RF Engineer Design Optimization

James T. Bryant

Cellular: 201-***-****

Email: *************@***.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmybryant

PROFESSIONAL GOALS: Apply my many years of Telecommunication design/optimization experience and recent MBA schooling to lead a technical group.

EDUCATION: IUBH International University of Applied Sciences October 2015- November 2016

Curriculum/Degree: MBA International Business Colloquium Passed (Graduated) – November 22, 2016

Internationale Hochschule Bad Honnef Bonn GmbH Campus Berlin, Rolandufer 13, 10179 Berlin

University of Central Florida Orlando, Fl. Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Option: Electrical)

EXPERIENCE:

Telecommunications Engineer – 25 years as an Engineer in various capacities in the Cellular Industry.

Project Management – Over 6 years as a Team Leader or higher role.

LTE/WiMax/OFDMA HS Data (4G) – 1 year LTE Network Optimization SouthEast USA, Washington D.C. Boston Metro, Charlotte. FDD + TDD Cluster Optimization, PCI/RSI/TAC plan improvements. RRC Drops/Failures Analysis. eHRPD/Spare parameter changes. VoLTE Optimization.

WiMax Performance Engineering experience for Chicago.

UMTS/WCDMA Experience (3G) – 2 years Ericsson equipment Design and Optimization experience for several USA states and 2 large cities in Germany.

GSM Experience (2G) – Experience Designing with Nokia equipment in the DCS band for Switzerland.

1xRTT/EVDO HS Data (3G) – 3 years of experience in High Speed Data Testing and Optimizing.

CDMA Experience (2G) – 11 years of experience Designing, Testing, Maintaining or Optimizing CDMA networks using

Lucent, Motorola, Huawei and Nortel.

Microwave Experience – Over 5 years of Design/Troubleshooting experience in the USA + International.

HARDWARE: Ericsson, Lucent,/ALU, Motorola, Nortel

SOFTWARE PROGRAMS: MS Office Suite, Planet, MapInfo, Atoll, Actix, WindCatcher, Tableau, Siterra, True Call, SPO, NCV, Transcend, CARES, SNAP, RF Cockpit, NPO, SAMB, Dreamweaver, FTP

SOFTWARE LANGUAGES: php/MySQL, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Stencyl, UNIX

GAMES DEVELOPED: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/657052 ; http://www.kongregate.com/games/xGamesSite/stompr

MEMBERSHIP: Life Member of American Mensa.

TeleWorld Solutions 43130 Amberwood Plaza, Suite 210 South Riding, VA. 06/03/14-03/13/15

RF Engineer IV LTE Optimization (Contract): Customer interface for Charlotte Multiband and Boston Phase 1B LTE Optimization For Sprint NV project. Team lead overseeing 6 RF Engineers and Drive Testers. Cluster Optimization, Parameter Audits and Worst Offenders Analysis. LTE Optimization for Vz GulfCoast networks. Network BaseLine KPI Analysis report submittals for Sprint 800/1900/2500 Bands; Verizon 700/AWS Bands LTE Cellular markets in the SouthEastern USA and Boston Metro. Neighbor List tuning, Overshooting Sectors Review/Tilt adjustments, TAC/RSI/PCI Plan verification, modification and improvement. Worst Offenders Analysis. VoLTE Optimization. AWS overlay proposals.

Alcatel Lucent (ALU) 1 Robbins Road Westford, MA. 11/05/12-11/22/13

RF Engineer (Contract): Analysis/Resolution of KPI issues for LTE/EVDO/CDMA sites/sectors/carriers on Sprint 1900MHz for the Greater New England area and Eastern USA using SPO/NCV/Transcend. eHRPD and Spare parameter changes, Neighbor List tuning and IP corrections. Cluster Optimization. Resolution of site design issues for New England such as Sector Swaps, AGL adjustments and Antenna changes.

Cybercom Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 02/13/12-03/17/12

CDMA Radio Design Engineer (Contract): RF technical review of responses to a RFP to upgrade the nationwide network of Tricom, S.A. Analysis of technical roadmap as well as presentation of findings. Vendor meetings for tender review and negotiation.

Ericsson USA 6300 Legacy Dr. Plano, TX. 12/06/10-11/18/11

Senior UMTS RF Engineer (Contract): RF WCDMA Design/Optimization using OSS, moshell and Business Objects (BO) reports/statistics. Network performance simulation, electrical tilt optimization and KPI tuning of new UMTS Cellular, PCS and AWS band networks for AT&T using Atoll 2.8.3 (Build 3611). Also setup/used WiNeS ACP v3.5 (Build 348) to determine electrical tilts and improve KPI's. Created UTRAN, IF and IRAT neighbor lists as well as associated Scrambling Codes.

