Cliff L. Johnson
125 ½ East 220^th Street

Carson, California 90745

(323) 604-2043 Mobile
E-mail: cliff1719@hotmail.com

Objective: Seeking a position within the field of Telecommunications to manage LTE, UMTS Field Operations for Installations, Integrations for end to end Project completions.

 

Summary of Qualifications:
 

•         Supervision of Field Crew for Construction, Integrations, Operations and Maintenance of UMTS, LTE Construction Site launches.

 

•         Integration, Installation, Management and Operations and Maintenance of Nokia, Ericsson GSM, UMTS, LTE RBS 882,884, 2102, 2106, 2109, 2308, 2202, 2206, 3106, 3018, 3206, 3418, 6601 IDB, DT configuration, EDGE upgrades, RF configurations.

 

•         Drafting, AutoCAD, Visio, and Engineering using ATOLL, ACP, ASSET, Planet, Wizard, Sonet, Tiff, DAS, PDF, RF Design, MSC, MGW, BSC, RNC, MPBN, GGSN, SGSN, HLR, OSS Integrations, RFDS, FCP, RNDCIQ and subordinate Engineers RF Design of T1 Circuits, HSDSS, Omni Switch, MPLS, ATM, HSPA, RAN,Frame Relay, DSO, DS1. UTP,

 

•         Commissioning of Alcatel Lucent 7000-8000 series, Cisco 2500-7000 series switches, Networking of Cisco firewalls, Cisco access points o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, IPAM ,IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS. Ericsson GSM, UMTS, Nokia UTRAN, CDMA, WCDMA, TDMA, ITIL Operations and Maintenance of AXE, BSS, AISG, DACS,

 

 

•         Commissioning of E-911 (Andrew: WLS, True Position: LMU, Carrier Access: Pathmaster, Flexmaster configuration ADC:Kentrox).

 

•         Oracle support using Java and updated operating systems from Sun 86 to updated software support.

 

 

 

Work History:

 

Company: SAC Wireless

Employment: 10/2014-2/2015

Position: Commissioning & Integration Technician

 

•Integration and Commissioning and Operation and Maintenance of

         700 & L1900 LTE 4G network.

 

•Management of LTE construction and integration teams for network

        deployment of Nokia 4G rollouts for L700 builds. 

 

•Troubleshooting of network errors and/or activity with throughput with

         radios, RF cabling, BTS management systems.

 

•Operation and Maintenance of BTS alarms, VSWR, faulty equipment,

         and clearance of errors within network infrastructure.

 

•       Report to City Inspectors for Building Permit close-out packages and

         installation in TAM database for customer approval.

 

 

•Scheduling of construction crews for troubleshooting of non-

         operational network, outages and/or faulty RF cabling or equipment. 

 

 

Company: Verizon Wireless
Employment: 05/2014-9/2014

Position: Project Manager

 

•                Management of LTE New Builds, EBH (Fiber Conversions) Construction crews for site completion and Integration. UMTS, LTE, DAS, Deployment of Construction teams for construction services ranging from Wireless ground installations, tower Antenna installations, and troubleshooting of alarms and faults.

 

•                Management of projects from end to end. Real Estate complete, zoning and easements, to construction, commissioning, alarm clearing to site completions within Granite, SWANO.

 

•                Management of RF Microwave Integrations, 100-500MB sites for NB’s, Handovers, Integrations.

 

•              Management of Fiber rings within Phoenix, New Mexico markets. Configuration of ALU, Cisco hub and spokes; 7705, 8000 series.

 

 

•                Ordering of equipment for installations and integrations. Routing of Equipment to Project Managers, Warehouse Supervisors. Specification and scoping of design of Antennas, Duplexers, Radios, RET’s, Frames, Racks, Ice Bridges, Radio Base Stations, Routers, RAD Centers for construction completion.

 

 

 

 

 

Company: AT&T
Employment: 11/2013-2/2014

Position: Project Manager

 

Experience:

 

•                Management of Construction crews for site completion and Integration. Deployment of Construction teams for construction services ranging from Wireless ground installations, tower Antenna installations, and troubleshooting of alarms and faults.

