Ø      AXE 501

Ø      AXE 810 3G UMTS

Ø      Power PDU – EPDU
 

Ø      BTS 2100 series

Ø      UMTS Node B 3100

Ø      BBU power

·               Understanding of core network connectivity:

 

Ø      MSN

Ø      BSS

Ø      DAX

 

Ø      OC3

Ø      RAN

Ø      T1 NIU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS WIRELESS                                                                  APR 2012 – AUG 2012

Michigan AAV Project Manager

 

General Dynamics Wireless offers turnkey services and systems maintenance for major wireless carriers

 

·   Solely responsible for managing Sprint Network Vision Authorized Access Vendor (AAV) Project in the East and West Michigan market

·   Accountable for planning, prioritizing and executing the project including procurement, integration, time, cost, scope, planning and initiation

·   Development of market specific designs, project plans, dependencies, essential process documentation, MOPs, and staffing requirements

·   Took strategic direction from the National Backhaul Project Manager while supporting the project needs of the Director, Regional Manager and the East and West Michigan Market Managers

·   Developed reporting strategy for project. Refined as the deployment and design required

·   Identified issues/concerns and assumptions for deployment plan 

·   Created timeline forecasting and critical path for all activities as an input to the overall market deployment schedule

·   Identified dependencies and sequencing of all necessary planning and deployment activities

·   Responsible for determining AAV Scope of Work (SOW), building and development of SOW training documentation

·   Personally trained and briefed upper management, employees and vendors on the AAV project goals, expectations, SOW details, deliverable quality, format and submittal process

·   Lead and coordinate a team of 91 Engineers consisting of four A&E firms and four Access Service Providers

·   Manage and supervise up to 10 employees both exempt and  non-exempt, including one or more subordinate supervisors

·   Coordinate and schedule 1040 joint site surveys with Access Service Provider Engineers and A&E firm Engineers to determine design, deployment and install methods

·   Plan and coordinate AAV fiber backhaul requirements in support of the Microwave network design of approximately 240 cell sites

·   Manage, coordinate and track the ordering and deployment of fiber backhaul circuits for 1040 cell sites

·   Responsible to integrate existing copper backhaul and new fiber optic network services to 1040 cell sites. Final design after the deployment phase of AAV project will support both 3G & 4G (LTE) technologies 

·   Established change management procedures, including evaluation and communication for project duration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NSORO                  AUG 2011 – APR 2012
AT&T Gulf Region Transport & Migration Project Manager

 

NSORO Provides Turnkey Services to Wireless Telecommunication Providers Nationwide

 

·               Responsible for the Project Management of the largest AT&T region encompassing over 10,000 circuits in the Alabama, Mississippi and Northern Florida markets

·               Exceeded the 2011 target Ethernet to Cell Site circuit migration of 1000 sites by 24%, for a total of 1240 circuits that were deployed and migrated in the states of Alabama, Mississippi and Northern Florida

·               Accountable for managing and controlling costs for the financial cycle of the project. To include budget control and maintenance, financial tracking, bidding, proposal management, purchase orders, biding, review and approval of vendor invoices, and project deliverables

·               Prepared the Scope of Work (SOW) to include pricing, resources and schedule for new and proposed projects in accordance with existing contract terms and conditions

·               Managed hardware and materials inventory in excess of two million dollars

·               Successfully managed the inspection and acceptance work performed by 14 field crews including the quality of services, equipment and materials distribution, engineering documents, and other required project deliverables for fiscal years 2010, 2011 and 2012 while maintaining the zero defect policy

·               Risk management and contingency planning, negotiation of complex or sensitive issues to favorable resolution

·               Enforced the quality program and ensure that appropriate safety guidelines are followed in the performance of the work by staff and vendors and ensures that work practices meets or exceeds all current company and industry standards and applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations

 

 

FIBERTOWER CORPORATION                                                                       NOV 2010 – JUN 2011

Midwest Construction Manager

 

FiberTower is a backhaul and access transport provider focused on the wireless carrier market utilizing carrier-class microwave and fiber optic infrastructure

 

·         Monitor, evaluate and inspection of a 125 site construction project providing backhaul services for Verizon Wireless LTE 4G platform in the Midwest region in the of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio & Pennsylvania

·        Responsible for reporting issues, tracking progress of completion and milestone actualizations twice weekly to directly to the Chief Operating Officer / Senior Vice President, Vice President of Service Delivery, National Site Development Manager among others

