DATE PREPARED:

2008-03-03

Home Phone Number:

+ 27 12 6609622

Work Phone Number:

+ 27 12  311-8947

Cell Number:

+ 27 82 7815985

E - Mail Address:

Ramgopnr@telkom.co.za

Salary Ref Number:

4096366

Date of Appointment:

22 May 1995

ID Number:

7306115023081

Nationality:

South African

Marital status:

Married

Race:

Indian

Gender:

Male

Driver’s Licence:

08

Service Org/Group:

Network Infrastructure Provisioning

Region:

Head Office – Pretoria

Supervisor’s Name:

T Chimbo

Supervisor’s Phone No.:

012  311-2956

School:

Centenary Secondary

Highest Standard/Grade:

Matric (Exemption)

Year of Completion:

Dec 1990

Subjects Passed:

English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Physical Science,

Technical Drawing and Electronics.

Institution:

M.L Sultan Technikon

Qualification:

Nat Diploma Electrical Engineering (T3)

Year of Graduation:

June 1995

Major Subject(s):

·         Engineering Maths 1, 2, 3

·         Digital Systems 1, 2, 3

·         Electronics 1, 2, 3

·         Electrical Engineering

·         Telecommunications

·         Radio Engineering 3

·         Television 3

·         Industrial Electronics

·         Automatic Control 3

·         Communications 2

·         Design Projects

SAIM Programme in Business Management (UNISA)

• Completed in 2001

Employer:

Telkom SA

Section:

Radio Regulations & Radio Interference

Job Title/Position held:

Operations Specialist

Grade/Level:

S6

Experience :

Current

Period:    From

July 2000

To

MACROBUTTON NoMacro [Present]

Description of Duties:

Electromagnetic interference specialist in charge of investigating interference case on the Telkom radio network. Required to report illegal activities to the regulatory body (ICASA) and to provide recommendations to the people involved. This may involve changing antennas, frequencies or moving the radio site to another location. Investigations are done by doing a spectrum analysis at the radio site and checking for unwanted frequencies in our band (e.g. TDMA, DECT). Information is communicated to the spectrum management section to re-allocate frequencies. Involved in radio site sharing issues like compatibility between DECT and GSM 1800. In charge of Telkom’s only monitoring vehicle which is capable of doing direction finding on frequencies up to 3 GHz.  Also keeping track of new technologies like ADSL, UMTS, WiFi, WiMax, GPRS, 3G etc. Part of a technical team looking into business opportunities in Africa (DRC, Zambia, Nigeria). Frequency planning for point to point and point to multi point networks. Includes doing path profiles and coverage planning using the ICS Telecom and Multilinks software programs. In charge of the following frequency bands: 450, 1800, 1900, 2100 MHz and 2.4, 3.5, 6, 7, 23 and 38 GHz.

Employer:

Telkom SA

Section:

KZN - Access Planning

Job Title/Position held:

Technical Officer

Grade/Level:

B5

Experience :

1 year 9 months

Period:    From

Sep 1998

To

June 2000

Description of Duties:

Planning officer planning cable layout and optic fibre routing in the Durban metropolitan area.

Receiving orders and planning the project from beginning to end and handling enquiries from the construction, hauling and jointing sections. Creating DPGS’s on CBS and releasing waiters on them as well as planning the project if necessary. Providing telecomm solutions for business needs as required by them, ranging from copper, HDSL or fibre. Performing project management duties.

Section:

Telkom Certification Lab – Telecommunications Peripheral Equipment Laboratory

Job Title/Position held:

Technical Officer

Grade/Level:

B3

Experience :

3 years 5 months

Period:    From

May 1995

To

Aug 1998

Description of Duties

Perform tests on CPE according to SATRA,  ETSI, CCITT and BS specifications. Compile test reports for clients as well as Telkom internal clients. Provide consultancy to clients regarding their equipment. Maintain automatic test equipment used for type approval testing. Upgrade and design new test procedures according to new specifications (TBR 38). Experience in testing cardphones, coinphones, facsimile machines, PABX’s, modems, telephones and access networks for use on the network. Acted for a period (1 year) as Deputy Quality Manager during audits held by the NLA. Testing equipment for lightening protection under severe conditions.

