1. Lt Col Rakibul Hassan
Telecommunications and ICT Regulation, Government Affairs
http://www.doyoubuzz.com/rakibul-hassan
44 years old
raqueeb@live.com +22545667279 +880-1713095767 raqueeb.hassan 764, Ibrahimpur 1206 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Strategic analyst with information technology (IT) specialties having experience in, but not limited to, forecasting, business prediction, cost, schedule, and
performance analysis. Knowledge of, and recent experience with, collecting, importing, exporting, and querying data for analysis and in manipulating that
data into professional reports that enable senior management to make informed strategic decisions.
Proven leader who is effective at verbal and written communication, managing personnel, performing research, and providing excellent consultancy based
on the input which varies over time.
Propensity towards discovering inefficiencies in the organizational bureaucracy and taking action aimed at improving innovative processes, solving
complex problems, and understanding complex concepts.
Specialties: Excellent communication skills in both written and verbal, lead drafter to organization's policy documentations, tactful and articulate in
communication mediums, prepare speeches for officials, represent organization at public consultations. Do ‘out of the box’ write-up, drafts letter, research,
prepare presentations, delivers them, maintain contacts, and respond to official communications.
EXPERIENCE
Staff Officer, Civil Military Coordination
United Nations Operation in Cote D'Ivoire Daloa (Côte d’Ivoire) Full-time Since July 2014
United Nations civil-military coordination (UN-CIMIC) provides the interface between the
military component of a UN peace operation and the political, humanitarian, developmental, human
rights, and rule-of-law components of the mission, as well as many other external partners in the larger
peacebuilding system.
It is a crucial function of any complex peace operation because it is central to the mission achieving a
system-wide impact on the conflict it is attempting to transform. My job is to coordinate between
mission military components and civil counterparts, and between the mission and the rest of the
system, in order to ensure a sustainable peace process.
Instructor Class 'A', School of Signals
Bangladesh Army Jessore (Bangladesh) Full-time May 2014 - July 2014
Train the leaders of 'Corp of Signals'. The signal officer leads the Signal Corps, which is
responsible for the Army’s entire systems of communication. Officers plan and execute all aspects of
communication on a mission and are critical to the Army’s continued success. A signal officer requires
completion of the Signal Officer Basic Course, where they learn the skills and operational aspects that
are used in the net-centric warfare.
'School of Signals' offers post-commissioning training to allow those officers who generally have little to
no prior military communication experience to obtain the skills necessary to continue on to his job. My
teaching area of expertise encompasses 'Spectrum Management', 'Antenna Theory', 'Areal Propagation'
and 'Military Communications Security'.
Director (Systems and Services)
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Dhaka (Bangladesh) Full-time
October 2010 - April 2014
Working towards drafting on creation of a Competition/Antitrust Division with an oversight of the
recent draft Competition Act 2010 for the communications market including investigations into;
predatory pricing and margin squeeze cases.
Lead drafter to major licensing guidelines, tactful and articulate in communication mediums, prepare
speeches for BTRC officials, represent BTRC at public consultations, responsible for devising policy
framework for BTRC. Do ‘out of the box’ write-up, drafts letter, research, prepare presentations, delivers
them, maintain contacts, and respond to ITU/APT/CTO/ICANN and other emails and call inquiries.
Has worked on Telecom's structural separation proposal & Interconnection cost modeling for
Bangladeshi Market. Spearheading the development of local content providers on the basis of telco's
open (shared) network platform requirement.
Worked as Country Focal Point for ITU/CTO/APT including ITU's Council Membership.
SKILLS
Lead Drafter - Licensing
Guidelines: Regulatory
Commission
Regulatory and Licensing Guideline on
Internet Protocol Telephony Service
Provider (IPTSP) License
Regulatory and Licensing Guidelines
on Call Center Services
Regulatory and Licensing Guideline on
Broadband Wireless Access (BWA)
Regulatory and Licensing Guidelines
on Value Added Services Licensing
Guidelines, 2012 [Draft]
Regulatory and Licensing Guidelines
on Nationwide Telecommunication
Transmission Network (NTTN)
3G/4G/LTE Cellular Mobile Phone
Services Regulatory and Licensing
Guidelines
Regulatory and Licensing Guidelines
on Cellular Mobile Phone Operator
License (Renewed)
Regulatory and Licensing Guidelines
on Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Draft National Telecommunication
Consumer Protection Guideline
(NTCPG)
Regulatory and Licensing Guidelines
to Build, Operate and Maintain
International Terrestrial Cable (ITC)
Systems and Services in Bangladesh
SIM/RUIM Registration Verification
Guidelines in accordance with NID
Government
Regulatory Affairs
Policy Drafting
Spectrum Management
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2. Member Secretary
Bangladesh Computer Security Incident Response Team (BD-CSIRT) Dhaka (Bangladesh) Full-time
January 2012 - April 2014
The organization conducts computer security audits; organize specialized and local training, seminars,
workshops in computer & cyber security involved subject matter.
Bangladesh Computer Security Incident Response Team (BD-CSIRT) is the national computer security
coordination center in Bangladesh. It has been established in 2012 by Bangladesh Telecommunications
Regulatory Commission (BTRC) as an initiative to facilitate the detection, prevention and response of
computer and cyber security related incidents on the Internet.
Current operations of BD-CSIRT include the following core-services being provided to the constituents
through various communication channels such as a website (www.csirt.gov.bd), phone/fax/email (pgp
enabled), sms etc.
