Timothy C. Adams

Credentials

 

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration in Marketing, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1985

Associates of Arts in Business Management, Grossmont College, San Diego, California, 1982

PMP – In process 2016

Qualifications for Management

 

· Versatile, results-oriented professional in business development, operations, and profit / loss management.

· Strives to build effective and consistent communication reporting routines to increase project productivity, efficiency, and   enhance team functioning.

· Creative adept problem solver in prioritizing tasks and coordination of multiple resources.

· Motivated by challenge; excels within deadline-driven environments to ensure on-time and on-budget completion.

· Articulate communicator possessing outstanding writing and presentation skills.

 

Additional areas of expertise include:

 

· Project Management · Site Acquisition Management · NSB, LTE, UMTS, BTS, MODS, MW, DAS & JPA’s

· Lease / Contract Negotiations · Efficiency / Organizational Expert · Vendor Management · Network Deployment

· Start-Up Operations Management · Territory Development · Business Development · Asset / Budget Management

· National Sales Management · Permitting Management · MS Office 2010 / 2011 / 2013 (Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point)

· PC / XP Pro / Windows 7 · MAC 10.11.1 · E/// - Site Handler · AT&T Siterra · Sprint Siterra · B & V - Documentum

Key Contributions

 

·               Negotiated and managed over $800 million in sales in site development and land acquisitions for over thirteen years for telecommunications companies in the US and Canada.

·               Managed and fueled a 350% increase in sales in one year for the West Coast division of an international company.

·               Owned and managed a restaurant in a resort area generating over $1 million in annual revenue from 1998 to 2002 and profitably sold the business. Consulted for the new owner until February 2006.

·               Managed a $40 million budget for a national marketing / merchandising company.

Professional History

 

 

Real Estate and Government Affairs Manager, National Site Acquisition Manager, Rapid Deployment Team, Regional Director, Wireless Project Manager, Site Acquisition Implementation Manager II, Development / Construction - Project Manager, Leasing Manager, Site Acquisition Development Manager/Specialist, Site Acquisition Specialist and Site Permitting Department Lead, Stock Broker/Financial Advisor

Clients included; AT&T (UMTS, LTE, NSB, Mods & 2 Way Messing), Cingular, T-Mobile (UMTS, LTE I-15MW, Modernization & L700), Sprint (Mods, LTE, Network Vision and 2.5), Nextel (Mods), Omni Point (NSB), Metrocom (Mods), Nextwave (NSB), TELUS (NSB - Canada), Rogers (NSB/Mike System - Canada), Comcast, General Dynamics, Samsung, Nokia, Ericsson, Black & Veatch, Nextel, Bechtel, Crown Communications, SBA, American Tower, Xcel Energy/PSCO, Zayo and Cbeyond, Detailed project listing provided below.

 

 

 

Telecommunications Project Management Projects I was hired to execute or to oversee:

 

North America Territories – 1996 - 2014 / VANCOUVER, BC, TORONTO / OTTAWA CANADA, GEORGIA, CALIFORNIA, OHIO, NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK CITY, KENTUCKY, TEXAS, ILLINOIS, NEBRASKA, IOWA, MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, MASSACHUSETTS, OREGON, WYOMING, MONTANA AND COLORADO.

 

v      Kiss Solutions, LLC: USA & Canada from 2006 to Present / W2 and Contract Work

Ø       USA – 2014 - Project Manager – T-Mobile & Sprint - Southern California

§    160+ Sites North Los Angeles and South to Orange County and East to AZ. Overseeing teams working hand in hand providing guidance when needed to finalize one Sprint 2.5 Project, 25 sites, T-Mobile's I-15 MW Project, 30 sites, TMO's Modernization Project, 25 sites, and the TMO L700 Project, 87 sites.

 

Ø       USA - 2014 – Wireless Project Manager – AT&T Mobility - RMR – Rocky Mountain Region - CO, MT, WY and So ID.

§    Managing a team of 5 Site Acquisition Managers in four different states executing the Site Acquisition services; Leasing, Zoning and Building Permit services for 100+ ATT NSB & BTS for future Collocations within the RMR and the USFS to secure MSO 93 and the NTP from selected tower companies at the execution of the required Site Acquisition services.

§    Interface required with selected ATT BTS companies, USFS Consultants, ATT Construction, A & E, GEO and Environmental services within the RMR. 

