Thomas Edwin Godwin Jr.

351 Lennox Loop, Raeford N.C. 28376

Mobile Phone: 540-903-8809

tgodwin129@yahoo.com

 

 

OBJECTIVE

 

Secure an opportunity in Wireless Management that utilizes my years of experience in the areas

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 

17 Years – Wireless Industry: 

Positions:

Ø6 years - Projection Manager

Ø5 - Site Acquisition Manager

Ø2 years - Zoning Manager

Ø3 years - Senior Site Acquisition Consultant, Zoning Specialist

Ø1 year - Right a Way Agent and Consultant.

Ø15 years – Upper Level Sales and Marketing Management

 

 

SKILLS

 

Sprint Siterra, AT&T Siterra, Oracle, WFI Siterra, and etc.

 

A+ Qualified for Computer Repair and Configuration

 

Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Outlook, and Project 2000

 

PMP qualified from Senior Class at Devry Institute

 

Right of Way (Easements), Fiber Installs, Small Cell, DAS. LTE, 2C, and 4C Projects

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

April 2014 to Present:  LT Resource Management LLC, Fredericksburg VA

 

                 Position:  Project Manager

                 Duties: Developed a Small Business Association to market insurance products to

                 Small business owners.

                 New Build Site for Blue Ridge Towers, Inc.

                 Did Lease Amendments for CINRON

 

 

 

 

August 2013 to May 2014:  Smart Link LLC, MD.

 

                Position: Project Manager for American Tower Corp

                Customer:  Sprint 2.5 project

                Duties: Supervised all the Site Acquisition activities for two Sprint Markets

                (Baltimore/DC, Richmond and Norfolk Markets), conducted weekly site by site

                Meetings, with 3 Site Acquisition vendors, and 3 A&E vendors, and 4 Sprint

                Managers, 2 ATC Supervisors, and completed forecasting and uploaded deliverables in

                Sprint Siterra and ATC’s management systems.

                Completed the SLA’s for all the sites in both markets

                Maintain Budget for both projects

 

 

June 2013 to August 2013:  SCE Engineering, Columbia, MD.

 

              Position: Site Development Manager

              Customer:  Verizon Wireless

              Duties:  Managed Real Estate Managers, reviewed Candidate Packages, scrubbed

              New sites, conducted site visits, review and submitted completed collocation

              Applications to tower owners, conducted site by site meetings with Verizon.

 

 

June 2012 to June 2013: Powder River Development, Boise Idaho

 

               Positions:  Project Manager/Site Acquisition Manager

               Customer:  AT&T MW Project and AT&T LTE Project, 2C 4C AT&T Project.

               Duties:  LTE Site Acquisition Manager for AT&T LTE antenna upgrades.

               Site Acquisition Manager for 40 Microwave Dish sites and completed all due diligence,

               And completed deliverables for zoning and permitting.  Project Manager over 200

               AT&T sites for a 2C/4C AT&T project, and held site by site meeting with 2 Site

               Acquisition vendors and two A&E vendors. Kept a weekly score card on completed

               Deliverables, and completed weekly reports.

 

 

February 2012 to June 2012:  Faulk and Foster, Louisiana

 

              Position: Right of Way Consultant

              Customer: Wingstream and Verizon

              Duties:  Research Sites in West Virginia and pulled parcel deeds.  Negotiated letters of

              Intent, and Easements, with landowners.

 

 

October 2011 to Feb 2012:  Atwell LLC

             Position: Site Acquisition Consultant

            Customer:  Global Tower Partners

             Duties:  Worked rawland sites for new tower builds in South Carolina, Georgia, and

             Long Island, NY. Located 3 candidates per site, and submitted SCIP packages for RF

             Approval

 

03/2011 to October 2011 – Sector Site – New Jersey Office

 

             Position: Site Acquisition Project Manager

             Customer: Alcatel-Lucent and Sprint, Columbia, MD. BAWA Market

             Duties:  Supervised Site Acquisition and A&E Vendors with for 355 sites. The Site

             Acquisition Vendor was responsible for all the Site Acquisition deliverables for the

             Sprint 4G Net Vision Project. Other responsibilities as follows:

 

·Coordinated all construction activities with the Project Construction Managers

·Conduct weekly meetings with the Site Acquisition Vendor PM.