 

•                Ordering of equipment for installations and integrations. Routing of Equipment to Project Managers, Warehouse Supervisors. Specification and scoping of design of Antennas, Duplexers, Radios, RET’s, Frames, Racks, Ice Bridges, Radio Base Stations, Routers, RAD Centers for construction completion.

 

 

•              Management of projects with Software Development Life Cycle.

 

•              Design Layout upgrades of site configurations. UMTS Carrier upgrades. LTE carrier upgrades, and redesigns. 

 

•                Identification and management of financial risks with PMATT tool.

 

•              Scheduling and deployment of Field or Antenna Engineers for troubleshooting of Alarms to replace and/or fix faulty cabling or equipment.

 

•              Development of Zoning and Leasing documentation for Site Acquisition.

•              Development of RFP’s and RFI’s for construction bidding and contraction negotiation.

 

 

•                Management of RFDS using Autoforms, Siterra, Norad 1.0,2.0. CASPR Management of data. (MS 95-MS 160)

 

•                Scheduling of NIC or Switch support to work remotely with Field or Antenna Engineers to troubleshoot errors with faulty signal and/or equipment from Antenna sectors.

 

•         Monitoring of Field or Antenna Engineers for troubleshooting techniques and support for alarm clearance.

 

•         Reporting of complex LTE Alarms to AT&T RAN Department, and working with RF with conjoined effort to resolve RSSI related issues.

 

Company: AT&T
Employment: 10/2012-10/2013

Position: Project Manager

 

Experience:

 

•         Management of 20-30 crews for integration, and alarm clearing, CASPR MS 95-149 for AL/LA/MS market.

 

•              Management of projects with Software Development Life Cycle.

 

 

•         Management of installation, integration and troubleshooting of sector Antennas through RFDS.

 

•          Management of RFDS using Autoforms, Siterra, Norad 1.0,2.0. CASPR Management of data. (MS 95-MS 160)

 

•         Equipment scoping of sector swaps, UMTS, LTE Antenna sharing.

 

•          Identification and management of financial risks with PMATT tool.

 

 

•         Dispatch of Field Engineers to clear UMTS, LTE alarms for Site launches and certifications for AT&T.

 

•         Management of UMTS, LTE alarm network within OSS for operations and maintenance of replacement of faulty equipment for signal preservation.

 

•         Scheduling and deployment of Field or Antenna Engineers for troubleshooting of Alarms to replace and/or fix faulty cabling or equipment.

 

•        Verification of Zoning, Construction, and Permit documentation.

 

 

•         Scheduling of NIC or Switch support to work remotely with Field or Antenna Engineers to troubleshoot errors with faulty signal and/or equipment from Antenna sectors.

 

•         Monitoring of Field or Antenna Engineers for troubleshooting techniques and support for alarm clearance.

 

•         Reporting of complex LTE Alarms to AT&T RAN Department, and working with RF with conjoined effort to resolve RSSI related issues.

 

•         Opening tickets with OSS to schedule deployment of Field or Antenna Engineers to troubleshoot remotely or the field.

 

•          Ordering of equipment for installations and integrations. Routing of Equipment to Project Managers, Warehouse Supervisors. Specification and scoping of design of Antennas, Duplexers, Radios, RET’s, Frames, Racks, Ice Bridges, Radio Base Stations, Routers, RAD Centers for construction completion.

 

•         Daily monitoring of LTE Alarms to make sure that Alarms get cleared with 12-24 hours.

 

•         Alarm clearance reporting to Senior Management of NSB LTE Mississippi AT&T market.

 

 

 

 

Company: TANGENT USA INC
Employment: 07/2011-08/2012

Position: Project Manager

 

•         Experience:Supervision of up to 20 Technicians of Operations and Maintenance of network operations of 2G, 3G, and 4G technology for T Mobile. Deployment of teams for troubleshoot fault errors, rectify Troubletickets/clearing of alarms or network and equipment failures.

