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Dragan Titus Adrian

Presales Solution Architect
BUCURESTI

Summary

Talented Solutions Architect coordinates stakeholders to drive successful development efforts and meet mission-critical business needs.

As a Presales Solution Architect specializing in telecom systems, I excel in performing network dimensioning by analyzing applications resource requirements. I ensure that the infrastructure supports optimal performance, scalability, and resilience. Collaborating closely with the R&D team, I drive the enhancement of applications and features, while also working with the sales team to tailor solutions that balance cost-effectiveness with business objectives.

Over 17 years of progressive experience in Telecom Industry.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Presales Solutions Architect (Monitoring Solutions Legacy and 5G)

Anritsu
10.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: Telecommunication Monitoring Solution Vendor
  • Analyze customer requirements and ensures the design of technical solutions to meet customer requirements for HW / SW functionalities
  • Participate in pre-sales activities, contributing to the development of technical offers
  • Elaboration of the implementation documents
  • Presentation of the solution offered to the customer, in writing, verbally or in person, at the customer's headquarters or at Anritsu's headquarters
  • Participate actively in the development of new solutions to implement customer requirements
  • Strict connection with the clients, the contracts, the projects that are in charge of the department
  • Managing a portfolio of approximately 15 client accounts, focusing on network dimensioning, solution descriptions, and handling RFIs, RFPs, RFQs. Delivering support for extensions, feature implementations, and crafted compelling presentations to address client needs and business objectives.

Solutions Architect VEPC/5G Core Packet Core and Telco Cloud Integration Engineer 4G, 5G

Ericsson
10.2018 - 10.2022
  • Company Overview: Telecommunication Network Vendor
  • Packet Core Network, Cloud, virtual applications, IP
  • Pre-sales activities, including pre-studies
  • Plan the implementation of the product configuration / integration work
  • Execute product configuration
  • Execute integration and migration work
  • Prepare system test, module test and acceptance tests
  • Work to identify and drive improvements
  • Post project activities (customer support, emergency duty)
  • E2e technical understanding of mobile data networks (3G, 4G, 5G)
  • Execute tests
  • Successfully led the modernization of Telekom Ro's core network by implementing new virtual nodes (vSGSN-MME, vEPG) within a span of 1.5 years.
  • On the 5GSA VDF DE project, one of the first in Europe, we successfully designed, deployed, and migrated the PoC to a live system within 1.5 years. Additionally, we achieved the first 5GSA call in a live system using EPSFB.

Professional Service Engineer

Telrad
06.2016 - 10.2018
  • Company Overview: Telecommunication Network Vendor
  • Primary target is to drive current state and future state architectures and solutions for customers to enable business outcomes
  • The PFS Engineer will operate at both tactical and strategic levels within their assigned projects
  • As PFS Engineer I was responsible to manage WiMAX and LTE network
  • Translate business requirements into technical requirements, establish the technical solution, create the HLD and LLD documents, perform in-depth and high-level technical presentations for customers, partners and prospects, present and document technical solutions
  • Lead a global technical delivery team
  • Supervise team in technical related matter
  • Provide technical supporting, include dealing with technical problem and fault, maintenance operation, and devices upgrading
  • Technical point of contact
  • Engineering team, customer, and vendor, I provided training to employees and customers
  • Analyze network performance, resolve complex network problem, and optimize network architecture

Global Technical Service Senior Engineer - PS Core Network

Huawei
12.2015 - 06.2016
  • Company Overview: Telecommunication Network Vendor
  • Responsible to network Designing, plan, implement, integrate, migrate, software Commissioning, Cutover and perform acceptance test for Core network
  • Lead or be part of global technical delivery team
  • Supervise team in technical related matter
  • Provide technical supporting, include dealing with technical problem and fault, maintenance operation, and devices upgrading
  • As technical point of contact, e.g
  • Engineering team, customer, and vendor, to provide training to employees and customers
  • To engage directly with marketing team, project team, and customer for the purpose of promoting and delivering strategic services
  • To analyse network performance, resolve complex network problem, and optimize network architecture
  • Telecommunication Network Vendor

Senior packet core network design engineer

Telekom Romania
10.2013 - 12.2015
  • Company Overview: Telecommunication Network Operator
  • Establishes the network architecture (High level design) for packet network in order to implement company strategic development plans
  • Coordinates integration and testing of packet network elements and validates the technical acceptances with the vendors in order to confirm the quality of implementation
  • Propose the criteria for the optimization of packet network in order to maximize the usage of network resources
  • Coordinates the activities from operational plans for projects related to packet network services
  • Assures next level of support to Operation & Maintenance in order to be compliant with internal procedures
  • Cooperates with the other departments in the division in order to give support for the projects related to packet network
  • Is responsible maintaining the network KPI's in the defined parameters in order to assure a good quality of network functionality
  • Telecommunication Network Operator

