Phone: 214.799.4300 i gabekempf@gmail.com

Gabe Kempf

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Experienced Telecommunications Professional

¾ Extremely strong telecommunications project construction and management skills developed through

experience in building and supervising the build of wireless sites.

¾ Versatile and hard-working management professional with over fifteen years of diverse experience in the

construction industry as Construction Manager, Field Manager, Tower Technician, Project Manager, Field

Foreman and Owner of a construction business.

¾ Self-motivated construction management professional with extensive experience in government

construction including projects with the U.S. Navy, VA Hospital Administration, National Park Service,

U.S. Coast Guard and FAA Center with responsibility for project management for all phases of

construction that includes Estimates, Proposal Submittals, Negotiation, Quality Control, Scheduling,

Contract Management and Report Management until project completion.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

ƒ Small Cell Networks

ƒ Construction Management

ƒ Project Management

ƒ Site Acquisition

ƒ Quality Control

ƒ LTE Installation & Management

ƒ RTS & Closeout Packages

ƒ Fiber Testing / Installation

ƒ Sweep Testing

ƒ Clear Wire

ƒ GSM / UMTS 1st & 2nd Carrier

ƒ Acquisition of Building Permits

ƒ Lift / Inspection Arrangement

ƒ CASS Audit / Power Audit

ƒ UCU Adds

ƒ Battery Testing / Installation

ƒ Permitting Process

ƒ Audits Tower Mapping

ƒ Scoping

ƒ Proposal’s/Submittals

ƒ AAV Coordination

PROJECT EXPERTISE

ƒ Tower Mapping

ƒ Power Audit

ƒ RET Installation

ƒ Co-Locates

ƒ Tiger Team

ƒ Antenna Installation

ƒ UMTS Twin TMAs Installation

ƒ Copper T-1

ƒ Microwave Dish Installations

ƒ Electrical Upgrades

ƒ Boom Truck / Man Lift

TRAINING / CERTIFICATIONS

ƒ 3 Day Small-Cell Intensive Boot Camp

ƒ GRAVITEC- Climber & Rescue Certified

ƒ Kaelus- PIM testing Level 1

ƒ Anritsu – Sweep Testing

ƒ NATE – Competent Climber Certification

ƒ ND51 – Grounding Certification

ƒ Andrew – Connector Certification

ƒ AGC – Construction Manager Certification Program

ƒ Army Corp of Engineers – QC Certification

ƒ Ongoing training to complete PMP certification

ƒ Design / Build

ƒ Historic Restoration

ƒ Lead Abatement

ƒ Fire Alarm Systems

ƒ Fire Sprinkler Systems

ƒ HVAC

ƒ Hospital Ref Monitoring

ƒ Antenna / Coax / T Booms

ƒ Site Preparation

ƒ Heavy Equipment

ƒ Asset Scanning

ƒ Sweep Testing

ƒ PIM Testing

ƒ Fiber testing

ƒ GSM

ƒ Bid walk, Precon Walk

Phone: 214.799.4300 i gabekempf@gmail.com

Gabe Kempf

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HEALTH & SAFETY TRAINING

ƒ Boise Cascade – Industrial Safety Program

ƒ Weyerhaeuser – Industrial Safety Program

ƒ Red Cross – First Aid Certification

ƒ BCLS – Adult CPR Certification

ƒ BCLS – Emergency First Aid Certification

ƒ BCLS – Bloodborne Pathogens Certification

ƒ OSHA – 30 Hour Certification

ƒ OSHA – 10 Hour Certification

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Crown Castle USA – DFW Market

Mar 2013 - Present

Small Cell – Implementation & Vendor Management

Tower - Construction Manager

ƒ Responsible for all aspects of construction on Crown Castle projects including; Vendor selection, onsite

management, coordination of subcontractors, OEM installers and customer representatives.

Represent Crown Castle as the expert on construction issues relating to construction/modification of

towers and collocation or DAS and small cell projects, including in-building iDAS, public right-of-way

oDAS & Small Cells along with the associated inside & outside plant construction methods. Oversight

for DAS and small cell projects will include activities related to above and below-ground fiber

installation, hub construction, node construction and related utility make-ready.

T-Mobile USA – Dallas Market

Field Engineer III (QA)

ƒ Quality Control and Management of Modernization LTE Project.

ƒ Management, Organization of Punch Walk Team.

ƒ Conducting Pre-Construction & AAV Walks.

ƒ Tower Audits to Insure Quality and Proper Equipment Count.

AT&T LTE4G – Pacific Northwest

Construction Management

ƒ Responsible for management of construction of AT&T LTE4G Build Out.

ƒ GSM / UMTS Migration.

ƒ Site MODs, JDSU Fiber Optic testing, PIM testing, Anritzu,

ƒ Creating bills of materials, Site pre-inspections, Post-Construction Audits.

ATC ITT Co-Lo Project - National

Project Manager

ƒ Management Of National Wireless ITT Government Project.

ƒ Implementation And Management Of Turn Key Co-Locates.

ƒ National Government Wireless Project. Management Of All trades

AT&T 1st & 2nd carrier UMTS- Pacific Northwest

Clear Wire – Utah

Operations / Field Manager

Construction Manager

ƒ Oversight and management of contractors on AT&T 3G wireless build out.

ƒ Implementation and management of field crews & Subcontractors.

ƒ Bid walks, QC, Landlord issues, Close out packages

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Sep 2012 – Mar 2013

Nov 2010 - Sep 2012

Feb 2010 - Oct 2010

Aug 2009 - Feb 2010

Jan 2009 - Jul 2009