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Axel Bondelo
Ottawa,Canada
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Summary
Innovative Solutions Architect and Enterprise Systems Engineer with eight years of experience in designing advanced
connectivity solutions, including 4G/5G and satellite systems. Skilled in translating complex requirements into scalable
architectures and providing technical leadership that drives successful project outcomes. Proven ability to collaborate
effectively with cross-functional teams and deliver strategic solutions aligned with enterprise goals.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Specialist, Pre-Sales Engineering
Bell Mobility
Ottawa, Canada
01.2025 - Current
- Led architecture design for wireless private networks, aligning technical solutions with business goals.
- Authored RFPs/RFIs, translating customer needs into engineering designs that support strategic sales initiatives.
- Collaborated with sales account managers to identify client pain points and develop ROI/TCO financial models that supported customer investment decisions.
Principal Commercial Planning Manager, Value Added Services
Intelsat
Johannesburg, South Africa
05.2022 - 12.2024
- Managed pre-sales technical planning, fostering partnerships to enhance service delivery across Africa.
- Orchestrated technical pre-sales lifecycle for professional services across Africa, managing system integrator partnerships to enhance regional service delivery.
- Collaborated with Marketing and Sales to create customer success stories and deliver technical feedback to Product Managers, informing vertical-specific enhancements.
Senior Engineer, Asset Allocation Strategy
Intelsat
Johannesburg, South Africa
10.2020 - 05.2022
- Evaluated technical feasibility, identifying revenue opportunities through strategic payload management.
- Optimized satellite payload performance using TT&C data and conducted RF link budget analysis, enhancing service quality and reliability.
- Conducted system analyses to evaluate new mission concepts and refine CONOPS with Solutions Development and Sales.
Engineer, Asset Provisioning
Intelsat
Johannesburg, South Africa
01.2019 - 09.2020
- Coordinated technical solutions, ensuring seamless service activation and optimal system performance.
- Developed RF transmission plans and simulated link performance to authorize service activations in zero-interference environments.
- Partnered with Network Operations Center (NOC) to resolve real-time interference events and maintain accurate service loading data in planning systems.
Specialist - Sales Engineering Africa
SES
Johannesburg, South Africa
01.2017 - 10.2018
- Led architecture and technical proposal phase for new sales opportunities, converting customer mission requirements into actionable, technically sound designs.
- Acted as primary technical interface for regional sales, designing DVB-based satellite solutions that addressed specific needs of enterprise and media clients across Africa.
- Led Proof of Concept (POC) implementations and validated equipment performance to ensure alignment with customer business and technical needs.
- Coordinated with product teams and vendors to enhance satellite resource allocation and develop effective service restoration strategies for critical accounts.
Education
Post-Graduate Doctoral Research - Electrical Engineering
University of Cape Town
South Africa01-2024
Master of Philosophy - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Johannesburg
South Africa01-2020
B.Tech. - Electrical Engineering
University of Johannesburg
South Africa01-2016
Skills
- Technical leadership
- Strategic collaboration
- Advanced data analysis
- Cross-functional teamwork
- Solution architecture
- Telecom Solutions
- Network Solutions
- Network Optimization
- Virtual Networking
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Data analysis
- Data modeling
- Machine Learning Models Architecture
- Technical documentation
- Project management
- Sales strategies
- Effective communication
- Technical presentations
- Project lifecycle management
- Problem solving
- Time management
- Customer engagement
- VoIP Technologies
Technical Skills
Professional Machine Learning Engineer Certification (in progress), Physics-Informed Machine Learning (PIML), Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, Python (Scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy), Autonomous detection, Image segmentation, Feature extraction, Classification of high-dimensional data, 5G Architecture, 4G/LTE, Network Virtualization, RF Link Budget Analysis, Spectrum Management, Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC), Cisco, STK (Systems Tool Kit), MATLAB, English (Bilingual), French (Native)
Timeline
Senior Specialist, Pre-Sales Engineering
Bell Mobility
01.2025 - Current
Principal Commercial Planning Manager, Value Added Services
Intelsat
05.2022 - 12.2024
Senior Engineer, Asset Allocation Strategy
Intelsat
10.2020 - 05.2022
Engineer, Asset Provisioning
Intelsat
01.2019 - 09.2020
Specialist - Sales Engineering Africa
SES
01.2017 - 10.2018
Post-Graduate Doctoral Research - Electrical Engineering
University of Cape Town
Master of Philosophy - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Johannesburg
B.Tech. - Electrical Engineering
University of Johannesburg