Usman A.
About Usman A.
Usman A. is a Sr Program Manager at TELUS in Toronto, Canada, with extensive experience in project management and telecommunications across multiple countries and companies, including Nokia and Mobilink.
Company
Usman A. is currently working at TELUS as a Senior Program Manager and Senior IT Project Manager within the Wireless PMO. His role is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Previous Roles
Usman A. has an extensive history with Nokia and NSN - Nokia Solutions and Networks. His roles include Senior Project Manager (2018-2021) and Project Delivery Manager (2016-2018) in Ontario, Canada. He also served as Network Planning and Optimization, Performance Manager (2011-2013) in Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Market Manager Atlanta Launch, National RF TPM in NSN NAM on Sprint account (2014-2016) in the United States, Market Manager (2009-2011) in Pakistan, RadioSolution Architect (2007-2009) in the Middle East and Africa, and Network Planning, Optimization Engineer (2005-2008) in Pakistan. His earlier career included a role as an OSS Engineer at Mobilink in Pakistan for 11 months in 2005.
Education and Expertise
Usman A. has a robust educational background with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Business Administration and Management from the Jack Welch Management Institute (2018-2021) and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Telecommunication Electronics from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore (2001-2004).
Major Projects and Initiatives
During his career, Usman A. led the first-ever launch of Nokia's technology on the Sprint network in the US, served as the Small Cells Program lead for Canada, and managed project delivery for Bell Canada and Freedom Mobile Canada accounts focusing on Advanced Analytics and RAN technology. He executed four major RAN swaps involving multi-vendor environments, including Siemens, Ericsson, ALU, Huawei, and Nokia.
Industry Experience
Usman A. has experience working with over 10 operators worldwide across 8 countries and 2 major continents. He has also worked on numerous pre-sales offers, RFQs, and business cases across North America and the Middle East.