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IAN HUNG, P. Eng. |
MOBILE: +1 (778) 879 7492 |
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SUMMARY |
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• Seeking an opportunity in technical consulting while honing skills in project management and engineering. • Previously engaged in a high profile project to develop wireless infrastructure for Shaw Communications from nominal RF design to site acquisition. Completed RF infrastructure design for Wind Mobile. Formerly staffed at Rogers Wireless as part of the new site development national team and was a team specialist for in-building systems. • Exceptional understanding of the wireless industry from RF wireless infrastructure design to the inner workings of telecommunication companies such as land acquisition for new cellular towers, engineering design and construction, government RF safety regulations, and end-user sales and support. • Promoted to lead a team of RF engineers and exercised project management activities on scheduling over key engineering design deliverables and network design strategy. • Traveling and relocation flexibility. Open to opportunities within Canada, United States, and abroad. • Please see portfolio of projects at http://www.ianhung.com/. |
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WORK EXPERIENCE |
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ALCATEL-LUCENT Lead RF Design Engineer, Vancouver West (Shaw – New Build) |
VANCOUVER, CANADA JAN 2010-CURRENT |
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• Appointed to the principal ALU technical RF team at Shaw project initiation. Participated in high level customer meetings to devise global coverage objectives for Shaw Communication’s new wireless infrastructure. • Second in command in presenting technical RF design reviews with Shaw’s primary project team at initiation. • Promoted to lead the RF engineering team in Vancouver West. Supervised quality and scheduling of deliverables while being the main customer RF interface. Consolidated work flow of the local design process which resulted in over 90% acceptance of engineering deliverables with minimum customer change requests. • Devised the nominal RF network design in adherence to the link budget for over 400 sites in Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver. Responsible for RF design delivery of 260+ sites in Vancouver West. • Traveled biweekly to local markets to address client’s needs and built a positive relationship with their engineers and project managers. |
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RF Design Engineer (Wind Mobile – New Build) |
NOV 2008-JAN 2010 |
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• Participated in and completed construction of Wind Mobile’s wireless infrastructure for Vancouver Phase 1. • Responsible for the WCDMA/HSDPA RF design in the AWS band for over 60 new cellular sites in Vancouver from search ring definition to RF design specification. • Studied and created internal engineering guideline on the minimum vertical antenna separation for specific fraction of Safety Code 6 limits to aid RF team in dimensioning lease space and cellular configuration. • Conducted on-site surveys. Collaborated with site acquisition associates in determining ideal site position and reviewed candidates on basis of overall RF network design. • Optimized site configuration to obtain target KPIs using ACCO optimization tool. • Studied NCell relationships and scrambling code interference. |
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ERICSSON RF Design Engineer (UMTS Optimization) |
SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES AUG-OCT 2008 |
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• Participated in the launch of T-Mobile’s 3G UMTS network Phase 1 for major West Region markets. • Responsible for optimization support of San Diego and Sacramento markets for network preparedness prior to commercial launch (569 sites combined). • Analyzed UMTS RSCP, Ec/N0, Pilot Pollution plots to check for overshooting sectors and worst offenders. • Liaised with local market cluster engineers in auditing downtilt, azimuth, antenna configuration, and Node-B elements to ensure data integrity for optimization. |
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ROGERS WIRELESS RF System Designer (Department of Radio Engineering – New Site Development) |
TORONTO, CANADA NOV 2004–AUG 2008, SEP-DEC 2000,MAY-AUG 2001. |
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• Responsible for design, specification, and procurement of radio equipment for new cellular towers, rooftops, and in-building projects and repeaters nationally for Mid-West, Central, and Atlantic Regions of Canada. |
