Technician Engineer

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Proactive, experienced, and technically inclined professional with broad experience in leading full spectrum of project development. Highly analytical and out-of-the-box thinker with proven ability in providing comprehensive system analysis, installation, troubleshooting, and testing services to improve overall performance and operational efficiencies. Equipped with program development aptitude that includes requirement definition and evaluation. Exceptional project leader with a knack in coordinating and directing all phases of project-based efforts while motivating and guiding teams.

Over ten years of extensive experience in NOC operations for Cellular One and Nextel Communications on the Nortel system. All peripherals including voice mail, text messaging. SS7. Trouble shooting outages, monitoring operational reports. Trunking, circuit testing, regularly interacting with Telco to resolve failures.

Successful in meeting new technical challenges and finding solutions to meet the needs of customers; possesses a broad range of experience in almost any level of wireless communications and systems infrastructures

Work professionally and effectively both individually and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team environment.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Wireless Telecommunications

Project Coordination

and Management

Twenty years of Cell Site installation and management.

Certified on CDMA and iDEN technology.

Certified to B3 level on Ericsson cell site equipment.

Professional experience

Endeavor Telecommunications for AT&T Digital Life Program– Phoenix May 2013 to Sept 2015

Installation, trouble shooting and repair of the Digital Life system at customer premises. Training of other technicians and discovery of better practices.

Amerit Technologies § Texas

CONTRACT FIELD TECHNICIAN, Cricket 2011

§Member of condensed team that set the record for equipment switchover and upgrade (Nortel to Huawei) to include RF cabling, hardware installation and T1 testing for Cricket Communications.

§Site surveys, fault correction, and reporting of technical and material requirements.

Kineticom § Phoenix / Tucson, AZ

CONTRACT FIELD TECHNICIAN, AT&T Wireless 2009-2010

§Oversaw the installation and testing of T1 facilities, including SIAD conversions and retrofits throughout the Phoenix and Tucson areas on the Lucent UMTS framework

Outsource Telecom § Phoenix, AZ

CONTRACT TECHNICIAN 2007-2009

§Provided direction and leadership in planning, installing, terminating, testing, and turning up of office voice and data systems throughout the Phoenix Metro area

Sprint / Nextel § Eastern Arizona

NETWORK FIELD TECHNICIAN 2005-2007

§Administered the installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of more than 40 cell sites across East Valley through the I-40 corridor in Arizona

§Efficiently assumed technician responsibilities for Sprint’s CDMA based wireless system as well as Nextel’s iDEN based configuration project

§Spearheaded regular upgrades of hardware and software during maintenance windows

§Exemplified proficiency in operating RF coax tester (Anritsu), service monitors, laptop for configuration and system analysis, and all other common test equipment and tools to maintain, upgrade, and repair system infrastructure

Cellular One of Northeast Arizona § Based in Show Low, AZ

NETWORK FIELD TECHNICIAN 2002-2005

§Provided oversight to all phases of functional activities, including the construction, troubleshooting, and maintenance of the entire Nortel cellular network

§Functioned as the primary maintenance window technician

Computer Science Innovation, Inc. § Chandler, AZ

CONTRACT ENGINEER 2000-2002

§Supported transition of the Iridium system operation and maintenance to Boeing Corporation

§Acted as the system lead on the Logica Aldiscon Short Messaging System initiative and performed various integral duties, including assisting the transition team by researching, determining, and requesting hardware, software, data, documentation, and media requirements for the on going support of the system

§Facilitated inventory; moved, installed, and tested gateway hardware and software in Boeing’s Iridium laboratory

Airnet Communications Corporation § (Florida based) MI NC OK KS

NETWORK FIELD ENGINEER 1999-2000

§Directed installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance efforts of GSM-based PCS system on customer premises and field location throughout the United States

§Managed hardware and software upgrades, diagnostics, and RF system optimization of Broadband Transceiver System, Broadband Controller System, and AirSite® units on a 24-hour on call basis

§Interfaced with customers and coordinated with AirNet Corporation and customer representatives

EARLIER CAREER

Motorola Satellite Communications Division § Location

INTEGRATION AND TEST LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (Contractor), Iridium Project 1996-1999

Nextel, Inc. § Atlanta, GA

NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER CONTROLLER 1994-1996

Sterling Cellular, Ltd. § Roswell, GA

NETWORK FIELD ENGINEER 1991-1994

Cellular One § Manchester, NH

NETWORK FIELD ENGINEER 1988-1991

Ultra Technologies § Norfolk, VA

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 1998

United States Navy

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR TECHNICIAN 1983-1987

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2005 Anritsu Operation T1 Theory

2004 Nokia Installation

2000 Spectrum Analyzer School

1996 Northern Telecom (NTI) Translations and SS7 Translations School

Metropolitan Packet Switch Translations and Maintenance School

1995 Tellabs, Inc. 532 L DACCS

1994 NTI Cellular Translations School NTI DRU/P3 Cell Site School

1992 Novatel Maintenance and Administration

1991 General Electric Radio Channel Unit School

Graduate of Kimball High School. Two years Business Administration Wayne State University.

US Navy veteran testing and maintaining the 58A radar system and the BPDMS missile system.

TECHNICAL ACUMEN

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Procom, Protel, X-Talk with working knowledge of UNIX

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