Aziz Anwar
Summary
A Design Manager with more than 8 years of experience in designing Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Infrastructure of Datacenter. Currently working with 2nd largest Cellular Operator in Pakistan In my current role at Telenor Pakistan, I am leading a team of Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers responsible for design and implementation of Datacenter Projects . I am leading a team of professionals whose responsibilities include leading RFQs/ RFPs, streamlining designs & solutions and managing demand and CAPEX Well Diversified experience of planning & implementation of scale able data center's designing & commissioning for ICT & Telecom Industry as per TIA-942 guidelines. Content writing of case study with GSMA on “TP energy efficiency journey” as how Telenor Pakistan reduced energy consumption, spend and achieved substantial carbon emission reduction despite massive increase in network, its layers and subscribers With c
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager
Datacenter CME Design
01.2014 - Current
- Telenor Pakistan
- Having extensive experience of critical infrastructure technologies including rapidly deploy-able hardware & software solutions for power, thermal & infrastructure management
- Encompassing Power planning
- Energy management & conservation, DC Power, UPS Power &
- Distributions, Fire suppression & detection, Thermal Management
- Power & Electrical build outs & battery backups, Power switching & controls, Technical Engineering Management, custom configured critical infrastructure components & efficiency control
- Sensitivity: Internal
- Sensitivity: Internal
- Responsibilities
- To lead the team of Power and Civil engineer responsible for datacenter designs and Planning
- Responsible for designing of Electrical, cooling and Fire system for Datacenter including, Switch gears, backup Generators, battery systems, Rectifier, UPS , Invertors and HVAC
- Responsible for assessment and swap of end of life infrastructure
- Evaluation & redesign of Electrical and Cooling infrastructure to accommodate high density equipment in line with company strategy
- Responsible to Identify Single Point of failures in datacenters and Propose redundancies on Component and Power Paths level as per TIA942B Tier-3 guidelines to mitigate the risk of downtime
- Responsible for RFQ vendors evaluation and selection and ensuring adherence of regulation and standards
- Responsible Energy efficiency solution for PUE improvement to achieve Opex Saving
- Responsible for product selection for Data Center
- Review of design submitted by Consultants, and timely identification of discrepancies
- Responsible for End to End Project delivery, including
- Preparation of Business cases, Budget approval from investment committee, Project implementation and
- Capitalization
- Provide technical oversight and guidance support to other technical staff
- Achievements
- Revamp of Electrical and Cooling infrastructure as per Tier-III standards for Telenor Datacenters, including dual power paths
- Power infrastructure Capacity enhancement including Switch
- Gear, Gensets, Transformers and Independent feeders for datacenter
- Substantial savings in by improving PUE
- (initial ~ 2.1
- Achieved ~1.7)
- Potential Savings by Core consolidation project
- Reducing the number from 27 location to 10 locations
- Designed redundant Power paths for HVAC system to avoid downtimes
- Monitoring Solution for Datacenter Locations
- Fire System upgrade as per NFPA76 guidelines
- New Datacenter design from Scratch at Karachi with capacity of 2MW
- Sensitivity: Internal
- Sensitivity: Internal
Asst. Manager Power Planning
Telenor Pakistan
05.2012 - 01.2014
- Network Planning and Rollout is one of the departments of
- Technology Division of Telenor Pakistan
- Asst
- Manager Power
- Planning is the Lead of one of its units which plan, design and strategize the Space, Power Cooling and Backup Solutions at RAN and core sites and liaise internally (Operations, deployment, business planning and Group teams) and externally (Suppliers, vendors)
- Responsibilities Primarily include: -
- Leading and managing a team of power experts and specialists
- Responsible for Strategy Formulation of power related projects, network Roll out and energy efficiency at existing sites
- Responsible for the planning of efficiency projects to meet company targets of CAPEX and OPEX from conception, leading sourcing process till deployment and effects realization
- Responsible for Renewable Solar Solution design for USF /
- Non-USF projects
- Responsible for consolidation of core sites to reduce and optimize the operational cost and increase efficiency in consultation with other stakeholders
- Coordinating with internal and external stakeholders (vendor, technology operations, business planning) for investment cases preparations, their approval from higher management and successful hand over for implementation
- Forecasting and managing budgets for passive infrastructure of Telenor network with timely capitalization and accruals
- Liaison and coordination with Telenor sourcing and suppliers as technical lead for Renewable Energy and other passive infrastructure related RFQs
- Supply Chain Management of Passive infrastructure entities (Rectifiers, generators, Batteries, RMS , Solar)
- Business Cases preparation for budget approvals and important strategic decisions
- Monitoring performance of the team members for their assigned roles
- Responsible for Bid Preparation for USF Projects
- Achievements
- Successful consolidation of core sites from 27 to 10 (and counting)
- Reduction of operational cost at RAN and core sites with every passing year (TP is spending 43% less OPEX than what it was spending in 2012, despite heavy roll outs of new technologies)
- Designed Solar Solution with backup of 24hours – 72 Hours on 1000 Sites in USF Chitral, USF Shangla, USF Zhob, USF DI
- Khan USF Kohistan, USH Mohmand, USF Hyderabad, USF
- Highway Coastal Highway
- An enthusiastic and competent team which is excited by the challenges
- Sensitivity: Internal
- Sensitivity: Internal
Manager FLM
02.2006 - 05.2011
