Hi, I’m
GODREIGNS AMEDARI
Product Management | Telco/ICT Management
Summary
Innovative and visionary leader with a track record of operational excellence in telecommunications/ICT management, multi-vendor, managed services, and insourced operations. Experienced and highly passionate about leading teams to develop innovative solutions and products.
Overview
18
years of professional experience
Work History
9mobile
Head NOC & BSS/Snr Product Manager
01.2018 - Current
Job overview
- Provides strategic and operational leadership for 9mobile Network Operations Centre (NOC) and Radio Access Network (RAN) teams for 9mobile network with 12.8 million subscribers.
- Managed full product lifecycle, from ideation through post-launch support, ensuring consistent quality control measures were in place for 4 apps - Site access management app, Technical Change Management app, Enterprise Complaint management app and Site outage telegram bot
- Successfully led the internalization of network operations functions, transitioning from the managed service model to a hybrid in-house operations model. Built the 9mobile NOC team of over 110 resources following the internalization of Level 1 and 2 services. This was achieved in two months.
- Negotiated a revised L3/Tools/Spares management contract with Huawei worth N5.5billion ($7.3 million) resulting in annual savings of N1.05 billion ($1.4million).
- Built new customer experience management, service performance and service assurance functional units/teams within 9mobile NOC from scratch, leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products and services on time and within budget constraints.
- Led the cross-functional operations team to integrate and commission over 1600 LTE/4G sites using frequencies re-farmed from 2G 1800MHz band – an innovative solution when 4G license spectrum was not available.
- Head of Technical Change Control Board at 9mobile managing all technical change requests
9mobile
Principal Engineer, BSS/3G
08.2016 - 01.2018
Job overview
- Transformed the NOC from silo units to a consolidated team handling BSS, TX, IP, Core, VAS, and enterprise activities reducing MTTR by over 10% and improving synergy in the NOC and escalation management.
- Evaluated vendor proposals for equipment procurement, selecting optimal options based on cost-effectiveness and performance criteria during the negotiation of a multi-million-dollar multi-passive/multi-active (MPMA) contract with Nokia Siemens Network.
- Adept at managing enterprise solution clients, supporting multi-million-naira contracts for over 700 clients.
- Supervised the installation and maintenance of 11 fully configured BSCs, 6 PCUs and over 370 BTS sites spanning 6 States in Southwest Nigeria for MTN Nigeria.
- Installed the first outdoor Huawei BTS in Nigeria for MTN
Education
University of Suffolk
Master of Business Administration (on-going)
Federal University of Technology, Minna
B. Eng. Electrical/Computer Engineering, 2nd Class (Upper Division)
University Overview
Class: 2nd Class (Upper Division)
Skills
Product Management
undefinedAffiliations
- Member, Nigeria Economic Summit Group (Trade, Investment and Competitiveness Policy Commission)
- Member, Project Management Institute (818505)
- Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
- Speaker, The Future of Network Operations Centers, 9mobile Tech Community (2022)
- Speaker, Digital Citizenship: Navigating the online world responsibly, Starville Schools (2023)
- 9mobile Technical/Career Mentor
Awards
- 2022 9mobile Nigeria Performance Excellence Award
- 2022 9mobile Nigeria CTO Award for Technical Leadership
- 2021 9mobile Nigeria CEO Award for Innovation and Operational Efficiency
- 2019 9mobile Nigeria CEO Award for Innovation and Operational Efficiency
- 2006 Huawei Technologies Excellent Maintenance Engineer
Timeline
Head NOC & BSS/Snr Product Manager
9mobile
01.2018 - Current
Principal Engineer, BSS/3G
9mobile
08.2016 - 01.2018
University of Suffolk
Master of Business Administration (on-going)
Federal University of Technology, Minna
B. Eng. Electrical/Computer Engineering, 2nd Class (Upper Division)
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