Abiy Almaw Mekonnen is an experienced Electrical Engineer currently working as a Wireless Services Engineer for Huawei Technologies in Ethiopia. He has over 7 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, having previously worked for ZTE in various roles supporting 2G and 3G networks. He holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering and has certifications in radio network planning, optimization, and GSM BSS equipment.

1. CURRICULUM
VITAE
I am enthusiastic and professional Electrical Engineer, who enjoys being part of, as well as leading, a successful
and productive team. Quick to grasp new ideas and concepts. Able to develop innovative and creative solutions to
problems. Able to work well on own initiative and can demonstrate the high levels of motivation required to meet
the tightest of deadlines. Even under significant pressure, possesses a strong ability to perform effectively.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name Abiy Almaw Mekonnen
Address Huawei Technologies Ethiopian Branch
Wireless Service Engineer
city: Addis Ababa
country: Ethiopia
Telephone +251-911829315
E-mail abiyalmaw18@gmail.com
Nationality Ethiopian
Date of birth 22, January, 1985
WORK EXPERIENCE
• Dates (from – to) Starting from October 27, 2014 up to now
• Name and address of employer Huawei Technologies Ethiopia.
• Type of business or sector Global Telecommunication equipment provider.
• Occupation or position held Wireless Services Engineer.
• Main activities and
responsibilities
Project delivery, Integration and Commissioning of 2G/3G/4G services.
Solution development and script preparation of new 2G/3G/4G sites.
Preparation and execution of batch scripts on BSC/RNC.
Planning and efficiently utilizing Abis/Iub, A/IuCS/IuPS Iur interfaces resources.
Maintenance of live 2G/3G/4G wireless services.
Monitoring and Improving 2G/3G/4G services KPI.
Expansion of 2G/3G/4G services based on many different scenarios.
• Dates (from – to) Starting from July 08, 2008 – Oct 25, 2014
• Name and address of employer ZTE (H.K) Limited Ethiopian Branch, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Type of business or sector Chinese Telecommunication Equipments provider
• Occupation or position held Worked as GSM BSS Engineer, Network planning and Optimization Engineer and
BTS maintenance engineer.
• Main activities and
responsibilities
Evaluation and analysis of radio access problems on the 2G network deployed.
Remove site alarms and performance problems. Supervised the installation of GSM
BSS and transmission equipments. I have debugged ZXG10 iBSC and BTSs(Indoor
and outdoor).

2. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Dates (from – to) November 2003 - July , 2007
• Name and type of organization Hawassa University, Governmental Educational Institution
• Title of qualification awarded B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering
• Level in national classification 1st
Degree, successful completion of a thesis on Speech coding and Echo cancellation
for wireless communication.
PERSONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
.
MOTHER TONGUE AMHARIC
OTHER LANGUAGES
ENGLISH
• Reading skills Excellent
• Writing skills Excellent
• Verbal skills Excellent
SOCIAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
I participated in technology club from 2003 to 2007 in Hawassa University and I
shared my knowledge on different techological findings on different forums organized.
I am a member of one local charity association (Hosaena Charity) in Bahir Dar and I
am participating in fund raising department.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
.
Radio Network Planning, Installation, test, tuning, maintenance, optimization and
system analysis.
I have certificate on level-B of GSM BSS equipment and Radio Network Optimization
from ZTE University.
I am professional in using Microsoft office.
I have good knowledge in Computer Networking and Maintenance.
INTERESTS Reading science fictions and technological books.
Watching movies.
Drawing pictures.
ANNEXES
MR. Xiongtao
Technical Director
Email: xiongtao111@huawei.com