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Chidiebere Anosike. MBA

IT Consultant
Lekki, Lagos

Summary

An Entrepreneurial, Versatile, Senior Business Analyst & Project Manager. Effectively grasps complex business issues and develops concepts towards strategic solution implementation. Result Driven Senior Business Analyst with Track Record of leading BA initiatives in IT and Tech. Identifies and Clarifies Operational and Business Objectives Using Various Elicitation Techniques. Teased Out and Clarified Functional & Non-Functional Requirements from Stakeholders using Various Elicitation Techniques. Developed detailed Business Requirement Document (BRD) with Functional, Non-Functional Requirements & Business Rules. Created Stories, Epics & Sprints on Jira from Functional & Non-Functional Requirements. Developed Process Flow Diagrams using Microsoft Visio, to Appraise Systems’ Current State & Capabilities. Recommended Process Improvements & Future State Based on Identified Gaps that Impact on Efficiency & Productivity & Represented Same in Process Flow Diagrams. Expert Proficiency in the Use of Tableau for Analysis of Complex Data Sets, Identifying Trends and Anomalies, Deducing and Presenting Same to Management for Strategic Business Decision Making. Created UI/UX Design prototypes on Figma for Effective Communication of Requirements to Developers. Wrote and Executed Test Cases for Functional Testing, Systems Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) against Documented Criteria that Proved out Scenarios and Identified Defects for Issue Tracking & Resolution. Program & Project Management of Transformation Projects. Effective Collaboration with Cross Functional Teams to Deliver New Systems and Solutions aligned with Business Needs. Excellent Presentation Skills, Effective Communication with Management and Executives. Self-motivated Business Analyst brings proven leadership, organizational and customer relations skills. Independently solves problems and keeps teams on task to handle diverse business requirements. History retaining clients and talented staff. Highly organized and detail-oriented professional with strong work ethic and dedication to achieving goals. Skilled at developing and maintaining documentation systems, managing calendars and preparing reports. Knowledgeable in project management principles, business processes and customer service best practices.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
16
16
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Founder & Lead Business Analyst

Ingres Quality Rollout Limited
Lagos
03.2015 - Current
  • Analyzed open orders, backlog, and sales data to provide sales team with insights.
  • Conducted interviews with key business stakeholders and users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
  • Generated business intelligence reports to inform strategic decision-making.
  • Collaborated with different teams in product line transition to streamline manufacturing footprint.
  • Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
  • Collaborated with different stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.
  • Performed gap analysis to identify areas of improvement.
  • Surveyed over 1000 users/clients to ascertain requirements and expectations for product.
  • Generated ad-hoc reports to evaluate specific business requirements.
  • Generated standard and custom reports to provide insights into business performance.
  • Developed complex dashboard and reporting tools to track different business performance metrics using Tableau and Figma.
  • Extracted and analyzed data from multiple sources, created customized reports and summaries which are presented in visually appealing format using Tableau.
  • Utilized data visualization techniques to present and explain complex data sets.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.
  • Created dashboards to monitor and track key performance indicators.
  • Lead company’s Product & Service Development Teams for Education and Security as part of process improvement plans
  • Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
  • Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
  • Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.

General Rollout Manager

Alcatel –Lucent Nigeria
05.2012 - 02.2015
  • Multi-Products.)
  • Co-ordination and collation of KPI (Key Performance Indicators) measurements based on audits carried out to achieve the following
  • Determine process capability (Cpk) and degree of variation of process outputs if any, following the DMAIC Improvement Cycle of Lean –Six Sigma practice to improve business processes
  • Lead execution of process improvements activities in line with DMAIC Improvement Cycle of Lean –Six Sigma practice and Operations Science, to improve operational efficiency and lower cost of deployments and operations where variation in process output have been established
  • Measure the extent to which work packages, tasks and deliverables are completed the right way first time per project
  • Measure the extent to which ‘revisits’ are required to complete tasks and deliverables per project
  • Identify each snag or cause for revisit’ per deliverable per project
  • Identify the snag resulting in the highest number of revisits per site per project, with a view to making procedural adjustments and changes to processes on the project for improved project performance and efficiency
  • Responsible for CR2P and implementation of initiatives geared towards achieving ‘cost reduction to projects’ in the business
  • Responsible for and overseeing of the overall migration of deployment activities on all projects in the business to service mode
  • Oversee Service Request Tool, and its utilization in line with migration to service mode
  • Ensuring that policies and procedures governing service mode for project deployments are continually reviewed in line with best practice in the industry
  • Liaising with different interfaces including Project Managers, Competence Managers and PMO to ensure inputs are received continuously from all stakeholders to support CR2P (Cost Reduction To Project) initiative of the business
  • Continuous and direct engagement with rollout managers for different projects to ensure compliance and success with migration of all deployment services to lumpsum in service mode.

