Randy Gaisbauer

                                                                                       RandyGaisbauer@hotmail.com

                                                                www.linkedin.com/pub/randy-gaisbauer/3/bb1/5b0/

Orange, CA.  92869

425-531-2343

 

SENIOR WIRELESS PROJECT / CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

 

CAREER SUMMARY:

 

20+ years of progressive management experience in virtually every aspect of wireless cellular telecommunications. Principal involvement with practically all major cellular carriers and vendors in the telecom business. Leading multi-million dollar budgets for simultaneous projects using proven techniques while saving time on each assigned project. Consistently exceeding expectations, on-time delivery, and attention to detail are traits I am most proud to provide your company. Exceptional work ethic, team builder and player, self-motivation, and achieving profitable results which are attested to in the many letters of recommendation available.

 

·   Senior management with strong leadership skills, a wide repertoire of technical qualifications, and documented experience managing and balancing a wide variety of high value profitable projects.  Complete design, construction, engineering, deployments, and operations to meet full life cycle within any wireless telecommunications venture.

·   Successful organization of personnel, contractors, and vendors.  All facets from concept to close out of Search rings, Site Surveys, Site Acquisition, Co-Location, Zoning, Permits, Leasing, CW testing, Design, RFP, RFDS, A&E, Project & Construction Management (Pre thru Post), Engineering & Operations, Infrastructure, RF engineering, SP, ASP, General & Specialized Contractors, Helicopter & Crane lifts, Safety, Locating services, FOA's, Performance Drive testing, and all related dependencies for complete construction deployment to on-air integration and optimization of complex wireless systems.

·   Technologies experience include; Keeping abreast of future, current, and legacy technologies, RF, low MHz through high GHz analog and digital systems, Microwave, Satellite, Fiber, FTTx, OSP, Copper, Power, Telco, AMPS, GSM, TDMA, iDEN, CDMA, WCDMA, FDMA, VHF, UHF, FM, UMTS, EDGE, UMA, EVDO, WiMAX, WiFi, HSPA+, HSDPA, 2G, 3G, 4G, LTE, LTE-A, AWS, VoIP, VoLTE, HetNet, Carrier Aggregation

·   Complete turnkey deployments from conception to ‘on-air’, from raw land to integration of cell sites, tower constructions, complete Mobile Switching Facilities (MTSO), NOC, FAA/FCC permitting, new site builds, modifications, decommissions, Stealth sites, COW's, Macro, small cells, DAS (iDAS, oDAS), pico cells, femtocells, repeaters, point-point microwave, Radio Access Network, RAN, Data Centers, AC/DC Power Systems, Solar, Generator & Battery Backups, OSP, MSC, NOC, IWF, HLR, VLR, OSS, NSS, BSS, BSC, BTS, RNC, IOG, RBS, RRU, RRH, etc.

 

CERTIFICATES / AWARDS:

 

·   The National Council of Communications Advisors - member

·   Society of Industry Leaders - member

·   Management & Leadership - courses and training

·   Project Management Tools & Techniques - courses and training

·   OSHA 30 Construction Safety and Health Certified

·   NSC First Aid and CPR Certified

·   RF Certification and Safety

·   Full security clearance throughout all of SeaTac and other International Airports

·   National security clearance for complete access to all Boeing Facilities

·   Design and construction of first completely independent solar powered cell site

·   “Circle of Excellence” award from McCaw Cellular for ’89 S.F. earthquake first response

 

EMPLOYMENT:    

           NOTE; Contract employment is designated with a (*) beside company names. 

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING     various locations - UNITED STATES   10/2014 – Present

WIRELESS CONSULTING

 

·   Consulting as subject matter expert primarily for Sprint and AT&T regarding construction of small cells, (DAS) distributed antenna systems, and microwave/fiber backhaul for current and upcoming projects.

·   LTE 4G SME consulting contracts for various cellular carriers and vendors nationally.

 

 SPRINT / AT&T (*BLACK & VEATCH / GLOTEL)    CENTRAL / NORTHERN CALIFORNIA    3/2013 – 10/2014

SENIOR FIELD CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

 

·         Contracted to Black & Veatch to provide professional construction management for modifications, small cells, and new site builds for clients Sprint Vision 4G LTE / 2.5 and AT&T 4G LTE throughout Northern & Central CA.

·   Created a new system to insure standardization, quality control, and safety regulations for contractors and service providers to furnish support and safely insure overall success of new 4G LTE systems.

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING     SEA-TAC INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT  9/2012 – 12/2012

CONSULTANT FOR AT&T 4G UPGRADE

 

·   Contracted as subject matter expert to provide support and guidance to AT&T and Powerwave to integrate 4G LTE upgrade to the existing iDAS/oDAS/WiFi combined system at SeaTac International Airport which I designed, engineered, and constructed 7 years previously.

