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4/2012 - Present

Industry: Telecommunications Services

Project Manager/RF Lead (Contractor to T-Mobile)

T-Mobile Modernization/Rural America Project

RF Project Manager for Team of 9 engineers to design 1700 cell sites (GSM/UMTS/LTE). Responsible for managing weekly activities for 9 RF Senior Engineers Responsible for RFDS from initial design to entitlement complete. This include reviewing drawing, verifying that the design passed Structural Analysis and produce a Final RFDS. Responsible for POs, Invoicing and Payment release for all Milestones. Responsible for RFDS, CIQ and Port Matrix.Responsible for coverage map, Site Justification Packages.Worked with development on selecting new search ring (site move).

4/2010 - 12/2011

Industry: Telecommunications Services

LTE Project Manager (Contractor to Ericsson)

LTE and UMTS Project ManagerRF Project Manager for RF Design, Special Event (DAS, In-building) and RF Tuning Services for LTE and UMTS for the Southeast (Puerto Rico, Georgia). Responsible for entire PO which covers the Design, Scripting, RNDCIQ and RF Tuning both Pre- and Post- Launch for over 2500 sites. Responsible for managing the Project Budget (over $20M). This includes forecasting project resources to maximize profits while delivering high quality services.Tools – MUS, MORE, SRM, Gordon, SiteHandler, SAP

8/2009 - 4/2010

Industry: Telecommunications Services

RF Engineering Lead (Contractor to Huawei )

RF Lead Huawei CDMA ProjectResonsible for RF Design and optimization for 240 sites CDMA EVDO Project. DAS Design review of 337 Nodes (28 area).Responsible for leading the RF Team in the Rhode Island Market (test market). Responsible for provide Client weekly updates. Responsible for managing the subcontractor RF Team. Resonsible for Interfaces with outside vendors to support the project. Responsible for issuing, reviewing and approving POs to vendor's SOW. Responsible for over seeing spectrum clearance testing. Interface with Project Manager and Construction Manager

1/2008 - 7/2009

Industry: Telecommunications Services

Project Manager (Contractor to T-Mobile)

Project Lead UMTS T-Mobile - Jacksonville, FL.  Responsible for Project Plans, resource plan, Budget, deliverables, milestones for T-Mobile UMTS Project for Jacksonville Market.Projected CAPX is about $30M.Review Site Audit Files and SBF. Review and approve SBF and Crayon Drawing. Review Data for NSN's CIQ. Provided weekly report to Area Directors and Engineering Managers. Responsible for managing weekly activities for Project Team (5), Construction Team (6), Leasing Team (6), RF Engineers (4) and warehouse team (8). Worked with site acquisition team to determine best low cost sites. Responsible for developing procedure for Site Audit and Construction. Responsible for equipment forecast and Bill of Material.    

7/2004 - 1/2008

Industry: Telecommunications Services

Principal RF Design/Optimization Engineer

Key Projects: T-Mobile UMTS RF Manager - Miami, FLResponsible for Managing the Engineering Resources which includes Project Plans, Budget, deliverables, milestones and training for UMTS Design and Deployment. Responsible for managing weekly activities for 12 RF Senior Engineers Responsible for working with the Vendor to resolve technical issues. Responsible for working with the Vendor to order all material for 464 sites. Worked with site acquisition team to find low cost solution for difficult sites. Responsible for career development for engineering team. Provided weekly report to regional Senior Manager and Engineering DirectorCingular – San Diego, CA. Provide RF support for the current GSM and UMTS Network. Update GSM and Site configuration parameters in Planet EV. Updated Planet EV with data from internal Tools (NTD, Capital Tool). Provide Coverage Plots, “before and after” to Management as needed. Update Planet EV Database on Corporate Server as needed. Worked with Marconi’s Sales and Support Team on Planet EV issues and features.Metro PCS – Los Angeles, CA.Principal RF Design ConsultantDesigned of CDMA 1xRTT Network for the Los Angeles Market. Responsible for the Central LA design to maximize coverage to target customer while minimize the site count. Used Planet EV to evaluate Coverage and Pilot Pollution for the Los Angeles Market. Reviewed Household income and population data to determine best site location. Reviewed tower companies database to determine potential co-location sites.Metro PCS - Orlando, FL.Principal RF Design EngineerDesigned of CDMA 1xRTT Network for the Orlando Market. Responsible for site selection for Model Tuning. Conducted site visits to determine the best candidate to meet our coverage objective. Site design for new sites included site visit to evaluate existing tower to determine the best location and antenna height. Used Planet EV to evaluate Coverage and Pilot Pollution for the Orlando Market. Released search rings maps for sites.O2 Limited - Northampton, EnglandPrincipal UMTS EngineerResponsible for optimizing various clusters around the Northampton area. Recommended cell reorientation, down tilts and antenna changes for sites when necessary. Participated in daily UMTS RF conference calls to review status and action items. Compared site coverage with drive test data. Optimized clusters to meet KPI’s (Ec/Io and Active set size).Nortel Brasil - Belem BrasilCDMA Principal Optimization EngineerWorking with a team of Senior Consultants to turn-on and optimizes CDMA sites in several cities in Northern Brasil. Provided training for 2 Senior RF Engineers on Optimization procedures and theory. Responsible for OCNS scripts, SBS logs, BTS performance logs, and MTX data. Responsible for making optimization changes using Nortel´s CDF Tool. Assisted Nortel with trouble shooting problems in the network.

2/2003 - 5/2004

Engineering Manager/Principal Engineer

Key Projects:Nortel Brasil - Porto Alegre, BrasilPrincipal RF EngineerWorking with a team of Senior Consultants to turn-on and optimizes 213 CDMA sites. Provided training for 3 Senior RF Engineers on Optimization procedures and theory. Responsible for OCNS scripts, SBS logs, BTS performance logs, and MTX data. Responsible for quality assurance for RF Optimization results. Responsible for reviewing all inbuilding optimization reports. Responsible for presenting RF optimization results to the client and getting approval for the recommendation. Assisted Nortel with the implementation of ISSHO. Responsible for optimization of 3 clusters for both voice and data.Inquam Project - Lisboa PortugalEngineering Manager Responsible for Managing the Engineering Resources which includes Project Plans, Budget and training for CDMA 1XRTT Design and Deployment. Responsible for managing weekly activities for 3 RF Senior Engineers, 2 Transmission Engineers and 2 drive test teams. Responsible for new business development with the client. Provided input into the vendor selection process for MTX, BSC and BTS. Reported weekly status to Vice President of Engineering. Responsible for design and site selection for Lisboa area.

12/1999 - 2/2003

Industry: Telecommunications Services

Senior RF Engineer

Key Projects:Hi3G Access AB Stockholm, SwedenRegional Radio Tuning Team Leader StockholmResponsible for developing guidelines and procedures for Initial Tuning/optimization of a UMTS (WCDMA) Network. Responsible for Stockholm Project Plans, Resources and Optimization Tools for UMTS Network. Beta Tested TEMS Investigation Unit (UMTS WCDMA version).Conducted Site audit and survey for Node B sites.Scrambling Codes (SC) design and implementation. Performed a Design Audit for 3GIS UMTS Network. Trained Senior RF Engineers on WCDMA optimization techniques.Nortel China -Zhejiang Province, ChinaSenior Optimization Engineer Working with a team of Senior Consultants to turn-on and optimizes 500 CDMA sites. Recommended cell reorientation, down tilts and antenna changes for new sites when necessary.Updated the Neighbor list and cell parameter values for the BSC.Trained junior engineers on CDMA optimization techniques.Nortel Chile - Santiago, ChileSenior Optimization EngineerWorking with a team of Senior Consultants to turn-on and optimizes 183 CDMA sites.Designed the Inter System Soft Handoff Boundary between the Rural and Metro BSCs.Designed the PN plan for the Metro and Rural sites in Chile.BSM prime for the RF team, responsible for loading the ncf, collecting SBS logs, monitoring OM statistics and analyzing alarm files. Responsible for verifying the network performance during the SWAP over of a “live network” from Ericsson BTSs/BSC to Nortel BTSs/BSC.Conducted site evaluation to determine potential coverage problems.Recommended cell reorientation, down tilts and antenna changes for new sites when necessary.Updated the Neighbor list and cell parameter values for the BSC.Trained junior engineers on CDMA optimization techniques.Vesper - Rio de Janeiro, BrasilCDMA Subject ExpertResponsible for supporting Nortel’s CDMA WLL Systems, which consisted of 200 BTSs and 8 BSCs in various cities (Salvador, Recife, Rio, Fortaleza, etc.) in Brazil.Responsible for CDMA technology transfer to Vesper Engineering and Technician Staff.Responsible for supporting all aspects of Nortel’s CDMA Products from the BTS to BSC.Responsible for training NOC Technicians (staff of 10) on the BSC/BTS concepts and trouble-shooting cell sites using the BSM.Responsible for training Field Technicians on Metro Cell BTS equipment and trouble-shooting problems. Responsible for setting up maintenance procedure for the Field BSC Technicians (staff of 6). Recommended test equipment for the field technician group.Responsible for providing detail technical information on BTS and BSC alarms.Assisted Nortel Engineers in RF optimization and final acceptance test.Analyzed BTS performance data to determine potential problem areas.Asisted in the final and provisional acceptance process.

2/1997 - 12/1999

Senior RF Consultant

Key Projects:Nortel CDMA Deployment – Victoria AustraliaNortel CDMA Deployment – Melbourne AustraliaSprint PCS – Tucson (Phoenix MTA)Sprint PCS - Phoenix MTA

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9/2006 - 6/2008

Master's Degree

MBA in Global Management

9/1990 - 12/1992

Master's Degree

Electrcial Engineer

9/1985 - 6/1990

Bachelor's Degree

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