Brian Hansen

Regional Construction Manager

10200 Windrose Curve, Elko, MN

brian.hansen888@gmail.com - 612-231-2854

 

A results driven professional with 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, I bring

together a variety of technical depth, vast knowledge, leadership skills and experience. I have worked with numerous telco’s on Metro Ethernet Networks, fiber optic deployments, broadband wireless, and microwave, DAS/Small Cell and power systems. This includes executing and leading network design, implementation, acceptance testing, training, technical support and project management. Along with proven ability to supervise multiple crews on large and small jobs with the ability to manage new technology.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

Senior Construction Manager

Bluestream Professional Services - Burnsville, MN – December 2015 to Present

Responsibilities:

Manage evaluation and vetting of DAS installation vendors, Head End construction vendors, and Bluestream internal team.

Coordinate initial site walks to identify equipment space and verify constructability.

Review Engineering design and BOMs for DAS and Head End to establish construction budget baseline.

Conduct bid walks with DAS and Head End construction vendors and Carriers to solicit proposals and select project construction vendors.

Evaluate construction proposals from vendors and internal team to review vendor qualifications, comparison of scopes of work, completeness and accuracy of BOMs, and pricing.  Ensure that proposals meet venue and jurisdiction requirements.

On-site Management of contractors and DAS Construction Managers during the construction process.

Manage ordering and installation of site monitoring equipment, including provisioning of telco services for alarm monitoring.

Coordinate with wireless carriers, as well as Project Manager and Engineering Manager, on BTS installation and integration into the DAS.

Ensure that project execution is performed in accordance with specific project Service Orders

Maintain project QA procedures and ensure that site safety requirements are upheld

Coordinate punch list sites walks and manage the completion of any deficient items

Provides on-time and high quality equipment installation.

Supervises projects to meet profit objectives, quality standards and completion dates.

Monitor and maintain the quality of the installation projects by performing in-process and final quality checks.

Review Method of Procedure (MOP) with customer prior to start of project. Update equipment Cell Site records and document accurate "as built" information.

Develop MOPs for each installation project.

Interface with the customer and Market PM as required to complete projects, clarify project status, and meet customer needs.

 

Regional Construction Manager

Bluestream Professional Services - Burnsville, MN - June 2014 to November 2015

Responsibilities:

Coordinate and maintain customer relationships and status throughout projects

Coordinate site walks to identify equipment space and verify construction requirements

Develop bid packages using the customer’s standards and specifications for construction projects

Review SOW, BOM, design – Ibwave and PDF format and quote

Manage site walks to secure venue and carrier approval and to perform “kick-off” meetings

Manage contractors, technicians and DAS Construction Project Managers

Provide detailed status reports for internal and external reporting and communications

Ensure that project execution is performed in accordance with specific project Service Orders

Conduct regular project reviews for schedule and budget compliance

Maintain project QA procedures and ensure that site safety requirements are upheld

Coordinate punch list sites walks and manage the completion of any deficient items

Coordinate the timely provision of closeout documentation for all projects, ensuring that all

Items are in order for final acceptance

Management of service-delivery:  Manage Install Techs, Manage Scheduling and Oversee Provisioning.

Manage financial Budgets, Oversee operational and Quality Standards. 

Establish KPI’s where necessary, maintain a best-in-class service delivery, customer experience and continual product and process improvement.

Ongoing staff training and career development.

 

Proficiency with Commscope, Corning Mobile Access, experience with SOLiD, ADRF and Teko

In depth knowledge of DAS theory and products and a high level of experience with indoor

and outdoor DAS installations, fiber to the remote (FTTN, FTTR, FTTC, FTTx) and coax installation, splicing, connectors and testing.

 

Certificates:

TE installation and commissioning for Spectrum and Fusion Systems

Commscope Certified in ND6420 AT&T 5 Step Commissioning

SpiderCloud SCT-210 Certified

SOLiD Level 1 Engineer Certified

 

Accomplishments:

Within the year, I took MN region from negative profits to averaging +25% margin overall with the construction

margin at +44%. Effectively managing overtime, expenses, materials order and approval of BOM and quote's.

 

Hired to manage MN only and now run 9 states. Within a year, I acquired a new office/warehouse, 6 company trucks and 2 enclosed trailers to grow the region.

 

 

Construction Manager/Project Manager

PCS Technologies - Saint Paul, MN - October 2011 to June 2014

 

Manage daily operation and field work

Project manage

Manage tower crew and assist with wireless installation at sites.

Build and implementing new 4G Networks.

Installation, Configuration, Networking, and monitoring of WiMax/LTE/4G Networks.

Install, commission, and maintain Telrad, Radwin, Garrett Com and Ceragon equipment

Test with Anritsu Spectrum Analyzer and Line Sweep Tester

Power Systems Specialist for DC power plants including rectifiers and battery backup.

Emerson and Eltek/Valere Systems with back up batteries.

Management of service-delivery:  Manage Install Techs, Manage Scheduling and Oversee Provisioning.

Manage financial Budgets, Oversee operational and Quality Standards. 

Establish KPI’s where necessary, maintain a best-in-class service delivery, customer experience and continual product and process improvement.

Ongoing staff training and career development.

 

Certifications:

Radwin 2000, 5000, and R-Planner Certified

Ceragon Networks CCSA Certification for IP-10/IP-20 Licensed Backhaul

Bridgewave Microwave Certification for gigabit wireless products

Alvarion Systems Specialist Certification for 4Motion

Comtrain In House Trainer Certified Tower Rescue and Safety

 

Network Field Engineer/Operations Manager

Indiana Fiber Network - Indianapolis, IN - August 2011 to October 2011

 

Manage operations technicians and their daily schedule

Install, configure, maintain, and repair Fiber rings, Cisco, Ciena, and Brocade equipment for services

Project manager for all repair and fiber maintenance scheduling.

