Paul Tong - Telecom Project Manager, Networks & PMO

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Munich, Germany

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Experience

Apr 2024 - Present

2 years 6 months

Germany

Senior Project Manager Networks Division

Samsung Electronics GmbH

Managed the successful overall Trial and Commercial deployment of OpenRAN technology and swap-out of legacy SRAN for 2 mobile network operators in Germany.
End-to-End Project life cycle governance and coordination of multiple Workstream leads i.e. Operations, Performance, Site Solution Management, Design, SW Delivery, Integration & Implementation, OSS Tools, 3rd-party Resource Support.
Project planning to cover major milestones by delivering roadmap alignment in compliance with the German Network Regulatory Agency (BNetzA), as a vendor.
Provided pre/post-Sales support to the Accounts Team for RfP/RfQ submissions.

Apr 2022 - Mar 2024

2 years

Munich, Germany

OSS Release and Service Delivery Manager / Project Manager

Telefonica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

Project Manager for the Bi-lateral and Tri-lateral agreements with the 3 major telecom operators in Germany for the delivery of Info-Management Ticketing Interfaces based on multi-operator engagements.
Carrier and Infrastructure Management – MOCN dark fiber, Leased Lines (xRC review and budgeting).
Project Manager responsible for the deployment of multiple OSS application platforms.
Project Lead for analysis of design, development, testing and deployment of application enhancements.
Responsible for defining Use Cases prior to development and for signing off test cases, UAT and FOA
SCRUM Master for Release (Incident / Change) and Demand Board Management - responsible for deployment schedule (Release cycles) – Kanban
Project Manager of Bi-lateral and Tri-lateral agreements with Deutsch Telekom & Vodafone for Info-Management and Ticketing Interface.

Jun 2018 - Mar 2022

3 years 10 months

Munich, Germany

Technical Project Manager

Vodafone Kabel-Deutschland GmbH

Lead operations management of Technical Team communication strategy
Build and manage PMO project schedules/plans to support project rollout deliveries
Continuously monitor PMO key metrics
Responsible for consolidation and monthly write up for the Technical Team
Plan and coordinate events including facilitation and action item management
Partner with BU leaders to develop business rhythms such as deployment cycles for Planning and Field teams.
Execute program for monitoring appropriate skillsets required for our business.
Taking action to work with managers/ teams to address project deliverables.
Manage risk by bridging interdepartmental gaps
Monitor training requirements and report deficiencies for the Technical Team

Nov 2015 - May 2018

2 years 7 months

Hamburg, Germany

POC Regional Project Manager – South Region, Germany

Huawei Technologies GmbH

Responsible for planning and deployment (I&C) of HUAWEI Router and Optical Transmission network elements.
SPOC Interface to client for Carrier Management (various Broadband operators) for Southern Germany.
R & D Support for Router & IP/Optical Transmission Elements CWDM/DWDM
Subco-Partner Management for Southern Region of Germany
Supporting TI Coordinators for North-East and West Regions
Support HUAWEI Back Office Group
Support to South Planning Team for LLD design analysis
Technical Lead for setting staging area (Test-Lab) of router and transmission elements.
Provide weekly reporting status of POC Projects to internal and client stakeholders.

Mar 2014 - Oct 2015

1 year 8 months

Germany

IP & Optical Network Resource Management

Telefónica O2 Germany

Responsible for network enhancement and testing of FTTx infrastructure (Dark Fibre & treated) for fix and mobile transmission networks which also includes optical switches and routers from various vendors such as Huawei, NSN, ALU, and Ericsson.
Network Planning and documentation. Creation of functional design for reporting schemes, which are then migrated to the network systems tool chain.
Developed conversions of geographical objects from raw to electronic format for GeoNis Site Location tool.
Participated in network wide integration of fixed and mobile network documentation consolidation tool (XAKTA), used for COMARCH Suite.
Lead tester of Metro Ring optical transmission / integration of triple play DWDM, SDH, IP Router, 3G LTE RF network elements (MGW, RNC, eNodeBs) and cross-connects.

