Project Manager R D

Steven Al-Shalash

Frisco, TX *****

Professional highlights:

●Experienced Project Manager, Technical Manager and telecommunications engineer with experience in wireless and military telecommunications, industrial factory maintenance, R&D and Technical Training.

●Broad experience in the Telecom Industry working with major infrastructure vendors, consultants, and operators.

●Proficiency in 5G NR NSA, LTE, WiMAX, UMTS, GSM, CDMA, TDMA,VSAT, CBRS, Smart Grid, P25, Tetra, DMR, AMI, AMR & MW Backhaul Transmission Network & Metro Wireless Design. As well as FTTH/FTTB/FTTC Planning Engineering, Fiber Metro Ethernet, SONET & xWDM, HFC DOCSIS 3.x and 4.0, MAS-SCADA Wireless, DSL and PoE standards and network design.

●Capable and experienced in managing projects, teams, and procurement from a budgetary and time perspective.

●Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively at all organizational levels with both external and internal customers.

●Extensive experience in RF Network Design (coverage, frequency planning, model tuning, AFP & ACP).

●Skilled in Radio Network Optimization and Network Performance Improvement.

●Proficient in the use of major drive test and analysis tools. Familiar with numerous OSS and performance reporting platforms.

●Extensive RFP, RFI and RFQ experience.

●Accomplished at demensioning networks dependent on GOS, traffic, demographics, land use, equipment technology specifications and coverage requirements.

●Experienced in all aspects of NSB and Network Expansion including overlays, site audits and swap outs, zoning and planning commission board testimony and hearings and rehearsal preparations with telecommunications law firms.

●Tenable experience in FCC regulatory aspects especially: FCC BDC & CFR Title 47 – Telecommunications guidelines Parts (1, 13, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 59, 90 95, 96 & 101).

●FAA TOWAIR Determination and FCC ASR Registration.

●FCC Pre & Post EME MPE (controlled & uncontrolled) SAR limits for regulatory compliance as outline in FCC: OET Bulletin 65, FCC 19-126, IEEE: Std C95.1, IC: IEEE Std C95.1 and the International ICNIRP Guidelines.

●Cell Tower Regulatory AM Detuning and Inter-modulation Studies, frequency coordination, extension agreements Proficient in the use of major drive test and analysis tools. Familiar with numerous OSS and performance reporting platforms. Familiar with CBRS planned shared Tiered Spectrum (Incumbent, Priority & General) and its management using SAS and ESC.

●Conversant with Core and RAN interfaces as well as statistical analysis post-processing tools used in performance optimization and NPI.

●Knowledgeable in analysis of preforming and analyzing antenna, jumper and coaxial RF feeder sweep testing for VSWR, DTF and PIM testing using RF sweep and PIM testers like the Anritsu Site Master cable & antenna analyzers, LMR Master and PIM Master.

●Practiced in using OPMs, VLFs, OTDRs, CPRI test OTDRs, Fiber Scope Video Inspection Probes and OSAs.

●Involved in diverse aspects of Optical Transport Networking (OTN) including: ODN PON (FTTH, FTTC, FTTP and Fiber Network Planning), Frame Relay and ATM, Ethernet MAN {Ethernet, EoSDH (EoSONET), EoMPLS or EoDWDM}, SONET/SDH & PDH, CDWN, DWDM.

Training & Certifications:

●OSHA 10 Construction Certification, Sept. 15, 2019,

●iBwave Design Professional Certification, online July 11, 2011;

●Award Solutions LTE RF Planning and Design Certification Workshop, Richardson TX, July 14, 2009;

●Atoll LTE Training, Forsk, Chicago IL, Sept. 2, 2009;

●Internal Huawei training for WiMAX and LTE product lines and EMS (M2000) platform April 2010;

●WiMAX Forum Certified RF Network Engineer, July 31, 2007;

●SMU UNIX Shell Scripting Boot Camp 1998,

●Ericsson Certified Wireless Systems Design Engineer, 1995.

