time period: | 1999 - 2003 |
| Degree: | Electrical and Electronic Engineering , BEng |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | - Outdoor activities and camping.
- Writing, I run a blog. - Regular gym exercising and swimming. - Scientific and general knowledge reading. - Electronics, computing, chess & traveling. - General interest in cars. |
