Engineer Management

OBJECTIVE: Expand management experience to very large scale systems in

engineering, technical sales and/or regulatory affairs.

HIGHLIGHT: Over a decade of management experience in the telecommunication

industry with responsibilities ranging from engineering to

software development & national project management.

EDUCATION: Clemson University, Clemson, SC

BS Electrical Engineering, August 1998

Extensive coursework in Digital Communications

Extensive BS Physics coursework in Electromagnetism

Project Management Institute

PMP #1218517 (exp Nov 2011)

Professional Engineer, State of Georgia, Sitting Exam

October 28, 2011

EXPERIENCE:

December 2008 - Operator: AT&T Wireless

Present National PMO License Manager [US All 50 states, PR & VI]

. FCC Engineering Quality Assurance. Engineering quality

analysis process management prior to regulatory filings

(FCC filing renewals, modifications, acquisitions and

partnerships). Extensive use of custom programming

skills(VB, windows API, MapBasic) and RF engineering

expertise (Atoll predictions, link budgets, 32 dbu

contours) atop project management skills (multitasking,

multilayered communication, daily priority asssesment,

weekly progress evaluation across multiple markets) in

order to shepherd enterprise engineering and legal

filing process with US Federal Communications

Commission.

October 2007 - Operator: Cricket Communications Vendor:

Nortel Networks

November 2008 RF Engineering Project Lead [MD/DC/VA, 5 BTAs, 900 sites]

. Network Design (New AWS BTA). Responsible for managing

operator's network design, implementation and RF

coordination with corporate management and local project

management (site acquisition, construction, marketing,

sales) for 12 engineers & $167-million deployment

budget. 9 million pops covered.

August 2006- Operator: Cricket Communications Vendor:

Nortel Networks

October 2007 RF Design & Optimization Manager [NY, 3 BTAs, 320 sites]

. Network Design (New BTA 120 sites). Managed operator's

network design, implementation and RF coordination with

regional RF management and local project management

(site acquisition, construction, A&E, zoning hearings).

Search rings issuance, candidate approvals, site walks,

drawings reviews, Siterra database updates, management

of RF engineers (contractors), vendor collaboration and

network launch coordination (sweeps, shakedowns, traffic

troubleshooting)

. Network Optimization (New BTA 108 sites). Network

parameters setup (neighbor lists, search windows, power

outputs, constant network KPIs monitoring and subsequent

parameter adjustments. Hardware-change orders and

performance work orders composition and implementation

for improved KPIs and site performance. Propagation

software network-data modeling adjustment to live

network parameters, performance, and characteristics.

March 2006- Operator: Actix (Sprint-Nextel client) Vendor: Lucent-

Motorola

June 2006 RF Network Lead (CDMA EVDO and iDEN) Design and Optimization

Actix Software Integration [CA, NV, NM and AZ]

. Network Auditing. Responsible for auditing and updating

(live and design) site database with software snapshot

database. Integration of site RF configuration for

quality, capacity and expansion sites projected over the

following budget year (site database(CDMA and iDEN),

site configuration(CDMA and iDEN), current frequency

plan (iDEN), projected reduced-spectrum iDEN frequency

plan, site modification updates (CDMA and iDEN),

projected traffic(CDMA and iDEN)).

. (Automatic Cell Planning) ACP Optimization/Design

Rollout [CDMA EVDO and iDEN]. In charge of setting up

proper project parameters, site database and traffic

demand grids for the optimization launch of ACP.

Overview and analysis of optimization software results

in light of blocking, traffic covered, suggested

adjustments (power, tilt, azimuth, height, antennae

selection) and purported gains. Analysis of budgeted

design site selection in light of their optimal fit with

live network. Validation of model tuning against live

network data and CW signal data.

May 2005- Operator: Sprint-Nextel Vendor: Motorola

November 2005 Senior RF Engineer

. Frequency Planning Software support. Responsible for

developing Visual C++ tools and Visual Basic software

from scratch to assist the Southern California iDEN

Frequency Planning engineers with Airgen Switch import

files, CellOpt import files and Wizard propagation

export files. Developed XML company intranet reports for

various market iDEN RF managers to monitor entry errors,

missing parameters and mismatched entries.

. Umbrella Cells Project. In charge of assisting iDEN

performance engineers by designing and implementing

spectrum-efficient umbrella cells for key market areas

with significant call drops, heavy traffic and tiered

distinct traffic mobility.

November 2004- Operator: Sprint-Nextel Vendor: Motorola

April 2005 Senior RF Engineer

. Network Redesign. In charge of iDEN Network re-design

for 571 On-Air Sites and 80 design rings in Brookly-

Queens and Long Island (East of New York City) with

standard macro sites, fiber microcellls and decommission-

destined rollout sites.

. Design Implementation. Issued search rings for site

acquisition, evaluated candidate, and approved A&E

drawings. Coordinated design with cluster performance

engineers and tuned Planet EV models after Actix E6474-

Nitro data post-processing from drive-test teams.