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• Specialized in Inbuilding design with detailed understanding of off-air repeater, sector driven, and fibre optic implementations. Key project was UMTS overlay onto GSM inbuilding sites and modifying component selection and coupling for multi-band combining. Troubleshot problematic sites in real time with site technician for effects of intermodulation, uplink interference, and other parasitic characteristics. • Lead RF in-building designer for high-profile projects including Casino Niagara UMTS Integration, Copps Colliseum, Calgary International Airport UMTS Integration, Sunshine Ski Resort, Pacific Mall UMTS Integration, Toronto East General Hospital, and Yonge & Bloor Underground Path Expansion. • Integrated new sites in real-time and monitored coverage, handover, uplink interference, path balance, and other metrics through remote OSS command handler of the Node-B and RNC with drive tester. • Performed SC6 safety simulation and compiled test reports in compliance to Industry Canada standards. • Personal initiatives included the development of software tools to map GSM channel data to GPS software. |
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HSBC Software Developer (CRM / E-Channel Department) |
HONG KONG, CHINA MAY-AUG 2002 CO/OP EVALUATION: OUTSTANDING |
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• Implemented investment web service utilizing Yahoo Portal technology. Collaborated with CRM and IT teams in consolidating design specs of the CRM intranet. Created marketing mock-ups of internet banking signage. |
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KELLOGGS Industrial Engineer |
LONDON, CANADA JAN-APR 2000 CO/OP EVALUATION: EXCELLENT |
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• Incorporated Full Package Waste (FPW) into plant-wide tracking system (VAX) and reported OAE findings to department leaders and plant manager at daily meetings. Collaborated with Information System in reporting plant performance. Integrated sensors with legacy packaging production lines to obtain waste data. |
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EDUCATION |
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UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, WATERLOO, CANADA JUN 2004 • BASc Honours Computer Engineering with International Studies in Engineering Option. • Participated in the Exchange Program at the National University of Singapore (Aug – Dec 2002) |
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EXTRACURRICULAR |
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TELUS MOBILITY, MISSISSAUGA, CANADA OCT-DEC 2004 • Sales Associate. Applied assertive salesmanship to customers. Handled customer contract inquiries. Completed Telus Mobility certified sales courses on inbound sales techniques. |
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JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT (NORTEL), CALGARY, CANADA APR-JUL 1999 • Vice President of Finance. |
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CERTIFICATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING |
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• Licensed Professional Engineer with Professional Engineers Ontario [Aug 2009] • Business Analyst Fundamentals by the University of Toronto [Jun 2008] • Project Management PMI accredited course for PMP certification by Rogers Wireless [Jul 2007] • WCDMA/HSDPA Design & Capacity Management by Rogers Wireless [Jul 2007 / Jun 2008] • J2ME Certification by Sun Microsystems Singapore [Dec 2002] • Siemens Location Based Service Certification by JWCC Singapore [Dec 2002] |
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AWARDS |
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Top 15 Winner at Singapore’s Java Jam Wireless J2ME programming competition [Dec 2002], Chemical Institute of Canada Special Merit Award [Jun 1999], Alexander Rutherford Scholarship [Jun 1999], Art Student of the Year [Jun 1996], Kiwanis Festival Violin Solo First Place [Gr.1], Violin Duet Second Place [Gr.8]. |
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SKILLS |
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[RF]: ATOLL (A9155) / ACCO, IBWAVE RF-VU, PLANET EV, AIRCOM ASSET 3G, TEMS CELL PLANNER (TCPU), MAPINFO, OSS/WCDMA RAN EXPLORER, OSS/COMMAND HANDLER, OSS/CNA, OSS/PMR, RAPD, PATHLOSS, MCAP, [WEB]: ASP, JSP, PHP, AJAX, JQUERY, JAVASCRIPT, MYSQL, POSTGRESQL, XML/XSLT, CSS, FBML, HTML, GOOGLE MAPS API, [SOFTWARE]: J2ME, J2SE, JSP, C, C++, SQL, VAX, [HARDWARE]: CADENCE, ALTERA QUARTUS, SYNOPSYS, VHDL, C, ASSEMBLY, XILINX FPGA. |
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