 

•         O&M of Team deployment of VSWR alarms, backhaul or T1 bit errors, Tier 2 network switch errors, maintenance. SupervisedInstallation and Integration and Troubleshooting of 2G (GSM) and 3G, 4G Wireless networks for MSC, MGW, BSC, RNC, MPBN, GGSN, SGSN, HLR, OSS Integrations and Migrations.

 

•         Network Integration and Troubleshooting of 7705, 9375 Alcatel Lucent and 5600,6500 series Cisco Routers. Troubleshooting of T1’s and Microwaves (1200-1500) antennas. Ericsson, Andrew Diplexers. Diplexing with OBIF solutions. Commissioning of Alcatel-Lucent MPR-9500, 6000 series routers. Monitored RF wave propagation with Anritsu, Planet.

•              Management of projects with Software Development Life Cycle.  

 

•         Configuration of RFDS plumbing diagrams is with C&E and RAN. RF Optimization drive tests with Agilent E6474a. Clearing of faults for Radio Base Stations with thorough fault probe through Installation Data Base. Networking of Lucent and Cisco firewalls, Cisco access points o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, IPAM ,IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS.

 

•         Launching DXU's and dTRU's with into fully operational states with Ericsson OMT and Nokia programs. Installation and Integration of Ericsson GSM and TDMA for RF connectivity. Network configuration of Cisco, Juniper and ALU routers. Diplexer and Multiplexer configuration of RF signal. Monitored and measured and adjusted signals debacles and megahertz of Antennas for standard range and RF Optimization within BSS parameters. Configuration of Alcatel Lucent 6000 series Omni Switches.

 

•         Performed Automatic Cell Planning throung ATOLL for UMTS and GSM technologies for RF Optimization, BSS parameters. Design of RF Antenna type, height, and tilts for optimization design and configuration. Link Budget Analysis. Creation of RFDS for RF plumbing diagrams. Installation and Integration and RF Design of BTS Ericsson, 3518, 3418, 2106, 3106, 3206, 2109, 2308, 2206 LTE 6201,6601, UMTS,GSM, Nokia UTRAN, Radio Base Stations. Networking of Cisco firewalls, Cisco access points o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, IPAM ,IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS. Site Audits and monitoring with RNDCIQ, ETMC, RAX board reconfigurations for UMTS 3106, 3206. Configuration of Alcatel Lucent 6000 series Omni Switches. 2^ND CARRIER AND 3^RD CARRIER UMTS UPGRADES. UMTS ETMC, ETMX CARD Integration. Monitored RF Traffic, coverage and capacity with RNDCIQ, Solaris software. FCU unit upgrades for UMTS 3418. Performance with RBS Element Manager and OMT program for 1x2, 2x1, 2x6, 3x4 configurations for T1 configurations.

 

 

 

Company: Turn Around Wireless
Employment: 7/2010-7/2011

Position: Wireless Engineer 

Experience:

 

•         Installation and integration of Category 3,5,5e,6, UTP (25,50,100-300 pair), fiber splicing (fusion and mechanical) Single mode, Multimode and backbone. Fusion splicing of 100-300 pair splice cases from end to end (Main Distribution Frame, Intermediary Distribution Frames to termination network topology array) Termination of UTP 100-300 pair splice cases. Installation and termination of power from AC 12 AWG to 24 AWG, circut breakers and power distribution panels for end to end connectivity. Installation and termination of DC power from 24 V to -48 V with circuit breakers, rectifiers and power distribution panels. Installation of 1/2, 3/4, 1,2,3 conduit for pathways of power distribution.  Installation of 1,2,3 inch raceway for power distribution. 