Verizon Wireless Specific Training:

●VZW GeoPlan (LTE, CDMA 1x, EVDO) Training for Design & Regulatory Compliance,

●OET Bulletin No. 65, Radio Frequency (RF) Safety and Awareness, Antenna Configuration Design Guide for RF Compliance, VZW Operating Procedures and Rules on RFE Compliance & VZW Signage and Demarcation Policy.

●Waterford Consultants in person RoofMaster Training RoofMaster Interface, Modeling and Interpreting results,

●VZW Zite & RTT Training,

●Siterra Phase I Refresh Training,

●Actix Classic, g) ELTP & VZWPI Training,

●Salesforce Sites Tracker,

●VZW RFDS Tool,

●VZAtoll Forsk General Features & General Features Update,

●VZAtoll Forsk LTE Features & LTE Features Update,

●VZAtoll Verizon Features,

●VZAtoll Verizon Addition Features related to Siterra, E911, FCC Contours,

●VZW FUZE Intro Training,

●NetScout – TrueCall VZW intro Training (Heat Maps – RSRP, CIQ, Drops, Serving Cell, Exporting; Reports – KPI, NE, Subs, Call Table, Top Device, Strip Chart, Histogram, Overshooting, Exporting & Drill Down, Thematic Maps; Massage Viewer.

●NetScout Iris Session Analyzer (ISA).

B&V Training:

●OSHA 10 – Construction,

●RF Safety Awareness,

●CVT Rod Tower, Pole and Power Line Surveys.

●IKE Analyze and Spike training from IKEGPS field survey & measurement tools.

●Utility Pole Birthmarks, comms space vs. power space, field pole inspections for EOL/Replacement issues, etc.

Technical & Soft Skills:

●Software: MS Office, Visio, MS Project, experience with VB especially VBA and SQL Queries, Alteryx Designer, GIT Bash for Windows, Confluence, JIRA and Smartsheets for Project Management, Teams & G Suite for Collaboration

●RF Planning & Optimization: AFP& ACP Tools; iBwave; Teoco (ASSET Suite); InfoVista (Planet -AIM, ACP, CA & CS); Forsk (Atoll); CelPlan (CellDesigner Suite); EDX Wireless (Signal Pro); Wavecall (Wavesight, Accura, Out2InSight, WaveGuard).

●Microwave Transmission / Backhaul Planning: InfoVista (Ellipse); Forsk (Atoll Microwave); Pathloss 6.0; CelPlan (CellNetwork); EDX Wireless (Signal Pro FWA); Aviat Design; SAF Tehnika Path Calculator.

●Mapping & GEO Tools: Pitney Bowes (MapInfo, Vertical Mapper, MapBasic); Esri (ArcGIS); TatukGIS; QGIS; Blue Marble (Global Mapper), IQ Geo Platform [Network Manager Telecom (Insight/Pro) & OSPInsight], IQ Geo Inspection & Survey, Workflow Manager, Comsof Fiber & Net Revenue Optimizer.

●Call & Drive Test Data Collection & Analysis Tools: InfoVista TEMS Suite (Investigation, Pocket, Paragon, Sense); Accuver (XCAL, XCAL-MPM4, XCAL-Mobile & XCAP); Amdocs (Actix) Drive Test Analytics Suite; PCTEL Wideband Scanning Receivers; STI-9400 & Field Test 7; Qualcomm (QXDM Pro & QCAT); CommScope Invex3G Network Testing Tools; Grayson Wireless GSM Surveyor, IS-136 Surveyor, IS-136 Illuminator and PN Scanner; Keysight Nemo Outdoor Drive Test & Analyze Post Processing & Nemo WindCatcher Multi-Data Analytics Solution; NetScout (TrueCall, ISA); Device Monitoring & Analysis Tool (DMAT) tools for iOS and Android TRACE and Geo-spatial Visualization of 4G (LTE/VoLTE) and 5G (NR/VoNR) KPIs.

