Project Management

NAME: Nicholas Swords

PHONE: 317-***-****

AVAILABILITY: 1 Week Notice

LOCATION: Indianapolis, IN

EDUCATION:

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Extensive coursework in Industrial Technology and Distribution, School of

Technology

SUMMARY:

Experienced with the Ericsson, Nortel, Nokia, Tyco/ADC (DAS), Huawei, and the Alcatel-Lucent platforms. Worked

in the Field, Switch Management, IM/PM, and RF environment. Learned new technologies quickly, enjoy teaching

others, and work well under pressure. Experienced with GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, iDEN, HSPA+, LTE, Fiber Optics,

DAS (indoor and outdoor), and Small Cells.

• Experienced in a Project Management role with a strong background in team development

• Strong leadership capabilities, strong judgment, and the ability to work effectively with and influence clients,

team members, management and external groups

• Experienced with leading large application development or infrastructure design/deployment projects

• Experience with project budgetary responsibilities

• Ability to acquire a thorough understanding of the business/client environment and systems, connectivity

and application technological alternatives

• Strong general business knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of project management life cycle and systems development life cycle

• Extensive knowledge of project management tools, techniques and practices.

• Ability to lead a team and deliver all phases of complex assignments

• Strong analytical, problem solving and planning ability

• Ability to interact and communicate with senior management

• Understanding of various technologies including, applications, databases, networking, telecommunications

and connectivity

• Knowledge of MS Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Visio software programs

• Experience negotiating with business partners, contractors, sub-contractors, facility personnel and external

vendors

• Proven experience in team building, leadership, and quick build up to time on station

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Self Employed

Telecom Contractor

July 2014 to Present

• Working for various clients in assisting with various tasks such as the following

• Project Management, Implementation, Construction, Distribution, and Installation

• Experience with Fiber, copper, cable TV/Internet/Phone, DAS (indoor and outdoor), Small Cells, IP based

cells, MACRO, and MICRO systems.

• Budgetary quotes, site walks, BOM’s, SOW’s, Vendor and Contractor management

• Installation of cell sites, DAS, cables (CAT5, CAT6, CAT8, Coax, Electrical, Fiber, Copper), Racks, and

various equipment

Indiana Fiber Network

Project Engineer

February 2014 to June 2014

• Assisted and managed the circuit data clean up for the IFN network and completing all of the data mining

and entries in the MetaSolv database and verifying information against engineering specs and sales/billing

information

• Was responsible for putting together all the Engineering packets for the AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile, and

Verizon Fiber to Tower (FTT) project.

• Assisted with the Fiber to home (FTH) project

• Coordinated third party maintenance and work that was inside IFN cages and offices, along with other

Outside Plant (OSP) work.

• Assisted the warehouse with all distribution needs.

• Coordinated efforts with internal teams.

• Helped sales with finding new accounts via previous contacts that I had made at other companies

• Vendor and Contractor management

• Built emergency inter-departmental teams to handle customer needs

August 2013 to February 2014

Security Contractor Overseas

B-MAC Wireless

Project Manager - LTE upgrades

May 2013 to July 2013

• Project managed a team of 25 techs that included integrators, construction crews, and labors. We

assisted helping T-Mobile with their upgrade to LTE and FTT for all of Indiana, parts of Ohio Chicago, and

Milwaukee. I was also 100% responsible for all of the budgets for my projects, BOM’s, and SOW’s. Vendor

and Contractor management

Ericsson – Charlotte, NC

Implementation Manager II - T-Mobile Modernization Project

January 2013 to May 2013

• Responsible for manning the War Room 24/7 w shift changes.

• Responsible for tracking progress of the project (700 sites)

• Worked in the field, installing, commissioning, and integrating when needed to keep us on schedule.

• Managed several CM’s, ASP’s, and SP’s.