•       Installation and Integration and RF Design of BTS Ericsson, 3518, 3418, 2106, 3106, 3206, 2109, 2308, 2206 LTE 6201,6601, UMTS,GSM, Nokia UTRAN, Radio Base Stations. Networking of Cisco firewalls, Cisco access points o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, IPAM ,IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS. Site Audits and monitoring with RNDCIQ, ETMC, RAX board reconfigurations for UMTS 3106, 3206. Configuration of Alcatel Lucent 6000 series Omni Switches. 2^ND CARRIER AND 3^RD CARRIER UMTS UPGRADES. UMTS ETMC, ETMX CARD Integration. Monitored RF Traffic, coverage and capacity with RNDCIQ, Solaris software. FCU unit upgrades for UMTS 3418. Performance with RBS Element Manager and OMT program for 1x2, 2x1, 2x6, 3x4 configurations for T1 configurations.

 

•       Management of projects with Software Development Life Cycle.

 

•          T1 cross-connects through E-911 CSU. Installation of and commissioning of E-911 frame relay systems, i.e. Andrew Geometrix Wireless Location Sensors, True Position LMU's, Carrier Access Flexmasters, DWDM, Pathmasters, ADC Datasmart Kentrox. 3-G multiport T1 cross-connect, DSU,CSU within Ericsson 2G GSM networks. Operations and Maintenance of Radio Base Station alarms with OMT program, and troubleshooting E-911 frame relay.

 

Company: P2S Engineering (Los Angeles, Ca)
Employment: 11/2007-5/2010

Position: Wireless Engineer
 

•         Duties: Prototype, design and develop MR RF coils using coexisting technology. Design of Radio Frequency Data Sheets for radio access network communication. Optimized designs and analyzed radio frequency structures by using Electro magnetic design tools. Interfacing with customers to gather input and translate that input into design output. KPI Reporting, Performing tests on MR environment and formulating validation strategies. Networking of Cisco firewalls, Cisco access points o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, DWDM, IPAM ,IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS. Management and Analysis of MPE Database. Creation of RFDS for RF plumbing diagrams.

 

•         Site Auditing with Atoll, Planet, ASIG, BSS Optimization, RNDCIQ, Nokia UTRAN. Coordinated with manufacturing and sourcing functions and suppliers to ensure that all the stages of product development cycle is accomplished efficiently. Designed Drawings of Engineering Projects using Visio and AutoCAD. Design RF Optimization of Visio, Tiff, PDF Drawings into AutoCAD, Microstaion. DAS, RF Design of T1 Circuits, DSO, DS1,MPLS ATM Frame Relay for Wireless Radio Base Station Networks for LAN / WAN / MAN / OSP in Telecommunications design.

 

•         Drive Testing of RBS with True Position and Agilent E6474a technologies. Configuration of Alcatel Lucent 6000 series Omni Switches. Responsible for Design implementation of Network locations and schematics for Voice/Data. OSP Design of Network pathways/Cable routes. Cost Estimation of Construction Engineering Projects. Auto Cad, ARES, Microstation Drafting, Design and Engineering for MEPT
projects.

Company: AT&T (Sacramento, Ca)
Employment: 01/2007-9/2007
Position: Design Engineer

Experience:

•         Design Engineering of construction for AT&T Uverse/FTTN project. Auto Cad, Visio, ARES, MS Excel, MS Word, Adobe design of FTTN procedures (Loop Identification, bridge tap removal). Link Budget Analysis DAS, OSP Design of Cable Routes, utility cabling and network distribution pathways.

•               Management of projects with Software Development Life Cycle.

 

•         Configuration of Alcatel Lucent 6000 series Omni Switches. Responsibilities have included: Network infrastructure installation and design.Networking of Cisco firewalls, Cisco access points o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, DWDM, IPAM ,IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS. Terminals, Modification of records with Auto Cad ARES. Cost Estimation of Construction Engineering for database records (Trenching, Cable Splicing, DSL Testing, Field Inspection). ARES Plant Location Record Updates and Design.
 

