Terry L. Smith

Cellular Infrastructure, Microwave and IT.

Construction and Project Management.

You may contact me for more details at tls_8888@yahoo.com

(214) 263-3383 cell phone

I have extensive experience working in various environments. I have worked on Motorola, Ericsson, Nokia, Nortel and Hughes

base sites (Analog, TDMA, CDMA, GSM, UMTS WiMax, LTE) and some switch installation work. Cellular RAN

optimization, installation, commissioning, integration, de-installation, troubleshooting and maintenance.

Lemcon Construction Manager September 2014 to August 2015 - Manage construction crews in the field to complete

site upgrades. Manage warehouse and materials to maintain a sufficient supply of materials for work. Coordinate activities

with PM to best utilize personnel resources. Coordinate SCOP and punch list fixes to ensure site completion and

acceptance. Address quality issues and ensure crew compliance with quality and build standards. Evaluate change order

requests and out of scope work.

Ericsson Contractor March 2014 to September 2014 Construction Manager – Ensure suppliers are following

SOW/MOP when building and modifying cellular base sites. Track progress and report to customer and PM. Conduct

SOW walks with supplier. Conduct punch walks on completed sites. Review close out package (COP) documents and

ensure all are completed properly and uploaded. Update CAM and Continuus tools.

Insight Contractor June 2013 to March 2014 Installation Technician – Install wireless access points (WAP) on

customer premises. Sites are all high security locations (Banking institutions). Install, connect and test WAP. Working with

NOC and other support personnel to successful integrate the new WAP into existing networks or install entirely new

wireless network at the customer location. Physically mount WAP. Connect WAP to existing switch via ethernet cable.

Complete installation documentation.

Nokia Siemens Networks Contractor June 2012 to June 2013. Field Manager. Management of daily field operations

including the night cutover bridge. Attend needed project meetings at a market level covering all areas from Quality, Progress, Logistics

and Reporting. Located both in the office and in the field with most emphasis in the field. Evaluate GC field staff and quality of work by

visiting BTS sites daily. Oversee multiple site build projects at once and is responsible for supervising the staff at each site ensuring that

all projects are completed on agreed schedule and that standards of quality are met. Provide construction management for installation

of new cell sites and modification of existing sites. Monitor status of site walks, material delivery, and identify/report challenges to

market project/program management. Assist with BOM ordering and oversee receipt and distribution of materials, and manage local

warehouse inventory. Work with GCs in collecting Closeout packages and punch lists and conveying them to the customer.

Ericsson Contractor Sprint Network Vision March 2012 to June 2012. LTE commissioning and integration tech.

Commission and Integrate Ericsson LTE base sites. Work includes QA checks of sites for proper and complete installation.

Loading new software and site specific files to equipment. Troubleshooting and resolving transport and technical issues

with the equipment. Collecting data including screen captures, photos and spreadsheet data for closeout packages.

Ericsson Contractor January to March 2012. LTE Q.A. Team leader. Lead a team to inspect LTE eNodeB installations

and correct deficiencies in quality. Create reports and complete close out package documentation including spreadsheets,

QA report forms and photos. Troubleshoot alarms and correct issues within the scope of the project.

February-March 2012. Nortel CDMA carrier add project. Adding second carrier equipment to existing sites.

Ericsson LTE Certification, Nortel CDMA Certification.

Goodman Networks, February 2011 to August 2011. Construction Manager. Prepare quotes based on field scoping

observations and relevant drivers. Complete site walks and prepare scoping documents and drawings. Complete closeout

packages and upload documents to network database. Update trackers and prepare new trackers as needed. Conduct

site QA inspections. Conduct site safety inspections.

Clearwire Contractor, December 2010 to February 2011. WiMax field technician. Repair and maintain existing WiMax

network including microwave systems and base sites. Perform scheduled and demand maintenance. Maintain site

records and logs. Install new sites including drive testing and integration.

AT&T Contractor November 2010 to December 2010. Microwave Technician. Microwave overlay project. Replaced

existing microwave equipment with new Alcatel 9500 MPR and related equipment. Includes modification of existing

waveguide and other RF connections. Configuring new microwave equipment, multiplexers and DSXs. Certified 9500

MPR Level II.

Clearwire Contractor September 2009 to September 2010. Microwave Technician, Field technician and Drive Tester.

Install Dragonwave Duo, Redline and similar microwave systems including changing IP addresses and other parameters

and physical installation of IDUs. Installed and cabled site switches. Installed and commissioned Motorola 4g WiMax sites

for Clearwire in the San Antonio and Houston markets. Duties include cabling, loading software and commissioning base

sites.

Also performed drive testing using the WiTT and XCAL drive test software for individual sites and clusters. Trained new

personnel. Supported RF Engineering on special projects including prelaunch demonstrations and investigating customer

complaints and special drive testing and network optimization. Created drive routes and worked with RF engineer on

recommendations for changes to sites or clusters.