Principal Consultant and Total Project Manager

Adata Investments & Co
02.2010 - 08.2011
  • Trueposition LOCINT Network Rollout For Rivers State Government Of Nigeria.)
  • Managed a 12 million US dollar budget with different expertise in all phases of the project
  • Developed cost schedules while managing budget performance for state wide rollout of LOCINT solution involving 100 Trueposition LMU’s (Location Measurement Units), Agilent probes, WLP’s (Wireless Location Processors), Lims Siphones, Optical Muxes, Cisco Routers, and all core network elements for U-TDOA solution
  • Developed and managed implementation of total rollout project plan and dependencies.

Transmission Implementation Manager

Ericsson AB. Ghana
02.2008 - 08.2009
  • Millicom Account.)
  • Managed Tigo’s Network and transmission rollout nation-wide delivering 439 BTSs and 233 transmission hops within 16months
  • Delivering access network solutions as part of network expansion
  • Delivering and managing detailed project and rollout plans and their dependencies
  • Managing Transmission and rollout resource both personnel and equipment
  • Managing and providing high level technical Support to 16 on-site installation teams with supervisors
  • Managing stakeholders and scope of projects and the deliveries
  • Providing Technical Support to Ericsson sales and technical staff
  • Providing on the job training for installation teams to improve competence and overall quality of project deliverables
  • Co-ordination of ATP’s (Acceptance Test Procedure) for different project phases for final handover to the customer
  • Promoting innovation and implementation of new ideas and best practice
  • Ensured Quality and Data integrity of the Transmission Implementation milestones in the project database
  • Implemented monitored and reviewed projects Transmission Implementation quality plan and improve overall project quality in designated cluster
  • Ensured competent and adequate ASP resources are engaged to deliver the programs aim
  • Managed the Transmission Implementation ASP’s scope of work and program activity according to the agreed contract and Service Level Agreement SLA
  • Ensured compliance with all Ericsson procurement and financial processes relating to Transmission Implementation
  • Prepared and Implemented improvement plans in the designated cluster to address variance between planned and actual Transmission Implementation progress, KPI performance and quality plan
  • Actively encouraged safety awareness and best practice among all employees and service providers
  • Identifying issues, proposing solutions and assigning actions to ensure the agreed Transmission Implementation Plan is achieved
  • Managing purchase orders and site material requests in line with the Transmission Implementation Processes
  • Reviewed and approved invoices from ASP’s, service providers or suppliers within the set limits of authority
  • Providing written and/or verbal reports on project progress and compliance with KPI’s for internal and external stakeholders.

Senior Consultant

Ericsson AB
06.2007 - 01.2008
  • Transmission Rollout
  • STC/Aljawal Network Rollout
  • Delivering Radio Access Network expansion through BTS rollout and configuration for over 2000 sites in 6months
  • Increased RAN capacity and ensured that STC retained largest market share
  • Responsible for Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP’s) for all transmission installations and hub sites within Riyadh metropolis
  • Co-ordinating subcontractors for overall and timely delivery of the project within strict timelines and budget
  • Supervision of Transmission installations ( Minilink Traffic Node 6P & 20P, DXX tellabs 6340, 6345), Implementation of BTS rehoming to free transmission capacity and ease congestions on the network, Transmission capacity cut-overs from Mini-Link E Classic to Mini-Link Traffic Nodes.

