Walt Weimar

Metro Atlanta Area 678-***-**** acq2hq@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SPRINT CORPORATION

Contract Administrator – National Contracts, Atlanta GA (40 hours/week) 1/1/08 – 11/21/14

• Managed 25,000-site contract portfolio with three of Sprint’s six largest real estate vendors nationwide

• Evaluated hundreds of claims with landlords to whom recurring rent obligations exceeded $500M annually

• Performed contract termination rights analysis on hundreds of leases for $300M/year rent reduction program

• Audited rent, property tax, common area maintenance and utility cost landlord claims for thousands of sites

• Reviewed and administered bulk settlements resolving reciprocal multi-year claims exceeding $300K annually

• Researched, billed and collected over $3M in contingent capital cost reimbursements owed by 3rd-party users

• Provided sole expert witness testimony in civil litigation to preserve disputed land rights under key site lease

• Achieved or exceeded $1M annual op ex savings and capital cost recoupment performance goals annually Contract Administrator – Natl Site Maintenance/Supplier Mgmt, Atlanta GA (40 hours/week) 1/1/04 – 12/31/07

• Managed hundreds of maintenance projects for scheduled or demand repairs supervising turnkey vendor

• Ensured towers portfolio’s local, state and federal environmental, historic preservation, zoning, landscaping, physical safety, tower lighting/hazard abatement and frequency spectrum permit and regulatory compliance

• Created and managed purchase orders totaling $500K annually supporting national site maintenance program

• Compiled regional project development vendor contract portfolio to support a strategic supplier consolidation initiative that improved time-to-market performance and quality while reducing annual capital spending

• Supported revisions to vendor standards, real-time supplier data access and sourcing processes to improve quality and reliability of warranty-completed projects, reducing exposure to service and material vendor liens

• 300-employee site development fleet vehicle costs were reduced by half while improving risk management

• Collaborated with in-house and outside legal counsel to successfully defend personal injury claims by a vendor Regional Property Manager – Sprint Sites USA, Atlanta GA (40 hours/week) 1/1/00 – 12/31/03

• Led 7-member team managing property rights and actively subleasing over 1200 Sprint-owned towers

• 200 tenants in 18 southeastern US markets were acquired while protecting Sprint operational asset security

• Asset sale to large tower firm in 2005 for $1.2B valued on tenant portfolio generating $100M/year nationwide

• Helped develop application processing standards and trained staff on landlord consent waiver negotiations

• Collaborated with internal sales staff to develop pricing and engage with regional and corporate customers

• Helped set tenant modification pricing while ensuring staff performance efficiency and customer satisfaction

• Partnered with senior management, engineering staff and external vendors to manage on-air site modifications (“swap and drop”) projects needed to enhance or replace towers with insufficient load capacity

• Supervised asset data integrity and contract document uploads for marketing, audit and financial reporting Regional Property Specialist – Site Development, Atlanta GA (40 hours/week) 4/15/97 – 12/31/99

• 400-site initial launch of Sprint’s Atlanta market build-out completed ahead of schedule (2.5 years)

• Performed and supervised abstractions of proposed contracts for manager approval and director execution

• Helped negotiate regional power company master site lease after compiling similar agreements nationwide

• Coordinated title insurance and recording document legal review by internal and outside counsel

• Supported zoning/permit acquisition process and helped resolve post-construction landlord complaints WALT WEIMAR acq2hq@r.postjobfree.com Page 2

• Routed approved lease agreements for initial setup and true-up of automated rent payment processing

• Tracked and timely sent terminations of rejected alternate-candidate site leases to avoid unwanted rent costs

• Requested liability insurance certifications and permit bonds as required by landlords or permit agencies Property Specialist – Site Development, Birmingham AL (40 hours per week) 3/25/96 – 4/14/97

• Launch of Sprint’s Birmingham market completed in under 16 months via program-managed turnkey vendors

• Handled property rights negotiations, permit hearings, title and environmental due diligence for 45 of 90 sites

• Collaborated with local RF and construction engineering teams, regional finance and marketing, as well as corporate legal and regulatory staff to supervise turnkey outsourced services and system engineering vendors

• Led project team on field trips to prioritize alternative sites, develop timelines and estimate costs for acquisition and construction budgets meeting design criteria, schedule and as-built performance warranty

• Presented network design, cost and safety criteria at public zoning hearings to obtain governmental approvals

• Testified as sole expert witness in successful defense of $1M landlord claim related to cell site lease dispute LINDERLAKE CORPORATION (40 hours per week) 4/15/91 – 3/24/96 Permit and R/W Acquisition Agent – Sacramento CA, Eugene OR, Providence RI, Atlantic City NJ, Chicago IL Cell Site Acquisition/Disposition Specialist, Title Researcher, Regional Office Manager – Chicago IL, Atlanta GA

• Field-assigned as sole contractor to IXC, diversity and submarine cablehead fiber optic projects for Sprint

• Secured construction permits, encroachment agreements and easements for equipment installation

• Researched alternative corridor proposals for power utility, railroad and highway rights-of-way alignment

• Coordinated deployment planning with 3rd party carrier project managers through project completion

• Compiled as-built project records and settled construction damages or closed out permits where required

• Obtained Centel site leases and development permits based on land title and environmental research

• Developed and reported alternate site candidates while negotiating paging facility leases for SkyTel

• Marketed, negotiated and drafted self-supported tower and parcel dispositions for Wisconsin Bell

• Settled post-construction damages for multi-state AT&T fiber-optic cable project

• Performed and program-managed metro CLEC fiber-optic route feasibility studies in 14 markets for ACSI

• Compiled exhaustive title reports for IRS audit reviewing Norfolk Southern railroad corridor donations

• Managed 3-contractor staff delivering turnkey cell site acquisition services for Alltel Mobile in 6 states

• Supervised 3-person regional office staff, marketed diverse contract service offerings to new customers Southeastern US title search and right-of-way acquisition service companies (40 hours/week) 6/1/82 – 11/30/90 Permit and R/W Acquisition Agent, Title Researcher – Kinston NC, Atlanta GA, Valdosta GA, Baton Rouge LA

• Contracted through Transamerica Energy Associates Inc., American Energy Services Inc. and Commtech Inc. to perform title research and right-of-way records management on fiber optic cable projects for AT&T

• Independently researched hundreds of property title abstracts and encumbrance reports for attorneys handling litigation or sales/loans of property, oil and gas rights or succession assets in LA and MS EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts – Philosophy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA (August 1980) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Notary Public – Superior Court - Dekalb County GA (1993 – 2017) Georgia Wireless Association

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