Anthony  Ruiz

52-66 72^nd street, Maspeth, NY 11378

(631)220-4224   tonyreese@optonline.net

 

 

Summary:

Seasoned veteran possessing over 10 years in Wireless Telecom Field Operations and an excellent record of successful project completions. Experienced with companies such as AT&T, Bechtel, Cingular, Cricket, Dobson, Nextel, Omnipoint, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon & Voice Stream. Excellent self-starter having worked as team lead & team player in both the U.S. & Canada. Some of my accomplishments entailed were visiting sites to help resolve issues – usually fixing issues in-house, thus saving time & money on the project. I would interface with the NOCC, “war room” & RF Engineers to provide corrective action to problems between the BTS & BSC when commissioning new sites or upgrading of existing cell sites.

 

 

Technical Background:

Certifications:  Acterna / TTC BERT equipment; Andrew cable / connectors; Anritsu Site Master, including power meter / spectrum analyzer options; Ericsson RBS equipment; F.C.C. Amateur License, General Radio Telephone Operator License, Restricted Radio Telephone Permit; Nortel BTS equipment; RFS Cablewave cable / connectors.

Hardware:        Alcatel Lucent 4401, Anritsu Site Master S332D, Argus U1, Bird model 43, Ericsson 2106, 2206, 3106 & 3206 RBS, GPS 2424, Lucent Flexent mod 4.0b, Lucent TDMA, Motorola iDEN eBTS, Multi-Carrier Power Amplifiers (MCPA), Nokia UltraSite & NUSS, Nortel 2000, 8000 & 12000 BTS, TTC 107A & 310 T-BERD.

Software:         Anritsu handheld software tools, CITRIX (Remedy), Compass, Ericsson OMT, Microsoft Office 2003 including MS Projects & Visio, Nortel OMC-R, People Soft, SMS Siterra, Titan.

Networks:         3G, 4G, CDMA, EDGE, EVDO, GPRS, GSM, iDEN, POTS, T1 (DS1), UMTS, WCDMA, WiMAX.

 

Professional Experience:

Dept. of Homeland Security (contractor)                                                                            New York, N.Y.

Telecommunications Specialist                                                                      December 2009 to present

• Maintain Quantar simulcast (voted) and other astro P25 radio networks along with the leased phone line circuits between sites.

• Provide operational analysis, diagnose / repair system failures and upload latest encryption by KVL for the agency.

• Perform narrow banding / re-banding, evaluations and assessments of Motorola radio system, & maintenance of systems.

• Interface with a variety of individuals ranging from Political Appointees, executive management & Law Enforcement Officers.

• Assist DOJ with UHF links to the VHF 25 Cities Project in NYC.

• Work with Headquarters, mega center & region in acquiring new sites in areas that can maximize coverage.

• Manage comms at COOP drills in NYC. Operate/dispatch on RIOS - demonstrate its effectiveness in various situations.

• Conduct Interoperability comms on deployments, train personnel on radio equipment in Mobile Command Vehicles.

 

Independent Contractor                                                                                                Philadelphia, PA.

Consultant                                                                                                              July 2008 to July 2009

• Coordinate cabinet upgrades, sweeps, T1 work for cell sites in NYC metro, NY (upstate), Philly, Boston & Virginia markets.

• Aid in integration & commissioning of new Alcatel – Lucent cell sites for Cricket’s new upcoming market in Philadelphia.

• Schedule & oversee new cabinet installs of assigned sites in territory as well as 2^nd carrier adds.

• Produce milestone reports on sites - communicate with client as to our progress with their new & existing sites.

• Conduct T1 acceptance / gate 2 testing to SIAD (carrier access) & Lucent Node B.

• Prepare Nortel BTS, Ericsson RBS / BBU & Nokia UltraSite for commissioning - including True Position LMU / GPS for e911.

• Program LMU – update firmware if need be, & program Kentrox if equipped.

 

Sprint / Nextel                                                                                                                 Mahwah, N.J.

Construction Field Manager                                                                            Aug. 2007 to May 2008 

• Managed capital construction builds over $250,000 such as tenement improvement, raw land, collocations & civil construction.

• Responsible for the coordination of multiple crews in multiple locations in various stages of development on a daily basis.

• Conducted site walks for design, bid, pre-con, & punch walks with the vendors in NYC metro market.

• Attended zoning meetings and supplied the townships with the necessary info for granting construction permits & later COO's.

• Analyzed bids and, after careful consideration, award contracts. Also review any change orders that came up on sites.