Amerilink Telecom 7500 College Blvd. Suite 509 Overland Park, KS. 11/01/10-11/30/10

RF Engineer (Contract): Preparation for a nationwide network modernization project using Huawei cellular infrastructure.

Clearwire Chicago 9801 West Higgins Rd. Level 2 Rosemont, IL. 06/15/10-10/15/10

RF Engineer (Contract): Performance Engineer for a cluster of 298 cell sites of a Motorola WiMax network for the Chicago Metro area. Daily network statistics gathering and report submission for accessibility, sustainability, HO, packet loss, HARQ using Spotfire and SQL queries. Proposals for frequency retunes, antenna downtilts, azimuth reorientations determined by using Planet v5.1.1.42 network analysis. Drive test data analysis using WindCatcher WiMax 1.41 Rev.5. Trouble ticket review, response, opto.

MetroPCS 5 Skyline Dr. Hawthorne, NY. 09/17/07-06/11/10

Senior RF Engineer: RF Design/Optimization of ALU CDMA AWS band using Planet EV v4, WindCatcher, True Call and MapInfo. Zoning RF report writing and RF Expert Testimony for many proposed Cell Sites throughout Northern NJ. Review of LE’s, ZD’s, and CD’s. Performed over 100 Design Visits for final antenna placement and Area Visits to locate new cell sites. Performed Site Inspections for new cell activation.

Sprint Nextel 1 International Blvd. Suite 800 Mahwah, NJ. 10/30/06-09/14/07

Senior RF Engineer (Contract): RF Design Engineer and Model Tuning of Planet EV v4.2.2.230 using Drive + CW Test Data. Zoning RF report writing and RF Expert testimony for proposed new Cell Site construction. Creation of Search Rings. Site Designs for Dual Technology Cell Sites. Review of LE’s, ZD’s, CD’s and Sweep Tests. Performed Site Inspections for new cell activations.

Cricket Communications 4050 E. Cotton Center Blvd. Bldg. 5, Ste 59 Phoenix, AZ. 05/01/06-10/27/06

Senior RF Engineer (Contract): RF Design and Optimization of a Lucent PCS CDMA network for the metropolitan Phoenix area (pop. 3.3million) using Planet EV v4.1.5, Actix Analyzer v4.03, Traffic data and MSC RF parameters. Set HHO parameters for inband f3 to f2/f1 HO’s for new f3 implementations. Created, verified and modified the CDHFL’s and CDHNL’s.

Cricket Communications 5775 DTC Blvd., Suite 405 Greenwood Village, CO. 07/21/05-04/28/06

Senior RF Engineer (Contract): RF Design/Optimization of a new Lucent PCS CDMA network for the Colorado Springs area (pop. 570k) using Planet EV. Set HHO parameters for in band f2 to f1 HO’s as well as out of band HHO’s between adjacent markets.

Sprint ASD 2 Easton Oval, Suite 400 Columbus, OH. 02/07/05-05/13/05

Columbus EVDO FIT Team Leader (Contract): Team Lead of Data Post Processing and Drive Test Collection Engineers in the Field Integration Testing (FIT) of a new Motorola PCS CDMA EVDO overlay network.

Sprint PCS 5600 N. River Rd. Level 3 Rosemont, IL. 10/04/04-01/21/05

RF Engineer (Contract): Optimizing, Monitoring + Testing a Motorola PCS CDMA Network for Chicago area (pop. 9 million). Falcon RF Statistics, Grayson Invex3G v2.00.09 and Actix Analyzer v4.1 SP7 to improve access success rate and reduce dropped calls. Unix commands and scripts in the OMCR’s to check equipment status, change parameters and update neighbor lists.

WFI Sintra Business Park Edificio 9, Abrunheira, 2710-089 Sintra Lisboa, Portugal 01/19/04- 09/10/04

Nationwide Team Leader CDMA 1xRTT Optimization (Contract): Team leader for the Voice and Data Optimization of a Huawei 450MHz CDMA2000 1xRTT cellular network for the country of Portugal (pop. 14 million).

ChinaComm Hangzhou, China 11/25/03-01/14/04

RF Optimization Engineer (Contract): RF Optimization on a Northern Telecom (NT) CDMA2000 1xRTT cellular network for the city of Hangzhou (pop. 2.5 million). Drive Test analysis using Actix Analyzer v4.1 SP6. Report writing and presentation on problems found and solutions for Dropped Calls, Access Failures, high FER and Pilot Pollution.

