CURRICULUM VITAE

SIFIAN BEN KHALIFA

Radio Network Optimization Expert at Tunisiana (Ooredoo Group)
Tunisia | Telecommunications

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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Address Carthage Salambo, Tunis, Tunisia
Telephone: (Mobile)
+216 22 12 5175
E-mail sifian.!n"#a$ifa%&'ai$.()'
Nationality Tunisian, Passport No: !"#$!%
&ate and Pla'e o( )irth %#
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*une %+,!, Sousse, Tunisia
Marital Status Single
EMPLO*MENT SUMMAR*
*an -.%! to present
Sept -.%- to *an -.%!
/'t -.., to Sept -.%-
Aug -..$ to *an -..,
*an -.." to Aug -..$
adio Net0or1 /ptimi2ation E3pert
adio Net0or1 /ptimi2ation
Super4isor
adio Net0or1 /ptimi2ation
Engineer
System and Net0or1 Engineer
Computer Engineer
Tunisiana (5tel 6roup) - Tunis
MTN - Sudan
MTN 7 Sudan
8a0ther 9M +- 7 Sudan
:oman /rgani2ation (;A)ENA)-
Sudan
E+UCATION
/'t -..+ to Aug -.%%
&e' -... to /'t -..$
Master o( )usiness Administration
(M)A), Tele'ommuni'ations Management
)a'helor o( Engineering,
Tele'ommuni'ations Engineering
- <ni4ersity o( Medi'al S'ien'e and
Te'hnology - Sudan
- <ni4ersity o( Sudan (or S'ien'e and
Te'hnology - Sudan
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS :ord, E3'el, Po0erPoint, A''ess
;inu3 System and Net0or1 Administration
:indo0s Ser4er Administration
Mi'roso(t E3'hange Administration
Cis'o outing and S0it'hing
C, C==
>TM;, P>P, S5;, MyS?l, MS S5; Ser4er -..$
)usiness /b@e'ts, iManager M-..., Netnuman, >ua0ei PS, A;< NP/
Mapin(o, 6lobal Mapper, MC/M, 6oogle Earth, TEMS, A'ti3
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Eri'sson /SS, 9AS, 9/A, 6PE>, NCS, :NCS, CNA, M/Shell, Suri2on 9ACTS, M,
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RELEVANT COURSES ATTEN+E+
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Aug -Bth to Sept +th -.%-
*un -Bth to *ul .$th -.%-
May %$th to May -"th -.%-
May %st to May !rd -.%-
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/'t -!rd to /'t -Bth -.%%
Sept %+th to /'t $th -.%.
Aug %st to Aug %-th -.%.
May %!th to May %#th -.%.
May %Bth to May -,th -..+
*une %,th to &e' %,th -..B
May -nd to May ,th -..B
April %st to May %st -..B
Mar'h %st to April -..B
9eb %$th to 9eb -,th -..B
:C&MA AN%! - AN%$ &elta 9eatures, >ua0ei, Tunisia
S5; 9undamentals, >igh Te'h S5;, Tunisia
Pro@e't Management Pro(essional (PMP), CC5 , Sudan
<MTS Planning and /ptimi2ation, ;e4el A Training, DTE , Sudan
6SM PE/ 7 ;e4el ) training, DTE , Sudan
Time and Stress Management, CC5 , Sudan
Ad4an'e E3'el E MS /((i'e, APTEC> , Sudan
6SM )SS 6%. adio Net0or1 9eatures, Eri'sson , Sudan
>SPA Prin'iple (AN %%), >ua0ei , Sudan
>SPA adio esour'e Management (AN %%), >ua0ei , Sudan
:C&MA adio Net0or1 &esign and Planning, >ua0ei , Sudan
>SPA Planning and Cmplementation, >ua0ei , Sudan
:C&MA adio Net0or1 Tuning, >ua0ei , Sudan
:C&MA adio net0or1 9eatures and Algorithms (AN %%), >ua0ei , Sudan
:C&MA adio Net0or1 per(orman'e Management (AN %%), >ua0ei , Sudan
6SM adio Net0or1 &esign and Planning, >ua0ei , Sudan
6SM adio Net0or1 /ptimi2ation, >ua0ei , Sudan
6PSFE&6E adio Net0or1 /ptimi2ation, >ua0ei , Sudan
)SS )%. E-6PS Cnter(a'e &imensioning Cntrodu'tion, Al'atel , Sudan
Net0or1 9undamentals, MTN A'ademy , Sudan
6SMF6PSF:C&MA (undamentals, MTN A'ademy , Sudan
Ad4an'ed &iploma Cn Mobile Communi'ation and So(t0are Te'hnology, ACE
