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Azeem Bhatti

Oshawa,Canada

Summary

Project Manager with extensive experience at Rogers Canada, specializing in network migration and optimization. Successfully delivered multimillion-dollar projects while enhancing operational efficiency and fostering cross-functional collaboration. Expertise in telecom engineering and sustainability, combined with strong leadership skills, ensures successful project outcomes and high client satisfaction.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience

Work History

Migration Consultant

Rogers Canada
01.2022 - Current
  • Working as migration consultant with Rogers Canada in Network Legacy Decommissioning & Labs Operations department.
  • Decommissioning of sites and database clean up Voice-Data Networks.
  • Network Optimization of Legacy voice, Enterprise PBX (Centrex) & Demarcation.
  • Migration of voice/data from off net to On net.

Project Director

KEM Private Limited
01.2016 - 01.2022
  • Worked as Project director of KEM Consultants and managing all projects of WAPDA gained through public tenders especially in safety products called TNP.
  • Successfully run the company as general order supplier in Ministry of Power in WAPDA and Azad Government of The State Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K).
  • Also, managed multimillion rupees projects in Civil Engineering (Division), Power Distribution and safety (Division), Infrastructure & Network Planning (Division), Land acquisition for societies and factories.
  • My expertise is specialized in the following fields: Preparation of feasibility studies, Cost analysis of various structural systems, Planning of housing projects, Environmental planning, Sustainability and climate change management, Electrical Consultancy / safety services.

Project Manager

Rogers Canada
01.2005 - 01.2015
  • Managed telecommunication projects as Project Manager in Traffic Planning & Cost Management department of Rogers Canada.
  • Responsible to handle key projects like Network Integration, Network Optimization and Decommissioning of the leased or end of life network elements like NewBridge, Alcatel end of life transport nodes or other switches.
  • Delivery of wire line projects in a complete project life cycle including initiation, planning, and execution, monitoring & controlling and closing.
  • Conduct internal, executive and engineering meetings and ensure executive decisions are implemented and engineering issues are resolved.
  • Coordinate with supply chain, finance, procurement and other functional departments and ensure Rogers’s deliveries are on time and revenue recognition is on track.
  • Work closely with customer, transport Planning and operations and ensure customer issues are addressed and resolved quickly and customer is happy with Rogers’s products and services.
  • Follow Rogers’s processes to implement the project and complete project documentation as project move along.

Project Manager

AT&T Canada, Group Telecom (Tricrest Services)
01.2001 - 01.2005
  • Managed wire line rollouts, voice & Data projects in Sprint Canada (known as Rogers now) AT&T Canada (Allstream Canada).
  • Initiates kick off meetings and ensure stakeholders concerns are addressed before to start executing the project.
  • Review Project Charter and detailed engineering design (Design, provisioning, installation & rollbacks) to manage risks and identify possible disconnects; flag them and address to the right department.
  • Identify scope of work and create work breakdown structure.
  • Develop schedules for implementation and control and monitor project activities, manage resources for migration implementation & audit.
  • Procurement management for the award of project contracts.
  • Coordinate field activities with project teams, 3rd parties and other regional network implementation groups.
  • Quality management, acceptance of project activities as per standards.
  • Conduct meetings and provide status reports to stakeholders, project team and functional departments.
  • Cost management and monitor finance and ensure project is not over budgeted.

Project Engineer

MET Electrical Testing, USA
01.1998 - 01.2001
  • Worked as Project Engineer role for MET Electrical Testing company and were responsible for: Tendering & bidding for new and reinforcement projects offered by different utilities like Virginia Electric & Power Co, Dominion Virginia Power etc. and some other customers for 400/380/220/132/33/13.8/11KV Substations.
  • Risk & Opportunity management.
  • To co-ordinate/supervise/carryout ordering, deliveries, design, construction, Installation, testing & commissioning activities of Substation primary equipment and Protection relays, BCU & BCPU, DCS, Parameterization & Automation (SCADA), Disturbance Recorders, RTUs/SDH/PSEs for different EHV/HV/MV Projects.
  • Co-ordination and liaison with external clients, internal partners /suppliers and different authorities involved in the substation projects.
  • Also, worked on short-circuit analysis, thermo graphic survey & coordination study.
  • Testing & commissioning of switchgears, switchboards, transformers, breakers, protective relays and metal-enclosed busways.

Project Engineer

Hussmann Tempcool, Malaysia
01.1993 - 01.1998
  • Worked as Project Engineer role that required extensive liaison with customers, consultants, vendors and in-house design and manufacturing departments to provide turnkey electrical & refrigeration solutions for food industry and supermarkets.
  • Following is the list of major activities: Formulated proposals after selection of components, design of refrigeration system based on customer technical requirements.
  • Prepared and submitted turnkey bids, pre- and post-bid clarification for industries requiring electrical equipment.
  • Planned and conducted design reviews with engineering department, consultants and customers.
  • Liaison and followed-up with the in-house department, vendors, customers and consultants to meet critical targets at the different stages of project cycle.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma -

Business Systems Analysis & Project Management
Scarborough, ON
12.2025

PMP Courses -

12.2012

PMI Member -

Project Management Institute
12.2012

Optical fundamentals, components Architectures -

SONET
12.2009

Telecom Circuit Designing certification -

Enterprise Network Canada
12.2001

Integrated Business Information System -

AT&T
12.2001

Integrated Customer Management certification -

AT&T
12.2001

MEMBER -

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
US
12.1996

Marketing & Sales -

BRAUN
Malaysia
12.1993

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER -

Professional Engineering Council
12.1992

Bachelor of Engineering -

communications
12.1991

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Business Development
  • Telecomm Audit
  • Telecom Engineering
  • Network Capacity Planning
  • Network Migration
  • Sustainability & Climate change
  • Network Optimization
  • Maintenance Operations
  • Network Designing
  • Power Engineering
  • Business Re-Engineering
  • Designing
  • Testing & Provisioning
  • Infrastructure & Network Planning
  • Cultural Diversity
  • PC & Telecommunications Skills
  • PowerPoint presentations
  • MS Excel
  • MS Word
  • MS Access
  • MS Outlook
  • MS Project
  • MS Visio
  • Data/Voice Networks
  • ATM over SONET
  • Ethernet
  • GPON
  • SIP Trunking
  • Circuits Design & Testing
  • DS0
  • PRI
  • DS1/T1
  • DS3/E3
  • OC3c
  • OC12c
  • OC48c
  • Networks Planning
  • System Engineering
  • Telecommunication
  • Maintenance of Fiber Optic Transmission Networks
  • Long-Haul
  • Junction
  • Access
  • FTTB
  • FTTC
  • FTTH/GPON
  • Transmissions Systems
  • SDH
  • DWDM
  • OLTs configuration
  • Project management
  • Network optimization
  • Environmental planning

References

Available on request.

Timeline

Migration Consultant

Rogers Canada
01.2022 - Current

Project Director

KEM Private Limited
01.2016 - 01.2022

Project Manager

Rogers Canada
01.2005 - 01.2015

Project Manager

AT&T Canada, Group Telecom (Tricrest Services)
01.2001 - 01.2005

Project Engineer

MET Electrical Testing, USA
01.1998 - 01.2001

Project Engineer

Hussmann Tempcool, Malaysia
01.1993 - 01.1998

Post Graduate Diploma -

Business Systems Analysis & Project Management

PMP Courses -

PMI Member -

Project Management Institute

Optical fundamentals, components Architectures -

SONET

Telecom Circuit Designing certification -

Enterprise Network Canada

Integrated Business Information System -

AT&T

Integrated Customer Management certification -

AT&T

MEMBER -

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers

Marketing & Sales -

BRAUN

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER -

Professional Engineering Council

Bachelor of Engineering -

communications

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