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Charles Donald Mwakapola

Dar Es Salaam

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior RF Engineer

Isat Africa
01.2015 - Current
  • Responsible for design and implementation of teleport infrastructure
  • Responsible for installation and maintenance of all Ground satellite systems
  • Conduct site field testing, surveys for wireless broadband data and Internet connectivity
  • Conduct RF interference testing to secure transmitted and received signals
  • Conduct technical Training to Technical and Network Operation center staff
  • Perform multi-radio coexistence mitigation (including RF link budget planning and issue debugging, RFI scan)
  • Plan & design Long Distance Fiber network deployment and expansion of existing network, ensuring resilient, flexible and scalable managed network
  • Implementation of RF over Fiber links for VSAT systems
  • Evaluate technical bids from contractors
  • Ensure project timelines are met and resolve escalated issues affecting roll out of Satellite systems
  • Ensure testing, commissioning and integration of fiber optic and VSAT infrastructure
  • Plan project, define activities and deliverables, prepare project documentation, plans, network drawing, etc
  • Assist in the prioritization, scheduling and coordination of daily maintenance work for the Fiber, Wireless and VSAT
  • To ensure that link budget is within limit as per link design
  • Identification of key potential area as a part of Transmission planning
  • Vendor evaluation & finalization for cable route, OFC & accessories supplies
  • Understanding of fiber optic cable splicing and testing process
  • Project planning and management, defining deliverables and preparing project documentation
  • Verification of material delivery & job execution by vendors on the sites

Senior Engineer & Head of VSAT Department

SimbaNET (T) LTD
01.2002 - 01.2014
  • Project Design, Planning, Scheduling, Implementation, Managing, Hardware & Software system integration, Project Coordination, Project monitoring, Network Management, Trouble shooting and providing customer support
  • Installation, troubleshooting, repair and preventive maintenance for Vsat Hub and Vsat Customers
  • Travelled extensively throughout Africa for installation and troubleshooting problems for Higher learning institutions, Interpol, Maesk, Danmex and ‘SimbaNET site out of the country
  • Managing system integration, design and resolving technical issues for surveillance products, satellite communication system and Telecom products
  • Solution architecture for communication systems products (VSAT Antenna and Wireless solutions)
  • Co-ordination with vendors, channel partners & distributors regarding technical solutions & problems
  • Preparation of Bill of Material
  • Handling techno-commercial task involving tendering in compliance to the technical bid standards
  • Installation & Supervision of VSAT antenna & DSNG antenna
  • Project execution
  • Site installation (Electronics/Electrical & Telecommunication Equipment) as per drawings
  • Structural cabling for data transmission & Electrical
  • System integration
  • Pre-commissioning Test
  • Commissioning & Testing
  • Responsible for product demonstration, BTS and BSC Antennas installation
  • Preparation of detailed project report
  • Technical Support for the company products
  • Trouble shooting and providing customer support
  • Subscriber complaint handling and management
  • Managing system integration, design and resolving technical issues for surveillance products, satellite communication system and Telecom products
  • Solution architecture for communication systems products (VSAT Antenna)
  • Co-ordination with vendors, channel partners & distributors regarding technical solutions & problems

Telecommunication Engineer

TRITEL (GSM NETWORK)
01.1999 - 01.2002
  • Optimized, analyzed and improved performance of GSM network per client specification
  • Monitored and analyzed statistical and drive test data to improve system performance indicators such as dropped calls, blocked calls, orientation failures and hand-off features
  • Worked in coordination with telecommunications and software engineers to integrate designs into large scale communication systems
  • Responsible for capacity planning, GSM frequency planning and frequency hopping through carrier/interference(C/I) ratio analysis
  • Implementation of international roaming data base
  • Minimum supervision with focus on meeting deadline while observing

Education

BSc - Electrical Engineering

Makerere University

Skills

  • RF troubleshooting
  • RF optimization
  • Antenna design
  • Link budget analysis

References

  • James, Kiiru, james.kiiru@ke.wananchi.com, +254734391378, Wananachi Telecom, Box14400-00800, Nairobi, Kenya
  • John P, Mwakysua, ASS. Professor, qusa5@yahoo.com, +255754384453, University of Dar Es Salaam, Box35046, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Training

  • Unix System administration
  • Certified Vsat Installer – Dubai
  • Intelsat Technical Training for Africa- Fuchssdat,Germany
  • Certified Optical fiber technician- Dar Es Salaam
  • IT Project Management Capacity Building course- AeRC Training Centre, Nairobi
  • Motorola Select V Technical training- Danmex Denmark.
  • Design of iDirect Network and Vsat Products – Nairobi, Kenya.

Timeline

Senior RF Engineer

Isat Africa
01.2015 - Current

Senior Engineer & Head of VSAT Department

SimbaNET (T) LTD
01.2002 - 01.2014

Telecommunication Engineer

TRITEL (GSM NETWORK)
01.1999 - 01.2002

BSc - Electrical Engineering

Makerere University

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