Nicholas P. KEARSEY
***** ****** **** ***** . ***** Ridgeville, OH 44039
Phone: 440-***-**** . E-mail: ********@**********.***
Work experience
**/** - ******* ************* ************** Corporation
Santa Barbara, CA
Construction Manager
Oversaw AT&T LTE Upgrade project in IN/KY market, working from site pickup to
site closeout.
Work with and oversee general contractors to ensure safe and correct site
builds.
Microwave Field Technician
Layout, install and maintain base station equipment for private point to
point microwave systems.
Program radios, management components, switches and rectifier control units.
Coordinate with clients IT group to integrate our system with their network.
Create testing plan to manage link testing and troubleshooting to provide
lowest possible latency.
Provide support, performing maintenance & repair as needed.
Perform all work from home office, with little to no supervision.
10/09 - 06/11 Micro Advantage Inc
Elyria, OH
Network Field Engineer
Design, install, and maintain IP phone systems for small and large scale
clients, including configuring remote phones and soft phones.
Program Cisco routers, switches and firewalls to work with ADSL, T1, and
fiber, including setting up VLANs and trunking.
Setup VOIP servers using CentOS and Asterisk, with a FreePBX GUI.
Work with client IT group to integrate our phone system with their network.
Coordinate with local LEC and cable companies to provide the best circuit to
suit needs of the client.
Integrate all installed systems into our 24 hour surveillance monitoring
program.
Successfully act as customer IT support, performing computer/network
maintenance & repair.
Maintain all equipment at main facility, which houses approximately fifty
servers, routers, switches and firewalls.
08/97 - 04/09 Sprint Nextel
Cleveland, OH
Project Manager
Managed all CDMA related projects for the Midwest region, including obtaining
quotes from vendors, coordinating regional technicians, and designing new
solutions.
Closely work with RF Engineering to find and resolve problem
coverage/capacity areas and possible network issues, and meet with retail
store managers to keep them informed.
Participate in various evaluations of new test equipment from several
vendors.
Senior RF Field Technician
Responsible for acceptance testing, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair
of Motorola PCS CDMA CBSC, BTS, battery cabinets, and pilot beacons, iDEN
BTS, Lucent RPEC, and Northern Telecom power and telco cabinets.
Involved since start of market with site selection, site evaluation, and
drive testing, including incorporating drive test data into RF propagation
tools.
Strengthened relationships with contractors to ensure all aspects of quality
site construction.
Created and continually improved map database to assist technicians and
contractors in locating sites.
02/91 - 08/97 Antenna Specialist/Allen Telecom Group
Solon, OH
Antenna Designer/Design Change Coordinator
Design, testing, and prototyping of new antenna models, and modification of
existing models to fit customer specifications.
Identify and resolve engineering problems in existing models, and liaison
with manufacturing to ensure repeatable quality construction.
Review design change requests to assess their impact on engineering issues.
Operate and maintain outdoor antenna test range and related equipment and
controls.
Created reporting system for project management utilizing network email
system.
Developed and maintained multi-user network capable software for tracking of
new model projects development and design changes
07/82 - 12/90 United States Navy
Norfolk, VA/San Diego, CA
Electronic Warfare Technician First Class (E-6)
Managed a staff of fifteen in the operation and maintenance of various
electronic countermeasures systems, primarily the AN/SLQ-32{V)3.
Primary technician responsible for calibration, testing and operations of
ships ESM/ECM/ECCM assets.
Executed field changes and technical upgrades of onboard countermeasures and
intelligence gathering systems on various platforms.
Responsible for inventory control and sourcing of standard/custom parts and
assemblies.
Authored the Electronic Warfare doctrine for two different Navy warships.
EducaTion
St. Ignatius High School Cleveland,
OH
Navy Basic Electronics & Electricity Orlando, FL
Navy Electronic Warfare A & C School Pensacola, FL
Navy Leadership Management Education Training Norfolk, VA
Motorola BTS & CBSC Schools Fort Worth, TX
CDMA Theory Columbus,
OH
T1 Theory
Independence, OH
CDMA 3G Overview Independence,
OH
Digium Asterisk/FreePBX training Huntsville, AL
REFERENCES
References furnished upon request.