Jun 2012 - Jan 2014

1 year 8 months

Germany

OSS Network Resource Management Analyst

Telefonica O2 Germany

Reviewing and integrating specifications for a major network enhancement process.
Resource managing various OSS platforms.
Introduction and enhancement of a new full-IP Mobile Transmission management and provisioning tool.
Creating functional designs, utilizing deep knowledge in modelling of telecom networks.
Authoring technical specifications by defining necessary provisioning data.

Nov 2006 - Feb 2012

5 years 4 months

Munich, Germany

Senior Telecoms Consultant / Project Manager

British Telecom

Project and Program Manager providing support for Transmission Core Network
OSS / BSS / NSS Solutions platform owner
Product Support specialist for BT Vision (Germany & UK) evaluating deployment phases.
Change and Release Manager for new adaptation of Software releases.

Nov 2006 - Feb 2012

5 years 4 months

Bonn, Germany

Project Manager & Senior Consultant

DTAG T-Mobile Division

Project Manager and Senior Consultant for the development and implementation of an Android service application on T-Mobile's HotSpot Align project.

Nov 2006 - Feb 2012

5 years 4 months

Germany

Senior Network Architect / Project Manager

EON Energy Trading SE

Responsible for network and applications migration including IT Security process for EON/EET Continental Europe
Implemented SOC security tools to constantly stream traffic data into a central platform called SIEM. Investigating suspicious pattern and alert monitoring.
Introduction of SOC Analysts, acting like an air-traffic controller and figure out if it is a false alarm or a real hack, and isolate compromised data, devices before any damage occurs/spreads.
Risk analysis and Risk Assessment management
Integration of ETRM platforms and implementation of Citrix and Access platforms.

Nov 2006 - Feb 2012

5 years 4 months

Germany

Program Manager

Munich Re Group

Program Manager for a due diligence project to provide an overview of all OSS applications utilized by the client.
Updated SDN documents and generated (MoP) Method of Procedures related to technical application overviews.

Nov 2006 - Feb 2012

5 years 4 months

Munich, Germany

Core Network Design Engineer

O2 Germany

Core Engineer assigned to design the Nortel Release 99 UMGW RNC allocation.
Responsible for Nortel UMGW upgrade and expansion.
Migration Planner for Nortel R99 and Nokia Rel.4 MGWs and RNCs.
Iu delivery and introduction of small cells (FEMTO) from Huawei for fixed and mobile -CS and Iu-PS Core and Access Planning for converged networks.

Nov 2005 - Aug 2006

10 months

Germany

Services Migration Planner

British Telecom

Responsible for Network migration involving SDH and Fibre Optic backbone networks from Alcatel/Marconi.
Documentation for resource planning of network bandwidth capacity/availability.
Coordinate network traffic utilization and forecast of services.
QoS and bandwidth allocation for multi service platforms for various technologies (Mobile/Data & Voice over IP).

May 2005 - Oct 2005

6 months

Germany

Network Engineering & Operations SME Tier-3

Orange SA

Responsible for all Nortel UMTS / UTRAN deliverables in conjunction with product training and introduction to customer's Network Operations Department.
Provide on-the-job training/Knowledge Transfer to Orange's Network Engineers and Operations teams.
Introduction of UMTS & UTRAN Architecture and Functionalities.
SME for Nortel Networks Access range PP15000, PP7000 (MGW, GGSN, SGSN) & OMC-R, RNC& eNodeB.
Responsible for commissioning and integration of Nortel Passport/ERS 8600 and ESU 1800/1850 using JDM/Preside Site Manager system (NMS).
Configuration and Provisioning of Network links throughout Germany using IP protocols such as TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF over MPLS for T-Systems' customers.
SME for Preside MDM, MERS8600, ESM8668 & ESU1850, Baystack 425.
Provided training and 2nd level support for local NMC personnel (Network Operations Centre).
Documentation of Network Planning and Engineering designs for complete MAN/WAN areas.
On-site tests and installation of Nortel OPTera Metro 3500/5200.
On-site integration & commissioning of Nortel Passport MERS8600 – ESM8668 and ESU 1850

Sep 2004 - Apr 2005

8 months

United Kingdom

Technical Support Group

O2 UK for Nortel Networks TSG – Technical Support Group

Assisting the Technical Support Group of O2-UK Operations Department for UTRAN / UMTS rollout.
Providing local support for all RNC and Wireless/Media Gateway issues.
Troubleshooting and assistance to the NMC (Network Management Centre) for all GPRS/GGSN/SGSN/SIG) and UTRAN related issues.
SME for KPI Reporting on Performance, Configuration & Fault Management
PWI & OAM Tech Support, OAM Build, UMTS/GPRS Packet Core Network Support
Skills transfer to the local NMC 1 and 2 Level Group (GPRS / UTRAN).
Documentation of all the 3G (UTRAN) rollout Phases (3 in total).

