John Bastian

 

19429 Morning Star, Warrenton, MO - 63383 (St. Louis area)
Phone: 314-276-6284
E-mail: towerman10@earthlink.net

 

 

Experience Highlights:

 

I have many years of experience in building new builds, from start to finish of entire cell site projects, towers, tenant improvements, stealth as well as upgrades with UMTS and LTE projects as well as equipment upgrades. My experience of 19 plus years in this industry I have help positions in most of the major carriers builds. I have worked hand in hand with RF, Site Acquisition, Zoning, A&E, Surveys, Permitting and full Construction Management. I value my work and every project I have been a part of. I take great pride in furnishing the client with the best market build they have asked for. I have experience in Scheduling, Budgets and Quality. I take ownership of every project I am involved with and my client’s needs are my top priority in every build. I have been involved in 12 launch markets and 6 Network Upgrades. I started in this industry working as a Field Manager working side by side with the crews, and worked my way to a role as a Project Manager and Network Manager, overseeing all Departments involved in the build. I have a clean employment history of reaching major milestones. I have helped rewrite carrier specifications and Scope of Works for carriers. Knowing the market, the equipment, the time frames and the goals are part of my everyday job.

 

·   Making process developments between client and contractors

·   Scheduling Development meetings between all teams involved in the build.

·   Tracking and reporting activities to client for forecasting and actualizing all Milestones; daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly.
Experience in designing and installation of Lucent, Nortel, Nokia, Motorola and    Ericsson Cabinets and Equipment. Working with RF Departments to help design networks.

·   Designing and implementing Scopes of Work to match desired design of network

·   Microwave Back Haul, Microwave Hops

·   T-1 Ordering, scheduling, coordinating and testing

·   Site Designs, walks, Site Audits, Reviews

·   A&E designing, reviews and ordering

·   Ordering, reading and reviewing Structurals, RF Studies, Modifications

·   Overseeing Zoning issues and Lease agreements between Landlords and client. Assisting Site Acquisition in new leases or reviewing existing leases with client

·   Reviewing BOM’s and ordering forecasted materials and deliveries.

·   Requesting necessary Purchase Orders with Client.

·   Qualifying and approval of Vendors and Contractors.

·   Hiring and working with personal that are qualified to help in making projects successful.

 

I was born and raised in south Central Montana. In June of 1971, I graduated from High School in Gallatin Gateway, Montana.

 

I worked for my father on his farm/ranch for the first 40 years of my life, than branched out into the wireless industry in 1992.

 

 

Career Objective:

I desire to continue to add to the experiences that I have endured in the Wireless/Cellular Phone industry My goal in every project that I am involved in is to meet all client goals. I take pride in my work and I take ownership of my duties. Without any doubt, I strive to reach every goal set in front of me. I bring the three desires into shape, Budgeting, Scheduling and Quality. I have experience working in and with every department involved in the network. RF, Site Acquisition, Zoning, A&E, Permitting, Construction and Project Management. My work is fun and enjoyable at all times and I try to bring team work to the highest level.

Professional Experience:

 

Site Inspector/Construction Manager – Chicago, Il. Aug. 15,2012 to present

Pre-construction site walks with Contractors, site inspections during construction, Utility walks, permitting when needed. Ordering materials, qualifying and hiring and releasing contractors, dealing with site inspections by outside inspectors, site visits all over the United States. Tracking and reporting daily updates back to client, Final site inspections, top of tower through required photos, ground inspections by walking site with contractor. Tracking and filing final site data.

 

Project Manager – NSORO/AT&T Birmingham, Al.  July 27,2010 to Aug. 2012  Overseeing UMTS upgrade sites, New Raw Land sites  RF Mods, TMA add’s, Generators, and relocates. Building scope of work off of RFDS and applying to drivers for turfing pricing. Submitting BOM’s to Logistics for material orders, submitting OOM’s from drivers for AT&T acceptance for PO submittals, awarding sites to General Contractors for building sites, accepting close out packages and reviewing them, submitting to be uploaded into Casper for Client. Tracking all entries into Siterra for client.

