Education

Pursuing BS Degree | Ongoing | Southern New Hampshire University

Bachelors of Science, Information Technology; IT Management

Diploma | 06/2005 | Schaumburg High School

Major: College Prep

Skills & Abilities

Management/Leadership

I successfully form strong bonds and relationships with my colleagues and work to develop a great team that can overcome adversity and exceed expectations

Technical Knowledge

I am a very technical person. I adapt extremely well to changing technology and thrive by maintaining an active thirst for education on new equipment, platforms, ideas, and concepts. My ability to translate that knowledge into real time fixes and problem solving makes me a unique part of any team.

Communication

I successfully interact and communicate with a great range of people from Senior VPs to end customers and pride myself on my ability to successfully navigate complex business relationships with the proper information and application of my relational skills.

Project Management/construction management

I successfully use my prowess and best practices to drive multi-million dollar projects through their life cycle to completion, while utilizing my skills to multitask and handle multiple active individual projects at once. Focusing on execution, quality, safety, and revenue. My most recent project was the only one to meet and exceed its forecast in both completed sites and revenue.

Experience

Field Operations Engineer/Specialist | ERICSSON | 04/16-Present

Successfully diagnosed sub-standard equipment at site level.

Coordinated between carrier NOC and vendor NOC to ensure adherence to established MOPs and Government standards.

Decommissioned faulty equipment.

Skillfully installed and integrated new hardware and components.

Troubleshot ongoing issues to bring the sites back into compliance.

Construction Manager II/Interim project manager | goodman networks | 08/13-11/14

Actively managed construction for ATT Turf Program across the entire Midwest region, specializing in Microwave builds.

Drove the life cycle process and core team for all construction, implementation, and project completion while driving the construction team to achieve plan of execution and revenue.

Coordinated multiple vendor purchase orders and closeout documentation to ensure new site development and modifications were designed and built within requirements.

Interacted daily with the Customer and Construction personnel to ensure compliance with all clients, landlord, jurisdictional, governmental and industry standards.

Developed deployment schedules and other reports in order to track project deliverables, dates and monitor deadlines.

Coordinated multiple crews, vendors, and work sites throughout an entire region to successfully deliver finished products to end customer

Prepared daily and weekly calls with Senior Management and Customers to ensure progress and report short-comings and solutions.

Field Construction Manager/Field Engineer | Black & Veatch/OCI | 03/13-08/13

Ensured completion and maintenance of new site builds for Sprint, specializing in Microwave technology.

Was go to source for resolving all issues arising from construction, programming, integration, and migration.

Trusted with significant builds based on my tenacity, knowledge, work ethic, and quality of work.

Successfully solved all Microwave backhaul issues for the Chicago Metro Market.

Field Operations technician/field engineer | ericsson | 09/11-03/13

Responsible for daily network operations and maintenance of Clearwire/Sprint 4G network in the Chicago Metro Market and organized preventative maintenance.

Coordinated tiger teams and additional technicians to ensure network reliability and minimize down time.

Utilized training and industry knowledge to successfully fix and maintain network equipment.

Ensured work orders and trouble tickets were addressed and closed properly.

Field technician/Field Engineer | ericsson (traveling) | 12/10-09/11

Responsible for daily network operations, maintenance, and integration of Clearwire NSB in the Midwest.

Coordinated tiger teams and additional technicians to ensure completion on schedule.

Utilized training and industry knowledge to successfully install and program network equipment

Ensured work orders were completed in timely manner.

Traveled to other technicians’ sites to ensure quality.

Field Engineer | Nexgen/CLEARWIRE | 03/10-10/10

Responsible for daily site testing and site acceptance for Clearwire NSB in the Midwest.

Coordinated testing of individual sites and clusters to ensure performance.

Utilized training and industry knowledge to successfully clock network performance using various types of collection equipment.

Certified Subject Matter Expert in Microwave construction and technology by both Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent.