Farhan Ghafoor is seeking a challenging position in a prestigious organization where he can contribute his process management and service delivery skills. He has over 6 years of experience managing telecommunications projects in Saudi Arabia. He holds a B.S. in Telecommunication and Networks from COMSATS University of Science and Technology.

1. CV
FARHAN GHAFOOR
Cell # 00966 536347153
Email farhanghafoor@ymail.com
COMSAT University of Science and Technology
Objective
Eager to excel in a challenging environment of a prestigious organization, to build career in a
vibrant organization which induces personal growth and expects its employees to get abreast
with very steep expectations, to contribute highly applicable process management skills and
ability to personalize service delivery to analyzing and execute strategies for the firm.
PERSONAL INFO
Father’s Name : Abdul Ghafoor
Date of Birth : April, 05, 1988
IQAMA : 2333114656/Transferable
Marital Status : Single
Passport : BG4186921
Nationality : Pakistani
Residence : Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Driving License : Full/Clean
Cell No : +966 536347153 / 554062384
Experience: 6 Years
 Program Manager Saudi LCC OCT 2013-Present
Controlling ALU/Huawei /ZTE Roll out projects with “STC/Mobily/Zain”:
 Responsible for the resourcing, Managing and employing the staff.
 Encourage others to make and take decisions, providing support and Resources
where necessary.
 Budget planning and Managing cost control.
 Reviews project schedules and approves staffing estimates
 Excellent time management and organizational skills.
 Formulate & recommend the approval of plans & programs of assign projects
 Managing multidisciplinary project team & ensuring the quality of delivery.
 Managing through subordinate manager the Implementation and delivery of the
projects.
 Spending the majority of time at the Operations and Planning Side.
 Technical advances and management control techniques on projects assigned
 Preparing Business Strategy and initial budget, based on discussions with
Marketing and Technical teams
 Preparing regular progress, project status and problem resolution reports
 Ensure that the principles and practices involved in installation & Commission
 Maintaining continuous interface and communication internally between
different departments and externally with clients, regulatory authorities and
vendors/subcontractors.

2.  Project(s) Engineer Saudi LCC Oct2013-Mar-2014
 Core operation including BSC expansion, SIWF implementation.
 Expert in BSC integration 6800, 6900, 6000 with Huawei Data Com.
 Expert in conducting PAT and Pre PAT for implementation activities.
 Service creation between NE's for a link for DWDM and OSN nodes.
 Expert for ATN610 Integration and commissioning.
 Upgrade the software version of FTTM, GPON, and MSAN.
 After creation in MGW and Cell site creation in MSS to integrate new BSCs.
 Source data creation for redundancy router between Core NE’s.
 Installation and commissioning of GPON OLT MA5600T, MA5603T.
 Forecasting report for after expansion.
 Commissioning of control for OLT X2CS of MA5600T, MA5603T module.
 Commissioning/ Integration of IP DSLAM UA5000 Huawei.
 Installation/Integration and commission for FTTM MA5612.
 Implementation Engineer Trans telecoms Oct2012-Oct2013
 Responsible for deploying IP cam Project for TVTC in all over kingdom
 Testing of IP surveillance cameras via hand held device or management s/w
 Dealing with Cisco 2600, 2950 & 3Com router configuration.
 Survey, design, installation, commissioning of IP surveillance cams in Gov
technical colleges (TVTC) over all Saudi Arabia.
 Network includes Cisco, 3 com routers and switches and data com servers
 Team, recourse & time management.
 OFAN Engineer STC Oct 2012 - April 2013
 Alarm management for Alcatel nodes like ISAM 7360,-20,-30 & 7356 nodes
 Database administration, updating records and keep it for future use
 Coordination with team and updating and cancelling access network TT’s via
WFM
 OFAN remote monitoring through 5620SAM client for ISAM 7360, 7330,
7320, 7356 and 7353
 FCAPS management for ISAM 7360, 7330, 7320, 7356 nodes series
 Trouble ticket management include updat ing and closing of customer
complaints
 Hands on experience of Alcatel, NSN, Ericson and Huawei Digital Circuits
 Coordination management system include UFM update of STC customer data
 Hands on experience of Argus 42 and 142 Testing tool for copper network
 Expert in Troubleshooting of VDSL network upon Alcatel, Ericson, Huawei
network
 Expert in troubleshooting E1’s and SDH link via BERT meter & optical
analyzer
 Responsible for maintenance of existence network of STC vendors like Alcatel,
Huawei, ZTE and Ericson.
 Responsible for special circuits to minimize downtime of network