- World Call
- World Call Telecom Limited is a Pakistani telecommunication and multimedia service provider which is a subsidiary of Omani company
- Omantel
- Responsibilities Primarily include: -
- Leading and managing a team of power 44 professional running an inhouse operations
- Managing vendor/subcon teams for RAN Outages follow-up and their timely restoration
- Responsible to achieve & sustain the Network availability &
- Fueling Target
- Coordination with NOC and CRD to ensure a smooth liaison between the customer and the operator
- Responsible for regional CAPEX & OPEX planning through quarterly FC & their reconsolidation
- Responsible for vendor management and evaluation
- Responsible for technical and personal development of the team
- Managing & utilizing Organizational Knowledge Asset at regional level
- Regional Performance reports analysis on different KPIs Issue inquired by FOP Management
- Serving as regional interface for commercial division
- Contracts Scrutiny and Technical Documentation –
- Responsibilities include scrutiny of contracts for ventures with other operators, vendors and subcons, coordination for feedback with other departments, drafting of technical annexure for contracts and technical documentation required with other operators and PTA
- RFQs And Liaison With Procurement and subcons –
- Responsibilities include initiation of the project, preparation of
- Requests for quotations (RFQs), BOQs, SORs, SOWs and
- Coordination between contractors, Telenor Technical and
- Procurement departments
- Procedures formulation – Responsibilities include preparation of standard operating procedures and methods statements etc
- For pilot projects for implementation on cell sites for roll out and any new project being started
- Sensitivity: Internal
- Sensitivity: Internal
Manager
Gateways, REDtone
05.2005 - 02.2006
- REDtone is a Malaysian based LDI Operator provides cost effective, quality voice and data solutions for national and international markets catering both to wholesale and retail segments
- Project Engineer
- Major responsibilities included: -
- Responsibilities Primarily include: -
- Core network planning & operation including Media Gateways, routers, switches, E1s & DPLCs
- Implemented PoPs in different telecom regions throughout
- Pakistan and implement maintenance schedules for network and system equipment
- Point of escalation for network operation team and network support team during critical fault conditions
- Interconnection testing of signaling links E1s, DPLCs & IPLCs with PTCL
- Regular traffic study, capacity planning and corresponding network expansion
- Creation and testing of CACs in almost all major cities under central region to offer LDI services on corporate & consumer level.
Senior Engineer
SUPERNET LTD
05.2001 - 05.2005
- Supernet is one of the first private sector telecommunications providers, operating since 1995
- From its simple beginnings as a dial- up ISP, Supernet has evolved into a nationwide provider of reliable communication services
- Responsibilities, NOC (supervisor) role, managing
Education
Bachelors (Hons - Electrical Engineering
University of
Engineering and Technology
Accredited Tier Designer ATD: 3550 - undefined
Uptimes Institute
Certified Data Center Facilities Operation Manager (CDFOM) (TIA-942) - undefined
Certified Data Center Risk Professional (CDRP) (TIA-942) - undefined
Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP) (TIA-942) - undefined
International Certified Solar PV Design and Installation from White House Solar - undefined
Principals of Accounting and Finance for non-finance Professionals (Online training) - undefined
Telecom Business Understanding (online training) - undefined
Six Sigma Green Belt- Kinberg’s. - undefined
Project Management Training – Lahore Chapter Sensitivity: Internal Sensitivity: Internal General Trainings - undefined
NLP Practitioners Course – From Kamran Sultan - undefined
Digital Marketing – On - undefined
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Skills
Strategic planning
undefinedAccomplishments
- VSAT TDMA, Frame Relay & ISP Operations
- Provided technical expertise in design and implementation of
- Frame Relay network and integration with Cisco routers
- Designing, planning, deploying, configuring various products & network devices Cisco Routers, Access servers, HDSL modems, DXX and TCP/IP networks integrated with Radio &
- VSAT TDM/TDMA & Frame Relay network
- Designed, Integrated and tested wireless data/voice networks (PTP, PTMP), BWA Networks (3.5, 5.4 and 5.8 GHz, WLAN
- Aperto Networks, ZTE, Redline)
- Satellite Communication Networks (SCPC, TDM/DAMA
- TDM/TDMA), RF Transmission, link budgeting
- Network and frequency planning have been the substantial part of my work experience
- Sensitivity: Internal
- Sensitivity: Internal
Affiliations
Engineer Professional member of Pakistan Engineering Council.
Work Availability
monday
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Timeline
Manager
Datacenter CME Design
01.2014 - Current
Asst. Manager Power Planning
Telenor Pakistan
05.2012 - 01.2014
Manager FLM
02.2006 - 05.2011
Manager
Gateways, REDtone
05.2005 - 02.2006
Senior Engineer
SUPERNET LTD
05.2001 - 05.2005
Bachelors (Hons - Electrical Engineering
University of
Engineering and Technology
Accredited Tier Designer ATD: 3550 - undefined
Uptimes Institute
Certified Data Center Facilities Operation Manager (CDFOM) (TIA-942) - undefined
Certified Data Center Risk Professional (CDRP) (TIA-942) - undefined
Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP) (TIA-942) - undefined
International Certified Solar PV Design and Installation from White House Solar - undefined
Principals of Accounting and Finance for non-finance Professionals (Online training) - undefined
Telecom Business Understanding (online training) - undefined
Six Sigma Green Belt- Kinberg’s. - undefined
Project Management Training – Lahore Chapter Sensitivity: Internal Sensitivity: Internal General Trainings - undefined
NLP Practitioners Course – From Kamran Sultan - undefined
Digital Marketing – On - undefined
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