·Insured that the A&E vendors scheduled Site Walks with the Construction managers and Site Acquisition Vendors

·Reviewed A&E drawings with CM’s to insure the Sprint Vision Design was correct

·Submitted Purchase Orders from the vendors to Alcatel-Lucent for approval

·Conducted a weekly deployment meeting with the Site Acquisition vendor and reviewed the progress on each site and updated the progress on a weekly deployment tracker.

· And recorded the progress on each site in the Alcatel-Lucent management  program and also in Sprint Siterra

· Attended weekly Sprint deployment meeting to report progress on each site

 

 

03/2009 to 3/2011    Dallas Regional Office of BCI

 

               Positions:   Site Acquisition Manager / Project Manager

               Customers: Clear Wireless, Comcast & T-Mobile (DC Area)                                              

                Locations:  San Antonio, & Corpus Christi, TX, (18 mos), and BAWA market (6 mos)

                Supervisors: Bill Bales, Ray Corley (BCI PMs’), Ron Mattis (BCI GM)

               Duties: 

·Site Acquisition Manager/Project Manager in San Antonio Texas market.

·Phase one of the project was completed on time and Clearwire launched the

·San Antonio on schedule

·Supervised five site acquisition specialist

·Completed the initial scrub of 110 sites

·Coordinated all A&E vendor CD approvals

·Meet weekly with Site Acquisition Specialist in a site by site meeting

·Updated and maintain a project tracker

·Phase Two: Promoted to Project Manager and supervised the Site Acquisition due diligence over 60 additional fill in sites for Clearwire.

·Responsibilities included, conducting site walks with the Site Acquisition Specialists, Construction Managers, and A&E Vendors.

·Insured that the drawings meet the customers design

·Insured Site Acquisition Specialist filed Construction drawings with the local jurisdictions for zoning and permitting approval.

·Attended weekly Clearwire deployment meetings to update the progress on each site

·Submitted PO’s for approval with Clearwire.

·Acquired NTP when a site was completed with zoning and permitting

·Furnish closeout documents to Clearwire

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·BCI, Jessup Maryland, Site Acquisition Manager, Comcast/T-Mobile Project in Baltimore, Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia. This project consisted of running Comcast Fiber to 700 T-Mobile sites.   

·Assigned 150 sites

·Major duties: Access, leasing, right of way, and easement issues.

·Interfaced with landlords for access approval and leasing concerns.

·Scheduled and supervised site walks with CM’s from Comcast and BCI.

·Supervised all A&E activities and completion of drawings

·Completed all the due diligence and requested and attained a NTP from Comcast and T-Mobile, and the landlords.       

 

05/2008 to 2/2009 - Ejaad Telecom LLC, Alexandra, VA

 

               Positions: Site Acquisition and A&E Manager, Senior Site Acquisition, Zoning, and

                                 Collocation Specialist

               Customers: Sprint/Nextel 4G Backhaul, & WiMax, and Fiber Tower LLC. (Backhaul)

               Locations:  Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania.

               Supervisors: Nader Nawab

               Duties: Work on several Projects for Ejaad.

1.Sprint/Nextel: Sr. Site Acquisition and Zoning Consultant  

·Completed all the due diligence and deliverables

·Responsibilities included: leasing, collocation MLA leasing

·Conducted and supervised site walks with A&E and Construction and landlords

·Secured Construction drawings from A&E and filed for Zoning and Permitting

·Attain from landlords and Nextel/Sprint a NTP (Notice of Proceed).

 

2.Fiber Tower: Site Acquisition Manager

·Supervised a Fiber Tower/AT&T Project

·Secured leasing area to place Fiber Tower Cabinets from Customer or landlord

·Supervised all site walks with construction and A&E, and landlord.