Build processes for work flow and scheduled maintenance.

Coordinate with customer and LEC's installs and maintenance.

Customer point of contact.

Oversee daily functions for NOC and work directly with Ops, NOC, Engineering and OSP.

Direct work with Cell Backhaul for Verizon Wireless - t1's to Ethernet

Fiber to the tower

 

Contractor work

Self Employed - March 2011 to August 2011

 

Network Engineer/Central Office Installer All of Indiana and Ohio

Installed Adtran 2800(M13), Fujitsu 4500 Flashwave, Ciena and upgrades in Alcatel 7300 for Verizon/ Frontier

Ohio.

Cabled out ds1's from M13 to DS1 panels, ran coax for DS3's, full install.

PBX troubleshooting, dsl installs, kiosk installs, system upgrades for businesses. Walmart, Advance Auto,

Kohl’s, etc.

 

Commercial Network Engineer

Comcast Communications - Indianapolis, IN - July 2009 to March 2011

 

Build and maintain share folder, contains all documents for each job and customer.

Install Fiber in Head End, OTN, and Customer Site.

Install, configure, maintain and repair Cisco, World Wide Packets, Tellabs, and Juniper routers and Cisco and

Juniper switches.

On-call 24/7/365 for all trouble calls and outages.

Monitor all customer sites and traffic on spectrum.

Build and drive new process for Metro Ethernet and Cell Backhaul install, maintain and monitor.

Manage, train, and schedule daily work for 4 Engineers and Contractors

Project Manage each job and coordinate all install and turn ups.

Design, Coordinate, Install, Turn-up, and Test all Metro E, Cell Backhaul (Verizon), Internet and BGP

Customers.

SME for team on all services and equipment in use for Comcast. (EXFO & JDSU Test sets, Ciena, Cisco

and Juniper EQ)

Implement all vendor software upgrades for routers, switches, and test sets.

Perform/manage all adds, moves, installs, and removals on PBX.

Test fiber and Ethernet on layers 1, 2 & 3

Test Equipment- EXFO Spectrum Analyzer, Exfo OTDR, EXFO Ethernet test set, VFL and light meters, JDSU

test sets

Oversee construction on Fiber to the node and customer home/business

 

 

National Network Field Engineer

Qwest Communications - Indianapolis, IN - March 2000 to July 2009

 

Ability to manage multiple technical programs

Ability to effectively drive & implement new processes, process improvements, and corrective actions

Install all new hardware, systems, and software for networks.

Install, configure, and maintain network services, equipment and devices.

Support administration of servers and server clusters.

Manage system back-up and restore protocol.

Plan and support network and computing infrastructure.

Perform troubleshooting analysis of servers, workstations and associated systems.

Document network problems and resolution for future reference.

Build MOP and verify procedures followed.

Design, order equipment, manage and implement all work per MOP.

Monitor system performance and implement performance tuning

Project leadership with Contract manufacturers, Design Engineers, Test Engineers, and Manufacturing

Engineers.

 

Customer Service Specialist, Minneapolis, MN

Test and monitor DSL infrastructure

Turn-up and repair infrastructure

Intas test system, remedy ticket system, Integrator, Unix/Linix, and XP

Layer 1 and 2 with little layer 3 protocol

Isolate and troubleshoot Ethernet problems

Isolates problems on the customer DS0, DS1, and DS3

Access circuits on a Frame Relay and ATM network

Demonstrated exceptional system planning and management skills in providing Tier 1-2-3 support for critical

systems on a 24x7 basis in a multi-platform environment including UNIX (Solaris), Linux, Windows and Cisco switches and Alcatel switches.

Oversee construction and turn up of fiber to the node.

 

Central Office Technician / Power Tech, Minneapolis, MN

Installation and troubleshooting within the central office of all types of telephony and design circuits

Turn-up of pots service to fiber optics

Test, install and replace defective batteries

Install and maintain UPS and backup generators in CO and remote offices

Set and equalize rectifiers, check and set alarming in fiber multiplexers

 

Customer Data Technician, Minneapolis, MN

Installation, repair and maintenance of designed circuits (DSO, DS1, DSL).

Cable and span maintenance (aerial and underground).

Read osp to locate repeaters in cable span

Troubleshoot cable and fiber

Monitor fiber mux and soneplex to isolate trouble

Install and maintain UPS and generators in Fiber huts and remote terminals

 

 

EDUCATION:

Diploma

Lakeshore High School - Stevensville, MI

1988 to 1991

New Horizons Computer Center - Edina, MN

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Technical Skills:

Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, HTML, Active Directory, Cisco, Wimax, 4G, LTE

UDP, Latency, VoIP, ATM, PPP, MPLS, Telnet, VPN, Ethernet, GigE, LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, DNS

OS/Infrastructure: UNIX, Sun Solaris, Windows NT/XP/2000/2003/2007 systems and Servers, Linux

Hardware: Cisco switches/routers, Switches, Routers, Hubs, Servers, Cables, Racks, Adtran CSU-DSU,

Fujitsu, Ciena core stream, Cisco 15454, Nexus 1000v, Infinera, Alcatel, Litespan, Lucent 5ESS, Netgear, Juniper EX4200 Juniper MX 240, 480 & 960, Ciena 4200 Classics and Micro Chassis, Adtran 2800, Brocade, MikroTik,

Alvarion, Ceragon, Radwin and Telrad