Darren Williams

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Herndon, VA acsbsz@r.postjobfree.com

Engineer/Wireless Optimization

Telecommunications / Wireless Equipment, Services, Software & Networks

Highly accomplished systems engineer with over seven years of technical experience within various Fortune 500 companies designing and optimizing key strategic technologies. Unique blend of hands-on technical and management experience.

Core Strengths & Expertise

Good communication skills

Ability to work in a team environment

Strong work ethic

Fast Learner

Professional Experience

Hinsight Technologies, Newark, NJ May2010 Present

(Growing Engineering firm specializing in networking and telecommunications services;)

Chief RAN Engineer

Lead Engineer involved in testing, deployment and commissioning of WIMAX and LTE in various markets within the United States and Canada.

Huawei Technologies, Kirkland, WA/Herndon, VA December2010 Present

(Multinational networking and telecommunications equipment supplier; $24.4 billion revenue; 95,000 employees)

WIMAX/LTE RAN Engineer

Lead Engineer involved in testing, deployment and commissioning of WIMAX and LTE in various markets within the United States and Canada.

Testing 4x4 MIMO Technology and evaluating the Performance in outdoor and indoor scenarios

Evaluating multiple TM modes and their impact on performance at cell middle and cell edge(TM3,TM8)

Testing Carrier Aggregation(20Mhz+20Mhz) and its effect on throughput at cell middle and cell center

Conducted IOT EPC testing with ALU and Samsung under the MOCN architecture.

Conducted high priority LTE Feature testing for 3GPP Release 9 and 10 hardware and software.

Provide R&D root cause to issues found in testing and work on a resolution for a fix.

Provide training to new hires on LTE signaling and analysis

E2E commissioning/testing/validation of Huawei Ran and Core LTE products analyzing various KPIs for clients

Commissioned a LTE Lab for Network Security Audits of various network security protocols

Conducted Remote Electronic Tilt audits for various markets on the West Coast and Midwest

Supported RAN software upgrades for Clearwire on the West Coast

Hisilicon Chipset Validation, Troubleshooting and Baselining for 3GPP GCT Certification

Member of a RF engineering team evaluating Wimax and LTE trials in Phoenix, Arizona

Worked alongside RF engineers to minimize Interference in various Clearwire markets

Provided training to Clearwire Engineers on troubleshooting procedures for Huawei Basestation

Conducted VOIP testing/validation for Huawei Wimax/Wifi SMBS for TimeWarner in LA market

Lead Engineer for Sprint Pico IOT trial to validate Huawei’s Pico cell for Enterprise clients

Samsung Telecommunications America, Carlstadt, NJ July 2010 November 2010

(One of five business units within Samsung Electronics; $7.3 billion revenue)

WIMAX BTS Network Engineer

Supporting CLEARWIRE with the rollout and testing of WIMAX in the NEW York METRO market

Conducting firmware and software upgrades on Wimax RAS Base stations

Troubleshoot alarms on the Base stations as they are received by the NOC

Tested each site prior to On air activation by running scripts for RF measurements.

Verizon Wireless Corporation, New York, NY 2005 2009

(Domestic and international provider of data, voice, equipment and wireless services; $97.35 billion revenue; 230,000 employees)

RF OPTMIZATION ENGINEER (2005 2009)

Strategically directed and managed a geographically dispersed team of 5 field engineers in New York; worked with various enterprise customers to troubleshoot complex technical issues.

Conducted CDMA and EVDO Network Design and Optimization.

Conducted site audit to check antenna height, downtilt and Azimuth, cable length, position, and power transmission.

Led the roll out of Push to Talk for New York Metro. Conducted initial drive tests and border handoffs.

Developed troubleshooting documents for field engineers for Push to Talk New York Metro deployment.

Led the turn up of EVDO Rev0 and RevA network for Queens and Long Island, NY.

Initiated Redesigns in Queens and Long Island New York that increased EVDO throughput by 30% via downtilts and parameter design changes.

Conducted in building designs for various enterprise customers such as Veterans Hospital and BJs. Used QXDM tool to design indoor coverage for CDMA/EVDO repeater.

Assisted Data Engineers with the implementation and configuration of Alcatel 7750 in the New York Market

Technical Skills

Operating Systems: UNIX Solaris 10, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 7,Ubuntu

Software Skills: QXDM, Datapro, Ehealth, Ethereal, TCPtrace, Zite, Perl, DOS, IManager M2000, Sybase, DUmeter, Teamviewer, Solaris Oracle 10, Histudio, Genex Probe, U-Net

Hardware Skills: Lucent MOD 3.0/4.0 base stations, Andrew Multi Carrier Power Amplifier, Powerwave Multi Carrier Amplifier, Andrew Tower Mounted Amplifier, Alcatel 7750, Alcatel 7705, ALU EVDO Radio Network Controller, ALU 1X Radio Network Controller, DBS 3900 Base Station, Fujitsu M4000 Sparc Server, OceanStor SAN Array

Training: Qualcomm Upper Layer Protocol Troubleshooting and Analysis, Qualcomm EVDO Performance Engineering, Lucent RF Engineering, Cisco Networking Essentials, ALU 7750/7705 Operation, Administration and Maintenance, IP Data networking, Huawei TDD/FDD LTE Overview, Single Ran LTE Commissioning, Huawei LTE RNO/RNP Analysis, 3GPP Release 9 and 10

Education & Professional Development

B.S. Electrical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

Post Baccalaureate, McNair Research Program

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