Ericsson Contractor May 2009 to September 2009. Network Monitoring Shift Lead. Network monitoring, including

RNCs, SGSN, Node Bs and other network nodes. Regular checking of network KPIs with some analysis. Routine checks

including follow up of EWS email messages and regular scheduled monitoring. When network problems or potential

problems were detected a trouble ticket would be opened using Clear Quest . The principal monitoring tools were Sonar

and WinFiol. As team lead I created shift reports and trained new personnel.

T-Mobile Contractor November 2008 to May2009. Project Team Leader Leading a team of technicians in the

refurbishing, deploying, commissioning and integrating Nortel GSM 8000 and 12000 cabinets at cell sites for a large

roaming overbuild project in New York. This includes upgrading and loading current software testing and troubleshooting

failures and installing TruPosition LMUs and loading updated scripts to the Axxius 800 CSUs. Troubleshoot T1 circuits.

Sweep all antenna transmission lines (Anritsu 332). Check and adjust as needed antenna electrical downtilts per

engineering documents. Create and deliver daily progress reports and project schedule tracking performed.

T-Mobile Contractor June 2008 to November 2008. UMTS Technician Providing support to field technicians on Nortel

8000 and 12000 GSM outdoor base sites. Support includes performing PM s and troubleshooting and replacing defective

components at the base sites and T1s.

Viaero Wireless July 2007 to June 2008 Cell Site and Microwave Technician Lamar, Colorado. Install, maintain and

troubleshoot Nokia Ultrasite GSM BTSs and Motorola LD base sites.. Also install, maintain and troubleshoot Alcatel

MDR8000 DS1 and DS3 microwave equipment. Similar to previous work on Motorola, Ericsson and Nortel equipment.

Use of JDSU 2700 for DS1 and DS3 troubleshooting. Anritsu spectrum analyzer and Anritsu Sitemaster for microwave

test and alignments. Perform installation, commissioning and integration of Nokia GSM base sites and MDR8000 and

MDR6000 microwave models. Use of ZKSam for network monitoring and troubleshooting. Decomissioning and removal of

Motorola HD equipment. Generator maintenance (Generac gensets and transfer switches) including setting clocks and

exercise times, run testing, replacing batteries, checking fluids and replenishing as needed.

Ericsson Contractor June 2006 to June 2007. UMTS Technician. Install and commission Ericsson UMTS and GSM

base sites. Installing indoor and outdoor cabinets for the Cingular market in Little Rock Arkansas and Miami, Florida and

New York City. This includes mounting wiring and loading software on new UMTS cabinet installations and upgrades or

expansions, running RF jumpers and attaching connectors and doing cable sweeps. Use of Anritsu sweep gear and T-Bird

T-1 Test sets. December 06 to February 07. Radian/T-Mobile. Installation team leader in the installation of outdoor

Ericsson UMTS. Also de-installed someolder GSM equipment to make way for new UMTS. Installations included all

connections to be made ready or connected to cabinet. At the end of the installation the equipment was turned up and

ready for commissioning. Nearly all sites were rooftop locations up to 29 stories up.I also assisted in coordinating and

creating closeout packages for the project manager.

Real Estate Professional – Austin Star Inspections and Century 21. Dec 02 to Jun 06. Licensed as a real estate

inspector. Inspecting residential properties for building code compliance and performing visual/non-invasive inspections of

all equipment, appliances and systems. Licensed real estate sales person.

Sprint PCS - Cellular field engineer. Apr 97 to Dec 02. Work independently to install, repair and maintain cellular

infrastructure equipment (Nortel CDMA). Wide range of test equipment used including multifunction service monitors,

antenna sweep gear (Wiltron) DVMs, RF power meters and T-1 test sets. Responsible for performing routine preventative

as well as demand (outage) maintenance. Performed equipment modifications per engineering directives including frame

changes. In the build out of the Houston CDMA network I performed both installation and commissioning tasks as well as

network/cluster optimization. Worked with contractors to ensure compliance with Sprint PCS directives. Other tasks

performed as needed including upgrading T-1 connections and other functions not directly related to BTS operations. Also

performed daily routine of recording and reporting on new BSC alarms and dispatching technicians to work such alarms

when needed.

April 1997 to Aug 1998 - Field Engineering. Locate likely positions for new BTS. Survey site for Suitability as a BTS site

taking into account local roads, obstructions, terrain, elevation etc…Conduct crane tests in which an antenna is lifted on a

crane in preparation to test a proposed site for suitability. Work with warehouse and installation crews to mount BTS to

platform. Perform BTS cabling Verification and installation inspections. Commission BTS and complete performance

certification. Do integration testing (hand-in hand-out). Do call testing including 911, E-911, local LD and International

calling. Perform drive tests in clusters to do system optimization. Analyze drive test data and work with engineering staff to

resolve problems.

