Resume of Cheryl Schoenbaum

Located in Riverside County,CA

Mobile#- 714-717-3346

Email address: ghzengr@gmail.com

Available: Now

 

 

 

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a position that will utilize my skills in Engineering, Project Management or Telecommunications. 

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS:

·         Excellent project management skills

·         Large project management experience

·         Strong practical and theoretical background in RF, telecommunications technology applications and services

·         FCC rules regulations knowledge and experience Frequency planning for owned systems, includes filings and resolution processing

·         Spectrum analysis and interference studies

·         Document and report production

·         Budgeting

·         Systems capacity planning

·         Microwave systems design, engineering, installations, trouble shooting

·         Military frequency coordination experience

·         Ability to manage people

 

10-2013 to Current:

SDG&E (contractor)

Microwave Network Engineer

Review requirements for substation Field Broad Band network. Designing communications network using a range from PTP 900mhz systems, WIMAX 3.65 and other unlicensed bands, to provide data communications between various nodes back to the substations.

Using Planet, Path Loss 5. Provide in depth analysis of all potential bands for a solid solution.

 

January 2013-10-2013:

AT&T Mobility (contractor)

Microwave Network Engineer

Supporting multiple regions with a focus on the Rocky Mountain,Las Vegas,Hawaii and Alaska markets.

Design new build microwave paths. Redesign  networks to support LTE growth through  out the markets. Using Path Loss 5. Working in Granite, Guardian,Siettera and Nova. Support technical problem solving with existing networks.. Actively involved in technical specifications of network equipment and requirements.

Specify equipment exclusive to ALU and EUS product line. Such as ALU 9500 and EUS Mini-Link.

 

6-2009-Current:

Earth to Sky LLC

Consultant

Providing: Microwave Network Engineering, Operations Management, Large Project Management, Technical Support, Social Media, Marketing, Writing, Recruiting,

Industries: Cellular, Public Utilities, Law Enforcement, Military, Private Enterprise, VOIP/WIMAX providers.

Projects with: Motorola, Clear Wire, SDGE and others. References are available upon request.

Due to security and the nature of some projects details are not specific.

Overall functions and responsibilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* TSP- Contractor Hawaii Telecom OSP Engineer Manager

9-2011 to 3-2012

Back up OSP ISP Engineer to support walk out of CWA employees in this market. Duties included planning, orders, installations, supervision of all activities  and crews.

 

*Senior Microwave Network Engineer- Public Utility SDG&E 3-2011 to 12-2011

   Functions: Review site designs. Estimating for sub contractor requirements. Site visits. Status on milestone for project completion, interface with equipment vendors, interface with union technicians, review outsourced link designs for proper reliability. Address any issues that could hold project back with management. Update databases. Monitor FCC License status. Prepare documentation binders. Attend planning meetings. Involved in other infrastructure besides microwave. Full encompassed project management skills utilized. Evaluate facilities to support growth for data and voice

 

*Director Network Operations Field Services-Wireless ISP & VOIP provider.

Color Broadband 6 2010 to 2 2011

  Functions:  Manage all Roof top and tower leases. Lease negotiations. Manage all FCC compliance situations. New filings, renewals, modifications. Engineer new microwave path designs. Hub & POP reviews for capacity upgrades/new designs.  Manage and train field technicians.  Site visits. Vendor interface. Monitor service quality level on links. Interface with sales team for new feeds, new POP locations. Evaluate new microwave equipment. Inform and educate on OSHA safety requirements and standards. Develop processes related to, method of procedures for installations, check off list for installations. Leasing vendor specific. FCC rules and regulations. Inventory management. Many hats type of project.

 

*Senior Microwave Network Engineer-Motorola

6-2011 to 1-2012

  Functions: Microwave infrastructure design. Video IP. Government entity. LAPD. Customer meetings, on and off site. System lay outs. Document creation. Full project management. Many other areas touched, due to the nature of the project, security and agreement can not be disclosed on my resume.

 

*Microwave Department Manager-ClearWire

9-2009 to 1-2010

  Functions: Vendor relations- Vendor package assignments ,Vendor deliverable management, path design reviews, milestone progress, prelaunch status deadline reviews, FCC compliance readiness,  Pop design reviews. Construction readiness. Complex project management. Estimating for subcontractor requirements and prime contractors.

 

 

*Engineering Consultant-Moser Consulting LLC

1-2009 to current

  Functions: Provide multiple levels of engineering services to Moser Consulting on over 2000 plus wireless (Turn-key) projects. Co-location evaluations. JPA reviews, JPA submittals, GO 95 standards, Design reviews. Rf planning. Emission studies. Planning commission meetings. Installation contractor management. Budget evaluation. As build packages. Pre build packages. Presentations to new clients. Contract negotiations. New business scouting.  Lease negotiations, compliance submittals to various local agencies on existing and new builds for various telecommunication sites. Project management. Microwave designs. OSHA requirements. FCC compliance management. Full project management services provided with engineering services. Large budget projects.