Senior Consultant

Etisalat MISR
Cairo
02.2007 - 05.2007
  • GSM start up project.), , Network Rollout, and integration
  • Delivering a new GSM & UMTS network for a entrant operator with an aggressive focus on coverage and quick expansion
  • 2G (RBS 2216,2106), 3G(Node B, RBS 3106) site interconnectivity using Ericsson Minilink Hi Cap, Traffic Node, Nera City Link
  • Test, Commissioning And Integration Of Ericsson Minilink Hi Cap and Traffic Node (2P, 6P or 20P) systems and IP/DCN Configurations for Minilink Manager
  • Commissioning, Testing and Integration of Marconi ADM (OMS 1684 & OMS 1674) to support BSS and Core network rollout
  • Provision of 1st and 2nd line support for all transmission nodes on the network
  • Overall supervision of field installations to ensure strict adherence to ITU standards on installation quality (Installation Quality Management), to support the commercial launch and subsequent rollout and expansion of the network
  • RBS 2216, 2106, 3106 Node Commissioning/integrations and Testing.

Senior Project Transmission Engineer

Ericsson BSD Sudan
Khartoum
05.2006 - 11.2006
  • Commissioning, Test and Integration of Tellabs Dxx6350 and Dxx 6340 nodes for Core and access Transmission network rollout and network expansion support
  • Provision of operation and maintenance support for these nodes
  • Provision of transmission support for all Core Network nodes, AXE nodes, Media- Gateway and MPBN
  • Implementation, Commissioning And Integration of PDH Links And SDH Rings Using ERICSSON MINILINK (High Cap, And Traffic Node) to support traffic and required capacity upgrades for Khartoum Metropolis
  • Supervision Of Radio Antenna Alignment.

Coordinator

Econet Wireless/Vmobile TRANSMISSION AND DATA NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Lagos
  • Transmission Service Provision and Data Management
  • Responsible for managing detailed budget, base and stretch targets for the BTS roll-out
  • Managed transmission resources to deliver 2148 BTSs nation-wide within 18months and against a CAPEX per subscriber of $3000
  • Achieved a rollout rate of 138 BTS in two weeks on Vmobile’s Project ROSE
  • Management/ coordination of transmission service requests throughout the network, providing support to project managers for network upgrades/ expansions to meet availability targets and roll out targets using Ericsson equipment, Motorola equipment and Huawei equipment (BSC’s and Transcoders)
  • Involved in capacity and route planning to ensure overall success of the roll-out
  • Overseeing transmission availability for connectivity to Vmobile shops and Vmobile customer care/service centers
  • Collation and tracking of transmission resources through-out the network, development and management of entire transmission database showing number of transmission links, link capacities, route traffic analysis, status and details of transmission support towards entire network roll-out
  • Project Management for Vmobile’s Project ROSE (ROLLING OUT SERVICE EVERYWHERE), from transmissions perspective, tracking of service requests from date received to final implementation.

Project Leader

Econet Wireless/Vmobile CORE & ACCESS TRANMISSION PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
Lagos
  • Management of access transmission support for entire 2.5G GSM network roll-out, (Access Transmission support forMotorola BTS sites and 300 Ericsson BTS sites roll-out across the country), East/West Backbone (core transmission infrastructure) rollout from Lagos to Benin through Isuofia, in Anambra State, eastern Nigerian
  • Implementation of Network Management System (NETBOSS), Tellabs, Mux Integration
  • Planning & Implementation of DXX (Digital Cross Connect) Nodes within Network to facilitate transmission performance monitoring
  • CORE & ACCESS TRANMISSION PLANNING.

Specialist

Econet Wireless/VMobile Nigeria
05.2003 - 04.2006
  • PROVIDING TRANSMISSION SUPPORT FOR NETWORK ROLL-OUT AND EXPANSIONS
  • Transmission and Data Network Management Systems(tnms):
  • System Availability: Performing all DXC (Digital Cross Connect) on DXX to ensure transmission capacity upgrades for BTS’s, new BTS site integrations, BTS and BSC rehoming, BTS and BSC dimensioning
  • Ensuring all transmission Network elements availability including the GPS equipment
  • Ensuring that support is provided at all times to other engineering and operational departments to achieve overall network quality and availability through the DXX
  • Involved in roll-out of DXX 6300 equipment throughout the network, (Installation and commissioning), to support capacity upgrades and availability of transmission capacity throughout the network for new BTS site roll-out
  • Overall management of DXX 6350 and 6340, creation of nodes with unique node id’s on the management tool, digital cross-connections, fault management, and support
  • Installation and configuration of synch clocks: (Symmetricom Time Source & Symmetricom SSU 2000e GPS.) G811 Standard
  • To implement synch on MSC/BSC level and all AXE nodes (HLR,TSC,SCP,SDP), NTP server implementation for synchronization of VAS and IN nodes on IP level
  • DXX 6340, 6320, and Satellite modems
  • Implementation of an I.P based Network Management System for the Synch network Country wide.

