Jose A. Loera

41305 N. Bayview Dr.                                         Antioch, IL 60002

Phone: (630) 390-9193                              loerajose@gmail.com

SUMMARY:    I have 15 Years of experience in the Telecommunications industry. My work ethic, quality and attention to detail was recognized by Ericsson and included in their training class for “Basic Installation technique (NBSS Tech Training Rev 2.4 | Ericsson Internal | 2014-01-20 | Page 237). I am seeking a position of responsibility, challenge and professional growth where I can utilize, and upgrade my current skills as a Technician/Engineer, Auditor, Trainer, Project coordinator or Field manager working my way into Project Management.

 EDUCATION:   

APPLIED SCIENCE IN ELECTRONICS PROGRAM
DeVry Institute of Technology  CHICAGO, IL              Associates of Applied Sciences in Electronics   GPA 3.3/4

CERTIFICATIONS:   

Nokia Wave 4 installation and commissioning  Dallas, TX  07/2014
AT&T DUL to DUS Modernization certification   Itasca, IL 04/14
Ericsson LTE Commissioning Delta Certification & Level III Badge (LZU1087803R2A) Richardson, TX  04/14
Ericsson Basic Installation Technique Certification & Level III Badge  Richardson, TX 04/14
AT&T  LSO Training & Certification   Chicago, IL   08/2013
Supplier Awareness – Network Space. Course Number 60007518.
Ask Yourself.  Course Number 51247894.
Best Practices: MOP. Course Number 60398555.
Quality Installation NPE (TP76300).  Course Number 60065363
Ericsson Verizon AWS certification (CVLV9140001) Ericsson: Addison, IL    06/2013
Ericsson Tmobile LTE / RBS6000 certification (LZU1088658R1B) Ericsson: Piscataway, NJ 02/2013
Andrews LDF4 certification Richmond, VA    05/2011
NORTEL HS-1 EVDO Test, turn up and commission.Butler Training facility Dallas, TX10/06
B.I.C.S.I. Certification  Indianapolis, IN    02/2000
EMP America - Medic First Aid Training (CPR Inclusive)  Issued 12/11/99 Retraining 12/01

 

 

EXPERIENCE:                                                                              

MPE / EME Test Technician/ Telnet INC – Illinois / Wisconsin – Sprint            12/2014 to 08/2015

• Primary role was to Test and record Sprint antenna EME RF output levels using Narda NBM 550 Safety Test Solutions RF meter and equipment.

•Completed hand site sketches and worksheets associated per site

•Uploaded reformatted pictures and close out packages per site

•Added RF emissions signage, barriers and supports where necessary

• Coordinated inventory and storage needs

 

 

                                                                                                   10/2013 to 12/2014

Auditor / QA – Trainer – Lead Troubleshooter – RMA and Inventory manager – Drive Tester
Nokia / US Cellular - (Wave 4) Nebraska, Iowa & Missouri .  (Wave 3) Illinois.

• Primary role was to do internal post installation audits for 50-100% of each respective market.
• Document and submit daily report of defects found.
• Repair or resolve any issues found with Wave 4 LTE (730, 850 &1900) & AWS (2100) installation, commissioning or close out package. Made sure site was ready for hand off / submission to client.
•  Address any punchlist items submitted by Nokia.
•  Also assisted with US Cellular integration cut over’s.
•  Secondary role was to assist with new market deployments, orientations and presentations.
•  Trained new Installers and Integrators. Provided new update training for new market changes.
•  Alerted the techs to their mistakes. Indentified “Repeat offenders” and provided supplemental training where needed.
•  3^rd concurrent role I Tracked, collected & inventoried defective radios and modules. Submitted, managed, tracked, delivered and received Nokia RMA’s.
•  Wave 3 Nokia NSN LTE Drive testing. Utilizing Streets & trips, JDSU E6474A, Netpersec and putty to capture and record SINR, RSRP & CQI data.

Field Engineer                                                                                             05/2013 to 06/2014
Orin USA  / Ericsson-Verizon , At&t / Sprint-Samsung
• Configured Samsung SMM-BMD010 & SMM-2LD000 Cabinets for Sprint Networks.
•Installed and loaded ASR 901 & MWR 2941 Routers for Samsung/Sprint and MDR 8000 for At&t.
•Loaded and upgraded UAMA, CIMA-A, CICA-A, CICA-D & L9 cards for Samsung/Sprint.
•   Completed Verizon AWS Upgrades on Ericsson 6201 Cabinets for 3 and 6 sector sites And Ericsson 6601 1C and 2C for At&t.
•   Added new Ericsson Radio shelves and DUS/DUL modules for new sector expansions for At&t & Verizon.
•   Mounted Frames to various types of wall, floors, and Outdoor cabinets based on floor plans For At&t & Verizon.  Mounted GPS antennas to Ice Bridges, Walls and Poles as required.
•   Ran, dressed and terminated Ground, power, alarm and fiber cables for At&t, Verizon & Sprint.
•   Added Vertical and Horizontal ladder racks to walls and overhead for Verizon.
•   Did 3^rd party audits and repairs for final closeouts for At&t & Samsung.
•   Call test sectors, E911/PSAP, soft handoffs, Speedtests for Verizon as well as NEA for At&t.
•   Drivetest for NSN using JDSU E6474A&NetPerSec.

