President & CEO

P.O. BOX ****

Florence, Texas ***** Home: 254-***-****

Mobile: 832-***-****

e-mail: ********@*********.***

Joseph D. Pratt

Summary I have in excess of thirty (30) years of telecommunications experience with emphasis on network operations and engineer¬ing. Skills range from hands-on knowledge of switching to overall management of large cellular/wireline systems. I have exceptional skills in management of start-up organizations and the implementation of maintenance programs, and new service offerings/products.

Experience Pratt Telecom Services, Inc. (PTSI) October 1998 to present Florence, Texas

President

 Pratt Telecom Services, Inc. is a telecommunications consultancy organization which provides expert, and in-depth analysis, project management, engineering, and maintenance support to large, and complex international & domestic wireless/wireline carriers, and telecommunications equipment vendors.

 I have designed, implemented, and managed forty six (46) switching nodes, and have been responsible for the successful deployment of over twenty six hundred (2600) cell sites/BTS’s.

 As EVP/COO for Telco Analytics, a Telecom Software Development Company, I have been responsible for the facilitation of new network optimization platforms, and the establishment of Tier1 & Tier2 Business Development.

 Formulation of proposals in support of E911 Phase 1 and Phase 2 implementation for Nortel Networks, and T-Mobile’s Network Deployment Process.

 Developed a graphical user interface (GUI) to the Telcordia Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG), which provides a user-friendly customer interface to the LERG, and moreover, promotes enhanced feature sets, and additional functionalities for the user, thus providing a simple platform to navigate through the complex, and cumbersome Telcordia LERG database.

 In Saudi Arabia I was responsible for the management of over two hundred (200) engineering & operations disciplines, and I was responsible for the management, in excess of twenty one hundred (2100) cell sites/BTS’s, and multiple switching platforms.

 Provided an in-depth network analogy of network statistics and alarm characteristics, identified OMC responsibilities, and provided solutions to respective identified OMC anomalies, through the formulation of Position Descriptions, identified system/platforms, which were critical to the ongoing support of the complex network elements, contingent to the GSM networking environment.

 Generated Preventative Maintenance Procedures, which entailed the support of all equipment, contiguous to the entire Saudi Network.

 In Lagos, Nigeria I provided site acquisition support, performed audits of current BTS sites under construction, identified test equipment required, and rendered recommendations for RF network design tools, necessary to construct and maintain an Alcatel GSM 900 wireless network.

 I provided an entire resource algorithm, necessary to engineer, construct, maintain, groom, and grow the Nigerian network, which depicted all engineering & operations disciplines, and respective responsibilities.

 In Manila, Philippines I analyzed CDMA & AMPS networks, relevant to overall architecture, and network performance, and instituted recommended changes, to ensure synergy between two (2) dissimilar networking platforms, and maximized network performance & utilization of configured network elements. The premise of my evaluation was overall NSS architecture, signaling architecture, (capacity & planning) NSS configuration, (capacity & performance), AMPS/CDMA dual-mode capacity, and the capability against subscriber demand, subscriber enhanced services, network management system & hierarchy, billing & customer service, fraud management, and IS-41-C intra-roaming issues, relevant to Lucent & Motorola switching technologies.

Trintel Communications, Inc. May 2000 to September 2001 Irving, Texas

Vice President of Technical Operations

 Responsible for the management of multiple engineering and operations functions to ensure effective site planning, acquisition, project management, tower construction, ongoing maintenance, quality of all radios and fixed network design systems.

 Directed engineering teams responsible for radio frequency design, site parameter engineering, microwave relocation coordination, drive testing, FAA/FCC notification, design & detail application engineering, and power/protection engineering.

 Directed engineering teams responsible for fixed network design, which included site, and routing activities interconnection, digital cross-connect design, and switch engineering.

 Managed the selection and preparation of site activities, which included identification of available sites, obtained required leasing & permitting documents, preparation of sites for vendor, construction management, tower erection, punch list preparation, and mechanical engineering.

