Paul D. Brewer

Brewerpd@hotmail.com

(919) 410-1863

Overview

Multi-dimensional professional with over 12 years of experience in wireless industry, over four years experience in a management role.  Creative problem solver possessing strong technical skills that enable rapid fault isolation and repair of cell site equipment.  Goal oriented with strong motivational skills and experience working with cross-functional teams with diverse technical backgrounds.  Possess comprehensive understanding of cell site installation, integration, operations, maintenance, and optimization.  Also, demonstrates a strong work ethic and dedication to customer satisfaction.

Core Competencies

·   Project Planning ·   Construction Management ·   Preventive and Corrective Maintenance ·   Cell site installation and turn-up ·   Microwave Installation and Path Alignments

·   Quality Assurance ·   Network Performance and Optimization ·   Team Leadership & Training ·   Experienced with CDMA, GSM, UMTS, Wimax, and LTE

 

 

Professional Experience

 

Construction Manager II

WFI/LCC – Virginia / West Virginia

2012 – 2014

 

·   Provided Construction Management for the Virginia and West Virginia markets related to the AT&T New Site Build and ETTCS projects including UMTS, GSM, LTE, and other duties as assigned to ensure schedule and financial requirements are achieved.

·   Serves as single-point of contact between project management and construction execution.

·   Determine feasibility of construction, identifying construction access/staging areas, determining best route for utilities introduction into site, and help determine the most viable constructible site.

·   Supervise construction design within drawings, and ensure the most economical and best construction practices are utilized. Review red-lined drawings and ensure that red-lines are correctly represented into the final construction drawings.

·   Attend site walks with utility companies to ensure power and telco requirements are met during construction.

·   Responsible for creating all bill of materials (BOM’s) and tracking material needs for assigned sites.

·   Tracks the progress of construction operations such as the arrival and utilization of materials, supplies, tools, machinery, and equipment.

·   Supervise personnel resources and interface with sub-contractors to ensure sites are being built per the final construction drawings, and RFDS.

·   Read and understand site status reports, RFDS, site plans, tower drawings, and grounding plans. 

·   Close out projects by scheduling punch walks, site reviews, and accumulating the necessary close out documents for upload to Siterra.

·   Report on and update job progress on weekly database trackers. Including ensuring milestones are forecasted and actualized inside CASPR. 

·   Implements the company safety policy for assigned projects and ensures that work practices meets or exceeds all current company and industry standards.

 

 

Network Operations Manager

Clearwire Wireless Broadband – North Carolina / Virginia

2010 - 2012

(Transitioned to Ericsson in same role titled Field Service Manager)

2011 – 2012

·   Managed the build out of the North Carolina & Virginia 4G network. Converted 110 cell sites two weeks ahead of schedule.

·   Managed team of 15 Field Technicians across two markets.

·   Responsible for setting up all tower crew vendor maintenance work within my markets. This included getting PO’s setup for payment, and the scheduling the crews to do network repairs.

·   Coordinated field resources for all new site builds, microwave upgrades, and RAN augments.

·   Worked with RF and Backhaul Engineers to identify and resolve network alarms and capacity issues.

·   Scheduled preventive maintenance to be completed on all cell sites each quarter. (including facilities)

·   Ensure all site updates and changes were properly documented according to Clearwire policy.

·   Troubleshoot and resolve customer tickets concerning technical problems with the network or supported products.

·   Worked with sales staff by providing technical answers and solutions for their day to day technical issues.

·   Responsible for writing all MOPS for non-outage related work and scheduling field personnel to complete the tasks.

·   Completed weekly reports to track tower climb frequency and cost.

·   Responsible for ordering spare network equipment and having RMA’s sent out in a timely manner.

·   Managed Disaster Recovery efforts after Hurricane Irene in the Richmond Market. We were able to restore 84 sites within 72 hours of the initial event.

 

 

Network Field Technician

Clearwire Wireless Broadband - Raleigh, NC

2006 – 2010

·   Respond to all NOC call outs within assigned area.

·   Installation, Optimization, and Fault Isolation of network equipment.

·   Microwave equipment installation, testing, and trouble shooting. (Dragonwave, Redline, Ceragon, and Motorola PTP)

·   Follow up on all network related issues to assure superior customer experience.

·   Preventive maintenance of cell sites within assigned cluster. (including facilities)

·   Ensure all site updates and changes are properly documented according to Clearwire policy.

·   Troubleshoot and resolve customer tickets concerning technical problems with the network or supported products.

·   Support Customer Service and Sales staff by providing technical answers and solutions for day to day technical issues. Also attend Clearwire sales events to provide technical support.

·   Install and/or maintain cell site POTS lines or Digimodems.

·   Drive Testing of RF air links. This includes for Brightspots/Blindspots to keep the pre-quall tool accurate as possible.

·   Schedule and manage tower crews for microwave installs, repair, alignments, and any other tower related equipment maintenance/installation.

·   Programming and Testing new products.

·   Provide field support for new construction including: on site supervision, equipment delivery coordination, path alignment coordination, equipment installation, cell turn up, and cell optimization.

·   Maintain company vehicle and assigned equipment according to company policy.

Lead Field Technician

Alaska Digitel Wireless Communications - Anchorage, Alaska

2002 – 2006

·   Respond to all NOC call outs within assigned "cluster" of cell sites.

·   T1 troubleshooting and testing, including to the DSO level.

·   Licensed/Unlicensed microwave radio equipment installation, testing, and troubleshooting (Lynx and Alcatel MW radios).

·   Install, test, and integrate Interwave/Telos BTS/BSC GSM cellular equipment.

·   Install, test, and integrate Lucent CDMA PCS Minicell 4.0, Mod 4.0, and micro cells throughout all 5 markets.

·   Use of alternate means of transportation to sites such as Hiking, ATV, and Helicopter.

·   Responsible for preventive/corrective maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting of Lucent CDMA Minicell 3.5/4.0, Microcell within a 40 cell site cluster.

·   Schedule and manage contractors to ensure quality completion of installations, decommissions, and any other field related construction projects.

·   Coax and jumper preparation, installation, termination, repair, and line sweep testing (using Anritsu site master).

·   Utilization of testing equipment such as Spectrum Analyzer, Anritsu Site Master, RMT, T-Berd, Bird power meter, DMM, and TEMS drive test equipment.

·   Run scheduled AMA, ECP, OMP, 5ESS backup tapes.

·   Wiring and testing of circuits on DSX panels.

·   Performed E911 Phase II drive testing in Anchorage Market.

·   Performed cell generic upgrades when necessary after retrofits.

·   Utilize ProComm to make necessary changes/additions via RC/V forms, OMP shell, Craft shell (now using TICLI), and ROP for necessary monitoring and analysis.

·   Responsible for up keep of all company assigned test equipment; including an assigned company vehicle.

·   Willingness to work in extremely adverse weather conditions.

·   Installation, Maintenance, and programming of Adtrans, MUX’s, and Cisco routers.

 

Professional Training

·  Lucent CL3805 - PCS CDMA Minicell Operations and Maintenance

·  Lucent CL5690 - CDMA Modular Cell 4.0 Operations, Administration, & Maintenance

·  Dragonwave Microwave - Basic Installation and Maintenance

·  Dragonwave Microwave - Advanced Installation and Maintenance

·  E-Band Microwave Installation and Maintenance

·  Nokia Siemens – 3G / 2G Integration and Commissioning Level 2

·  Nokia Siemens (NSN) Site Survey

·  CommScope Certified

·  PPC Certified

·  Anritsu Trained