●Propagation Model Tuning and CW Drive Test Tools: TTM/TMR, R&S®TS8997 Wireless measurement system, for ETSI and FCC devices for ISM bands, Grayson Wireless Spectrum Tracker, PCTEL Wideband RF Scanners, BVSys (Dragon Dual-Band CW Transmitter & Gazelle Quad Receiver Sys).

●RF Test Equipment: Anritsu (Site Master, Cell Master & Cable Master, PIM Master), Spectrum Analyzers, Power & Watt Meters, VSWR Meters, Frequency Meters, Function Generators, Multi-meters, Digital Levels, Azimuth Siting Scopes, Compasses, Binoculars, CVT Rod, IKE & Spike Laser Survey Tools.

●Troubleshooting, Trending, Performance & KPI Monitoring Tools: Watchmark Metrica/Kingfisher Service Assurance Software Platform Kingfisher, Ekahau ePerf; LBNL iPerf / iPerf3; Mycom (Performance Management (NIMS-PrOptima and e-PrOptima) & Network Optimization (MyPrOptima); Amdocs/TTS OptPCS; Amdocs (Actix) Network Optimization Suite.

●Vendor BSS Interface Tools: Ericsson: Ericsson Network Manager (ENM); Ericsson WinFIOL 7.0; Ericsson Mosshell (AMOS, RANOS, RNO CNA, NCS, FAS, MRR, CTR, and OPS), Nortel OMCR, CT2000, CT7000 (CT, CPT & Enhance CPT), and Siemens Radio Commander, NSN NetAct, Huawei M2000, Samsung BSM & LSMR.

●Regulatory Compliance Tools & Processes: FCC/FAA: Towair, Air Space, EME MPE Studies: RADHAZ (Roofview), RCC (ComSiteMPE) & Waterford Consultants (RoofMaster), FCC AM Query for Tower Detuning Compliance.

●Inter-modulation Analysis and Interference Source Hunting Tools: RCC (ComSitePro 6.2) & UniSite (UNIstar), Interference Hunting: Anritsu (MX280007A & MA2700A and PIM Master); R&S (PR200, HE400).

●Operator Specific Tools: Beast, NSR (AT&T); Remedy, Insite, Iconectiv – Granite Zing, Aim and EDW (T-Mobile); ODEON {SPMC Network Service Investigation Tool} & Accruent (Siterra) {Sprint/VZW}; NWF, Zite, spLTE, RTT, VPI, FUZE (VZW), Glance, Sprint Vision, Appian, Atlas, Capstan, PRTS, Patrol (Sprint)

Professional Experience:

MobileComm Professionals (short term contractor Richardson, TX -Hybrid) 12/2024 – Present

Technical Project Manager

●Focus PM supporting Pre (reports and mitigation recommendations) & Post (field measurements) EME for Macros, Small Cells and In-Building Venues of two main MobileComm clients in the USA.

●Customer Facing, Tracking & Progress Reporting. PO Quotes, EME Work Assignments, Scheduling, Invoicing for Work Completed and tracking delinquent payments from the three clients with each of the local markets,

●Effective cross team leadership sharing responses between three different client projects to clear existing deliverable backlog for similar but different deliverables between the projects jeopardizing existing relative to each client’s SLA.

●Internal Technical Support of Engineers performing Pre-EME Analysis and Post-EME Field Measurement Reports using the IXUS, Roof Master and iBwave Tools. In the last two months this has entailed Pre and Post EMEs for the NO Superdome & Convention Center venues for the upcoming Super Bowl for mmWave deployments and over 200 macro and small cell sites for mods and new builds across the USA for the three main cellular operators. Worked with client’s to resolve ambiguity with information required to complete Pre-EME Analysis reports accurately and on time per the SLAs,

●Completed IXUS Technical Training for Pre-EME Analysis and Report Generation as well Quality checks.

●Supporting the team to complete Pre-EME Analysis and Report Quality checking and corrections.

