30 Hour OSHA

Basic First Aid

CPR and AFD

Site Safe RF Compliance

RF Safety- Society of Broadcast Engineers

Confined Space Safety Supervisor

International Tower Lighting Strobe

Anritsu PIM Testing pre-certification

Anritsu Master Line Sweep pre-certification

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

·   Sprint East Coast SNV decommission program (Overland)

·   Shared Generator program North Florida (Crown Castle)

·   Drop and Swap- Port Saint Joe  ( 800 foot guyed) and Drop and Swap  Panama City (350 foot guyed) supervising all aspects of the process from writing the bid documents to overseeing the completion on time and on budget. The overall cost of both projects including material and labor was approximately $750,000.00. (Crown Castle)

·   Created a drop and swap outline for other CM’s. (Crown Castle)

·   Managed various Verizon Alltel “cradle to grave” turnkey projects for a positive profit figure (Crown Castle).

·   Royal Thai Army Bangkok Thailand- digital tv studios (Harris Broadcast)

·   Discovery Channel- Miami Florida –studio rebuild  (Harris Broadcast)

·  Georgia Public Television and Radio

·  Voice of America

·  National Public Radio

·  Discovery Channel Latin America

·  Royal Thai Army Bangkok Thailand

·  The Box Music Network

·  West Georgia small market radio

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Construction Manager (Contractor) Ericsson   December 2012- May 2015

Verizon 700 MHZ AWS- Charleston, South Carolina –Site walks with GC, BOM creation, “own the site” as to safety, construction, punch, integration and turnover. This includes specialized installs such as rooftops and water towers.

Special projects CM for Verizon’s Capacity Increase for Special Events such as Cooper River Bridge Race, Family Circle Cup and Broadway at the Beach

Sprint 65 MHZ and Sprint LTE - Austin Texas -3G/4G network improvement in   anticipation of the 2.5 MHZ overlay project  -Includes land lord relationships, supervision of material acquisition for 65 MHZ,  Service provider installation supervision including post construction punch walks. Negotiate first pass Sprint New Vision cleanup bids from SP including PO creation. This includes specialized installs such as rooftops.

Sprint LTE/DAS - Georgia and Alabama – Supervision of Service Providers in installations of Sprint network 3G and 4G upgrades –includes landlord relationships, equipment location, material checks and post construction punch walks. Alabama CM for Sprint Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS),  

AT&T power plant upgrade and RF improvement.-Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina Includes equipment selection, managing purchase orders, Service provider installation supervision, landlord relationships, equipment location and post construction punch walks      

Construction Manager-(Contractor) Nokia - Siemens –September 2012-December 2012 T Mobile Network Improvement Atlanta Georgia- Supervision of general contractors including cabinet locations, post construction cleanup and punch walk. Post install configuration /commissioning site supervision including overnight cutovers.     

Lead Construction Manager/East Coast Project Manager (Contractor) Overland Contracting May- 2012 – September 2012 – Led the Decommission team ( 5 report to’s) for East Coast Sprint IDEN. Supervised the power down (lock out- tag out) and removal/disposal of IDEN systems  for all sites along the Atlantic coast from Baltimore Washington (BaWa) to the Georgia Florida state line  Responsible for site by site decommission  negotiations with general contractors in order to meet  predetermined  financial targets . I also interviewed, hired trained and supervised field personnel who were the eyes in the field supervising contractors  

Construction Manager   Crown Castle International | North Florida District | August 2002 –May 2012

(Field Operations/Construction Manager 2003-2007 | Global Signal Services (acquired by Crown Castle in 2007) | Northwest Florida, South Georgia, South Alabama). - Supervised General contractors installation of carrier equipment (Sprint, Metro PCS, T Mobile, Verizon, Clearwire, AT&T was well as miscellaneous clients such as low power television broadcasters and FM radio stations.

Met with landlords to resolve property issues.

Acted as on the ground eyes for “drop and swap” tower installs in Panama City and Jacksonville.

Project Manager –drop and swap” in Port St Joe, Florida supervising all aspects 

   Of the process from writing the bid documents to overseeing the completion on time 

   and on budget. The overall cost of the project including material and labor was 

   Approximately $750,000.00

Wrote a Company distributed drop and swap construction manual.