·         Responsible for overall construction performance of the group consisting of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) which provides acquisition services to include site leasing, easements, zoning & permitting. This responsibility also includes the oversight four General Contractor teams consisting of approximately 15 to 20 personnel

·        Provide guidance, instruction and solutions to general contractor’s when faced with unaccounted for variables that arise in the field

·        Responsible for final inspection (punch walks) of completed sites and assuring all outlined quality standards have been meet. Identifying items which have not met those standards and communicating the correct corrective action then providing follow up inspections to assure it has been completed correctly by the responsible parties

·        Maintain open communications with the Operations department to insure that we have satisfied their expectations of the delivered site and taking corrective action when items are identified

·        Write doctrine to be used in the National Construction Standards publication in regards to the deployment, programming, provisioning and troubleshooting of the DragonWave Microwave transportation platform

·        Developed custom scripting file used to program and / or downgrade firmware versions on the DragonWave radio platform. This ultimately led to saving approximately one hour in the time it took to program and provision the radio to be deployed in the field

 

 

 

CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS (Chicago)                                                  FEB 2010 – NOV 2010

WiMAX 4G Lead Field Technician

 

Clearwire offers a robust suite of wireless TCP/IP based 4G advanced high‐speed Internet services to consumers and businesses

 

·         Lead Field Technician on Clearwire’s Ground Access Point (GAP) to Diversity Access Point (DAP) 4G site construction / conversion project

·         Solely responsible for oversight, management and coordination of site construction / conversion to include 3 to 10 onsite contractors and tower crew personnel

·         Training, management and performance review of 12 field technicians

·         Develop procedures and documentation to be implemented in local and national Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

·         Developed, designed then implemented an equipment configuration and AC/DC wiring schematic, replacing the previous method used, which resulted in decreasing installation time by 2 hours and is saving Clearwire an estimated $64,000 a year in materials, equipment and man hours

·         Installation, configure, program, firmware upgrades, networking, testing and commissioning of:

·               Motorola BCU I & BCU II site controllers, alarm module and modems

·               Asentria SiteBoss with Digi modem & PowerBoss remote site manager

·               Tyco & Valere J series AC to DC power conversion systems to include battery installation

·               Micrin 20 DC power distribution unit

·               Ciena Lighting Edge (WWP) 311V & 327, LE-427 network switches

·               Ceterus Networks UTS1530-DS1 transport switch

·               Dragonwave Horizon Duo and Horizon Compact wireless microwave Ethernet backhaul systems

·               Eband E-Link 1000 wireless microwave Ethernet backhaul systems

·               Motorola PTP 400 & 600 series wireless microwave Ethernet backhaul systems

·         Installation, routing and testing of up to 24 fiber optics terminations per site

·         Commissioning and troubleshooting of Microwave backhaul networking rings

·         Commissioning, provisioning and troubleshooting of Motorola BCU I and BCU II base stations

·         Complete and submit WiMAX Acceptance Test Plan’s (ATP), also known as drive testing.

·         Line sweeping, tilt modifications and troubleshooting Argus & Kathrein antennas

·         Proficient in the following software and networking protocols utilized to provision, test and troubleshoot equipment both on site and remotely:

 

Ø      Telnet

Ø      Secure Shell (SSH)

Ø      File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Ø      Java

Ø      VPN

Ø      Unix

 

 

DMB ENTERPRISES                                                                                         MAR 2009 – FEB 2010

Project Manager / Owner Operator

 

DMB Enterprises provides wireless construction and BTS modification solutions throughout the Midwest

 

·         Successfully coordinated and completed over 140 AT&T and Sprint contracted projects. Projects which included new cell site (BTS) builds, cell site modifications / upgrades for 4G fiber optic network initiative, and transport additions and modifications

·         Installation, testing and removal of indoor and outdoor +24V / -48V DC power units

·         Modification and repair of Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) to include: diplexers, duplexers and E911 equipment

·         Installation of above and underground conduit to house AC/DC power cabling transport cabling, and fiber optics

·         Installation, repair and testing of various types of coax cable and connectors

·         AC power expansion and modification

·         Installation or expansion of external H-Frames to house telecommunications equipment

·        Custom fabrications and solutions for individual projects as required by client

 

 

