9315 E Hillery Way, Scottsdale, AZ                                              480-246-5619

 

OBJECTIVE:

 

Seeking career opportunities in Telecommunications to utilize broad experience and abilities in a growth oriented organization

 

2011-Present Coal Creek Consulting, Phoenix, AZ

Construction Manager

Managed the construction of new sites, addition of UMTS and LTE to existing sites and structural upgrade to numerous towers and poles for T-Mobile and AT&T in Arizona and New Mexico

 

2008-2010 PCR Wireless, Grand Junction, CO

Project Manager

Managed the construction of 26 sites utilizing Huawei radio equipment. Sites included colo’s and rooftops. Ordered and coordinated power and T-1’s. Did build out for switch room. Coordinated delivery and installation of Huawei radio cabinets

 

2005 – 2007  PCR Wireless, Phoenix, AZ

Site Development Manager

On contract to Cricket Communications to manage development of cell sites in Arizona. Directed all Zoning, Site Acquisition and Construction personnel. Planned and directed weekly meetings and assured all information inputed to Siterra. Managed delivery and installation of Lucent MOD-4 BTS’s

 

2002 – 2005  PCR Wireless, Totowa, NJ

Project Manager

Managed the construction and up grade of AT&T sites for Bechtel through MLC Wireless. Sites included full builds, platform extensions, co locates, diplexer/duplexer adds, MCPA adds, simple radio adds and complex swaps with Nokia and Lucent equipment

 

1999- 2002    PCR Inc., Denver, Colorado

Project Manager

Managed the build out of PCS systems for PCR in various locations in the U.S. including 112 site build for Voicestream in New England and 178 site build for Lucent/Cricket in Denver. Responsible for developing and implementing zoning strategy in the Voicestream market. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1998 – 1999  Whalen & Company, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Project Manager

Managed the construction of cell sites including towers and rooftops for Ericsson. Was responsible for the sites from site acquisition to site acceptance from Ericssons customer.

 

1998  SBA Inc., Greenville, South Carolina

Project Manager

Managed the construction of Build-To-Suit communication sites in upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. Was involved in all activities from site selection, site acquisition and zoning to build out. Sites consisted of guyed towers, self support towers, and monopoles.

 

 

 

1995 – 1997  KJ Specialty Services, Washington D.C.

Construction Manager

On contract to Ericsson Inc.. Responsible for the construction of two switch buildings, a network management center, and various PCS sites in Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston for APC, AT&T Wireless, and Omnipoint.

 

 

1994 – 1995  Whalen & Company, Chicago, Illinois

Construction Manager

Responsible for the construction of various cell sites for Nextel in the Chicago Metro area. Awarded bids and managed the erection of towers and monopoles, placing pre-fab buildings, and tenant improvements. Performed constructability reviews in Philadelphia for Comcast.

 

1992 – 1994  Butler Telecom, Dallas, Texas

Construction Supervisor

On contract to Ericsson/GE Land Mobile Radio project. Responsibilities were to request and award bids from competing contractors for the construction of new towers and the installation of existing ones, purchasing and placing prefab buildings, remodeling of existing buildings and all the civil work associated with the project. My duties entailed the total turnkey from site selection, meeting with local jurisdictions to get zoning approvals and building permits to final acceptance by the Ericsson/GE customer.

 

1992  Bentheimer Engineering, North Pole, Alaska

Construction Inspector

On contract to Pacific Telecom Inc.. My responsibilities were the construction of a fiber optic cable from Fort Wainwright to the North Pole central office and the placement of distribution cable on the base. Duties included the route selection, placing, splicing, and acceptance of work performed by contract personnel.

 

 

 

 

 

1989 – 1991  Butler Telecom, Los Angeles, California

Construction Supervisor

On contract to Ericsson Radio in Los Angeles. Was responsible for the construction of two switch buildings and various cell sites for L.A. Cellular. Was involved in all aspects of the project from design to construction.

 

1988    Carrol Engineering, Wichita, Kansas

BICS Engineer

On contract to AT&T. Was responsible for the OSP engineering at the Boeing Military Aircraft Company plant in Wichita in order to bring all the buildings into the parameters for ISDN conversion. Duties included the research of cable records and drafting.

 

 

1985 – 1988  Butler Telecom, Grand Prairie, Texas

Construction Inspector

On contract to US Telecom and US Sprint. Inspected on nine different long haul fiber optics projects in the Midwest and Southeast areas of the United States. Scope of work included directional boring, bridge attachments, conduit and cable placement.

 

1983 – 1985  Ford Aerospace and Communications, Cairo, Egypt

Construction Supervisor

Duties included the construction of a major manhole and conduit run for a new exchange in Heliopolis, Egypt. Also placed distribution and fiber optic cable.

 

1981 – 1983  Kentron International, Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Construction Supervisor

Was responsible for the construction of a closed circuit television system for the Saudi Arabian Navy. Project included the construction of a studio building and base wide system of coaxial cable. Was directly involved in all aspects of work, from engineering to implementation.

 

1977 – 1981, Shmidt Tiago Construction Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Heavy Equipment Operator

Union Operator on various heavy equipment.

 

EDUCATION:

 

1975 – 1977  University of Southern Colorado

 

1972 – 1975   U.S. Army