Project Manager Management
Resume:
DALE SCOTT CALDWELL
**** ********* ***** ******, ******* 30019
o7ov2d@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
I offer more than 25 years of experience in Project Management in the IT industry. My present responsibilities include management of large scale mobile network deployments and the development of business requirements, strategies and plans. I have managed the launch of wireless products and services based on 3GPP, ATSC, WiMAX and Wi-Fi technologies. I have solid experience with implementing product life-cycle management strategies from product marketing, design and product launch through end of life. My qualifications also include building and managing strong business relationships with our external vendors and partners. I have a strong work ethic for doing the job right the first time, for the best price and in the shortest amount of time and will use all of my skills and experience to ensure a successful project.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• MS Office Suite
• MS Project
• MS Visio
• SDLC
• Windows 7 / Vista / XP / 2000
• VoIP
• MS PowerPoint
• TCP/IP
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DISH Network LLC - Atlanta, GA
Senior Project Manager
September 2004 – Present
• Performed specific construction and engineering Project Management tasks including site acquisition, project scheduling, assigned task to resources, negotiated the terms and conditions for lease agreements, negotiated pricing and terms with all sub-contractors, generated the statement of work document, performed pre-construction and final site walks, completed the site application, arranged RFI studies, review and sign-off of A&E drawing package, obtained all permits, dealt with all change orders, system acceptance testing and sign-off, and provided upper management with weekly status reports for all activities.
• Negotiated pricing for and obtained all approvals for the Purchase Orders placed with the vendors involved with the project including the purchase of the hardware and services from Harris Corporation, Rohde & Schwarz, American Tower, Richland Tower, Electronic Research Incorporated, Dielectric, AT&T (for fiber and DSL backhaul circuits) Dragon Wave, and Exalt, etc.
• Managed development and deployment of Alvarion 4G WiMAX network.
• Project management lead of ATSC M/H based cell site construction and deployment for operational trial in Atlanta, Georgia and further planning for nationwide deployment.
• Managed large scale mobile network deployment projects including UMTS deployment, 4G deployment, 3G deployment, new switch builds, overlays, etc.
• Assisted engineering with developing the mobile service coverage area based on population density and income models coupled with the ATDI RF propagation tool to predict indoor and outdoor coverage. Performed drive testing data collection and analysis to confirm the predicted coverage area and upload / download speeds matched the actual coverage area.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - Continued
• Provided operational support requirements, network models / business financial modeling and cost / benefit analysis while managing 3G research and development team.
Echostar Satellite LLC - Atlanta, GA
Project Manager
May 2001 – August 2004
• Managed the hardware and software development project for the QAM351 set-top-box for deployment in our Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) locations throughout the United States.
• Led the project kick-off and weekly status update meetings to discuss all project issues including the project schedule, design goals, budget, product quality measurement criteria, and to track the progress of all assigned project task.
• Generated the project schedule using MS Project based on the product design goals.
• Incorporated Six Sigma lean manufacturing processes to improve manufacturing processes and eliminate defects as the basis for the mass production of the product.
• Led the effort on trips to the production facility in Guadalajara, Mexico to initiate production, investigate on-going manufacturing process issues, performed on site audits, root cause studies and produced failure analysis reports working with the production engineering team.
Alpha Technologies - Suwanee, GA
Production Supervisor
August 1999 – April 2001
• Supervised a team of fifteen assemblers and ten test technicians in a high production environment producing UPS and backup power supply products for the telephone, wireless and broadband industries.
• Participated in marketing and sales strategy, design and development of the assembly and test procedures to support bringing new products to the market including the Radium line, which provided outside plant power for fiber fed communications.
• Achieved ISO 9001 standard certification for all product lines under my supervision and acted as the Quality Manager performing audits and driving the continuous improvement effort.
• Implemented OSHA safety standards and practices into the production facility. Obtained OSHA safety posters, performed all training on proper use and storage of chemicals and performed all of the material safety data sheet (MSDS) training and manual updating.
• Utilized the SAP system for materials management, production planning, logistics and sales.
