Alain Gérard Ename - Business Analysis / Requirements Engineering

Q: Where is Alain Gérard based?

Alain Gérard is based in Essen, Germany .

Q: What languages does Alain Gérard speak?

Alain Gérard speaks the following languages: German (Native), French (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Alain Gérard have?

Alain Gérard has at least 22 years of experience. During this time, Alain Gérard has worked in at least 16 different roles and for 7 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months . Note that Alain Gérard may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Alain Gérard's latest experience?

Alain Gérard's most recent position is Business Analysis / Requirements Engineering at 1&1 .

Q: What companies has Alain Gérard worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Alain Gérard has worked for 1&1 , Deutsche Telekom Technik GmbH on behalf of Orbit GmbH , and Telefónica Deutschland .

Q: Which industries is Alain Gérard most experienced in?

Alain Gérard is most experienced in industries like Telecommunication , Information Technology (IT) , and Manufacturing . Alain Gérard also has some experience in Automotive .

Q: Which business areas is Alain Gérard most experienced in?

Alain Gérard is most experienced in business areas like Project Management , Information Technology (IT) , and Quality Assurance (QA) . Alain Gérard also has some experience in Business Intelligence , Product Development , and Operations .

Q: Which industries has Alain Gérard worked in recently?

Alain Gérard has recently worked in industries like Telecommunication and Information Technology (IT) .

Q: Which business areas has Alain Gérard worked in recently?

Alain Gérard has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence , Project Management , and Quality Assurance (QA) .

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Essen, Germany

Experience

Sep 2024 - Aug 2025

1 year

Business Analysis / Requirements Engineering

1&1

Creating the functional specification for a dashboard solution for E2E management in the 5G deployment team in an Open RAN architecture
Developing dashboards and reports with Power BI Desktop (data connection using Power Query, KPI calculations with DAX, publishing to Power BI Service)
Developing solutions with Power Apps
Integrating Power BI reports into Dynamics 365 Business Central

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

1 year

Radio Network Planning

Deutsche Telekom Technik GmbH on behalf of Orbit GmbH

Adding new radio antennas in PegaBase and retiring old antennas
Configuring new radio antennas (defining antenna undercuts, setting electrical and mechanical tilts, pre-installing down-tilt joints, checking and validating main beam directions)
Connecting and linking new radio antennas to the system equipment in PegaBase in the CanVas circuit diagram according to the wiring specifications; adding new system equipment and retiring old ones
Defining and entering cable attenuation values
Creating new cells in PegaBase and connecting them to system modules according to the wiring specifications
Setting transmission power values according to central guidelines, considering the assumed cable attenuation per cell
Commissioning and creating the e-matrix based on the displayed radio parameters, and sending it to DFMG
Handling subsequent e-matrix queries
Documenting work results in a work list

Feb 2021 - Dec 2022

1 year 11 months

Development Engineer/KPI Developer

Telefónica Deutschland

Project management in performance management, data analysis, KPI development, and reporting (dashboard development) with Tableau, MS Excel, and PrOptima
Supporting test automation (VoIP & VoLTE tests with SIGOS)
Supporting the rollout of VoIP service over Wi-Fi

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

1 year

Business Analyst/Project Manager/Architect

Endress + Hauser

Projects in product design of transmitters and sensors for liquid analysis
Budget and resource management
Risk management

Jun 2018 - Aug 2019

1 year 3 months

Project Manager/Business Analyst

Telefónica Deutschland

Projects in data warehouse (big data) and business intelligence
Data modeling and ETL development in Hadoop, SQL Server, and Oracle
Reporting in Tableau, Power BI (PowerSuite), and MicroStrategy
Data collection and consolidation from multiple technology (OSS) and business (CRM) sources

Dec 2015 - Jan 2018

2 years 2 months

Project Manager/Business Analyst

Telefónica Deutschland

More than 10 B2B (wholesale) projects, including integrating partners Sky and TV Spielfilm into Telefónica's CRM and billing system, various banking, advanced data analytics, location-based advertising and web development projects
Project responsibility from requirements engineering to rollout, finding solutions, specification, effort estimation, writing test cases and acceptance testing
Risk management, budget and resource management

