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CURRICULUM VITAE
| Name: | Tandoh, John Ray
Kwabena
Date of Birth: 17 July 1947, Kumasi Citizen of Ghana Married: 5 children |
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| Education: | Basic school (Primary)
Secondary school up to sixth form School of Signals (Telecommunication/Radio Engineering) Post Graduate Studies at USTTI/University of Colorado Boulders, (Telecommunication Strategic Planning and Management) |
Kumasi 1953-1960
Tema 1961-1968 Ghana/Pakistan United States 1990-1992 |
| Professional Activities: | Research in Radiowave
Propagation; Weather and its effect on Telecommunication
Head of Ghana Frequency Registration and Control Board Head, Central Telecommunication Laboratory
and Workshop and Communications Officer |
1985-1998 |
| Army | Signal Corps, Major; Head of Telecom Services, Ghana Armed Forces, Communications Centre | Accra 1978-1980 |
| Communications Officer, United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon | Lebanon 1980-1981 | |
| National | Chairman of the
National Task Force Committee set up by the Government of Ghana that drafted the National Communications Authority Bill. This Bill approved by Parliament set up the present regulatory body, The National Communications Authority (NCA). |
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| International | ||
| IC&C: | Honorary Advisory
Board Member International Communications and Computers (IC&C) Washington D.C |
United States 1989-1998 |
| ITU: CCIR: | Member CCIR IWP 1/2,
Spectrum Management and Computer-Aided Technique.
Publications include, Seasonal Abnormal Propagation of Radio Waves in the West African Sub-Region (CCIR 1/2 198) The Need for a Radio Spectrum Management Organization in Developing Countries (Document 1 WP 1/2 - 266 July 1989) etc. |
1986-1990 |
| Science and
Engineering Research Council: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom |
Circular-letter dated 9 January 1990 acknowledged Mr. J.R.K. Tandoh as among 56 Principal Scientists around the world involved in producing data or modelling in relation to regional factors in predicting attenuation due to rain and its effect on telecommunication. | |
| URSI (International Union of Radio Sciences) | Paper Submitted: Synopsis
on Factors in predicting Radiowave Attenuation Due to Rain in the
West African Sub-Region Rio de Janeiro, 3-7 December 1990. |
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| International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, (Italy) | Paper presented at
International Seminar on SCHOOL ON THE PHYSICS OF COMMUNICATIONS at
Kwabenya on the topic "Research into Seasonal Abnormal Propagation of V/UHF Radio Waves in the West African Sub-Region (A Case Study). |
7-25 November 1998 |
| Guest speaker at University Conferences, workshop seminars etc. on Radiocommunication issues | EMC in National
Telecommunication Strategic Planning and Management Delivered at School of Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. The Effect of Harmattan Weather on Telecommunication in the West African Sub-Region Delivered at University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, 6 May 1994 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Problems
in Ghana. Issues and Strategies: |
6 May 1994 |
| Regulating the
Telecommunication and Broadcasting Industries in Contemporary
Information Age: Lecture presented at the International
Telecommunication Conference: University of Pretoria. Republic of South Africa, 30-31 May 1996. |
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| Summary: | Principal activities in the field of Radio Regulation and Research as well as Radio Spectrum Frequency Management |
1971-1998 |
| Present status: | Director, Frequency
Management, National Communications Authority, Ghana. |
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