Te'hnologies Cndia
Mi'roso(t E3'hange Ser4er, D//M 7 >yderabad, Cndia
Mi'roso(t Certi(ied System Engineer (MCSE -..!), D//M 7 >yderabad, Cndia
;CN<A, ed>at Certi(ied Engineer (>CE), D//M 7 >yderabad, Cndia
Cis'o Certi(ied Net0or1 Pro(essional (CCNP), D//M 7 >yderabad, Cndia
Cis'o Certi(ied Ne0or1 Asso'iate (CCNA), D//M 7 >yderabad, Cndia
PERSONAL SKILLS
AN+ COMPETENCIES
9inding mysel( 4ery highly moti4ated person and 4ery hungry to 1no0 about any ne0 tele'om
and 'omputer systemG C o0n pro(ound imagination in sol4ing 'omple3 te'hni'al problems, C 'an
easily lo'ate the problem root 'auses and C 'an in(luen'e the 0hole team to be dedi'ated to
meeting 0ith goalsG C 'an build trust and good 'ondu't among team members 0ith 4ery good
pro(essional and personal relationG C belie4e also the best 0ay to lead is to moti4ate, and the
best 0ay to mange is to build a sel( 'ontrolG C let my 3-'olleagues to spea1 about me (rom
;in1edCn 0ebsite http:FF000Glin1edinG'omFinFsi(ianhashim :
Hafez Bakri
Core Network Planning Engineer at MTN Sudan
/i)ian is kind o) people t#at do not (ive excuse !0ust let #im know w#ere is t#e )ault
and wait )or result1 2 (ain #is support ever w#en 2 )ace a pro.lem in &G or 3G ,ore ! alt#ou(# #e is
Radio optimization specialist1 o! 2 recommend #im14
$e.ruar- 56! &753! 8a)ez worked wit# i)ian at MTN - udan
Sami Yassin
RNO Team Leader at MTN Sudan
/i)ian is one o) t#e most positive and up.eat pro)essionals t#at 2 #ave ever met1
8e possesses pro)ound tec#nical skills and a ver- stron( #old on )ield o) R$
Optimization1
T#e one t#in( t#at di))erentiates #im )rom ot#ers is #is excellent anal-tical skill and a.ilit- to
visualize! articulate! and solve complicated pro.lems1 8e enters a discussion wit# an open mind
and alwa-s comes wit# new ideas1 2 )ound #im tirelessl- workin( and ver- dedicated and
ent#usiastic to #is work and would recommend #im )or #is )uture en(a(ements14
Ma- 5&! &75&! ami worked directl- wit# i)ian at MTN - udan

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PROBLEM SOLVIN, -
ANAL*TICAL SKILLS
Assessed in building 'ustomi2ed reporting tool 0ith 9ACTS system o( Suri2on (rom phases
o( design, planning, 'oding till integratingG The tool is aimed to sho0 8PCs o( the adio
Net0or1 in le4els (rom Cell, )SC, NC, MSC to :or1ing Done Areas allo0ing easily to
read Net0or1 Per(orman'e Cndi'ators li1e A''essibility, eatinablity, Mobility, Throughput,
and Tra((i'G
Sol4ed a lot o( 'omple3 adio Problem (or issues related to non radio 'auses li1e 'all
drops, 'ongestion, a''ess problems, and poor radio 'onne'tion ?uality be'ause o( Abis
signalling 'ongestion, A inter(a'e lin1 'ross 'onne'tion, )SFNode) >ard0are problems,
Het'G
Created E3'el templates (or easily 'olle'ting database in(ormation o( adio Net0or1
Parameters o( multi-4endors and merging them into one &ata SheetG
Parti'ipated 0ith many inno4ati4e ideas about my se'tion 0or1ing strategy, organi2ation,
management, 0hi'h helped my manager to o4er'ome daily 0or1ing problemsG
9ormulated and implemented a lot o( net0or1 trials that too1 as a standard (or optimi2ing
net0or1 per(orman'eG
Parti'ipated in many 9eature A'ti4ation Trials 0ith 4endors li1e Eri'sson and >ua0ei and
the implementation road mapsG
&esigned a Cost-(ree System to manage the broad'asting o( an 9M adioG
Parti'ipated in installing 9M Antennas to gi4e the highest gain o( ma3imum 'o4erage $.
