Project Manager Construction

Christopher J. Brown

*** ***** *** **, **** Beach, FL 32963

(802) 236 - 8384

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Professional Experience

Self Employed Contractor Nov 2021 - Present

Manage and assist in 5G upgrades to AT&T cell sites – Philadelphia, PA Manage remote meter reading site upgrades – Philadelphia, PA Survey ROW and private property locations for small cell deployments – New Bedford, MA Survey outside plant for Fiber to the Home – Albany, NY Conduct ground resistivity testing for new E911 sites – Richmond, VA Survey CATV existing equipment and OSP for future upgrade – Colorado Supervise fiber optic aerial construction. QA inspect fiber OSP construction. Remediate OSP construction discrepancies

(groundman) – Virginia

Construction Management, FTTH, Ohio. Supervise underground fiber optic construction, document daily production, generate reporting. Conduct post construction surveys to document asbuilts Construction Manager, FTTH, Oklahoma. Managed all aspects of aerial and underground Commscope FTTX deployment. Managed inventory, supervised crews, field re-engineering as needed Crown Castle Inc. Product Engineer Nov 2020 – Nov 2021 East Coast

Evaluate and approve all power products for Small Cells and venues. Assist markets with power issues, remote power solutions and grounding and bonding theory, installation and testing. Setup and conduct power quality data acquisition tests. Project Manager July 2016 – Nov 2020

National Implementation Team

Act as subject matter expert for all small cell construction issues. Advise, train and assist local market teams across the country with power, grounding, RF interference and unique construction issues. Write standards for small design and construction, grounding and bonding and remote power delivery.

Construction Manager April 2012 – July 2016

East Coast

Manage construction of Small Cell networks; fiber, nodes and hubs. Manage special projects NextG Networks, Inc. Engineering Project Manager Aug 2003 – April 2012 California/Vermont

Manage all aspects of deployment of fiber optic repeater based distributed antenna system (DAS) projects. Coordinate RF test, site selection, planning, permitting and engineering of fiber backbone, node and hub locations. Interface with utilities, state and local governments for permitting and deployment coordination. Oversee construction of aerial and underground fiber optic backbone, hub and microcell repeaters. Manage integration, test, turn up and delivery of turn-key DAS. Karatcom, Inc. Microwave Field Engineer Jan 2003 – Aug 2003 Ohio/Indiana

Conduct equipment engineering for deployment of microwave backhaul network. Field installation, test and turn up of licensed and unlicensed microwave links.

Devon Mobile Communications Sr. Cell Site Technician Sep 2001 – Dec 2002 Vermont/New Hampshire/Maine

Responsible for field issues related to deployment of a PCS network. Conduct, pre and post construction walks. Attend hearings for all RF issues related to site deployment. Test and troubleshoot T1s, install network interface units, microwave radio links. Test, troubleshoot and maintain Lucent DBS equipment. Metricom, Inc. Sr. Field Support Engineer Jun 2000 – Sep 2001 Los Angeles, CA

Responsible for deployment, maintenance, testing of a high speed wireless internet network. Conduct site maintenance, power, telecom circuits, equipment test, as-built drawings, equipment configuration. Deploy microwave facilities. Resolve RF network problems. Administer construction punch list. Review zoning drawings, conduct construction walks. Nextel Communications RF Engineer Dec 1999 – Jun 2000 Irvine, CA

Responsible for RF system design of TDMA network. Determine parameters for new cells, optimize existing sites. Analyze system performance. Monitor reports, quality of service, RF anomalies. Perform system troubleshooting,RF simulations, traffic analysis, data collection, reduction, system optimization, FCC and FAA compliance. Frontier Cellular RF Field Engineer May 1999 – Oct 1999 RF Engineering: Syracuse, NY

Conduct site selection and RF performance drive tests. Reduce and compile data. Evaluate AMPS and CDMA system performance and optimize cell site coverage. Conduct engineering investigations to discover and correct RF intermodulation and interference problems.

Cellular Network Technician July 1997 – May 1999

Field Operations: Syracuse, NY. Analyze, test and repair T1 network and facilities, landline and microwave. Test amplifiers, transmission and receiver systems and antennas. Turn up and integrate new sites, establish microwave path, program DACS, test GPS receivers. Maintain Lucent Autoplex 1000 Series I, II cell site equipment, both AMPS and CDMA technologies. Xerox Corporation Electromagnetic Compatibility Technician August 1996 - July 1997 Webster, NY Setup and conduct engineering investigations, compliance tests and manufacturing audits for radiated emissions, conducted emissions, electrostatic discharge, and radiated immunity of copiers, printers and associated products. Rome Research Corporation RF Test Engineer August 1993 - May 1996 Griffis Air Force Base, NY

Rome Lab Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Division. Develop and implement plans and procedures to test airborne systems and conduct scientific research, and antenna testing in anechoic and reverberant chambers, and on free field range. Fabricate, install test apparatus, troubleshoot and repair electronics. Process and compile data, generate reports. United States Navy Aviation Electronics Technician August 1988 - June 1992 Fighter Squadron 201 NAS Dallas, TX

Test, troubleshoot and repair F-14 radar, weapons control system and avionics. Supervised night flightline operations and maintenance. QA inspector of avionics and weapons control maintenance actions. Trained reservist technicians in operation, testing and repair of weapons and avionics systems. Education

Florida Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science

Major: Space Sciences

Minor: Mechanical Engineering

Technical Training

Lucent

Design and Performance Engineering for AMPS Cellular Systems - I Design and Performance Engineering for AMPS Cellular Systems - II Autoplex System 1000 Series II Cell Site Maintenance Autoplex System 1000 Series IIm T1/E1 Minicell and Series IImm T1/E1 Microcell Maintenance Cell Site Maintenance for CDMA Cellular Applications Autoplex System 1000 Series I Cell Site Maintenance Autoplex System 1000 Modular Linear Amplifier Circuit Maintenance Harris Farinon

Urbanet Series Microwave Radio Maintenance

Glenayre

Lynx Series Spread Spectrum Microwave Radio Maintenance Frontier Corporation

T1 Maintenance

Celwave

Base Station Antenna Systems

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