Conch, Technologies (contractor Lumen Technologies -Century Link Technologies, Remote) 02/2024 – 11/2024

Telecommunication /Systems Support Engineer

●Focus Supporting of Lumen Quantum Fiber Wi-Fi 360 Wireless xPON provisioning and deployment in the field.

●Remote call center Tier 1 support for PON Technicians calling in from the field to troubleshoot any problems related to provisioning, upgrades or services disconnection of Quantum Fiber Wi-Fi 360 Wireless xPON services.

●Navigating, investigating and updating various internal Lumen/Century Link databases (OPTIUS & ODEN) and customer relationship account tracking tools like Salesforce and xPON Configuration Management FTTx Tools from Calix and ADTRAN.

Monte R. Lee & Company, Oklahoma City, OK 12/2020 – 09/2023

Technical Project Manager (RF/MW/PON)

●Focus Supporting all MRL’s Clients for any requests related to Wireless Network and Microwave Transmission Backhaul, FTTx, OSP, Metro Ethernet, SONET, xWDM & Docsis: Including for 5G NR, LTE, VoLTE, UMTS, HSPA, CDMA, EVDO, GSM, EDGE, GPRS, WiMAX Wi-Fi, 60GHz Terragraph, Fixed Proprietary Wireless (Cambium, Ubiquity, etc.), MW Transmission, Metro Wireless, OTN: ODN PON (FTTH, FTTC, FTTP and FNP), Frame Relay and ATM, Ethernet MAN (Ethernet, EoSDH (EoSONET), EoMPLS or EoDWDM), SONET/SDH & PDH, CDWN, DWDM, DOCSIS 3.x & 4, DSL and PoE:

●Managing FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC) for Fixed Wireless Access and Mobile Wireless for over five clients in Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Alaska in 2022 & 2023. This included:

●Developing detailed LTE & VoLTE minimum throughput link budgets.

●Populating and uploading all required BDC data in the FCC Portal.

●Generating all required ArcGIS coverage heatmaps and uploading to FCC BDC portal using Atoll or SignalPro.

●Root cause analysis to correct and resubmit for error corrections until final acceptance verification form the FCC.

●FCC BDC Propagation Model Calibration using NetScout – TrueCall virtual drive test data.

●Design, deployment management and optimization of wireless telecommunication networks for the (700 MHz, 850 MHz, 1.9 GHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.5 GHz, 3.65 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz, 11 GHz, 31 GHz, 21 GHz, 30 GHz & 60 GHz) Licensed and Unlicensed Bands for 5G NR NSA, 4G LTE, PtP, PtmP, CBRS, mmWave, long haul, high bandwidth, high throughput Microwave Transmission (with SONET, ATM, Ethernet, configurations), MAS-SCADA PLC (natural resources OK and TX) with PoE power and AMI Mesh/PtmP Meter Reading Networks (public utilities).

●Estimating costs and timelines for expanding, upgrading, and provisioning HFC DOCSIS 3.0 networks to DOCSIS 3.1.

●Preparation of Technical RF Expert Witness Testimony for court cases involving LTE, WiMAX and FWA.

●Completing FCC Form 477 annual reports for broadband, wired, wireless and VoIP services prior to the BDC.

●Preparation of Microwave Frequency Prior Coordination Notice (PCN) Request Forms.

●Bid Responses, Pre & Post FCC Auction Support for (RDOF, CBRS, CAF II, 2.5 GHz Rural Tribal Applications, etc.)

●Oversaw Propagation Model Calibration initiatives for clients including test equipment and contractor selection as well as result verification and final report generation using Atoll.

●In charge of in-house RF Design & GIS Tools including Atoll, EDX, Pathloss, iBwave, MapInfo, Global Mapper, QGIS.

●Acquiring GEO acquiring data (terrain, clutter, clutter heights and vector data) for client projects, dealing with GEO vendor quotes and selection.

●Managing NDA agreements with OEMs (Ericsson, Samsung, Cambium, CommScope, Aviat, BEC, NetScout, etc.).

●Mentoring and guiding new graduate team members to help with the RF/MW work as needed.

