Project Manager Engineering
Resume:
James A. Williams
Comanche, TX 76844, USA
Phone: 325-***-****
Mobile: 979-***-****
E-mail : *******************@***.***
Summary
A result oriented Project Manager with 43 years of experience in domestic and international telecommunication projects. This includes 14 years in the mobility side of telecom. Experience in all phases of the telecommunication business, including land line and wireless, from installation to engineering and senior project management. Expertise in installing equipment from a bare room to turn over to the customer, this includes on the wireless side GSM, CDMA and UMTS & LTE technologies for the core. On the RF side this includes site builds, site design, RF design, and optimization.
Highlights
Experience
AT&T Mobility
Senior Technical Project Manager June 2009 to March 2016
North Texas Market for the EDGE to EDGE PMO
Managed all core and ran equipment rehomes necessary for capacity relief on 3G network
Aligned stakeholder processes to ensure success rate of rehomes
Assessed and implemented efficient schedules and channels of communication
Change to LTE technologies dictated offloading UMTS equipment to allow for power savings through out network
Ericsson
Dar Es Salaam,Tanzania
Customer Project Manager July 2007 to June 2009
Complete network build from trial 3G network
Core network engineering design, installation, and integration of a RNC, RXI, SGSN, and GGSN, to a 2G/3G combined Media Gateway
RF Design engineering, site build, integration and optimization of the network and meet all KPI’s
Assembled team members needed to meet the goals of the project
Set schedule with key stakeholders to ensure all were aligned
Conducted meetings with vendors to ensure multi-vender integration with Ericsson network
Verified and passed all quality controls that were stipulated in the contract.
Meet and beat all KPI standards set in the contract
Taking over a civil works projects for 39 sites and taking it to FAC of all sites
Project Managed the Millennium Village African project for the upgrade of rural schools and clinics to connect the area to the internet thru a 3G network.
Roll out of 3G trial network in Zambia
Rollout and multi vender integration of two other vendors into core
J & J Consulting
Golthwaite, Texas
Consultant September 2006 to July 2007
Consulting and engineering work for different vendors and telecom companies
Site surveys, power requirements, and floor plan drawings for new builds, adds, and changes
Cingular
Dallas, Texas
Project Managing January 2006 to August 2006
GSM and UMTS technologies
Installation and integration of new Nortel GSM and UMTS switches into the Cingular Network
Managed rehomes of Ericsson BSC’s to Ericsson MSC’s, Ericsson BSC’s to Nortel switches, Ericsson BTS’s to BSC’s
Managed rehomes of both local and remote Ericsson RNC’s and RXI’s from Siemens UMTS switch to Nortel UMTS switch
Implemented cell site growth for both GSM and UMTS
AT&T Wireless
Multiple Locations
Senior Project Manager June 2001 to January 2006
Led project management group in the build, installation, and integration of the Regional Data Center (RDC) and different Local Switching Centers (LSC) in the southeastern AT&T Wireless markets.
Monitored all project activities to meet launch goal for the International Mobile telephone symposium in Miami, Florida.
Guided and developed solutions for engineering, integration, and translation problems between the vendors and different AWS engineering groups
Resolved issues between Nortel MSC’s, Ericsson and Nokia TSC’s, Ericsson and Nokia BSC’s and Ericsson and Nokia BTS’s
September 2003 moved to Project Coordinator for the new UMTS roll out in 6 markets
Coordinated requirements and needs between local operation groups, national management, engineering, vendors and quality control
December 2004 moved to PMO group to assist local PM’s with technical problem solving and work load implementation
Regional PMO work in Southern California for rehomes, new switch builds, and cell site adds
Education
KATY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATED 1970
Katy, Texas
TEXAS A&I UNIVERSITY 1970 TO 1973
Kingsville, Texas
Studied engineering and Business management
HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1984
Specialized in AutoCAD
LORAIN PWER TRAING
Power Sizing Batteries, Rectifiers, Power Boards, Cable Size, and Busbars
LUCENT 5ESS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
ES5010 Switch Architecture
ES5030 Translations Lines, Trunks, Routing, Charging, Common Channel Signaling ES5555 Maintenance Hands On
ES5096 SE6 Features Seminar
ES5D8BV 5E6-5E8 Differences- Retrofit/OA&M
ES5D9C 5E9 Software Release Differences
OSHA Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
PMP Cerification
Contact this candidate