Coordinated activities with construction and real-

estate.

August 2003- Operator: T-Mobile Vendor: Ericsson-Nortel

April 2004 Senior RF Engineer

. Network Design. Re-designed GPRS/GSM Network with focus

on Suffolk County, Long Island, NY (East of NY City)

market growth, design planning and site development.

. Design Implementation. Issued search rings, evaluated

candidates, and approved A&E drawings. Checked switch

datafill, and approved Quality & Assurance of site

implementation.

. Network Performance and Optimization. Performed site

beta-test and traffic statistics analysis for newly on-

air live sites. Coordinated and delivered on-air

functional sites to cluster performance engineers.

Coordinated trouble-ticket resolution with construction

management and cluster performance engineer for new

sites with poor statistics or substandard configurations

(Nortel and Ericsson BSCs, BTSs).

October 2001- Vendor: Nortel, Nokia

July 2003 Senior RF Engineer

. CDMA 1X-RTT design and optimization for Pelephone

(Israel): Emphasis on data throughput analysis and

traffic blocking. In charge of supporting post-

processing team with Planet modeling and troubleshooting

substandard new sites.

. Professional Development. Attended 3G GPRS/GSM, CDMA-

1XRTT seminars. Tutored Advanced Mathematics and

Engineering Physics at Community College of Southern

Nevada (CCSN).

May 2001- Operator: Crickett Wireless Vendor: Nortel

September 2001 Lead CDMA RF Engineer

. System design for Dayton, OH and Toledo, OH with 135

sites. Determined optimum site location, carrier

assignment, PN planning, and analysis of captured

traffic and population.

. Design Implementation. Model tuning. Completed candidate

analysis, RF approval, Construction Drawings Review, FCC

& FAA filing, EMF filing.

. Optimization Setup. Established cluster size, selected

drive-test routes, review optimization packages, filled

master spreadsheet of switch parameters.

. Management. Stand-alone RF management of project with 2

RF engineers. Interacted with construction and real

estate management. Monitored design regulatory

compliance. Submitted weekly market report to upper

management in Pittsburgh, PA and weekly market progress

tracking to LEAP Wireless corporate office in San Diego,

CA.

November 2000- Operator: Verizon Wireless Vendor: Nortel

March 2001 Lead CDMA/AMPS RF Engineer

. AMPS Underlay Management for Las Vegas & Southern

Nevada. Setup system and individual 110 cell-site

databases. Coordinated shakedown team and equipment

programming. Performed tweaking of Post-Cut-Over AMPS

Inter-System Hand Offs. Monitored hourly operational

measurements from the switch and overall system

performance until contractual 2% blocking rate was

satisfied. Performed live troubleshooting by remote dial-

up into the switch (Field Mobile Phone Tracking, Site

Performance Analysis) and by guiding the field test

teams at intersystem borders.

. CDMA Design and Optimization for Las Vegas & Southern

Nevada. Set-up Planet designs for CDMA 120-sites

database. Probed interference prior to overlay 800 CDMA

market cutover. Assisted equipment programming and

coordinated of shakedown teams. Cross-trained in Nortel

CDMA RFO post-processing and troubleshooting (Messaging,

PN Assignments, Signal Strength and Interference

issues). Monitored shakedowns and determined pre-

optimization clusters. Tutored and mentored new RF

engineers.

September 1998- Operator: AT&T Vendor: Lucent, Ericsson

October 2000 RF Engineer - Galaxy Engineering Services (now

InCode)

. Software Engineer. Developed remotely a new RF

propagation software (TDMA IS-136, CDMA) with Lee and

Hata modeling, measured data import, linearization,

statistics, graphical mapping interface, object-oriented

design and implementation. Remote communication (verbal

and written) with development team.

. Project RF Engineer. Designed and implemented IS-136

markets in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi

from nominal scratch design to operator (AT&T) delivery.

Completed TDMA IS-136 Manual frequency planning with

limited spectrum ( C-Band) and 150-site market.

Completed clear frequency adjustments to the frequency

planning. Overviewed site optimization (setup, drives,

reports, hysteresis, and switch contact). Designed

antenna system. Overviewed COW specifications, testing

and approval. Analyzed repeaters specification, testing

and approval. Mentored interns and new RF engineers.

SOFTWARE . RF: Forsk Atoll, Ericsson Planet EV,

Ericsson TEMS Optimization, Agilent Suite (E6482A-

Wizard,E6474A-Nitro), Datapro, Wavecall Wavesight, Actix

Suite (CellOpt, ACP, Analyzer), Grayson Spectrum Tracker,

Verizon DataPro, Nortel CDMA RF Optimizer 5.3 Beta 2, Xceed

Technologies, Windcatcher, Citrix suite (Remedy, InSite,

Metrica, AIMS, KingFisher), Nortel applications (CACP,

BOAT), Siterra

. Programming: Visual Studio .NET (Visual C++, Visual Basic

6.0, HTML), MapInfo MapBasic

OTHER . Fluent in English, French, Spanish and Italian

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