●Assisting others presenting at conferences including the CEO for CBRS and 5G.

●Working with the GIS Department on presentation quality maps for customer reports.

●Helping clients with RF questions especially related to drive test tools, FCC BDC, propagation Model Calibration, rip and replace, remote hosted core, 5G NR NSA and VoLTE deployment.

●Supporting MRL FTTH/FTTB/FTTC Fiber Optic Network Designs as well as some OSP support of any remaining legacy APON, BPON Network upgrades to EPON & GPON/GEPON/XGPON for Ethernet (100BaseBX, 100BaseLX10, 1000BaseZX, 10GBaseEW, 10GBaseER, 10GBaseLR, etc.), SONET and OLT, POS (CWDM/DWDM), ONR, EDFA/OA, TP& ONT counts based on client’s central office locations and the termination points based using GEO data and tools like IQ Geo Platform including Network Manager Telecom (Insight/Pro), OSPInsight, IQ Geo Inspection & Survey, Workflow Manager, Comsof Fiber & Net Revenue Optimizer, Google Earth, MapInfo and QGIS. Using Fiber Power Budgets to calculate Max Fiber Lengths, POS sizing and cabinet locations. Redlining of TP/ONT Drop sheets based on field surveys, designation of hand hole locations. Interfacing with regulatory for permitting, aerial to burial transitions due to right of way issues.

●Reviewing VSWR for Antenna and Feeder Cable Testing as well as RF PIM Testing as well as Fiber OTDR and Fiber Scope Video Inspection Probe photos for splicing and connector faults and high ORL.

●PtmP Terragraph network design using the unlicensed 60GHz band to support outdoor MAS-Scada PLC deployment for the natural resources industry in West Texas powered by PoE.

●Deployment Project & Construction Management of client’s 4G, 5G Cellular (Macro, Small Cell, DAS) and MW Transmission projects using Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, Cambium, Ceragon, Aviat, Terragraph, SAF Tehnika, Ubiquiti, Tarana, Airspan, Baicells, Mimosa, Telrad, etc. Working with clients to support all construction, deployment scheduling, design, procurement, budgeting, quality control, risk management, progress reporting, change orders, cost control, final build acceptance, punch listing, site acquisition, regulatory activities, bid and quote control, RFIs, etc. throughout the projects.

Sagetree Solutions & Networks Inc., Remote (contractor ATNi) 10/2020 – 11/2020

CBRS LTE RF Design Engineer

●Tasked with a teams of engineers to perform CBRS Band Fixed LTE RF Design for ATN International using Atoll ACP for existing Towers (co-locations) augmented by proposed Green Field locations for a fixed LTE CBRS band network in over 500 rural counties in many states across the USA based on ATNi CBRS band acquisitions from the FCC CBRS 3.5 GHz Auction 105 results that ended in September 2020.

Black & Veatch, Rochester, NY 09/2019 – 02/2020

Telecommunication Field Engineer IV

●Focus WiMAX CBRS Smart Grid and AMI: Assigned to work as a RF Design Engineer on B&V Iberdrola (Avangrid) Smart Grid point to multi-point fixed WiMAX CBRS project in the NE, US until project put on-hold in 2020 due to Covid19:

●Field Duties: Link Verification Team Lead, BS Construction Quality, MW Tower Surveys, make ready surveys, CVT rod & IKEGPS wooden power pole surveys. Updating Asset360 Database and EDX SignalPro fixed WiMAX PTM Design based on CBRD WiMAX PtmP Link Test Verification results, preparation of Installation Packages (CD & BOM) and DRVV Templates.

●Design Duties: EDX Signal Pro RF WiMAX PtmP Re-design of certain Divisions following their addition to AMI and Transmission Resiliency CPE Targets by Avangrid to the FAN Smart Grid Network Design Project.

●Project Management: Preparing RF installation MOPs and FAN Network Design Requirement Documents.

