ERIC SIROTE RATANAMAHATANA
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E-mail: sirote@gmail.com, http://thai.org/sirote
http://facebook.com/EricSirote http://twitter.com/EricSirote
Objective: To work or teach in the area of Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications System, Software Engineering, Business Strategic Planning, Investment Analysis, Performance Management, Business Development, Marketing Planning, Research & Development (R&D), and Consultation in related fields
Education:
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Ph.D.,
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Ph.D.,
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MSEE,
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B.Eng.,
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Associate
Degree, Trinity College of Music,
· Sergeant, The Royal Thai Army
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High
School Diploma,
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Junior
High School Diploma (Honor), St.
Gabriel’s College,
Technical and Special Skills:
· Wired and Wireless Telecommunications network technology including but not limited to Fiber-to-the-x (FTTx), Passive Optical Network (PON), CDMA, 2G and 2.5G (IS-95 and GSM), 3GPP (W-CDMA) and 3GPP2 (cdma2000), etc.
· Programming Languages: C, Matlab, Simulink, HTML, ASP, and Texas Instrument’s Code Composer
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Computer Technology: Advance Windows
3.1/95/98/NT/2000/XP and major Microsoft products, UNIX, and the very first group
of Internet users in
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Over 90-WPM typing in Thai and English
· Outcome oriented via strategic thinking methodology
Language Skills:
· English: Reading/Writing – Excellent, Speaking/Listening (American/British) – Excellent
· Thai: Reading/Writing – Excellent, Speaking/Listening – Excellent
· Chinese: Reading/Writing (Pinyin) – Fair, Speaking/Listening – Fair
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Korean:
Reading/Writing – Fair, Speaking/Listening – Fair
Work Experience:
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Corporate Policy Manager,
Strategic Planning Dept, CAT Telecom PLC; http://cattelecom.com,
Responsible for proposing and implementation of Corporate Strategies, representing CAT and Thailand in various international cooperation, cooperation with government entities, e.g., MICT, MoC, National Telecommunication Commission (NTC), and National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), etc., Investment Planning/Analysis/ Implementation, Fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) and 3G Projects, Strategy Map - Balanced Scorecard – and KPIs of Middle and Top Management, as well as Corporate Business Development.
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Policy
and Strategic Planning Analyst, Strategic Planning Dept, CAT Telecom PLC;
http://cattelecom.com,
Responsible for technical and business planning for corporate investments, cooperating with government sectors, e.g., Ministry of Information & Communications Technology (MICT), Ministry of Commerce (MoC), etc., Regional CDMA mobile business planning, analysis and forecast, representing CAT in many FTA meetings as well as APEC Telecommunications Working Group Meeting, collaboration with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), as well as due diligence preparation for the Initial Public Offerings (IPO)
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Operation
Manager, Alpha Management Consultant (AMC) Co., Ltd.; http://thai.org/amc,
Responsible for Copywriting and Translation service, strategic marketing plan and the launch of new products, also in coordination with the Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Association of Thailand (PSCMT), E-commerce website planning and design, and giving technical consultations in various cases; AMC was one of the most famous companies in Thailand in training, purchasing consultancy, materials management, logistics, and supply chain
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Editor-in-Chief, Thai Town USA
News Corp.; http://www.thaitownusa.com,
http://www.MaiThaiMagazine.com,
Responsible for weekly editorials, editing
and production of the company’s weekly publications, Thai Town USA News
newspaper and Mai-Thai fashion magazine, which are currently distributed
around the
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Senior Member of Technical Staff (Senior
Network Engineer / Business Analyst), BKT Telecom Corp.; http://bkttelecom.com,
Responsible for the business and technical planning, design, and maintenance of the VoIP and Data Communications Network equipment, Regional (Australia, Laos, Thailand, United Kingdom) business solutions planning, marketing campaign of corporate products, technical and business proposal planning, as well as Corporate Profile and Whitepapers for PR purposes
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Member
of Technical Staff (Physical Layer Software Engineer), NeoReach, Inc.; http://neoreach.com,
Responsible for high-level design, simulation, programming, testing, and documentation of channel structure prototype for 3GPP W-CDMA transmitter and receiver (Transceiver) in handset and base station; Prototype Design including coding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, channel modeling, power control, RAKE combiner, 3G W-CDMA Base Station Modem Prototype co-development project with Samsung Electronics (Korea) in Seoul, South Korea in 2001
· Business Development Manager, Alpha Management Consultant (AMC) Co., Ltd.; http://thai.org/amc, Bangkok, Thailand, 1995 – 2001 (Telecommuting from the US)
Responsible for developing
and maintain the company’s web portal and its e-Commerce activity, inventory
management and control, and technical consultations in various cases