Mar 2004 - Aug 2004

6 months

Germany

OSS - Operations Management System Project Manager

O2 Germany GmbH (formerly VIAG Interkom)

Design and implementation of Network Architecture for O2's Network Operations OSS and NCC.
Installation & Commissioning of Nortel BSS OMC-R V.14.3/V 14.3.1 Servers and Platform.
Documentation of all Network Operations structure i.e., OAM, ATP and Access protocols for Transmission, Data, GPRS 5.0 and UMTS services.
Design and documentation of O2/Nortel RACE remote application systems.
UTRAN 3.0 & 3.1 / NSS16 - Project Leader for OSS Division.
Operations and Maintenance reviewer for SLA's between O2 and equipment provider (Nortel, Ericsson, Alcatel, HPE & Comarch).

Jul 2003 - Feb 2004

8 months

Zürich, Switzerland

OSS- FM Platform Owner

Cablecom

Platform Owner for Micromuse Omnibus Netcool Suite, Fault Management tool.
Project Manager for HPOV & Cisco Works 2000 platform deployment.
Developing policies and rule files for multiple technologies into the umbrella Fault Management platform.
Delivering processes for technologies such as: MPLS, VPN, Alcatel Voice Switch and Siemens Transmission equipment.
Integration of network elements, switches and routers into HP Open View platform and Cisco DNS Platform (Cisco Works 2000).
Integration of GW probes such as: NNM6, MTTRAPD, SNMP and Q3 to interface with Netcool/Omnibus platforms.

Oct 2002 - Jun 2003

9 months

Zürich, Switzerland

Senior Project Manager in IT Networks and Infrastructure

Independent Contractors AG

Project Manager for two mobile operators and ISP provider in Germany and Switzerland.
Managed and consolidated the IT networks of several financial institutions, which included banking, postal institutions.
Migration of network projects for major IT infrastructure departments of Reuters, Radianz and Zurich RE.
OSS/BSS Consultant for various Service Assurance Network Platforms such as: Micromuse (NetCool - Suite), ADC (Metrica Service Assurance), Concorde (NetHealth, eHealth), Lucent (NFM, Actiview), Cramer 3 & 4 (Dimension), etc.
Documentation and assessing customer infrastructure for proper adherence to ITUT standards.

Jul 2001 - Oct 2002

1 year 4 months

Germany

Network Engineer

Nortel Networks

Network Engineer for Unity Media (formerly Callahan Communications Group) as a Tier-3 level support for their backbone network by troubleshooting and isolating faults within Callahan's DWDM /SDH & ATM.
My tasks included monitor and troubleshooting Nortel's OPTera (DWDM/SDH), Nortel DMS Voice Switches, Nortel's Passport 7500, 8600, 15000 & Shasta ATM network elements.
Integration and migration of their legacy systems into the Juniper Network Elements for the use of Video Broadcasting (VoB) and Voice over IP (VOIP) services.
Provided training to Callahan's personnel on NMS System tools and applications such as; PRESIDE, Preside MDM, INM, Cornerstone, NetCool, ARS Remedy, CUDA 12000, TNCS, Cable Master, etc.
Commissioning and remote configuration of Lucent Stingers (DSLAM) for a major number of ISP companies throughout the North-Rhein Westphalia region of Germany.
Troubleshooting clients' CPE's and network connectivity.

