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Manager Project

Location:
Houston, TX
Salary:
105000
Posted:
October 05, 2015

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Garry M. Critchlow

Summary:

Supervisory manager with more than 15 years’ experience centered on organizational leadership and relationship building with Verizon Wireless, Sprint, At&t and T-mobile, senior executives and team members

Dynamic leader able to bring energy, enthusiasm, and humor to motivate team members to achieve potential and meet objectives

Detail-oriented, accurate, and dependable, with an uncompromising work ethic.

Active listener with strong interpersonal skills able to understand client needs and provide exceptional results

Superior performer in a broad variety of management and leadership positions with resource/fiscal management responsibilities

Skilled orator before senior leadership and groups of any size

Personal Skills:

Project Management

Technology Evaluation

Telecommunications

Systems Integration

Program Management

Customer Management

Field Engineering Management RF Engineering and Optimization

Technology Planning Construction Engineering Data Base (EDB), Bill Of Material (BOM)

Schematic Capture

PCB Layout

Designing and Implementation of Compaq netelligent Networks

HP Windows NT ASE track

Designing and Implementation of Fiber Channel Solutions

Bell Atlantic SLC loop carrier

T1, DS0, DS3

Microwave

Technical Skills:

Hardware / Software

Fiber, Ethernet, and Gigabit channels.

Cisco routers, Compaq Netelligent networks, Netvantage smart switch and repeaters.

Windows NT (ASE) Accredit System Engineer

Designing and implementing Fiber channel solutions.

Designing and implementing Compaq Netelligent

Quality Commitment Training.

RF design tools

PeopleSoft

XNG, EMIS, Oracle, Siterra

Education:

Computer Information Systems University of Houston

Licensed Texas Real Estate agent

Licensed Notary

Professional Experience:

GMC& Associates consulting Houston TX

10/31/2014 to Jul 2015

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the interrupting designs and construction needs pertaining to the f RFDS

Red line construction drawing as needed

Managed the installation process for vendors and client

Work closely with construction personnel and upper management to meet client standards

Consult for five different companies

Work with construction to Procure material ordering, and deliverable to sites

Estimated projects and performed bids; organized job sites and ordered and coordinated the delivery of materials and equipment

Record keeping of all documents including but not limited to budgets, materials, FAA,FCC

Maintained site development goals, conducted design walks, bid walks, facilitated permitting issues, provided problem solving, effectively managed general contractors.

Prepared RFQ’s,RFP’s,proposals,bids,submittals, schedules and necessary construction documents & contracts. Generated, updated and maintained a sub - contractor bid list. Managed, assisted, advised and consulted site superintendents.

Review RFDS for accuracy before submitting for leasing and zoning

Reported progress to upper Management

Preparing and completion of all necessary zoning applications and supporting documentation.

Managed and scheduled progress in associated databases

Monitored progress of the work for the assigned cell sites and reported daily status.

Engineering Support.

Assigned work to crews for construction, Real Estate and Transport

Work with local jurisdictions on required permits

Lesion between construction, Real Estate and upper management for reporting projects

US Cellular Urbandale IA- Contract 6/9/2014 to10/31/14

Project Manager / Construction Manager

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the Central IA, WI LTE upgrade on wave 4 with numerous vendors to meet installation time limits as dictated by Management

Managed the installation process antennas and all related equipment related to wave 4 upgrades

Worked closely with other market PM to ensure all goals are met

Managed 5 plus contractors and met schedule

Worked with Procurement on material ordering, and deliverable to site location to meet installation goals

Contacted landlords and tower owners to mitigate issues associated with wave 4 LTE installation

Reported progress to upper Management

Responsible for overseeing engineered drawings for mistakes, omissions and to make revisions to the contract design documents

Assist the Regulatory Team with filing, tracking, and submitting FAA & FCC regulatory documents through the company’s filing process.

Managed and scheduled progress in associated databases

Monitored progress of the work for the assigned cell sites and reported daily status.

Engineering Support.

Managed site costs, requested proposals, awarded bids and managed constrcution process.

Coordinates assigned MW and hardware work with other technical personnel as

needed to support the construction team’s workload.

Updated all data bases internal to US Cellular to meet teams time lines

Lesion for NSN and Ericsson RAN vendors

MasTec Florida/ Texas 4/ 2010 to 3/ 2014

Project Manager/Construction / Site Acquisition

Responsibilities:

Performing all aspects of the Site Acquisition process from site identification and qualification through the completion of construction.

Build and foster strategic relationship with the client

Responsible for over 10 million in revenue for Texas

Managed the build out of NSN 3G and LTE project in Houston and Dallas

Managed the Build out of Ericsson Minilink and LTE in Texas, NM and AZ

Manager the cell-One build out of 3G and LTE in Arizona and New Mexico

Create yearly budgets and forecasting to achieve company results

Manage Real Estate team to achieve leasing, permitting and Zoning goals

Manage groups expense and capital budgets

Managed all bids, contract negotiations and budgets.

Managed construction build out for 3000 projects, UMTS, NSB, LTE and MODS in SFL

Managed the team to a 536 LTE site build in 6 months from Real Estate and Construction

Managed 47 employees in various positions - UMTS, NSB and Real Estate.

Teams includes over 20 + outside vendors for Zoning, permitting,Real Estate and construction

Manage transport group T1/microwaves and Ethernet on 500 plus sites

Review RFDS for accuracy before submitting for leasing and zoning

Review SCIP candidates and choose best candidates for new site builds.

