GIS ENGINEER · FTTX PLANNER · WEB GIS

Mahboob Alam

I plan fibre networks, map them in GIS, and build the software operators use to design, trace and deliver.

Fifteen years across GIS, telecom and web development, including nine years in fibre planning. The work is practical: route design, geospatial analysis, quality control, and applications that keep civil, cable and delivery data in one place.

  • GIS Engineering
  • FTTX Planning
  • Network Design
  • Web GIS
  • TrouverNet.com

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Selected work

TrouverNet.com

Design. Trace. Build & Deliver.

TrouverNet is a GIS and fibre-optic planning application I designed and engineered. Planners work on a map: import survey data, design civil and cable plant, trace connectivity, and produce delivery outputs without a desktop GIS toolchain.

  • Civil and ROW design Fibre Network, Equipment, Ducts/Spans and Structures, with FTTX rules for drops, JRC/MH orientation and parcel-safe customer laterals.
  • Cable, HLD and connectivity Star and ring feeder design, auto-cable routing, connection matrix, optical trace, schematic views and loss-budget tools.
  • GIS data on the map Shapefile, GeoJSON and GIS/CAD import into PostGIS as WGS84 layers, with snapping, repositories, and project isolation for personal and company work.
  • Built for operators PHP, PostgreSQL/PostGIS and Leaflet. Accounts, projects, BOQ, fibre schedules and a map-first layout for desktop and tablet.

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Career

Telecom, GIS & product delivery

  1. Expert Engineer, GIS / FTTX

    Etisalat UAE · Dubai Dec 2014 — Present

    Leading FTTX network planning and GIS integration, geospatial mapping for fibre networks, network design and optimisation, capacity and route planning, feasibility studies, site analysis and GIS-enabled project delivery.

  2. Founder / Engineer — TrouverNet.com

    Independent product · Dubai Ongoing

    Designed and built TrouverNet.com, a GIS and fibre planning platform covering civil/ROW design, cable and HLD workflows, optical trace, imports, and project delivery. Stack: PHP, PostgreSQL/PostGIS and Leaflet.

  3. GIS QC Engineer

    Qatar National Broadband Network · Doha Oct 2014 — Dec 2014

    Reviewed and validated FTTX/FTTM network designs, audited fibre-layout accuracy and compliance, and improved GIS data processing and design-to-implementation workflows.

  4. Planning / Design Engineer

    Myson Telecom Systems LLC Jul 2013 — Sep 2014

    Conducted surveys and prepared FTTX rollout designs for greenfield and brownfield locations, including bills of quantities and rollout estimates.

  5. GIS Engineer

    Teralight · Islamabad Feb 2010 — Feb 2013

    Mapped and routed OSP civil works, prepared BOQ estimates, configured GIS software, acquired datasets and developed map designs for fibre projects.

  6. GIS Officer

    Enigma International · Islamabad Mar 2008 — Feb 2010

    Collected and vectorised geographic data and delivered earth-science, cartography and spatial/spectral analysis work.

  7. Web Developer

    Freelance · Online Mar 2013 — Present

    PHP and WordPress solutions, custom dashboards, Esri and Google Maps integrations, GIS applications, data visualisation, REST/AJAX features and database-led workflows — including TrouverNet.com as the flagship web GIS product.