Saigan Technologies Inc. (Sprint contractor, Overland Park, KS) 04/2017 – 08/2019

Wireless Telecommunications RF Engineer III

●Focus member of Central Region RF Engineering Support Team with emphasis of tasks related to design projects for the Central Region Markets: Primarily East Michigan, West Michigan and Toledo markets for CDMA 1x, EVDO, LTE, VoLTE and 5G NR cellular networks using Samsung & Airspan OEM Equipment in the 800, PCS & 2500 Bands all projects have included creation of related RFDS, CIQ and ACDs as needed for:

●Macro Network DOMU (Triband) upgrade project POR development and finalization.

●Atoll Volte Gap vs. CDMA 1x analysis for Toledo, East & West MI.

●Atoll VoLTE ACP EDT Optimization maintaining CDMA No Harm constraints for Toledo Market.

●Stemming from VoLTE Gap Analysis results the Neighborhood Expansion (Macro & Mini Macro) NSB project including initial analysis of MLA (ATC, Crown, VB, SBA, etc.) candidates to meet the design requirements for the NSB Search Rings relative to proximity, location relative to existing sites and available Rad. Centers. Followed by candidate analysis and SCIP reviews then RFDS design for LTE (and CDMA in some cases) for these newly selected candidates and finally CIQ and ACD generation.

●2500 Massive MIMO Project modification of many DOMU and NSB RFDS to support Massive MIMO along with RFDS for CDU30 upgrades with generation of new CIQs and ACDs,

●Very heavily involved in all Mini Macro (small cell) Projects {Mobilitie, Self-Perform (Sprint/Boost/Dealer Stores, Meijer, etc.), Turnkey (Extenet, Crown, Teleworld), Neo Networks, etc.} projects including candidate and SCIP approvals, RFDS, CIQ, ACD and using Atoll for UE Relay BH Donor viability determination. Sprint Central Region SME for questions related to the Mini Macros for special case RFDS creation (small cell provides outdoor/indoor solution using Tappers, etc.) antenna questions, how to build in Atoll, Quasi Omni using remote antennas and Airspan questions.

●Preparation and updating both the Central Region MapInfo 2500 Channel Plan Workspace based on Sprint Spectrum Team 2500 Frequency Plan updates and the TAC assignment map based on TACs pulled from PRTS for during RFDS and CIQ creation as well as the 1900 (1x/EVDO/LTE) BTA MapInfo channel workspace using Patrol Channel Pull.

●Central Region RFDS audits for all Marcos and Mini Macros in Central Region using Sprint Vision Dumps to find and correct RFDS errors.

●Correcting antenna model and tilt assignment errors in Atoll using Patrol, Atlas, and Capstan dumps for Central Region.

●Aided in monthly PNCT preparation for East Michigan prior to NRF PNCT automation.

Primus Software Corp. (contractor Verizon Wireless, Southfield, MI) 02/2015 – 04/2017

Cellular Telecommunication RF Engineer

●Focus RF Design, Regulatory & Special Project tasks related to VZW MI Regional Cellular Network for deployed CDMA 1x, EVDO and LTE Cellular Networks that use Ericsson/Nortel Technology in Upper 700, 850, PCS & AWS Bands.

●Main contributions: - Working on following in support of NSB, Ant. Mod., Carrier Adds and HP LTE projects in 700, PCS and AWS bands from a regulatory perspective. This includes:

●Creating, checking, and correcting EA (RFDS) and there plumbing diagrams,

●Preparing RFCIQ data for NB and Mod Macro and SC Sites,

●Working with construction (and external site acquisition firms) on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA – 144R & 5323), Endangered Species Act & National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Forms for NB and Mod Macro and SC Sites and the related Tower Construction Section 106 Notifications including Form 620, 621 and E-106.

●Ensuring compliance of DL RSSI Coverage with all domestic and international border requirements (other US Carrier & Canada) i.e., no overshooting or filing requests for extension agreements if needed.

●Corrections and changes to RF Planning Tools if needed (antennas, tilts, losses, power, channel assignments, etc.) when errors were found in coordination with RF Cluster and SP Engineers.