Meet with land owners and negotiation lease terms that are cost effective to the client.

Use siterra to upload documents after completion.

Attend zoning hearings and use applicable designs to discuss with jurisdiction the need for cell towers in their area.

Adhere to strict compliance of documentation related to all projects.

Communicate all plans to upper management.

Organizing and conducting presentations for neighborhood meetings or public hearings as required by local jurisdictions or as requested by respective property owner(s).

Build and foster strategic relationship with the client

Managed the Build out of Ericsson Minilink and LTE in Texas

Manager the cell-One build out of 3G and LTE in Arizona and New Mexico

Create yearly budgets and forecasting to achieve company results

Manage Real Estate team to achieve leasing, permitting and Zoning goals

Manage groups expense and capital budgets

Managed construction build out for 3000 projects, UMTS, NSB, LTE and MODS in SFL

Verizon Wireless Houston, TX 2007 to March 2010

Project manager/Real Estate Manager

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the Gulf Coast West Region Real Estate and construction team.

Preparing and completion of all necessary zoning applications and supporting documentation .

Worked on license and unlicensed MW hops

Maintaining complete documentation related to all planning, communications, and actions on sites.

Managed construction build out of 300 cell sites in Alltel Verizon wireless and Verizon merger

Spear headed the addition of over 500 cell sites adding EVDO high speed data to the network

Key role in the construction of LTE as it merged into the Verizon wireless network to support the 700 MHz spectrum.

Negotiation of Lease, Amendment, License, Right-of-Way and/or Easement Agreements with property owners

Managed 21 employees in various positions - construction, BTS engineers and Real Estate team

Teams included over 30 outside construction vendors that build and install various hardware and software into the network

Managed teams that installed T1 DS3 dark fiber and microwaves to multiple locations to support backhaul requirements for VZW cell sites

Hardware included Alcatel Lucent, Emerson, CSS Andrew and other large distributors of wireless equipment.

Worked closely with microwave and transport team to secure regulatory, lease and hardware installation.

Manage budget and resources for microwave projects

Generate and drive teams to reports scope of work for internal and external customers.

Define system design and generate equipment list from engineering and manufacture

BECHTEL New Orleans Louisiana 2001 To 2007

Project Manager / Construction Manager

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana build out of 450 UMTS sites

Worked with a 10 million budget plan directed for the southern region for new cell sites and overlay

Managed the installation process for E911 using Tru Positioning for 450 cell sites

Worked closely with contracted personnel to accomplish installation time lines

Conducted concrete break test and guide wire tension test on cell towers

Managed over ten different contractors and met schedule

Worked with Procurement on material ordering, including generators and HVAC units for the Gulf coast

Met with landlords and tower owners and worked out locations and lease agreements

Reported progress to upper Management

Extensive scheduling and coordination of the engineered drawing documents and revisions

Conduct bidding phase, negotiated and wrote contracts for subcontractors/suppliers, processed RFI documents, subcontractor change orders, approve payment applications.

Managed the schedule and progress database used for statusing project execution and reporting.

Monitored progress of the work for the assigned cell sites and reported daily status.

Engineering Support of over 20 markets throughout the United States

Trained Bechtel new employees on processes and procedures

Conducted training and certified Bechtel employees to interpret sweep test procedures

Supported the construction process as required in preparation of materials requisitions

Coordinates assigned work with other technical personnel as

needed to support the construction team’s workload.

COMPAQ Houston Texas June 1998- April 2001

Manager of Reliability Engineering

Responsibilities:

Managed twenty lab technicians in support of the communication products group

Liaison between the new product design teams and manufacturing

Performed root cause analysis and provided feedback on possible customer impact

Worked with divisional organizations to compute ROIC evaluations for design choices

Developed budget plans for OEM products flow

Worked with budget analyst on cost factors in developing warranty reserve

Provided timely written and oral presentations to upper management with resolutions

Managed assembly line in manufacturing to deliver products on schedule

Nextel Houston Texas June 1997- June 1998

Field Engineer

Responsibilities:

Designed wireless network for Texas market

Supported Real Estate at zoning hearings in Texas and Louisiana.

Supervised ongoing coordination and support of Motorola equipment vendor.

Met with land owners to determine best location for cell site installation.

Drove test and optimized network using R Sat equipment

Reported to Director of Engineering progress of network

Worked with team to complete build-out of San Antonio, Dallas and new Orleans

Houston cellular Houston Texas July 1995- May1997

RF Engineer

Responsibilities:

Designed, installed and optimized CDMA, TDMA and CDPD wireless network.

Installed Microwave systems using link budget to calculate line loss.

Supervised ongoing coordination and support of vendor relations.

Developed business plans for the strategic direction of joint-development activities.

Accurately forecasted and distributed project equipment needed to accomplish job

Extensive knowledge in Ericsson and Siemens 850 and 1900 GSM

Extensive knowledge on Ericsson UMTS systems

BELL ATLANTIC, Newark NJ June1980- July1995

Repair Technician

Responsibilities:

Managed new and existing projects through manufacturing to full implementation

Repaired and installed copper and fiber in manholes and poles

Monitored supplier inventory to mitigate risks and negative cost impact

Performed switch cut over on trunks

Supervised and coordinated efforts of project staff members Evaluated and tested emerging hardware at Western Electric manufacturing

Developed and reviewed operational procedures prior to global distribution and implementation.



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