It also includes publishing alerts and advisories related to computer & cyber security issues; computer
& cyber forensics penetration testing, investigation and analysis; vulnerability testing of government
websites; assistance in implementing computer security correlated ISO standards; incident handling and
reporting using Request Tracker for Incident Response (RTIR) system; raising public awareness on
computer & cyber security matters through various media;
Deputy Director (Systems & Services Department)
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Dhaka (Bangladesh) Full-time
July 2007 - October 2010
Regulatory strategy on policy & legislative framework, licensing & convergence, access &
interconnection, costing & tariff structure, spectrum band-plan based on IMT-2000, re-farming,
competition & assessment of dominance (SMP), infrastructure & technical regulation.
Institutional framework & organizational structure, capacity building & skill set development,
regulatory engagement & liaison.
Member of numerous committees like Spectrum Management (SMC), National Broadband Policy
Review, Bangla IDN Submission, National Frequency Allocation Plan 2005 (NFAP) Review, Project
Manager for ITU consultations on MIS and Statistical Tool & Significant Market Power (SMP)
Implementation, Quality of Service (QoS) guidelines implementation, BTRC Website/Intranet
development etc.
Grade Staff Officer -2, Signals Directorate
Army Headquarters, Bangladesh Army Dhaka (Bangladesh) Full-time November 2006 - 2007
Looked after Falcon Eye Project, the largest military microwave network alongside the Army
HeadQuarters network (groupware, Sun Servers, Cisco Solution).
[Details not divulged due to NDA]
Communication Officer, Signal Platoon Commander
United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo Bunia (Congo - Kinshasa) Full-time April 2003 - 2004
Designed and supported the communication requirement for Bangladesh Battalion. To support
numerous camps in different geographic locations, a main + backup communication channel was
maintained alongside covering troops in front lines and operations.
Had given technical assistance and advised Commanders preparing the deployment plan of military
operations on the basis of all ground reconnaissances.
Grade Staff Officer -2, Information Technology (IT) Directorate
Army Headquarters, Bangladesh Army Dhaka (Bangladesh) Full-time March 2000 - 2002
[Details not divulged due to NDA]
Worked as founding GSO-2 for Networking Cell for initial military network framework, planned and
designed present military network extended to Divisions.
Grade Staff Officer -3, (GSO-3), Signals Directorate
Army Headquarters, Bangladesh Army Dhaka (Bangladesh) Full-time May 1997 - 1999
[Details not divulged due to NDA]
Worked as Grade Staff Officer -3, (GSO-3) to install the military network connecting more than 550 pcs
and Army Signals Brigade Headquarters.
Staff Captain (SC), Army Signal Brigade Headquarters
Army Signal Brigade Dhaka (Bangladesh) Full-time April 1996 - March 1997
Rank: Captain
[Details not divulged due to NDA]
Looked after the Job of Staff Captain, (Staff of HQ) and connected all the units of Army Signal Brigade
and Army Headquarters. First FreeBSD installation and then it was replaced by SunOS.
Telecommunications &
Management
Management Consulting
Strategic Communications
Change Management
Project Management
Telecommunications Management
Business Strategy
Languages
English
Bengali
INTERESTS
Telecommunication Regulation
Telecommunications Law &
Compliance
Economic Public Law
Cyber Crime/CERT/CSIRT
Public/Government Affairs
Monitor key trends in the ICT
regulatory environment & their
impact on business.
Travel
Meeting new people
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3. EDUCATION
MSc. in Communication Engineering (MSCE)
United International University September 2007 - June 2009
Telecommunications
Diploma in Military Communication
US Army Signal Center [ICT], Fort Gordon, Georgia, USA September 2002 - 2003
Information Systems OP-Analyst 531-74B10
Master's in Business Administration
Royal Roads University Since September 2011
Digital Technology Management (DTM), Not yet finished.
Information Assuarance Security Officer Certification Course
US Army Signal Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia, USA January 2002 - December 2002
Information Security [US Army Grade]
Next Generation Network (NGN) and IP based TAX (Trunk Automatic Exchange)
Advanced Level Telecom Training Center, BSNL, Ghaziabad, India January 2007 - 2007
Next Generation Network (NGN) and IP based TAX (Trunk Automatic Exchange)
Spectrum Monitoring Systems
TCI International, Inc. Fremont, CA 94538, USA January 2008 - 2008
Spectrum Monitoring Systems
Implementing Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
ITU ASP CoE Network, Pakistan Telecom Authority Node, Pakistan January 2007 - December 2007
Strategic role of MNP in a competitive market
Automated Spectrum Management Systems
TCI International, Inc. Fremont, CA 94538, USA January 2008 - 2008
Automated Spectrum Management Systems
Concept of Design and Implementation of MPLS Core Network
BRBRA Institute of Telecom Training, BSNL, Jabalpur, India January 2008 - 2008
Concept of Design and Implementation of MPLS Core Network
Telecommunication Regulatory Executive Training
Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), Singapore January 2010 - December 2010
4th Telecom Regulatory Course “Enabling Framework for ICT Development - The Singapore Experience”
Telecom Regulation: Fundamental concepts of current key issues
TOT Academy, Nonthaburi, Thailand January 2014 - December 2014
Competition, Infrastructure Sharing, SMP, Regulations
SIEMENS’s ISDN Communication Networking Services
Information & Communications Networks Training Institute, Munich, Germany January 2000 - 2000
SIEMENS’s ISDN Communication Networking Services
Bachelor's of Arts
University of Chittagong September 1990 - 1992
Economics, History
HSC (Science)
Pabna Cadet College September 1988 - June 1989
Science, English, Math, Statistics
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