 

 

AT&T Mobility previously known as Cingular Wireless

2007-2009 In Building Solutions Project Manager

Business to business focus.  Project manage a large magnitude of projects very large accounts.  Data solutions. In building solution project management. Review vendor designs, discuss designs with customers, interface with vendor regarding customers concerns or needs. Site walks prebuild stage and final stage. Work with account teams daily Heavy sales support. Function as a go to person for the customer.   Project manage repeater situations as needed.  Reports. Work closely with customers during deployment of new large account projects. Project manage significant changes to our large accounts for device upgrades. Develop teams for specific  project needs for smooth function. Attend roll out for new accounts, assist in device set ups as needed. Deliver equipment as needed. Escalation to remedy problems.  Interface with network deployment sales support group. Customer location meetings. Travel. And many more areas of responsibility.

 

 

Cingular Wireless then AT&T as of 2004

1996 to 01/2007 Senior  Microwave Network Engineer/Engineering Manager

Sole contributor. Designed multiple Microwave networks supporting 4 states that provided tremendous cost savings. Designed databases for tracking.  Established installation guide lines and engineering parameters, which were implemented nationwide..  Sole source equipment vendor for minimizing spares and to provide redundancy with equipment for operation and maintenance. Produce high numbers with effective project management.

 

Duties:

Microwave compliance FCC and corporate guidelines. Frequency planning, Military frequency clearing, compliance verification, database management, manage and order inventory, manage and hire installation crews, design and engineer MW links, vendor management. Land lord interface. Site Acquisition. Technical support.  On call functions.  Training to field techs. Performance monitoring and systems maintenance. Troubleshooting. Capacity Management. Systems turn up. Contracts, plans, bids,MOPS,SOWS. Full project management function. Cost savings. Order circuits, coordinate/provision turn-up of Fiber to Cell Site.  Special event rapid deployment. Emergency restoration. Map generation. DS1, DS3 and OC3 turn ups and trouble shooting. Forecasting, co-location approvals, design reviews, planning commission meetings, and coastal committee meetings. Functioned as the interconnect engineer as well for all cell sites, combined job function. Provisioning. DS3 inventory management. Forecasting. Extremely cross functional engineering duties. Military coordination contact for base co location of microwave systems and even address cellular concerns with the military. FCC correspondence. Intersystem interference. Review and approve or reject coordination request from the 2 companies.  Manage owned 38ghz system. Cover all frequency bands part 15 to licensed in design specs. This position was a cradle to grave job. A considerable amount of project management and multitasking was applied to this job. Many other duties associated with this position as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cingular Wireless

Field Operations Manager

Manage 10 Field Technicians. Accomplished improvement in call quality during a 5 month period. Reduced trouble tickets by 75%. Contributed to Telephia drive test results for the area placing the market in a number one rank.  Scheduling. CWA. Coaching. Tech performance monitoring. Reporting to upper management on service level. Forecasting, Land lord interaction, Cross functional interaction with RF and sales, and Technician training.

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

MSEE CIT Alberta,Canada 1992

 

Cellular/PCS related:

WIFI Hotspot Seminar 2011

Optimizing LTE Network via Drive Test Data Aligent tech 2011

RADWIN Wireless Infrastructure complete Security Solutions 2011

LTE parameters requirements 2010

LTE Advanced introduction 2010

LTE testing optimization 2010

From 3G to 4G the future 2010

Mobile data applications 2010

RF congestion, solutions to survive 2010

LMR radio network structures and functions 2010

Wimax concepts and solutions 2009

Ericsson Node B UMTS certified 2007

Capturing E911 Costs (1) unit 2007

Network Economics 2007 (1) unit

Call processing on a GSM or TDMA network 2007 (1) unit

2G and 2,5G Technology 2007 (2) units

3G Technology advanced systems 2007(4) units

GSM System Survey Ericsson 2006 4 unit

GSM Traffic Cases Ericsson 2006 2 units

Evolution from GSM to UMTS (3) units 2007

Hazard Communication 2004 (1) unit

Introduction to Wireless Location Systems 2004 (1) unit

E911 Phase 2 Network Course 2004 (1) unit

3G Technology 2004 (1) unit

WLNP Basics 2003 (1) unit

Ericsson RBS 2106 certified 2002

Nortel BTS certified 2001

Ericsson RBS certified 2000 CMS040

GSM BSS systems 2001 (5) units

Fundamentals of Digital Cellular Bellcore 1996

 

Telephony:

The Technology of Voice transmission 2007 (3) units

Wireless Competitive Networks 2007 (1) unit

Wireless Voice Technology 2007 (1) unit

Components of a wireless network 2007 (2) units

Connectivity 2007

IP Networking topics 2007 (2) units

Voice over IP (VOIP) 2007

Digital Access and Transmission Systems 2007 (5) units

Providers, services and equipment IP technology (5) units 2007

Standards, Competition and regulation Telecom act of 1996 (3) units 2007

OC3 to OC192 mux applications, configurations, trouble shooting 2004

DS1 to DS3 configuration, testing trouble shooting 2002

Paragon/Carrier Access Advanced network certified 2001

ATM Fundamentals Bellcore 2000

Fiber Design and installation Bellcore 2000

Fiber Technology Bell core 1999

Newbridge 3600/3645 certified 1999

Fundamentals of digital networks 1998

High Capacity Digital Service Maintenance and trouble shooting PAC BELL 1996

Digital Switching Technology 1996,

Fundamentals of T1 1995

Telecommunications systems trouble shooting 1994

 

 

Project Management:

Certified Associate Project Manager 2008

Planning project activities 2007 (2) units

Professional Responsibility 2007 (1) unit

Scope management 2007 (2) units

Time management 2007 (2) units

Time management part 2 2007 (2) units

Cost Management 2007 (2) units

Quality Management 2007 (2) units

Human Resource Management 2007 (2) units

Communications management 2007 (2) units

Risk Management 2007 (2) units

Procurement management 2007 (2) units

Planning Project scope 2004 (2) units

Integration Management 2004 (2) units

Microsoft Project 98: Introduction 2003 (4) units

Overview of Project Management 2002 (1) unit

Initiating a Project 2002 (1) unit

 

 

 

Business and Enrichment

Metro Rail- Rail Worker Protection 2012

General Contractors license in process 2012

Contractor Electrician license in process 2012

Real Estate Agent License School Completed 2011

Certified Technical Writer 2008

Certified Creative Writing Expert 2008

Certified Management Skills Manager 2008 top 20% of testers

Affirmative Action Awareness 2007 (1) unit

Oracle 11i Navigation 2007 (3.5) units

Oracle procurement and requisition creation 2007 (1) unit

Disability awareness 2006 (1) unit

The Customer Rules 2006 (1) Unit

Pay Practice training 2006 (2) units

Antitrust Awareness 2006 (2) units

Sarbanes-Oxley Training 2005 (3) units

Communicating Effectively 2004 (2) units

Privacy & Security of customer information 2003 (1) unit

Professional Work Environment 2002 (2) units

Work Place Safety 2002 (1) unit

Work Place Violence Awareness 2002 (1) unit

Be Sensible 2002 (1) unit

Map Info 1999

Defensive Driving PAC BELL 1996

CPR/First Aide child adult 1998-current

Tech plus HAM license KCONQ 1990

 

 

Microwave and RF related

Acatel 9500 Level 3 2011

Dragon Wave 2010

PathLoss 5.0 2010

Ellipse 2010

Motorola PTP product line and PMP product line 2010

Ericsson Minilinks 2010

WIMAX technology over microwave transmission 2009
Harris WIMAX Transmission seminar 2008
Acatel Training Seminar Public Saftey 2008
Harris True point certified 2007
Harris Starview certified 2006
RF Safety awareness 2006
Regulatory Compliance Procedures 2005
Hazard Communication 2004 (1) unit
Adtran unlicensed radio certified 2003
Acatel various models licensed and unlicensed trained 2004
Harris Microstar Certified 2001
Harris Farscan certified 2000
Harris Constellation certified 2000
Harris Mega Star Certified 2000
Radio Transmission Fundamentals 2000
DMC DVM10 Certified 1999
Linx certified 1999
Harris DVM 10 Certified 1997

Radio Transmission Fundamentals 2000

Microwave Engineering Harris Farinon 1998,1999,2005,2007,2008

Planet RF planning tool 1998

Innova Radio systems certified 1997

DMC certified 1998

Cal Mic certified 1998

RF Applied Techniques 1990 UCI

Microwave propagation theory and analysis 1989 UCI

Microwave from 1-50ghz 1988

 

Computer Skills:

Computer literate. Oriented and versed in many programs.

Engineering programs: Helix, CELL CAD, TPATH, SHADOW MAP, XPVIEW, CALMIC LAP Ware, Farscan, 5’9’s, elipse,PLANET,SNMP management systems such as Star View. Path Loss 4 and 5.0, TEMS,Map Info, Delorme. Microsoft Office 2007, expert with word, excel, power point, visio

Google earth/Maps.

Test Equipment:

Any DS1, DS3 test set and spectrum analyzers.

Working and hands-on knowledge of T1's, DS3’s, OC3, Fiber muxes, Paragon Pathmaster, ISDN, HDSL, SONET, Frame Relay, and Least cost.