●Running RFE regulatory studies for all tower structures or requesting and tracking EME studies for rooftops, and small cells, etc.,

●Working with Regulatory to reconcile any issues and differences between GeoPlan and VZReg found compared to FAA ASN, ASR, 1A & 2C with respect to total structure heights based on Tower Scan data,

●Completing the RF related parts required to obtain final VZW Regulatory using NWF and Siterra so that assigned projects can move to construction on time,

●Requesting and tracking AM studies for sites requiring this as part of their regulatory approval process so pre and post detuning can happen on time with construction,

●Review of closeout packages for any RF related issues (antenna and or RRH configuration errors compared to EA, or RL/IL/PIM issues) so GC Tower crews get requests for mitigation in a timely manner,

●Leading various special projects to reconcile errors in GeoPlan compared to OSS/BSM data in preparation for transition for GeoPlan to Atoll in September 2016. This includes:

●Antenna Trials: Contractor leading day to day tasks for a number of antenna trails focused on comparing between antennas pertaining to similar families such as Hexport, Octoport to find the most suitable antenna from different vendors to achieve certain required coverage objectives to shape and shift LTE between bands in an attempt to elevate LTE congestion of lower bands (700) by shifting traffic to AWS/PCS bands using means other than just parameter adjustments such as LTE Load Balance as well as finding the best antenna for start of LTE 850 deployments moving forward. As well as trials comparing AIR21 to AIR32 and to see if it would be more effective not to move Ericsson AIR antennas from rural sites to the core areas due to their limited power capabilities for LTE.

●True up of all CDMA 1x and EVDO 850 and PCS channels to match BSM data 100%,

●GeoPlan Total TX and RX losses, LTE Radio Models (eNB/RRH – models and power levels), Tilts, Diplexers/Triplexers and TMAs, etc.

●Investigating GeoPlan LTE discrepancies for each site regarding radio types (RU: 01 & 02, RRH: RRUL, RRUS11 RRUS12 & A2 for bands B13, B2 & B4, AIR21 B4A/B2P & AIR32 B4A/B2P) based on OSS Dump.

●Market point of contact for NetScout – TrueCall rollout March 2017.

Avion Systems Inc. (contractor Sprint, Lone Tree, CO) 11/2014 – 02/2015

RF Telecommunications Engineer II

●Focus Optimization and Network Performance Improvement of Sprint’s Colorado market deployed CDMA 1x, EVDO and LTE Cellular Networks that use Samsung Technology) Following Sprint’s network optimization, NPI processes using Sprint RF Performance and Network Status Tracking Tools (Siterra/Glance/Reveal/ODEON-Tableau /RF Cockpit/Samsung BSM and LSMR) for KPI Monitoring, Optimization and NPI of the deployed and expanding network in the Colorado [CDMA 1x {800/PCS}, EVDO {PCS} and LTE {FDD (800/1900) /TDD (2.5G)}] by supporting two market NPI projects:

●Top Gun: Performance investigation/troubleshooting of any (500x500) meter meshes flagged in CO by the Agoop server based on automated active and idle LTE performance data (accessibility, retainability, integrity, mobility and availability) collected by an APP activated on some users UEs followed by investigation of the worst performing grids using drive test data, current physical site settings and parameters and finally arriving at optimization and NPI recommendations (physical cell and network parameter changes as well as possible site additions) to improve performance of those violating grids along with tracking of before and after KPIs in attempt to improve and resolve or improve performance issues in those grids with poor KPIs.

●Multiband (LTE 800/1900/2.5G) Optimization and NPI: A multiband and multi-technology cluster performance improving initiative for the Colorado Sprint market to improve accessibility, RRC failure and HO failure reduction for all 800/1900/2.5G, CDMA 1X, EVDO and LTE. This project was in an early phase with work entailing preparation of processes, trackers, cluster definition, drive routes, etc.

