Construction Manager
August 2014 - October 2014
Central USA Wireless | Ohio, North Carolina, Missouri
Telecommunications Services
Served as CM on ATT in Ohio and Charlotte, NC markets and CM on Sprint 65MHz in Missouri.
In the Ohio market I was communicating with the Troubleshooting War Room daily to receive trouble tickets and sites requiring downtilt adjustments as well as report back to the War Room with updates as sites were completed. I was directing 4 Tiger Teams to address trouble tickets and downtilt changes. In the Charlotte Market, myself and another CM managed the GC's constructing the sites. Responsibilities included meeting the crews to issue material, visiting sites to ensure that quality and safety requirements are being met, tracking daily progress, and attending daily afternoon conference calls with the client to deliver updates. Typical crew load was 4 to 6 crews.
Site Supervisor
July 2013 - July 2014
Skyhawk Wireless | Mobile, AL and surrounding Gulf Coast Region
Telecommunications Services
Served as Site Supervisor for Commscope on Verizon LTE/AWS upgrades
Duties included managing sub-crews, issuing material and managing warehouse, performing site audits, pulling permits and calling in for inspections, monitoring sites with nesting protected birds to ensure compliance with wildlife regulations. I typically managed 3 or 4 crews. CM's were not asked to manage a high number of crews due to the large area we covered and diverse nature of our responsibilities. We walked the sites for pre-cons, created the BOMS, managed the warehouse until the project schedule ramped up to the point that a warehouse manager was justified, delivered permit applications, picked up permits, called in for permit inspections, visited crews on site, performed, quality inspections at the completion of site builds. We had daily internal conference calls to update project management, they in turn managed all communications with Verizon's management team. The CM's primary communication with Verizon was with the site technicians. We notified them of construction activity that was scheduled for their sites.
Construction Manager
September 2012 - July 2013
Baran Telecom | Minneapolis, Minnesota
Telecommunications Services
Served as Construction Manager on the Minneapolis T-Mobile/NSN Modernization project.
My duties as Construction Manager involve performing site Pre-con walks with NSN, working with the client to determine how the site will be built, soliciting quotes and scheduling lifts or cranes as needed, working with the crews to keep them productive and ensure they have the material they need as well as understand the customers expectations on each site. Other duties included managing subcontractors and closing out building permits. We typically kept 5 or 6 in house tower crews in market that I managed along with a local electrical that performed carrier ground equipment installs and a second electrical contractor that was performing site support cabinet swaps for us. On water tank sites, the cities in the region typically had an engineering company manage the sites. Construction activities on these sites required attending pre-con meetings that included NSN, the city, and a representative from the engineering company managing the site. Construction dates and installation methods were all dictated by the engineering company and I was responsible for coordinating with them as well as clearing any changes to the drawings as they arose. In completing sites,I worked closely with my PM to gather all necessary documentation, redline drawings, and contacting jurisdictions to get permits closed out.
Field Technician
October 2011 - September 2012
Compass Technology Services | Atlanta, GA, Carolinas, East Tennessee
Telecommunications Services
My primary reponsibility is Technical Services but I have helped out with tower crews to a significant extent during my time here.
I have performed LOS surveys for the upcoming MetroPCS microwave project in Atlanta, GA. I earned my Ericsson Mini-Link certification in anticipation of this project. Other duties have included rendering detailed boomgate drawings of Sprint sites for our engineering department and working with tower crews on AT&T UMTS upgrades in the Tennesee and Carolina markets.
BTS Installer
May 2011 - October 2011
Excell Wireless Solutions |
Telecommunications Services
AT&T Louisville market UMTS upgrades.
We were installing Ericsson 3206 cabinets as well as RRU's and RRUW's to perform first, second, third, and fourth carrier upgrades. This included installing new racks, running power, coax, T1 extensions, grounding. We were also installing new RET CCU's.
RF Engineer
September 2010 - May 2011
Nexius Solutions | Minneapolis, MN and Hartford, CT
Telecommunications Services
I was on a pathing team in the Minneapolis, MN and Hartford , CT Clearwire markets. I recently was assigned to the AT&T Zodiac/ Alcatel-Lucent Microwave project in the Minnesota/ South Dakota/ North Dakota region.
Installing Dragonwave equipment may require programming the modems and troubleshooting defective equipment, coordinating with the War Room to ensure the path meets the engineering specifications and completing closeout documentation.
Tower Foreman
May 2009 - September 2010
Baran Telecom | Seattle, Northeast
Telecommunications Services
Performed T-Mobile UMTS upgrades in the Upstate New York market, Clearwire 4G upgrades in Seattle, and AT&T UMTS upgrades in Seattle, Chicago, Detroit, Wisconsin, and Arkansas.
