PERSONAL DETAILS

 

NameRABE, Wilhelmus Martens (Martin), Mr.

NationalityUSA Citizen

Date of birth16^th September 1958

Marital statusMarried

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2/2013 – 3/24/2016          Site Development Manager III – National Lead, Sprint Legacy

                                          CDMA Decomm Project, Ericsson Inc                            

                                      Management of the Sprint Legacy CDMA Decomm project across

                                     all 29 Ericsson markets, 11,415 sites. The project involved

                                      decommissioning of all legacy CDMA BTS, lines and antennas,

                                      return of BTS equipment to Sprint, and the disposal of scrap incl

                                      batteries according to Sprint guidelines.  All targets met or

                                      exceeded.                                

 

10/2012 – 1/2013             Site Development Manager III – AL Market Lead for SNV,

                                          Ericsson Inc                            

                                      Management of all SNV activities within the AL market. Main focus

                                      during this period was the completion of 165 Ground Mount

                                      Connector sites, (RRU’s mounted on the ground) were completed

                                      successfully, and on schedule

 

6/2012 – 9/2012                Construction Manager III – AL Market Lead for SNV , Stone

                                      Resource Group LLC

                                      Contractor to Ericsson via SRG

                                          Management of all SNV activities within the AL market

                                      Converted to FTE

 

11/2011 – 4/2012              Vice President, Towercomm LLC

                                      HQ Raleigh, NC

                                          Responsible for the SNV roll-out activities within the

                                      Company

 

6/1/2010 – 10/2011            Regional Manager, Lemcon Likusasa SA - NSN/Cell C 3G

                                      Overlay Project, South Africa

                                       Full Turnkey Project Management of a region with 1004 sites. Full

                                       interface with customer, office location Cell C HQ in Sandton, RSA

                                       Mixture of new site builds, existing operator sites & colo infill.

                                           Responsibilities as follows: SAQ, CW, BTS, RF & MW

                                       Implementation & Integration and Customer Acceptance.

                                       Progress, Cost & Quality control of entire process.

                                       Management of subcontracted suppliers, ensuring PO’s,

                                       materials and equipment are issued, and available as needed and

                                       on time for a successful rollout

 

1/2/2010 – 5/30/2010        Construction Manager, NSN/Videotron Full Turnkey UMTS

                                     Rollout Montreal, Canada

                                          Management of sub contracted Civil Works companies on a new

                                      UMTS network. Launch phase of 360 sites                         

                                      Responsibilities – Management of the design, BOQ,

                                      Implementation of Operator Specifications, Progress

                                      Control/Scheduling, Cost Control/Extra Works

 

1/2009 – 12/2009             Project Manager, Lemcon do Brasil – NSN Supervision and

                                     Bandeirantes Acceptance Cleanup Projects, Brazil

                                         Management of the supervision project for NSN in Brazil. Activities

                                     within 5 regions, approximately 1000 sites. Lemcon providing

                                     supervision and quality control on civil works, telecom

                                     implementation, BTS swap, customer acceptance. Additional

                                     acceptance clean up project, where Lemcon  performs the site

                                     clean up, and perform the site walks for customer acceptance.

                                     Current Lemcon project staff count 45 

 

9/2008 – 12/2008             Regional Roll Out Manager, Lemcon Poland -  Ericsson Polkomtel      

                                     Project, Poland

                                     Responsible for the roll out management of 235 full turnkey sites

                                     in the North Region. Responsible for all activities from SAQ through

                                     BTS integration and Customer Acceptance. All monthly and

                                     quarterly goals met with staff of 75

 

4/2007 – 8/2008               Regional Manager South USA, Lemcon USA Corporation – NSN

                                     TMO UMTS Project – PMSS Contract – 2500 sites

                    Responsible for the Atlanta, Tampa, Orlando and Miami markets –           

                                      Interface with NSN & TMO across the region. Managing site fee

                                     based contract (PMSS), dayrate contractors, Financial – change

                                     control, invoicing & payments. Manage PMSS resources &

                                      suppliers against market/rollout demands  

 

12/2006 – 3/2007             National Roll Out Manager, Lemcon USA Corporation –

                                     Nokia/Telefonica GSM overlay Project  Venezuela

                                      Managed the GSM overlay rollout of 999 sites successfully. All

                                      targets and milestones reached and delivered on time

 

06/2006 – 11/2006          Regional Manager, SE USA, Lemcon USA Corporation

                                     Various projects across the South Eastern USA –

                                     Cingular Wireless & T - Mobile (UMTS)

                                     Interface with Nokia SPM’s across SE region. Managing site fee

                                     based contract (PSS), dayrate contractors, Financial – purchase

                                     and change orders, invoicing & payments  

 

 

 

 

06/2005 – 05/2006          Regional Roll Out Manager, Lemcon USA Corporation

                                    Nokia Cingular Wireless Swap Project - Carolinas USA

                                     Completed successfully within target date.

 

                                     Managed the swap of 2000 Nortel to Nokia Ultrasite BTS.

