Joseph Nuzzo

Tannersville PA

570-269-8331

 

Objective

 

·              "To solve customer requirements with Technology Experience and Solutions"

·              Open for Regional projects supporting the Deployment/Project Management and OSP - FTTX with a client providing the opportunity to perform and add value to the project, team and customers meeting the strongest project requirements. 

·              Offer many years of experience with vendors supporting Design, Implementation and product delivery,  Empowering teams to achieve the highest levels of success thru my dynamic ability, advanced technology experience and management skills.

 

Education

 

·              DeVry University, Woodbridge New Jersey - Information Technology, A/E - September 1981  – July  1984

·              Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - August 2014 – Present (Cont) - Strayer, Philadelphia    

                                                                                

Certifications

 

·              Ciena Class Fiber Switch 

·              Ethernet Routers

·              FLM E22 - 87 00 FLM

·              OSPInsight

·              MapPoint

·              MS Office Professional

·              IBWave

·              ADC-Tyco

·              IDAS-ODAS  - Certifications  

·              Certifications of indoor radio planning

·              Prism, Spectrum and Fusion installation and commissioning 

·              Fusion design and Installation Certification

·              Fiber Optic Splicing Certifications

 

Ericsson Certification 

·              Currently certified in the Ericson products supporting the T-Mobile Ericsson Multi Standard Deployment Certification program for Installation, commissioning and Management.

 

Samsung Certification

·              Samsung certified for LTE expansion projects, RRU, Cabinet upgrades, Full builds sites, Ground civil and full build tower site construction and upgrades.

 

Andrew ODAS Solutions Certifications

·              Anritsu Site Master Certification:

·              Line Sweep and Spectrum Analyzer

 

Professional Experience:

 

Aerial Technical Solutions LLC, NY                                                                           09/2015 - Present

 

·              Planned a new startup company developing an Aerial solution utilizing UAV/Drones to perform wireless communications site surveys, Inspections, and Performance testing. 

 

ADC Tyco Connectivity, NY                                                                                        04/2014 – 09/2015

I/O DAS Applications Engineer/Project Manager

 

·              Certified DAS Application Engineer. Manage assigned projects from inception (PO in hand),Survey to completion(Passing KPIs), ensuring that all activities, including contracting, RF Design, product/equipment ordering, permitting regulatory, construction, optimization, Final passing KPIs, close-out, and hand-off to Ops are effectively and efficiently coordinated and completed on time, Tracking milestones, within budget and in accordance with the underlying contract / LSO. 

·              Responsible for the Regional Project Management of Fiber Engineering and implementation of OSP and ISP for the FTTX and Enterprise solutions

·              Poses Extreme knowledge and experience with Site Acquisition, Civil construction in a turnkey management with a OSP, ISP discipline supporting any size project specializing with enterprise solutions for data centers, collocation and dark fiber, laterals and rings

·              Responsible for the construction project management/application engineering for TE's DAS products Fusion, Prism, Spectrum supporting wireless protocols such as CDMA,WCDMA, GSM, UMTS, AWS in carrier networks.

·              Proficient with site surveys, bid walks, vendor management and project deliverables. 

·              Managed the design responsibility for DAS to include carrier interface, DWDM, fiber networking, installation and commissioning network specifications and system performance.

·              Established construction schedules, equipment delivery and manage key milestones.

·              Coordinate and conduct RF coverage, pre/post installation testing and prepare system for acceptance and close out documentation.

·              Obtained experience with various base BTS manufactures such as Lucent, Nokia, Ericsson, Nortel, Motorola, CCI, Etc.

 

TEKMARK /Alcatel-Lucent, NY                                                                                 02/2012 - 04/2014

DAS/LMR/ Small Metro Cell UMTS-LTE

 

·              Deployment Project Management  

·              Managed assigned projects from inception( PO in hand),Survey to completion(Passing KPIs), ensuring that all activities, including contracting, RF Design, product/equipment ordering, permitting regulatory, construction, optimization, Final passing KPIs, close-out, and hand-off to Ops are effectively and efficiently coordinated and completed on time, Tracking milestones, within budget and in accordance with the underlying contract / LSO. 