 

Company: Amatel (Los Angeles, Ca)
Employment: 12/2005-4/2007

Position: Wireless Engineer
 

 

 

 

Experience:

 

 

 •       Installation and integration of Category 3,5,5e,6, UTP (25,50,100-300 pair), fiber splicing (fusion and mechanical) Single mode, Multimode and backbone. Fusion splicing of 100-300 pair splice cases from end to end (Main Distribution Frame, Intermediary Distribution Frames to termination network topology array) Termination of UTP 100-300 pair splice cases. Installation and termination of power from AC 12 AWG to 24 AWG, circut breakers and power distribution panels for end to end connectivity. Installation and termination of DC power from 24 V to -48 V with circuit breakers, rectifiers and power distribution panels. Installation of 1/2, 3/4, 1,2,3 conduit for pathways of power distribution.  Installation of 1,2,3 inch raceway for power distribution. 

 

•         True Position EMS (E 911 Phase II equipment). Tellabs Titan 5500 DACS. Attoll, ACP, ASSET, Planet, Wizard ,Ericsson AXE - 501/810 APG40 platforms. AVAYA phone system and General Data Communication (T1, PC Skills). Creation of RFDS for RF plumbing diagrams. Ericsson 810 BSC installation and Alcatel Media Gateway migration. Configuration of Ericsson switches (501 & 810 BSC's) of Ericsson 2102 and 2106 BTS versions. Configuration of electronic cross-connects in Titan 5500 DACS, ASIG, T-berd testing of T-1s and T-3s for DSO.

 

•         Installation of T-Server applications with UNIX platform. Installation and integration of BTS Ericsson 2106, 3106, 3206, 2109, 2308, 2206 *TDMA, GSM, UMTS, Radio Base Stations. Integration preformed with OMT program for 1x2, 2x1, 2x6, 3x4 configurations for T1.Networking of Cisco firewalls, Cisco access points o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, IPAM ,IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS. Configuration of Alcatel Lucent 6000 series Omni Switches. T1 cross-connects through E-911 CSU.

 

•         Installation of and commissioning of E-911 frame relay systems, i.e. Andrew Geometrix Wireless Location Sensors, True Position LMU's, Carrier Access Flexmasters, Pathmasters, ADC Datasmart Kentrox. 3-G multiport T1 cross-connect, DSU,CSU within Ericsson 2G GSM networks. Operations and Maintenance of Radio Base Station alarms with OMT program, and troubleshooting E-911 frame relay.

 

•              Management of projects with Software Development Life Cycle.

Company: Mycom North America
Employment: 5/2005-12/2005
Position: Wireless Engineer

Experience:

 

•         Installation and Integration of Ericsson 2106,2206, 2250 (HCHC), Nokia Radio Base Stations. T1 configuration, integration, circuit identification tests, DSO tests, Loopback tests. Installation Data Base configurations for DXU and dTRU's Ericsson 850 and 1900.Configuration of Alcatel Lucent, Cisco 5000 series Omni Switches.
E-911 installation and configuration of Geometrix Wireless Location
Sensor's Carrier Access (Flexmasters, Pathmasters Linkmasters.)

 

•         PSAP (E-911) test calls. Troubleshooting of Radio Base stations faults. Clearing of faults for Radio Base Stations with thorough fault probe through Installation Data Base. Launching DXU's and dTRU's with into fully operational states with Ericsson OMT and Nokia programs. Installation and Integration of Ericsson GSM and TDMA for RF connectivity. Diplexer and Multiplexer configuration of RF signal.
 

•         Channel addition and Network Topology Cascades of Multi Radio Base Station configurations for timeslot share of T1 transmissions.

 

Company: Telenet Inc. (Los Angeles, Ca)
Employment: 06/2004-4/2005
Position: Telecommunications Engineer

Experience:

 

•         Measured RF Optimization of Antenna tilts, and transmission of power for RFDS, for GSM Technology. Site Audits of Indoor/Outdoor Cingular, Sprint,Verizon, Nortel Wireless Sites. Documentation of RF antenna, fiber, UTP, GPS measurements. Audits and documentation by Ericsson standards. AVAYA phone system and General Data Communication
(T1, PC Skills). Ericsson 810 BSC installation and Alcatel Media Gateway migration. Fiber Optic Splic Closures (aerial, buried, manhole, handhole) splice applications.

