EXPERIENCE
Launch 3 Services – Oct 2015 – Present – Program Manager – Outside Plant / Wireless Services
§ Manager
all Construction and Maintenance Services Wireline, Wireless, Fiber Optic
Installation, South East US
§ Conduct
Field Audits for Safety and Quality requirements per industry standards and
customer requirements.
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Report to upper management
and customer with weekly progress reports work completion and budget
compliance.
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Manage in house crews as well
as General Contractors for time, budget, Safety, and Quality performance of
their assigned tasks. Manage Google Fiber project with S&N and Bechtel in
Atlanta, GA Charlotte, NC and Raleigh, NC.
§ Prepare
quotes per customer SOW (Scope of Work) and project requirements
Verizon Land Line – July 2015 – October 2015 – Local Manager I&M Construction Core
§ Manage
daily activities of16 Union I&M Technicians Core Division. (Copper
Facilities)
§ Conduct
monthly Safety and Quality Audits all technicians.
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Report to manager for
customer satisfaction and technicians job performance.
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Rotate with other managers
weekend On Call schedule and working during maintenance window as
required.
Sedelco (Contract) – May 2015 – July January 2015 –
Customer Representative for Time Warner NC
§ Managed
activities of Contract Electrician performing Arc Flash audits Tome Warner
Hubs NC
§ Performed
security function for Time Warner and notified NOC when starting and ending
tasks at each hub.
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Ensured contractor performed
audits in a safe manner and according to SOW.
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Attended weekly calls to
report progress and upcoming activities for next week.
Westower Communications – August 2013 – January 2015 - Program Manager/Director of Operations/Operations
Manager
§ Managed
all construction operations for Westower for the Carolinas and Georgia Core
Division.
§ Budget
management responsible for a Profit and Loss control for Raw land, Tower
modifications and LTE deployments with weekly WIP (Work In Progress) reviews
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Project management for LTE
upgrade Georgia and North Carolina.
§ Directed
Sprint decom and Sprint 2.5 dedicated crews and Matrix pricing upgrades NC,
SC and GA.
§ Directed
Ericsson Alltel Blue/Red upgrades, Ericsson Tiger Team alarm clearing, GA and
Ericsson 6.5 expansions GA.
§ Directed
the activities of numerous PM, CM, and PC’s for permitting and zoning
§ Responsible
for Apex office covering all CORE activities and responsible for increase in
annual revenue from $3 million to $10 million under my first year of
leadership.
§ Performed
product development duties establishing relationship with various carriers
and tower owners throughout market such as T Mobile, Sprint, Ericsson, Crown
Castel, and FDH.
§ Subcontractor
management and conducted daily and weekly project calls and maintained
project tracker
§ Project
management 2.5, 1900, 850 and 700 frequency experience
Goodman Networks – May – 2013 – September 2013 – Construction
Manager
§ Performed
construction manager duties managing the construction and testing of both
UMTS and LTE expansion for AT&T / TURF markets in OK. Contract Employee
§ Ensured
General Contractors (GC) and all Vendors followed industry standards and
completed assigned tasks per the SOW (Scope of Work) in a timely manner,
without mistakes and safely.
§ Managed
both RF and Civil construction.
§ Performed
pre, during and post site walks.
§ Managed
the conversion of GSM equipment for CommNet project.
§ Reviewed,
correct, and submitted close out packages to meet AT&T specifications via
Siterra and PACE
§ Conducted
Daily Safety and Quality audits.
§ Migration
from GSM to UMTS to LTE 1st 2nd 3rd Carriers TURF Vendor for AT&T
MTPCS, LLC, d/b/a Cellular One – May 2009 – April 2013 –
Senior Networks Operations Manager
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Responsible
for maintaining quality cellular network in rural Oklahoma and Texas.
§ Managed
field and switch operations for Daily maintenance and Expansions.
§ Monitored
network performance and identified maintenance requirements when needed.
§ Directed
change out of Nortel S12000 BTS’s to Nokia Flexi 3G in Palestine and Athens,
Texas area working with Nokia Project manager and installation/commissioning
engineers.