Sep 2014 - Dec 2014

4 months

E2E Network Quality Assessment and Optimization

P3 Communications

Counter/KPI and drive test-based evaluations for GSM, UMTS and LTE RAN, IP MPLS, H323 SIP, H324, PS Core, LAN, WAN, NAC and MSS (vendors: Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco)
Dashboard design and data visualization in Tableau and Power BI
Optimization audit, checking configuration data and high- and low-level design, developing solution proposals

Sep 2014 - Sep 2014

1 month

Project Management of Drive Test Campaign in the UK

P3 Communications

Resource planning, result validation and issue management
Reporting with Power BI and PowerPoint

Mar 2014 - Aug 2014

6 months

Network Quality Assessment, RAN Planning and Counter/KPI Analysis

P3 Communications

Data export using Oracle Hyperion
Analysis of Ericsson and Huawei counters and KPIs for GSM, UMTS and LTE RAN
Visualization with Tableau, MS Power BI, QGIS, MapInfo and MS Excel/Access

Mar 2014 - May 2014

3 months

Evaluation of a DAB+ Drive Test

P3 Communications

Visualizing data with QGIS
Creating dashboards with Tableau and MS Power BI

Feb 2014 - Apr 2014

3 months

Project Management and Network Quality Assessment at AT&T USA

P3 Communications

Analysis of Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent counters and KPIs for GSM, UMTS and LTE RAN, WAN, LAN and NAC
Visualization with Tableau and MS Power BI

Feb 2014 - Feb 2014

1 month

Project Management for Drive Test Campaign for Tele2 in Sweden

P3 Communications

Preparation of the drive test, equipment and server setup
Budget and resource management
Risk management, data validation
Results presentation with Tableau and MS Excel

Jan 2014 - Feb 2014

2 months

RAN Planning, Layer Management and Optimization at Vodafone Fiji

P3 Communications

Selection of ZTE counters for layer management relevant KPIs for GSM, UMTS and LTE

Oct 2013 - Dec 2013

3 months

Development of a KPI Framework for Vodafone Germany

P3 Communications

Development of an Excel-based KPI dashboard/scorecards with automatic data updates from Oracle and MS Excel

Oct 2013 - Dec 2013

3 months

RAN Optimization Audit at Orange/T-Mobile Poland

P3 Communications

Nokia and Huawei RAN counter analysis to assess network quality and identify performance bottlenecks

Oct 2002 - Sep 2013

11 years

Quality Manager

E-Plus GmbH & Co. KG

Radio network planning, radio network optimization and radio network parameter planning, as well as neighbor planning
Definition, maintenance, analysis and reporting of technical network metrics (RAN, LAN, WAN, Core Network)
Dashboard design and project management for OSS integration and performance management tool upgrades, including customizing OSS interfaces
Ad-hoc data analysis in MS Excel, Tableau and MicroStrategy
Incident management: monitoring network elements and initiating fault resolution measures
Service management: supporting voice and video services (including VoIP, VoLTE, 3G video call)
Application and service management: supporting PM and CM tools
Security management: analyzing network technologies, IP security, router, switch and firewall configuration, NAC, root cause analysis, and initiating quality assurance measures

Nov 2000 - Sep 2002

1 year 11 months

IT Consultant

Steria GmbH

Development and installation of IT solutions in the OSS area (Network Performance Management and Network Configuration Management), including project management for various network operators
Implementing ETL processes and data modeling

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Telecommunication (21 years), Information Technology (1 year), and Manufacturing (1 year).

Telecommunication

Information Technology

Manufacturing

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Project Management (19 years), Information Technology (17.5 years), Quality Assurance (13.5 years), Business Intelligence (9 years), Product Development (2 years), and Operations (1.5 years).

