Rafael Montes

Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering with 12+ years' experience working in wireless technical deployment projects and 10+ years of experience in planning, expediting, implementing and monitoring project schedules and requirements. Expertise in financial analysis in the telecom industry, including RFQs, RFPs, negotiating network equipment spare parts, and managing capital expenditures. Demonstrably skilled in coordinating work packages between multiple subcontractors and project team members, internal and external.

Strong in Microsoft 365 (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote), SAP/R3. Pursuing PMP certification.

Parts Delivery Driver - Mercedes-Benz Oakville

(2024-01 - 2025-12)

• Delivered auto parts ordered by clients to the dispatcher.
• Guided clients on returns or defective parts.

Project Specialist (Project Coordinator) - Rogers Communications Inc.

(2022-01 - 2024-12)

• Main point of contact for internal & external inquiries related to project daily business activities
• Follow-up on PM's communication, to ensure questions are answered, documents received, meetings scheduled, etc
• Work internally with other departments and respond on time
• Operations and maintenance of the TTC(Subway) 5G network, which includes Ericsson and Solid technology, also Presto services connectivity and internet

RAN Site Design Engineer / Field Supervisor - Nokia Canada / Telus Canada (5G Airscale)

(2021-01 - 2022-12)

• Support the day-to-day operations of multiple sites throughout the province
• Creation/Review/Revision of the technical method of procedure (MoP)
• Supervise reporting, follow-up, and corrective actions internally and from Suppliers

RAN Engineer - Aasania Inc. / Nokia / Bell Canada (5G Airscale)

(2020-01 - 2021-12)

• E2E Installation, commissioning, integration, and operation of NOKIA AirScale and Ericsson Baseband 6648
• Installed Nokia Airscale in In Building Sites
• Tested, troubleshooted, resolved issues to the installed equipment

Construction Manager / RAN Engineer - NOKIA USA / KGPCo / T-Mobile USA (5G Airscale)

(2019-01 - 2019-12)

• Tracked the site development through the start of installation & commissioning of the base station
• Oversaw the construction of cells site structures to support new cellular services
• Supervised the work of third-party contractors if they are doing quality work and following safety guidelines
• Created a plan/SOW based on pre-con, telco, power meter walks

Roll Out Manager / RAN Engineer - NOKIA USA / AT&T USA (5G Airscale)

(2018-01 - 2018-12)

• Responsible for the timely completion of LTE E911 Calls, TSS, SCOPs CPRI and reports
• Ensure LTE equipment are called out to be received in local warehouse
• Responsible to clean up all issues pertaining to ROLLOUT activities including site surveys
• Output daily/weekly report including progress, status and issues for each site
• Manage pending issues and if necessary, search for support or escalation

Field Manager / RAN Site Design Engineer - NOKIA Canada / Freedom Mobile Canada (LTE)

(2016-01 - 2017-12)

• Oversee the day-to-day operations and management of multiple sites throughout the country
• Creation/Review/Revision of Technical Site Survey Report
• Supervise reporting, follow-up, and corrective actions internally and from Suppliers
• Manage and monitor operating metrics while diagnosing and improving procedures to improve operational efficiency and increase customer service performance
• Conduct Site Quality Audits and Quality Audit reports

RAN Engineer - NOKIA Canada

(2010-01 - 2011-12)

• Pre-commissioned, commissioned, troubleshooted and Integrated NSN WCDMA base stations/NodeBs for WIND project, this includes System Manager (System Module), FTIB and RF Units
• Maintained and managed Site Folder documentation updated
• Acceptance of installed equipment and resolved installation pending from the equipment provider side.
• Managed Commissioning and Integration logs and files

Project Coordinator / Procurement Specialist / RAN Engineer - Claro (America Movil)

(2001-01 - 2010-12)

Expert in NSN project, rollout procedures, site folder, acceptance certificates, tracking pending, logs, quality audit installation, estimations, MOPs, Work Order, site documentation, BOM, BOQ, improve new procedures and tools in order to get customer final acceptance certificate. Liaised with different departments such as network planning, site acquisition, construction works and TI. Knowledge of the fault/trouble management, notification, and escalation processes.

• Coordinate vendor support during service outages; manage post-mortem root cause analysis
• Acted as a Field Engineer to the Network Operation Center (NOC), provided emergency call support
• Responded to network alarms appropriately inside the NOC (24x7x365)

BSc. - Electronic Engineering - Ricardo Palma University

Masters - Management of Operations - Peruvian University of Applied Sciences

Certificate - OSLT course in Project Management - Centennial College