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SANDEEP KUMAR

@sandeepkumar3406

Portfolio Manager at Ribbon Communications

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Ribbon CommunicationsNIM

Sandeep Kumar is a seasoned professional with 20 years of experience in IT and Telecommunications. His expertise spans Service Delivery, Technical Management, and Portfolio Management, including leading complex, multi-vendor programs. He has deep knowledge in deploying and managing telecom networks, cloud environments (AWS, AZURE, GCP), and various large-scale projects.

Experience

Portfolio Manager- Professional Services

Ribbon Communications

•Mar 2021 - Jan 2023

Developing, managing, and owning the Services portfolio for the assigned products, solutions, offerings, and markets. Responsibilities included developing comprehensive professional services and solution strategies, identifying market requirements, commercializing services offerings, and supporting RFx and bid responses.

Program Manager- Service Delivery

Ribbon Communications

•Apr 2014 - Feb 2021

Leading and managing end-to-end service delivery including P&L. Responsibilities included overseeing the full program/project lifecycle, accurate forecasting, identifying and mitigating program/project risks, and driving services revenue growth.

Technical Project Manager

Nokia Siemens Networks

•Sep 2009 - Apr 2014

Technical Management of trials/pilot projects, greenfield deployments, POCs, NPI, and FMA projects. Responsible for planning, organizing, and managing network implementation activities, and managing multivendor interface verification testing.

Associate Consultant- Networks

HCL

•Aug 2008 - Sep 2009

Operations and Maintenance activities of core network elements (Nokia- MSS, MGW, Siemens- MSC/VLR, HLR) for customer Belgacom/Proximus, Belgium, Europe. Led successful transition of core network operations to HCL off-site team.

Team Leader- Core Network Operations

Nokia Siemens Networks

•Jun 2006 - Aug 2008

Operations and maintenance activities of core network elements (Siemens- GMSC, MSC/VLR and HLR) for customer Vodafone, India (Rajasthan circle). Led and directed team of Core network operations.

Executive- Mobile Core Networks

Siemens Public Communications Networks

•Aug 2005 - Jun 2006

Installation, Commissioning, Integration and Acceptance Testing of Siemens MSC/VLR and HLR. Performed Software and Hardware upgrades of MSC/VLR and HLR.

Switch Engineer, GET

Hutch

•Jun 2003 - Aug 2005

Education

NIM

MBA

Telecom Management

MIT/RGPV

B.E.

Computer Science and Engineering

Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

4-year fulltime course.

Licenses & Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP)

PMI, USA

• No expiration

Skills

Service Delivery Management
Technical Management
Portfolio Management
Program Management
Project Management
AWS
AZURE
GCP
VMWare
KVM
Open stack
Core Network
Radio
2G
3G
4G/LTE
VoIP
MNP
Cloud
Virtualization