Core network engineer

COSMOTE ROMANIAN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SA
05.2011 - 09.2013
  • Company Overview: Telecommunication Network Operator
  • As core network engineer I have responsibilities like: Traffic and traffic parameters monitoring
  • Core network optimization
  • Equipments dimensioning and traffic analyzing
  • Handle proof of concept testing and network design validation in lab
  • Function as Trial SAE on Core Network Planning efforts on new systems implementation within Cosmote live network
  • Create capacity planning standards and guidelines for network continued expansion
  • Coordinate with peer Facility Engineering groups and NSN Engineering
  • Support network and space development, system acceptance test criteria and performance applications
  • Handle onsite survey, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of GSM/CDMA /WCDMA equipment
  • Maintain Core Network Component Vendors to create specific Service Actions, provide new features and Application Roadmap
  • Configure Core Network by current activities of modification like extensions, deletions etc
  • By elaborating Work Orders
  • Telecommunication Network Operator

OMC engineer

Telelink
10.2010 - 05.2011
  • Company Overview: A multinational company with more application areas in telecommunication field: Wireless Networks; System Integration; Intelligent Facilities; Complete office solutions
  • As an Operation Management Centre (OMC) Engineer I have to integrate NE's in the networks of two large Operators companies, in accordance with clients WO's
  • Also, I have to upgrade NE's, provide technical support and troubleshooting
  • A multinational company with more application areas in telecommunication field: Wireless Networks; System Integration; Intelligent Facilities; Complete office solutions

Telecommunication engineer

Interactive Technical Services SA.
01.2008 - 10.2010
  • Company Overview: Interactive Technical Services (ITS) has a wide range of services, like: Installation, commissioning and maintenance for telecommunication companies, base station transceiver installation for mobile telephony, alarms and supervising systems installation for mobile telephony network and installation for power supply equipment, integration of telecommunication equipment into telecomm cabinets in our facilities or client site, structured cabling Category 5,6 for voice/data communications and fiber optic distribution frame and E1 Digital distribution frame installation
  • Responsibilities:
    Period: 2008.12- 2010.10 NETWORK PLANNING ENGINEER Responsibilities: -Telecom part: Data centralization after Site Survey. Offer suggestion about viable solutions for communications and data transfers depending on the client. Preparing project according imposed requirements and standards.
    -Structured cabling part: Site survey locations achievement and preparation of specific documents. Proposal of the optimal structured cabling solution, preparing project according imposed requirements and standards, generate lists of materials. Adequate testing of the network after implementation of the solution
    Benefits: car , notebook, phone
    Period: 2008.08- 2008.12 RADIO NETWORK PLANING ENGINEER (project on HUAWEI) Responsible for radio network planning and optimization for GSM/CDMA/WCDMA products of a international company. Responsible for studying and instituting radio network planning solutions.
    Period: 2008.06- 2008.08 FIELD ENGINEER Responsibilities: Commissioning and integration GSM (on Nortel)and 3G(on HUAWEI) site in the company of mobile telephony network. Commissioning and integration Cisco equipments in the DWDM network.
    Period: 2008.01- 2008.06 NETWORK SUPPORT ENGINEER (project on HUAWEI) Responsibilities: Monitor the Network Elements alarms on the centralized mobile network management platform M2000 and LMT developed by Huawei Technologies Co. , identify and replace the faulty parts and/or inform other maintenance personnel. Perform Work Change Orders sent for execution by different technical departments.

Network Administrator

S.C. ANTICOROSIV S.A.
03.2007 - 02.2008
  • Company Overview: ANTICOROSIV S.A
  • Is a national leader in the protection of metal and concrete surfaces. It offers you modern solutions for fighting corrosion, thus prolonging the life of your installations and buildings, contributing to the reduction of costs and to the protection of the environment
  • Responsible for the maintenance of computer hardware and software that comprises a computer network.This normally includes the attachment/deployment, configuration, maintenance and monitoring of active network equipment

Education

Bachelor's Degree - Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Switching, traffic and services

Polytechnic University Bucharest
Bucharest, B
01.2002 - 01.2007

High school or equivalent - math - physics

Colegiul National Ion Minulescu
Slatina, OT
01.1998 - 01.2002

Skills

  • 2G / 3G / 4G Technology Expertise

  • 5G and 5GSA Technology Expertise

  • Network design, Resource planning, Solution optimization, Web applications

  • Technical architecture, Microservices architecture

  • Network protocols

  • Deployment support

  • Customer satisfaction oriented, Customer relations

  • high capacity for adaptation and learning

  • Active listening, Self motivation, Analytical thinking, Attention to detail

  • Problem-solving aptitude, Teamwork and collaboration, Team Training, communication skills