Transmission Planning Engineer

GENERAL TELECOM PLC
02.2002 - 04.2003
  • Forecast planning for required traffic capacity
  • Nominal Transmission Planning & MUX PLANNING ISSUES
  • Radio Link MINILINK / ERICSSON microwave link planning using Pathloss 4.0
  • MUX planning according to Rings Capacity
  • Preparing Transmission Optimization and Migration plans for the network
  • Preparing MSC cutover plan for upgrading network
  • Attending to Nominal Transmission Planning Issues (Loop topology)
  • Preparing LOS & TSS Survey Reports, and solving MW Antenna placement issues
  • GSM Transmission Network Planning & Optimizations
  • Evaluation of SSR, TSS and LOS survey Reports
  • Microwave Radio Link Frequency Planning
  • Preparing Guidelines and Procedures
  • Attending to Transmission Optimization Issues
  • InterMSC, A-Ter and A-Bis Traffic Calculations
  • Road and Main Transmission Route Alternative Path Planning
  • Rerouting planning and cutovers for the existing sites to minimize E1 costs after integration of new sites
  • Planning new sites and performing site surveys for pure transmission site, Installation and Commission of DMC Stratex range of Microwave Radios; ALTIUM(SDH), DXR700(PDH), and XP4(PDH) to support the core and access networks for GSM.
  • Involved in C-Band and Ku-Band Vsat installations, implementation of wide area networks (WAN) and local area networks (LAN), Troubleshooting and maintenance of same, Internet protocol addressing.

Education

MBA - Business Administration And Management

Lagos Business School (LBS), Pan Atlantic University
Lagos, Nigeria.
01.2013 - 04.2015

PRE-GRADUATE QUALIFICATION -

University of Benin
Benin City, ED
01.1995 - 04.2000

Secondary School Certificate -

University of Port Harcourt Demonstration Secondary School
Port Harcourt, RI
09.1991 - 07.1993

Junior School Certificate -

Federal Government College
Okigwe
02.1988 - 07.1991

School -

University of Port Harcourt Demonstration Pry. School
Port Harcourt, RI
09.1984 - 06.1987

Skills

Development of Industry Use Cases for Tech Solutions across industries – Energy, Manufacturing, Finance etcundefined