Assisted in EMC testing of equipment for Telkom tender products as well as field investigations. Undertook investigations into problems occurring in the field with respect to CPE. Wrote field investigation reports about the findings. Worked on the following systems Alcatel A9800, A9500, Lucent Swing, UMC 1000 Siemens and Ericsson DECT systems.

Performed research and development into upgrading test systems as well as PABX systems and access networks right down to component level. Technical member of Telkom's tender bids for telecomm equipment.

Employer:

Atomic Energy  Corporation

Job Title/Position held:

Trainee Technician

Section:

Maintenance

Experience

18 months

Period:    From

Jan 1994

To

April 1995

Description of Duties

Maintaining the telecommunications structure of the SAFARI 1 nuclear plant. Installing the new telecommunications equipment and designing the layout for them. Undergoing training during the rest of the period. Calibrated pressure valves and flow tubes in the reactor’s substructure. Planning of new cable layouts in the reactor for future telecomm needs.

Member of the Virgin Active Club.

Member of ISKCON.

Self - Motivated, hard working, trustworthy, perceptive.

Awarded a study bursary from Telkom SA for studying in 1999. (Not used for 1999)

Competencies

MS Excel, MS Word, MS Powerpoint, MS Access, MS Outlook, MS Binder, MS Explorer, MS Front Page Editor, Groupwise, Artemis, ProjEstim, Visio, 3 year diploma (T3), Planning abilities, analytical skills, team leading ability, co-ordinating skills, communication skills, with strong customer focus, project management skills.  Computer literate in Word Processing, spreadsheets and database manipulation, thorough understanding of computer hardware and software, CBS, Project management, Payphones,

Alcatel A9800, A9500, Lucent Swing, UMC 1000 Siemens and Ericsson DECT systems. ADSL test measurements.WLAN. MARKETING TRENDS, MARKETING, BUSINESS PLANNING

Introduction to Metrology (AC/DC)  -  Technikon Pretoria

Turbo C++

ISO 25 – Laboratory Systems Course  -  NLA

MS Excel

MS Word

ISO 9000

Introduction to CBS, Network Management (9 days)

Introduction to Network Planning.

Cable Analysis

Advanced Driver’s Course

Jointing Instructions

Network survey

Artemis

ProjEstim

Radio frequency spectrum management (Presenter C. Alais)

Introductory knowledge of EMC and EMI.

Introduction to Transmission.

Digital Transmission Principles

Mast & Tower Safety

Practical EMC/EMI for engineers (Presented by IDC)

Introduction to VSAT technology

Wireless Planning (Presenter P.Smith)

First Aid Level 1

Intro to RASGIS

DECT : Alcatel A9800 & A9500

Ericsson Minilink

Siemens WiMAX Network Planning Course

Next Generation Networks Professional (Rhodes University)

MS Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook, Binder

Lotus Notes

MS Explorer, Communicator, Front Page Editor, Groupwise, Microsoft Mail,

Paintshop Pro, Photo Page Editor

Corel Wordperfect, Quattro Pro, Corel Draw & Visio

Pascal

Borland Delphi

Currently teaching myself Visual Basic.

Artemis, Rasgis, ProjEstim, Visio

English, Afrikaans and Hindi.

Computer software.

Reading about new technologies in telecommunications magazines.

Reading self realisation books

Playing golf.

1. Name of referee:

Kashi Lalbiharry

Company :

Position:

Telkom SA

Specialist – Integrated Network Planning

Phone Number:

012 311 2364

2. Name of referee:

Tinyiko Ngobeni

Company :

Position:

Vodacom

Senior Specialist Regulatory Affairs

Phone Number:

011 8488 159