• Verified everything is built to the latest construction drawings / shop drawings – notified any field changes to the A&E.

• Work with the Site Acquisition / Site Development to review Permit Drawings, Lease Exhibits and Construction Drawings.

 

General Dynamics                                                                                                    White Plains, N.Y.

Construction Field Supervisor                                                                         Nov. 2005 to July 2007

• As part of my Tiger Team tenure, help make 3 year, $32 million backlog of cell site closeouts current in the market.

• Augment Project Managers in order to closeout newly built sites as well as “trouble” sites on time & on budget.

• Worked with Site Acquisition on site surveys, draft LE’s & CD’s to show my proposed recommendations for cell sites.

• Responsible for meeting milestones – kept projects in budget & scrutinize all costs during all phases of construction.

• Overseen the timely completion of civil construction and handoff of the site closeout package (as-built, CO, NTP, ZD, etc.).

• Coordinated with A&E firm on TR1 items, resolve Directive 14 of 1975 (D14) issues, approve/redline drawings accordingly.

• Provided supervisory support to construction crews; assign and schedule work, initiate site audits, punch list sites with G.C. 

• Performed bid walks/site estimation; did bid analysis with CM’s, publish forecasts, & award bids / contracts accordingly.

 

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Orin USA                                                                                                                                     Wayne, N.J.

Field Coordinator                                                                                                  Feb. 2005 to Oct. 2005

• Provided technical training to other departments whether new hires or to keep current staff abreast of current changes.

• Assist RF Engineers in testing and commissioning equipment for cell sites WLS E-911 LMU system as well as sweep testing.

• Conduct field support for new cell site construction (turn key) as well as hot slides & site upgrades. This included T1 acceptance with the MTSO and extensive T-BERD testing.

• Coordinate maintenance of cell sites which involved equipment delivery & install, commissioning sites & cell optimization.

• Perform sweeps & PIM testing (Passive Intermodulation testing) on existing infrastructure as well as new builds.

• Maintaining PSTN, DSX-1 panels, DACS and cell site circuits by routine or fault testing and repairing as needed.

• Executed drive tests in order to collect/analyze relevant RF data for the health index & proper handovers between cell sites.

• Work on equipment from vendors when doing sectorization & integration of base stations.

 

 

Domil's Property Management Services                                                                     San Diego, CA.

Operations Support Manager (part time)                                                  11/00 - 12/02, 02/05 - 12/05

Operations Manager                                                                                                        01/03 - 01/05

                                                               
• Assist in daily operations of properties & their maintenance in San Diego County whether on location, or from the NY office.
• Visit clients regularly for quality check ups / customer relations.
• Revise or otherwise renegotiate contracts with current clients.
• As part of our quality assurance, conduct random checks of services being done by our personnel.
• Submit bids for extra work - oversee extra work being executed.

 

 

Education:

SUNY Suffolk                                                                                Selden, N.Y.

Degree in Electrical Engineering                                                                                                                                                           

 

Other Certifications:

• Hold an active secret security clearance thru DHS (public trust)

• Department of Homeland Security ICS100 & ICS700 training

• U.S. Coast Guard Communications Specialist

• R-12 HVAC refrigeration (freon) service & handling

• CPR / 1^st Aid certified

 

Current Career Level:	Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff)
Years of relevant work experience:	7+ to 10 Years
Date of Availability:	Within 2 weeks
Work Status:	US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.
Active Security Clearance:	Active Top Secret
US Military Service:	Yes

Target Job: Target Job Title: Construction Manager Alternate Target Job Title: Construction Manager Desired Job Type: Employee Temporary/Contract/Project Desired Status: Full-Time Per Diem Willing to work the following shifts: First Shift (day) Second Shift (afternoon) Third Shift (night) Willing to work weekends: Yes

Target Company: Company Size: Industry: Energy and Utilities Construction - Industrial Facilities and Infrastructure Telecommunications Services Management Consulting Services Construction - Residential & Commercial/Office Engineering Services Occupation: Engineering ·         RF/Wireless Engineering Manufacturing/Production/Operations ·         Telecommunications Administration/Management Building Construction/Skilled Trades ·         Heavy Equipment Operation ·         Site Superintendent Installation/Maintenance/Repair ·         Wire and Cable Install/Maintain/Repair

Target Locations: Selected Locations: US-CT US-NY-Albany/Poughkeepsie US-NY-Long Island US-NY-New York City US-NY-Westchester US-NJ Relocate: No Willingness to travel: Up to 75% travel