SPRINT / NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS                                                          MAR 2005 – MAR 2009

Field Operations Network Technician II

 

Sprint / Nextel is a leading nationwide provider wireless communications

 

·         Member of the National Emergency Response Team (NERT) which responds and reestablish emergency communication in the event of a natural disaster or other event resulting in loss of wireless communications

·         Selected from peer group by management to serve on the National and Regional NASCAR Technical Team during the 2007 and 2008 seasons

·         Resolve technical issues, monitor daily performance and operations for over 50 iDEN, iDEN RFN and CDMA cell sites to include in-building BDA systems with little or no supervision

·         Complete site survey’s / audits and reconfiguration for future WiMAX 4G installations

·         Oversight of vendor preparation installations for purposed WiMAX equipment placement

·         Tracking, coordinating and completing scheduled upgrades, repairs, semi-annual / annual preventative maintenance and equipment audits

·         Installation and repair of DS1, DS3 circuits and equipment

·         Proficient with related telecommunications testing equipment and software

·         Able to interpret collected RF data to troubleshoot issues and trends

·         Manage, coordinate and supervise million dollar cell site projects involving new shelter / cell site upgrades, repairs and equipment, requiring the cooperation and coordination of engineers, construction crews, and several different vendors to complete the project

 

 

UNITED STATES NAVY                                                                                    MAR 1993 – JUN 2005

 

Cryptologist / Special Security Officer / Master Training Specialist

 

Cryptologist’s primary role is to collect and disseminate intelligence within the Department of Defense

 

Assignments

 

·         Fighter Squadron VFW-83                                          Jacksonville, FL

·         USS Saratoga (CV-60)                                                        Mayport, FL

·         NTTC Cory Station                                                        Pensacola, FL

·         Naval Special Warfare Command                            Coronado, CA

·         Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)                            Washington, DC

·         Naval Security Group Activity                                          San Diego, CA

·         Joint Intelligence Training Activity Pacific              San Diego, CA

·         USS Coronado (LCS-4)                                                        Point Loma, CA

·         Naval Reserve Security Group Detroit                            Selfridge, MI

 

Specialized Training and Certifications

 

·         Certified Master Training Specialist

·         Certified Special Security Officer / Special Programs

·         Member of the Auxiliary Security Force (Military Police)

·         Expert Marksman

 

·         Decorated Veteran

 

Ø      1 – Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal

Ø      1 – Joint Service Achievement Medal

Ø      4 – Naval Achievement Medals

Ø      4 – Good Conduct Medals

Ø      2 – National Defense Medals

Ø      1 – Global War On Terrorism Medal

 

 

 

 

 

TECHNOLOGIES / SYSTEMS / CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING

 

 

Wireless Platforms

 

·               CDMA

·               DAS

·               EVDO

·               GSM

·               iDEN

·               LTE

·               Small Cell

·               UMTS

·               WiMAX

 

Backhaul & Networking

 

·           BSS

·           DAX

·           DS1

·           DS3

·           Ethernet (Copper)

·           Fiber Optics

·           FTP Clients

·           LAN / WAN

·           Microwave

·           OS3

·           POE

·           SSH

·           T1/E1

·           T3/E3

·           TCP/IP

·           Telnet

·           Terminal Emulation

·           VPN

 

Affiliations

 

·               Bloomfield Players

·               Fraternal Order of Eagles

·               Percussive Arts Society

·               Pontiac Theatre IV

·               Veterans of Foreign Wars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management Systems

 

·               ACAT’s

·               Allview

·               B2B

·               CASPR

·               ELF

·               Fieldglass

·               Granite

·               iBwave

·               iSupplier

·               Oracle

·               Primavera             

·               SAP

·               SharePoint

·               Siterra

·               STARS

·               SwiftTrac

 

Certifications & Training

 

·           Advanced Corel Draw

·           Advanced HTML

·           Advanced Microsoft Access

·           Advanced Microsoft Excel

·           Advanced Microsoft Power Point

·           Advanced Microsoft Word

·           Crisis Resolution

·           Effective Communications

·           Foundations of Leadership

·           Fundamentals of Instruction

·           Global Project Management Platform (GPMP)

·           Macromedia Software Suite

·           Managing Systems and Processes

·           Master Training Specialist

·           METIS

·           Small Aircraft Pilot (Soloist)

·           Stress Management

·           Subordinate Development