• Comfortable with working in a Dynamic environment with the Customer and other Contractors

• Responsible for monitoring alarms via the Ericsson OSS

• Responsible for building a long term relationship with T-Mobile USA

• Assisted with the T-Mobile Switch Team whenever I could

• Familiar with the Ericsson 3000 and 6000 series RBS and AIR antennas.

• Created and BOM’s and Sow’s

• Vendor and Contractor management

TE Connectivity - Nationwide

Project Engineer II - Neutral Host and Emerging Markets DAS Networks

September 2010 to December 2013

• Responsible for successful completion of Neutral Host projects Nationwide

• Responsible for supporting the Sales Team, performing site walks and site surveys, providing budgetary

and final quotes, design of the system, Project Management of the projects from start to finish, and

commissioning/integration/optimization of the network

• Responsible for projects from “cradle to grave”, and for installation QC’s for my team, and assisting in

troubleshooting and customer service calls

• Designed projects for Stadiums, Hotels, Hospitals, Casinos, Office Buildings, University Campuses,

Automotive Factories (Corvette Factory), race tracks (Charlotte and Indianapolis Motor Speedway), NASA

and Military installations, Convention Centers, Stadiums, Ball Parks, Field Houses, and Large Cities

(Chicago).

• VSWR, Return Loss and Distance to Fault sweeps and PIM results

• Trained and working knowledge of the TE platforms, Prism (outdoor), and Unison, Fusion, and Spectrum

indoor platforms.

• Familiar with all types of fiber (multi and single mode, and OC-x), connectors, splicing, and various test

sets.

• Worked with several OEM’s BTS’s and Node B’s (Ericsson 3100 RBS, Nokia Flexi, ALU, etc).

• Responsible for oversight of multi-million dollar budgets

• Responsible for site walks, BOM’s, RF data sheets, and SOW’s

• Vendor and Contractor management

Pro-Tech Consulting - Indianapolis, IN

Implementation Manager

November 2008 to July 2010

• Responsible for all projects associated with the Core/Switch Network

• Responsible for all T-Mobile Projects

• Managed Several Switch De-installation, Installation, Expansion projects (MSC’s, BSC’s, RNC’s, DACS,

RSP’s, MGW’s, MSS’s, and IPBSC’s)

• Managed the T-Mobile Central Region Node B Install project in Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and

Pittsburgh

• Managed the Ericsson/ATT Mobility MCPA project

• Responsible for building a long term relationship with T-Mobile USA

• Assisted with the ATT Mobility/Ericsson Switch Support Project

• Worked in the field, installing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and integrating when needed to keep us on

schedule.

• Experienced with the Nokia Flexi.

• Responsible for oversight of multi-million dollar budgets

• Responsible for site walks, BOM’s, and SOW’s

T-Mobile USA - Oregon, Southern and Eastern, WA

Switch Manager II

December 2005 to October 2008

• Responsible for a network of 0.5million subscribers, 500+ cells sites, 16 BSC’s, 4 MGW’s, 1 RNC, and

200+ Node B’s.

• Managed multiple projects simultaneously to support local, regional, and national initiatives.

• Supervised successful Portland Switch relocation project.

• Spearheaded a process to build a national implementation team to perform BSC rehosts and BTS rehomes

in a more efficient way and to assist with cutting the install times, integration, and on air goals for several

switch nodes.

• Improved function, productivity, and teamwork of switch department and interaction between switch and RF

departments

• Performed system surveillance on a daily basis and very heavily during and after the 3G rollout and turnup.

• Conduct regular scheduling, training, and annual/quarterly reviews for switch employees

• EOC Director for the local disaster recovery team (DRT) and technical recovery team (TRT). And worked

closely with Local, State, and Federal Teams during exercises and meetings going over strategies and

AAR’s.

• Trained on the Nokia Flexi Node B/BTS and the Nokia RNC.

• Oversaw three teams in the T-Mobile Snoqualmie NOC while on loan to ramp up the NOC’s responsibilities.

Was responsible for hiring and training, monitoring both cellular voice and data networks, and the internal

IT network (WAN and LAN).