Wireless Field Engineer                                                                           02/2012 to 03/2013
Altitude Staffing - Tmobile, At&t, Sprint & Samsung.
Ericsson & Tmobile: New York  & New Jersey.   At&t: Virginia & Philadelphia.  Sprint: Chicago. 

•   Completed Samsung M1, M2, ATP 3g &4g assignments for Sprint.
•   Re-homed existing circuits and added new Voice and Data circuits for BTS & NIU/NID
•   Completed new power upgrades for Ericsson PBC 6500 -48v power plants, battery backups and new  Ericsson Air Antennas.
•   Installed new Ericsson RBS6131, 6601, 6102 & 6201 LTE, UMTS, PCS & GSM coax and fiber units. All wiring and custom CAT 6 and T1 cabling for system completed onsite
•   Worked with Indoor/Outdoor/Hybrid 2c, 3a, 3b and 4a configurations for Modernization / Rip & Replace.
•   Integrated new technologies and brought up new fiber circuits without exception.
•   Completed sector test calls and E911 PSAP/MTLR tests calls for all technologies.

•   Proficient in Ericsson Element manager and OMT as well as Hyperterminal & FTP.

•   Have much exposure to troubleshooting all technologies including LMU & GPS issues. Have a thorough understanding of most integration problems.

At&t: Philadelphia, PA  / Baltimore, MD / Washington DC          

•   Installed various components for At&t LTE systems including:  FIF Racks, Ladder racks and conduit, Ground Bars and surge arrestors, 1/0 +24v power, RF cabling, Fiber cabling, New 66block and T1 cabling.
•   Installed & Integrated new Lucent NODE B cabinets
•   Installed –48v Converters and 4/0 cabling
•   Expanded and relocated existing Nokia Ultrasite cabinets.
•   Integrated new 850 & 1900 UMTS expansion cabinets.
•   Integrated LTE systems for Nokia & Ericsson GSM/UMTS cabinets.
•   Installed new battery strings.
•   Performed Power plant swaps and Hot cuts.
•   Harvested old Nokia Ultrasite cabinets & Various Power bays.
•   Completed Bechtel Safety training and standards.

Cell Site Auditor/Surveyor & Field Engineer                                                 06/2009 to 08/2011
Redline Telecom.      Richmond, VA          
•   Installed +24v Power, Ground & Multimode fiber for At&t 4G Network Interface Device. Also Installed FIF racks when needed.
•   Installed Cat 5 (4pair & 50pair) underground trunk Cabling, Surge arrestors and terminated at new Dmarc and Smartjacks. Performed end to end T1 Testing and troubleshooting with switch.
•   Performed site surveys & audits of At&t Wireless locations.
•   Customize Coax LDF4/RG 8/RG 6/DS3 & Copper cat5 to 4/0 cabling to specific    
lengths per engineering specifications.
•   Produced 2D AutoCAD / Visio floor plans from hand sketches and/or photos.
•   Did quality checks of recently installed Ericsson RRU, 3106 & 3206 UMTS Cabinets, Ericsson 2206 & 2106 GSM Cabinets, Ground mounted amplifiers and power plants.     
• Repaired or completed any discrepancies found during Quality assurance checks and full site surveys. I would document and correct any imperfections in the installations. I would submit Reports, photographic documentation and AutoCAD/Visio surveys daily.

 

Facilities Technician.  Telx Inc.     Chicago, Il                                         08/2007 to 12/2008

I would troubleshoot circuits with use of JDSU test set, Multimeter, butt set or Light meters. Installed signal boosters/repeaters and Wimax systems. I was Responsible for Quality Assurance audits of all installations done by Telx employees or contractors. I performed Pre-Installation audits, Report and track work by a standard form of trouble tickets & work orders on a case by case basis.  I was on call for emergencies as needed.  I was Responsible for the status and completion of multiple projects. Provided a strong work ethic and working as a member of a team for the success of the entire group.
•   Maintained various forms of X-Connections using cat5/ABAM (T1, ISDN, POTS, DS1/data circuits), Coax (DS3 circuits) or Fiber Optics (OC circuits) in the “Meet-me-Room” facility including suite to suite installations utilizing fire stopping standards.     
•   Maintain complex Fiber racks such as Alcatel 7432 to basic ADC 96+ fiber Junctions. I performed Hardware installation of Fiber shelves, network modules for Data, Voice and RF networks including power strips, Frames/Cabinets/Inner-structure, cable management, and other Miscellaneous customer equipment.
•   Did racking/stacking of servers and wiring network hardware for Wimax, Intranet, VOIP and other types networks.  Replaced and configured hard drives, boards, SFP’s and power supplies on Cisco, HP and Dell Servers as well as switches and routers.

Other Skills & Side Jobs:
•  Replaced existing phone system for IBM / Lenovo at the Phillip Morris Tobacco plant. Installed & tested a new Cisco phone system in multiple facilities. Removed the Cisco ATA 186 & VG248. Installed, loaded & Scripted Cisco VG202, VG224, 2951, and MCS servers. .
•  25yrs experience as a event promoter & DJ. Able to manage all aspects of a project from concept to completion. Managed over 100 employees, Managed crowd control for 1000+ guests, Served as promotions and marketing director, Served as Project manager/Event coordinator.
•  FDA Licensed Laser show operator and designer. Experience in Repair, Rigging, set up and operation of high power Class IV lasers.

Partner Available:   I have a partner that I have worked with on and off for 6 years. When we are on a project as a team we are always considered one of the “A” Teams.  
   

References:   Available upon request.