Majk Kupferberg, PhD
International Business Development Telecommunications
Program and Project Management
Telecommunication and Network Architectures (mobile, transmission, optical, WDM)
IT and Network Security
Network Management Solutions (OSS/BSS). TMF Member

IT Experience since:    1982
Nationality:                    German, Swiss Residence Permit
Major Skills:                   Build, grow and optimize

Summary

• 30+ years of professional experience in all aspects of information and communication technology (ICT) with a specific focus on interim and project management
  
• Extensive experience in (international and multi-cultural) technology advisory
• Program and project management, business analysis and process design
• Inter-cultural background: large international projects all over Europe, USA; and Africa
  • business fluent in English (several years in USA and UK) and Spanish,
  • good knowledge of various languages more (Italian, French, Russian etc.)
  • Switzerland based business since 2008
• Solution-oriented, communicative, and cooperative, but also assertive
• Team builder, team leader and team player

Previously perceived positions / project roles

• International Program and Project Manager (GPM/IPMA Expert Level 2)
• Business Analyst and Solution Architect in Telecommunication Technology and Management
• Interim Manager (Line Manager) Business Development and Turn-Around

Education

• 1980       M. A. Political Sciences (German Diploma)
  
• 1985       M. Sc. Information Technology /  Electrical Engineering (German Diploma)
  
• 1993       Ph. D. Information Technology (UC Berkeley)
• 1999       NLP Practitioner (Neuro Linguistic Programing)
• 2004       Senior Project Manager (GPM/IPMA Level B)
  
• 2010       Scrum Master and Scrum Business Owner
  

Positions

Since 10.1999  Moessbauer Kupferberg GmbH, Baar (CH)
TeleExcellence™
Interim and Project Manager focusing on
- International Telecommunication Markets
- IP based Network Services, e. g. IP-TV
- Mobile Networks (3G/4G/5G, WiFi 4/5/6)
- IT and Network Security
- Telecommunication Management Solutions (OSS/BSS)

Sample Projects

Largest African Telco and Mobile SP Group – RSA Operations, Johannesburg (ZA)
Solution Architect OSS/BSS Hybrid Cloud Integration/Migration
Feasibility Study:
- Technology suggestion for a cloud based, multi OpCo hosted business model
- Integration of optical backbone (fixed mobile) for international transmission (DWDM, Flex Grid)
- Commercial and technological options
- Project proposition and timelines
- Implementation of a field trial and integration of 2 sample NatCos (focus on 5G RAN)

Largest African Telco and Mobile SP Group,

• Johannesburg (ZA), Dubai (UAE)
• Lagos (NGR), and Johannesburg (ZA),
• Dubai (UAE),
• Cote d’Ivoire (CDI) operations,
  Program Manager / Solution Architect OSS Deployment
  Implementation and Customization of 14 national instances of an OSS service including network detection, monitoring, events, root cause analysis, inventory, configuration.
  2020: 1st instance: Nigeria operations
  2021: 2nd / 3rd instance: Côte d’Ivoire and MTN South Africa operations
  2021: 4th instance: Telco Group – OpCo Benchmarking Tool
  2022: 5th instance: Telco African fiber network operations
  Tasks: Program/Project Management (technical and commercial), Solution Architecture
  Technologies: OSS solution for IP-MPLS, DWDM, enterprise E2E solutions, FTTx, mobile (4G/5G) and more
  
  

Key German railway operator, digitalization group division, Frankfurt/Main and Berlin
Senior Solution Architect Group Program “WIFI@DB”
- Analysis, definition, architecture and design of a national and international seamless WLAN infrastructure
                                        -- All stations, all trains (international, national, regional), buses and more
                                        -- Seamless roaming (both anonymous and identity based)
                                        -- Back-office structures (AAA, ISP services, DNS, DHCP, content and captive portals, networking etc.)
                                      - Data analytics and management (Data Lake)
                                      - Security requirements and options
                                      - Lawful interception and LIMS
                                      - EU procurement for new service platforms (technical lead for new back-office platform)
                                      - Test center requirements incl. unit and device testing
                                      - Release management
                                      - …

