Robert Hayden Tarpley

 

Real Estate & Construction Manager

 

Customer-focused professional credited with solid management expertise.  Positive and reliable communicator noted for construction and engineering, with real estate experience. Leader and team player recognized for the ability to forge solid relationships and communicate effectively to key stake holders across many under tight deadlines.

 

 

KEY STRENGTHS

 

Leadership ● Construction Manager ● Communication ● Real Estate ● Management ● Equipment Engineering

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

AT&T Services, Tennessee/Kentucky Region, July 2012 – June 2015

Senior Real Estate and Construction Manager, Antenna Solutions Group – Distributed Antenna Systems

Professional charged with managing all aspects of DAS construction including preliminary construction site walks to validate the submitted DAS design.

Key Achievements:

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Coordinate various internal AT&T silos for Ethernet, Ethernet over microwave, and MLPPP. Duties encompass setting up site walks to obtain quotes using multi-bid process and awarding work.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Utilize expertise by acquiring building and FCC permits, and submitting equipment design packages.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Create construction budgets and coordinate meetings with Prime Vendor for updates on progress of build both civil build and radio equipment installation. A typical work load is 15 – 20 sites throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, and Indiana.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Responsible for construction through to completion and final close out. Tasks include submitting the required reports to the FCC, customer, and internal AT&T silos.

 

 

AT&T Mobility, Louisiana, October 2010 – July 2012

Specialist – Equipment Design Engineer, LTE, ETTCS, and MODS

Key Achievements:

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Managed and implemented equipment scoping process to ensure accurate modeling from OEM manufacturer to the field for on time and accurate equipment delivery  to over 1800 cell sites for Ethernet to the Cell Site and over 300 LTE site deployments
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Developed vital skills while participating in OEM equipment test reviews and documenting feedback to OEM manufacturer(s) and Senior Mobility Management teams.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Conducted selection and engineering evaluation of radio base station and DC power plant equipment for LTE NSB deployment.

 

 

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

MasTec, AT&T UMTS 2nd Carrier Project, Senior Field Engineer/Installer, South Georgia and Florida

May 2010 – October 2010

Nsoro, AT&T NSB Project, Equipment Engineer, North Florida, Feb 2010 – May 2010

AT&T Mobility, AT&T Network Capacity Project, BTS Installation Technician, Kentucky. Sep 2009 – Dec 2009                                                       

T-Mobile, Field Technician, Phoenix, AZ, Sep 2007 – Jan 2009

Nokia Networks, Quality Manager, Cingular De-Install Project, Florida Market, March 2006 – June 2006

Cingular, Installation Technician, Cingular SE GSM Expansion, Florida Market, September 2005 – January 2006             

T-Mobile, BTS Installation Supervisor, T-Mobile PAC NW GSM Launch, Portland, OR & Seattle, WA

May 2005 – August 2005

Cingular Wireless, Field Engineer, Louisville, KY Market, February 2000 – April 2005

 

 

 

EDUCATION & TRAINING

 

United State Navy Veteran-honorable discharge 

United States Navy Avionics Technician “A” School including Basic Electricity and Electronics, F/A-18 Aircraft Familiarization, and F/A-18 Weapons Release and Control

Forklift Operator School OSHA certified to operate lifts aboard ship

Ericsson 8800 system survey

Ericsson RBS Basics

Ericsson RBS 884 Macro O&M

Ericsson RBS BZA 884 2015 Power O&M                      

Ericsson RBS 884 Data Translations                      

Nokia ULTOP UltraSite/Edge BTS O&M                      

Acterna NetAnalyst Centralized testing                                       

T-Berd T-1/E-1 testing, troubleshooting, and theory

Nokia Siemens Flexi WCDMA BTS Installation Planning

Nokia Siemens ATM and TCP/IP in UMTS

Certified Long Term Evolution (4-G LTE) High Level Planning of Network Systems

Certified Tyco Electronics Integration and Commissioning of Prism and Spectrum Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)

Six Sigma White Belt

 

 

AWARDS

 

Received two AT&T “Moment of Excellence” peer recognition awards for new GSM site builds and expansions