Jan 2000 - May 2003

3 years 5 months

Switzerland

Project Manager DC commissioning

Sunrise / TDC AG

Managed Data Center Construction, Integration & Operations of MEP engineers, liaised and managed 3rd-party vendors with solutions offered and delivered to diAx (AT&T / SBC) stakeholders.
Performed verification and regression tests (FAT / SAT) sanity checks on PSU / UPS systems to support High-End Enterprise IT infrastructure and Mechanical Support Systems for Cloud computing (compute hardware, storage devices, networking equipment, power infrastructure, and cooling systems).
Promoted to SPM to manage the expansion of diAx Data Center Services Department – my role was to validate all DC interfaces are in compliance to DCDC specifications and standards.

Jul 1998 - Jan 2000

1 year 7 months

Switzerland

Transmission Manager/ Field Operations Manager

diAx Telecommunications AG, Switzerland (AT&T / SBC)

Responsible for the planning and deployment of the nationwide SDH/DWDM and OPTera FTTX network.
Developed strategies in alignment with diAx's Sales, Carrier, Planning, Engineering and Operations departments in collaboration with stakeholders & business partners such as SBB, ASCOM, COLT, CERN, MCI/WorldCom, Swisscom, Orange SA, among other carriers to create a multi-operator CN environment.
Project Lead for Software/Firmware upgrades for all Nortel SDH (TN product range).
Project Lead for general upgrade to Nortel's TN4X (previously Lucent) including NMS controller to the latest ITMSC release.
Project Lead in restructuring the entire DCN Network in order to incorporate multiple OSI areas for the whole backbone and national Access rings.
Responsible for managing the OAM of all Optical Transmission elements from Nortel.
Provided on-call 3rd Level TIER Support for the Network Operations Centre.
Managed Technical Field Force Deployment; Emergency Call-Out; and On-site Troubleshooting and Maintenance.
Service interruptions de-escalation, Root-cause-analysis and Report provisioning.

Industry experience

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Experienced in Telecommunication, Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Energy, and Insurance.

Telecommunication

Information Technology

Banking and Finance

Energy

Insurance

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development, Operations, Quality Assurance, and Sales.

Information Technology

Project Management

Product Development

Operations

Quality Assurance

Sales

Summary

Senior Project Manager for the successful Trial and Commercial deployment of OpenRAN technology. Participated in HW product development & deployment. Complete swap-out of legacy SRAN stations and integration of vendor NMS.
Managed the delivery of major EPCC turnkey projects for multiple Transmission and Mobile network equipment vendors.
Site Management for Civil Works Infrastructure, Electrical and Technical installations for the Core and Mobile Networks.
Project Lead for the integration of an ETRM and security platforms for the consolidation of seven Energy and Utilities Corp.
Extensive experience with managing the implementation, expansion and modernisation of Data Centres in a mission-critical triple-play cloudification for a Internet/Telecoms/Media service provider.
Driving the strategic utilization and integration of AI across business operations, creating new value, accelerating innovation and gaining competitive advantage.
Technical Program Manager for the installation of high-end enterprise servers (HPC clusters), for core and mobile networks.
Technical Project Manager in broadband networks for a major German multi-play telecoms operator.
Senior Project Manager in IT Networks and Infrastructure for one of the major ISP in Switzerland.
Deployment Project Coordinator of the core network expansion for one of the leading global telecommunications vendors.
Carrier and Infrastructure Management – MOCN dark fiber, Leased Lines (xRC review and budgeting).
Senior Project Manager for one of the largest global outsourcings & resource company.
OSS - Project Manager – SaaS Implementation - multi-tenant cloud solution or deployed on premises for Release and Service Delivery. SCRUM Master for Release, Change and Demand Board Management – Kanban.
Highly qualified OSS/BSS Project Manager – managed the implementation of various ITSM/CRM/PSA/ERP platforms.

Skills

Areas Of Responsibilities

E2e Project Lifecycle Ownership – From Conception, Planning, Outsourcing, Development, Testing, Integration And Deployment.
Driving Cross-Functional Teams For Program/Project Deliveries, Execution And Adaptation Across Multiple Organizations. Collaborating With Business Units And Workstream Leads To Define And Deliver Target Milestones And Roadmaps.
Managing Project And Business Stakeholders, Taking Ownership And Accountability Of Business Cadence And Governance.
Communicating Regular Project Status And Issues In A Concise, Accurate Manner To Senior-Level Management.
Risk And Escalation Management Reporting For Areas Of Responsibilities.
Flexibility To Accommodate Priority Changes, Anticipation Of New Concepts Without Compromising Project Success.
Ownership Of Complete Annual Project Forecasts And Readiness To Adapt Planning Cycles, Including Kpi Reporting.
Site Management – Csa Coordination; Interdisciplinary Handoffs; Safety And Quality Control And Day-To-Day Reporting.
Direct Effective Teamwork, Communication, Collaboration And Commitment Across Groups With Competing Priorities.
Mentoring And Coaching Operations And Field Engineers.

