FRANK ANDREE

Houston, Texas 77304

936-697-5058

www.linkedin.com/in/frankandree

  frank_andree@hotmail.com

 

CAREER SUMMARY

Extensive 20 year International field operations record with progressive leadership roles and project support levels.

Initiative based and positive leader with ability to develop ideas into organized actions and deliver tangible results.

Experienced with Motorola, Nokia, Ericsson & Nortel projects including T-Mobile, AT&T, Bechtel and Sprint.

 

                                                                      KEY SKILLS

Site Construction & Installation                                                                          Special Projects & Tiger Team

Site Survey & Quality Assurance                                                                       A&E Site Design & Development

Heavy Equipment & Crane Wrangler                                                                 Logistical & Distribution Expeditor

Rollout & Deployment Leadership                                                                       Hardware Installation / New Hire Trainer

 

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

VERIZON                                                                                                                                               LOUISIANA 2014

Regional Install Manager

Precons, Install, Q&C of  AWS & LTE BTS cabinets / BBU / TMA Tower component upgrades and PIM testing.

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS / AT&T                                                                                          WESTERN REGION U.S.A 2013

Logistic Manager

* Organized vendor points to warehouse inventory to distribution for tower crews on a microwave network upgrade.  

* Created and tracked Mw / Towers B.O.M.’s, AT&T engineering change orders and shelter - tower redlines updates.

* Reduced down time by reducing civil work inventory matched site drawing manifests across seven market states simultaneous. 

 

NOKIA / T-MOBILE                                                                                                                  DALLAS, TX 2012-2013 

Field Manager

* Consistent leadership of 6 BTS-Tower field crews & equipment distribution on LTE site upgrade & decom phases.

* Liaison on pre-cons, - redlines. A&E firms / property managers / city & municipal engineer’s dept. / material distribution.

* Initiated a 1-2 day onsite RF Mod –Hybrid - PIM test problem-solving class for new hires and share latest punch-items.

* Concentrated on identifying the problem and not the blame in achieving fluid customer network goals.

 

ERICSSON –Sprint / AT&T                                                                                                        NATIONWIDE 2011- 2012

Construction Manager 2          

* Field liaison for Fiber to Site FTTx walks, accurate redline & audits data and ensured open source reporting of upgrades.

* My Team Motto was Lets Not Make the Same Mistake Twice and stressed Keep It Simple Solutions.

 

CLEARWIRE / Motorola -Sprint                                                                                                      NATIONWIDE 2008- 2011

Field Coordinator / Quality Assurance Mngr

* Created pre-install site audits / BTS & Ant install quality thru to final closeout folder process./ Bechtel Team Liaison

* Project Lead on design- construct & install of MOTO LMR E911 system test cell for Dept.of Defense R&D laboratory.

* Wimax network hardware install –power up - commission on several regional pilot start up projects.

 

T-MOBILE – NOKIA,                                                                                                                           ALABAMA 2008

Field Coordinator

* Liaison for Alabama Utilities electric service cell site upgrades. Organized Flexi hardware install & testing by field techs.

 

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS,                                                                                                              IRAQ 2007

Team Leader of 16 man mobile security unit for Corps of Engineer / E.O.D team missions.

 

MOTOROLA / Alltel                                                                                                                  TEXAS / ARKANSAS 2006

Install, commission, calibration & testing SC-4128 BTS starter / expansion frames. Considerable re-cabling of sites.

 

NOKIA-SIEMENS / FLEXTRONICS                                                                                                         UKRAINE 2005                                                                  

Deployment Manager 

* Assigned by Country Manager to organize a Tiger Team to identify-resolve site development continuity.

* Direct leadership 80 person group supporting new site / tower construction & install / prefab shelters and logistics.

* Reorganized and revitalized a struggling prefab comm shelter production to hardware install to site delivery operation.

* Evolved into ‘‘GO-TO’’ P.O.C. regarding inter-dept. scope of work problem solving and special projects point man.

 

RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE,                                                                                      IRAQ 2003 – 2005

Ops Liaison / Team Leader 2 I.C.

*Active Close Protection for Coalition Govt. staff, USAID Principles and Iraqi Interim Govt. officials and tribal leaders.

 

AT&T WIRELESS                                                                                                              NATIONWIDE 1999 – 2003

Project Lead / PM2

* New Build site construction, survey and shelter design / layout and supervision of general contractors and vendors.

* Conducted network site survey and hardware audit to prepare for a 2100-2200 BTS series network upgrade.

* Advance Team leader establishing a new market, guiding the infrastructure – logistical support process.

 

MOTOROLA                                                                                             CZECH REP, NIGERIA, SO. AMERICA 1996-1998

Field Supervisor

* Special projects team utilized by MOTO PM to tackle and resolve daily const-install problems and obstacles.

* Project Advance Team developing turnkey infrastructure group for new build construction & installs.

* Design team member of Construct -Install S.O.P. –M.O.P. for a prefab comm shelter vendor supporting Czech Market. 

* Successful field issue resolution directly for Moto’s PM team regarding site development.

 

QUALCOMM / NORTEL,                                                                                               CALIFORNIA & SIBERIA 1996

Deployment Manager

Pioneered a 1^st gen. CDMA SYSTEM from R&D to Test Phase to overseas onsite implementation.

Supervised the design and construction of network test lab facility for client and vendor.

Acted as project interface and expeditor between Nortel engineering and Qualcomm Management Group.

 

NORTEL, ERICSSON, MOTOROLA, HUGHES,                                                 NATIONWIDE & ISRAEL 1994-1996

Crew Leader / Installation Technician

Site survey and design, install and power up of BTS hardware, new site construction and material distribution.

 

EXXON, ARCO, B.P. AND FMC                                                                                                             TEXAS 1990-94

Field Tech, Boilermaker, Roughneck

Pipeline Cathodic engineering, land rig drilling / plant electrical –power install / heavy civil construction and shutdowns.

 

TRAINING

 

NOKIA:   Flexi UMTS Course / Atlanta, Ga. [PTID# 001LEM03537]

AT&T Wireless Construction / Install Quality Standards Training

AT&T ‘RED CARD’ & SUPPLIER AWARENESS CERT.

MOTOROLA:  EVDO – CDMA 2000 F.E.Course. / Schaumberg, IL

QUALCOMM:  CDMA Deployment Course / San Diego, Ca.

NORTEL: BTS Installation Course, Los Angeles, Ca.

 

WIRELESS HARDWARE EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS

 

QUALCOMM: CDMA BTS / San Diego, Ca.

NOKIA L.T.E. / Flexi Cabinet

CLEARWIRE WIMAX CABINETS

ERICSSON: RBS 3100- 2106-2206-series 884-882 880 series

NORTEL:  NT800-S6000- URBAN-METRO BTS

MOTOROLA: SC4812 / GSM 900 / LMR, Tetra & Horizon / HD2 BTS series

ALCATEL LTE / AWS BTS Cabinets

 

F.E.M.A., National Incident Management System

Ventura Adult Learning Center Microsoft Office Suite Courses, Ventura Calif

OSHA Safety Courses and forklift – manlift training 2013-2014

Myers Briggs Type Indicator Course / ENTJ - Blue

 

 

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 1980-1984

INFANTRY SQUAD LEADER – FLEET MARINE FORCE.

 

High Risk Security Resume available on request.