Oliver Mark J.

Blando
Address

E-mail

15 Maranatha Street, Rooty Hill, NSW 2766

HP No. :

+61 414 889 894

Ph No. :

02 867 890 26

olivermarkblando@yahoo.com

B.S. ECE (Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Education:

1991 1996

Mapua Institute of Technology (Philippines)

Work Experience:
Job Title

Company

Place

Year

Communication Technician

VASP Endeavour Energy

Australia

2008 to present

Endeavour Energy Faults and Discretionary Works

MPLS Install and Fibre Patchings.
Installation and Commissioning of TRIO / Schneider Electric Digital Radios on Endeavour
Energys Network. Trio Radios such as E Series, K Series, J Series, Q Series.
Installation and Commissioning of SAGEM (Ceragon) Microwave Radios such as Sagem Link,
Sagem Link F, Sagem Link F V2 and Sagem Link A.
Installation and Commissioning of AVIATS Microwave Radios.
AVIATs RAC and DAC upgrade.
Maintenance of Endeavour Energys Communication Network such as:
o UHF Base Station, Mobile and Portable Radio Equipment
o High Density Microwave Radio Link Systems
o Transmission Network Management Systems
o Radio Systems and Control Equipment
o Data Comms/Transmission Systems
Fault finding and diagnosis of communications, power supplies for SCADA and telemetry
systems, earthing and lightning protection systems and equipment alarm system.
Installation of TX and RX card for Ericsson RBS 3206 (RAN Project-Telstra).
Installation of RU and FU units for Ericsson RBS3206 in preparation for 2nd carrier upgrade
(RAN Project Telstra)
EME surveys (Ran Project Telstra)
Installation of Filter/Filter rack units for RBS 3206 (RAN Project Telstra)
Decommissioning of Nortel CDMA 9Ran Project Telstra)

Job Title

Company

Place

Year

Node B Support Engineer

NSN Philippines
Philippines
JUNE to OCT 2008
Project Coordinator for the Installation, Commissioning and Integration of the NOKIA Flexi
WCDMA Node B for the Globe Telecom Project in the Philippines.
Commissioned and Integrated majority of the 3G sites in Manila, Central and North Luzon
area of Globe Telecom Network area.
2nd Carrier and FSMB upgrades, installation and integration.

Job Title

Company

Place

Year

Telecom Implementation
NSN Qatar
Qatar
MAR to MAY 2008
Supervised Site Installation of the 2G Flexi EDGE Base Station according to approved
standard and specification. This is a project for swapping out old Siemens equipment with
Nokia Equipment.
Supervised and Coordinated with other TI partners on their day to day activities.
Performed equipment audits on all sites to minimize impact on all TI deployment.

Job Title

Company

Place

Year

RBS Network Integrator

Ericsson Philippines
Philippines
AUG 2007 to MAR 2008
NOC RBS Integrator, integrated and defined RBS2216 (Indoor) and RBS2106 (outdoor) for
the Sun Cellular Network Alcatel Swap out project.
Provided assistance and technical support to local Sun Cell Engineers in troubleshooting of
Ericsson RBS 2216 and RBS 2116 including transmission and node alarms.
Participated on the implementation of commissioning and integration of new 2G Ericsson
BSC.

Job Title

Company

Place

Year

Node B Engineer
Ericsson
Australia
OCT 2006 to JUN 2007
Commissioned and Integrated Ericsson RBS3206 and RBS3106 (UMTS 850 Node B) for the
Telstra Jersey Project.
Maintenance and Install Audit of RBBS33206

Job Title

Company

Place

Year

Ultrasite BTS Commissioner

Nokia Pakistan

Pakistan

MAR 2005 to MAR 2006

Commissioned and Integrated Ultrasite BTS in Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar City under the
TELENOR Pakistan Project.
Performed TI (Telecom) and CI (Civil) Audit on all Phase 2 sites of the Telenor Pakistan Project.
Provided Technical Support for the Operation, Maintenance and equipment troubleshooting within
the network.
T.I. Coordinator for the Islamabad and Lahore DMN Team.

Job Title

Company

Place

Year

Head NICC-BSS Section

Globe Telecom

Philippines

APR 2001 to MAR 2005

Evaluated methods of procedures for implementation submitted by Vendor or proponent.

Implemented the procedures in the test bed and provided impact assessment on live BSC or related
Network, recommended modifications to minimize service downtime.
Provided and performed systems acceptance test with new network BSCs for commercial deployment
or major hardware and software upgrade on BSS test bed.
Installation and evaluation of CD and BTS SW on Nokia BSC and ACA EC package on Ericsson test BSC
and perform system functionality testing.
Provided technical assistance or solutions to all proponents concerning new projects for deployment
such as Nokia BSC and BTS Software.

Job Title

Company

Place

Year

Transmission Operation and

Maintenance

DIGITEL

Philippines

AUG 1998 to APR 2001

Operate and maintain all Digital Telecommunication Network in the assigned cluster which includes the
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), Pleisochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH), Microwave Radio
/system, SDH and PDH Muliplex Equipment System, NMS and Fiber Optics Terminal System (FOTS),
DDF, VDF, tower and antenna.
Troubleshoot repair faults or alarms and restore the transmission equipment to service and prioritize
those that are service affecting.

Trainings:

ICTCBL2136B Install, maintain and modify customer premises communications cabling: (ACMA
Restricted rule)
ICTCBL2137B Install, maintain and modify customer premises communications cabling: (ACMA Open
rule)
ICTCBL2170B Follow work health and safety and environmental policies and procedures
ICTCBL3011B Install and Terminate Coaxial Cable
ICTCBL3010B Install and Terminate Optical fibre cable on customer premises
ICTCBL3009B Install and Terminate and Certify Structured Cabling Installation
ICTCBL3013A Perform Cable and System Test on Customer Services
U010 -Resuscitation (2013)
U011 -Endeavour Energy Electrical Safety Guidelines (2013)
U009 -Release from Low Voltage Apparatus (2013)
U019 -Discussion on HV Rescue Procedure (2013)
U003 -Pole Top Rescue from a Platform (2013)
U006 -EWP Emergency Escape CDD (2013)
U020 -Fire Blanket Training (2013)
Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Eclipse Intelligent Radio
Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Provision EMS
RADHAZ (2013)
Working at Height (2013)
Ultrasite WCMDA BTS Commissioning (2006)
Ericsson BSS Integration (2004)
Base Station Sub Signalling Course (2002)
GSM Radio Network Features (2002)
BSS Operation and Maintenance Course (2001)
BSSSYS_S9, BSS Systems Course (2001)
Base Station Subsystem Parameters (2001)