Mel Motley, JD

melmotley@yahoo.com

(630) 373-2338

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Seasoned Telecommunications Professional with 16 Years of Project Management, Entitlement

and Site Acquisition Experience

Summary of Work

Bechtel Power Corporation, Inc., Glen Allen, VA (Aug., 2013 – July 3, 2014)

Site Acquisition Management

- Oversee Entitlement Program supporting 20+ETTCS Fiber sites combined with NSB, LTE and

UMTS in the Virginia and West Virginia markets.

- Negotiate Leases, Easements for land disturbance, trenching, excavation, new equipment

installation, fiber optics, conduits, pre-fab shelters, propane tanks and generators.

Order construction drawings, surveys and title work. Delegate and oversee workflow of outside

vendors i.e. A&E, surveyors, expeditors and site acquisition. Track milestone forecasts in

database, oversee project budget and purchase order approvals.

- Confirm regulatory and environmental compliance with OSHA, NEPA, EPA, FCC, FAA, SHPO and

TIPO policy.

- Daily communications with cross-functional teams.

- Foster partnerships with gas, electric and local exchange carriers.

- Provide weekly updates to senior management.

Dynis, LLC, Richmond, VA (Aug., 2012 – Aug., 2013)

Manager – Site Acquisition

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Lead Site Acquisition Manager of Transport Division.

- Manage Microwave and Ethernet project consisting of 400 wireless facilities.

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Supervise operations of customer deliverables.

Identify jeopardy ‘at-risk’ sites, establish plan of action to resolve issue.

- Mediate ownership rights, right-of-way, easements and property lines issue.

- Drive submission to tower owner applications, lease amendments, zoning hearings and

construction permits.

- Manage customer relations and expectations through quality control and procedures.

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Participate in weekly deployments to report overall project progress report.

Telecommunications Project Manager, Schaumburg, IL (Jan., 2012 – July, 2012)

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Seasoned Project Manager specializing in land management and site acquisition.

15 member team of Site Ac Specialists, Coordinators, Expeditors, Contractors, and Third-Party

Implement goals and objectives for project tasks.

Mas Tec, LLC, Cary, NC (Sept, 2011- Dec, 2011)

Regional Site Acquisition Project Manager (Contractor)

- Regional Project Manager managed 500 site modifications, upgrades and new equipment

installations consisting of raw land / new builds and existing tower acquisitions program in

territory including site identification, due diligence, surveying, leasing/licensing, modification of

existing leases and new licenses, zoning and permitting of land facilities, financial tracking,

forecasting and billing as per client contract terms.

- Managed real estate acquisition entitlement operations of assigned area. Ensured timely

completion of tasks. Established standardized team procedures for work delivery and tracking.

- Ensured proper delivery of documentations concerning site acquisition, construction permits,

zoning and notice to proceed to construction team and client.

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Assigned and monitored staff and vendor workload, work with legal to resolve property issues.

- Evaluated current policy, made recommendations to improve efficiency and streamline process.

- Served as a point of contact to landlords, neighborhood associations and government agencies.

- Managed quality control, data entry and tracking of Site Candidate Packages, Applications,

license/lease Agreements, and other Site Acquisition documentation.

- Oversaw meeting schedule between field technician, landowner and customer.

- Ordered and tracked title work, environmental, regulatory, lease exhibits and engineering.

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Obtained landlord approval on construction drawings and zoning/permit applications.

- Updated databases, managed budget.

Westchester Services, Barrington, IL (Sept., 2010-Sept., 2011)

Site Acquisition Manager

- Overlap all site ac deliverables for 400+ project.

- Oversaw site acquisition program for collocations, antennae upgrades/change-outs, facility

modification and relocations for UMTS, LTE and MW.

- Hired vendors to assist with customer deliverables (zoning, permitting, NEPA, Regulatory,

Environmental).

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Forecast project milestones to align with clients Plan of Record.

Ensured documentation upload in database, verify Order of Magnitude (OOM) drivers against

Vendor Purchase Order (VPO) Report then true up drivers in NORAD/Swift-Trac to closeout sites

for customer billing.

- Daily interaction with A&E for order tracking and deliverables.

- Approved vendor purchase orders for payment.

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Provided progress reports to senior team.

Independent Telecommunications Consultant, Schaumburg, IL (2009-2010)

- Provided site acquisition services for new site builds, collocations, rooftops and DAS.

- Specializing in Project Management of DAS, tower compliance, zoning and permitting, customer

and government relations.

- Researched zoning regulations, alerted team of zoning district affecting site development.

- Prepared and filed zoning applications with supporting documentation such as surveys,

drawings, sketches, photo simulations and regulatory requirements.

- Daily interaction with RF Engineering and Construction to ensure customer satisfaction.

- Update management team with project status.

- Oversaw quality control of database entry.

- Negotiation of lease amendments, licenses, right-of-way, and easement agreements with

property owners.

American Tower Corporation, Schaumburg, IL (2006-2008)

Zoning Specialist/Subject Matter Expeditor

- Manage 4400+ tower sites in Midwest, ensured Use Permit compliance. obtained zoning and

permit.

- Resolve compliance issues affecting tenant installation.

- Ordered construction drawings, structural, surveys, LOA, FAA determination, NEPA and Phase

I/II.

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Enter project updates in database, provided client deliverables within project timeline.

Participate in weekly deployment calls.

- Monitor legislator progress, attended Wireless Association events.

Crown Castle, Alpharetta, GA (1999-2005)

Property Specialist

- Manage lease negotiations, landlord disputes, permitting and zoning and compliance issues.

- Prepared lease amendments, extensions, termination, recorded in court house record.

- Secured landowner approval to file zoning and permitting application with jurisdictions,

represented client during public hearing, secured building permits.

Education

- Jones School of Law, Montgomery, AL - Juris Doctor, 1999

- Faulkner University, Montgomery, AL – Bachelor of Business Administration, 1994

- ERA Real Estate Academy

License: Realtor (inactive)

Microsoft XP, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Oracle Applications, Siterra, CASPR, NORAD,

Sharepoint, Filenet, Market Wiz, JD Edwards, Oasis, Share drive, BOX, BecWeb database, Clear Vision.

Reference Furnished Upon Request