Ricardo

Capela Queirós

MSc. Telecommunications Engineering

During the last four years I have worked in the telecommunications sector. I have started as a Business Analyst in a consultant company and later joined Ericsson where I am now working as a Solution Architect. This year, I have enrolled in a Master in Business Administration which I will finish during June 2011. I am passionate about ideas and creative processes; I also have a broad and solid experience in traveling abroad, and adaption to new environments. I believe my creative mindset and problem solving skills will contribute to see new opportunities and solutions in any working environment.

Education

ICADE Business School

MBA, Master in Business Administration

2010 - 2011 (expected)

The Executive Master in Business administration from ICADE Business School (Universidad Pontificia Comillas), provided me with a strategic global viewpoint for business activities, linking all operation areas and offering a rich and varied range of management tools.

Universidade de Coimbra

Msc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

2000 - 2006

My five year degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering with specialization in Telecommunications provided me with a strong background in mathematics, physics, operational research and telecomunications. In my final thesis I have developed an localization platform based on the GSM signalls. I hve graduated in the top 10.

Experience

Solution Architect

Ericsson Spain, Global Service Delivery Center - Madrid, Spain

May 2009 to Present

As a solution architect in one of the world's leading telecom vendor I had the opportunity to guide mobile operators through planning and design phases of introducing new solutions into complex operations through sharp analysis and creative thinking. I have also provided leading consulting services, including the preparation of business proposals for next generation networks.

Certified WRAN Service Engineer

Ericsson Spain, Global Service Delivery Center - Madrid, Spain

Nov 2007 to May 2009

Ericsson Global Service organization gave the opportunity to enrich my experience of traveling abroad and with different cultures. During the one year and a half working as a Service Engineer, I have worked in multi-cultural environments in more than 20 countries worldwide providing configuration, integration and troubleshooting services to Ericsson customers. As an IP in radio access networks expert, I have also deliver customers and in-house coaching and demonstrations. My pro-active, innovative mindset and outstanding performance made me a valuable employee of Ericsson organization.

UMTS Terrestrial Access Network Integrator

Ericsson Network Services - Madrid, Spain

Dec 2006 to Nov 2007

During one year working as a UMTS integrator I had the chance to gain a deep knowledge in the telecommunication sector processes and tools. Through this time I was responsible to coordinate the integration team for a new customer network roll-out and to document and present weekly results to top Management team.

Business Consultant

Grupo Delaware - Madrid, Spain

Oct 2006 to Dec 2006

Working as a Business consultant I had the opportunity to acquire different business skills to improve performance and efficiency through the implementation of a new B2B model in close cooperation with the customer.

Private Tutor in Mathematics

Coimbra, Portugal

Nov 2003 to Jul 2006

Additional Training

Sitaciones Dificiles con Clientes, May 2010

Our ways of Leading, Jan 2010

Leadership seminar, Nov 2009

Managing Projects for Project Steering – Customer, Oct 2009

MPBN in RAN and IP RAN Nodes overview, Ericsson, Apr 2009

Customer Adaptation Workshop for Service Engineers, Ericsson, Oct 2008

Redback SmartEdge Foundation Certification, Redback Education Services, Sep 2008

Multiple WCDMA RAN trainings, Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

Entrepreneurship

El Mercader de África

A fair trade initiative

2010

This initiative is aimed to enhance the fair trade commerce between Western African countries and Europe. You can find more in www.elmercaderdeafrica.es.

MyOnlineCurriculum

Helping recruiters to find out more about their candidates

2010

MyOnlineCurriculum is start-up that helps professionals to provide more personal and detailed information that a normal CV provides.

TAU 2

Training unmotivated students with very low scores

2010

A small-size part time tutorial academy.

Skills

Telecoms

GSM, WCDMA and LTE Networks, OSS, OMS, SIU, Extreme, Cisco, Redback, Tellabs.

General IT

C, C++, Pascal, Matlab, MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Windows, Linux, Solaris, Citrix

Languages

I am fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English, although I have medium knowledge of French.

Interests

Travel

Economics

Macroeconomics, Behavior Economics

Sociology

Motor Sports

Photography

Music