                                     ROM Contract – per site management services from BOQ to

                                     Customer acceptance. Includes management of the following:

                                     Lemcon resources, TI resources, equipment logistics,

                                     transportation logistics, financial – cost control, purchase & change

                                     orders, scheduling of implementation/swap activities,

                                     BTS/BSC/MSC Datafill coordination, Nokia databases –

                                     EBOQ/ET/NOLS/GMIR, Nokia and customer reporting, quality

                                     control, network performance monitoring and verification, drive

                                     testing, Nokia & customer acceptance    

 

11/2004 – 05/2006        Market Manager, Lemcon USA Corporation

                     Nokia AWS Project, Utah & Southern Idaho

 

                                       Dualband Growth and New Build project - BAU

                  Responsible for all aspects of Nokia Ultrasite implementation.

                                       Management of Nokia subcontractors/ scheduling of activities/ Nokia 

                                       and customer reporting/ Database management – NOLS, ET, GMIR,

                                       EBOQ. Quality control and Customer Acceptance

 

07/2004 – 10/2004RAVE Data Clean up Coordinator, Lemcon USA Corporation

Nokia AWS Project, New York – Tri State Region

 

Data reconciliation and verification of Nokia NOLS/ET/GMIR databases and site information. This was necessary in order to provide a clean handover from AWS to Cingular Wireless             

 

06/2003 – 06/2004Market Manager, Lemcon USA Corporation

Nokia AWS Project, Salt Lake City

 

                                        850Mhz Overlay, New Build and growth project – 423 sites

Responsible for all market activities, including scheduling, quality, costs from planning all the way to Customer Acceptance.

 

11/2002 – 06/2003Market Manager, Lemcon USA Corporation

Nokia Telecorp Project, Puerto Rico

 

                                         GSM overlay project – 394 Sites

Responsible for all market activities, including scheduling, quality, costs from planning all the way to Customer Acceptance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/2001 to 11/2002Zone Manager, Lemcon Networks Ltda – Brasil

 

Telemar GSM 1800 network project for Nokia in Brazil.

Managing entire process from Site Acquisition to Civil Works,

Commissioning and Integration. Pre-surveys, SAR, TSS, Validation, RF/TR, Detail Design all within current scope of responsibilities. Management of zone staff, CW Supervisors,

SA Supervisors, Telecomms Implementation and Integration etc. Management of subcontracted SA , Design and Civil Works companies

 

07/2001 - 09/2001Site Acquisition Manager, Siemens Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd-South Africa

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Managing the Site Acquisition process within a region on the Cell C GSM1800 roll – out. Working as a team with RF,TR, Implementation, Construction etc. with the purpose of obtaining BTS sites which can be built and be on air within the shortest possible timeframe

 

11/2000 - 03/2001Zone Manager, Lemcon Networks Ltda – Brasil

 

Managing the pre roll-out preparation for Nokia do Brazil within an area - Radio Planning, Transmission, Installation Planning,  Site Acquisition, Permitting and detail design. In essence all activities from SARF/SSO to Detail Design for Launch phase sites. Managing Site Acquisition and Design subcontractors, invoicing, payments. Constant updating of zone performance on project database. Ensuring that all milestones according to

                                        project plan are met.

 

08/2000 - 11/2000         National Site Acquisition and Permitting Manager,

Skanska Telecom Networks – South Africa

 

Managing the Site Acquisition and Permitting process on a national level for Ericsson South Africa in preparation for the 3^rd cellular license in SA. Launch Phase sites totalling 500. Management of subcontracted Site Acquisition, Permitting and Design companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/2000 – 07/2000        Regional Site Acquisition Manager, Nokia Networks

South Africa

Managing subcontracted Site Acquisition Agents, instructions,

invoicing and payments etc.  Attend site visits with RF Planners

and Agents.  Negotiating lease conditions with problem owners.

Attend to framework/site sharing/co-location agreements.

Liaise with company lawyers on all legal matters pertaining to

lease and framework agreements. Sites in region totalling 550.

 

 

 

03/1999 - 02/2000 Permit Coordinator, Lemcon-Likusasa JV

Seconded to Nokia SA (Pty) Ltd for the planning and preparation phase for the 3^rd Cellular License award roll-out and ultimate implementation phases in South Africa.

Working within the Site Acquisition and Permitting Dept. the object was to acquire sites for cellular installations that would be acceptable also from a permitting point of view.

 

1994 - 1999               Operations Manager : Law Enforcement, Western Metropolitan Local Council, Roodepoort, RSA

Enforcement of the Town Planning Scheme, the National Building Regulations and Advertising By-Laws.

 

 

1984 - 1993                Senior Building and Drainage Inspector,

                     Transvaal Board for the Development of Peri-Urban

                                        Areas(Municipality/City Hall) - Pretoria, RSA

 

1981 - 1983               Technician, South African Airforce

 

1975 - 1980               Apprentice and Technician Carpenter – Civil works, housing

                                       construction and  maintenance, South African Railways and

                                       Harbours (Durban, RSA)

 

 

EDUCATIONSarel Cilliers High School (Glencoe, South Africa) 1974

                                         South African Railways & Harbors Apprentice School – 4 Year Apprenticeship - Construction Carpenter 1979

                                       National Technical Certificate Congella Technical College 1979

                                       2016 – University of Texas at Dallas: Mini MBA - in progress 

 

 

KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES

 

                EnglishFluent

AfrikaansMother tongue

Portuguese                   Conversational

 

 

 

4 april, 2016