WORK EXPERIENCE:

Project Manager
CLS Group
October 2015 - current
Manage work flow of Site acquisition functions, AE and structural engineering services for multi OEM;s and operators.

Project Manager
Verveba Telecom
May 2014 - May 2015
Ericsson/T-Mobile L1900 / L2100 / L700 Rural America’s initiative Carolina’s, New Mexico & Texas. Full turn-key civil scope-self preform (SP) plus EF&I services (ASP). 2014 Q4 and 2015 Q1 built=160 sites. Integration LTE only 100+ sites.
T-Mobile (direct) AAV/Fiber projects (Project Manage and GC). “Last mile construction” and room readiness of 100+ sites.

General Contractor Independent
DCRRF
October 2013 - February 2014
Site & Tower audits for CLS Group. Ericsson-Alltel/ATT merge in GA, SC, NC. Total sites=221
Site audits for CLS Group. AT&T LTE/MW sites in NC & SC. Total sites=66

Rollout Manager, P25 Public Safety Radio and Dispatch Systems
Airbus (formerly Cassidian Communications an EADS company)
October 2011 - September 2013
Mange full cycle turn-key deployments of P25 Land Mobile Radio Systems and 911 dispatch consoles for public safety agencies and/or municipal government in multiple states.
Areas of responsibility were RFQ/RFP process, contracts engineering and design, site acquisition-zoning-permitting, staging and factory acceptance, full deployment and field testing to meet the requirements. This included new site builds, site and tower upgrades, microwave and fixed backhaul, power systems and backups, site acceptances, dispatch console installations, integration, final systems acceptance.
Full projects included City of Richardson-TX, Sedgwick County.-KS, City of Lexington-KY, City of Trenton-NJ and Westminster County.-CO.
In parallel I worked on the RFP bid team for larger project responses i.e. Maui- HI, Monroe County- FL, Sarasota County-FL, Douglas County and Clermont County-OH, State of Hawaii. Of 13 bids, 6 were awarded.

Project Manager- Microwave Network Deployment
Nokia (NSN) contracted thru Wavsys.
November 2010 – October 2011
Microwave backhaul deployment for T-Mobile’s UMTS network rollout in Puerto Rico. 113 sites. Challenging urban and mountain sites plus local culture required a very diverse deployment strategy and logistical plans that were successful and met exceeded all expectations.

Project Manager, FTTCS / ETTCS
Mastec
June 2010 – November 2010
Managed Fiber/Ethernet to the cell site initiative for AT&T North Florida market of 340 sites (phase 1). Responsible for all field activities of self-preforming installation and technical personnel with 40-50 directly reporting and preforming last mile construction fiber facilities and room ready equipment installation and commissioning.

Project Manager, New Site Builds
MYCOM
February 2010 – June. 2010
Managed site development and equipment installation at 178 sites of Ericsson UMTS for AT&T North Florida Market (NFL) as awarded from “turf vendor” NSORO. Project initial award was 40 sites. 2 subsequent awards were given as a result of exceeding client expectations and completion ahead of schedules. Further, I successfully managed an AT&T Fiber/Ethernet (FTTCS / ETTCS) beta trail in the south Florida market earning additional opportunities for the company.

Construction Manager, Site Development-New Site Builds
Motorola
January 2009 – November 2009
Tallahassee city/Leon County LMR P25 Public Safety Radio System project. Managed the construction/installation phase of project to include new site builds and installation of P25 / Astro 25 Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system as well as tower structure upgrades, site upgrades, DC power systems, large-scale battery back-up systems, generators, microwave system, antenna systems, HVAC, FM-200 fire suppression, fixed network equipment and radio dispatch consoles. Phases included; civil and RF design, site acquisition-zoning-permitting The client considered the project a huge success by exceeding expectations in quality, timeliness and team play. Temporary contractor to Motorola through Comdex.