●Worst performing cell investigation based on daily/weekly/monthly KPIs (CDMA 1x VBR/VDR), EVDO (CFR/CDR) and LTE (CFR/CRD) with respect to cause and solutions including modification of physical and soft site parameters and issuing trouble tickets for Sprint Field Ops and OEM Samsung to fix issues and improve network performance.

●Lead identifying congested LTE clusters for traffic offload using planned future Small Cell deployment.

●CDMA/LTE KPIs review following LTE 800 and/or 2.5G turn-ups of existing CDMA or CDMA/LTE 1900 sites as part of the OAR/OAC No Harm Reporting Process.

Airbus DS (Cassidian Communications), Richardson, TX 02/2012 - 09/2014

LMR Project Manager & Telecommunications RF Engineer

●Focus Land Mobile Radio (P25, DMR, Tetra) & MW Backhaul for Public Safety, Transportation, Utilities, and Industrial

●Lead and PM for several P25 LMR Public safety Deployment Projects across the USA.

●Providing RF related technical sections for Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Public Safety (VHF, UHF, UHFT, 700 & 800 MHz band P25, Tetra, DMR, Paging and MW Backhaul Transmission) RFIs & RFP responses – including link-budgets, coverage design, traffic dimensioning for capacity and frequency planning to meet coverage, capacity, C/I and inter-modulation mitigation between co-located antenna systems within KPI and DAQ Quality requirements using EDX – Signal Pro and Mentum Planet RF design tools.

●Preparation of RF network designs, block diagrams, system configurations, MW point by point responses, bills of materials (BOMs) and cost calculations for customer proposals.

●Performed repeater and in-building surveys and measurements to aid in the design and RFP process.

●In-Building venue design included (court houses, detention centers, 911 call centers and airports) for public safety P25 and Tetra Technologies using iBwave for passive/active and hybrid DAS deployments including dedicated head-ends, BDAs, APs and DAS antennas followed by commissioning, turn-up, troubleshooting, verification testing. and final customer acceptance. Vendors used were Comba, Fiplex, Avari, Skymira, Crossfire, ADRF, and Zetron.

●Site selection (Co-lo and Greenfield) to meet LMR coverage requirements with the lowest cost and optimum TX/RX and RX only repeater mix.

●Prepared tower design configurations with respect to antenna mounts, height, standoffs, and best TX/RX antenna locations to meet DL/UL coverage requirements.

●Satisfy all FCC, APCO and RPC regulatory requirements w.r.t. to coverage and interference contours using FCC ULS, ASR and Spectrum Dashboard information.

●Prepared and reviewed ULS FCC601 forms based on project’s licensing requirements.

●Working with APCO, FCC, Industry Canada, etc. for all matters related to licensing and regulatory (AM, MPE, FAA).

●Propagation model calibration using RF Design Tools (EDX Signal Pro, Mentum Planet & iBwave).

●MW Backhaul Link Planning at the RFP phase (route maps, path profile, radio, site surveys, SONET TDM) using Google Earth Pro and Path Loss IV. Followed by construction and deployment project management using Ceragon & Dragonwave MW Radios in SONET ATM configurations.

●Leading and supporting CAT (DAQ – Circuit Merit and Talk-out Drive Testing using STI equipment) and FAT Optimization.

T-Force Inc. (contractor Ericsson USA, Plano, TX) 02/2011 – 11/2011

LTE RF Design Engineer

●Focus LTE RF Network Overlay Design Project for AT&T & US Cellular

●Designing AT&T 4G LTE overlay network (TN & KY) and for US Cellular Knoxville, KY Market.

●AT&T LTE overlay employed Atoll RF Design Software and JDSU AriesoACP, and Teoco Capesso ACP tools to achieve: Optimum Coverage (RSRP), Quality (RSRQ), Dominance, SINR and Throughput within required AT&T KPI design target guidelines using approved link budgets for each bands allocated channel bandwidth and the link profile for the Ericsson LTE eNodeB maintaining proper Spectral Border Coordination and Contingency requirements.

●Preparation of AT&T project progress and final review presentations.

●Attending all related design review meetings with AT&T at market level and

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