 

Market Manager/Project Manager – T-Mobile, BCI Communications – St. Louis, Mo. July 6,2009 – July 24,2010

This project consisted of the TMO NLP 3 sites. BCI was awarded 88 sites to upgrade the GSM and install the UMTS system along with the Nobe Installation. As PM for BCI my duties included hiring and monitoring the sub contractors, assigning and scheduling sites, ordering materials for TMO as well as for the contractors, recording the activities and reporting directly to TMO daily. The scope of work included overseeing 6 subcontractors and 4 vendors such as Electrical contractors, material vendors and T-1 contractors. My duties also included, permitting, inspections, document control and close out packages being uploaded onto T-Mobiles server.

 

 

Market Manager/ Project Manager – T-Mobile, Minneapolis, MN – Miami, FL Markets: Feb. 2007 – May 30,2009

 

  Being a part of this market has been a great experience. As part of this team, we turned this market into one of T-Mobiles best markets in the country. Together we have met and exceeded every goal set for us in the past 8 quarters.

 

Duties include structuring the project to support the new installation of the Nokia Flexi BTS and upgrading the T-Mobile Market with the new UMTS Network. Upgrading existing GSM network

 

Having a major role in helping Nokia and T-Mobile define their processes and goals. Working with the RF Team to help design the network layout.

 

Overseeing Site Development in securing acceptable leases, consents for upgrades and any amendments necessary. Build new raw lands sites from search rings given by RF Department. Forecasting with SA for all permitting issues and approvals. Designing the site SOW’s for contractor builds. Scheduling and overseeing Field Managers from our team along with assigned Contractors. Requesting new Purchase Orders for vendors and contractors. Designing BOQ’s for material ordering. Tracking daily activities, weekly forecasts, monthly forecasts and Quarterly goals or Milestones set between client and contractors. Accepting and overseeing Contractor Close Out Packages to be turned over to Client.

 

Network Build Project Manager -- Ericsson, Plano, TX: March 1, 2004 – Dec. 23, 2006

Duties included overseeing the UMTS build of 736 sites for Cingular Wireless in North Texas. Ericsson used a second Contractor for all turn key operations. My duties included overseeing all of the Zoning Managers, SA Managers, Permitting if necessary. Daily reports sent to the client. Weekly reporting to the clients corporate offices. Communicate and interface with Client daily, Build trackers and monitor daily activities of construction, Oversee four ASP ( Authorized Service Providers) Vendors in market and oversee employee structure. Control costs and Change Orders, oversee material orders and scheduling of deliveries. Schedule and control 39 Ericsson employees in ownership of sites. Turn over documentation and close outs of sites to client at end of project. Control total turn-key activities of 133 new build sites (Raw Land Sites) in west Texas, 115 new builds in north Texas. Monitor all costs, bid controls and change orders for projects. Build warranty processes and monitor all warranty issues between client and Ericsson. Duties included daily face to face with Site Aq, Zoning and RF departments. Helped design SOW’s and MOP’s for client, monitoring and entering Mile Stones in Site Handler and Siterra for Cingular.
 

Market Engineer – Bechtel Construction, St. Louis, MO: Oct. 20, 2002 – Feb. 15,2004 Site Acquisition Manager

Worked with Nextel to launch a new market in the L.A. area. All work consisted of working with the RF depart as well as SA depart. In their network designs, my work consisted of helping to find friendly landlords in the search rings provided to us by the clients RD Depart., After a candidate has been chosen by the client, I walked the sites with the surveyor and as well as the architect, helped set up utilities, submitted drawings to zoning departments, after zoning approval, submitted drawings to the building departments and helped walk them through for approvals. Walked sites with potential contractors, awarded sites to contractors, watched over sites until final completion, inspected close out packages and turned site back over to client completed. All sites met clients schedule as well as budget.
 

General Contractor- Calusa Construction, St. Louis, MO: May 15, 2002 – Nov.30,2003 Project Manager

Duties varied from making contact with potential clients , Bid walking new sites, constructing bids, hiring employees, controlling projects and employees, meeting clients specs, completing sites and turning sites back to client when completed., qualifying vendors, controlling pricing for projects, ordering materials, scheduling projects. This build included 96 new raw land sites, self support towers, monopoles and guyed towers.