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ERICSSON E.PERIENCE/
"G$ Iears 0or1ing e3perien'e 0here Per(ormed many trials o( the (ollo0ing 6SM )SS
(eatures (or MTN Sudan ()SS S: 6.,), 6%.)):
JCnter(eren'e e@e'tion Combining (CC)
JEnhan'ed AM Co4erage
JEnhan'ed >ando4er Su''ess ate
J>ando4er Po0er )oost
J&ynami' 9F> Adaptation
J)TS Po0er Sa4ings
JEdge Per(orman'e Pa'1age
MTN Sudan- adio Net0or1 /ptimi2ation Ser4i'e - 8hartoum, Sudan
9ebruary -.%- 7 *an -.%!
Per(ormed optimi2ation a'ti4ities (or the -6 Eri'sson part o( the net0or1 (or MTN Sudan-
%- )SCs- +.. sites in'luding:
- -6 parameter tuningG
- Neighbor optimi2ation, >/ algorithm parameters tuning, and >/ timers and penalties
tuningG
- Po0er 'ontrol algorithm tuningG
- %,..-+.. tra((i' balan'ing and Multi band 'ell parameters tuningG
- Periodi' dri4e test analysis o( ma@or roads and KCP areasG
- )SS 9eature tuning and parameter re'ommendations (&IMAF &>A, SC;&, >CS, C;S)G
- :orst Cell ;ist optimi2ationG
J Cnitiated trials (or the (eatures 9ast eturn to :C&MA a(ter Call End, Enhan'ed >ando4er
Su''ess ate and >ando4er Po0er )oostG
J Per(ormed a (ull paging audit and re'ommended parameter 'hanges and ;AC splits to
enhan'e the o4erall paging su''ess rateG
J Per(ormed a (ull 6PSFE&6E audit, identi(ied bottle ne'1s and 0orst 'ells and tuned
related parameters to enhan'e the throughputG
J <tili2ed /ptimi 3A9P, 3ACP to deri4e 1ey 'hanges in terms o( (re?uen'y retunes, neighbor
audits and 'apa'ity planningG
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HUA0EI E.PERIENCE/
!G$ E3perien'e in >ua0ei 6SM and <MTS, per(ormed a lot o( trials in AN %!G. and AN
%$G. in'luding:
- P&C> &imensioning
- CAC, &&, E ;& (or <MTS po0er and 'ongestion 'ontrolG
- ++ Call Setup and retainability e4aluationG
- >SPA= Throughput and Per(orman'e E4aluationG
-mA) per(orman'e Analysis and optimi2ationG
- ;ayering Strategy E4aluation (Cnter-AT, Cnter-9re?G , S>/)
- CPC and &TA (or enhan'ed battery 'onsumptionG
- S) o4er >SPAG
- >S<PA Anti-Cnter(eren'e s'hedulingG
- 9re?uen'y &omain E?uali2ationG
L Parti'ipating in ne0 sites, s0aps a''eptan'eG
L Created E3'el tools (or Per(orman'e Monitoring o( Dones and areas (rom M-...G
L Suggesting Trials to sol4e 'ompli'ated radio problems li1e 'ongestion and &ropG
EMPLO*MENT HISTOR*
T1nisiana
O)2!3))
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*an %$
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-.%! to Present Ra3i) N!56)2" O45i'i7a5i)n E84!25
Responsibilities: Preparing s0ap (rom Siemens to >ua0ei
9ollo0 up adio 8PCs
Tra((i' Shi(ting and 'ar4ing
Setting !6 'ell parameters
!6 dri4e test analysis
Preparing -6 and !6 EPT
-6 and !6 SSK analysis
Preparing S>/ and >>/ (or ne0 !6 area
Troubleshooting -6 and !6 problem
