Carmela Cuaresma

Planning Phase

• Maintained current and in-depth understanding of business processes, needs and objectives.
• Worked with Project Team, Accounts, Pre-sales Team and Customer Relation Teams in identifying scopes that requires Purchase Order during pre-sales discussions.
• Aligned and discussed with Solutions team and Network Design Engineers to realize technological solutions and strategies.
• Performed end-to-end assessment of site readiness and dependencies.
• Drafted presentations for end-to-end plan and scopes in accordance to customer requirements.

Establishment Phase

• Established scope baseline in accordance with purchase order issued by customer.
• Prepared "call-off" process with customer in order to set-up project in internal system.
• Coordinated different internal groups for set-up in system, resources and ordering of materials needed in project.

Rollout Phase

• Tracked progress of project, updated site assessment and priorities as needed depending on direction from management and customer.
• Conducted impact analysis due to changes.
• Discussed and presented to internal groups and customer the progress of the project.

• Lead Radio Network Design Team
• Carried out day-day-day duties related to radio network design for all Ericsson projects in Philippines accurately and efficiently.
• Managed and lead remote delivery team from India and China who are working with radio network design.
• Aligned plans, designs and strategies defined by customer.
• Discussed and presented to internal groups and customer radio network designs and data.
• Handled customer complaints wherein recommendations and solutions are required.
• Acquired customer approval for project acceptance of planning and design services which needed for net sales.

• Performed role as local RF Planner in Celcom Project based on customer office which directly interface with customer regarding any network planning and design concerns and activities.
• Managed and lead GSC India remote delivery team, ensuring that they carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
• Reviewed and checked Nominal Reports for Capacity Upgrades, New Sites, New layers, and expansion projects.
• Interface between customer and GSC India remote team in any planning issues/concerns. Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Performed prediction plots using Atoll and prepare nominal plan report.
• Acquired customer acceptance for Nominal Plan reports.
• Designed PCI and Root Sequence Index for LTE and PSC for 3G using Huawei U-net planning tool.
• Over-all in-charged in Cell Data Design.

RF Planning & Engineering

• Handled planning of 2G/3G/LTE roll-out site for coverage and network enhancement including capacity planning.
• Prepared nominal cell planning and conducts site survey to verify site accessibility, good visibility of terrain, antenna orientation, location, and other site selection criteria for macro sites.
• Conducted coverage prediction and propagation analysis using planet Mentum 5.7 tool.
• Analyzed and provided best designs for rollout sites based on data gathered from survey.
• Responsible in preparing network for festivals and marketing events in terms of capacity, coverage, and performance.

BSS/RAN Engineering

• Handled all activities related to BSC, RNC and NMS.
• Provided recommended expansion and upgrade plans for BSC, RNC and NMS.
• Created timeline of activity and monitored progress until successful completion was attained.
• Responsible for preparing needed reports for specific activity or project and presented to concerned groups.
• Coordinated with vendors to discuss proposal, timeline, implementation, methods of procedure and other related concerns.

Network Dimensioning

• Handled macro and micro planning and dimensioning of BSC, RNC and NMS.
• Responsible for monthly report of BSC and RNC Capacity and Utilization.
• Performed BSC/RNC/NMS traffic projection for Holidays and provide recommendation.
• Coordinated with other technical teams and vendors to discuss proposal, product specifications, design, and dimension of equipment.

• Tested completed projects for functionality and implemented changes to production methods to rectify issues in final products.
• Drove continuous improvement culture in engineering to provide clear product design standards, improve manufacturability through enhanced documentation, and reduce engineering cycle time.
• Drove programs geared toward improvement in cost, productivity, and quality for manufacturing needs.
• Resolved process issues thru problem solving methodology, process mapping, failure analysis etc. and establish corrective actions, specifications for procedures to be followed.
• Evaluated and buy-off new equipment processes, materials and machines which involves process characterization and development improving assembly yield, production cycle time, product quality and cost reduction program.