About
Welcome to my site. Here you can see what I have been achieving so far in my life. You can see in my resume my education and working experiences. In the courses section you will find my courses, both in the presence and on-line. Have a look in the project section where I put both my professional and my projects that I have done and that I am still developing. The site is updated frequently. Therefore, have a look once in a while to see the new things I will be adding.
System Architect, Senior Solution Architect, Data Analyst & IoT Builder
- Nationality: Swedish
- Gender: Male
- Degree: MSc Electrical Engineering
- City: Stockholm, Sweden
- Email: goran@formigajohnsson.com
- Web: https://www.formigajohnsson.com
I am Swedish, born and raised, that is now living in Sweden but I have been living in Brazil for the 23 years working as a Senior Transport and Transmission Solution Architect for Ericsson. I have more than 27 years of experience in the Information Technology and Services industry and have become a recognized expert for Transport & Transmission Solutions of Radio Access Networks, both within Ericsson and with several customers.
I have since July 2021 moved back to Stockholm Sweden and I am now working as Consultant with the role as System Architect, Operational Product Owner and Security Master for Radio Test Tool development for Ericsson 5G and 6G Radio Testing. I am working with Software Design Teams across the world, mainly in Sweden, China, India and Canada.
For 15 years, I worked remotely from Rio de Janeiro by coordinating (Transport & Transmission) design teams across the world, mainly in Brazil, Mexico, and India. Furthermore, I frequently presented 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G Transport and Transmission solutions for customers in Rio de Janeiro during my time at Ericsson.
I am also continuing, in parallel with my work, my professional journey by adding to my knowledge the area of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, were I obtained, from intense studying, an intermediate level in Data Engineering and Data Analytics. I am also including Internet of Things as an important addition to my career.
Since I was a very young, I have been interested in problem-solving and finding new solutions to whatever challenges have appeared. This was a major driver to the many important successes in my career. Amongst those, the ones I’m more proud of are: Finding several new Business Solutions to Ericsson’s customers; Discovering a surprising result during my research studies in France, leading to an article as a result of my final nonstandard Master of Science project solution; Acting as a leader in roles such as Scout Leader, Sergeant in the Swedish Air Force, and Manager and Team Leader at Ericsson.
Facts
Years with Telecom
During these years I worked with 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G Radio Access Networks.
Different Languages
The languages speak fluently are Swedish, English, Portuguese, French.
Years of Home Office
The time that I mainly worked from home (Except for customer meetings).
Team members
The largest team I managed as a team leader at Ericsson in Brazil.
Skills I Developed
(From 5G to 6G Radio Access Networks)
(From 2G to 5G Radio Access Networks)
(From 2G to 5G Radio Access Networks)
(From 2G to 5G Radio Access Networks)
(From 2G to 5G Radio Access Networks)
(Software & Hardware)
(Software & Hardware)
(MacOS, Windows, Linux)
(Arduino, Raspberry Pi)
(C, C++, Pascal, Python, R and SQL)
(DevOps, Pipelines, Kubernetes, Docker)
(Pandas, NumPy, Cognos, DataViz)
(CNN, RNN, LSTM, Deep Learning)
(HTML, CSS3, Java Script, Bootstrap)
(Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
(WebEx, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business)
(Redmine)
Resume
An accomplished professional in the fields of Information Technology and Services industry for 27 years. In-depth experience as Senior Transport & Transmission Solution Architect as a designer and as a manager and team-leader of local and remote Transport & Transmission design teams in multiple countries.
Ongoing intense education on Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Internet of Things advancing from the previous Data Analytics experience as a Solution Architect.
Currently working in the area of Telecommunications but also aiming for a job position in the areas of Data analytics, and the Internet of Things.
Summary
Sigurd Göran Lennart Formiga Johnsson
System Architect / Solution Architect / Data Analyst / IoT Builder
- Stockholm, Sweden
- goran@formigajohnsson.com
- https://www.formigajohnsson.com
Education
Diploma of Advanced Studies in Biological and Medical Engineering
1994 - 1995
Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), Créteil, France
Study and research laboratory in signal and systems instrumentation Research Study: Growth of region by geometrical deformation of contours. Development of an image processing program in C for contour detection.
Master's Degree Electrical Engineering
1988 - 1992
LTH - The Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Sweden
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
High School
1981 - 1985
Polhem, Lund, Sweden
Bachelor's degree
Elementary School
1972 - 1981
Järnåkraskolan, Lund, Sweden
Military Service
Sergeant Military Service
1985 - 1986
Swedish Air Force, Sweden
- Sergeant and operations group commander in telecommunications and electronics for the Swedish Air Force's air defense facilities.
Volunteer experience
Scout Lead
1980 - 1984
KFUK-KFUM, Sweden
- Scout Lead.