 Facilitated the entire project/program management efforts for the company, which included managing the scope, scheduling & budget, and forecasting of all systems design, and engineering requirements, as identified, per the critical path.

 Responsible for the business development in support of service work and new tower construction, for corporate sales & marketing.

Aerial Communications September 1996 to October 1998 Houston, Texas

General Manager of Operations & Maintenance

 Responsible for the staffing, construction, specification documentation, and ongoing support of a Nokia GSM 1900 PCS wireless network. Specifically, my responsibilities entailed the management of a switched network comprised of over two hundred (200) BTS sites, Telco facilities, and associated ancillary/peripheral equipment. I formulated test & acceptance design criteria to ensure that Aerial Communications network was superior to their competition.

 Generated Methods & Operating Procedures specifications documentation (MOP), which promoted a cost effective, high-quality, and extremely efficient networking confine.

 Implemented, and managed an Operations Maintenance Center (OMC)

Thrifty Call, Inc. December 1994 to Sept. 1996 San Marcos, Texas

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

 Instrumental for the generation of the contract between Thrifty Call and Nortel, in the definition, overall scope and pricing structure for the Thrifty Call network implementation endeavor.

 Responsible for switch site and point-of-presence procurement, power, environmental, space and equipment design, complete network-wide engineering requirements, switch installation, trunking, and network operations functionality.

 Developed, implemented, and sustained network integrity, essential to sustain a four (4) nodal switched DMS_250 super node network, and network operations center (NOC).

 Primary responsibilities included, staffing, departmental administration & management, generation of departmental policy & procedures, systems deployment, translations, and leasing & purchasing of switched systems, and network related hardware & software subsystems.

 Responsible for the overall vendor management from network inception through network launch.

 I engineered and generated the Telecom Industry’s first local land-line call, via a 38 GHZ Microwave Hop, to a Satel switching platform, via a hybrid fiber coax (HFC).

Pratt Diversified November 1993 to March 1997 The Woodlands, Texas

Principal

 Pratt Diversified is a provider of office automation products and services, relevant to computers, and associated network peripheral equipment, for commercial & residential applications,

 Additionally, Pratt Diversified is a provider of computer information technology, including, but not limited to computer reservation systems, credit verification, background checks, and miscellaneous transactions, requiring data interpolation interactions.

GTE Mobilnet August 1990 to January 1994 Houston, Texas

Regional Manager – Network Operations

 Responsible for the overall management of the Texas Region. Directed, planned, and coordinated all cell sites, and switch maintenance activities, in support of attaining documented & industry leading network efficiency & quality standards.

 Implemented network hardware/software subsystems, and managed the network planning process.

 In 1993, I orchestrated the nations’ largest network conversion from a Motorola to a Lucent Network switching platform. This feat entailed the cutover/network launch of one hundred & sixty nine (169) cell sites, and five (5) switching centers (MTSOs).

 Acted as liaison between executive management of GTE and Lucent, during the entire implementation phase of the network conversation. This feat entailed generation/management of the critical path, transmittals, and vendor/resource management.

 In 1992, I managed the largest and contiguous cellular network, comprised in excess of one hundred thousand (100,000) square miles of coverage area/footprint.

 In 1991, I managed the testing of the Telecom Industry’s first IS-41 protocol communications link, via an EMX 2500 Motorola switch, located in Beaumont, Texas, to an AT&T Autoplex 1000 switch, resident in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

 Designed, implemented, and managed a network operations center (NOC).

GTE Mobilnet February 1989 to August 1990 Houston, Texas

Program Manager/Cellular Engineer

 Provided GTE Mobilnet with the highest level of technical expertise in cellular systems technology, including switching, radio, software, firmware, hardware, industry standards, and peripheral products/systems.

 Acted as vendor liaison for GTE and Motorola to ensure total equipment compatibility, escalation and tracking of service effecting problems, and coordinated & controlled the budget, and schedule for major design changes.