·Helped in negotiating leases with the landlords.

·Reviewed all Construction drawing for accuracy

·Attended weekly deployment meeting with Fiber Tower

·Secured Zoning and Permitting approval when needed

·Secured a NTP from Customer and landlord

 

 

 06/2006 to 05/2008   -   Wireless Facilities Inc. Reston Va.

        

               Positions:  Site Acquisition Manager, Senior Site Acquisition II and Zoning Consultant,

       Customers:  Clear Wire, (Collocations) and Sprint/Nextel 4G

  Locations: Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois

  Supervisors: David Waldeck, Greg Warren, John McGlynn

               Duties: Clearwire in the BAWA as a Senior Site Acquisition Consultant

1.Clearwire:  Worked 30 sites in BAWA consisting of new build and collocations

·Completed scrubbing with RF and selecting candidates

·Contacted landlords for leasing interest, and lease terms

·Set up site walks with A&E, construction, RF and Landlords

·Negotiated lease terms with landlord and submitted lease package to Clearwire

·Project cut short because Clearwire was having spectrum problems

·Helped WFI Project Manager with close out document, final billing for services and completed deliverables

 

2.Promoted Site Acquisition Manager sent to Clearwire Project in Charlotte N.C for

Three months

·Worked and secured SLA’s for Clearwire execution from the collocation sites with other carriers.

·Developed a tracker for BP submittal that tract the expiration of issued permits

·Attended weekly deployment meetings with Clearwire with progress reports

·Helped Project Manager with billing Clearwire for completed deliverables

·Tracked and secured NTPs’ from landlord on completed sites

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3.Transfer as Site Acquisition Manager to St. Louis Mo for 14 month on a Sprint 4G Project.

·Supervised 3 site Acquisition Specialist.

·Worked 25 existing Nextel sites in St Louis, Mo to complete the due diligent

·Scheduled and supervise site walks with Construction, A&E, and landlords

·Negotiated leases with landlords, and review the other Site Acquisition lease packages for accuracy

·Submitted all lease packages to the Regional WFI office in Chicago

·Maintain a weekly tracker and updated tracker during weekly deployment meeting.

·Supervised the zoning and permitting processes.

·Attained NTP’s from the landlord and Sprint to submit to WFI

                 

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 01/2006 to 06/2006– Ejaad Telecom LLC, Alexandra

 

               Positions: Senior Site Acquisition, Collocation, and Zoning Specialist

               Customers:  AT&T, Nextel.

               Locations: Pennsylvania. Maryland. Washington DC Virginia West Virginia

               Supervisor: Nader Nawab

               Duties:

 

1.AT&T:  Worked new build sites in the BAWA area and Pennsylvania 

 

·Completed all the assigned duties: finding, leasing, A&E drawings, site walks,

                            Zoning and permitting, and weekly deployment meetings thru and to NTP 

 

2.Nextel: Worked Nextel sites in the BAWA market to include Virginia and West Virginia.

 

·Duties included: Finding, leasing, zoning and permitting on new build locations

·Working with other carriers for collocation on an existing site

·Completing all due diligence from leasing to NTP.

 

2/2005 to 1/2006 - GBC Services, Reston, VA

 

  Position:     Project Manager

  Customer: T-Mobile. Orange County, California.

  Locations:  Los Angeles (Inland Empire), San Diego, Ventura, Santa Barbara,

                      San Luis Obispo.

               Supervisor:  T-Mobile’s RF Department supervised the Special Project Team consisting

               Of; Site Acquisition PM (Myself), 2 Construction PM’s, and one Zoning PM.

 

·The Special Project Team was responsible for upgrading and modernization of 5400 existing PAC Bell Wireless Sites that T-Mobile acquired from Cingular. Most of the sites were in LA California (the Inland Empire), and other areas from San Diego south to San Luis Obispo north

              Duties:

·Meet weekly with the RF Team and attain a list of sites that RF needed to be review and upgraded with new or additional BTS equipment and other modification

·Complete a record review of all the leases on all site lists on the RF Tracker and determine any leasing or landlord issues that needs to be considered.

