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First Name Stuart
Last Name Riley

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Global region are you based in? For example Eastern Europe, Asia Berlin, Germany
Do you work for a Service Provider/Operator
Current Employer O2
What is your current job title? 2G/3G Optimisation Specialist
Which of the following areas are you most interested in? Radio Access
What would you like to get out of Telcoprofessionals.com? Ability to connect with like minded professionals , Expand network for next job
Professional Background/Education eg. BSS/OSS Wireless, UMTS, 3G, HSDPA, GSM, E-GSM, 2G, RF Design, RF Planning, RF Engineering, RF Optimisation, Visual Basic, Programming, HTML, VBE, Wind Energy, Alternative Energy, Education, Teaching, Training, International, Software design, MS Excel, MS Access

Employment History:
3G Optimisation Engineer at O2, Germany

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

September 2006 – Present (1 year 9 months)

- Site and cluster optimisation of O2's UMTS / WCDMA FDD network.
- 2G/3G network tuning and optimisation
- Tool development and programming to report cell and network KPIs
- Nokia 3G counter analysis

3G Specialist - Wireless Consultant at Ericsson, Australia

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

January 2006 – May 2006 ( 5 months)

Senior Design and Optimisation Engineer, 3G specialist (contract) - Ericsson
Radio Network Engineering, Australia

Design activities for Telstra’s 850MHz WCDMA network. This project was the first turnkey mobile radio rollout for Australia’s largest operator and was complex due to the short time frame and the need to concurrently upgrade and modify their existing GSM and CDMA networks. I worked closely with the customer, spending months on their premises to ensure design changes were acceptable and prepared design auditing tools to minimise rework and identify problems. My main activities included:

• Optimisation of 2G and 3G base station configurations.
• Creating Excel Visual Basic Macros to audit design information, import Node-B configurations into the planning tool for coverage prediction and help create network wide purchasing orders for equipment.
• Designing modifications to Telstra’s existing 2G CDMA network to accommodate WCDMA and in many cases share antennas.

2G/3G Optimisation Engineer / Programmer, Worldwide (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Telecommunications industry)

March 2004 – November 2005 (1 year 9 months)

• Developing, supporting and debugging my existing macro toolkit for mobile network clients and operators from previous contracts.
• Creating customised tools using Visual Basic scripts for remote clients. This included writing KPI analysis and graphing tools, neighbor cell optimisers, parameter consistency checks, report combiners, data mining tools and cell data production automators.
• See http://optimisation.stuartriley.net for more details and sample screen shots.

Optimisation Engineering Team Leader at Orange , Israel

(Telecommunications industry)

2001 – 2003 (2 years)

• Team leader optimising a FL-MRP Ericsson GSM 900 network in Tel Aviv.
• Drive test coordination and reporting.
• Writing KPI reporting tools to graph cell, BSC and network statistics.
• Comparison of Ericsson BTS and Nokia BTS performance statistics
• Training local staff to use tools, radio network theory and optimisation techniques.
• Analysis of performance data – KPI and cell analysis.
• Parameter setting, SFH frequency planning, microcell analysis, capacity planning, antenna height, azimuth and tilt optimisation
• Call trace and network analysis using NCS, MRR, CTR, MTR, TEMS and TCP tools.

Senior Optimisation and Design Engineer at Optimus, Portugal

(Telecommunications industry)

1999 – 2000 (1 year)

• Cell planning, site selection and design for coverage and capacity problems.
• Optimization of Optimus’ Ericsson GSM 900 and GSM 1800 networks. This involved drive testing and extensive statistical analysis.
• Training local engineers in the methods of mobile network design, cell planning, frequency planning, network parameters and optimization tools.

Senior Optimisation Engineer at Lucent Technologies, Taiwan

(Telecommunications industry)

April 1998 – August 1999 (1 year 5 months)

Wireless System Engineering

• Cell planning for the operators’, KGT and Tuntex GSM 1800 networks.
• Detailed KPI analysis of cell, BSC and network statistics.
• KPI report generation, analysis and presentation for the customer’s senior management.
• Network troubleshooting, targeting and fixing cells with the highest dropout rates worst interference and handover failure rates.
• Writing software that extracts data from Lucent BSC data dumps and audits every radio parameter for every cell in the network.
• OMC and OSS support during frequency retunes.

Senior RF engineer at Ericsson, Australia/Taiwan

(Telecommunications industry)

July 1997 – April 1998 ( 10 months)

Radio Network Design

• Site selection for FarEasTone GSM 900 and GSM 1800 networks in Taipei, Taichung.
• Radio design and parameter setting for GSM 1800 macro and microcells.
• Dual Band parameter setting and auditing for Ericsson’s RBS2000 base stations in the FarEasTone Taipei network.
• Cluster testing and network tuning for Taiwan’s FarEasTone GSM 1800 and GSM 900 networks. This involved parameter selection, drive testing, frequency planning, neighbor list creation, antenna down-tilting and other radio related functions. EET (Planet) was used extensively in this process.
• Writing software that analyses data from BSC dumps then writes script files to automatically fix errors in the BSC and creates TEMS files for drive testing purposes.
• Generating cell data for new sites in the TransAsia and FarEasTone GSM 900 and GSM 1800 networks.

Senior Design & Optimisation Engineer at Telstra , Australia

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

February 1995 – June 1997 (2 years 5 months)

Radio Network Engineering, Mobile Networks.

• Cell planning, site hunting and site selection.
• Analysis and interpretation of radio survey results.
• GSM 900 microcell frequency planning and design.
• GSM 900 network optimisation and fault finding.
• GSM 900 frequency planning and coverage prediction.
• Traffic analysis and expansions for GSM cells.
• Coverage Map Production.
• Preparation of radio designs for GSM 900 radio base stations.
• Parameter setting for macro and microcells using Ericsson’s Hierarchical Cell Structure and Underlay/Overlay cell features.

Radio Design Engineer at Telstra, Australia

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

November 1993 – February 1995 (1 year 4 months)

Mobile Radio Design, Network Design &; Construction

• Preparation of GSM and AMPS base stations designs.
• Site hunting and site selection.
• Software development for manipulating and combining survey results.
• Mobile radio path loss surveys for potential GSM sites.
• Calculating AC/DC power budgets and designing power configurations.
• EMR calculations and classification of antennas.
• Tower climbing and antenna mounting design

Stuart Riley

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