1. CURRICULUM VITAE of Siyanda Nkamisa
PERSONAL DETAILS
Surname: Nkamisa
First Name: Siyanda
Residential address: 33 Buffalo Crescent
Turtle Creek
Kuilsriver, Cape Town
7579
Contact No: 0814717153 (c) /0215501847
Email: Siyanda.Nkamisa@gmail.com
Nationality: South African
Date of Birth: 28 August 1980
ID Number: 8008285760083
Gender: Male
Drivers License: Code 08
Language abilities: English, Xhosa, Zulu and Setswana
Senior Certificate: Zingisa Comprehensive High School, 1998
Career Summary
Period Company Position
August 2010 - present
Telkom
Mobile
Radio Planning and Optimisation Specialist:
GSM,WCDMA, LTE and Wi-Fi
Jul 2006 - Jul 2010
Vodacom
Specialist NMG Configurations and Support
Senior Technical Officer: Faults ManagementJan 2003 - Jun 2006
Dedicated Network Administrator with a broad comprehensive telecommunications experience
including Planning and Optimisation, configurations, troubleshooting and support. Expertise in 2G,
3G Radio Access Network and LTE (Alcatel, Nokia Siemens & Huawei). Effective at
training/knowledge transfer to new team members.
I have always endeavoured to upgrade my education in the field of leadership. Through employee
training courses and formal education. I have developed a strong analytical and creative mind. I
also manage my peers, either on an occasional delegation of authority basis.
Informally I have also been involved in leadership through social soccer, as team manager of Super
Villas Football Club.
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2. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
TERTIARY EDUCATION
2016 – Currently enrolled: Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (NQF 8)
Institution: MANCOSA
Major Subjects
Organisational Behaviour
Human Resource Development
Strategic Marketing Management
Information and Knowledge Management
Project Management
Strategic Management
Accounting and Financial Management
Operations Management
2014: Bcomm Informatics
Institution Unisa
Major Subjects
ECONOMICS 1 INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING DATABASES II
INTRO TO BUS INFORM SYSTEMS SYST ANALYS & DESIGN METHODS ADVANCED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 1 OBJECT-ORIENTED CONCEPTS DATABASE DESIGN & IMPLEMENT
QUANTITATIVE MODELLING I GENERAL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
ACC CONCEPT, PRINC & PROCED INTRODUCTORY FINANCIAL MATHS HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACT II
ECONOMICS 1 MICROECONOMICS CORP GOVERN IN ACCOUNTANCY
PRODUC AND OPERAT
MANAGEMENT 3 FINANC ACCOUNTING REPORTING INDIVIDUAL LABOUR LAW
CORPORATE CITIZEN III E-COMMERCE IN BUSINESS RATIONAL DECISION MAKING
STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTAT III PRAC ACC DATA PROCESSING
ENTREPR & SMA BUS
MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIC PLANNING 3
2002: ND Electrical Engineering
Institution Peninsula Technikon
Major Subjects
Electrical Engineering: 1/2 Electronics: 1/2/3 Microcontroller: 4
Computer Networks: 4 Mathematics: 1/2/3/4 Digital Systems: 1/2/3
Design Projects: 1/2/3 Communication Skills: 1 Computer Skills: 1/2
Computer Programming C: 1/2 Cisco Networking: 1/2/3
Professional Certification or Association
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3. Certificates obtained:
Huawei GSM/WCDMA/LTE M2000 Monitoring
Huawei NASTAR_PRS Tools
First Aid - Level 1
Huawei GSM /EDGE/WCDMA/LTE Radio Network Planning&Optimisation
Huawei GSM Radio Network Optimization
WCDMA Radio Network Design and Planning
Huawei WCDMA RNC (BSC6810) Operation&Maintance
Huawei WCDMA RNC&NodeB System Hardware
Huawei WCDMA RAN (BSC6810) Configuration
Huawei WCDMA/LTE Fundamentals
Huawei GSM Fundamental
Awareness Training: Performance Mngmnt System Workshop-CC;
Base Sub System training (BSS/AFMB) BSS Operational Theory;
Customer Service Courses: Intro to GSM & Vodacom Products/Services;
EVOLIUM BSS Training:1353 RA OMC-R Intro & Supervision;
EVOLIUM BSS Training: Base Station Subsytem Description;
EVOLIUM BSS Training:GPRS Solution;
EVOLIUM BSS Training:GSM Introduction Sequence;
EVOLIUM BSS Training: MFS O & M
Fundamental Principles Training (CP): Intro to GSM Cellular;
Network Management Centre: Alcatel Network Performance Awareness
Prog;
Network Management Centre: Alcatel Configuration Awareness Prog
Network Management Centre NMC Disaster Incident Report Procedures
Siemens UTRAN Training UTRAN & RC Overview
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
• Working with GSM, WCDMA and LTE Tools and applications
• Exposure to Project management role
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Exposure to a client oriented role
• Service orientated and people focussed
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
August 2010 to Date Telkom Mobile
Position: Radio Planning and Optimisation Specialist: GSM, WCDMA, LTE and Wi-Fi
Responsibilities:
• GSM, WCDMA, LTE Radio planning and optimization.