Turner Broadcasting / CNN - Atlanta, GA
Satellite Broadcast Engineer
February 1996 – July 1999
• Performed installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of video and satellite broadcast equipment including traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWT’s), klystron tube amplifiers, up/down converters, video exciters, video distribution amplifiers, patch panels, servers, LNA protection switches, and video standards converters (NTSC/PAL/SECAM).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – Continued
• Operated the Network Operations Center where I configured satellite antennas and baseband equipment to perform satellite uplinks and downlinks for the CNN News Desk.
• Performed video and audio quality of service (QoS) monitoring for all Turner Networks including fiber optic, T1 and satellite communication links.
• Maintained the trouble ticketing system and entered trouble tickets, performed system backups, escalated problems for immediate resolution and closed tickets.
• Operated test equipment such as spectrum analyzer, power meter, signal generator, vectorscope, oscilloscope and volt-ohm meter to troubleshoot and test a wide variety of video broadcast equipment.
• Conducted other assigned duties such as the set up, operation and maintenance of a portable fly away earth station for Satellite News Gathering (SNG) activities.
• Performed all routine maintenance activities on large Cassegrain and Prime Focus parabolic satellite antenna systems including changing out drive motors, setting and adjusting electrical and mechanical limits, gearbox lubrication, and waveguide replacement.
AT&T Tridom Corporation - Marietta, GA
Project Manager / Network Engineer
August 1986 – January 1996
• Managed global deployments of multi-million dollar contracts through the entire project management life-cycle; meeting scope, time, budget and quality constraints.
• Project managed the launch of TDMA / VSAT satellite based communication products and services and provided overall product life-cycle management, product development, business management, vendor relations and partner management.
• Performed on-site technical support for up to six weeks for both domestic and international enterprise customers such as Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Days Inns, Prudential Bache Securities, Civil Aviation Administration of China (Beijing, China), Telmex (Mexico City), Citra Sari Makmur (Jakarta, Indonesia) and Banco Ganadero (Bogota, Columbia).
• Assisted in the design, installation and acceptance testing of Ku-band satellite earth stations and remote VSAT terminals for domestic and international customers.
• Performed all duties required in the Network Operations Center (NOC) for the shared satellite earth station including QoS monitoring, configuration and activation of SDLC and X.25 protocol based customer equipment attached to our satellite modem, trouble ticket generation using Siebel and complete end-to-end problem troubleshooting and resolution.
• Support and configure VoIP services for customers and provide Tier II technical support for those services.
Scientific Atlanta - Norcross, GA
Senior Research and Development Technician
January 1980 – July 1986
• Participated in the development of a ship board stabilized Infrared Search and Target Designation (IRSTD) system for the United States Navy.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – Continued
• Deployed to Edwards Air Force Base in California to refurbish and upgrade a six meter antenna pedestal and baseband equipment used for communications and for collecting tracking data from NASA’s Space Shuttle.
• Participated in on-site acceptance testing and customer training activities.
• Sub-contracted to Raytheon Corporation to perform final acceptance testing of a hydraulic ship board stabilized pedestal while being witnessed by a U.S. Government DCAS inspector.
EDUCATION
Elkins Institute - Atlanta, Georgia 1979 - 1980 Graduated
Associates Degree in Industrial Electronics
Lively Vocational-Technical School - Tallahassee, FL 1976 - 1978 Graduated
1080 Hours of Basic Electronics Certificate
540 Hours of Advanced Electronics Certificate
Lincoln High School - Tallahassee, FL 1974 – 1978 Graduated
Summa cum Laude 4.0 GPA
Continuing Education
Georgia Work Ready Gold Plus Certified
Fast Start in Program Management / Systemation
Computer Network Architecture and Protocols / the Learning Tree
Stratus / VOS Fundamentals and System Administration
Telenex 2000 / 2700 LAN/WAN Matrix Switch System Administration
AT&T Total Quality Management Improvement (TQMI)
AT&T Data Communications I and II
AT&T TCP/IP Networking
AT&T Project Management
AT&T Time Management
AT&T Diversity Awareness
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