JOSHUA A. KUMI

SUMMARY

An RF data processor and RF Drive Test Engineer for TeleWorld Solutions seeking opportunity to maximize my skills and help the company advance grow and boost productivity.

·         Associate of Electrical Engineering,  Northern Virginia Community College, 2008

 

·         Bachelor of Electronic Engineering, ECPI University, 2013

 

·         Ability to analyze circuits (Bipolar Junctions Transistors, MOS field effect transistors, MOSFETs, and Operational Amplifiers)

 

·         Ability to test electrical networks interface to microcontrollers

 

·         Excellent analytical, problem solving, decision-making and presentation skills with ability to co-ordinate activities in a fast paced team environment.

 

·         Ability to learn new technologies and challenging concepts quickly and implement them.

 

·                     Strong team player and contribute towards the team goals. Ability to work productively and effectively in a team as well as individually. Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

·                     Proactive self-started with record of initiative, personal responsibility, and reputation for removing obstacles and getting duties done.

·        Highly motivated, disciplined and resourceful.  Interact productively with people from diverse backgrounds.

EDUCATION

Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA, June 2008

Associate of Electrical Engineering

·         Relevant Coursework: Behavior of electricity and calculating currents and voltages across resistors, capacitors and inductors in circuits, and verification of results through oscilloscope.

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, Transferred 2012

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering                      

·        Relevant Coursework: Circuitry and wiring of electronic components

ECPI University, Virginia Beach, VA, December 2013

Bachelor of Electronic Engineering

·        Relevant Coursework: Building and diagnosing electronic components

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TeleWorld Solutions                       June 2014 - Present

RF Data Processor/RF Drive Tester (Data Collection Engineer)

 

·         Used perl program and Microsoft excel to concatenate latitudes and longitudes to process walk and drive routes and display in Google Earth Pro.

·         4G LTE, 3G, GSM/ GPRS/ CDMA2000/EVDO/EDGE/UMTS/LTE Optimization and site integration.

·         Monitored of KPI’s, throughput (Uplink & Downlink Speed) call drop rate, Ping (RTT), Setup, mobile origination and termination, and handover successful rate using XCAL-M software.

·         Used iperf in command line to connect to different servers to manually perform Uplink testing

·         Manually used telnet in command line to test different IP addresses for Downlink test

·         Used XCAL mobiles and PCTEL scanner to collect data on Voice over LTE (VOLTE) by origination LTE only phones to call determination LTE only, EvDo auto and CDMA phones.

·         Used XCAL-M software and PCTEL MX scanner to collect data on band 25, 26 and 41.

·         Investigate ports, PCTEL scanners and XCAL mobile origination and termination issues and resolved all issues. 

·         Conduct nationwide drive testing in major cities and highways and ability to apply new Scripts using XCAL data collection tool.

·         Handling optimization of new sites and handles problems like call drop, call fail interference, handover failure.

·         Uploaded data to Optimization team (QA) through FileZilla, exavault or dropbox.

·         Performed CTTP and making E911 test calls on different sectors/PNs (alpha, beta & gamma) on corresponding Azimuth confirming the latitudes and longitudes.

·         Worked directly with RF Engineering Team for optimization of network and to analyze the data collected for VOLTE and different bands.

·         Use Microsoft Street & Trips and dead reckoning to conduct nationwide drive test in major cities.

 

 

 

Sublime Wireless, Drive Test/Data Collection Engineer
White Plains, NY, February 2014- June 2014

·   Used JDSU to collect data on 800 and 1900 LTE.

·   Performed ATP testing on different towers  by doing CW and CCW for Alpha, Beta and Gamma

·   Did handover from one sector to another.

Uploaded data to filezilla.
 

AT-Tech, Drive Test / Data Collection Engineer
Overland Park, KS, June 2012-January 2014
 

·   Performed CTTP and making E911 test calls on different sectors/PNs (alpha, beta & gamma) on corresponding Azimuth confirming the latitudes and longitudes.

·  Verify the call has reached the correct PSAP

·  Report the report to the RF coordinator on excel spreadsheet.

 

 

Frontier Systems Integrated, Armed Security Officer for Pentagon                                                   

Fairfax, VA, September 2006 - December 2009,

Vance Uniformed Protection, Security Officer for Booz-Allen Hamilton Building

Oakton, VA, January 2004 - July 2006

OTHER PROFICIENCY

·         4G LTE/CDMA/EVDO/ LTE Optimization and Site Integration

·                     MatLab Software

·                     Pspice

·                     Oscilloscopes

·                     MultiSim

·                     VHDL

·                     C#

·                     Perl program

·                     C++

·               Microsoft Office: Visio, Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint

 

Tools

·                     Phones

·                     Scanners

·                     Laptop

·                    Antennas

·                    GPS

·                    Microsoft Street & Trips

·               Dead Reckoning

AFFILIATION

·   National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Member, 2008- 2014.

Tutor high school students who aim to become future engineers