I was responsible for all the normal duties of foreman on a tower crew. Directing personel, sweep testing(Anritsu certified), troubleshooting when necessary, setting azimuths, installing antennas and coax, collecting documentation for closeout packages, gathering materials, and ensuring that the crew follows all applicable safety directives. I was also responsible for supervising setting BTS cabinets, including crane lifts on rooftops.
Sweep Tech
February 2009 - April 2010
Modis | Hartford, Connecticut
Telecommunications Services
Involved in the T-mobile UMTS upgrade in the New England area, primarily Hartford, CT.
Duties include sweep testing, Programming RETs, running lines, istalling antennas and TMAs.
Sweep Tech
November 2008 - February 2009
ESP Technologies | Atlanta, Georgia
Telecommunications Services
Performed troubleshooting for Goodman Networks on AT&T sites in Austin, TX market and T-Mobile co-locates in KY.
Tower Crew Foreman
April 2008 - September 2008
The Hooker Company | Dallas, Texas
Telecommunications Services
I served as foreman on AT&T UMTS project in the Dallas market as well as new installs for Metro PCS and Clearwire trouble tickets. Daily responsibilities involved directing a crews activities, monitoring site safety, assigning job tasks, sweeping lines, all necessary documentation(JSA's, close-out documents, time sheets, daily reports, RET logs or screen shots, etc.).
Sub-Metering Technician
August 2007 - April 2008
Utilibill Services Group, Inc. | Woodstock, Georgia
Energy and Utilities
I am presently working for a small company in the utility sub-metering industry. We install remote meter reading systems comprised of transmitters at the meter and data collectors that call in the daily utility usage to a control computer. Data is analyzed and depending on customer preference we forward the data to them for billing of tenants or we can do the the billing. Duties involve analyzing data to determine problems as well as installing, programming, and troubleshooting these collection systems.
Tower Crew Foreman
February 2007 - August 2007
Buell Electric | Bastrop, Texas
Telecommunications Services
Served as foreman on tower crew for the Clearwire build in the Longview, TX market. Responsible for a 4 man crew installing Orthogon and Dragonwave microwave paths, ensuring that safety policies are followed and construction schedules met. Worked with Clearwire technicians to path align micrwave antennas. Served as foreman for Sprint/Nextel project in Southern Louisian market.
Assistant Lead
July 2005 - February 2007
Becon/ Bechtel Communications | Deer Park, Texas
Telecommunications Services
I was involved in the Cingular/AT&T Dual-Band/UMTS integration. My duties as an assistant lead to the foreman included planning the worksite activities, including rigging, assigning tasks to the crew, identifying job hazards, ensuring that the crew was performing their assigned tasks in a safe manner to required quality standards, and completing necessary documentation. I was assigned to a Tiger Team(troubleshooting crew) for a year in the North FL market. We responded to customer compaints regarding site issues and were responsible for identifying performance problems in sites built by our crews and sub-contractors. I also had the chance to work with Nokia GSM cabinets on a regular basis. Regular duties included climbing, operating capstain hoists, rigging, hanging antenna mounts, installing coax, grounding, erecting ice bridges, and decommissioning old sites. Certifications include: Bechtel competent climber, Rescue training, CPR/ First Aid, OSHA 10 hour
Tower Technician
August 2000 - July 2005
Andrew Corp. | Orland Park, Illinois
Telecommunications Services
Primarily involved with the installation and path alignment of microwave antennas and elliptical waveguide. Other duties have included installing cellular sites, stacking monopoles(rare), setting shelters, site takedowns, hanging boomgates, and installing icebridges. I am proficient at path aligning microwave dishes, fitting connectors, rigging, and operating capstans. I have current certifications in rescue training and OSHA 10 hour.
civil worker
January 2000 - July 2000
Southeastern Construction | Toccoa, Georgia
Performed all duties associated with installing shelter pads, spreadmat tower foundations, and tower grounding halos. Laid rebar, shot grade, cad-welded.
Tower Inspector
November 1999 - January 2000
Colt Southern Communication | Norcross, Georgia
Performed full scale tower inspections. Recorded information included huy wire tension using a shunt meter, ultrasound on tower members, plumb & twist, recording tower dimensions, mapping and tagging all transmission lines, identifying and recording all antennas, identifying tower lighting and noting operating condition, measuring and diagraming the compound, shelters, and shelter interiors along with photos of the compound and shelter interiors.

EDUCATION
High School or equivalent,
May 1988
Christian County High School | Hopkinsville

REFERENCES
Corkey Yant
Project Manager, Andrew Corp.
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Jose Delgado
Project Manager, Commscope/ Andrew Systems Inc.
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Dirk Hale
Assistant Lead, Compass Technical Solutions
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