Professional Experience
System Architect - W.IT.G Consulting AB / AFRY
2021 - Present
AFRY, Stockholm, Sweden
- System Architect Consultant for Ericsson Test Tools;
- Operational Product Owner (OPO);
- Security Master;
- Technical Lead of System Architect Board;
Senior Transport & Transmission Solution Architect - Ericsson
2004 - 2020
Ericsson, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Team Leader and coordinator of Transport & Transmission Design Groups with team sizes of 5 to 60 people from Brazil, Mexico and India;
- Designed and was responsible for several proof-of-concept networks for features such as Elastic RAN, 5G DSS Transport Networks, PTP Time & Phase Synchronization;
- Created Customer Solutions of 2G to 5G Transport and Transmission Networks;
- Created several Customer Trial Solutions of 2G to 5G Transport and Transmission Networks;
- Developed Design Tools for Transport & Transmission Solutions in Web and SQL Environment;
- Created Design and Implementation automation processes for Transport Design, Zero Touch.
Senior Transmission Engineer
2001 - 2003
Ericsson, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Team Leader and coordinator for Transmission Local Design Group of 10 people;
- Created Customer Solutions of Transmission Networks.
Network Design Manager
2000 - 2001
Ericsson, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Network Design Manager for a Transmission Design Group of 10 people;
- Created and was responsible for Transmission Solutions for PDH & SDH Cross Connects and Radio Links for the ATL and Vesper Network Operators.
Senior Network Consultant
1998 - 2000
Ericsson, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Team Leader for Transmission Operation & Maintenance;
- Responsible for Operation and Maintenance of the PDH, SDH and Synchronization Network of the ATL Mobile Operator;
- Created O&M processes for Transmission Operation & Maintenance.
Technical Support Specialist
1996 - 1998
Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden
- Global GSM support specialist;
- SW and HW tester for new GSM releases;
- Acting Manager for Global GSM support during vacations.
Courses
Ericsson
1996 - 2020
5G Courses:
1 - Multistandard Radio, 2 - 4G-5G Split RAN Architecture, 3 - Standardization and Trial Status, 4 - NR RAN Deep Dive, 5 - RAN System Techniques, 6 - RAN NR N18 Functionality, 7 - RAN NR Protocols and Procedures, 8 - Massive MIMO and Beamforming for 5G, 9 - Transport Overview, 10 - RAN Transport Solutions, 11 - Transport Evolution, 12 - What is 5G RAN
5G Webinars:
1 - A Comparision between the 5G Core and Evolved Packet Core, 2 - RWCE Webinar 5G Transport Evolution, 3 - Deployment Considerations, 4 - mmWave FWA - Propagation Model Tuning, 5 - Lowering barriers to 5G deployment – findings, 6 - Industry 4.0, 7 - New Radio (NR) - EMF requirements
4G Courses:
1 - LTE SAE System Overview, 2 - LTE L11 Air Interface, 3 - LTE L11 Protocols and Procedures, 4 - LTE L11 Access Transport Network Dimensioning, 5 - LTE L11 Configuration, 6 - LTE L11 Troubleshooting, 7 - LTE in a Nutshell WBL, 8 - LTE SAE a System Overview WBL, 9 - LTE L12 Delta, 10 - LTE Solution Architect Assessment, 11 - LTE 4G Technology, 12 - Elastic RAN Introduction
IP Courses:
1 - Ericsson IP Overview, 2 - Network Protocol Stacks Overview, 3 - IP Fundamentals, 4 - IPv6 Overview, 5 - IPv6 Fundamentals, 6 - Carrier Ethernet Overview, 7 - Ethernet Transport Fundamentals, 8 - IP Multicast Overview, 9 - IP Multicast Fundamentals, 10 - IP Routing Overview, 11 - BGP Overview, 12 - IP Routing Fundamentals, 13 - IP QoS Overview, 14 - IP QoS Fundamentals, 15 - IS-IS Overview, 16 - IS-IS Fundamentals, 17 - OSPF Overview, 18 - OSPF Fundamentals, 19 - MPLS Overview, 20 - MPLS Fundamentals, 21 - MPLS VPN Overview
Cloud Courses:
1 - SDN Basics, 2 - SDN Architecture, 3 - Deep Dive Cloud RAN, 4 - RAN Update - From Concept to Product, 5 - SDN Market Drivers, 6 - SP-SDN Key Selling Point, 7 - Business Impact of Virtualization and SDN, 8 - SDN Sales Assessment, 9 - SP-SDN 14B Delta Training - Service Chaining Use Cases, 10 - SDNc-P 14B Delta Training, 11 - SP-SDN 14B Delta Training - Troubleshooting, 12 - NFVI BootCamp - DC Networking
IBM
2020
IBM Data Science Professional Certificate
1 - What is Data Science?, 2 - Tools for Data Science, 3 - Data Science Methodology, 4 - Python for Data Science and AI, 5 - Databases and SQL for Data Science, 6 - Data Analysis with Python, 7 - Data Visualization with Python, 8 - Machine Learning with Python, 9 - Applied Data Science Capstone
IBM Artificial Intelligence Professional Certificate
1 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI), 2 - Getting Started with AI using IBM Watson, 3 - Building AI Powered Chatbots Without Programming, 4 - Python for Data Science and AI, 5 - Building AI Applications with Watson APIs, 6 - Introduction to Computer Vision with Watson and OpenCV, 7 - Machine Learning with Python, 8 - Scalable Machine Learning on Big Data using Apache Spark, 9 - Introduction to Deep Learning & Neural Networks with Keras, 10 -Deep Neural Networks with PyTorch, 11 - Building Deep Learning Models with TensorFlow, 12 - AI Capstone Project with Deep Learning
IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate
1 - Introduction to Data Analytics, 2 - Excel Basics for Data Analysis, 3 - Data Visualization and Dashboards with Excel and Cognos, 4 - Python for Data Science and AI, 5 - Databases and SQL for Data Science, 6 - Data Analysis with Python, 7 - Data Visualization with Python, 8 - Machine Learning with Python, 9 - IBM Data Analyst Capstone Project
IBM Machine Learning Professional Certificate
1 - Exploratory Data Analysis for Machine Learning, 2 - Supervised Learning Regression, 3 - Supervised Learning Classification, 4 - Unsupervised Learning, 5 - Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning, 6 - Specialized Models Time Series and Survival Analysis
2020
Data Engineering with Google Cloud Professional Certificate
1 - Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals, 2 - Modernizing Data Lakes and Data Warehouses with GCP, 3 - Building Batch Data Pipelines on GCP, 4 - Building Resilient Streaming Analytics Systems on GCP, 5 - Smart Analytics, Machine Learning, and AI on GCP, 6 - Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Exam
SRE and DevOps Engineer with Google Cloud
1 - Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals Core Infrastructure, 2 - Developing a Google SRE Culture 3 - Reliable Google Cloud Infrastructure Design and Process, 4 - Logging, Monitoring and Observability in Google Cloud, 5 - Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine
Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate
1 - Crash Course on Python, 2 - Using Python to Interact with the Operating System, 3 - Introduction to Git and GitHub, 4 - Troubleshooting and Debugging Techniques, 5 - Configuration Management and the Cloud, 6 - Automating Real-World Tasks with Python
Deeplearning.ai
2020
DeepLearning.AI TensorFlow Developer Professional Certificate
1 - Introduction to TensorFlow for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning, 2 - Convolutional Neural Networks in TensorFlow, 3 - Natural Language Processing in TensorFlow, 4 - Sequences, Time Series and Prediction
Imperial College London
2020
Mathematics for Machine Learning
1 - Mathematics for Machine Learning Linear Algebra, 2 - Mathematics for Machine Learning Multivariate Calculus, 3 - Mathematics for Machine Learning PCA
University of Michigan
2021
Web Design for Everybody Basics of Web Development & Coding Specialization
1 - Introduction to HTML5, 2 - Introduction to CSS3, 3 - Interactivity with JavaScript, 4 - Advanced Styling with Responsive Design, 5 - Web Design for Everybody Capstone
University of California - Irvine
2021
An Introduction to Programming the Internet of Things (IOT) Specialization
1 - Introduction to the Internet of Things and Embedded Systems, 2 - The Arduino Platform and C Programming, 3 - Interfacing with the Arduino, 4 - The Raspberry Pi Platform and Python Programming for the Raspberry Pi, 5 - Interfacing with the Raspberry Pi, 6 - Programming for the Internet of Things Project
2021
Master Agile Software Development
1 - Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), 2 - Comparing Agile versus Waterfall Project Management, 3 - Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile Project Management, 4 - Agile Foundations, 5 - Agile Development Practices, ... , 25 - Scrum: The Basics
Become an Azure Developer
1 - Azure: Understanding the Big Picture, ...
Amazon
2021
AWS Fundamentals
1 - AWS Cloud Technical Essentials, 2 - AWS Fundamentals Addressing Security Riskt, 3 - AWS Fundamentals Migrating to the Cloud, 4 - AWS Fundamentals Building Serverless Applications
Politecnico
2021
FPGA computing systems
1 - Background knowledge and introductory material
Learn Quest
2022
Learning Linux for LFCA Certification Specialization
1 - Linux Fundamentals, 2 - Managing Linux Systems
University of California - Santa Cruz
2022
Coding for Everyone C and C++ Specialization
1 - C for Everyone Programming Fundamentals, 2 - C for Everyone Structured Programming, 3 - C++ For C Programmers Part A, 4 - C++ For C Programmers Part B
Languages
Presentations
2019-09-20 - Firjan & The Consulate General of Sweden - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
- Presentation URL: Smart Cities: Sociedade 5.0 | Casa Firjan
- Presentation in English: “Society 5.0” 5G technology and the challenges to get there
- Presentation in Portuguese: “Society 5.0” Tecnologia 5G e os desafios para chegarmos la
- Video Original: This is 5G Ericsson
- Video Edited for the presentation: This is 5G Ericsson with Portuguese subtitle
About
The PUC-Rio Innovation Agency supports the Smart Cities: Society 5.0 event, promoted by Casa Firjan in partnership with the Consulate General of Sweden.