§ Spectrum
Management 850 and 1900
§ Integration
from GSM EDGE to UMTS
§ E911
Integration
Crossroads Wireless – February 2008 – December 2008 -
Vice-President Field Operations:
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Responsible
for maintaining a nationwide cellular CDMA network primarily in rural
markets.
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Managed
and supervised engineering staff of Field Supervisors, Performance Engineers
in addition to 10 cell site techs.
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Maintained the performance of
50 cell sites with plans for 3000 once network was completely in operation
and fully built.
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Worked with business partner
executive management to promote and maintain with company mission and
business objectives for expansion of EVDO network.
Dobson
Cellular Systems - May 2005 – February 2008 - Senior Network Operations
Manager:
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Responsible for leadership
and direction for wireless network for regional operations including
Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Arizona, and Indiana.
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Performed duties of Network
Operations Manager; Director of Network Operations; Network Operations
Manager during mergers, acquisition and network integration.
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Responsible for controlling
field activities including maintenance, repairs, and installation of all
field related equipment managing four Field Operations Supervisors and their
direct reports.
§ Spectrum
Management 850 and 1900
Dobson
Cellular Systems – June 1999 – May 2005 - Operations Manager:
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Managed network operations
for regional wireless operations including Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri,
Arizona, California and Texas Panhandle.
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Maintenance and installation
of Nortel 850 and 1900 MHz cell sites, Nortel DMS/MTX and DMS100 Super node
switches.
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Directe the implementation of
three Nortel Switches and 400 Cell sites, operating across Oklahoma, Texas,
Missouri, Panhandle, and Kansas.
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Maintained vendor
relationship in the procurement of installation and test equipment.
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Work directly with Corporate
Engineering, Billing, Marketing, Roaming, and Sales to maintain peak
performance of Cellular and PCS systems.
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Responsible for the supervision
and manpower operations of all network staff including Cell Technicians,
Switch Technicians, Installation Technicians, and Switch Manager in the
annual performance and review of duties in accordance to business objectives.
§ Spectrum
Management 850 and 1900
Dobson
Cellular Systems – August 1995 – June 1999 - Cellular Switch Tech;
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Responsible for maintenance
of Nortel DMS/MTX cellular switching operations.
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Maintained switching database
and make translation changes as necessary and to do switch repairs and
generic upgrades
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Installed, test and
troubleshoot CCS7 network; DS3 facilities to DS1 and DS0 level; toll and
local trunk groups Cisco Routers, Lucent DAC, Voice mail systems patch panels
Ciena routers.
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Directed cell and switch
techs in the performance of their duties.
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Maintained necessary
documents and records as needed for switching center and cell sites.
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Conducted Weekly project
update and tracker calls and meetings.
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Performed and managed switch
and tower cutovers.
§ Spectrum
Management 850 and 1900
Dobson
Telephone Company April 1993 – August 1995 - Central Office Supervisor;
§ Performed
Maintenance/installation of all types of Central Office equipment including
switching of Nortel DMS-10.
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Responsible for maintaining
the database of nine regional switching centers including Switch Technician
staff.
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Performed toll trunk testing,
private line, analog and digital, installation and testing.
§ Maintained
various fiber equipment such as Nortel OC 3/12 and 565 terminals and FMT 150
Dobson
Telephone Company – April 1982 – February 1990 - Central Office Switch Tech
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Performed
Maintenance/installation of central office equipment, both analog and
digital.
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Performed
and maintained trunk testing, private data communications, voice lines and
100+ miles of T1 span lines.
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Work
directly with Stromberg XY switches and conversion to Nortel DMS-10.
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Perform all maintenance duties required in maintaining 9
switching centers in rural LEC
EDUCATION
Bachelor of
Science; Southwestern Oklahoma State University
§ Business
Administration with Minor in Management. Graduate June 1990
Military Experience
§ Aviation
Electronic Technician United States Marine
Corps
Honorable Discharge