Further Positions

T-Systems (DeTeSystem GmbH), Frankfurt + worldwide
Business Director Consulting / Program Management

Ericsson Raynet Corp., Menlo Park (USA)
VP Software + Services
 
CAP debis GmbH. Munich (a Cap Gemini company)
Head of Telecommunications Industry Projects / Program Management

Freelance Programmer

Key world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications services, Amsterdam
and Cologne
Program Management (Entertainment products)
- Sky Q enablement
- Non-linear TV for major affiliates (key ISP/cable operator in EU, CH, and 12 other national cable operators)
  -- Management, supervision and controlling of all technical and organizational program parts; coaching
  -- Management reporting
  -- Close cooperation with customer and  security management, data protection office, legal and
     content management
Network Solution Architect
- Remote PHY and virtual segmentation
- Video over CCAP
- DNS Architecture and Implementation
- IT security services and architecture (AAA)

Key German Telco and CableTV SP, Düsseldorf / Munich
Security and Quality Manager IP- TV (operational)
- IT and network security audits resulting in concrete suggestions for security quality improvements


Largest German Fix and Mobile network Telco, Bonn / Darmstadt
Solution Architect / Technical Project Manager
Multi-Screen Television (T-Entertain to go) on mobile devices
- Management, supervision and controlling of all technical and organizational program parts; coaching
- Management reporting
 
Major Telco and ISP, Zurich
Business Management Network Security


Largest German Fix and Mobile network Telco, Bonn / Darmstadt
Program Management
„ALLIP@OTN“
- Management, supervision and controlling of all technical program parts
- Management reporting

Further Projects

  Key international Telco and Mobile SP, Madrid / Munich
      Technical Project Manager

• Network Management Solution
  
• MPLS
  
• Mobile Device Management
  

 Largest Swiss Fix and Mobile network Telco, Zurich / London
        Program Manager
        Network Outsourcing for a major Swiss Bank

 Optical Networks Technology, Frankfurt / St. Petersburg
          General Management focussing on Business Development and Sales

Swiss corporation for telecommunications and services solutions, Zurich / London / Gothenburg
           Business Development Management / Program Management
 
Largest German Fix and Mobile network Telco, Duesseldorf
             Business Analyst / Business Development Management

 Major Swiss Bank / Wealth Management, Zürich / Frankfurt / Milano
              Technical Project Management

 frontsite AG Gesellschaft für Informationstechnologie, Darmstadt
                General Management focusing on Sales and Marketing

Skills and Experiences

Information Technology, Telecommunication and Networks

• Change and Transformation Management
• Program and Product Management
• International and multi-cultural personality
• Network and data architecture and management
  
• Tele-Management Forum (TMF) Member
  

Languages

• German:                Native speaker
  
• English:                 Business fluent
  
• Spanish:                Fluent
  
• French:                 Good knowledge
  
• Italian:                  Good knowledge
  
• Russian:               Good knowledge
  
• Hebrew:               Basic knowledge
  

IT, Telecommunication, Networks

• Network Management: OSS und BSS (incl. ngOSS acc. to TMF)
  
• Mobile communication architectures (from 2G to 5G, WLAN, M2M)
• Wire / fixed line communication, Backbone infrastructures, specializing in optical transmission (WDM, DWDM, fixed mobile substitution, FTTH)
• Software Defined Networks (SD-WAN etc.)
• IP incl. 3GPP IMS
• VoIP
• IT, Cloud and Network Security (AAA, Identity Management, Radius, OAuth-2, NG-Firewalls)
• Device Management (Mobile and stationary)
  • Mobile Devices based on both Android and iOS, Win10
  • Heterogeneous Mobile Device Management (MDM, BYOD)
• Voice Communication (incl. IP telephony, call center functionality and IVR)
• IP-TV: both applications and infrastructure
• Core und access networks
  

Industries

• Telecommunication
  
• Information technology
• Financial Services (Banks, Insurances)
  
• Railway and Mobility
  

Experience with vendors

• Cisco
  
• Juniper
• Alcatel-Lucent
• Ericsson
• Nokia Networks
• Huawei
• ZTE
• Avaya
• … and many more