 

Ø       USA – 2013 Project Manager - Sprint Network Vision, ATC & Xcel Energy / PSCO Towers, RMR – Denver Colorado

§    Managing a team executing the Site Acquisition, Zoning and Building Permit services for 80+ ATC & Xcel Energy / PSCO Towers within the RMR for numerous jurisdictions to secure the NTP.

·        Worked directly with Xcel Energy / PSCO to rewrite the application process.

§    Designed, revised and implemented policies and procedures to secure and execute work flow with the lease resistance for consistent results.

 

Ø       USA – 2012/2013 Project Manager – American Tower & T-Mobile collocation Project, Chicago, IL, Indiana and Wisconsin.

§    Managing numerous vendors coordinating Site Acquisition services, Zoning and Permitting through ATC’s NTP process for over 200 sites. Receiving daily updates, revising and designing new tracking systems for ATC and TMO to utilize.

 

Ø       USA– 2012 Site Acquisition Manager  - AT&T Wave 4 LTE (Syracuse, NY)

§    Opening up a new office in up state New York, Syracuse while managing 9 different vendors through the A&E Services, Site Acquisition, Zoning and release to construction process for over 400 AT&T Wave 4 LTE sites.

 

Ø       Canada - TELUS – 2012 Real Estate and Government Affairs Manager – NSB for 2012 & 2013 Build Plan

§    Finalize the 2011 NSB Build Plan, execute the 2012 Build Plan and forecast the 2013 & 2014 NSB Build Plan.

§    Manage 3 different vendors through the Site Acquisition and LUA / Zoning Process.

§    Implement numerous policies, procedures and processes to secure consistence results.

§    Build and rebuild team efforts for a successful project.

§    Provide direction for execution.

§    Overcome obstacles and created miracles.

 

Ø       USA – 2010/2011 Site Acquisition Manager – AT&T 4G / LTE (Minneapolis, MN)

§    Minneapolis, Minnesota & Omaha, Nebraska – 4G / LTE 440 Sites from start, site audits and scoping to the end of the project, on air. Worked with AT&T and B & V Systems: Documentum and Siterra.

·        Managed site acquisition services and worked hand in hand with ATT and B & V's PM's, Construction and Engineering teams and vendors from scoping through acquisition, MSO94's releasing for construction. (Replace, upgrade and swapped out antennas, add fiber Lines, RRU's, Squids and DC Lines and installed new LTE Systems for the AT&T Omaha, NE and Minneapolis, MN Turf Sites.)

·        Managed internal development teams and coordinated daily with vendors to meet team objectives: Consents, Notices, NTPs, Bok’s and Zok’s, True ups, MSO94’s and On-Air goals.

·        Interfaced with AT&T management daily during the first 4 months of pre-constructions efforts: scoping, site audits and mapping for 440 LTE Sites brain storming for future challenges and success within the LTE project to secure and execute ATT's on air goals to upgrade the Minneapolis and Omaha markets and surrounding municipalities in 2011/12.

·        Worked with AT&T Siterra and Black & Veatch Documentum systems.

 

Ø       USA – 2010 – AT&T –NSB (Chicago, IL)

§    Atlanta, Georgia – BTF (Bucket Task Force) Site Acquisition cleanup for 10 markets in the South East.

§    Chicago, Illinois – AT&T Turf reassignments, Relo’s, NSB, Mods for 250+ sites with COWS & COLTS set up for BLACK FRIDAY. 2010 held the AT&T record for Cows on air in the shortest period of time in Chicago, IL.

 

Ø       USA – Ericsson - 2010 Site Acquisition Implementation Manager II 3C UMTS & 4G LTE 2430 combined sites (Pleasanton, CA)

§    Managed site acquisition and A&E vendors to secure entitlements, drawings and pre-construction efforts for more than 710 AT&T 4G LTE Turf Sites and over 400 AT&T 3C UMTS Turf Sites to upgrade the San Francisco market and surrounding municipalities. Managed internal development teams and coordinated daily with vendors to meet team objectives: Consents, Notices, NTPs, Bok’s and Zok’s, True ups, MSO94’s and On-Air goals. Interfaced with AT&T management daily for two months to scope over 710 4G LTE Sites discussing and brain storming for future challenges and success within the LTE project to secure and execute our on air goals for 2010 & 2011. Worked with AT&T and E/// Systems: Site Handler and Siterra.

§    Interfaced with AT&T management Tri-weekly on deployment calls discussing challenges and success within the 3C UMTS project with the ability to focus on the numerous changes within the system due to budgets, design and municipalities to reach, secure and execute our on air goals for 2010 & 2011.

§    Replace, upgrade and swapped out antennas, BTU’s and installed the new Ericsson 4G LTE and 3C UMTS Systems for the AT&T Northern California San Francisco Turf Sites.

 

Ø       USA - Goodman Networks – 2009 - 2010 – National Site Acquisition Manager – Rapid Deployment Team

§    Boston MA, 2009 – 2010 Comcast – TMO FTTC Backhaul Project – 800 Sites - Placing Fiber to tower.

§    AT&T Pacific North West – Portland OR. 2010, 400 ETC Sites

§    RDT Team established each new market as operationally ready within 30-60 days of receiving the client’s purchase orders. We deployed Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) for project management, site acquisition, zoning, project controls and constructions with GNI’s processes into local, regional or national markets. My RTD SME’s specialized in quickly starting a project by handling all details involved in activating work where none exists. RDT deployed personnel to either hit the ground running by implementing the initial details of executing the project, whether its site acquisition, zoning, construction, operations, project controls and support or the ability to site select and/or initiate office operations set up or both.

1. Project Execution - Focus or design a plan to implement and execute the projected plan.

2. Office Operation & Set up - Secure an office set up within a given market.

 

RDT foundational protocols were: Build effective and consistent communication reporting routines to increase efficiency and enhance team functioning at local, regional, and national levels. Enhance the smooth transition through the different phase operations regardless of the geographical market location. Collect data to analyze the performance of vendors, trackers, software programs, etc. to enable GNI to make data based decisions. Assist in start up, identification of the replacement resources, and execution of the initial project start up phase.

 

Ø       USA – 2007/2008 – T-Mobile, Development / Construction Manager / Project Manager – 1968 Sites

§    Managed site acquisition vendors to secure entitlements and pre-construction efforts for T-Mobile’s Central Region markets for the UMTS upgrade project, including Chicago and Minneapolis.

·        Oversaw internal development teams and coordinated daily with vendors to meet team objectives of NTP and On-Air goals.

·        Replace and upgrade Telecom equipment and installed the new UMTS Nokia Systems for the T-Mobile Sites.

·        Worked directly with Xcel Energy for a multi-site lease. (MLA – 11 Sites)

 

v      USA - BMS Communications – 2005/2006 Site Acquisition Manager, 150 Sites

§    Site Acquisition, Managed 150 Cingular/AT&T sites.

·        ROW, JPA, NSB and Private Property sites.

§    Permitting Department Lead.

·        Design and Implementation California’s Market Data Base; Permitting Analysis and Correspondence Review for 1100 California Counties, Jurisdictions, Townships and Villages.

§    Assistant to Department Director.

 

v      USA - Parsons – 2005 – Site Acquisition Specialist, 18 Sites

§    Project Lead for T-Mobile. Project ended during the Nextel / Sprint Merger. Southern California.

 

v      USA - Infranext – 2004 – Project Manager – Zoning & Permitting, 65 Sites

§    Orange County, CA Territory. Within 3 months, the contract changed and was required to commute to a Santa Barbara County territory, 390 miles round trip daily.

 

v      USA - Velocitel – 2004 Site Acquisition Specialist - AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint, 60 Sites

§    Set up three territories along all major Corridors in Riverside County – 60 sites. Signed 79% of Leases before being laid off from the AT&T / Cingular Merger.

 

v      USA – Berliner Communications, Inc. – 1998 Leasing PM – Metro Comm 85 Wired Access Towers & numerous ROW sites.

§    Managed 85 (WAP) wired access point towers. In 7 months, set all groundwork for Manhattan, Rockland County, NY and New Jersey on both sides of the Hudson River. Interfacing primarily with Corporate Building Managers, Corporate Executives, Lawyers and City Mayors as well as city governments for zoning presentations.

 

v      USA - Crown Communications / TEA Group – NJ & KY – 1997/1998– 14 Collocation Sites & 38 X 150’ Lattice Towers.

§ New Jersey – Team leader and Project Manager - 14 Leases, executed all in 1.5 Months.

§ Kentucky - Operations Manager to train, streamline the office and get it back on track.

·                    Files, paper work, reports, operations, vendors & assist new project manager to get organized.

·                    Two weeks later, laid off with 3 leases fully executed and office trained. Rehired within 3 hours to execute all Site Acquisition, 38 search rings in both Lexington and Louisville, KY. 36 search rings were signed and executed within 8 months.