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Honorary
Writer, Purchasing and Supply Chain Digest Monthly Magazine (Bilingual),
Bangkok, Thailand, 1998-1999 (Telecommuting from the
Responsible for writing articles related to technologies applicable purchasing area, as well as translation and copywriting
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Electrical
Engineer, Sathorn Thani Management Services (STMS) Co., Ltd.,
Responsible for supervising
corporate office’s technicians, safety inspection in electrical and
telecommunications system, cooperate with building construction, architectural
design, and sanitary system in various properties under company’s management in
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Engineer,
True Corporation PLC (formerly Telecom Asia Corporation PLC); http://www.truecorp.co.th,
Responsible for inspection and report preparation of land and mobile PSTN switching center and manhole construction of the 2-million Telephone Line project under TOT’s concession in Bangkok, Thailand
Academic Work Experience:
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Research
Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Responsible for developing a MATLAB fast Viterbi decoder and Raleigh Fading Channel Module for proprietary use, analyses and verification via simulation of the Modulation-Demodulation, Error Control Coding, Power Control, Channel modeling, Channel Estimation, etc., of 3G systems, e.g., W-CDMA (3GPP), cdma2000 and 1xEV (3GPP2); Adaptive Array Antenna with H-infinity Power Control for 3G CDMA systems, the effect of Linear Predictive algorithm to existing power control algorithm in IS-95 wireless communication (1997), and data rate detection before Viterbi decoders in IS-95 Wireless Communication System (1996), as well as performing as a System Administrator for the University’s Communications Research Lab
· In-house Speaker, Graduate Seminars and Communication-Group seminars, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wichita State University, 1996 - 2000
Responsible for public presentations hosted by the department in research
activities of mobile/wireless communications systems, and Research &
Development (R&D) group discussion.
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Graduate
Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Responsible
for grading assignments and examinations of undergraduate and graduate courses,
e.g., Probabilistic Methods in Systems, Electromagnetic Field Theory, and
Circuit Theory
· Piano Instructor, Siam Music Yamaha Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand, 1989-1994
At age 16, responsible for part-time Piano Teaching up to advance level, while attending high school and university, respectively
Publications:
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Sirote Ratanamahatana and Hyuck M. Kwon, “Channel
Estimation for Power Controlled 3G CDMA”, Vehicular Technology Conference (Spring),
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Sirote Ratanamahatana, “E-Commerce for
Everyone”, Purchasing, Logistics
& Supply Chain Digest,
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Sirote Ratanamahatana, “E-Commerce for
Merchant”, Purchasing, Logistics
& Supply Chain Digest,
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Sirote Ratanamahatana, “Merger and Acquisition: Effective solutions for faster success”, Purchasing, Logistics & Supply Chain
Digest,
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Sirote Ratanamahatana, “Y2K: What does it affect us? Or does it?”,
Purchasing, Logistics & Supply Chain
Digest,
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Sirote Ratanamahatana and Hyuck M. Kwon, “One Viterbi Decoder with Data Rate Estimation
for IS-95 CDMA Wireless Communications under Static and Fading Environment”,
Final Research Report for Samsung Information Systems,
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Sirote Ratanamahatana, “Automobile Insurance and the
Crooks”, Purchasing, Logistics &
Supply Chain Digest,
· Sirote Ratanamahatana, Hyuck M. Kwon and Jae H. Shim, “One Viterbi Decoder with Data Rate Estimation for IS-95 CDMA Wireless Communications”, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, Phoenix, AZ, pp. 594-598 V 2, Nov 3-8, 97
Awards:
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Champion, 2009 CAT Intramural Golf
Tournament,
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Champion, 1995 Men-Single
Intramural Tennis,
· Sharp-shooting Gold medalist, Military Field Exercise, The Royal Thai Army; http://www.rti.mi.th; (1991)
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Excellency Award, Olic (
· Semi-finalist, Thailand Piano Contest, Siam Music Yamaha Co., Ltd; http://yamaha.co.th; (1989)
· High-school Academic-Equivalence Diploma in 11th grade (1989)
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Top 50 in
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Top 50 in King Mongkut Institute of Technology
North Bangkok (
· Certificates of Excellency (high GPA) for 3 consecutive years at St. Gabriel’s College; http://www.sg.ac.th; (1985 – 1987)
Activities:
· International Advisory Board Member, Purchasing, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management Association of Thailand (PSCMT); http://pscmt.org; (1999 - 2002)
· Operator of http://thai.org and several other domains (1996 - Present)
· Pianist and Tenor choir, Chulalongkorn University Chorus Club (1990 - 1994)
· Member of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Southern California region, http://usta.com
· eBay PowerSeller; http://ebay.com; with over 4000 positive feedbacks (2000)
· Chevrolet small block V8 rebuilder, ALFA Romeo, Mercedes, and BMW enthusiast
· 24-Year Golf player, and 27-Year 4.0-USTA level Tennis player
References: Professional references from employers, and universities available upon request