• Trialling routes for network coverage and optimisation.
• Responsible KPI analysis and improvements.
• Responsible for RAN network coverage, performance, quality and Customer Care.
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4. • Efficient and productive use of Radio planning and Optimisation tools: Asset, TEMS, M2000,
PRS, Nastar and Mapinfo to achieve functional objectives.
• Working on the network rollout project, ensuring adherence to schedule, quality, progress
reporting and communication requirements.
• Conducting Initial and Technical site surveys.
• Work hand in hand with Project Management, Installations, Maintenance and customer
care to meet the organisations functional strategies.
• Management of Vendor (Huawei) to meet network performance targets.
July 2006 to July 2010 Vodacom Pty (Ltd)
Position: Specialist at NMG Configurations and Support
Responsibilities:
•Update OMC-R Database: Frequency Changes
Handover files
BSS Parameter changes
Base Station cutovers
Re-routing of Base Station transceivers
Base Station Controller Expansions
BTS name, capacity changes
•Provide Support : Maintenance and Operations
Radio Planning and Optimisation
Installations
•Approve Job Orders: Additions
Frequency changes
Parameter changes
Capacity changes
Cell broadcast
Reason for Leaving: Career growth more into Optimization and Planning, Project Management.
January 2003 to June 2006 Vodacom Pty (Ltd)
Position: Senior Technical Officer at Faults Management
Responsibilities:
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5. •Monitor the allocated network nodes effectively and promptly react to all network related
faults.
•Ensure that Telkom related faults are correctly diagnosed and Interconnect Service Desk (ISD)
procedures are closely followed.
•Assume responsibility for correctly forwarding trouble tickets to Radio Maintenance Engineers,
Operation and Maintenance Center (OMC) personnel, High Level Support (HLS) and Value
Added Systems (VAS) support.
•Follow up on these trouble tickets and ensure a speedy response.
•Report to the NMC coordinator on duty and escalate serious and long outstanding faults for
his attention.
•Act as interface and provide NMC refs to Contractors, Field Engineers, OMC Engineers and
Other departments for planned work and access to sites and switches.
•Perform NMC duties as instructed by NMC coordinator, e.g., correlation of ISD outages,
Adjustment of availability parameters, follow-up and clearing of specific network faults.
Reason for Leaving: Career growth
Jan 2002 to Dec 2002 Vodacom PTY (LTD)
Position: Trainee at Radio Planning and Optimisation
Responsibilities:
• Ensure optimal performance on network quality (e.g. Call/Video set-up success rate,
call/Video retention rate, call/Video success rate, Data Throughputs uplink & downlink) by
monitoring the network statistics through tools such as TEMS, NEMO and Sonar.
Investigate & rectify all network quality faults received from Network Quality, Network
Performance, CIC, Management and the NMC.
Investigate & rectify all network failures received from regular drive testing
• Reason for Leaving: Finished training and got appointed at Faults Management
REFERENCE
References
1. Cell C
Contact Person: Musa Nkuna
Designation: Senior Specialist in Database Generation (Supervisor: Vodacom)
Contact No: 084 777 0357
2. Telkom Mobile
Contact Person: Molatelo Mathikhithela
Designation: Manager at RNP and Optimisation
Contact No: 081 300 6977
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6. 3. Vodacom
Contact Person: Lucky Dlamini
Designation: Specialist at Configurations and Support
Contact No: 082 991 0744
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7. 3. Vodacom
Contact Person: Lucky Dlamini
Designation: Specialist at Configurations and Support
Contact No: 082 991 0744
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