* FCC General Radiotelephone Operator’s License with Ship Radar Endorsement.

Employment History

Nexius, Hanover MD - April, 2015 to present

Lead Scoping Engineer: Manage the milestone life cycle of each site build from initial site survey to Ops site acceptance for AT&T Mobility LTE carrier adds. Manage Site Acquisition vendors to get timely NTP’s from site owners. Manage A&E Firms for site surveys and accurate construction CD’s. Attend scoping meetings with client. Manage RF engineers for RFDS creation. Create OOM/BOM and site dimensioning. SME (subject matter expert) for Site acquisition team.

4M Telecommunications - July 2014 to April 2015

Construction Manager: Supervise Decom crews removing abandoned Nextel infrastructure from Cell sites.

Dynis, Richmond, VA - July 2012 to July 2014

Senior Construction Manager / Scoping Engineer: Manage the milestone life cycle of each site build from initial site survey to Ops site acceptance for AT&T Mobility carrier adds (2C, 3C, 4C) and LTE. Manage Site Acquisition vendors to get timely NTP’s from site owners. Manage A&E Firms for site surveys and accurate construction CD’s. Attend scoping meetings with client. Manage RF engineers for RFDS creation. Create OOM/BOM and site dimensioning. Hire and manage General Contractors for site construction. Attend daily status meetings with client. Manage tiger teams. Drive close out packages to completion.

NSORO, Louisville, KY - July, 2011 to June 2012

Construction Manager: Accountable for all civil works, scheduling, and quality management for AT&T Mobility carrier adds (2C, 3C, 4C), LTE and fiber to the cell site project (FTTCS). Conduct site surveys with Outside Plant Engineers. Create site sketches, Scope of Work and dimensioning for each job. Supervise construction and ensure that all service providers are adhering to company standards, processes and procedures, as well as all Federal and Local standards. Resolve all punch list items.

GCB Services – Schaumburg, IL - October, 2010 to June 2011

Construction Manager: Accountable for all civil works, scheduling, and quality management for AT&T Mobility carrier adds (2C, 3C, 4C), LTE and fiber to the cell site project (FTTCS).  Supervise construction and ensure that all service providers are adhering to company standards, processes and procedures, as well as all Federal and Local standards. Resolve all punch list items.

Clearwire, St. Louis, MO - December, 2009 to September, 2010

Microwave Pathing manager: Responsible for planning, scheduling and supervision of microwave construction activities. Manage materials and logistics for jobs. Manage multiple tower crews ensuring project time lines are met producing a quality product.

Glotel, Chicago, IL - August, 2008 to August, 2009

Construction Manager: Responsible for overseeing the entire Construction project phase of Site Development for AT&T UMTS second carrier rollout. Participate in planning and scheduling of construction activities. Manage materials and logistics for jobs. Provide supervisory support to tower & civil crews and assign workloads & schedules for crews.

Employment History Continued

FMHC, Detroit, MI - March, 2007 to April, 2008

Field Construction Manager: Implement and supervise the construction of Sprint/Nextel 4-G WiMax upgrade. Coordinate all construction activities with the customer's engineering group, field operations staff and contractors.

TAD, Contracted to General Dynamics, Toledo, OH - March, 2006 to September, 2006

Field Construction Supervisor: Implement and supervise the R.F. construction of AT&T Wireless GSM/UMTS upgrade. Coordinate all construction activities with the customer's engineering group, field operations staff and General Contractors.

Dobson Cellular Systems: Mid Michigan Region - December 2004 to March, 2006

Cell Site Technician: Install, configure, test, commission, optimize, troubleshoot & repair Nortel GSM cellular base stations. Inspect cell site construction ensuring proper grounding, antenna azimuth and downtilt. Sweep antenna systems with Anritsu equipment. Test, terminate and troubleshoot T-1 to base stations. Install, test, troubleshoot and repair DAS (distributed antenna systems) in General Motors facilities throughout Michigan. Test and maintain positrons and fiber-optic T-1 links to sites Perform final punch walk inspections for site acceptance from construction group.

State Electronics: Lansing, MI - June, 2003 to June, 2004

Field Technician: Provide field service, maintenance, repairs and systems optimization of Motorola equipment in the greater Lansing area. Optimize, troubleshoot and repair 800/900Mhz & UHF trunking systems, microwave links, centracom dispatch consoles, T-1/fiber links, and Intrac telemetry systems.

Bechtel Telecommunications & Industrial: Nationwide - February, 2001 to June 2003

Field Engineer / Construction Coordinator: Implement and supervise the R.F. construction Cingular Wireless GSM overlay in major metropolitan markets. Coordinate all construction activities with the customer’s engineering group, field operations staff and contractors. Review all Anritsu cable sweep test results from installation teams and direct corrective action to achieve system performance standards. Manage Crews installing DAS systems at Joe Louis arena in Detroit Michigan. Serve as ground crew leader for radio tower inspection teams. Perform quality inspections of communications shelter installations, outdoor radio cabinet installations and in building DAS systems.

US West Wireless: Seattle, WA (Now Qwest Wireless) May, 1998 to July, 2000

Wireless Field Engineer: Install, configure, test, commission, optimize, troubleshoot & repair CDMA cellular base stations. Inspect cell site construction ensuring proper grounding, antenna azimuth and downtilt. Sweep antenna systems with Anritsu equipment. Test, terminate and troubleshoot T-1 to base stations. Drive test cell sites, clusters and system for turn up, integration and ongoing optimization. In charge of all Microwave hops in the Seattle region. Install, test, troubleshoot and replace microwave system components. Supervise Microwave radio installation and path alignment.

Education

Bechtel University: Antenna System Sweep Testing, T-1 Provisioning , Cell Site Work and Quality Compliance,
Site Acceptance and Turnover inspection, Site Surveys, Andrew Connectorization.

Lucent Schools: CC -1422 CDMA Systems Optimization and Performance Engineering.
CDMA Mod Cell 4.0 Operation, administration, troubleshooting & Repair

Fiber Optic Testing: Fiber Optic installation testing and safety. The Light Brigade, Seattle, WA

Motorola Schools: R-56 Grounding Standards, Networking, LAN / WAN, Frame Relay, TCP/IP,
Best Practices System Level Troubleshooting, Simulcast Principles.

US Army Schools: Strategic Microwave Systems Repair Course.
Communications Security Equipment Repair Course.