ELWOOD SPENCER

701 Autumn Drive

Roselle, Illinois 60172
Home (630) 529-7890
Cell (847) 530-1373
boggers1@msn.com
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OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position in Project Management/Construction Management and leverage my experience in the Telecommunications Business. I have my Masters Certificate in Project Management with a proven record of successful deliveries on time and within budget.

 

 

EXPERIENCE

Sept 2012 – Jan 2013  Consulting/T-Mobile LTE Project.

Construction Field Manager

 

·   Pre-con sites walk with General Contractor on the location and design Site Build Out.

·   Cooperated and interfaced with other personnel to insure timely completion of the project-

·   Monitored General Contractor activities on designated sites.

·   Cooperated and interfaced with other personnel to insure timely completion of the project

·   Ensure quality construction standards and adherence to project plans. Coordinate QA processes and               resolution including all punch-list items

·   Commissioning and integration support experience.

·   Reline Constructions Drawing.

 

EXPERIENCE

May 2010 – Oct 2011 Consulting / T-Mobile

 

Project Manager/Construction/ Field Engineer

AAV FIBER PROJECT

 

·   Pre-con sites walk with ATT Engineer on the location and design Fiber Path.

·   Cooperated and interfaced with other personnel to insure timely completion of the project

•      Monitored General Contractor activities on designated sites.
•      Make sure Conduit is ran to the correct ATT or T-mobile Terminal (DEMARC LOC).
•      Conduct Quality check list site inspections and review close out packages from the GC's.
•      Perform Pre-con UMTS Antenna Swap walks.
•      Modify DAS site design in order add Fiber.

 

Sept 2008 – Mar 2009   Consulting / Cricket Communications, Inc.

 

·      Construction Facilities

·      Conducted pre-constructions site walks with bidders

·      Call about Permits and Zonings

·      Walk sites with ComEd for power to the sites

·      Make sure ComEd meters are install to the right pole per the prints

·      Coordinated overall schedule of tasks to be completed by contractors

·      Cooperated and interfaced with other personnel to insure timely completion of the project

·      Reviewed bids and ensured requisitions are entered for material orders

·      Monitored General Contractor activities on designated sites.

·      Walk sites with ATT and Verizon Engineer on the location of the T1

·      Make sure Conduit is ran to the correct ATT or Verizon Terminal(DEMARC LOC)

 

Oct 2007 – July 2008   Consulting / AT&T

 

            Construction Coordinator OSP – AT&T Project Lightspeed/ UVerse experience

·      Supervised the construction and installation of  Fiber Nodes/Cabinets, coordinate the splicing of copper cables both aerial and underground for cut over.

·      Project Coordinator for the installation and maintained network elements associated with delivery of high-speed services such as multi-plexers, loops and digital carriers equip

·      Coordinate to ensure that design change materials orders are processed.

·      Use both the JAM SYSTEM / Lightspeed Order Management System to verify that correct material was ordered.

·      Pre-Survey where equipment will be place

·      Pre-Survey the construction of the job site to the construction blue prints

·      Installation of the inner duct

·      Maintained flow process designed to tract the different phases of the project from start to finish, developed a shared file spreadsheet that all information was inputted to provide a one point of contact for progress reporting.

·      Make field trips to gather field data and prepare field notes for recommendations to the engineers or for designing work orders

·      Make sure power is installed

 

 

Sept 2006- Oct 2007 Consulting / Sprint Nextel

Construction Project/Manager 4-G project

·         Responsible for working with the site development team to design a cost effective site.

·         Oversee project design by assisting with site sketches for inclusion in lease documents, review and approval of site plans for zoning, permitting and construction. Ensure the most economical and best construction practices are utilized.

·         Order services and coordinate activities of outside vendors, surveyors, geotechnical and environmental consultants, utility installations etc. AT&T and ComED.

·         Prepare bill of materials - equipment and project materials.

·         Prepare bid documents, coordinate contractor bidding and awarding of work. Conduct bid walks and preconstruction meetings.

·         Database and timeline updates to track adherence to project deadlines.

·         Ensure quality construction standards and adherence to project plans. Coordinate QA processes and resolution including all punch-list items.

·         Proficient with iDEN and CDMA technology

·         Maintain safe work environments, monitor safety process of contractors, compliance with regulations.

·         Oversee completion of closeout documentation.

·         Also, have previous experience working with Siterra.

 

 

 

2003 - 2006 – Consulting / Motorola

 

·   Working in Schaumburg,  performing various high tech assignments at Motorola.

