Bradley K. Birmingham
Mantua, OH 44255
Home: 330-***-****
abl9t6@r.postjobfree.com
Summary
I am a skilled professional with extensive project management,
construction, wireless network engineering, budgetary management, planning
and forecasting and implementation experience. I am also highly skilled in
marketing and product development
Work History
Project Engineer II / Construction Engineer
2001 to 2010
Verizon Wireless (Alltel Communications, Inc.), Twinsburg, OH
Position eliminated as result of Alltel/Verizon merger .
Management-level position, engineering and managing wireless network
projects serving five major switched markets and managing a capital budget
that averaged 8 to 15 million dollars per year. Major tasks included but
not limited to:
Management of cell site construction
Monitor and coordinate construction site, bid walks, contract bids,
equipment procurement, regulatory filing and tracking, site acquisition,
budget management, etc. Coordinate with all key process players, from
budget planning stage through commercial site activation. (i.e., Real
Estate, Corporate Environmental, Network Operations, Network Planning,
System Performance, RF Engineering, RF planning, Regulatory, Property
Management, Transport, e-911, Procurement, Switching, Switch Planning,
contractors, vendors, land owners, and public jurisdictions).
Technology Knowledge and Experience
. Motorola, Nortel, Alcatel Lucent BTS Infrastructure
. LTE (4G), EVDO, 3G1X, CDMA, GSM, PCS platforms
. Vendor relations: PECO II, Antel, Decibel, Andrew, Cellxion,
Fibrebond, Panasonic, RFS, Harger, Cummins, Kohler, Rohn, Valmont,
Sabre, AdTran, Delta, ISCO, Polyphaser, etc..
. Turnkey cell site construction, cell site power and grounding, line
and antenna implementation, azimuth and down tilt modifications, tower
modifications, generator additions, carrier additions, CDMA (digital)
overlays, GSM additions, battery/power plant additions and upgrades,
etc.
Marketing Analyst II 2000 to
2001
Alltel Publishing, Inc., Hudson, OH
Responsible for the sales analysis, product development and rollout of
Alltel Wireline telephone directories as well as independent books. Duties
included, market evaluation, creating marketing strategies, performing
sales kickoff's, post-mortem analysis of sales program and quality
assurance of final product.
Product Analyst, Midwest Region 1998 to
2000
Alltel Communications, Inc., Hudson, OH
Created, communicated and rolled out regional / corporate product and
marketing initiatives in a five-state region focusing on the wireless and
wireline converged markets. Products such as wireless digital service, new
wireless handsets as well as text messaging, high speed internet, paging
and wireline custom calling features were introduced. I performed sales
performance analysis, market rollouts, worked with product vendors,
provided sales and market support and coordinated initiatives with Alltel
Corporate Headquarters.
Regional Customer Retention Specialist
1997 to 1998
Alltel Communications, Inc, Canfield, OH
In bound regional call center specialist focusing on the retention of
customers wishing to end their wireless service by evaluating the
customer's needs and negotiating a possible resolution to their problem(s).
Retail Sales Representative 1995 to
1997
Sprint Cellular /360 Communications, Inc, Boardman, OH
Providing customer care and professional knowledge regarding cellular phone
service
Education
Youngstown State University 1995 Bachelor of Arts,
Political Science / Economics
Computer Skills
Microsoft: Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Project, Instant Messenger,
Outlook, and Internet Explorer.
Other: PeopleSoft, Adobe Acrobat, JD Edwards, Atlas, Ariba,
Business Objects, SQL