·              Responsible for the, Analysis and Construction Project Management for the New Jersey Transit indoor DAS, LMR and Microwave network, duties cover from site acquisition, design, contractor management for NE build out incorporating green field full tower build, enterprise and commercial build covering all aspects of Outside Plant delivery of fiber, power and utilities to the inside plant of service delivery of DAS, Fiber, conduit, RF, Microwave network and equipment test and turn up. Full project cycle management and network delivery supporting indoor DAS solutions to fit the client’s requirements, budget and timeframe.

·              Coordinate Project Kick-off meeting (Schedule and Lead) which will take place within two weeks of PO receipt or within 3 days of survey start date.

·              Working with the Survey Team, Regulatory Team and the Design Team for approved end customer accepted RF Design Internal and Extended team calls/meetings (Schedule and Lead) will be established at the Kickoff meeting and led by the Program Manager. 

·              Meeting minutes and updated Project Tracker will be distributed to the team within four hours of each call/meeting.

·              Attend customer deployment meetings to provide customer with comprehensive job status reports and resolve any conflicts or issues that arise Own and distribute team call/meeting minutes utilizing Project Tracker as project communications vehicle (AIR; High Level Plan; Contact List; Escalation List; Project Changes). 

·              Project Tracker should be created and explained at the Kickoff meeting and updated after each team call/meeting thereafter and distributed to the team within four hour of the completed call/meeting.

·              Manage day to day customer interaction throughout the project lifespan – providing data, reports, schedules, and information to meet customer’s needs.

·              Send updated meeting notes after each team call/meeting.

·              Manage all contractors to ensure they are delivering to the SOW and project plan.

·              Schedule contractors to the assigned sites.

·              Manage deliverables, utilizing appropriate scheduling and change management tools and processes in the event of up scope requests.

·              Utilized Change Control to capture project up-scopes BEFORE work is started.

·              Manage project financial results utilizing the Project Cost Tracker.

·              Coordinate contractor installation quality inspections as necessary.

·              Lead internal and end customer meetings regarding the deployment projects as required. Obtain customer acceptance (signoff) at project conclusion using  job closure process

 

Ericsson Parsippany/New York City Market                                                             07/2011 – 02/2012

Construction Manager III, T-Mobile NYC Modernization

 

·              Responsible for the Construction/Project Management for the NY/NJ market supporting the

·              Ericsson LTE expansive multi-standard construction and implementation of antenna, hybrid cable installation, RRU, Cabinet swap outs, power upgrades and full build sites.

·              Expert experience with site handler, materials, contractor management and customer specific installation in the NY and NJ markets supporting 3B, 2C, 4A site configurations mastering the ability to manage the SP /ASP teams on Site build formats in all configurations from full build sites, roof tops to large venue customers. 

·              Managed the Site Survey's,  Pre/Post Construction walks,  construction ,performance Testing, site hand off/close out.

 

Zayo Fiber Systems NE Region                                                                                    07/2009 - 07/2011                                                      

Regional FTTC CPM ISP/OSP - T-Mobile

 

·              Responsible for the Regional Project Management of Fiber Engineering and implementation of OSP and ISP for the FTTX and Enterprise solutions. 

·              Duties Include: Program/Project Management of  Fiber Planning, Engineering and Construction contractors installing FTTX  Fiber systems supporting Cell Sites, Enterprise facilities,  DAS and Base Station Hotels.

·              Poses Extreme knowledge and experience with Site Acquisition, Civil construction in a turnkey management with a OSP, ISP discipline supporting any size project specializing with enterprise solutions for data centers, collocation and dark fiber, laterals and  rings.

·              Trained to meet intense time frames and service delivery goals to achieve monthly and quarterly revenue targets. Responsible for RFP’s construction budget information for pre-sale support. 

·              FTTC / ETTCs /wireless Site Development and Civil engineering and construction.

·              Managed the Civil site acquisition responsibilities of internal and vendors  to meet  Civil Construction Project Managers and General Contractor companies in NE markets to ensure turnkey success from the scoping of a project engineering, site acquisition, franchise agreements and the BAA of private and managed  properties.