General Contractor- Southeast Wireless, Des Moines, IA: Jan.10, 2001 – May 1, 2002 Site Acquisition Agent

 

Worked with Nextel to launch a new market in the L.A. area. All work consisted of working with the RF depart. In their network designs, finding friendly landlords, working within budgets to sign new land leases between the LL and the Client, ordering Surveys, A&E Drawings, red lining drawings, submitting to zoning departments, attending zoning meetings, submitting CD’s to the building departments for pulling building permits

Independent Contractor – VoiceStream Wireless, Dallas, TX: Nov. 1,1999 – Dec. 22, 2000 Site Acquisition Agent

 

Worked as an independent contractor for VoiceStream to launch a new market in the Dallas Market. All work consisted of working with the RF depart as well as SA depart. In their network designs, my work consisted of helping to find friendly landlords in the search rings provided to us by the clients RD Depart., After a candidate has been chosen by the client, I walked the sites with the surveyor and as well as the architect, helped set up utilities, submitted drawings to zoning departments, after zoning approval, submitted drawings to the building departments and helped walk them through for approvals. Walked sites with potential contractors, awarded sites to contractors, watched over sites until final completion, inspected close out packages and turned site back over to client completed. All sites met clients schedule as well as budget.
 

Independent Contractor - Sprint PCS, Milwaukee, WI: July 1, 1998 – Oct. 15, 1999 Site Acquisition Agent

 

Worked as an independent contractor for Sprint to launch a new market in the Dallas Market. All work consisted of working with the RF depart as well as SA depart. In their network designs, my work consisted of helping to find friendly landlords in the search rings provided to us by the clients RD Depart., After a candidate has been chosen by the client, I walked the sites with the surveyor and as well as the architect, helped set up utilities, submitted drawings to zoning departments, after zoning approval, submitted drawings to the building departments and helped walk them through for approvals. Walked sites with potential contractors, awarded sites to contractors, watched over sites until final completion, inspected close out packages and turned site back over to client completed. All sites met clients schedule as well as budget.

 

Independent Contractor - Nextel Communications , Irving, CA: Nov. 1, 1997 – June 29, 1998 Site Acquisition Agent

Worked with Nextel to launch a new market in the L.A. area. All work consisted of working with the RF depart. In their network designs, finding friendly landlords, working within budgets to sign new land leases between the LL and the Client, ordering Surveys, A&E Drawings, red lining drawings, submitting to zoning departments, attending zoning meetings, submitting CD’s to the building departments for pulling building permits

Capital Land Services - Nextel Communications, Houston, TX: Oct.1, 1995 – Oct. 22, 1997 Site Acquisition Agent

 

Worked as an independent contractor for Nextel to launch a new market in the Houston Market. All work consisted of working with the RF depart as well as SA depart. In their network designs, my work consisted of helping to find friendly landlords in the search rings provided to us by the clients RD Depart., After a candidate has been chosen by the client, I walked the sites with the surveyor and as well as the architect, helped set up utilities, submitted drawings to zoning departments, after zoning approval, submitted drawings to the building departments and helped walk them through for approvals. Walked sites with potential contractors, awarded sites to contractors, watched over sites until final completion, inspected close out packages and turned site back over to client completed. All sites met clients schedule as well as budget.


Capital Land Service – Sprint PCS ( 360 Cellular), Des Moines, IA: Mar. 1, 1994 – Sept. 15, 1995

This was one of Sprint PCS markets, my duties included working with Sprint PSC to provide the launch of their new Network. I coordinated all site walks along with the A&E companies for Permitting and Zoning, following up with soils, environmental, Geo’s, Budgeting, Scheduling, and overseeing the GC’s chosen by Sprint PCS.


Capital Land Service – Sprint PCS (Sprint Spectrum), Spokane, WA: Feb1,1992 – Feb. 25,1994

 

Worked as an independent contractor for Sprint to launch a new market in the Spokane Market. All work consisted of working with the RF depart as well as SA depart. In their network designs, my work consisted of helping to find friendly landlords in the search rings provided to us by the clients RD Depart., After a candidate has been chosen by the client, I walked the sites with the surveyor and as well as the architect, helped set up utilities, submitted drawings to zoning departments, after zoning approval, submitted drawings to the building departments and helped walk them through for approvals. Walked sites with potential contractors, awarded sites to contractors, watched over sites until final completion, inspected close out packages and turned site back over to client completed. All sites met clients schedule as well as budget.

 

I graduated from High school in 1971 in Gallatin Gateway, Montana

References- all involved in the Cellular industry

 

 

Tim Osborne

BCI Communications

Chicago, Il.

847-431-0833

 

Harry Hull

Arkansa CDMA & iDen RF Manager

Little Rock, Ar.

501-217-1506 office

501-960-9781 port

 

 

Diana Dillman

Project Market Manager for NSN

424-922-8639