Adrian C. Redd

                                                         adrianredd@verizon.net

                                                                                 Cell (562) 212-7063 

1049 E. Luray St.                                                      

Long Beach, CA 90807                                                                                                                                         

 

                                                                     

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position within a company that will give me the opportunity to expand my knowledge and gain the experience needed to further my career.

 

COMPUTER AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

Windows and Microsoft Office proficient.  Streets & Trips, DeLorme Topo USA 6.0 software for Microwave testing.  Test equipment specific: OptmEyes 2.3 for data collection; used with RSAT.  TOM Kit; versions 2.3 and 4.1. Map Info with Workbench; TEMS Investigation version 10.1.2. Baseline software for Baseline and Gen-2 equipment.  X-50 software, made by Comarco Wireless for Optimization testing.  Actix 4.02 software for data processing.  iFTA 2.2 for data collection.

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

Integer Wireless (5 Bars Inside) Through Irvine Technical Corp                                                                    7/15/13 – 8/19/13

201 Sandpointe Avenue 

Santa Ana, CA 92707 

(714) 434-8877

Wireless Survey Technician

·         Responsible for wireless surveys within designated buildings using NEMO Outdoor to measure detailed In Building wireless performance for all major cellular carriers. UMTS, LTE, CDMA, GSM, EVDO.

·         Recorded data would later be analyzed using NEMO Analyzer.

·         Survey results are provided to the networks, along with solution recommendations, which include an indoor or outdoor Distributed Antenna System (DAS) that would provide the needed coverage to improve the network within the buildings.

 

Aclara – Through Aerotek                                                                                                                                                 8/8/12 – 4/30/13

990 E 190^th St #400 

Torrance, CA  90502 

(310) 800-9100

Survey Technician

·         Responsible for working directly with So California Gas Co in finding the correct locations that meet certain criteria’s needed for the best RF reception of Aclara’s equipment.

·         Exact measurements are taken of the pole location. Lat/Longs, closest streets, address in relation to the candidate.

·         After identifying the solar panels will be facing south, there are no obstructions or other interferences close to the location, the DCU (Digital Control Unit) will be installed on the pole candidates selected by the Gas Company. The DCU’s will later communicate with the Meter Transmission Unites (MTUs) installed on the gas meters in the surrounding properties in the area.

·         All data gathered in the field is later uploaded into Siterra with little to no mistakes. Later to be looked at and approved by city officials, Gas Co officials and Aclara before sites are approved for construction.

 

 

 

 

 

Acatel/Lucent ,Sub contracting with Solex Construction through Skyhawk Telecom.                          6/6/12 – 8/3/12

23421 South Pointe Dr. Suite 140 

Laguna Hills CA  92653 

(866)446-9183

Structural Analysis

·         Worked with Project and Construction managers on reviewing Sprint’s Network Vision construction plans on all sites that were going to be retrofitted with the new technology. After changes and or corrections were made, data was then uploaded into Siterra for further review.

 

 

Ericsson Group                                                                                                                                                                   3/21/11 – 2/27/12

6300 Legacy Dr.

Plano TX  95024 

(972) 583-0000

BTS Technician

·     Perform preventative maintenance of cell site equipment and auxiliary equipment for the Sprint Network. (Lucent CDMA BTS, Motorola iDEN EBTS)

·      Perform inventory functions such as receive, assign and track parts within inventory management software.

·     Network troubleshooting.

·     Used analysis tools to identify equipment related problems. (Procom or OMP; also used with corrective network issues.)

·     Familiar with the usage of test equipment for DS1/DS3 testing and antenna sweeping. Anritsu certified.

·     Understanding of the various ALU BTS cabinets and their growth and de-growth capabilities. I am familiar with RMT for provisioning ALU cabinets but didn’t get the chance to get any experience using it.

·     EVDO and T-1 circuit augments.

·     Ability to interpret Sprint Market Orders and install hardware in the correct configuration.

·     Would call ASA to test “head to head” to test T1 circuits. The other way to test would be to use REACT or a T-berd test set.

·     Would perform mFieldWorks ATLAS transactions to check on or close out work orders.

·     Assisted with power plant shelf upgrades and A6 expansion rack carrier adds.

·     Plan and perform administrative tasks.