·   My job assignment included building RF radio cabinets for Nextel setting up E911 and Two Way Radios systems for Government Systems. Assigned packing slips and inventory equipment prior to shipment.

·   Also, worked in the CCSI warehouse area placing and removing equipment.

·   Worked on building IDEN Radio equipment.

 

 

2001 - 2001 – Consulting / Tellabs

 

·   Worked on the Ameritech/SBC account, Project coordinated Test and Turn up activities for Tellabs equipment installed in Central Offices.

·   Also, responsible for scheduling Vendor installation activities, preparing project MOP’s for customer approval, working with the NOC (Network Operation Center) for project cutover support etc. 

·   Used SAP to track equipment shipped from Tellabs factories to the customer site location.

 

2000 - Lucent Technologies (Project Manager).

 

·   Single point of contact for the customers related issues.

·   Worked at Naperville corporate site coordinating the tracking and reporting services project completion and performance activities reporting.

·   Reviewed the project plans, worked the plans and provided upper management and team with status on a regular basis.

·   Planned and scheduled testing, installation, deployment, customer turnover, and maintenance contract agreements.

·   Kept a prioritized list of project action items and open issues, provided analysis of the issues and negotiated resolutions as the project progressed.

·   Resolved any issues or concerns of the customer in a timely manner bringing the project to completion on time and in budget.

·   Coordinated activity with other project managers to keep us in sync as a team.

 

1995-1999 - Lucent Technologies (Bids Proposal Manager).

 

·   Responsible for managing, directing and issuing Installation Labor Contract proposals for Ameritech/Cincinnati Bell Customer Team.

·   Managed the Bid Proposal response activities (Review of T&C’s) for labor estimates. Maintain ISO-9001 compliance for labor Contract process. Served on Field Planning Team for projects consisting of installing lucent 5ESS Network Switching equipment,  DDM2000/Sonet (OC3, OC12, etc.) Fiber networks, AT&T and Sprint cellular CDMA networks.

·   Member of the Mechanized National FPQ Services Sales Software IT development Team. Member of the monthly revenue recognition results team.

 

1979 - 1994 Western Electric / AT&T Network Systems (Operations Staff Supervisor).

 

·   Worked on the AT&T (Tridom/MicroWave) Commerical Business Project.

·   Worked on the Field Sprint Fiber (FTTX) route team.

·   This consisted of laying Fiber between COE and Repeater sites. Also included Fiber installation within the COE.  Prepared bids for Fiber routes (OC3, OC12,) responses.

·   Also, worked on the project team assisted to replace GTE’s state wide outside plant cabling network. This project required replacement of both buried and aerial cabling from the COE to the customer premise.

 

 

·   Responsibilities also included supervising the Logistic Material handling group for Warehousing and Transportation for Lucent Technologies provided material for ten states as follows (IL, MI, WI, OH, IN, TX, MO, AK, OK, and KS) for Network Systems installer orders. This also included processing invoice bill payment approval.

 

1975 - 1978 Western Electric (Regional Telephone Equip. Removal Sales/Project Manager).

 

·   Coordinated both the Removal Activities and Contracting Removal Services to dispose of
Central Office Telephone equipment.

 

·   This consisted of conducting meeting with Telephone Engineer, Field Service manager in order to develop a project plan for removal of their COE equipment. Held weekly internal meetings and customer meetings for each project. Kept a prioritized list of project action items and open issues, provided analysis of the issue and negotiated resolutions as the project progressed. Provided upper management with status on a regular basis.

 

1970 - 1974 Western Electric (Installation Service labor Pricing Estimator).

 

·   Provided estimates on labor for service to the following customer’s Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Ohio Bell.

 

 

 

1964 - 1970 Western Electric (Central Office installer).

 

·   Worked in Michigan Bell’s COE in Detroit.  Installed and tested telephone switching equipment. Prepared MOP’s for cutover activities. Worked on Switching, Toll, Power, and Distributing frame equipment etc.

 

EDUCATION

Masters Degree in Human Resources - National College of Education Illinois
Masters Certificate Project Management - Stevens University Illinois
B.S Business - Elmhurst College - Illinois
Eastern High School - Detroit Michigan
Electronics Technical School - Radio Electronic Tech School, MI
 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software Microsoft Word, MS-Office, WordPerfect, Excel, Power Point, Microsoft Project,
Access, and Business Finance

Operating Systems MS-DOS, UNIX
Languages Program BASIC

Telephone Systems Introduction to Cellular and Personal Communication Systems Technologies

General Understanding of 5ESS Switching, Data Fiber, and Power Systems.