Karim El-Khazen

Address: Rheindorfer Strasse 79, 53225 Bonn, Germany
Date of Birth: 05-Oct-76 - French and Lebanese Citizenships
Email: karim@elkhazen.com - Mobile: +49-160-9728-4902

WORK EXPERIENCE

Deutsche Telekom
Senior International Partnership Development Manager, November 2009 - Present (Bonn, Germany)

• Identifying and executing strategic partnerships and international projects that create new growth segments for T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom.

T-Mobile International
International Program Manager, November 2007 - October 2009 (Bonn, Germany)

• Managed cross-functional project/program teams of 30+ managers, designers, developers and technicians located in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
• Planned, coordinated and controlled Top20 Product Development projects/programs in strong collaboration with marketing, external vendors and the technology organizations of T-Mobile in Europe.
• Supported the management of the Community 1.0 project part of the Connected Life and Work (CLW) program, and managed the technical deliveries of Austria, Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.
• Responsible for project scope and budget (over 3 MEuro), requirement gathering, gap analysis, end-to-end design, development, testing and deployment of Mobile IM product in Germany, Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.

T-Mobile International
International Project Manager, June 2006 - October 2007 (Vienna, Austria)

• Managed service implementation projects related to the Mobile Instant Messaging (Mobile IM)/Super SMS business across T-Mobile entities in Germany, UK and Austria
• Supported the program management of different projects related to the Mobile Instant Messaging, and managed the technical inter-working activities between T-Mobile International and Vodafone Group.
• Led the mobile messaging design team located in Austria, Germany and Czech Republic in a cross-functional project related to Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) opportunities in Europe.
• Maintained a solid understanding of the entire technology landscape and identifying relevant trends, especially in the field of mobile messaging (SMS, Mobile IM, MMS, Email, and Voice Messaging).

Motorola
Technical Manager, September 2001 - April 2006 (Paris, France)

• Managed "End-to-End Reconfigurability" (E2R) collaborative project (16.9 MEuro, 55 person-years/year) of the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission (EC), interfacing on a daily basis with the consortium (28 partners across 10 countries in Europe and Asia).
• Provided overall technical coordination, ensured on-time delivery of deliverables to EC and drove coherent technical perspectives and liaison activities across the workpackages of such multi-disciplinary research project.
• Defined business opportunities and actively contributed to the strategy identification for reconfigurability, by the development of interactions within Motorola and the implementation of standardization and regulation plans.
• Designed and specified a web-based project management platform enabling financial and technical monitoring and reporting as well as information sharing for multi-site and multi-partner collaborative project.
• Contributed to the initial scoping and requirements identification for multicast device management solutions for Motorola, and analyzed point-to-point device management mechanisms.
• Defined and developed a service architectural framework in Beyond 3G (B3G) environment and implemented new concepts related to service management on Motorola B3G demonstration testbed (GPRS, WLAN, DVB-T).
• Led the multi-site and multi-partner development of the Monasidre (European project) telecommunications platform, and contributed to the conception and UML-based design of the platform.

Ericsson Radio Systems AB
System Engineer, May 2000 - December 2000 (Stockholm, Sweden)

• Analyzed the behavior of an IP-based radio access network for cellular mobile phone system.
• Developed a simulation tool, based on Network Simulator (NS), for the dimensioning of such network.
• Studied the network performance and documented several scenarios of voice and data applications.

DirectMoving.com
Technical Manager, January 2000 - December 2000 (Paris, France & Stockholm, Sweden)

• Managed and guided the web development including design, functionalities, and content of the portal.
• Coordinated the new integrations with the different departments and external partners.

Cegetel - Société Française du Radiotéléphone (SFR)
Engineering Intern, June 1999 - August 1999 (Paris, France)

• Analyzed GSM protocols at A/Abis interfaces, and developed procedures for the analysis and its post-processing.
• Gained knowledge of GSM standard as well as database development and management.

Thomson Broadcast Systems
Web Developer, June 1998 - December 2000 (Paris, France)

• Created the corporate website of the company (3-month), and maintained it regularly for 2+ years.
• Conducted the project lifecycle from specifications to delivery, and organized its development.

EDUCATION

Kellogg School of Management / WHU
Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA), 2008-2010 - Vallendar, Germany / Chicago, USA

• Executive MBA program jointly offered by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (USA) and the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany).

Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2000-2001 - Atlanta, USA

• Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (GPA 3.87/4.0).
• Major in Telecommunications and Minor in Management.
• Courses include E-Commerce, Secure Communications Technology, Database Management Systems, Fiber Optic Networks, Advanced Digital Communications, Fourier Optics and International Accounting.

Graduate School in Electronic Engineering: E.N.S.E.A.
French Engineering Degree in Electronics, 1997-2000 - Paris, France

• Graduate Engineering Degree in Networks and Telecommunications.
• Engineering courses include LAN/WAN, GSM communications, UMTS, ATM, TCP/IP, X.25, Digital Communications and Computer Science.

Preparatory Classes: Lycée Privé Sainte Geneviève
Two-year program, 1995-1997 - Paris, France

• Intensive program in Mathematics and Physics preparing entrance to highly selective French Engineering Schools.

AWARD AND PATENT

• T-Mobile International's CTO Award (November 2008).
• K. El-Khazen, G. Martinez, R. State, "Management of a communications terminal using a management platform in a different administrative domain" (EP1443701).

PUBLICATIONS

• More than 50 papers published in international conferences and journals in the field of mobile communications.
• D. Bourse, K. El-Khazen, A. Lee, D. Grandblaise, D. Boscovic, "Business Perspectives of End-to-End Reconfigurability", to be published in IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, October 2005.
• O. Benali, K. El-Khazen, D. Garrec, M. Guiraudou, G. Martinez, "A Framework for an Evolutionary Path toward 4G by Means of Cooperation of Networks", IEEE Communications Magazine, May 2004.
• P. Demestichas, G. Vivier, K. El-Khazen, M. Theologou, "Evolution in Wireless Systems Management Concepts: From Composite Radio Environments to Reconfigurability", IEEE Communications Magazine, May 2004.
• K. El-Khazen, G. Vivier, N. Lhuillier, "Reconfigurable Equipment Management: an Agent Based Framework", 5th IFIP International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks 2003, October 2003.
• K. El-Khazen, F. Lefevre, D. Garrec, M. Guiraudou, O. Benali, "Beyond 3G Demonstrator for Enhanced Service Signaling, Discovery and Management", IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications 2003, June 2003.

MEMBERSHIPS

• Volunteer in the Lebanese association of Order of Malta.
• Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) since 2000.
• Member of the International Network of E.N.S.E.A. Engineers since 1998.
• Member of the Electronics Association of E.N.S.E.A. (1997 - 1999), built an autonomous robot as part of a student team.
• Program Committee Member of 1st International Workshop on Secure and Ubiquitous Networks 2005 (Denmark).
• Technical Program Committee Member of IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit 2005 (Germany).
• Technical Program Committee Member of E2R Workshop 2004 (Spain).

MISCELLANEOUS

• Languages: Arabic and French: mother tongues; English: fluent; German: beginner.
• Treasurer of the non-profit organization "Concept E.N.S.E.A." (Junior Enterprise) (1997 - 1999) providing professional consulting studies and software development to companies in the field of telecommunications and IT.
• Interests include traveling, photography, management reading, and web technologies.
• Studied in France, Lebanon and the USA, and traveled through North America, Europe, Middle-East and Asia.
• Sports include ski, swimming, squash and basketball.