Opeyemi Balogun
Medicine Hat,alberta
Summary
I am a Fiber Optic Specialist with 17 years experience in Optical fiber networks, Lan Structured Cabling, FTTX, FTTH, DWDM, ROADM, METRO & IPRAN network planning and implementation. I have led a team of civil and fiber optic engineers and technicians to install over 3000km of underground fiber optic cable across 15 states in Nigeria while also conducted hundreds of CAT(civil acceptance tests) & FAT(Fiber acceptance tests) on all major network providers in Nigeria.
I have for the past 7 years managed at least 18 fiber optix maintenance teams across 7 states in Nigeria.
I have experience in Fiber optic sensing and monitoring systems. Familiar with all test equipment(OTDR, LS/PM, CD and PMD test).
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Regional Technical Manager
Juspartners Cosmopolitan Company
10.2020 - Current
- Site Survey and site acceptance.
- coordination and management of 19 preventive and corrective fiber maintenance teams and operational vehicles.
- · Supervised employee performance, preventive maintenance, and safety.
- · Provided guidance to management regarding project bids for onsite improvements.
- · Developed and implemented employee incentive programs to promote top performance.
- · Rolled out improved training programs for maintenance employees
Fiber Regional Technical Officer
Huawei Technologies
Lagos, LA
03.2018 - 10.2020
- Site Survey and site acceptance.
- Ensuring preventive patrols, snag identification and corrective works (casting of exposed cable, covering of open handholes, etc) are effectively carried out so as to minimize fiber cut
- Providing and executing of proactive mitigation plans on all AIRTEL fiber Northwest/Northeast underground fiber cable affected by construction activities and all other threats.
- Interface with customers to defend performance, reveal challenges and support required, proffer lasting solution
- preparing MOP(Method of Procedure).
- Maintained documentation for all fiber routes and splicing, including equipment inventory
- Make reports using powerpoint and excel for effective collation of data and communication for both customer and subordinate .
Quality Control Engineer/Fiber Team Lead
Huawei Technologies Co
11.2011 - 02.2018
- Working as a outsourced fiber quality control engineer who's primary responsibility is to drive teams to minimize the number of fiber cuts and ensured quick resolution should there be any fiber failure.
- Ensure effective patrolling, identification and quick closure of snags.
- Effective use of OTDR, LS.PM, VFL CD and PMD Fiber cables test equipment for troubleshooting and quick resolution of fiber failures.
- Carrying out both temporary and permanent preventive maintenance works by bypassing construction spans with aerial cable, covering all exposed cable routes, ensuring bridge crossing and casting are intact, replacing stolen or broken hand hole covers , ETC,
Fiber Implementation and Maintenance Team Lead.
RAEANNA Telecoms
03.2010 - 10.2011
- Backbone and metro cable laying and termination, OTDR, LS.PM, CD and PMD testing for Fiber cable tests
- · Related fiber optic cabling civil works (excavation, H.H, M.H, Duct, Sub duct, Micro Duct, orange pipe, Asphalt and concrete)Making the as-Built Drawings using AutoCAD.
- · Coordinated installation of all new users and relocations of existing users.
Fiber Implementation and Maintenance Team Lead
Astera Engineering
03.2008 - 02.2010
- .Ensure effective patrolling, identification and quick closure of snags.
- Effective use of OTDR, LS.PM, VFL CD and PMD Fiber cables test equipment for troubleshooting and quick resolution of fiber failures.
- Carrying out both temporary and permanent preventive maintenance works by bypassing construction spans with aerial cable, covering all exposed cable routes, ensuring bridge crossing and casting are intact, replacing stolen or broken hand hole covers , ETC,
- Backbone and metro cable laying and termination, OTDR, LS.PM, CD and PMD testing for Fiber cable tests
- · Related fiber optic cabling civil works (excavation, H.H, M.H, Duct, Sub duct, Micro Duct, orange pipe, Asphalt and concrete)Making the as-Built Drawings using AutoCAD.
- · Coordinated installation of all new users and relocations of existing users.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Human Resource Management
Institut Superieur De Communication Et De Gestion
Cocotomey, Benin05.2016
Associate of Applied Science - Civil Engineering
The Polytechnic, Ibadan
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria05.2005
Skills
- Telecommunications equipment
- Routing GSM Optical Fiber Switches
- Network architecture design FTTH
- Fiber Optics GPON
- FTTX Telecommunications FTTH
- Design Network
- Transmission DWDM Pre-sales Cabling Testing
- Wireless Networking Air Blown
- Fiber OTDR TEST Metro Ethernet
- PTP FOC Design ROADM Agile
- Networks
- Troubleshooting
- Google Docs
- Project leadership
Accomplishments
- Implementation of GLOBACOM fiber backbone rollout project in November 2006, South west Nigeria between Akure and Ilesha (240km 96 core fiber optix cable) including excavation, civil works, laying cable with warning tape, marker post, H.H, HDD, cable splicing,testing,troubleshooting and commissioning.
- Maintenance of 470km AIRTEL fiber optix route in southwest nigeria between ibadan and Jebba from November 2008 - march 2010
- Implementation of GLOBACOM fiber backbone rollout project in April 2010, North west Nigeria between Minna and Lokoja (400km 96 core fiber optix cable) including excavation, civil works, laying cable with warning tape, marker post, H.H, HDD, cable splicing,testing,troubleshooting and commissioning.
- Implementation of MTN NFE project in January 2011, Northeast Nigeria in Kaduna (107km 96 core fiber optix cable) including excavation, civil works, laying cable with warning tape, marker post, H.H, HDD, cable splicing,testing,troubleshooting and commissioning.
- FTTH project October 2012, Implementing FTTH project at ijebu ode area, Pulling feeder cable and main cable in existing civil, termination in FDT, TB, ODB, OSB, Testing cables after splicing and pulling using LSPM and OTDR VDSL project
- Quality control and maintenance of about 3200km of AIRTEL & MTN fiber optix network cable in Northwest and Northeast nigeria under HUAWEI TELECOMUNICATION COMPANY between November 20011 - March 20018
- Regional manager supervising 15 fiber maintenance teams managing 3200km of AIRTEL & MTN fiber optix network cable in Northwest and Northeast nigeria under HUAWEI TELECOMUNICATION COMPANY between March 20018 - October 2020.
- Regional manager supervising 19 fiber maintenance teams managing 3700km of AIRTEL fiber optix network cable in Northwest and Northeast nigeria under JUSPARTNERS COSMOPOLITAN CO, From November 20020 till date
Certification
- Professional PMP PM1 October 2014
- (CFOT) The FOA license fiber optix Association 2006
Languages
English (Full professional proficiency)Arabic (Native or bilingual proficiency)
Additional Information
- Honors and Awards Certificate of Appreciation from AIRTEL Nigeria, November 2016 Certificate of Appreciation for best field maintenance engineer.
Timeline
Regional Technical Manager
Juspartners Cosmopolitan Company
10.2020 - Current
Fiber Regional Technical Officer
Huawei Technologies
03.2018 - 10.2020
Quality Control Engineer/Fiber Team Lead
Huawei Technologies Co
11.2011 - 02.2018
Fiber Implementation and Maintenance Team Lead.
RAEANNA Telecoms
03.2010 - 10.2011
Fiber Implementation and Maintenance Team Lead
Astera Engineering
03.2008 - 02.2010
Bachelor of Science - Human Resource Management
Institut Superieur De Communication Et De Gestion
Associate of Applied Science - Civil Engineering
The Polytechnic, Ibadan
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