Ronald Butler
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Masters Of Science in Telecommunications Technology
SUMMARY
Highly skilled Program Manager with an exceptional level of ingenuity gained from a wide array of operational skills acquired during my years of experience in Corporate America which include but are not limited to:
Project Management
Vendor management
Strategic planning for global companies such as AT&T and GE
Operations, logistics and financial oversight.
To conclude, I am very astute in the areas of oral, written, interpersonal and cross functional communications along with the ability to work in an unstructured environment, with minimal direction and under aggressive schedules.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Orion Talent- (GE Energy) Sioux Falls, South Dakota (07/2015 – Present)
Operations Manager (Solar Program)
Directly oversee a team of Field Service Engineers assigned to various sites in the U.S.
Oversee all operations pertaining to solar array panels and inverter installation.
Schedule commissioning and service calls.
Track billing and invoicing for all solar operations.
Resolve any and all customer issues.
Single point of contact for the solar program.
Track, monitor and maintain all electrical test equipment.
Create spread sheets to track all solar activity including but not limited to finances.
Generate Scope of Work documentation Field Service Engineers.
Review and approve all field service and preventative maintenance reports.
Manage multiple simultaneous projects throughout the country daily.
VELOCITEL INC. Eden Prairie, Minnesota (08/2012 – 02/2015)
Senior Project Manager (AT&T Account)
Directly oversaw a team of Construction Managers and was responsible for management of 3rd part vendors for new site builds, relocations, and tower modifications as well as implementation of UMTS Carrier Adds and LTE Overlay
Single point of contact for AT&T for the acquisition of all purchase orders for vendors.
Responsible for the RFP, quotes and bids for SOW’s created for various carrier projects.
Review and approve/reject civil, site acquisition and decommissioning SOW’S.
Create and maintain all material trackers and spread sheets.
Manage, guide and direct Field Construction Managers
Manage, monitor and track site installations and modifications
Verify data base updates are accurate and current.
Generate Scope of Work documentation for Third Party Turf Vendor.
Review all RFDS and BOM’s for accuracy pertaining to materials needed for site builds.
Manage multiple simultaneous projects throughout the region on an as needed basis.
Create, modify and distribute all JSA (Job Start Agreement) documents for all projects.
Responsible for market launch readiness with minimal network down time.
Responsible for implementation of Ethernet Backhaul (fiber).
Responsible for all outside plants requirements (DC Power).
AT&T Schaumburg, Illinois (05/2009 – 03/2012)
ASG Senior Manager Real Estate and Construction - Regional Equipment Design Engineer (Consultant)
Wireless network equipment design/management for Illinois and Wisconsin.
Active participant in the development and implementation of the Chicago oDAS System.
Total responsibility for the design of the equipment (including power), for all DAS sites and DAS site upgrades (GSM, UMTS 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Carrier, and LTE )
Single point of contact for the acquisition of all DAS equipment via internal system program or purchase order.
Managed all material distribution to Third Party General Contractors
Review and approve/reject civil, site acquisition and decommissioning SOW’S.
Create and maintain all material trackers and spread sheets.
Verify data base updates are accurate and current.
Generate Scope of Work documentation for Third Party Turf Vendor.
Manage the building and installation of NSB, UMTS Carrier adds and DAS systems
Review all RFDS sheets for accuracy pertaining to materials needed for site builds.
Managed multiple simultaneous projects throughout the region on an as needed basis.
Established lines of communication with Switch team for T1 provisioning and verification.
Create, modify and distribute all JSA (Job Start Agreement) documents for all DAS projects.
T-MOBILE Chicago, Illinois (02/2008 – 02/2009) Regional UMTS Project Manager - Construction (Consultant)
Responsible for Phase 2 and Phase 3 of UMTS site construction in for a 4 state region
Manage all Field Techs, Field Construction Managers and Project Managers.
Responsible for all material ordering and material distribution to Third Party contractors.
Manage the build process for 2,000 + sites in Chicago, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
Indentify the need for additional T1 spans and Fiber, order, install and commission as appropriate.
Generate all BOM’s for Civil and RF builds.
Create and maintain all construction, material trackers and spread sheets.
Verify data base updates are accurate and current.
Generate Scope of Work documentation for Third Party Vendor for bidding.
Interview and assign 3rd Party Vendors for line, antenna, and civil work.
Wireless Enterprises King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (07/2007 – 12/2007)
Program Manager, Construction – T-Mobile Account - UMTS Node “B” Deployment (Consultant)
Directed all activities pertaining to the installation of Ericsson UMTS (Node “B”) overlay and 3018 workaround.
Managed all third party contractors (vendors) for installation of antennas, cables, Telco lines (T1 circuits), radio modules, power and TMAs.
Negotiated, scheduled and managed all preconstruction activities required for UMTS (Node “B”) installation.
Developed, managed and monitored all project plans.
Identified project specific resources and requirements.
Participated in Entitlement resolution issues including but not limited to structural analysis and architectural assessments.
Ensured service delivery was contract compliant by using Einstein to verify scope of work.
Monitor specific of contractual performance against SLA requirements.
Additional Experience
TRUE POSITION– Berwyn, Pennsylvania 2005 – 2007
Regional Project Manager, Deployment – Cingular Wireless Account (Contracted thru Comforce)
ANDREW – Ashburn, Virginia 2004 – 2005
Project Manager, Deployment – AT&T Wireless Account (Contracted thru Electronic Search)
Computer Skills
Operating Systems
Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8)
MAC
Software Applications for tracking and reporting project status
MS OFFICE SUITE
EPL
SITERRA
Einstein
IN-Site
Granite
Homer
CASPR
Software Applications for tracking and monitoring financials
SAP
Remedy
Clear Quest
Excel
PowerPoint
Oracle
Smart Bid
Quick Base