This presentation has highlights of my technical and management experience as well as MBA education in wireless industry.

1. Syed Maqbool Hassan
Professional Profile – v3

2. Agenda
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Profile Summary
Work Experience
Certifications, Trainings and Education
Volunteer and Causes
Other Information and Contacts
Appendix 1: Technical Work Highlights
Appendix 2: Management and MBA Highlights
Appendix 3: Some work related photos

3. Profile Summary – Mobile Comms
• Mobile communications infrastructure
and Business
• RNPO technical, project, pre-sales and
management
• Management and business consulting
• Trained and >15 years experienced
• LTE, 3G, GSM, TETRA and APCO25
• EMEA Specialty

4. Profile Summary – Non-Profit
• Member of the Board
• Turning around non-profits towards
sustainability and growth
• Developing strategy and business
• Coordinating deployment
• Campaigning for the causes at multiple levels
• Developed and implemented IT &
Communications strategy
• Registered charity in Google

5. Work Experience
• Chronological work experience

6. Work Experience – 1/5
Position
Company
(Country)
Date From/To
Experience
Principal
Twenty First
Consultant/Director Solutions
Jan 13/Current
RNPO LTE/3G/GSM consulting
Training development in LTE/3G/GSM
Nottingham Play
Forum/PlayWorks
Director of
the Board
Jul 13/Current
Developed strategy and business
Turning around and growing organisation
Developed IT and Communications
Strategy
Negotiated deals with suppliers
Oxfam
Constituency
Campaigner
Feb13/Current
Campaigning for the causes of hunger
Communicating with MP’s and MEP’s on
topics related to hunger and poverty
Campaigned in IF campaign, biofuels and
farmland grabs.
Diabetes UK
Event
Speaker
Sep 13/Current
Speak on selected events for Diabetes UK
Support the cause of Diabetes and
disseminate its knowledge

7. Work Experience – 2/5
Position
Company
(Country)
Date
From/To
Experience
Program Manager LCC Muscat
(Oman)
Jul 12/Dec 12 Projects and operations management/3G
and 2G Huawei.
Service Delivery
Manager NPO
Advacomm
(UAE)
Mar 12/Jul 12 Account management.
Operations and projects management.
Pre-sales in Gulf countries.
RF Test Equipments.
Senior Wireless
Communications
Consultant
Saudi Electric
LCC UK
(Saudi Arabia)
May 11/Mar
12
Acting Project Manager.
Lead Consultant.
Due diligence, APCO25/TETRA wireless
communications, Spectrum/frequency
planning, Smart Grid, Smart Metering,
system design, Liaison, Board
presentation, reporting.
Mar 10/May
11
Pre-sales, Account & Project Management
Seven countries of UAE, Oman, Bahrain,
Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan and Qatar.
Program Manager LCC ME
(UAE)

8. Work Experience – 3/5
Position
Company
(Location)
Date From/To
Experience
Project Manager
& Principal
Consultant
LCC ME
(UAE)
Nov 09/Feb 10
3G/Huawei Oman End-End network audit.
3G network planned and delivered
optimisation recommendations
Senior Wireless
Network
Consultant
MoI KSA
LCC UK
(Saudi
Arabia)
Oct 08/Mar 09
RF Lead consultant.
Designed and verified MoI Motorola
TETRA network.
Projects Management/presentations.
Due diligence/tenders evaluations.
3G RF Expert
Saudi
Telecom
LCC UK
(Saudi
Arabia)
May 04/Oct 08
Asstt. To Regional Manager.
Central and Western region.
RF NPO for 3G and GSM networks.
Macro, Micro, in-building and repeater
sites.
Andrew Location Based services.
Ericsson/NSN/Huawei/Motorola.

9. Work Experience – 4/5
Position
Company
(Location)
Date
From/To
Experience
Technical
Manager
ATE
Communications
(UK)
Aug 02/May
04
Designed End-End Rohill TETRA RF
networks.
RF data link solution architect.
Designed, commissioned and tested
products.
Senior Principal LCC UK
RF Engineer
(UK)
May 02/Jul 02 Pre-sales.
Solutions architecture.
Mikom RF network design candidates
analysis.
Senior Principal Dutchtone
RF Engineer
LCC UK
(Netherlands)
Oct 01/Apr 02
Due diligence of RF benchmarking project
Authored Network Optimization Reference
Manual.
Senior Principal Hutchison 3G
RF Engineer
LCC UK
(UK)
Oct 00/Oct 01
Designed 3G network for North London
and performed coverage optimization.