On scene conduction of tower structural upgrades.

Assistant project manager Crown Castle shared generator for North Florida.

First line inspection and acceptance of closeout packages.

Responsible for the installation of North Florida Broadband Authority’s equipment on 39 Crown Castle tower sites in North Florida

Managed the North Florida construction aspect of the T-Mobile boomer project which included placing new FOCA cabinets and hybrid cable.  My responsibility demarcation stopped at the actual equipment. Identified the most efficient location for the equipment. I did perform post install inspections to insure compliance with Company standards both electrical and mechanical.

Provided lead and wireless experience in helping Southern Light Fiber

Implement a microwave backhaul project for T Mobile backhaul in Tallahassee.

Metrics_ Tower count (approx. 190 structures, including rooftops, 21 counties, and approx. 3000 square miles.

Over a ten year period I was involved in an estimated 250 evolutions of new builds, antenna and cabinet replacements as well as various miscellaneous construction projects. 

Top performing District with service revenue of 6 million dollars

Manage various Verizon Alltel “cradle to grave” turnkey projects for a positive profit 

  Figure for Crown Castle.

AWARDS

·   Two Crown Castle Sparky awards for submitting multiple ideas to improve revenue streams and accelerate processes. 

·   Crown Castle Towering Triumph for accelerating the North Florida Broadband process and saving time and money for the company.

·   Letter of commendation for post Hurricane Katrina damage assessment via helicopter and ground –Louisiana. Mississippi

            Letter of commendation for post Hurricane Rita damage ground based assessment in   

            North Florida

  Crown CM METRICS

Tower count (approx. 275 structures, including rooftops, 21 counties, and approx. 3000 square miles.

Broadcast Engineer July 2002-August 2003

WTWC-WTXL Television - maintained TV transmitters (UHF), microwave kinks, studio production equipment, generators, remote TV journalism trucks

Principal Broadcast Engineer- May 1985- Present

Michael Mallory and Associates - Designed, built and maintained

Small market radio broadcast stations, including AM/FM towers and television stations/studios, production trucks.

*Additional work experience (non Telco related) available upon request

EDUCATION

Construction Estimating Institute: Civil Blueprint Reading, Understanding Workman’s Compensation, the Estimate-Where Cost Control Begins, Wind Mitigation Strategies, Florida Construction Strategies, Financial Basics for Contractors, Construction Cost Strategies

·               Auburn University | Continuing Education: Construction Surveying

·               Crown University In House Seminars: Influential leadership, Essentials of Leadership, Rapid Decision Making, Financial Analysis, BPM Processes, Protected Migratory Bird Regulation, Sales for the Non-Salesperson, Construction Manager Overview  

·               Andrews Antenna Installation and Maintenance

·               Tektronix Digital Television Systems

·               Society Of Broadcast Engineers -Operation Budgets for Non Managers

·               Data Radio Certified System Integrator

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·               USN:   

·                          Electronics Technician Class “A”,

·                          Electronic Warfare Technician Class “A”

·                          KW-26 Cryptographic Class “C” 

·                          Advanced Firefighting and Damage Control Class “C”

·                          Advanced Russian Radar Detection  Class “C”    

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·               West Georgia College: Accounting -Finance coursework

·               Southern Polytechnic: Electronics Technology coursework

·               Tallahassee Community College: Legal studies coursework

·               Ericsson - Certified Construction Manager -NBSS Tools ,Sprint 65 MHZ Simulation Refresher, Construction Safety, CAM Compliance, EMS Ops Change, CM Supplier management ,Construction Safety, CM Project Management, CM Telecom Basics, Construction Quality, Construction Installation ,Construction Field Manual,

·               Society Of Broadcast Engineers RF Safety

·               IETS Tower Collapse Training

·               International Tower Lighting – Medium Intensity Strobe Obstruction Maintenance

·               Site Safe- RF Hazard Awareness and Safety 

·               Overland Contracting- Confined Space Supervisor

Presentation skills

Former member Toastmasters International, a public speaking group. Presented several programs on Public Speaking to various groups such as the Big Bend Paralegal Association as part of their annual Continuing Education meeting. I am comfortable speaking to large groups about technical subjects.