Project Management

Information Technology

Quality Assurance

Business Intelligence

Product Development

Operations

Skills

Data Analysis (Network Metrics)
Network Assessment
Service Assurance
Radio Network Planning And Optimization
Project Management
Business Analysis
Data Analysis
Business Intelligence
Testing
Big Data
System Integration
It-telecom Consulting
Embedded Systems
Project Management
Agile Methods (Scrum, Safe)
Business Analysis
Requirements Engineering
Data Analysis (Bi, Gis, Call Data Records, Event Records, Log Files, Counters, Alarms, L3 Tracing, Kpis, Drive Tests)
Root Cause Analysis
Data Modeling
Etl
Data Visualization (Tableau, Power Bi, Microstrategy, Global Reporter, Watch4net)
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Testing (Counter & Kpi Tests, Software Tests, Test Case Design)
Process Design
Network Assessment
Service Assurance (Voice, Video, Data)
Performance Management
Fault Management
Service Management (Itil, Etom, 3gpp, Etsi)
System Integration
Network Planning And End-to-end Optimization Gsm, Umts, Lte, 5g, Voip, Open Ran, Ftth (Fiber Optics), Dsl, Lan, Wan, Mpls, Tcp/ip, Ip Security, Network Access Control (Nac)
Uml
Bpmn
Sql
Dax
M
Power Query
Ms Dynamics 365 Business Central
Hiveql
C++
Python
Soap
Rest
Aws
Ms Azure
Jira
Confluence
Jupyter Notebook
Azure Devops
Mlops
Tortoise Subversion
Ibm Rational Clearcase
Polarion
Sql Server
Mysql
Oracle Pl/sql
Vba
Access
Excel
Powerpoint
Sharepoint
Visio
Azure Databricks
Dataverse
Salcus (Crm)
Plantuml
Toad
Etl (Nifi, Hyperion, Fme, Apache Airflow, Talend, Ab Initio, Ssis)
Atoll
Pegabase
Pegaplan
R&s Romes
Tems
Actix Analyser
Sigos
Tableau
Power Bi
Power Apps
Power Automate
Microstrategy
Business Objects
Oss (Nokia, Ericsson, Huawei, Cisco, Alcatel-lucent, Zte)
Qgis
Mapinfo

Languages

German

Native

French

Native

English

Advanced

Spanish

Elementary

Education

Dipl. Ing. in Electrical Engineering, specialization in communications engineering and technical computer science · Electrical Engineering

Master of Business Administration, focus on IT Management · Business Administration

Profile

Created

February 2026

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Alain Gérard based?

Alain Gérard is based in Essen, Germany.

What languages does Alain Gérard speak?

Alain Gérard speaks the following languages: German (Native), French (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Alain Gérard have?

Alain Gérard has at least 22 years of experience. During this time, Alain Gérard has worked in at least 16 different roles and for 7 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Alain Gérard may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Alain Gérard be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Alain Gérard would be well-suited for roles such as: Business Analysis / Requirements Engineering, Radio Network Planning, Development Engineer/KPI Developer.

What is Alain Gérard's latest experience?

Alain Gérard's most recent position is Business Analysis / Requirements Engineering at 1&1.

What companies has Alain Gérard worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Alain Gérard has worked for 1&1, Deutsche Telekom Technik GmbH on behalf of Orbit GmbH, and Telefónica Deutschland.

Which industries is Alain Gérard most experienced in?

Alain Gérard is most experienced in industries like Telecommunication, Information Technology (IT), and Manufacturing. Alain Gérard also has some experience in Automotive.

Which business areas is Alain Gérard most experienced in?

Alain Gérard is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology (IT), and Quality Assurance (QA). Alain Gérard also has some experience in Business Intelligence, Product Development, and Operations.

Which industries has Alain Gérard worked in recently?

Alain Gérard has recently worked in industries like Telecommunication and Information Technology (IT).

Which business areas has Alain Gérard worked in recently?

Alain Gérard has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence, Project Management, and Quality Assurance (QA).

What is Alain Gérard's education?

Alain Gérard holds a Master in Business Administration and a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering.

What is the availability of Alain Gérard?

Alain Gérard will be available from March 2026.

What is the rate of Alain Gérard?

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