WORK EXPERIENCE

Regional Tower Manager

DISH - Minneapolis, MN

July 2019 to May 2020

• Built a team of 160 tower techs with 80% retention.

• Develop policies and procedures for day to day field operations.

• Coach, train, and mentor tower technicians along their career path.

• Member of the safety committee

President

Telecom Audit Solutions - Arden Hills, MN

February 2019 to May 2019

• Increased company revenue by 1,183%

• Long range, strategic planning

• Analyze budgets and financial reports regularly

• Develop, enforce and reevaluate company policies and procedures

• Review and advise on contracts

Quality Control Manager

MasTec Utility Services - Woodbury, MN

August 2017 to February 2019

• Developed Closeout Process reducing overhead by 70%

• Developed Quality Metrics for the Engineering Dept that resulted in #1 in the country

• Worked with PMO Group to establish a Quality Program that can be applied to the organization. National Quality Manager

FDH Velocitel - Bloomington, MN

January 2016 to August 2017

• Directly Manage a team of Quality Auditors across 15 states and 4 regions.

• FDH Velocitel became #1 in Quality with our client in the 4 Regions we operated in

• Launched a post construction process that saved over $700k in craftsmanship defects in 2016. KEVIN

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Wireless Professional

Arden Hills, MN 55112

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Construction Manager II

Overland Contracting - Bloomington, MN

December 2012 to August 2015

• Lead Integration Manager Sprint Network Vision (4G, Samsung)

• Sr. Construction Manager Sprint Network Vision Microwave (4G, Samsung)

• Sr. Construction Manager at T-Bar well field in Midland Texas with the B&V Water Division

• Lead Quality Compliance Manager AT&T TURF (3G, 4G, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent)

• Construction Manager - DAS

Construction Manager

Pinnacle Wireless

March 2012 to December 2012

• Responsible for Quality Compliance of 1,000+ Sites for Sprint NetworkVision

• Managed 10 Tiger Teams (20 employees) to meet client "On-Air" deadlines.

• Construction Standards/Site Troubleshooting Expert

• Manage Materials/Tools/Equipment in a fast-pasted, high pressure environment. Tower Technician

Superior Towers and Telecommunications - Atlanta, GA June 2011 to March 2012

• Turn Key Installation of UMTS, GSM, LTE for AT&T

• TDMA, GSM and UMTS Antenna-Line Testing and Installation (Anritsu) for AT&T

• TDMA, GSM and UMTS Base Station Installation and Testing for AT&T

• T1 Testing from Demark (T-Berd)for various clients. Field Network Engineer

Telecommunications Technical Services - Alpharetta, GA August 2010 to June 2011

• Resolve RSL (Radio Signal Loss) issues to increase link capacity for Clearwire

• Clearwire Base Control Unit Install/Commission/Integrate

• Outages, alarms, maintenance and repair for Clearwire Owner-IT Specialist

Z PC Repair and Network Solutions - Rockford, IL

July 2003 to August 2010

• Wireless network installation, troubleshoot, repair

• Data backup and recovery

• VPN / VOIP

• Network Penetration Testing (Wireshark/Cain&Abel) Field Radio Operator

U.S. Marine Corps - Camp Pendleton, CA

May 1999 to July 2003

• HF, VHF, UHF, and Tactical Satellite

• Electronic Warfare and Counter Electronic Warfare

• Training NCO

EDUCATION

NCO Leadership

Marine Corps Institute

June 2003

High School Diploma

Satellite Beach High School

May 1999

SKILLS

Microsoft Office (10+ years)

Telecommunications (10+ years)

Project Management (7 years)

Construction Management (8 years)

3G

4G/LTE

LAN

Network Installation

Network Support

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES

NCCER - 40

August 2015 to Present

Equivalent of an OSHA 40

Safety Trained Supervisor - Construction

October 2015 to December 2020

STSC certification through the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) Fiber Optic Technician

August 2015 to December 2023

Certified Fiber Splicer / OTDR through the FOA (Fiber Optic Association)

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PIM Master

July 2015 to Present

PIM Certification through Anritsu

Line Sweep

August 2019 to Present

Certified Line Sweep through Commscope

Competent Rigger

August 2019 to August 2021

Competent Rigger through Commtrain

Competent Climber/Rescuer

August 2019 to August 2021

Competent Climber/Rescuer through Commtrain

Fiber Testing

August 2019 to Present

Light Meter certification through ODM

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