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Moscow, Russia, 119019
Country code : UK
Tel : +47 21686870
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CV
Presentation :
I am a Norwegian Master of Science Engineering Cybernetics, currently living in Moscow in the Russian Federation. I am currently studying Russian, but before leaving for Moscow I worked as a Quality Assurance Manager in FLAG Telecom Ltd in London, a Telecommunication company where I have been working for 4 years. From 1999 to 2000 I lived in New York where I did not have a work permit. Before moving to New York I worked in the Space Industry in Norway.
EDUCATION
1990-1994 Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norway
• Master of Science Engineering Cybernetics, December 1994, majored in Process Control Theory.
• Thesis: Maintenance Information System for bumper production line at Raufoss Automotive AS.
• Part time librarian at faculty library 10 hours a week for 2 ˝ years.
• Created new version of faculty “fraternity” songbook (350 pages) now sold in over 3000 copies.
LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE
• Fluent in Norwegian (Mother tongue)
• Fluent in English (3˝ years work experience in the UK, has lived 4 ˝ years in the UK and 14 months in NYC).
• Used to be fluent in German, but have not practiced it for some years (Summer job in Germany in 1990, daily contact with head office in Germany when working for ABB). Best degree in German in high school and in university.
Professional courses :
- Project Management training (3 days)
- Management training at intermediate management level (2 weeks)
- Hybrid inspection according to MIL-STD-883, theoretical and practical training with certification test. (3 hours weekly for 3 months)
- Avoiding Electro Static Discharge (˝day)
- Behavior in Cleanroom Environment (˝day)
- AME Space’s Concorde Procurement System
- Introduction to Intrinsically Safe Electronic Equipment for Offshore Installations (Exi)
Professional experience :
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nov. 2004 – Today Translation work and moving to Moscow, Russia
• Working as translator for JEC, a Norwegian based translation company specialising in technical translations, translating from Norwegian to English (http://www.jec.no/)
• Arranging move to Moscow, Russian Federation
• Learning Russian
Nov. 2003 – Oct. 2004 Maternity leave from FLAG Telecom Ltd
Aug. 2000 – Nov. 2003 FLAG Telecom Ltd West Drayton, UK
FLAG (Fiberoptical Link Around the Globe) Telecom is a Bermuda registered company that owns, develops and operates advanced subsea and terrestrial fibre optical cable systems over which it offers different network services. The company successfully emerged from Chapter 11 proceedings in 2002 with the cable network intact, and was in January 2004 amalgamated with Reliance Gateway, a subsidiary of the Indian company Reliance Group Ltd. I have worked as Quality Assurance Manager and Procurement Manager in the company with the following responsibilities:
• Project Quality Assurance (FLAG Atlantic-1 $1Bn, FLAG North Asian Loop $300M)
• Plan and perform supplier audits (ISO 9001) and ensure that necessary corrective actions are put in place to close non-conformances and observations.
• Perform due diligence activities during partnership negotiations for major submarine projects.
• Negotiate, agree and follow up on Supplier Quality Assurance plans and requirements
• Plan and perform Factory Acceptance Tests, assess equipment development readiness during development and accept or reject equipment due for shipment from supplier
• Lead technical investigations, inspect and analyse faulty equipment in production or returned from field, review and approve suppliers’ failure mode analyses, and propose and oversee implementation of corrective actions in supplier facilities.
• Visit suppliers with manufacturing problems to ensure that these are visible on senior management level and that sufficient resources are allocated to eliminate the problems.
• Make quality assurance decisions during installation of submarine plant based on risk/cost analysis and schedule impact.
• Issue customer complaints when warranted to suppliers and follow up on corrective actions
• Review and approve hardware qualification and software validation results and witness hardware and software demonstrations prior to implementation in project or in live network.
• Co-ordinate training of operations personnel for new submarine networks
Project Management/Programme Management
• Member of Programme Management Office overseeing the company’s capital project portfolio, with responsibility for ensuring that all projects meet scope, budget and schedule.
• Define and manage all quality assurance related projects (internal projects such as network trials).
• Develop project plans and resource management plans for capital projects.
• Collect and analyse lessons learnt from all projects to ensure necessary corrective actions are put in place for future projects across the business.
Process Development
• Develop and implement company-wide gated project management process and ensure all employees are given adequate training and guidance to work within process requirements. Ensure that company processes are followed and if necessary implement changes to company processes.
• Define the company’s procurement process including material for training all employees.
• Propose new process initiatives across the company and support other departments in the development of new processes.
Procurement Manager
• Develop technical and commercial request for proposal (RFP) documentation for projects of varying size. (The last project I worked on before my maternity leave was the FALCON cable system, which is a new subsea cable system from Egypt to India through the Arabian Gulf, and from India to Hong Kong).
• Evaluate and compare proposals from different suppliers as part of the supplier selection team.
• Visit suppliers to evaluate product readiness and the supplier’s ability to deliver in accordance to project plan before contract award.
Contract Negotiations
• Prepare technical and commercial contracts for development and installation of new subsea cable systems (>$30M), for increasing capacity on existing cable systems ($100000k)
1999-2000 Expatriate wife and job seeker USA and UK
• Job seeker in London 03/00 to 07/00
• Expatriate wife without work visa in New York City from 01/99 to 02/00.
1995-1998 AME Space AS, Horten, Norway
Project Product Assurance Manager
AME Space AS (current name is Alcatel Space Norway) is Norway’s only manufacturer of microelectronic equipment to the space industry and is world leading in SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) filter technology.
• Prepared and implemented quality assurance plans for all my projects
• Ensured fulfilment of customers’ and the company’s requirements, prepared compliance documentation.
• Participated in external and internal design and manufacturing reviews
• Single point of contact with customer in quality related issues
• Performed visual inspection of hardware, both in-production and as part of key inspection points required by the customer
• Led systematic problem solving and handling activities, initiated and implemented corrective and preventive actions
• Performed internal audits, prepared quality system related procedures according to ISO9001, and developed the company’s database for non-conformance handling, corrective and preventive actions
• Translate MIL-STD-883 methods for inspection of microelectronic hybrid circuits from English to Norwegian.
Project Co-ordinator
• Established project plan comprising half of AME Space’s work force (60 people) and ensured progress according to plan through weekly progress meetings.
• Reported progress to management throughout all project phases from design, manufacturing, testing and delivery.
• Supported Project Manager in his everyday tasks and served as stand-in for him in his absence.
Scenario Planning
• Defined scenarios for Alcatel Telecom Norway's management group, which served as input for the management’s long term strategic planning.
1995 ABB Komponent AS, Spikkestad, Norway
Product Manager Intrinsically Safe Equipment
• Sold Intrinsically Safe Electronic equipment (Ex i) for Norwegian Offshore Installations.
1995 Raufoss Automotive AS, Raufoss, Norway Summer Job and Thesis
• Co-ordinated maintenance activities during summer shut down of bumper paint line.
• Thesis: Maintenance Information System: Specifying an automated system for co-ordination of maintenance activities in the Volvo bumper production line.
Prices :
€0.1 per word.
Discount for large documents
Working method :
- Desktop/Laptop computer with Broadband access to the internet
Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office XP
- Desktop Computer with broadband internet access.
- Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office XP
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