Fitsum Mergia Aknaw

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Fitsum Mergia Aknaw

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+251-912500814

Fitsummergia@gmail.com
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Sex Male | Date of birth 03/09/1984 | Nationality Ethiopian
WORK EXPERIENCE

December 2014-up to now

3G optimization supervisor
Employer ethio telecom | Location Addis Ababa | Country Ethiopia

Managed 20 optimization engineer

Managed the global and overall optimization work
RF LLD preparation and review
RAN LLD preparation and review
Redefining KPIs for RNC ,optimization process flow
Test plan preparation for SSV and cluster
Resource utilization study and expansion proposal preparation
Feature and Parameter audit
RF cleanup management
Drive test and route plan preparation

Business or sector Mobile operator

Sep 2011-December 2014

3G Optimization Engineer
Employer ethio telecom | Location Addis Ababa | Country Ethiopia

Monitor and analyses the WCDMA/HSDPA Radio network statistics on daily basis
Developed processes and reporting format for site/cluster optimization
/acceptance ,worst cell analysis ,optimization activities
Performed pre-launch cluster analysis and optimization using drive test logs
Responsible for multi carrier strategy definition.
Review existing vendor criteria/formulas for analyzing and benchmarking UMTS
network performance for ZTE and Huawei
E2E test methodology preparation
Responsible for inconsistency check 3G parameter at RNC regularly
Drafting various technical recommendation for the management
Continuous analyzing traffic ,utilization and subscriber growth in order to foresee
capacity expansion

Business or sector Mobile operator

July 2010-Sepmber 2011

GSM Optimization Engineer

Employer Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation | Location Addis Ababa | Country Ethiopia

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2G optimization of more than 700sites of ZTE and NSN network

Preparing drive test reports and analyzing root causes for KPI degradation and
finding solution with physical optimization on the field
Responsible to maintain the performance dashboard
Responsible for radio parameter optimization
Responsible for parameter and feature audit
Customer complaints analysis
Planning of LAC and cluster route

Business or sector Mobile operator

September 2007-July 2010

Rollout engineer
Employer Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation | Location Addis Ababa | Country Ethiopia

Responsible for managing the roll out of new sites and integration work
In charge of field operation and maintenance activities of core network, BSS
system, transmission network on ZTE system.

Business or sector Mobile operator

TRAINING
June 2015

Advanced wireless planning

By Aalto University | Location Addis Ababa | Country Ethiopia
LTE technology
LTE Advanced
Advanced LTE planning

Winpro planning tools

July 2015 August 2015

UMTS Optimization Engineer on-Job Training (UMTS NPM)

By Huawei University | Location Addis Ababa | Country Ethiopia
Network Insight Training
Radio network planning training
Radio network traffic analysis training
Parameters and neighbour cell check training
Network load analysis Training
Network performance analysis Training
Log data collection and analysis training

August 2014-September 2014

UMTS Optimization Engineer Training

By Huawei University | Location Shenzhen | Country China

July 2014

RAN 15 Network performance management

Radio network optimization
HSPA RNA 15 Radio Resource management
HSPA and HSPA+ RAN 15 Throughput Troubleshooting

UMTS Optimization Engineer Training Proficient Level

By Huawei University | Location Addis Ababa | Country Ethiopia
WCDMA RF Optimization Training
WCDMA RAN 15 Radio Network features & Algorithms Training

June 2012 July 2012

Level A of WCDMA Network Planning and Optimization

By ZTE

Dec 2010

University | Location Shenzhen | Country China

Capacity and coverage planning
RF optimization
Algorithm training
HSPA + optimization
Throughput optimization
Parameter optimization

Level C of WCDMA-CN ,WCDMA-RNS,CDMA-CN Team work and Corporate &

Cross culture

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By ZTE University | Location Addis Ababa | Country Ethiopia

May 2008 June 2008

Level A of WCDMA Core Network

By ZTE University | Location Addis Ababa | Country Ethiopia
V3 Core network Equipment Training

Nov 2008

Level A of GSM-BSS V3 Equipment

By ZTE University | Location Addis Ababa | Country Ethiopia
V3 GSM BSS network equipment training

Nov 2009- Dec 2009

Basic Level Telecom Training (GSM/WCDMA Stream )

By ETC College | Location Addis Ababa | Country Ethiopia
Basic level GSM and WCDMA Radio technology
Basic level GSM and WCDMA core technology

Feb 2007

CCNA 1 Networking Basics

By Cisco local academy | Location Jimma | Country Ethiopia

May 2007

CCNA 2 Router and Routing Basics

By Cisco local academy | Location Jimma | Country Ethiopia

EDUCATION
2012-2014

MSC in communication Engineering

University Addis Ababa University | Location 5 Kilo Campus | Country Ethiopia
Wireless communication
Satellite communication
Antenna Design
Microwave Devices Design
Statistical Digital processing

2002-2007

BSC in Electrical Engineering

University Jima University | Location Jima Main campus | Country Ethiopia
Communication engineering
Electronics engineering
Control engineering
Power engineering
Machine and machine drives
Computer engineering
Software engineering

PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s)

Other language(s)

English

Communication skills

Amharic

UNDERSTANDING

SPEAKING

Listening

Reading

Spoken interaction

Spoken production

Proficient user

Proficient user

Proficient user

Proficient user

WRITING

Proficient user

WCDMA optimization engineer

Working with different vendors helps me to develop excellent communication skill written
and oral
Chairperson of Network labor council

Serving as chairperson of network labor council helps me to develop public speaking

and negotiation skill.

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Organisational / managerial skills

3G Optimization supervisor
Coaching local teams to develop local skilled engineer
Provisioning of training for students from university
Drafting various technical and organization recommendation for the management
Redefining KPIs for the RAN ,work order ,optimization process flow
Managing projects, distributing tasks ,monitoring implementation of recommended changes to
meet performance target

Job-related skills

Other skills

Driving licence

All Vendor
TEMS drive test data collection and post processing tool
Actix ,Nemo drive test data post processing tool
E2E optimization and network troubleshooting
Call setup time optimization
Paging efficiency analysis
Mobility optimization
UTRAN parameter tuning and monitoring
HSDPA /HSUPA throughput optimization
RANC call trace , IMSI trace analysis
Mapinfo , Mapbasic programming
Excel VBA programming

Huawei specific
SRAN 15,16 feature testing (test bed and live network)
M2000,PRS,Nastar
Genex probe and assistant
ZTE specific
CDT , Association log analysis tool
CNO ,CNT,CAN
Automobile grade 2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Publications
Presentations
Projects
Work shop
Seminars
Honours and awards
Memberships
References

Smart phone and singling storm

Smart phone power consumption , Radio network planning
Sign language to text converter :
MBB in Ethiopia workshop by AAiT and Alto University , Orange Kenya swap and optimization
experience sharing
UMTS Radio network planning
Best project of the year award , Appreciation letter for NGN rollout project
Ethiopian Electrical engineer association | ESCA

Fedlu Mohammed Hassen

Title: Engineering RAN manger
Email : fedlu.mohammed@ethio.local
Telephone:0911504818

Ashagrie Getnet Flattie

Title: Engineering officer
Email : ashagre.getnet@ethio.local
Telephone:0911254808

Alemayehu G/Yohannes
Title: TEP wireless project manger
Email : alemayehu.gyohannes@ethio.local
Telephone: 0911256658

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