• Working knowledge of fiber optics from OC-3 to OC-192, dual mode, single mode, connectors, and DWDM

• Responsible for multi-million dollar budgets and Vendor and Contractor management

T-Mobile USA - Richmond, VA

Ericsson Subject Matter Expert (Tier2/Tier3)

October 2003 to July 2005

• Sole employee responsible for Tier 2 support of 7 TDMA MSCs and 23 GSM BSCs

• Main liaison between Ericsson and T-Mobile to track CSRs, FOA software, troubleshoot network issues,

load ACAs and ECAs, and resolve customer complaints

• Led Tier 2 Support for R10MD, R10 CN-A1, AMR and EDGE rollouts

• Provided around the clock support to MSC sites, RF Engineers, and Field technicians

• Oversaw the installation and integration of the Ericsson 3G Core Platform (MSS/MGW)

• Experienced with the Project Management of several large projects at one time

• Experienced with writing SOW’s

• Vendor and Contractor management

Previous work experience available upon request

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSES

•Ericsson GSM System Survey Ericsson AXE 10 O&M

•Ericsson GPRS Survey Ericsson GPRS BSS O&M

•Ericsson MSC/VLR/HLR UMTS Ericsson IOG20 O&M Nokia RNC

•Ericsson GSM Data Translations Ericsson AXE 810 O&M Delta

•T-Mobile UMA (VoIP)

•IPACCESS (IP based small cell soft switch, BSC and BTS)

•CommScope Connector Course Glenayre Voicemail (MVP)

•Nokia Node B (Flexi), Ericsson Node B and LTE, Nokia LTE.

•TE iDAS and oDAS – Certified

•Various third party UMTS, WCDMA, AMR, and LTE courses

•Disaster Recovery certifications from various Federal and Local departments

PRACTICAL TRAINING

• Nortel BSC • Drive testing with TEMs and JDSU

• Nokia SGSN • Nortel BTS (S4000, S8000, Smart Sites)

• Ericsson RBS 2101,2102, 2202, 2302, 2401, • Tellabs Titan 5500 & 530 DCS

2106, 2206, 3000, and 6000 series

• SS7 protocol analyzer • Nokia RNC

• Ericsson and Nokia OSS Alcatel and • Anritsu Site Master

•

Ericsson MSS/MGW Signal Generators

• Ericsson APG40 (Windows NT) • Fiber Optic Test Sets (OTDR’s, Power

• Ericsson APG30 (UNIX) Meters, Light Meters, and VFL’s)

• •

Comverse Voicemail platform iBwave

• •

Ericsson CMS8800 MSC (TDMA) T1/T2/T3/OC-3-OC48 testing

• •

Nortel PBX System Analyzing/Monitoring/Surveillance

• and Performance (KPI’s) – 15 years

Andrew E911 platform

• FTT (Fiber to Tower) and FTTH (Fiber to the

• Glenayre LSP2 Platform

Home)

• Nokia Ultra Site

• WCDMA (3G) and LTE(4G)

• Nokia Flexi

• Alcatel RSP

Military Service

• Trained as an Airborne Infantryman (Ranger) later excelling and being promoted quickly through the ranks.

• Assigned to several Federal Agencies during my career as an advisor.

• Held several leadership positions.

• Responsible for ensuring the 150 man Airborne Detachment was properly outfitted, supplied, fed,

quartered, and armed at all times in preparation for a large number of drug interdiction missions with DEA

and local law enforcement, and training with foreign armies.

• Gained teaching and leadership experience as acting Training and Indoctrination Officer and second in

command of unit.

• Responsible for coordinating all troop movements (vehicular, rotary wing, fixed wing, and Parachute Drops).

• Responsible for parachute rigging operations

• Worked with local citizens in several nations to coordinate missions and training teams

• Developed skills in cross-cultural communication while training military forces and providing security for

high-ranking officials from various nations

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