 

 

Glow Networks / T-Mobil                                                                                                                                      8/09/10 – 12/31/2010

2140 Lake Park Blvd. Suite 113              

Richardson TX  75080 

(972) 669-1994

 

RF Field Technician

·      Last project was working with Ericsson testing T-Mobile’s 3G and 4G network out of Irvine CA using TEMS Investigation hardware. 

·      Analysis of data drives for UMTS,HSPA+ & GSM.

·      Operate on RF communication system using Scanner and analyzed the collected data on TEMS Route Analysis.

·      Verify compare & achieve final uplink /downlink throughput with threshold defined by the operator.

·      Shoe Horn testing of new sites working with Sr. engineers to analyze the UMTS and GSM network performance such as handover parameters, interference, neighboring signal power, dropped calls, blocked calls and quality analysis using Map info & Actix

 

4G Communications INC.                                                                                                                                    11/2/07 – 8/02/10

100 Hay street, Swt. 500

Fayetteville, NC  28301 

(910) 486-8895

 

RF Field Technician

·      I worked with Metro PCS out of the Irvine CA office starting in mid December, 2007 to the end of my employment with 4G Inc.

·      Responsible of Site Surveying; verifying the sites location, height, antenna orientation, make sure the PN’s are correct  for each sector and verify if the site is a rooftop set up or if it’s a Monopole, Monopine or Monopalm. All data is then put into a spread sheet then emailed to the lead of the project.

·      E-911 testing; calling designated Police Departments from each sector of every site to verify and confirm phase 2 data and other specific information needed to assure that their 911 emergency system is working properly with Metro PCS’s network and meets FCC regulations.

·      Continues Wave Testing. (CW) Setting up transmitters and or signal generators; omni antennas, coax cables. Transmit a given frequency to the receiver in my vehicle, then proceed to drive test the given area.

·      Microwave testing for Lucent Technologies. Responsible for line of site testing between cell sites.  I was given a path to fallow as closely as possible documenting and photographing any obstructions in the line of site of the Microwaves. I would calculate the distance and height of the obstruction and confirm if the path was ok, or if it was unable to be used.

·      Site Calibration and Validation testing using the ZK SAM for measuring data.

·      Also working with Verizon Wireless doing E911 and site surveys.

·      Quality Assurance testing. (QAA)

·      Rehome testing in Iowa. Checking the connectivity after changes were made to the network. Testing data  & voice connections: mobil to mobil, mobil to lan, lan to mobil, 611 & 911 calls.

 

Outsource Telecom

Irvine CA                                                                                                                                                                                         5/07 – 7/19/07

Sub-Contracting for Sprint/Nextel through WFI.   (Wireless Facilities Inc.)

Drive Test Technician

 

·         WFI was doing the preliminary testing for the new WiMax technology.  I was e-mailed on a daily basis the drive route, cell site information, time and location of where we would be working for that day.  

·         Met up with the driver/assistant at the site, we would bring equipment to the rooftop.  Take measurements of the structure; which included the building’s height, rooftop length and width, and the latitude and longitude of the set up. 

·         Setting up the equipment included:  connecting the watt meter to the transmitter to establish the power needed.  Take pictures of every setting to document all steps taken in the testing process: watt meter power; reflected and forward power before the cable and after the cable to determine power loss; frequency being used and the set up of the equipment. Get the span and the azimuth of any obstruction that was in the line of site of the antenna.

·      Take pictures of the surrounding area to establish what the antenna is actually seeing; set up

the computers, confirm on the Cayote Receiver that the correct frequency is being transmitted.  Then proceed to navigate the route that the engineer had made for that day.

 

SPRINT/NEXTEL -- Through TEK Systems                                                                                                                 4/04 - 09/06

310 Commerce Drive

Irvine, CA  92602 

(949) 417-4877

 

RF Drive Test Technician

·         Responsible for Cluster drives and System drives of selected areas and the post processing of that data using Actix 4.02.  Along with processing the data, I would also build Power Point presentations of the SQE and the RSSI breakdown.

·         Continues Wave testing of potential new sites.  Set up a designated frequency or channel, transmit and record data from the drive route given to me by the engineer responsible for that area.  Testing would be done with a temporary set up; one being a tri-pod set up for roof tops and the other being a crank tower set up for open land area testing; reaching heights of up to 110 feet.   Most testing was done with the RSAT data collection tool and OptimEyes software. 

·         Configure and troubleshoot all equipment associated with the drive test.