Accomplishments

  • By ERICSSON TELECOM AB
  • 17/02/2004
  • Operation & Maintenance on Nera SDH & PDH Radio-Link Systems (City link & Cell Link)
  • At Nera ASA, Bergen Norway…14th April – 23rd April 2004
  • Course Content: Introduction to PDH & SDH System Overview, Unit Configuration, Supervisory Networking, Element
  • Configuration, City Link ADM Configuration & Practical Exercises
  • Mini Link System Survey (LZU 1086108) by ERICSSON TELECOM AB 1/06/2004
  • Mini Link System Planning (LZU 113307) by ERICSSON TELECOM AB 02/06/2004 – 04/06/2004
  • Maintenance and Operation of Harris Megaster Digital Microwave Radio 2004-07-02
  • Maintenance and Operation of Harris Micro Star Digital Microwave Radio 2004-07-02
  • Maintenance and Operation of Harris FARSCAN (Farinon Remote System Control and Alarm Network)
  • 2004/07/07
  • Harris Net Boss Training (Manage IT)
  • 2004 Sept
  • 20-22
  • ADC Metrica Training (Metrica NPR Users, Metrica Web User, Metrica Pas Performance Alarm, Introduction to Kingfisher)
  • 2004 Sept
  • 07-14
  • DXX System Overview (LZU 1073360)
  • By ERICSSON TELECOM 22/11/2004
  • DXX System Overview (LZU 1073382)
  • By ERICSSON TELECOM 23/11/2004 – 25/12/2004
  • DXX 8100 Managed Access System Basics (LZU 1073382)
  • By ERICSSON TELECOM 26/11/2004 – 07/12/2004
  • Network Syncronization Overview, Symmetricom SSU-2000e Installation, Operation and Maintainance Training By SAAB GRINTEK TELECOM
  • 8/02/2006 – 10/02/2006
  • PROJECT S
  • ALGON/ ABG RURAL INTERNET COMMUNICATION SCHEME FOR VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION
  • General Telecom Team Leader involved in the installation of 25KU-Band VSAT Remotes in 25 Local Government Area Head Quarters in the Adamawa & Taraba State Zones
  • For the implementation of a wide area Network WAN for 715 Local Government Areas in the Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • For voice and Data Communication
  • MTNCOMMUNIC AT I ONLTD./DMCSTR AT E XNETWORKSPROJECT
  • General Telecom Staff on site, involved in the implementation of Microwave Radio Links between MTN Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) in the Lagos Metropolis, installation and commissioning of DXR 700 and XP4 microwave radios(DMX Stratex PDH Radios)
  • Implementation of SDH-Backbone for MTN Network in the Southern Region of Nigeria involving installation of Altium Radios (Linking of Oron-Calabar, Oron-Ikot Abasi, (5 Links in all) Akwa-Ibom State by MICRO WAVE
  • Installation and commissioning of Altium microwave radios(DMC Stratex SDH Radio)
  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF EWN TRANSMISSION BACKBONE IMPLEMENTATION
  • Project management of SDH Backbone implementation between Lagos – Benin – Onitsha & between Lagos – Abeokuta – Ibadan – Ijebu Ode
  • (Ring Configuration)

Affiliations

Member, Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Installation, Configuring And Administering Windows 2000 Server INTEREST S, ACTIVITIE S A ND HOBBI ES Mastery of Microsoft Excel & Applications, AutoCAD & Visio Professional Associate Member Institute of Electrical Engineers UK. AIEE Member, AISEC International.

Additional Information

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Timeline

Founder & Lead Business Analyst

Ingres Quality Rollout Limited
03.2015 - Current

MBA - Business Administration And Management

Lagos Business School (LBS), Pan Atlantic University
01.2013 - 04.2015

General Rollout Manager

Alcatel –Lucent Nigeria
05.2012 - 02.2015

Principal Consultant and Total Project Manager

Adata Investments & Co
02.2010 - 08.2011

Transmission Implementation Manager

Ericsson AB. Ghana
02.2008 - 08.2009

Senior Consultant

Ericsson AB
06.2007 - 01.2008

Senior Consultant

Etisalat MISR
02.2007 - 05.2007

Senior Project Transmission Engineer

Ericsson BSD Sudan
05.2006 - 11.2006

Specialist

Econet Wireless/VMobile Nigeria
05.2003 - 04.2006

Transmission Planning Engineer

GENERAL TELECOM PLC
02.2002 - 04.2003

PRE-GRADUATE QUALIFICATION -

University of Benin
01.1995 - 04.2000

Secondary School Certificate -

University of Port Harcourt Demonstration Secondary School
09.1991 - 07.1993

Junior School Certificate -

Federal Government College
02.1988 - 07.1991

School -

University of Port Harcourt Demonstration Pry. School
09.1984 - 06.1987

Coordinator

Econet Wireless/Vmobile TRANSMISSION AND DATA NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Project Leader

Econet Wireless/Vmobile CORE & ACCESS TRANMISSION PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT

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Golf, Reading.

I'm an armature golfer with a 19 Handicap. I enjoy the game alot  and I play one to two rounds of golf per week, depending on my schedule. I also enjoy reading, as it widens my perspective and offers me endless opportunities to learn. 

Golf, Reading.

I'm an armature golfer with a 19 Handicap. I enjoy the game alot  and I play one to two rounds of golf per week, depending on my schedule. I also enjoy reading, as it widens my perspective and offers me endless opportunities to learn. 

Golf, Reading.

I'm an armature golfer with a 19 Handicap. I enjoy the game alot  and I play one to two rounds of golf per week, depending on my schedule. I also enjoy reading, as it widens my perspective and offers me endless opportunities to learn. 

Chidiebere Anosike. MBA IT Consultant