Engineer Design

Cell Phone 510-***-**** Kenneth A. Stroube Home Phone (510)772-

9630

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Oakland CA 94611

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Radio Frequency Engineer

? Senior RF Engineer with over 20 years Cellular systems

design and placement, including cell splitting, sectoriation and

modifications of existing cells to meet the current network

demands.

? Reduced expenses by pioneered innovative design approaches

that utilized micro cells, repeaters and broad band amplifiers.

Well versed with FCC and FAA requirements, including licensing

procedures.

? Increased customer satisfaction by solving numerous RF

interference issues throughout the region.

? Source Material Expert in Public Safety RF interference

mitigation procedures and techniques.

? Proficiencies include; Analog, CDMA and iDEN, propagation

performance analysis tools including frequency planning.

EXPERIENCE

Bryant Solutions Senior RF Analyst San Ramon CA Nov 2009 - Jul

2010

? Responsibilities: Identifying RF, Radio Frequency Interference for

various Cellular and Public Safety entities throughout northern

California.

To include frequency planning activities necessary for eliminating IM

"Intermodulation" interference, known as RF desence which is receiver

front end overload.

? PIM testing: "Passive Intermodulation" To further reduce IM issues

at cell sites I was fortunate to be involved first hand with PIM

analyzers used to find bad coax, antennas and connector issues.

Nextel Sprint Senior RF Engineer San Ramon CA Aug 1999 -

Mar 2009

? Responsible for on time design and placement of over 100 iDEN cell

sites in the Bay Area, some requiring unique stealth designs to

overcome the many obstacles presented in the zoning permit process.

Additionally, worked side by side with Optimization Engineers to

integrate these newly designed sites into the network; provided

pathways for promotions into management for these System Performance

Engineers.

? When Public Safety RF interference became an important issue;

Volunteered to become the Point of Contact for all Regional mitigation

activities while serving as the local interference mitigation expert,

resolving hundreds of issues for: Cities, Counties and Agencies

through out Northern and Central California.

? Headed up implementation of 900MHz radios, required frequency

clearing and noise floor interference mitigation for the entire

Northern California area, these new frequencies added in meeting

important re-banding dead lines

? Frequency re-banding activities required close hands-on involvement

with; Fresno Mobil Radio, Ray's Radio, Crystal Communications and La

Rue Communications, resolving all interference issues to hasten the

process.

? Appointed SME "Source Material Expert" for any and all interference

issues to iDEN 800MHz, 900MHz and CDMA 1900MHz issues.

? System Performance; When interference issues were low, I took on

additional responsibilities for System performance, working closely

with site technicians resolving equipment performance issues including

adding capacity where needed.

EXPERIENCE_CONTINUED

GTE - Verizon Wireless Radio Engineer San Ramon CA Jul 1989 -

Aug 1999

? Saved over $1 million by deploying a three-repeater solution to

provide cellular service along the California Coast Highway.

? Saved over $200,000 engineering an in-building repeater system

purchased by the customer, a company first.

? Achieved a proven record for the deployment of over 60 cellular

transceiving sites in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

? Created and implemented a unique Micro Cell design approach

eliminating the necessity of deployment of additional sites, saving

several hundred thousands of dollars in deployment costs.

? First with GTE Wireless to utilize PG&E high-tension power towers for

cell site antenna placement.

? Built and implemented 5 cell sites within a 9 month time frame,

thereby retaining the license for the areas.

? Considered an Expert Engineer at City and County zoning hearings

throughout the Bay Area, with a "No denial" track record.

? Achieved a GTE first by designing antennas inside columns of a church

tower.

? Pioneered the use of three-in-one antennas resulting in quick design

approvals by local jurisdictions.

? Integrated an after-market class A linear power amplifier design

significantly improving performance and reducing costs.

? Played a key role as a committee member developing Tower ordinances

for the City of San Jose, expediting placement within the City by 30%.

EDUCATION

George Washington University Washington DC Courses Studied

Include

? Mobil Cellular Telecommunications Systems Design

? Principles of Digital Cellular Telephony

? Radio Wave propagation for Communications

? Analyzing Communications System Performance

ORGANIZATIONS

NARCC - Northern Amateur Relay Council of California Inc.

Contra Costa County Sheriff's Reserve, Amateur Radio Unit.

Licenses: FCC First Class Phone/General Radiotelephone Operator.

Amateur Radio Extra Class.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Building a wide area linked UHF amateur radio repeater network for

emergency and rescue communications throughout Northern California and

Nevada, supporting over 50 private users.

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