Specialties

Productive Overall Experience Of More Than 25 Years In The Telecoms, It And Energy Sector.
Key Strengths: Project Governance, Due Diligence, Solutions Architect, Infrastructure Planning With Project Progress Assessment On A Daily Basis.
Leadership And Acknowledging Ownership And Responsibilities Of Complete Project Delivery.
Proven Ability Of Finance Management, Budgetary Balancing On Quarterly, Mid-Year And Annual Capex & Opex Targets.
Managing Of Logistics, Supply Chain, 3rd-Party Suppliers And Stakeholders From Both Source And Customer-End.
A Certified Prince2 (Apmg®) Professional. Scrum Master Certified. Agile (Art/Safe) Methodology Practitioner And Highly Experienced With Organisational Change Management (Ocm).
Adaptation Of Structured Set Of Guidelines For Planning, Implementation And Sustaining Organizational Change Frameworks Through Apmg Adkar® Model.
Utilisation Of Change Strategy / Impact / Assessments; Contribution To Works Councils On Reporting Of Cm, Pm & Im.
Certified Itil Foundation V4 (It Governance And Management) Practitioner.
Experienced In Dealing Effectively With Internal And External Stakeholders During Problem Resolution And Operating Efficiently Under Pressure.
Ability To Analyze, Consolidate And Aggregate Data From Various Sources.
Well Versed In Reviewing And Adaptation Of Technical Documentations (Method Of Procedures) And Guidelines.
Willingness To Act With A Sense Of Urgency, Balanced With Diplomacy.

Languages

German

Native

English

Native

Chinese

Advanced

Spanish

Intermediate

Italian

Intermediate

Education

Oct 1983 - Jun 1989

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelor’s Degree in the College of Science Major in Electronics Communications and Engineering · Electronics Communications and Engineering · Boston, United States

Oct 1978 - Jun 1982

Colegio de San Juan de Letran College

Baccalaureate · Business Management · Manila, Philippines

Oct 1972 - Jun 1978

Colegio de San Juan de Letran College

Primary Intermediate School · Elementary Education · Manila, Philippines

Certifications & licenses

AXELOS

APMG®

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 20

Experience in Telecommunication 27.5 y

Avg length 2 y 6 m

Longest experience 5 y 3 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 3 (Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Senior Project Manager Networks Division, OSS Release and Service Delivery Manager / Project Manager, Technical Project Manager

Main industries Telecommunication, Information Technology, Banking and Finance

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor

Certifications earned 4

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Paul is based in Munich, Germany.

Paul speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Native), Chinese (Advanced), Spanish (Intermediate), Italian (Intermediate).

Paul has at least 27 years of experience. During this time, Paul has worked in at least 20 different roles and for 19 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Paul may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Paul would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Project Manager Networks Division, OSS Release and Service Delivery Manager / Project Manager, Technical Project Manager.

Paul's most recent position is Senior Project Manager Networks Division at Samsung Electronics GmbH.

In recent years, Paul has worked for Samsung Electronics GmbH, Telefonica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, and Vodafone Kabel-Deutschland GmbH.

Paul is most experienced in industries like Telecommunication, Information Technology, and Banking and Finance. Paul also has some experience in Energy and Insurance.

Paul is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development. Paul also has some experience in Operations, Quality Assurance, and Sales.

Paul has recently worked in industries like Telecommunication.

Paul has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Sales.

Paul holds a Bachelor in Electronics Communications and Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Paul has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: Certified ITIL Foundation V4, ITIL V3 (ITIL 2011), and PRINCE2 (APMG®) Professional.

Paul will be available full-time from October 2026.

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