CHRISTOPHER R. KOGUT

10127 Chesham Drive

Orlando, FL 32817        

(612) 598-6243

 

 

BACKGROUND: Sixteen year’s experience in the development and maintenance of Wireless Systems broadcast sites.  Worked on all types of sites, including:  tower sites, rooftops, water towers, and cells-on-wheels.

 

BTS INSTALLATION &MAINTENANCE:  Sixteen years’ experience as a Technician installing and maintaining Nokia GSM PCS base station equipment.  Initially installed Nokia GSM “City Talk” (outdoor), “Intra Talk” (indoor), site expansions and single cell “Prime” sites”.  Advanced, with technology, to installing, activating, and maintaining  GSM and UMTS equipment.  Have also worked with IP Access Sites and multiple microwave radio architecture.  Currently commissioning LTE and shared GSM/WCDMA technologies.

 

Responsible for the installation of all base station equipment at new broadcast sites, the installation of upgrades at existing broadcast sites, and the review and maintenance of all equipment at active broadcast sites.  Installation of new and upgrade base station equipment includes building the site’s profile in the Master Switch. Led E911 project which included installation and integration of Location Management Units at cell sites.

 

Maintenance responsibilities include the monitoring and testing of: 1) active base station equipment, 2) telco interface equipment-T1/Ethernet backhaul, 3) antennas and coax cables/fiber optic, 4) air conditioners and heat exchangers, 5) site generators, and all related site equipment. 6) Advanced troubleshooting skills.

 

Assumes supervisor responsibilities when called upon. Go to person when supervisor needs a replacement for vacation etc.

 

CIVIL WORKS:   Performed general site civil works including: installation of equipment platforms, overhead ice bridges, lightning rods and downleads, grounding system bus bars and downleads, ground field rods and ring, underground telco and electric power, site finish rock and landscaping.  Installed lightning protection and grounding systems using CAD welding processes.  Secured Antenna mounts to water towers using Capacitive Discharge Welding techniques.  Performed work as necessary to clean up and complete sites.  Operated trenchers, front-end loaders, power augers, jackhammers, and other power tools as required to perform site civil works.

 

MICROWAVE:   Experience in the installation of Harris and Adtran microwave radio systems, and mounting of microwave dishes and coax cables on all types of sites; monopole and lattice tower structures, water tower handrails, and rooftop mounts.  Responsible for optimizing microwave radios and performed microwave path alignments. Currently working with Ceragon microwave systems for Ethernet backhaul.

 

SITE REVIEW AND CLEAN UP:  Responsible for inspecting work-in-progress of general contractor crews, and performing punchlist walk-throughs for site completions.

 

SITE MONITOR AND TEST EQUIPMENT PROFICIENCIES

T-Bird telco test, Wiltron/Anritsu Sweep test equipment, EXFO fiber test set

 

BACK-UP SYSTEMS

SSU Battery Back-up, ET2, and Purcell Battery/Power Systems

 

 

WORK HISTORY:

2/98 –Current                            Aerial / VoiceStream/T-Mobile                            BSS Installation team/Sr. Field

                                                                                                                              Technician

 

11/96 to 1/98                            Fluor Daniels                                          Self-perform crew construction laborer

 

CERTIFICATIONS:

Nokia                            Extra Talk II site support systems installer.

                           Basic Transceiver Station Trouble Shooting.

                           Basic Transceiver Station Commissioning.

                               3G/2G Flexi installation and Commissioning

                            LTE Installation and Commissioning

                           

                           

 

Honeywell               Flashguard Tower Lighting Systems.

 

Harris                            Constellation Microwave System installation, operation and maintenance.

 

Terracom                            Connector Installation (1/2”, 7/8”, 1 5/8”).

 

Andrews                            Connector Installation (all sizes).

 

 

 

EDUCATION:   Colonial High School Graduate – Orlando, Florida - 1992.

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL/PERSONAL REFERENCES:

 

Tiffany Carvalho – Field Operations Manager – T-Mobile Mpls. MN

612-701-2183

 

John Barstow – Real Estate project manager – Crown Castle Tampa FL

813-217-1385

 

John Wohlers – Tower Field Operations Technician – Crown Castle Mpls. MN

612-701-0858

 

Patrick Langley – Field Operations Technician – T-Mobile Mpls. MN

612-245-9365

 

Michelle Griffin – Staffing Manager Orange County Public Schools – Orlando FL

407-668-6572