·              Offering Turnkey Experience supporting  Fiber to Cell Project Engineering and Management OSP/ISP, FTTC, T-Mobile Infill project, metro PCS, Clear wire and Sprint hundreds sites currently either in the pipe line or coordinating a schedule for ISP/OSP construction, Fiber optical networking back haul and Ethernet implementation and test.

·              Commercial, Industrial or Residential Buildings, Collocation providers Hospitals and Universities.

 

Sr. Project Manager Philadelphia Regional DAS launch, Philadelphia, PA          06/2007 – 07/2009

Crown Castle, FTTX, DAS/wireless

 

·              Duties included the initial kick off of West Coast Presence for major DAS build in the Philadelphia New Jersey metro.

·              Expertise in the Site Acquisition, Product Design, Project Management and technical Implementation of Fiber Optic networks, DAS and Macro Sites.

·              Managed the project life cycle from kick off to hand off.

·              Responsibilities included creating and maintaining budget for the entire project supporting equipment, services, man power, vendors, ETC.

·              Provided field training and support for the team and vendors performing the installation and RF drive testing, design and implementation of hybrid fiber distribution of video/data and RF up link and down link systems feeding Base station Hotels including the in house Fabrication/Installation and hardware testing of products.

·              Managed the design, configuration and deployment of Radio and Antenna DAS installations on Primary Power Utility Poles, High Tension lines in the Public ROW.

·              Mastering the implementation, Test, from concept to on Air.

·              Managed the installation and testing of network back haul DWDM/CWDM/Sonnet. 

·              Project Managed the life cycle of 100 percent deployment on time within budget of 3 major launches on East Coast with Cricket and metro completing over 700 sites and over 20 fiber fed base Station hotels supporting AWS CDMA, TDMA, GSM, UMTS and LTE.

·              Obtained excellent Real Estate Scouting skills with expert understanding of the technical issues behind wireless and fiber technology, e.g., construction, zoning, ROW, easements, permitting and High level of Fiber Optic network design and installation.

 

Alcatel Lucent Lead Construction Manager - Macro/Das, Boston, New York, Philadelphia               06-2005- 06-2007

ITC- Alcatel/Lucent Technologies

 

·              Managed the Site Development and Outside Plant Installation, Maintenance and Implementation of Antennas, New site builds from the construction phase to close out and acceptance for the Boston and Philadelphia markets.

·              Responsibilities Oversee projects, Bid Walks, Audits, Sub Contractor Management, Identify Corrective actions to bring the project to closure while protecting the financial budget. Managed the Site Development, Construction, Network T1/DS3, Fiber Test and Turn up.

·              Managed the general contractor’s logistics and contractor staff as they built out the deployment plan to meet the customer’s aggressive demand to upgrade network and meet the demands project and customers.

·              Maintained OSHA Standards for wireless construction.

·              Key Competencies: Supervise and direct in-house and contracted labor, Ensure that all project specifications are adhered to, including project timeline, budget, profitability goals; etc.

·              Interface with client to apprise client of current status of each project

·              Expert Resolution experience identifying and managing outstanding action items to meet predetermined headlines. Monitor and prepare daily project updates; update Bills of Material (BOM). Managing Logistics packing slips and invoices to accounts receivables

·              Review and evaluate all necessary paperwork against project delivery dates, Schedule and track site visits and walkouts.

Market Deployment/E911 Deployment Manager                              11/2001– 06/2005

True Position

 

·              T Mobile and AT&T/Cingular Projects - Market Management/Deployment of Implementation of true position’s LMU Product Managed all aspects of deployment regarding vendors for the client of True position. 

·              Directed Nation Wide Product Deployment for the US territories form project kick-off to customer acceptance. Integration included the Site Development, Market Set Up Logistics, Deployment Design, Site Prep, Power Survey/Installation, LMU/BTS installation GPS, PCS Antenna installation Survey Analysis including Engineering Specification Documentation, Switch integration, Co-Location C/O switch installation and Overall  Performance Test and Turn up, thru drive testing and acceptance closure.