Lucent Technologies DAKC, Thane-Belapur Rd., Navi Mumbai-400709 Bombay, India 03/05/03-07/31/03

Network Integration Engineer (Contract): RF Optimization of a Lucent 1xRTT limited mobility network (WLL) for Bombay.

Telecom Mobile Limited Midcity Tower Level 6, 141 Willis St. PO Box 550 Wellington, New Zealand 10/10/00-06/28/02

Team Leader CDMA 1xRTT Auckland Region (Contract 07/01 - 07/02): Lucent 1xRTT overlay optimization for the North Island including Auckland (Approximately 300 mostly 3 sector cell sites). Managed the work of 3 TML Engineers.

CDMA Regional Design Engineer (Contract): Lucent CDMA IS-95A overlay of an AMPS/TDMA network for the North Island.

Ericsson GmbH Fritz-Vomfelde-Str. 26 D-40547 Düsseldorf, Germany 05/15/00-09/29/00

UMTS Radio Planning Manager (Contract): WCDMA RF planning for a new UMTS pre-licensing tender response team.

Motorola Australia Pty Ltd 3 Byfield St. North Ryde, Sydney NSW, 2113, Australia 12/13/99-05/12/00

Team Leader/Senior RF Engineer (Contract): RF Design of a new iDEN (TDMA) network for the metropolitan Sydney area (pop. 3,700,000) using the Decibel Planner RF propagation tool. Oversaw 6 Engineers with Design responsibility.

Celtel (MSI CI) B.P. 2254 Libreville, Gabon 10/05/99-11/27/99

Senior Transmission Planner (Contract): Microwave Design for a new GSM Network using Ericsson Mini-Link radios.

Nokia, s.r.o. Zlatnicka 10 #7 Praha 1, Czech Republic 03/22/99-09/22/99

Senior Transmission Planner (Contract): Microwave Interconnect Design for a new DCS 1800 GSM Network bid proposal.

OCSA (Aethos) Im Schorli 5 CH - 8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland 09/07/98-03/18/99

Senior Consultant (RF Planner): RF Design of a new DCS (GSM) Network for Zurich area using Odyssey RF propagation tool.

Motorola NML 3710 Ichiokamotomachi Minato Ku Osaka, Japan 10/20/97-08/28/98

Senior Systems Engineer (Contract): Computer Simulation/Optimization of 672 mostly 6-sector Motorola CDMA BTS’s (3835 sectors) for the Osaka metropolitan area (pop. 16 million) using Netplan 3.1 and the CDMA Static System Simulator (CSSS).

Motorola CIG 1132 Bishop St. Suite 510 Honolulu, HI. 06/17/96-10/16/97

Senior RF Engineer (Contract): Optimization, Traffic Monitoring and Drive Testing a new PCS Block B CDMA Network.

CNET 4975 Preston Park Blvd., 8th Floor Plano, TX./ San Juan, Puerto Rico 07/05/95-06/14/96

Senior RF Engineer (Contract): Frequency Retune and Optimization of the PRTC 800MHz Cellular Network (Ericsson AMPS and D-AMPS) using WiNGS RF Analysis software for the island of Puerto Rico.

Northern Telecom CALA Los Robles 363 Lima, Peru 04/24/95-06/02/95

Systems (RF) Engineer (Contract): Drive Testing/Analysis of a NT AMPS Network throughout Lima and other regions.

CellCom/BSI P.O. Box 8066 New Industrial Zone Netanya, Israel 09/12/94-12/31/94

Microwave Engineer (Contract): System Microwave Design for a new NT 800MHz TDMA network throughout western Israel.

Cometa/GTE Diego de Leon 34- 1 Piso Madrid, Spain 07/20/94-09/02/94

RF Engineer GSM (Contract): Proposal bid for a new GSM Cellular Network for the country of Spain.

CTI/GTE Av. Pte. Roque Saenz Pena 832 - 4 Piso Buenos Aires, Argentina 12/13/93-06/28/94

RF Engineering Support (Contract): RF Design Cellular/Microwave for a new nationwide buildout.

The Richard L. Vega Group 235 Hunt Club Blvd. Longwood, Fl. 32779 04/05/90-12/10/93

Director of Engineering: RF Design for Cellular, Microwave, TV and Radio. License filing with the FCC.

INTERESTS: Outdoor Sports, Investing, Creating Web Sites, Playing Poker and Chess

LANGUAGES: English, intermediate Spanish, beginning German (A2)

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