Tom Burley

Tom Burley

Project Manager at Telstra

Location
Perth Area, Australia
Industry
Telecommunications

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  • South Bank University, London
  • Eltham Green
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Tom Burley's Summary

I am an experienced technical project manager having worked within the telecommunications industry in a variety of roles, for Operators, Vendors and specialist contractors.

I have advanced technical, communication, project and interpersonal skills and a proven ability to understand commercial and contractual issues in complex technical environments.

Specialties:
Project Management
Mobile Network Deployment
Technical Support
Commercial Acumen

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Tom Burley's Experience

Project Manager

Telstra

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; TLS; Telecommunications industry

September 2011 – Present (1 year 10 months) Perth Area, Australia

Engaged as Project Manager in the Network Infrastructure Management Group, I manage the delivery of assigned projects across multiple programs (New sites / Capacity Upgrades / New Technologies - LTE). This involves end to end management of projects, receiving design briefs from the RF planning team, and managing the site acquisition, town planning, design, construction, integration and acceptance processes through to final completion. I manage vendors that provide specialist services and ensure that company policies, guidelines and requirements are met, on time and within budget

Deployment Manager

Huawei

Privately Held; 10,001+ employees; Telecommunications industry

March 2011 – September 2011 (7 months) Perth, Australia

I was the WA Deployment manager for Huawei responsible for leading a team of site controllers, logistics and support staff to manage the deployment and integration of a new Huawei Single RAN (SRAN) solution for VHA that involved swapping legacy Nokia Siemens and Ericsson network elements for Huawei SRAN elements, as well as introducing new nodes and sites into the VHA network

Project Manager

Nokia Siemens Networks

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; NOK; Telecommunications industry

May 2009 – March 2011 (1 year 11 months) Sydney Area, Australia

Nationally managing the Telecom Implementation process in customer projects. Responsible for the deployment of approx 1600 BTS’s for the Joint Venture (Optus/VHA) MORAN split project, implementation of 2nd Carrier upgrade for both VHA and Optus, and capacity upgrades in the VHA/Optus JV Network

Project Manager

Singtel Optus

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; Telecommunications industry

June 2008 – May 2009 (1 year)

Primarily responsible for managing delivery of transmission for the Optus Wireless Broadband (WBB) project.

Estimator

John Holland

Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Construction industry

December 2007 – June 2008 (7 months)

Estimating Engineer – OPTUS BID team and Transgrid Project.

Project Engineer

John Holland

Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Construction industry

March 2006 – November 2007 (1 year 9 months)

John Holland Telecommunications – Integration and Acceptance Manager for the Ericsson / Telstra Jersey project.

Senior Project Engineer

Alan Dick

August 2005 – March 2006 (8 months)

Engaged primarily on the Nokia - Vodafone /Optus 3G project as part of the Telecom Implementation team

Contract Engineer

General Purpose Group Pty Ltd

Public Company; 51-200 employees; SSM; Telecommunications industry

March 2005 – August 2005 (6 months) Sydney Area, Australia

Installation and Commissioning of capacity upgrades on Ericsson RBS200 & 2000 series base stations for the Vodafone Network
Implementation and testing of new transmission solutions for Vodafone and Optus 3G networks

Travelling Australia

Sabbatical

January 2004 – February 2005 (1 year 2 months) Australia

Took some time out to travel to, and backpack around Australia. Spent 3 months learning to sail and became a Yachting Australia Inshore Skipper Instructor. Travelled the east coast. Liked Australia so much, I did not return to the UK.

Senior Engineer

Orange UK

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; FTE; Telecommunications industry

1993 – 2004 (11 years) London, United Kingdom

Working in the operations directorate from pre-launch of the Orange network, I was a senior engineer leading a small team (5-8 people) for maintenance of the network, delivery of minor and major complex upgrades, operational acceptance of new sites and technologies across a defined geographic region, and providing technical support across a wider region for technical escalations

Communications Officer

Metropolitan Police

Government Agency; 10,001+ employees; Law Enforcement industry

September 1988 – July 1993 (4 years 11 months)

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  • Institution of Engineering and Technology

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Tom Burley's Education

South Bank University, London

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

1990 – 1992

Eltham Green

1983 – 1988

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