Relworx Limited

-	Responsible for the product life cycle management of the company products
-	Developing the company product roadmap
-	Responsible to build the product growth and penetration strategy
-	In charge of the entire product pricing and positioning strategy
-	Responsible to create product awareness both internally and externally

Product Manager

Airtel Uganda Ltd

Customer Life cycle Management Strategy
•	To conceptualize & articulate the CLM approach for voice and non-voice. Work in close conjunction with the local marketing and CSD teams to ensure that voice and non-voice incremental revenue is delivered by target customers.
•	Working closely with the local to execute the OPCO LCM strategy ,delivering and localizing policy guidelines (DND, no of campaigns per month etc) and localized frameworks (increasing/decreasing usage, segment wise offers) to operate in. 
•	Manage targets & review mechanisms on OPCO U &R performance.
Campaign Management (UNICA)
•	To define and implement the campaign calendar for each of the OPCOs: 
•	Ensuring the monthly CLM calendar milestones are adhered to the OPCOs.
•	Monitor campaigns and drive course correction if need be 
•	Publish campaign wise pre/post analysis and campaign wise ROI
•	Coordinate with  local Network, IT & CSD and UNICA to implement planned campaigns
Develop new U & R lead generation, analytics and programs
•	Drive new revenue segments through analytics and lead generation to ensure achievement of the desired revenue from the base by designing and developing customized programs
•	Launch new schemes for enhanced value proposition, and creation of new revenue streams for the future
•	Launch new loyalty programs to attract higher share of high ARPU subs.
•	Launch Revenue initiatives where the realization of revenue is optimum even if the current consumption is lesser
Campaign Performance analysis & Reporting 
•	Carry out regular Pre and Post trends analysis and identify possible campaign enhancements
•	Ensure the implementation of the relevant performance reports for all products and integrate them into the OPCO and Group reporting process.

Usage and Retention Manger- Voice and non Voice

Airtel Uganda

Implement and ensure that the VAS products are as per the agreed marketing submissions in respect to tariffs, product performance and customer experience
Implement the OPCO product guidelines 
•	Continually review the current product portfolio and ensured that it is in line with market trends and implement changes as per the agreed strategy
•	Prepare price change requests.
•	Plan and monitor daily activities and take remedial action where activities are off target. 
•	Continually come up with new ways of work.
Manage the VAS products’ category lifecycle
•	Identify problem areas/non performing products and generate actions to rectify.
•	Conduct training on Airtel Core products.
•	Manage SMS and USSD aggregators to ensure compliance to internal processes as well regulatory policies.
Monitor VAS products’ performance and flag problem areas
•	Carry out daily revenue trends analysis and identify possible revenue enhancements
•	Produce periodic reports on product performance.
•	Monitor competitor offering  In respect to core products
•	Conduct feedback sessions with internal and external customers on the performance of VAS Products.
Supplier management
•	Test suppliers offering against Airtel Network protocols and recommend preferred products.
•	Follow up on supplier payments.
Work hand in hand with other departments:
•	Procurement, supplier development
•	IT, for product performance information and tariff setting.
•	Commercial team for the launch of new products
•	Customer care to  confirm understanding of new products and address complaints 
•	Finance to ensure focus on ROI at optimal cost

VAS Manager

Airtel Uganda Limited

Support the development of plans and budgets for the Usage and retention section in line with the business objectives
•	Review customer behavior patterns through various parameters to generate insights to increasing revenue. 
•	Participate in developing strategies to maximize growth and revenue and make budgets to support the plans
•	Agree on activities to enhance usage of existing customers and develop key milestones to measure progress
Implement initiatives to grow the local voice revenue bucket to maximise company revenue  
•	Implement activities, initiatives and campaigns to grow minutes of use 
•	Monitor all drivers for local voice revenue bucket  
•	Update the local voice marketing score card, which analyses all the local drivers to local revenues
•	Actively engage all segments in the development of voice impacting initiatives  

Monitor and track the revenue bucket performance in line with agreed KPI’s 
•	Apply  tools and trackers to report and document performance 
•	Track and monitor the financial impact of new and existing products and the financial performance, including revenue growth
•	Monitor usage pattern of customers using intelligence tools like GIS and BI Attaining month on month Usage and Revenue targets
 Implement loyalty and churn management initiatives and campaigns 
•	Compile data to monitor and track churn and analyse trends 
•	Update the tracker on churn and related initiatives 
•	Implement initiatives to arrest churn and maximise customer life cycle value  
•	Implement customer engagement programs to increase retention of customers.
Support innovation searches and roll out of new products related to this bucket for all segments 
•	Implement solutions and products pipeline for the revenue bucket
•	Follow up with  IT to ensure implementation of innovative products and solutions 
•	Train customer services to implement campaigns and initiatives 
•	 Support the development of communication to customers on new products and services 
Reporting

