Telefonica Innovaci\u00f3n Digital (previously I+D) \/ Global CTO Unit \/ Telef\u00f3nica<\/strong>
\nTechnology Expert \/ Technology and Planning of Transport, IP and Interconnection Networks<\/p>\nAs part of this corporate global area, my responsibilities are twofold: (1) to provide technical and technological support to different Telef\u00f3nica organizations for guidance on their network evolutions in the short and medium term; and (2) to develop new research and innovation ideas for next generation networks supporting the Telef\u00f3nica business in the medium and long term.<\/p>\n
Detailed activities include:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Technology (short- and medium-term):
\n– Participation in global initiatives affecting transport networks (IP, transmission, and backhaul) and network interconnection (Internet transit and peering, CDN).
\n– Support to distinct groups within Telef\u00f3nica (Procurement, Regulation, technical departments of local operations in Europe and Latam, transversal organizations, etc).
\n– Definition and update of global guidelines for network architecture in the transport area (IP, transmission, mobile backhaul, etc), and contribution to the network strategy plan in the transport area.
\n– Techno-economic analysis of network evolution scenarios.
\n– Frequent contact with vendors for technological advise, product roadmap and upgrade, strategy review, etc.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Innovation (medium- and long-term):
\n– Research on Software Defined Networks (SDN), transport networks (IP, transmission, mobile backhaul), and their interaction with cloud and distributed services.
\n– Active contribution to standardization bodies like IETF, O-RAN and ETSI.
\n– Participation in the EU-funded projects.
\n– Collaboration with vendors, research centers and universities for developing new ideas and research proposals.<\/p>\n
March, 2006 – August, 2011<\/em>
\nOrange (France T\u00e9l\u00e9com Spain) \/ Domestic Network Factory<\/strong>
\nSenior Network Engineer \/ IP Backbone & Mobile Packet Core Network Planning<\/p>\nIn this position I worked on the planning and dimensioning for the\u00a0IP backbone, access network and Packet Switched Mobile Core (SGSN, GGSN) of\u00a0the Spanish operation of Orange.<\/p>\n
The main functions carried out in this position were:<\/p>\n
\u2022 IP backbone (edge, core and interconnection) planning and dimensioning for supporting both mobile (GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA, UMA) and fixed (xDSL, IPTV, VoIP, VoD) services for a network with a customer base of 11+ Million subscribers.
\n\u2022 Mobile Packet Core planning and dimensioning (SGSN, GGSN).
\n\u2022 Internet peering technical manager, being also Orange delegate at ESPANIX and CATNIX neutral exchange points, and member of the France T\u00e9l\u00e9com Data Global Peering Committee.
\n\u2022 Short- and mid-term data network architecture and topology evolution, considering capacity needs and geographic network coverage.
\n\u2022 Data network consolidation, including the merge of data networks from other service providers acquired by Orange (Amena, Ya.com, Al-Pi) in that period.
\n\u2022 Annual network deployment plan and associated budget definition and tracking, and multiannual deployment plan definition for accompanying the network strategy plan.
\n\u2022 Network occupancy monitoring.<\/p>\n
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