Construction Manager, NSB
Nokia (NSN)
February 2008 – November 2008
T-Mobile UMTS Miami, FL market. Assigned the north region consisting of 88 sites. Oversee GC construction and tower teams in the installation of Nokia Flexi equipment with new supporting antenna systems. This was a highly visible and aggressive new technology build-out of a very large and important market. Established several standards and methods for use throughout phase 1. The system launched on time with my sites completing ahead of others without issues. Temporary contractor to Nokia through Lemcon.

Project Manager, Site Development
Motorola
February 2007 – November 2007
Prince George Co., Washington, DC. Manage civil site development activities of P25, 700 MHz Astro25 TDMA radio system consisting of 21 sites with microwave backbone 11 of which were raw land tower/site builds. Focus during my time on the project was contract design review (CDR) and final design (FDR) planning and preparation. Temporary contractor to Motorola through Comdex.

Project Manager II, (SDPM ll)- New Site builds
Ericsson
January 2006 – November 2006
Cingular UMTS build-out project in the Carolinas within a region of 122 sites. Managed turnkey installation of Ericsson UMTS and associated site development. Contractor to Ericsson through Dataworkforce.

Project Manager- e911 System Rollout.
Goodman Networks.
March 2005 – October 2005
E911 consolidation initiative of AT&T blue/orange sites in south Florida market. Full accountability and management of multiple teams in the deployment of a new True Position platform: WLS, EMS, Scout, AMS, SMLC and BTS upgrades at 890 sites. This project was time sensitive to meet a FCC deadline and completed on time.

Project Manager, New Site Builds
MetroPCS
May 2004 – February 2005
Initial market rollout of services in the Tampa Florida market within my assigned geographic area consisting of 66 new site builds.

Sr. Construction Engineer (FE)
Bechtel
April 2001 – March 2004
Assigned multiple AT&T and Cingular projects in various markets. 1st year- site level e-911 deployment in 7 markets- estimate 1000 sites. 2nd year-deployment of Ericsson GSM 1900 new build in Missouri market consisting of 77 sites. 3rd year- deployment of Ericsson GSM 850 overlay at 120 sites in Oklahoma.

Director, Services and Operations
Unitas Telecom / Belmerix Infraestrutura (MER GROUP)
July 1998 – February 2001
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During the first year I consulted the company thru the initial start-up including business strategy planning, technical evaluation and analyzing of existing cellular company’s tower portfolios for acquisition.
Assisted in the generation of proposals and bids to operators nationwide.
Subsequently I focused on operation and new site build plans were I was responsible for organizational development, site design’s, program implementation of build to suit and sale lease back programs and deployment of major projects.
Eventual hand off to parent company.

Network Manager, Tower Assets
Crown Castle International
June 1997 - July 1998
Manager of national network services (co-location) and tower site operations within 15 state region while based at the corporate headquarters in Southpoint, PA. Primary responsibility was processing collocation applications and providing final engineering approval. Additional assignments included:
Recon management of emergency hurricane restoration in Puerto Rico of 7 toppled critical mountain top sites.
Technical evaluation of carrier tower assets for proposed acquisition and tower and site audit project of 1200 Bell South and 1800 Bell Atlantic sites ultimately acquired.
Participation in the development and implementation of an internet based program that automated co-location application processing, provided complete online site information for internal and external users, ensured engineering integrity and replaced manual engineering processes. Recognized with award at Tower Summit Las Vegas 1999.

President
Radio Shop II, LLC
1988 - 1997
Two-Way radio sales and service shop.
Provided LMR / LTR 800 MHz trunking, UHF conventional, and SMR telephony services thru a network of company owned and operated systems.
Repair shop provided maintenance, factory authorized testing & repair of end-user equipment.
Installation department provided specialized installation of customer mobile equipment.
Sales department offered equipment sales and service to business and municipal agencies as factory dealer for EF Johnson, Standard, Maxon, Kenwood and Regency.
Company was also a top-tier agent for Bell South Mobility and Skytel.