Ignacio Arenas Jimenez

Telecommunications Engineer and MBA.

Background in the aerospace sector in EADS-CASA (Airbus), with customer and internal coordination experience.

Now, back to the origins in the telecom area, have been part of the R&D Global Graduate Programme at Ericsson, which joins multiculture, leadership, business and technology. This programme consisted in assignments in different countries, areas and roles during 18 months, acquiring a deep insight in Ericsson's organization, business, people, and customers from a global perspective.

Interested in operations, management, business and technology, and combining team work and leadership. Fluent in English, German, Spanish and Catalan.

Ignacio Arenas Jimenez’s Experience

Software Designer

Ericsson Spain

(Public Company; ERIC; Telecommunications industry)

February 2009 — Present (11 months)

Software Designer in the HSS Product Development Unit, responsible for the HSS node.

Member of the Customer Product Information team, providing technical input for the designers in form of use cases, as well as producing the customer documentation.

Location: Ericsson R&D Madrid Center (Spain).
R&D Global Graduate Programme Trainee

Ericsson

(Public Company; ERIC; Telecommunications industry)

September 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 7 months)

The program is a mix of on-the-job training, project work, e-learning and instructor-led training. It covers competence development in the technical, business and human competence areas and can be divided in 4 modules.

1) Located in Stockholm, training about the Ericsson Ways of Working, its ways to success, its history and its future. After this, I have got an overall perspective of Ericsson, R&D and customers.

2) Located in Spain, job-specific technical training, and learning more about Ericsson on a regional level.

3) Back in Stockholm, working in a multicultural team on a project assigned by the R&D Mgmt Team.
Training in Project Management, Finance, Communication, Leadership Fundamentals and Presentation Skills.

4) International Assignment: Customer Project Manager in Japan. Goals of this module: work with a customer, experience a different culture, and develop competence in Project Management.

More: http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/careers/rd_graduate/index.shtml
Customer Project Manager

Nippon Ericsson KK

(Public Company; ERIC B; Telecommunications industry)

July 2008 — January 2009 (7 months)

Consulting & Systems Integration, Project Office. Market Unit North East Asia.

Mainly working in IMS-related projects for the commercial network of Softbank Mobile:
* IMS 4.1 Upgrade, as Resource Manager
* CSCF Expansion, as Customer Project Manager

Also involved as CPM in Pre-Sales activities in IMS and other areas, as well as some internal demos.

Location: Yokohama-Tokyo (Japan)
Process Developer

Ericsson AB

(Public Company; ERIC; Telecommunications industry)

March 2008 — June 2008 (4 months)

Assignment in the Processes, Methods & Tools department, within the Group Function Technology.

Analysis of current evaluation methods within Ericsson R&D, and proposal of a new process for Rapid Prototyping, now in deployment at a global level.

Location: Kista-Stockholm, Sweden
Software Designer

Ericsson Spain

(Public Company; ERIC; Telecommunications industry)

June 2007 — February 2008 (9 months)

Software Designer in the HSS Product Development Unit, responsible for the HSS node.

Member of the Function Test team, designing and running the tests to check the correct performance of the product at a functional level. These tasks are carried out using TTCN technology.

Location: Ericsson R&D Madrid Center (Spain).
Airbus Programmes Office Trainee

EADS-CASA (Airbus)

(Privately Held; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

January 2006 — January 2007 (1 year 1 month)

Airbus Programmes Office has the due of achieving the quality, cost and delivery objectives for the Airbus (Germany, France, Spain) Programmes. That involved coordination among the different departments (supply, logistics, quality, production, engineering, financing, subcontracting, support); and activities like cost analysis, scheduling, customer support and data analysis.

Detailed specific areas of responsibility:
** Tubes and Pipes Section 19 Programme Management
- Customer support in visits, audits and control meetings.
- Subcontractor management
- Planification and Logistics
- Costs analysis.
** Main Deck Cargo Door Programme Transfer to Eurocopter Deutschland
- Focal point for supply of raw material, tooling,standardparts and parts.
** Logistics optimization for cost reduction
** Costs analysis in several programmes
** Distressed inventory audit

Location: EADS-CASA Tablada Plant, Seville (Spain)
Telecommunication Technician

Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Banking industry)

July 2004 — September 2004 (3 months)

Trainee in the Communications Department. My main task there was to integrate different individual-maintained Access databases into a SQL Server Database, developing also the GUI for the different users. I also collaborated in and learned the different network maintenances carried out by colleagues.

Location: Alicante (Spain)

Ignacio Arenas Jimenez’s Education

Ericsson

R&D Global Graduate Programme 2007 — 2009

Training in Human Skills, Telecommunications, Project Management and Communication:

* Technical Training (GSM, GPRS, UMTS)
* Project Management
* Project Team Coaching
* Project Finance
* Self Development
* Leadership Fundamentals
* Cross Culture Communication
* Presentation Skills
* Business Simulation
EOI Business School

Master , Business Administration , 2006 — 2007

Granted by SEPI Foundation.

Common Modules:
* Economic Environment
* Strategy and Organization
* Legal Environment
* Corporate Finance and Management Control
* Fundamentals of Information Systems and Technology
* Human Resources and Management Skills
* Operational and Quality Management
* Corporate Responsibility
* International Business

Aerospace Specialization:
* The Aerospace Industry
* Management of Aerospace Operations
* Aeronautics Marketing
* Aeronautical Transport

Location: EOI Andalucia, Sevilla (Spain)
Universität Hannover

M.Sc. , Nachrichtentechnik , 2005 — 2005

Erasmus Grant.

Master Thesis (Diplomarbeit): "Implementation and Evaluation of an uncoordinated Aloha- based MAC Protocol for an UWB Ad-hoc Network Simulator" in the Institut für Allgemeine Nachrichtentechnick.
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

M.Sc. , Telecommunications Engineering , 2000 — 2005

Mark: 7.32 / 10

Specialty: Telematics.

Activities and Societies:

IEEE Student Branch