 

WESTOWER COMMUNICATIONS / (AT&T 4G)    WASHINGTON / ALASKA  6/2012 - 9/2012

SENIOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER

 

·   Senior construction project management for AT&T 4G LTE migration and cut overs on 600+ core Seattle cell sites including FTTC, towers, rooftops, high power transmission lines, monopoles, stealth sites, etc.

·   Responsible for complete turnkey ALU 4G LTE equipment installations, antenna swaps, site modification, additions, etc. through ‘on-air’ status.

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING     various locations - UNITED STATES   6/2009 – 5/2012

WIRELESS CONSULTING

 

·   Self-employed consulting services to major wireless telecommunications companies nationally & internationally.

·   Managed multiple complete life cycles from project conception through customer acceptance and ongoing support.

 

AT&T MOBILITY / (* MATRIX):      REDMOND, WA.   12/2008 – 6/2009

SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

 

·   Senior project management for in building DAS and WiFi solutions to over 500 Boeing facilities nationwide.

·   Managing and balancing multiple AT&T projects concurrently of major roll outs and other large clients including Microsoft.

 

T-MOBILE USA / (* COMSYS):     BELLEVUE, WA.   1/2007 – 9/2007      

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

 

·   Troubleshoot and resolve root cause issues of network, infrastructure, and devices for post launch and SDLC nationally and internationally.

·   DAS & in building WiFi deployments along with newly created UMA service.

 

T-MOBILE USA / (* ERICSSON):    NATIONWIDE, USA    7/2005 – 10/2006    

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

 

·   Managed from inception through completion the US roll out of new software technologies for T-Mobile OSS/BSS/NSS/BSC including FOA.

·   Designed and implemented project to resolve all disaster recovery and data backup issues for OSS networks nationwide.

 

AT&T WIRELESS / (* NORTH STAR COMMUNICATIONS):     SEATTLE, WA.   7/2001 – 7/2005                       

DIRECTOR - PROGRAM & DESIGN

·   Complete design, A&E, acquisition, zoning, permitting, construction, and deployment of combined Distributed Antenna System (iDAS/oDAS) and 802.11a/b/g WiFi solution for SeaTac International Airport (SEA) for total indoor and outdoor airport coverage.

·   Managed AT&T / Sprint / T-Mobile / Nextel / Verizon carriers, equipment, and installation, constructed new switching facility and co-location cell-sites, including Cisco, Nortel, Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Lucent, Telco, Powerwave DAS, with 33 remote hub groups, over 45 miles of cabling and fiber FTTx backbone successfully, under budget, and ahead of aggressive escalated schedule.

·   Additional design and construction of iDAS/oDAS and WiFi systems at airports throughout US inc.; DEN, IAD, MDW, ORD, SLC, and STL.

 

SEATAC INTL. AIRPORT - PORT OF SEATTLE / (* SIEMENS):      SEATTLE, WA.    7/2001 - 2/2003    

SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

 

·   Consulted to provide creative and unique options researched and presented to Port of Seattle Police Dept., Sea-Tac International Airport, Port Authority, and IT for existing and future technologies for seamless wireless solutions to meet their current and future requirements.

·   Research and presentation of all OEM wireless solutions between 800 MHz-5.8 GHz, eventually choosing my design recommendations.

 

NEXTEL:       SEATTLE / PACIFIC NORTHWEST - WASHINGTON, OREGON, IDAHO, MONTANA, HAWAII      7/1999 - 5/2001                    

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

 

·   Design and management of multi-million dollar construction, installation, and ‘on air’ of four separate Nortel DMS 100 SuperNode MTSO's switches with Motorola iDEN infrastructure including Network Operations Center (NOC) and 500+ initial cell sites.

·   Major contributing member of team in standardization of upcoming 3G technologies.
 

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT / CONTRACTS:     1985 – 1999

 

MOTOROLA iDEN                                                  SEATTLE, WASHINGTON / HAWAII

AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES (*LUCENT)         ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI / DETROIT / CLEVELAND / CINCINNATI / CHICAGO

WESTERN WIRELESS – VOICESTREAM           DES MOINES, IOWA / MIDWEST MARKETS

VITEL CELLULAR                                                 US VIRGIN ISLANDS / BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS / PUERTO RICO   

UNITED STATES CELLULAR                               HAWAII / NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

CELLULAR ONE and McCAW CELLULAR         MULTIPLE U.S. MARKETS

LA CELLULAR                                                        SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

 *   SEVERAL REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST!