1869 Sea Oats Drive • Atlantic Beach, Florida 32233
Cell 904-437-7377 • chad.caudill@gmail.com
Chad Caudill
SITE ACQUISITION SPECIALIST
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• Over 17 years of experience in the telecommunications site acquisition industry.
• Goal-oriented multi-tasker. Ability to handle multiple sites at various phases of the project providing resolutions
and meeting client time tables and expectations.
• Self-Performance Review at all stages.
• Highly skilled in lease negotiations representing the best interests of the company.
• Exceptional expertise within zoning and permitting; moving projects through approval process quickly.
• Intimate knowledge with hundreds of permitting jurisdictions within NE Florida and SE Georgia
• Professional understanding of current application processes and having existing relationship with key contacts
• Established relationship with Jacksonville Electric Authority concerning Right of Way Macro Site design.
• Dynamic communication skills. Interact well with supervisors, clients, government officials and other
stakeholders. Directing and advising team in all phases of the site design process.
• Adept at interpreting the engineer’s findings and conveying to the end client.
• Proactive leader and conceptual thinker with a superior work ethic. Known for exceeding goals, deadlines and
quality standards. Take work ownership, deliver solutions and recommendations.
• Collaborate with all third party services to complete site design modifications.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
P Shirah and Company, LLC • Jacksonville, Florida • 2/2012 – Present
roject Manager of Site Development, Southeast Region – Clients AT&T & T-Mobile
• Managed acquisition process of wireless site development to improve cell phone coverage in the identified
areas required by clients.
• Deployed effective strategy for team to follow based on client parameters. Secured contracts with preferred
candidates, ensured that financial aspects of the agreements were cost-effective, confirmed feasibility of
construction of each site, and minimized zoning and permitting delays.
• Negotiated the most difficult contracts between clients and property owners and finalized hundreds of new site
builds and collocation agreements.
• Assisted in weekly deployment site status meetings and aided clients by providing solutions and developing a
proactive approach to solve problems.
• Provided detailed site data packages to clients, which included comprehensive zoning, permitting analysis,
summaries of specific property characteristics and contract requirements needed to complete site acquisition.
• Coordinated site design walks with Radio Frequency Engineers, Construction Managers, and A&E Firms and
finalized the specific locations for wireless antenna facilities on existing towers, rooftops, stealth designs, and
new tower builds.
• Provided zoning analysis and interpretation to secure approval for applicable permits at public hearings.
Completed and filed hundreds of Zoning and Building Permit Applications within the SE Region.
• Ordered Title Searches, FAA Determinations, FCC Registrations, 1A and 2C Surveys, Construction Drawings,
Structural Reports, Phase 1 Environmental Studies and Geotechnical Studies. Provided detailed summaries of
findings to clients.
S Powder River Development Services, LLC • Boca Raton, Florida • 7/2009 – 8/2011
ite Acquisition Specialist, South Florida Region – Client Clearwire
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• This and all following telecom positions have duties identical to those above.
S Stonehenge Telecom, Inc. • Atlanta, Georgia • 9/2006 – 5/2009
ite Acquisition Consultant, Atlanta, Georgia – Client T-Mobile
ite Acquisition Manager, Jacksonville, Florida – Client Metro PCS and, Atlanta, Georgia – Client: T-Mobile
S Compass Technologies Services • Kennesaw, Georgia • 1/2005 – 8/2006
S Craig & Associates, Inc. and Baran Telecom, Inc. • Atlanta, Georgia • 3/2005 – 8/2006
ite Acquisition Consultant, Atlanta, Georgia and Orlando, Florida– Client Sprint / Nextel
E Rockdale County Fire Department (National EMS, Inc.) • Conyers, Georgia • 4/2004 – 3/2005
MT Paramedic
• Applied life-saving skills to the public citizens of Rockdale County.
• Averaged over 10 ALS/BLS emergency calls per day
• Interacted directly with patients and treated based on standard protocol.
• Communicated effectively with Dispatch, Receiving Hospitals, Nurses, and Doctors to provide the most
beneficial treatment for the patient.
• Assisted in managing and completing all necessary station duties such as: scheduled maintenance for
ambulances, daily check off for ambulance supplies, and servicing equipment as required by the State of
Georgia EMS - DOT guidelines.
S American Tower Corporation • Woburn, Massachusetts • 6/1998 – 12/2001
ite Acquisition Specialist, Kansas City, Kansas – Client Sprint PCS and AT&T Wireless
S Pyramid Brokerage Company, Inc. • Syracuse, New York • 9/1997 – 10/1999
ite Acquisition Specialist, Southeast Region – Clients Sprint PCS and Signal One
S Pyramid Brokerage Company, Inc. • Atlanta, Georgia • 9/1997 – 10/1999
pectrasite Communications, Inc.
S TEA Group Inc. / Crown Castle International Inc. • Atlanta, Georgia • 11/1996 – 2/1997
ales Representative
ite Acquisition Specialist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Client Omnipoint Communications
S Southern Energy & Construction Company Inc. • Atlanta, Georgia • 6/1992 – 5/1996
• Sold over one million dollars in gross sales annually for full service remodeling company.
• Maintained strong knowledge of room additions, vinyl windows, vinyl siding and roofing systems.
EDUCATION
Gwinnett Technical College, Gwinnett, Georgia
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Paramedic Program GPA 4.0/4.0
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
State Certified EMT and Paramedic Florida and Georgia
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Windows, MAC-IOS, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe and Mapping software
AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS
Dean’s List 1989, 1990
Salesman of the Year 1993, 1994
Sigma Chi Fraternity, Delta Chapter
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