Engineer Manager
Resume:
Kimberly VanHoven
Email: *********@********.***
Address: ** ******* *****
City: Stafford
State: VA
Zip: 22554
Country: USA
Phone: 703-***-****
Skill Level: Experienced
Salary Range: $100,000
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Kimberly Van Hoven
46 Pergola Drive, Stafford, VA 22554
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Proven ability to design and implement highly effective network designs, outstanding project management skills, excellent ability to identify strategic opportunities and solutions, proactively manage a budget, with quarterly roll-ups to ensure spending matches to budget. Worked ten years for multiple wireless mobile providers in many different roles and capacities as either an employee or a contractor. Currently working in the Radio Frequency division. Proven ability to understand customer needs and create successful solutions. Always pursuing more effective methods for success & process optimization while maintaining cost efficiency. An exceptional communicator & influencer with broad experience in wireless communications, development, process engineering & program management. Wide range of transferable skills, including Business Analysis, Demand Planning, Process Design, Data Analysis, Project Management and Radio Frequency Engineer/Operator. Known by my peers as an exceptional, successful, upbeat & dynamic leader who always gets the job done.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Stafford VA September 2010-Present
Radio Frequency Test Engineer, Operations Engineering Group, MRC
* Test Engineer supporting multiple programs in collecting, investigating, analyzing and providing resolution of calibration and test data
* Generate scripted and RF calibration signals in support of customer requirements
* Investigate and analyze calibration signals for Operation and Maintenance
* Use a complex Command and Control System to create and manage activities
* Installed, modified and tested new hardware
* 24/7 Monitoring and Testing
Ericsson, Reston VA September 2009-September 2010
Design Network Engineer - CDMA & GSM
* Active in the standardization of policies and procedures related to design and engineering of telecommunication services
* Proven track record of meeting deadlines in a high pressure environment
* New cell site design, augment and optimization activities on 2 networks (CDMA & iDEN)
* New EVDO adds and augments to the CDMA network
* Run and analyze reports by telneting into equipment to pull tables, inventory and parameters for national analysis
* Gather data from different internal and external tools
* Ensure Data Integrity of multiple databases
Sprint Nextel Communications, Reston VA August 2005-September 2009
Business Analysis/Program Manager - CDMA & GSM
* Natural ability to understand complex issues & quickly simplify
* Strong leadership, team building, and problem solving expertise
* Worked diligently with multiple teams to successfully integrate new technology from installation to integration
* Analyzed budgets trends and developing projections and forecasts
* Tool development & testing for all planning, design & optimization tools
* Identified new business opportunities using home-grown tools that forecasted seasonal trends
* Wrote strategic planning guidelines and How-To manuals and documentation for new technologies
* Identified new business opportunities; such as, equipment optimization, tool and process improvements
* Oversaw technology dependencies and gaps in a 3 year project plan, set milestones, and drove the plan to completion
* Managed a project that took a new element and integrates it into a network
* An active leader in the establishment and standardization of policies and procedures related to design and engineering of the networks
* Produced business cases for improvements in the network
* Investigated national projects to ensure a cohesive plan with no unexpected misses
* Held and attended weekly calls with multiple customers from the initial kickoff to final testing
Nextel Communications, Reston VA September 2000-August 2005
Capacity Manager- GSM
* Strong attention to detail and superior organization skills
* Proven track record of meeting deadlines in a high pressure environment
* Coordinated a $400 million capital budget forecasting, analysis & reporting for multiple networks while redefining planning & forecasting process
* Worked diligently with multiple teams to successfully integrate new technology from installation to integration
* Demonstrated a working knowledge on Motorola, Nortel and Alcatel-Lucent platforms
* Statistical monitoring and traffic analysis
* Coordinated Vender Management across multiple technologies
* Maintained comprehensive documentation of all network design and engineering
WinStar Wireless, Inc., Herndon VA June 1998 - September 2000
Network Engineer, Team Lead
* Created Engineering Work Orders for initial HUB site builds
* Produced Methods of Procedures and implement augments for HUB and customer sites
* Received As-Builds back from the market and updated inventories in a national database
* Added, modified and removed HUB and Customer equipment in TBS (Telcom Business Solutions)
* Manage DS1/DS3/OC3/OC12 and OC48 radios, antennas, DSX/FDP Panels, Tellabs DCS and Lucent 5ESS for entire lifecycle
* Built ISRs, ASRs and created customer and network CLRs
* Received certifications in Lucent 5ESS Translations and the Architecture of the Lucent 5ESS
SKILLS
* Microsoft Office - Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Project
* AutoCAD
* MetaSolv - TBS
* TecPlot
EDUCATION
Strayer University - B.A. in Business Administration (Management) - Graduate September 2010
Computer Learning Center - Network Administration Novell - Graduated 1997
CLEARANCE
TS SCI with Poly
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