·Contact the landlord and attain access to the sites for site walks with the Special Project’s Team.

·Develop a scope of work and budget for the upgrade and modification of each site listed on the tracker

·Hire A&E vendors and other Site Acquisition Consultants and Vendors to interface with the landlord on amendments to the existing leases, and negotiating the terms and new lease amounts. Developing a scope of work and contract with all the vendors

·Meeting with the Vendors in a weekly deployment meeting on progress of each site, and then meeting with the RF Team on the progress on each site

 

 

 

·Meeting with T-Mobile legal department and attorney over landlord disputes and also the possible negotiation of expired leases to new lease contracts

·Record the progress of each site in T-Mobile’s online Management System.

·Attain NTP’s when zoning and permitting was completed on each site.

·Request the needed PO’s and checks needed to complete the budget requirements for each site.

·Report weekly to the Construction Project Manager on progress made on each site and provide the Construction Project Manager on other tower services needed by a specific customer.

·Secured a contract for the Construction Manager decommissioned sites for XM Radio

·Completed the due diligence on 4 sites in Minnesota

·Completed the zoning and permitting for customers needing a particular site and then attain a NTP for construction to take over the site.

 

11/1999 to 1/2002   -   Alpha Omega Communications, Inc. Palm Desert, CA and Crown Castle                                      International, Louisville Kentucky Region                                       

 

 Positions:    Project Manager, Collocation and Zoning Director, (Cricket) and Site

                      Acquisition Manager (South Bell, American Cellular, and Nextel)                  

 Customers: South Bell Wireless, American Cellular, Nextel, and Cricket

 Locations:   Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, and Ohio

 Supervisor:  Regional VP for Crown Castle International, and Mike Stephens, Ron Corley.

 Duties: 

 

·Started and completed the due diligence on 20 South Bell Wireless new site builds

·Promoted to Site acquisition Manager for American Cellular and Nextel

·Supervised and helped completed site acquisition due diligence 25 American Cellular sites and 56 Nextel sites

·Promoted by Crow Castle to Site Acquisition Project Manager

·Supervised and directed all site acquisition activities on 77 sites for Cricket Wireless in Dayton Ohio, 60 sites were collocation and 17 new tower builds

·Hired and designed the scope of work for a Site Acquisition Vendor out of Columbus OH.

·Helped staffed and managed a Crown Castle office in Dayton, OH.

·Supervised a project coordinator, Site Acquisition Manager and two Site Acquisition Specialist

·Coordinated all activities with the Project Manager over construction activities

·Meet weekly with Cricket in a weekly deployment meeting.

·Develop a budget and scope of work for each site and kept track of expenses.

·Begin and completed binders for close out documents

·Updated weekly tracker and reported often with Crown Castle with progress updates.

 

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EDUCATION

 

9/2001 to 01/2002 – Devry Institute of Technology, Dallas, Texas

 

                                           Completed courses in:

ØCompleted PMP course, Grade A+

ØPC Repair

ØMicrosoft Software Programs

ØComputer Hardware

                                            

09/1973 to 9/1978 – Brigham Young University, Prove Utah

 

Ø4 years College

                       

 

      Also served in the US Army: 3 years Active duty, 13 years Army Reserves.

 

 

 

 

REFERENCES:

 

Nader Nawab, Project Manager, Ejaad Telecom                                           571-251-1995                                                        

 

Bill Bales, Project Manager, San Antonio, TX   BCI Communications512-413-0836

 

Ray Corley, Project Manager, BCI Communication405-609-4253

 

Ron Corley, Site Acquisition Manager, Crown Castle                                  469-667-9584

 

Deb Christensen, Project Manager, Clearwire,                                              208-794-8899

 

Paul Parker – Project Manager, Crown Castle                                               919-4429560