Participation in the event promoted the exchange of experiences and knowledge on the themes of industry 4.0, automation, and society 5.0, as well as the identification of synergies for future cooperation with Sweden. The event was part of the 8th Edition of the Sweden-Brazil Innovation Weeks, which took place from September 16 to 27 in several cities in Brazil.
2021-06-16 - Tudo Sobre Iot - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
- Presentation in English: 5G - From Architecture to Business
- Presentation in Portuguese: 5G - Da Arquitetura aos Negóciós
About
All About IoT - The largest Internet of Things community in Brazil Leverage IoT opportunities with Community, Courses, Congresses, Webinar, Articles, e-Book, research and community.
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The "5G - From Architecture to Business" was presented by Göran Formiga Johnsson with the following themes:
- Architecture: What changes from 4G to 5G architecture?
- IoT: How 5G contributes to the Internet of Things?
- Private 5G: Private 5G: is it worth it?
- Value chain players: Equipment providers x Potential infrastructure players for private 5G and its variations.
- Trends: What operators around the world are planning with 5G and how is Brazil?
- Business: Consumers, new products and services: what can we expect and how to anticipate?
- Results: When 5G becomes real, where is it real, investments and how to make money with this technology?
- Masterthings: Interaction and exchange of experience with experts from “All About IoT”.
Tudo Sobre IoT - A maior comunidade de Internet das Coisas do Brasil Potencializar oportunidades IoT com Comunidade, Cursos, Congressos, Webinar, artigos, e-Book, pesquisas e comunidade.
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O “5G - Da Arquitetura ao Negócio” foi apresentado por Göran Formiga Johnsson com os seguintes temas:
- Arquitetura: O que muda da arquitetura 4G para o 5G?
- IoT: Como o 5G contribui para a Internet das Coisas?
- 5G Privativo: 5G privativo: vale a pena?
- Players da cadeia de valor: Fornecedores de equipamentos x Potenciais players de infraestrutura para o 5G privativo e suas variações.
- Tendências: O que as operadoras do mundo planejam com o 5G e como fica o Brasil?
- Negócios: Consumidores, novos produtos e serviços: o que podemos esperar e como se antecipar?
- Resultados: Quando o 5G se torna real, onde é real, investimentos e como faturar com essa tecnologia?
- Masterthings: Interação e troca de experiência com os experts do “Tudo Sobre IoT”.
Recommendations
... He is one of the brightest persons I know and above all one of the most ethical as well... ... He is known for his creativity and earnestness, qualities desired by employers and specially by customers who often singled him out when dealing with his former employer... ...Along these twenty odd years he worked with almost all transport technologies ranging from microwave, SDH, ATM, IP and optical for all mobile network generations from 2G to 5G...
Luiz Eugenio Barros Jr
Transport Network and Technology consultant at Ericsson
Sigurd Göran Lennart Formiga Johnsson is one of the most skilled professionals that I had the privilege to work with, in the design and implementation of RAN systems, complying the domains of transport and radio access networks. He accepts change with very open mid, the past years he cooperated with various innovation initiatives seeking for efficiency and automation of processes and tools.
Luís Carlos Ferreira
Customer Solutions at Ericsson
...He is not only very knowledgeable, but also capable of providing innovative solutions for our customers, powered by his great ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and environments. Through his cultural awareness and broad international experience, in addition to strong management skills, Formiga is able to lead and bring the best from his teams, orchestrating all stakeholders swiftly and smoothly...
Carlos Paladino
Customer Program Manager at Vecima Networks Inc.
...Formiga has been the main contributor in the Transport Design tool development. The expertise he has shown from Requirement Specification through Technical clarifications to final tool Acceptance validation was essential for the successful tool introduction...
Laszlo Kis
Product Owner at Ericsson Hungary
Sigurd, é um dos melhores profissionais que tive a oportunidade de trabalhar: focado, colaborativo e sempre olhando pra frente. Foi meu companheiro em batalhas de mudanças de processos, onde o maior desafio era mudar a cabeça das pessoas: inovação e melhoria continua como meta.
Vanessa (Rodrigues) Silva
ICT Analyst | Performance Improvement | MBA | Scrum Master
Contact Me
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Location:
Stockholm, Sweden
Email:
goran@formigajohnsson.com