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SASIKUMAR THIYAGARAJAN

SASIKUMAR THIYAGARAJAN

Brampton,ON

Summary

13 Years in the Telecom industry, Spanning across multiple domain experiences such as Pre-sales, Business Development, and Network Services. Responsible for Costing/Pricing and NRO for the New and Existing business opportunities and leading the projects through the entire sales cycle from Solution creation to acceptance. Good experience and knowledge in emerging technologies including 5G, LTE, WRAN, GRAN, IoT, and Cloud RAN. Expertise and good exposure in responding to end-to-end RFQ/RFP/RFI from customers across the globe. Good customer management experience with DTAC account in Thailand

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Solution and Sales Expert - Pre-Sales

Ericsson
10.2022 - 11.2023
  • Worked as Customer Support SME for the MA’s Middle East and Africa, Southeast Asia, and Oceania
  • Leading CS engagements within Market Area
  • Support KAM and Account teams (sales) in building Solutions toward RFx
  • Drive customer's innovation agenda, around strategic Ericsson offerings, technology, and platforms
  • Discussing with customers on business growth plans and creating new business opportunities
  • Presenting new solutions to the customer and leading trials showcasing Ericsson's leadership.
  • Engaging in technical/non-technical workshops with the customer for all BDGS and BNEW Opportunities
  • Worked as CS/NRO Expert on multiple RFPs and RFIs on RAN/MW, Core, and Cloud Infra and created optimized solutions in the costing and pricing to win deal
  • Provide sales support expertise, conducts in-depth Costing/Pricing discussions with Market Areas
  • Provide sales support for specific deals in the CS perspective, propose solutions covering business requirements, and present to Regions and Customer
  • Maintain and build trusted relationships with key internal stakeholders across the Market Areas
  • Support client's technical/non-technical and Costing and Solution related queries
  • Handle end-to-end pre-sales project with good exposure to Services and Project Management.

RAN Sr. Engineer Network Integration - Radio Network (NR/LRAN/WRAN)

Ericsson
01.2010 - 09.2021

at Ericsson Supported Market Area- Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Oceania India | CU- Digicel/Movistar/Singtel/DTAC-DTN/TrueMove/Bharti/Aircel-3G Deployment

DTAC/DTN, Thailand (Onsite), 10/2014, 03/2015

DTAC/DTN, Thailand (Onsite), 11/2016, 02/2017

  • PCI & ECT tool used for the Script preparation NR/LTE/WCDMA.
  • Script Template Preparation according to project requirements.
  • Prepared script for Modernization & Other scopes of projects.
  • Prepared Router configuration script for Layer2 Layer3. Prepared Migration script from L2 to L3 Router and Node level.
  • Prepared Mo shell scripts for sector addition, neighbor addition/ deletion, and re-homing Prepared Script for RNC level and IP Conversation from /30 to /31 and vice-versa
  • Baseband (6XXX) New site Integration and Swap Activity performed on NR/LTE/WCDMA.
  • Implemented MIMO configuration in the network. Performed ADD Sector / RRU sharing in the network for LTE/WCDMA technologies.
  • Co-Ordinated software upgrades, assisted the network, and troubleshoot performance issues
  • Provided feedback to management concerning possible problems or areas of improvement
  • Worked closely with SPM/SDM to manage incidents
  • Provided technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers
  • Created the specifications for system-generated alarms in the network
  • Responsible for customer engagements, Network Implementation planning and integration, and weekly customer meeting regarding Project progress and scope.
  • Resolve network issues and support Projects and Managed Services team for any technical issues faced in the Network
  • Developed project delivery standards and process streamlining approaches
  • Developed the tool (Singtel_ESS_Installation_Checklist) to avoid human errors while integrating the site.

Education

Bacholar of Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering -

Tamilnadu College of Engineering
04.2009

Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineerting -

V S V N Polytechnic College
04.2006

Skills

  • Network Solution & Sales expert
  • Management Skills
  • Knowledge in Cloud Computing
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Critical Thinking
  • Scripting Knowledge

Achivements

  • As worked SME reduced the CS and NRO costing and pricing for the Cloud Core scenarios both SW and HW services and won the deal for Telstra(Australia).
  • Positively reduced the actual project cost by efficiently managing the delivery of the assigned
    resources (team members).(2018)
  • Moved the baseband scope from onsite to India and trained & led 10+ engineers in the new scope
    (2017).
  • Increased the number of projects through technical competence and team management.Our scope
    increased from 2 in the beginning to 30 at the end of the year (2016).
  • Moved an onsite project in 3G-4G integration to India and led the team towards successful
    delivery (2015). This was the first time the customer accepted that we can deliver the project from
    India.

Career Growth And Experience

  • Played the role of Satellite Frequency testing engineer for the Singtel-Singapore
  • Played the role of Project Lead
  • Managed the teamof20to30members,doing their allocations, confirmations,work authorization
    to members, monitoring work.
  • Mentored and provided required pieces of training to team members for a better understanding
    of the work process and increased their productivity.
  • Management responsibility: Project lead, Project Coordinator.

Accomplishments

  • Developed Excel macros using VBA to streamline and accelerate project completion
  • Improved delivery time on complex projects by creating Excel macros using VBA

Professional Development

  • Knowledge in AWS Cloud Services
  • Learning the Dockers and Kubernetes
  • Working on knowledge development in Python language

Certification

  • Cloud Computing Fundamentals
  • SET2WIN Sales Foundation
  • Customer Support Badge 2023
  • Business Unit Global Services (BUGS) GIAP-CONSULTANTS
  • RAN Association

Awards

Apr 2015 & 2022 | Ericsson India Global Services Private Limited Key Contributor / Outstanding performer May 2018 | Ericsson India Global Services Private Limited Customer Excellence Award

Languages

English
Full Professional
Tamil
Native or Bilingual
Malayalam
Professional Working
Thai ( Limited Working Proficiency )
Limited Working

Timeline

Technical Solution and Sales Expert - Pre-Sales

Ericsson
10.2022 - 11.2023

RAN Sr. Engineer Network Integration - Radio Network (NR/LRAN/WRAN)

Ericsson
01.2010 - 09.2021

Bacholar of Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering -

Tamilnadu College of Engineering

Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineerting -

V S V N Polytechnic College
SASIKUMAR THIYAGARAJAN