MTN S13an
Sep -"
th
-.%- to *an %$
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-.%! Ra3i) N!56)2" O45i'i7a5i)n 9RNO: S14!2;is)2
Responsibilities: esponsible (or area 8PCs and enhan'e all Net0or1 5uality Cndi'ators 0ithin Eri'sson
regionsG
Super4ise team a'ti4ities to monitor problems and trigger 'orre'ti4e a'tionsG
Kalidate planning tuning (re?uen'yG
Maintain 5/S 8PC and 0or1 0ith the team (or enhan'ement opportunitiesG
Coordinate 0ith other departments (or smoothing 0or1 (lo0G
Plan routine dri4e test (or 'ompetition ben'hmar1ingG
9ollo0 up Customer Complains in my assigned areaG
&e4elop and Maintain team s1ills, E te'hni'al needsG
Pro4ide te'hni'al guidan'e and management assistan'e (or the team membersG
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MTN S13an
/'t -!
rd
-.., to Sep -"
th
-.%- Ra3i) N!56)2" O45i'i7a5i)n En&in!!2
Responsibilities: E3perien'e o( " years daily intera'tion 0ith Eri'sson net0or1 system and so(t0are 0hi'h helped
to gain good base on )/, /SS, CNA, 9/A, 9AS, TEMS, MAP CN9/, and many other Eri'sson
adio ToolsG The @ob esponsibilities 0as:
Per(orming routine dri4e testG
9re?uen'y planning tuningG
Monitoring o( ?uality o( ser4i'e indi'ators
;ogi'al parameters tuning
Neighbour planning 'orre'tion
Condu't optimi2ation a'tions to maintain sites 8PCs 0ithin agreed upon thresholdsG
:or1 0ithin de(ined systems and pro'esses and identi(y opportunities to impro4e these
systems as appropriateG
Ka65#!2 FM <2 = K#a25)1'> S13an
Aug %$
th
-..$ to *an -.
th
-.., S?s5!' an3 N!56)2" A3'inis52a5)2
Responsibilities: esponsible (or operation and system administration, net0or1 setup, and ser4er
'on(igurationG
adio Automation System Program installation, operated through a net0or1 o( 'omputers,
and a standard song 'lassi(i'ation set on a streaming ser4er to a broad'asting studioG
Shared Net0or1 Storage System Con(igured to allo0 di((erent users to a''ess a shared
dataG
Cnstallation o( 9M transmission Antennas (or adio bran'hes 8arima, &ongula, Addaba
CitiesG
&e4elopment o( adio :eb Site, redesigning 0ith audio streaming added (or Cnternet
;istenersG
Parti'ipation in building and 'onstru'ting 9M StudiosG
LABENA = K#a25)1'> S13an
*an -.." to Aug -..$ C)'415!2 En&in!!2
Responsibilities: Computer Programming and System /peration and Maintenan'eG
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?%@ABA77&&&&&&-rkanaanC(mail1com
9 Raie) 8amouda- NPO Mana(er- MTN-udan - ?&A%%&&%756&6 - r#amoudaCmtn1sd
9 Da#i 8assan Mo#amed - RNO Mana(er- MTN-udan - ?&A%%&&%75656 -.mo#amedCmtn1sd
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- ?%@5B7A77F%F - lewaa1n#C(mail1com
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- mamounHs#C-a#oo1com
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