3.  NOC Transmission Engineer Huawei Jan 2011 – Oct2012
 Expertise in NMS i-managerT2000/U2000 for Optical Long and Spur Network
for HUAWEI.
 Remote Monitoring, Fault & Alarm Management Service Configuration and
Troubleshooting through NMS Unitrans.
 Supervised of all Digital cross connect circuits installed in all Banks and
international organization.
 Remote Monitoring, Service Configuration and Troubleshooting through NMS
Optix i-manager t2000 series for Huawei transmission network
 SDH spur Network includes Metro 1050-2050 & OSN 2500, 9500, 7500 and
3500 NE’s.
 Responsible for route Configuration of media (E1, E3 &VC4/VC3-VLAN,
Transparent and line configuration.
Intern Engineer Etisalat-PK June 2008 - Sep 2011
 Hands-on Experience of Optical fiber operations on Spur & Long Haul PTCL
ring network
 Hands-on experience for Configuration of ZXONM EMS- E300 SDH Spur and
long haul ZTE NE’s OF transmission network
 Monitoring NERA MW NE’s via NMS integrated SNMP agent or CORBA
TMG G7 interface
 Working experience of NGHLR for 3G EvDo ZTE-MSC
 Throw OF SDH link to ZTE MW switch ZXMW NR8000 ZXMW NR8120
 Working experience of supervision and Troubleshooting of Digital EWSD &
ZTE switch
 Through OF SDH link to ZTE MW switch ZXMW NR8000 ZXMW NR8120
 Installation, configuration, and testing & management of DXX circuit via
NEWBRIDGE/ALCATEL, TELLABS & LOOP Telecom network.
 Trouble shooting of EWSD user modules and subscribers
 Working experience of NGN & HCTE Islamabad for installation,
Commissioning, Testing and Troubleshooting of E1's.
 Monitoring ZTE 10-G DWDM long haul network
 Fluent for GPON user configuration and supervision through NMS
 Huawei and ZTE OFAN remote monitoring via net numen.
 COMPUTER SKILLS
 Configure the LAN and VAN router using different Protocols.
 Configure the VOIP machine over Linux.
 Configure Optical routers Optix (2500+) series through NMS.
 Managing and Troubleshooting LAN Network.
 MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access).
 Operating Systems (Windows XP, Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora)).
 Typing Speed of 50 Words per Minute.

4.  Education “COMSATS University of Science and Technology” 2007-2011
 B.S(hon.) in Telecommunication and Networks
Major Subjects:-
 Optical Fiber Communication
 Network Management System
 Wireless & Data Communication
 Network Operating System Linux
 Routing & switching
 Computer Communication and Network
 Antenna and Radio Waves
 Computer Architecture
 Programming (C++ ,C# )
Intermediate (Pre Eng) (2005-2007)
 Banat Taleem-ul-Quran Inter College Abbottabad
 LANGUAGES
Reading, Writing, and speaking knowledge of English and Urdu and can Understand
and write Arabic and French
Projects:
Final Year Project:
 Controlling Robotic system using GSM Module.
 Control the home lightning and load by GSM phone remotely.
Semester Project:
 Adding frequencies by using DTMF Circuit which were used in GSM phones
and Landline Phones and convert to binary values and lid the LED and DC
Motors at the out put
 Water level indicator and alarm
READ
WRITE
SPEAK
ENGLISH   
URDU   
ARABIC  

5. Trainings & Certifications 
 MSANUA5000 Implementation and commissioning by Huawei Saudi Arabia
 Core Transmission implementation from Huawei Saudi Arabia
 GPON FTTX MA5600T implementation and configuration by Huawei
 Data_Com switch Commissioning and configuration by Huawei Saudi Arabia
 IP DSLAMMA5600T by Huawei Saudi Arabia
 NGN soft switch X3000 by PTCL Islamabad Pakistan
 NGHLR ZTE CDMA2000 MSC by PTCL Pakistan
 UFM & Argus42 & 142 by STC Saudi Arabia
Hobbies 
 Eager to know something new in Hiking, Traveling, Reading Newspapers,
Reading Books, Internet, Music, etc.
Mailing / Permanent Address
LCC Mizan Tower 2nd floor, Al_Riyadh, Central Riyadh
Contact No 00966 536347153/554062384
References:
Can be provided upon request.