Tim Quinn
Qualification Summary /- 20 years national and international telecom experience in Operator and Vendor environments
- Management experience as Chief Technical Officer, Director, GTPM and Manager pertaining to Engineering, Operations, IT and Technical Sales.
- Experienced in core network design, planning, integration, QOS/security, implementation, interconnection and operation of NGN, mobile, wireline and adjunct networks
- 5 International greenfield network start-ups mobile and wireline (Uruguay, Brazil – 2 projects, Africa and Caribbean), 1 domestic wireless start-up in Canada. Additional short term consulting projects in the United States, Jordan and Caribbean. Presently, General Technical Project Manager to restructure and manage operations for an existing mobile operator in Mozambique.
- Experienced and knowledgeable in Mobile: (GSM, CDMA, TDMA, AMPs), Fixed legacy, WLL, NGN: (VoIP, SIP, MGCP, H.248 Megaco, NGN revenue generating applications, NGN Cable Telephony), TDM Circuit Switched: (SS7, PRI, E1, T1), Data: (IP, ATM converged backbone networks), PABX corporate comm. networks and enhanced services (ie. Prepaid, unified messaging, SMS, managed IP telephony etc).
- Experienced in creating technical solutions using best of breed technology for cost savings and revenue benefits
- Experienced in network analysis to provide better or improved economic solutions
- Experienced in technical aspect of licence applications and bidder evaluation
- Experienced in RFQ/RFP responses, RFI/RFQ/RFP written
- Experienced in planning and integration of NSS, BSS and OSS to core network
Experience / TJQ Telecom Consulting International Telecom Consulting July/03-Present/06
Independent Consultant– NGN, Core Wireless and Core Wireline Networks
August /2004 – Present
Consulting project: mCel Mozambique GSM (services retained by CGI for Alcatel)
-Services retained as General Technical Project Manager and Technical Consultant responsible for Managing both Alcatel’s and mCel’s technical staff to establish a proper Planning, Engineering, Operations, QOS mgmt and maintenance environment within MCel.
-Establish processes and procedures
-Departmental reorganization
-Establish better KPI structure
-Establish staff evaluation and knowledge transfer
-Establish a structured planning environment
-Establish project management for cross functional projects
-Analyze network architecture and organization to properly structure for a
More proactive and competitive environment.
An extension to the project was granted into 2006 for Engineering and Level 2 creation. mCel had recently won the best GSM network in Africa for 2005 and has more than doubled it’s capacity and subscribers within the same year.
March /2004 – June/2004
Consulting project: Jordanian Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
–Contracted by the Jordanian TRC to assist in the process of evaluating the technical aspects of submitted bids for a new mobile licence in Jordan.
– Provided additional consulting on regulatory issues pertaining to mobile
and wireline deregulation.
–Consulting services requested, later, to work on regulatory QOS
requirements for the Jordanian Telecom industry.
Nov. /2003 – Feb./2004
Consulting project: T-Mobile (U.S.A National Mobile Operator)
– Contracted to prepare RFP for T- Mobile’s
National backbone network augmentation
– Responsible as technical prime to prepare all technical aspects of RFP and
oversee project scope resulting in a detailed RFP submitted on time
to the appropriate vendors
– Assist T-Mobile with vendor evaluation and selection process.
July – October/2003
Consulting project: TeleCayman Limited (Private Investors, Cayman Islands new operator)
-Technical preparation for telecom License bid
-Resulted in a successful license acquisition from Cayman Regulatory ICTA
- Continued with TeleCayman, post license, to assemble
technology and vendors for network construction and service
in wireless data, VoIP, ISP, international long distance gateway and next
generation voice applications
Globacom Ltd Lagos, Nigeria, Africa 2002 – 2003
(Globacom Ltd - a new greenfield second national carrier with multiple licenses in Nigeria. Licenses include GSM, Fixed, Data, International gateway and ISP. )
Chief Technical Officer
- Responsible for all technical aspects of Globacom’s national and international start- up operations in Engineering, Operations and IT for GSM, Fixed, Data and International gateway services
- Technical organization and establishment of Engineering, Operations, IT departments
- Network architecture evolution and planning for a converged structure independent of access medium
- Technology evaluation and negotiations resulting in large cost savings
- International interconnection/roaming negotiations for interconnection via satellite and via submarine fibre (SAT3)
- Development of cost effective technical network solutions
- Documentation, process development and control
(Sonus Networks is a next generation VoIP vendor which manufactures gateways, softswitches,
signaling gateways and IP CL5 apps servers along with integration of over 150 partners that offer
IP enhanced services. )
Technical Solutions Manager – Latin America Sales
- Responsible to open and establish new NGN – (Next Generation Networks) business in Latin America (ie.Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica)
- Primary contact for integrators and Sonus NGN partners during project coordination and implementation.
- Marketing and business case development for presales effort focusing on OPEX savings, stretching CAPEX budget and how to generate new revenue streams using NGN.
- Established NGN solutions for customer network requirements
- Provided technical presentations and educate customers on NGN technology
- New network start-up project- full turnkey configuration for NGN networks
- Provided integration and phase-in planning of NGN technology into legacy networks
- Customized new network solutions and architecture using Sonus Network VoIP core products and partner-enhanced services.
- Coordinated customer on-site trials and lab solutions
- NGN vendor/partner selection of revenue generating SIP based enhanced services such as Prepaid, Conferencing, Unified Messaging, IP Call Centre, IP Centrex etc.
