Ali Azhar

Background

About Ali Azhar

Ali is a seasoned telecom professional with over 18 years of experience in 3GPP RAN operations and solutions. A unique combination of having created value add in processes and services of world's most advanced cellular networks and strong academic prowess in telco techno-commercial models places him in a competitive position within global telco marketplace. Have achieved a clear execution level understanding of telco technology roadmap and business strategy through working with Tier 1 telco operators of Asia Pacific and EMEA under key positions and roles. Proven track record and expertise in value stream mapping of core operational processes, gap analysis, identifying bottlenecks and impediments, stakeholder management and process improvement and redesigning. Advanced level practical know how of LTE RF KPIs Metric definition and framework development and transforming telco RAN data (PM & CM) into useful business insights for best customer service experience. Acquired renowned telecom industry practices and competency through project management of large scale complex projects worth 1 Billion $(combined) of tier 1 telcos Telstra & Ufone-Etisalat. Coursework interaction with British Telecom 21CN. Successfully managing, designing & optimizing Telstra’s 5G, LTE Advanced (3CA/5CA), LTE-B, VoLTE, VoWifi and small cell network. A writer of numerous publications on telecommunication technological and commercial landscape, trends and disruptions. Hands on experience on RAN technology Road Maps, E2E capacity planning and software/features of vendors: Ericsson Huawei Diverse portfolio of engaging following Telco Industry Tools providing E2E planning/optimization solutions on dense live networks: Atoll (RF Prediction, Planning tool by Forsk) Radioplan & Actixone TEMS Visualization Enterprise TEMS capacity manager Nemo Outdoor & Nemo Analyze by Anite Oracle SQL Developer TrueCall Tektronix & Splunk (Big data analytics) MapInfo & Google Earth Pro (GIS)