Assistant Manager-Usage and Retention

Warid Telecom Uganda Limited	Kampala

Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management
Perform test calls to confirm rating of current and new price plans, new products, network component upgrades as required and carry out root-cause analysis of revenue impacting issues relating to call testing.
Analysis of data sources along the revenue stream to check for discrepancies over time and monitoring of rectified problems.
Formulating product/service test templates for each new product /service, carrying out required tests before launch of products/services, and providing product/service assurance as and when required.
Preparing reports/analyses to increase management awareness of actual and potential areas of risk, patterns and leakages identified.
Developing risk analysis criteria for existing mobile products and services, implementing audit controls and identifying points of measurement.
Monitoring compliance of key revenue processing systems and controls in terms of completeness, accuracy, effectiveness and timeliness across the organization.
Ensuring accuracy in service provisioning between HLR, prepaid and postpaid billing systems at all times.
Analysis of customer activities for possible fraud and use of tools and techniques to identify, monitor and control fraud within the network.
Institute checks and controls with regards to charging for all services and perform end to end reconciliation to ensure that all call traffic is billed.
Perform audits for rate plan compliance with promotions, discounts features and other services offered.
Execute any other RA related duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Senior Executive

Warid Telecom

MSC-S, MGW, HLR/AUC Network Planning using traffic patterns and forecasts
Numbering Plan development and tracking in accordance with regulator specifications
Involvement in deplyment after planning to ensure planned specs used

Senior Executive Core Network Planning

Warid Telecom Uganda Limited	             Kampala

Assisting in all areas of the core network (Layered Architecture) planning process with Huawei vendor on MSC-S (MSOFTX 3000), MGW (UMG8900) and HLR (HLR9820) with an IP/MPLS backbone.
 Developing and dimensioning the numbering plan (Fixed and Mobile) in line with the regulator guidelines and making applications for the various number resources. Numbering plan includes: MSISDN, IMSI, GT, SPC and short codes.
Using the numbering plan to build the B-Number table.
Managing the numbering plan for entire network (Fixed and Mobile)
Design and dimension the core network and services to meet the requirements of the RF nominal plan and subscriber growth for MSC-S, MGW and HLR.
Plan and design the network architecture to optimally serve the growth of the core network in terms of traffic and subscriber  growth
Perform analysis, research and design related activities relating to the switch core
Be involved in the decision making process relating to the acquisition of new equipment and technology
Working closely with vendors; assist in the supplier contract, evaluation and negotiation process.
Support the business tendering process by evaluating proposals and BoQs
Provide tactical weekly and monthly reporting and forecasting
Liaise with regulatory and other Engineering and non technical departments

Senior Core Network Planning Engineer

Celtel

Planned, designed and dimensioned the core network and services to meet the requirements of the RF nominal plan and subscriber growth. Nodes dimensioned included BSC, MSC, HLR and SCP all based on the AXE 810 platform. Gb interface dimensioning also done.
SS7 signaling planning for all above nodes and their interfaces as well as trunk groups.
Monitored all capacity usage of all above nodes using daily statistics. 
Optimized the core network nodes based on the capacity usage monitored from the statistics. Optimization included changing values of various parameters.
Planned trunk group (including A-interface) capacities to meet projected traffic patterns. Hardware dimensioned for above including 
Monitored and analyzed trunk group usage on daily basis using statistics.
Planned upgrades, downgrades as well as load balancing on all trunks based on the capacity usage analysis. 
Developed core network planning procedures in line with the company policies. These included migration, new node and change request procedures.
Engaged in all areas of the core network planning migration from a monolithic switch to the layered architecture solution i.e. MSS planning process.
Planned and designed the network architecture to optimally serve the growth of the core network in terms of traffic and subscriber  growth
Performed analysis, research and design related activities relating to the switch core
Involved in the decision making process relating to the acquisition of new equipment and technology by providing quarterly planning reports as input to Head team in Amsterdam. Reports showed all necessary hardware and software capacity requirements on the core network.
Also multi tasked doing performance management of entire network.
Worked in configuration management to ensure changes requested to be made on network by planning Engineers were done correctly and tracked. Involved writing data transcripts and work orders.

Core Network Planning Specialist

Celtel (Zain) Uganda Limited	Kampala

Subscriber administration on both Siemens and Ericsson (R10, APZ 21233C) switches.
Configuration of sites on BSC (R10, APZ 212 33C) as requested by RF Planners.
Fault &amp; Alarm monitoring.
Report Generation on trouble tickets opened for faults on the network.
Provided technical support to the Customer services department especially on subscriber management.
2003-2004	SDV Transami	  Kampala
Data Analysis Clerk
Data mining and analysis
Container tracking using database management tool
Generated various reports for different departments 
2001	Millicom Tanzania Limited	Dar-es-Salaam
Trainee
Daily backups of Network Systems
Assisting in repairing radio links
Assisting in installing microwave links
Assisting in computer hardware repair and maintenance
Installing Operating Systems (Windows and Windows NT)

MSC Engineer

Civil Aviation Authority	Entebbe

Collected data or surveyed on parking facilities and passenger handling

Research Assistant

My career aspiration is to be a highly organized and reliant analyst with a background in Engineering, Finance and Marketing. I have over  13 years in the telecom industry spanning various roles including Network Surveillance, Network Planning, Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management, Product life cycle management , Usage and Retention strategies and Business/ Product Development even recently in the Fintech space.

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