 

 

 

 

WIRELESS FACILITIES INC. (WFI)                                                                                                                             9/15/03 - 3/25/04                                                          

4810 Eastgate Mall

San Diego Ca, 92121

 

RF Field Technician

·         My last project with WFI was in North Dakota on a Nortel/Cellular One project with 3 other engineers. I was the lead on this project; I had the most field experience out of the 4 people assigned to the project. We were responsible for BSC cluster drives, optimization and GPRS testing.

·         Also responsible for testing designated hot spots within the network.

·         Optimize network performance.  Call quality, clarity, drop calls, etc.

·         After an area was driven, post processing was done using Net Optimizer GSM 4.0 and Map Info.

·         Setting up and calibrating RF test equipment.

·         Single Cell Functionality Testing (SCFT)

·         Continues Wave Testing (CW)

·         GPRS and EDGE testing.

·         Testing equipment used: TEMS Version 4.0.3.  X-I used with Cingular Wireless.

 

FLEXTRONICS through TEK Systems                                                                                                                           4/4/02 – 6/7/03

Cerritos, Ca       

(949) 417-4877

                                                 

RF Field Technician                                                                                                                                                                                                 

·         I was sub-contracting for At&t Wireless.  They were using both TDMA and GSM technologies; the newest being GSM. I was responsible for site verification testing and benchmark testing.  Making sure each site has its assigned parameters, correct frequencies and is able to do inter cell and intra cell hand off’s within each site.

·         Responsible for BSC drives.  Identifying poor quality areas within a given cluster so parameter changes can be made.  Verify that sites are working correctly after the changes have been made, fine tuning, antenna tilts, and frequency changes.  All testing done with the TOM Kit.

 

COMARCO WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES INC                                                                                                               3/1/00 – 3/02                                     

25541 Commerce Drive

Lake Forest, CA 92630 

                                                                         

RF Field Technician

·         Responsible for Optimization testing using X-50 equipment; designed and engineered by Comarco Wireless. My last project was an 8 month contract with Nortel and Sprint PCS.   Testing each site after being upgraded with Nortel equipment.  Testing at the azimuth of each sector to record Rx and Ec/Io levels.  Confirm the BTS had the correct PN numbers that were in the current neighbor list.  Made sure site was able to do softer hand off’s within each sector of site and able to soft hand off’s in and out of adjacent sites from Alpha, Beta and Gamma.

·         Responsible for Quality of Service RF testing or Benchmarking for up to 8 different networks at one time all over the United States, using equipment made by Comarco Wireless. Doing this type of testing, allowed me to learn different aspects of many models of phones, such as programming, changing firmware, setting up phones for different markets and networks.

·         After data was recorded in the field, it was then analyzed and plotted.

·         Trained many people in the usage of the Baseline, X-50 and the TOM equipment.

·         GPRS and frequency testing using TEMS Investigation software.

·         Interfaces I have worked with include: GSM, CDMA, TDMA, iDEN, & IS136.

·         Worked with the latest wireless  3^rd generation technologies such as: GPRS, EDGE and Blue Tooth.

·         E911 Testing

 

 

PACIFIC BELL WIRELESS (Cingular)

Through TEK Systems                                                                                                                                                    9/1/98 – 2/2/00                      

Tustin, CA  

(949) 417-4877

                                                                 

Drive Tester

·         Responsible for RF bench mark testing of entire southern California network using TEMS software with Ericsson equipment.  I was given a map within a designated area; I drove the area plotted for testing.  I would then down load data on to the network at the end of the day for engineers to review and analyze.

·         Pre-Construction- Setting up a Mono Pole van in a designated area set up by our site acquisition and engineer’s from Pac Bell; we would then test and record the area using Grayson equipment for signal strengths and handoffs.

·         Comparison Testing-Responsible for testing up to 8 networks using equipment from Comarco Wireless.  In the length of time I used the equipment, it give me many opportunities with trouble shooting; which also allowed me to learn the equipment very well. Along with using the baseLINE equipment, I would also use their workBENCH software to review drive statistics.  I have very good knowledge of the equipment; which allowed me to train other people in the usage of the equipment.

 

EDUCATION

CERRITOS COLLEGE 

Norwalk, CA                           

Major - Psychology

 

LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE 

Long Beach, CA 

Major – Psychology

 

References:  Furnished upon request.

Current as of: Aug 2013