 

•         Testing of OSP Fiber cable with OTDR. Installation of LAN/WAN Fiber Optic cabling for ISP, DSL, Wirless Services. Installation, Termination and Splicing of LAN/WAN Fiber Optic cabling in .(Horizontal, Backbone).
 

•         Performance of mechanical and fusion splicing (Multimode, Singlemode) for network attenuation FTTP. Included aerial, buried and underground pathways. Fusion splicing of Multimode, Singlemode fiber with manual and automated V-groove alignment for 0.0 db loss. Termination of Fiber Optic (Multimode, Singlemode) stations and terminal cabinets with anaerobic SC connectors.

 

•         Testing of Fiber Optic cabling with Optical Time Domain Reflectometers for Db loss and attenuation. Configuration of PC Data exchange of Power meters, and Certification testers for UTP, and Optical testing results. Termination of UTP cabling (T1, Category 3,5,5e,6), and PA cabling with EIA/TIA cabling standards. Termination of UTP stations and terminal cabinets with 8-position modular jacks, RJ11, RJ45 connectors and 24, 48 port patch panels. Termination of PA cabling to Nortel Phone systems, and internal and external speakers. Termination of PA cabling to 10Base-T 66-Blocks for end-to-end attenuation. Termination of PA cabling with RJ-11, RJ-45 modular jacks to main main Public Address System. Testing of Fiber Optic and UTP cabling with certification testers according to EIA/TIA,

 

•         IEEE standards. Configuration of 100BASE-TX, 100BASEFX media converters and switches for Ethernet attenuation and Internet access. Testing of PA cabling with Main Public Address System configuration components. Troubleshooting 3600,6000 series Cisco IP/DSL switches for MDI/MDIX auto sensing, and 100BASE-TX to 100BASE-FX connectivity of media conversion.

 

•         Termination of Singlemode and Multimode Fiber Optic cabling with SC,ST,FC connectors. Mechanical and Fusion splicing of OSP and ISP Fiber. Installation of Fiber cabling in Light Integrated Units, Distribution Units. Installation of copper network cabling (Category 3,5,5e,6). Termination of copper network cabling *RJ-45,
 

Company: Matrix Industries (Santa Fe Springs, Ca)
Employment: 05/2001-06/2004
Position: Telecommunications Engineer

Experience:

 

•         Installation and Termination of Fiber Network Cabling in Main
Distribution Frame and Intermediary Distribution Frames for ISP design. Installation of Fiber Optic, UTP, T1, cabling in Main, Intermediary, Local Distribution frames. Termination of horizontal, backbone fiber optic cabling with SC connectors. Installation of horizontal and backbone fiber in LIU terminals. Termination of Category 3,5,5e,6 cabling with modular jacks, and 110, 10 BASE-T 66 blocks.

 

•         Testing of Fiber Optic cabling with certification testers for end to end attenuation and decibel loss. Testing of UTP cabling with certification testers for wire map and end to end attenuation. Testing of Fiber Optic cabling with certification testing with Optical,
Time, Domain Reflectometers for db loss and length. Configuration of RS232 ports for PC data exchange. Installation of pathways of raceway and rigid, EMT conduit. Raceway pathways included 700, 2400, 4000 series. Installation of 1/2,3/4,1,2 inch rigid and EMT conduit Termination of Fiber Optic cable ST and SC connectors. Fusion and mechanical splicing of network cable within local area network.
 

 

EDUCATION

 

 

A.A. Los Angeles Southwest College, 1999 (Mathematics)

 

B.S. CSU Dominguez Hills, 2003, (Electrical Engineering)

BICSI Building Industry Consulting Services International

CERTIFICATIONS

PMO

First Aid CPR

OSHA 501
RF Propagation Theory

Anritsu Site Master

Fiber Optics (Berk Tek)
Ericsson (Radio Tester Level 2)

Lynx Microwave
AT&T/ARES (Automated Records Engineering System)
AutoCAD (Auto Computer Aided Design)
Microstation (Bentley)

Corning Fiber Optics Fluke Networks