  • responsible, capacity to work under stress

Abilities

Windows, Unix, linux, Bash, TCP/IP, Ethernet, Switching, Routing, Routing protocols, Telecommunications: GSM, CDMA, 3G, 4G, 5G, 5GSA

Driving License

B, 09/30/04

Military Status

no

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 07/26/83
  • Gender: M
  • Marital Status: married

Courses Certificates Awards

  • NFVi end to end
  • 5GC Hands-on R6D (ECCD, 5GC PCC, 5GC UDM, vDallas, CNOM etc)
  • 5G Core Protocols and Procedures
  • 5G Core Concepts
  • SAPC on Linux (operation, configuration trouble shooting)
  • Python Introduction
  • VEPC on CEE (customer training)
  • EPG 2 - operation and Configuration
  • SAPC 1 Operation, Configuration and Troubleshooting
  • Unix Introduction
  • Cisco CCNA courses
  • LTE-EPC networks and signalling (Award Solutions)
  • Mastering LTE (Award Solutions)
  • Architect for Mobile Core Networks (ITU- TDB)
  • Training on Huawei CDMA Architecture (network architecture, dimensioning, commissioning, maintenance/ troubleshooting, traffic flows, KPI's)
  • Training on ZTE 3G Architecture (network architecture, dimensioning, commissioning, maintenance/ troubleshooting, traffic flows, KPI's)
  • IP Works 12 Operation and Maintenance for EPC
  • IMS Overview Training
  • IMS ATCA Platform (Hardware/CGP) Training
  • CSC3300/MRP6600 Operation and Maintenance
  • SE2600 Operation and Maintenance
  • HSS9820 (IMS) Operation and Maintenance
  • ATS9900 Operation and Maintenance Training
  • ENS Operation and Maintenance
  • IMS Signalling Analysis Training
  • IMS Number Analysis Training
  • IMS Network Key Technology
  • IMS Advanced Troubleshooting
  • GGSN-MPG 2012/2013A Operation and Configuration
  • GGSN 2011 CONFIGURATION FOR SACC
  • VoLTE and IMS in LTE-EPC Networks (Award Solutions)
  • LTE and GSM/UMTS interworking (Award Solutions)
  • IMS/RCS/RCSe (Telescope)
  • LTE Voice & Data Roaming (Telescope)
  • Diameter in LTE and IMS (Telescope)
  • F5 DRA network configuration, implementation

Additional Information

Core network projects:
-5G Core Stand Alone project - Design/Deployment/Configuration on NFs: AMF, SMF, UPF (Cloud Native Applications). Interconnectivity with other 5G nodes, interconnectivity with 4G live network, voice through EPSFB. Environment: CCD- Kubernetes over CEE – Openstack;
-Technical coordinator on Ericsson vEPC (vMME-SGSN and vEPG) over CEE- openstack (on HP Servers and Extreme Switches Infra).
-PS Design Technical support on Ericsson clients’ network;
-Network design and Services configuration for different clients of Telrad company;
-SGSN-MME & GGSN-SGW/PGW hw/sw upgrade on Huawei equipment;
-Starting of PCRF implementation project (Huawei) on Bouygues network;
-Core PS modernisation – new hardware integration.
-VoXX implementation;
-IMS implementation with Huawei (different trainings);
-LTE roaming;
-Software upgrade to different versions on SGSN-MME and EPG equipment (Ericsson);
-New SGSN-MME MkVIII implementation (Ericsson);
-New EPG implementation (Ericsson);
-DPI trials ALLOT, Sandvine;
-LTE IOT Ericsson with ZTE;
-2G, 3G, LTE, ZTE Uniran implementation –trial;
-LTE/ EPC Network implementation (on Ericsson equipment);

Timeline

Presales Solutions Architect (Monitoring Solutions Legacy and 5G)

Anritsu
10.2022 - Current

Solutions Architect VEPC/5G Core Packet Core and Telco Cloud Integration Engineer 4G, 5G

Ericsson
10.2018 - 10.2022

Professional Service Engineer

Telrad
06.2016 - 10.2018

Global Technical Service Senior Engineer - PS Core Network

Huawei
12.2015 - 06.2016

Senior packet core network design engineer

Telekom Romania
10.2013 - 12.2015

Core network engineer

COSMOTE ROMANIAN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SA
05.2011 - 09.2013

OMC engineer

Telelink
10.2010 - 05.2011

Telecommunication engineer

Interactive Technical Services SA.
01.2008 - 10.2010

Network Administrator

S.C. ANTICOROSIV S.A.
03.2007 - 02.2008

Bachelor's Degree - Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Switching, traffic and services

Polytechnic University Bucharest
01.2002 - 01.2007

High school or equivalent - math - physics

Colegiul National Ion Minulescu
01.1998 - 01.2002
Dragan Titus AdrianPresales Solution Architect