Sonus NetworksWestford, MA, USA
Senior Consultant Professional Services
- Utilized past experience to provide Sonus Networks with a deeper understanding and the weaknesses of existing voice networks (wireless and wireline).
- Engineering interface between Sonus Sales and Engineering development team.
- Internal consulting on voice networks structure and operations
- Established custom technical solutions presentations to assist in sales effort
- Consulted with customers to establish network technical requirements and architecture.
- Established NGN enhanced services interop and functionality as per customer requirements.
- Developed network strategy for using NGN in wireless networks
- NGN CL5 modeling for local access and cable telephony
- Prepared RFI, RFP and RFQ responses for customers
- Consulted on South America market and their signaling variants for new market opportunities.
Bell Canada International Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1999 - 2001
Director of Network Engineering (2yr ex-patriate contract)
- Responsible for the planning, design and integration of the switching, signaling, dialing plan, data, adjunct and corporate communications network for a new 17 state network deployment in Brazil (CDMA wireless local loop and V5.2 wireline network. Technology switching and service vendors – Nortel, Ericsson, Lucent, NEC, Priority Call Management.
- Established a core Engineering team - 4 Sr. Mgrs, 10 Mgrs, 16 Engineers plus documentation and administration personnel for direct reporting to the Director of Network Engineering.
- Established engineering processes and conventions
- Prime engineering interface for business planning and integration of the billing, call centre, provisioning and NOCC systems
- Developed technical solutions for Marketing and Sales departments
- Network budget – managing CAPEX, OPEX – approx. CAPEX = $400 million initially
- Long and short term network planning of network and services
- Enhanced services selection of vendor and network integration and implementation of services such as voicemail system and the first local loop prepaid service globally.
- Network deployed and integrated on time – largest CDMA and fastest network deployment on record at that time.
Bell Mobility Cellular 1989 - 1999
Brasilia, Brazil
Bell Mobility Cellular- International Consulting Brazil
Manager of Network Engineering (2yr consulting contract)
- Responsible for the planning, design and integration of the mobile switching, signaling and adjunct network for a new cellular network start-up ( Nortel-TDMA mobile)-First competitive B-Band cellular network in Brazil
- Prime engineering interface for integration of billing, call centre, provisioning and NOCC systems.
- Assisted in training operations on how to maintain and troubleshoot a cellular network utilizing available tools and information.
- Established engineering processes and conventions
- Selected and integrated enhanced services such as voicemail and first Brazilian mobile prepaid service.
- Engineering team selection and hiring
- On time integration and deployment of first competitive cellular network in Brazil.
Bell Mobility Cellular Consulting – Ontario, Canada
Operations and Network Management configuration and training
- National consulting for small Northern Ontario cellular and wire line network – Nortel Communications based out of New Liskard, Ontario, Canada
- Responsibilities were to train and assist their operation’s team to secure, operate and maintain the new cellular network implemented
- Customized and operations and maintenance course for switch technicians
- Established troubleshooting process and procedures
- Worked with operator to resolve multiple network problems
Cellular Network and Operations Consultant
- Responsible for operations training, NOCC establishment and assist in implementing new cellular and fixed wireless network – Nortel AMPS
- Worked with customer to integrate network billing CDR’s into their existing billing infrastructure
- Established network call flows and CDR creation scenarios to aid in the implementation of the billing
- Designed and created a network management program to provide troubleshooting and alarm filtering, call out management, automatic network reports and trouble ticket system.
- Established network security parameters for switching centre.
VO Coordinator - Engineer
- Responsible for all VO (verification office) activity with Bell Mobility – Ontario region
- Prime engineering contact with vendor’s VO groups for all activities
- Coordinated all new hardware and software implementations from first test to full deployment
- Responsible for the tracking of all hardware and software troubles opened with vendor. Worked with vendor to provide fast resolution of troubles/bugs
- Worked with vendor’s development and field engineers through first lab trials to live network insertion of new hardware and or software.
- Reporting to management all areas of concern pertaining to testing
- Establish trial scheduling and deployment
- Support and coordinate operations group through new hardware and software upgrades or beta testing.
Network Operations and Maintenance Engineer
- Hired as one of 4 people to establish Bell Mobility Cellular’s first mobile switching centre on their own.
- Responsible for the maintenance and troubleshooting of all switch peripherals, core and cell sites (as monitored from remote location)
- Responsible for the switch grounding, power and back up power systems maintenance, troubleshooting and switch expansions.
- Switch facility, equipment, new cell site provisioning
- Switch site coordination of new software and hardware upgrades
- Switch site coordination of VO activity
- Switch Manager - relief
International Equipment Application Engineer
- Responsible for the specifications and installation schematics for the implementation of Nortel’s international customer switch sites and product line of switches/remotes.
- Part of the first international team for Nortel’s global business expansion
- Part of the first international team for the China projects establishing the first Nortel switch sites and remotes within China
- Involved in the first specifications and schematics of Nortel’s cellular switching and cell sites
- Involved in training new EAE’s
Education / 1986 Electronics Engineering Technology E.E.T. Dipl. T.
LoyalistCollege of Applied Arts and Technology, Belleville, Ontario, Canada
- Graduated Dean’s List – Honours
Laurentian University Sudbury, Ontario, Canada