Typical resolutions include changes in antenna orientation, antenna type changes, up-tilt/down-tilt, BTS parameter

changes or possibly installing an new BTS. A network was built from the ground up in record time. A total of more than

360 BTSs were commissioned and on-line at network turn up.

Various contracts (Systems &Software Services Inc, Motorola Inc. Hughes Network Systems) Dec 93 to Apr

97 Cellular Field Engineer. Optimize, repair, modify cellular infrastructure equipment. Overseas locations in PR China

(Shanghai, Tianjin, Ghangchun, Wenzhou), Thailand , Tatarstan,(Kazan, Chelny) Czech Rep. (Prague). Similar test

equipment as above. Similar duties as above. In addition to the BTS duties I also worked on the Commissioning of the

GMH2000 switch. I installed small switches in China as well as small cellular (analog) networks. Typically these small

networks consisted of seven to twelve BTSs and a small switch such as a Motorola EMX100+ or EMX250. Additionally I

was often tasked with customer liaison duties and with training local technicians.

MetroCel Cellular Telephone Co - Apr 92 to Dec 93 Cell Site Technician. Similar work and test equipment to above.

Additional duties included PMs on generators channel banks and T-1 interface equipment.

Motorola Inc. Fort Worth Division. Dec 85-Apr 92 Senior Technical Supervisor E05. Control production/manufacturing

of sophisticated two way radio equipment. Responsible for daily operation quantity and quality and the training of new

operators. At the peak there were 30 operators working under my direct supervision including 5 technicians. Began work

with Motorola as a bench technician in Dec 1985 at grade 117. Duties included analyzing faults in production and

repairing defects to the component level. Reporting defects and recommending production fault resolution. Promoted to

group leader. Group leader duties included maintaining performance statistics on line operators and technicians as well as

my regular technician/analyzer duties. High level fault analysis. Training new employees and assisting technicians with

difficult fault analysis problems. Translating management goals into line production. Scheduling overtime and holiday work.

Keeping attendance records. Promoted to Senior Technical Supervisor. In addition to the above duties as a group leader I

assumed additional duties including the assignment of operator duties, scheduling of operators to compensate for absent

operators, production reporting, goal forecasting and disciplining workers for company rules infractions. Spent six months

as an engineering technician on loan to the engineering department. During this time I prepared and tested radio

frequency tuning modules and supported the efforts of the engineering staff.

Tandy/Radio Shack. Oct 83 to Dec 85 National quality control technician. Performed inspections and inspection result

analysis for consumer electronics. Testing included manufactures specification verification and safety testing, production

sample testing and acceptance. Testing included various Radio Frequency performance tests, environmental testing and

life testing.

MicroAge computers. Jan 82 to Sep 83. Computer sales and service. Hardware sales and service. Personal computer

system consulting and installation.

US Air Force Nov77 to Nov81. Automatic tracking radar technician / operator. Repaired and operated MPS-9, TLQ11,

MSQ-77 and associated computers. Also repaired associated search/PPI radar, blanker/generator and radio

equipment. Served in Germany (Ramstein AB) for two years as a field technician. Served fourteen months as a depot

level technician in various locations. Performed all levels of maintenance ranging from daily routine preventive

maintenance to depot level overhauls and refurbishment.

Education:

University of Phoenix - BBA junior level courses management and marketing degree not completed.

University of North Texas - BBA course study finance and management. Total of 90+

semester hours completed towards BBA degree. Not currently enrolled.

AA Liberal Arts, City Colleges of Chicago 1983

Ericsson LTE RBS HS1 certification December 2011.

Nortel CDMA RBS HS1 certification December 2011.

Nortel RBS Basic Builder 3 certification December 2011.

UMTS Ericsson RBS Installation and Commissioning (Certified) Dallas, Texas May 2006)

OSHA Construction Safety and Health 10 hour course. June 2011.

Comtrain tower climber safety course. July 2011

Motorola Base Site course AMPS (two week course)

Alcatel 9500MPR course (Level 2 Certification) 1 week course. 11/10

Hughes Network GMH2000 BTS course TDMA and E-TDMA (two week course)

Ericsson RBS course TDMA (two week course)

Nortel Networks Metrocell Operations and Maintenance 24 September 1999

Nortel Networks BTS course CDMA (three week course total)

Nortel Networks Metrocell BTS course.CDMA (one week course)

Nortel Networks BSC Nav and Unix course.

Andrew Institute L4TDM-PS, AL5DF-PS, A7TDF-PS Registration #AO0308-CA-30654

Agilent Technologies E6380A Base Station Tester Training 28 June 2001

RFS Flexwell transmission systems.

Inhouse MDR6000 and MDR8000 microwave training course.

Various vendor technical schools (beacons, battery chargers, test equipment etc…)

USAF Automatic Tracking Radar Repairman course 3ABR303X3 (9 month technical school)