Isam (Sam) Alsharif

**** *** **** – Apt #: ***

Alpharetta, GA, 30005

adjdey@r.postjobfree.com 813-***-****

Objective:

Bring growth and success to an innovating organization by utilizing my 20+ years of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering extensive knowledge and expertise which includes Radio Frequency Engineering, HVAC Systems and Power Plant Engineering. This also includes technical sales engineering geared toward selling, trouble-shooting and designing complex, commercial, and industrial systems.

Experience:

Senior Radio Frequency Performance and Network Support Engineer

January 1998 – July 2020

AT&T Mobility – Tampa, Florida

Performance engineering of 3G, 4G, and 5G including DAS and Metro-Cells

Monitored alarm status, KPIs using UNIX/OSS/ENM/NetAct/CLI/AMOS

Optimized cluster by performing neighbor add, deletes and parameter changes.

Analyzed drive test data by monitoring TEMS and X-TEL layer 3 messages for channel failure, channel disconnect, RSSI and quality.

Collaborated and interacted directly with test engineering team, design, deployment, optimizations, switch engineers, field engineers, operations and vendors to deploy, optimize and enhance performance and coverage for the new cell sites

Monitored HVAC system health status for radio base stations nationwide

Troubleshot areas with dropped/block calls, congestion, power outages, internal/external interference, software restarts, and transport issues

Restored cell towers with recovery team to service areas impacted by storms, tornados hurricanes, worked after hours, weekends, and holidays, as needed. Worked in heavy rain assisting field engineers providing generators to the cell towers.

Ensured system design using radio frequency engineering principles and performed evaluations for maximum optimization of network.

Worked and very well familiar with FCC (CFR), ISED Canada (RSS) and the EU (ETSI) Standards as well as UL, ANSI, NEMA, IEEE, ASME and ISO-9000 standards.

Created work templates, scripts and power point presentations and provided them to the engineering teams

Worked with vendors to verify using the proper RFDSs, wiring diagrams, sequences of operations (SOPs), methods of procedures (MOPS), templates, 3rd party integration, graphics, engineering documents/checklists, programming necessary to implement the project, and at times performing remote/on-site checkouts/commissioning

Provided technical support in installation, operation, maintenance and repair of radio frequency systems.

Used tools such as X-TEL, MapInfo, BO Reports, TEMS, Geophone, Actix and Street Atlas, RSAT-2000, Quantum, GATOR Transmitter, RAN Tool, RMAP, Spectrum Analyzer/Receiver, Signal Generator, Power Amplifiers and Oscilloscope

Worked on and resolved customer trouble tickets (Remedy – CTS). I assisted and collaborated with Tier I and II resolving complex issues as External interference, Echo, one way audio, blocked calls, dropped calls, congestion and performance, coverage issues and E911 calls

RF Drive Test Engineer

January 1997 - January 1998

LCC International, Inc. - Tampa, Florida

Utilized collected drive test data to create the network benchmarking

Verified FAA and FCC approval and search for drive tests areas

Performed crane tests throughout Florida

Electrical/Mechanical Power Plant Engineering Co-op

January 1996 – December 1996

City of Lakeland Power Plant – Lakeland, Florida

Test/inspected vibration status, and pumps

Preventative maintenance of pluming, tanks, and electrical/mechanical equipment

Reviewed and verified accuracy of blueprints for new boilers and furnaces as provided by vendors

Education:

University of South Florida - Tampa, Florida

August 1995 – August 1997

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Focus on HVAC Systems and Heat Transfer.

Wright State University - Dayton, Ohio

August 1985 – June 1989

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Focus on RF communication and Power Plant

Tampa Bay Technical school, Tampa, Fl

June 2002 – December 2002

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration HVAC Technician

Universal Certification

Certifications:

. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration course for HVAC Technician, Universal Certification

. 3G and 4G Silver Certification

VOLTE Bronze Certification

5G Bronze Certification

Security First Bronze and Silver certifications

Resiliency Bronze Certification

API Bronze Certification

Cloud Computing Bronze and Silver Certifications

Open Source Bronze Certification

Internet of Things Bronze Certification

Machine Learning Bronze and Silver (Squire and Youngling) Certifications

Big Data Bronze Certification

IP Networking Fundamentals Certification

Agile and Scrum Master courses

PC Software Applications Experience:

Computer languages I used throughout my career:

FORTRAN, Pascal, Assembly Language, C Language, Python, JavaScript, CSS, SQL and HTML

Microsoft tool (365):

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access and Skype for Business

Internet Browsers:

Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Fire Fox, Safari, Opera, Microsoft Edge and Lynx.

Screenshot tools:

Snagit, TinyTake by Mango, Snipping Tool, Greenshot and FastStone Capture

Other Software tools:

Q-Messenger Tool

MapInfo Tool

Power BI Tool by Microsoft

AutoCAD

* US Citizen * willing to travel & relocate * speaks English & Arabic fluently (verbal and written)

* References are Available upon Request.

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