10. Work Experience – 5/5
Position
Company
Date From/To
Experience
Senior Principal
RF Engineer
BT Cellnet
LCC UK
(UK)
May 00/Oct 00
Managed MSO project
Performed Radio planning for network rollout
and performed reporting in Excel and
geographic formats.
Senior Principal
RF Engineer
Ben
LCC UK
(Netherlands)
Jan 00/Apr 00
Led RF special projects group and performed
macro RF rollouts using Nokia equipment.
RAN TGSM
QTel
(Qatar)
Apr 98/Dec 99
Performed Motorola network rollouts,
optimisation and performance, OMCR, drive
tests and network operations and upgrades.
Systems
Engineer I
Paktel
(Pak)
Aug 90/Apr 98
Performed project and operations
management, and RF planning, optimisation,
network operations, transmission design and
operations, network rollouts and upgrades.
Telecom
Engineer
East West
Systems
(Pak)
Aug 89/Aug 90
Managed repair lab, performed installation,
manufacturing, operations and technical
support as telecom vendor (Yaesu)

11. Certifications, Trainings and
Education
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Education
Certifications (RF)
Certifications (Mgmt)
Certifications (IT)
Further Trainings
Education
Professional Memberships

12. Education – 1/2
• MBA (ongoing) – Henley BS,
Henley/Reading
– Global Business environment
– Strategic Direction
– Corporate Finance and Governance
– Strategic Marketing
– Managing Personal Development
– Managing Financial Resources
– Managing the Project based
organization

13. Education – 2/2
• MBA (ongoing) – Henley BS,
Henley/Reading
– Managing processes, systems
– Managing people and performance
– Dynamics of management
• B.E. (Electrical Engineering) – NED
University, Karachi
– Telecommunications and Electronics
– Control Systems and Power

14. Certifications (RF)
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UTRA (LCC)
TETRA Air Interface (Lever)
Aircom Asset, ILSA, NetOpt (Aircom)
TEMS Investigation (Ericsson)
System Survey (Ericsson)
Cell Planning (Ericsson)
Engineering RBS (Ericsson)
Minilink 15 (Ericsson)

15. Certifications (Mgmt)
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PRINCE2 (QAIQ)
PMP Preparatory (Yamama)
Microsoft Project (WWP)
Six Sigma Black Belt (Anexas)
Neuro-linguistic Programming
(Training2000)
• Managerial Skills Seminar (PIM)
• Development Course for Supervisors (PIM)

16. Trainings (Business)
• International Marketing and Research
(UKTI)
• Building successful relationships with
overseas agents and distributors (UKTI)
• Political campaigning and
communications (Oxfam)
• Business Startup workshop (Barclays)
• Customer Services NVQ 2 (Shrewsbury)

17. Certifications (IT)
• CCNA Preparatory (QAIQ)
• Business Objects (H3G)
• Unix (Petroman)

18. Professional Memberships
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IEEE (USA)
CIM (UK)
PMI (USA)
IMC (USA)

19. Technical, Media and
Communications
• Fairsport Online Radio
– Founder
• Radio Ham
– M0SMH, AP2MH
• Blogs
– Telecoms 365
– Everyday is a journey

20. Other Information and Contacts
• Other Information
• Contacts

21. Other Information
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Driving license: UK and UAE
Languages: English, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic
Health: Excellent (non-smoker)
UK ILR (permanent resident)
Willing to relocate

22. Contacts
• Mobile:
– +44 791 956 9649
– +44 7575 142 386
• Email:
– syerf@gmail.com
– syedrf@ymail.com
• Address:
– Nottingham, UK

23. Appendix 1: Technical Work
Highlights
• DAS in-building design for a UK shopping
mall
• 3G RF Macro coverage plot
• LMR RF coverage plot
• APCO25 RF Macro coverage plot
• 3G band interference measurements

24. DAS Photos & Schematic

25. DAS Antenna Placements & 3G
Link Budget

26. 3G Macro RF Coverage plot

27. LMR RF Coverage Plot

28. APCO25 Macro RF Coverage

29. 3G Interference Measurements

30. Appendix 2: Management &
MBA Highlights
• TI Project Management Tracker
• TOWS model for a Consultancy
• Top-Down and Bottom-Up Strategy
Diagram for a Consultancy
• Fishbone diagram of HR Recruitment
process for a consultancy
• Five Forces analysis of Google

31. Appendix 2 Continued:
Management & MBA Highlights
• BCG’s Product Portfolio Matrix for Motorola
Mobility
• Motorola Mobility Value Proposition
• Motorola Mobility Development Strategies
• Michaud and Thoenig’s model for Motorola
Mobility
• Ansoff’s Growth Matrix for Motorola
Mobility

32. TI Swap PM Tracker

33. TOWS Model for a Consultancy

34. Top-Down and Bottom-Up Strategy
Diagram for a Consultancy

35. Fishbone Diagram for HR Recruitment
Process for a Consultancy

36. Five Forces Analysis of Google

37. Motorola Mobility BCG Product
Portfolio Matrix

38. Motorola Mobility Value Proposition

39. Motorola Mobility
Development Strategies

40. Michaud and Thoenig’s Model
for Motorola Mobility

41. Ansoff’s Growth Matrix for
Motorola Mobility

42. Appendix 3: Some Work Related
Photos
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Panoramic of a 3G and GSM site in Gulf
A 3G and GSM site in Gulf
A TETRA site in Gulf
A VHF Repeater in Gulf

43. Panoramic of a 3G & GSM
site in Gulf

44. A GSM & 3G site in Gulf

45. A TETRA Site in Gulf

46. A VHF Repeater Site in Gulf

47. Thanks
I can be contacted on syedrf@gmail.com
and +44 791 956 9649