·                    Prepared 100 million dollar railroad right of way proposal to Crown Communications, American

       Tower & SBA, Inc., while succeeding at site acquisition duties.

 

v      USA & Canada - D. Garvey – 1996/1997 Site Acquisition Specialists, AT&T, Nextwave and Rogers. 250 Sites.

§    Irvine, Ca - 4 Sites signed. AT&T 2-way messaging. 2-year project, transferred after 4 months.

§    Cincinnati, OH – Required 200 sites, delivered over 1200 sites with all docs’.

·        Project cancelled, client bankrupt.

§    Transferred to Vancouver, BC, Canada.

·        10 Sites on Richmond Island.

¨       Difficulties:

Ø       Island under water at high tide.

Ø       Current Vendors would share Info, i.e. Zoning, Construction, Legal, Geo-Tech, Government and Engineering.

Ø       Last month in country, I contracted pneumonia, was quarantined to my Hotel room. Within a month, I successfully executed 70% of my site leases and was transferred back to the USA.

¨       Solution:

Ø       Took Charge, worked with RF to redesigned the network from for the island and sparked a winning

attitude to revive the Island & the project.

Ø       Signed 70% leases before being transferred back to the USA.

·   Toronto, Canada.

¨       Transferred to Toronto / Ottawa Canada. Signed 80% leases prior to being laid off for cut backs.

¨       D. Garvey settled ATT contract dispute 27.5 million, closed company and laid everyone off 3 months later.

 

Department Manager: Managed $575 thousand in assets within 2 departments. Increased sales consistently each month while training 14 new employees, cross training other department transfers and promoting current employees to different departments within the store.

 

Executive Vice President and Principal: Successfully managed a $40 million budget. Streamlined, coordinated and managed all day to day operations of national, regional, and local retrofits, reconstruction, resets, merchandising and quality control for Radio Shack, Home Depot, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Michael’s, Toys ‘R Us, GNC, Legos, Sears and locally for Lowe’s Home Improvement and The Limited Group (Limited, Victoria Secret, Express, Bath and Body Works, and White House Candles). Established a national customer service business to ensure quality control along with customer reliability and satisfaction for Daimler Chrysler, Sony, Bank of America, AAA, Walgreens, Horace Mann Insurance and American Racing Inc.

 

Owner / General Manager: Directed all facets of operations, including supervising a staff of 35 part and full time employees and managing a budget of $1 million. Implemented an International, National, Regional and Local customer database point system for discounts on merchandise and reservations. Instituted the first cyber café within the resort area.

 

President: Controlled an $8 million budget. Acquired all in-store sampling and promotional business for the H.E. Butt Corp., the fourth-largest privately owned grocery chain in the US. Produced a professional training video, in-market training seminars, training materials and manufactured and distributed all demonstration and point-of-purchase materials nationwide to ensure accuracy and consistency. Worked with clients; senior, divisional, and regional managers; food brokers, account executives, retail managers, and demonstration companies nationwide. Administered quality control functions for Kinko’s, Pet Zazz Pet Stores, General Nutrition Centers, and various restaurants, college campuses, service stations, and hospitals.

 

West Coast Division Manager: Increased sales 350% within one year and secured the Price Costco account, the largest account in the division internationally. Defined coverage, marketing, commission, and incentive plans for 16 manufacturing companies, 45 manufacture representatives, in 3 market segments within the 13 Western states.  Administered a $600,000 budget.  Managed trade show product announcements, training programs and implemented a national telemarketing department.

 

Eastman Kodak, Inc. - Copy Products Sales Representative

Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. - Stock Broker/Financial Adviser

IBM, Corp. - Marketing Sales Associate

Los Angeles County Department of Beaches – Professional Beach Lifeguard

Affiliations / Community Service

 

Denver Police Department - VIPU – Volunteers In Police Unit – 2013 – 2014

Denver CERT Program – Community Emergency Response Team – 2013 - 2014

Board of Directors: Director’s Chair for Marketing, Communications, Internet, and Economic Development:

- Lake Arrowhead Chamber of Commerce 2001 - 2005

Member: PMI Mile Hi Chapter, Rotary, Rotary International and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Supporter: Special Olympics Volunteer, Feed the Homeless

Charities Created:

1.                       PCFEOM – Post Card For Ex-Offenders Ministry 2010, (Went International 2011)

2.                       BSFEO&H – Blankets & Scarf’s For Ex-Offenders and Homeless - 2010