 Directed the evaluation of new cellular systems, support systems, and peripheral equipment.

 Prepared policy statements for specific application of devices to ensure that cellular related equipment was of the highest quality attainable.

System One Corporation October 1987 to February 1989 Houston, Texas

Manager – Switch Systems Engineering

 Overall responsibility for the effective management, startup, engineering, and installation activities.

 Vendor liaison between Digital Switch Corporation and System One.

 Developed engineering specification guidelines in support of building fit-up, power & grounding criteria, and switch ‘turn-to-service’ design support documentation.

 Developed, documented, and implemented, Quality & Acceptance Standards for central office facility plant design, construction, and installation.

 Developed database design requirements for the DEX-400 switch and STP implementation.

 Designed and launched a six (6) nodal BBN packet switching network platform.

Satellite Business Systems December 1984 to April 1987 McLean, Virginia

Senior Engineering Advisor

 Responsible for vendor product management, to include feature packaging, scheduling commitments, switch hardware upgrades, relevant to development, vendor correspondence, transmittal letters, and switch/product development.

 Developed and implemented Quality & Acceptance Standards for central office facility plant design, construction, and installation.

 Performed quarterly SCS database audits and inspected all DMS_250 switching centers, earth stations, performed engineering switch audits, to include the Network Access Center (NAC), and power plant.

Satellite Business Systems October 1983 to December 1984 McLean, Virginia

Manager – Plant Administration

 Trained SCS administration specialists, equipment configuration engineers, database engineers, and equipment engineers, to efficiently perform their respective position functionalities to maximum efficiency, and quality standards.

 Constructed SCS translations for twenty three (23) DMS_250 switching centers and implemented automated network reroute control features, which saved the company $460,000 dollars during the DMS_250 implementation cycle.

Satellite Business Systems June 1982 to October 1983

McLean, Virginia

Advisory Software Applications Engineer

 Obtained, analyzed, and compiled data required to complete the initial SCS translations for the DMS_250 network deployment.

 Originated, verified, and tracked software work orders required to establish trunk orders, and circuit assignments.

Satellite Business Systems September 1981 to June 1982

McLean, Virginia

Staff Engineer

 Facilitated the Telecom Industry’s first network launch, of a Nortel DMS_250 network, comprised of twenty-three (23) switched network nodes, in an industry leading eighteen (18) month time frame. All inter-machine trunks (IMT’s) were routed via satellite links, enabling a least cost routing schema, over conventional routing methodology.

 Identified channel units required, allocated channel units within D4 systems, maintained as-built drawings, engineered additions to D4 systems, and provided third-level support for hardware and software problems associated with DMS switching centers.

 Worked with Nortel software engineers on the design and the development of the DMS_250 switching platform.

GTE Automatic Electric February 1971 to Sept. 1981 Northlake, Illinois

Systems Engineer

 Tested and ‘turned-to-service’ all hardware and software subsystems comprising No. 1 & No. 2 EAX electronic switching systems.

 Diagnosed and repaired the hardware to the component level and debugged the software to the module/thread level.

 Planned, organized, and coordinated site testing activities, resolution of interface anomalies between Automatic Electric and Telco, and the isolation & correction of memory block parity errors.

 Trained lower-level engineering disciplines to competently and effectively perform their respect job functions.

Education  Master of Science in Telecommunications, Magna Cum Laude: Ashwood University

 BSEE: GTE TELOPS

 Certificate in GSM 1900 System Training: Nokia Telecommunications Training Center

 Certificate in DX 200 System Operation and maintenance: Nokia Telecommunications Training Center

 Certificate in NMS101 Network Monitoring: Nokia Telecommunications Training Center

 Certificate in Base Station Subsystem Parameters: Nokia Telecommunications Training Center

 Certificate in Cellular System Design and Performance Engineering¬- CC1400: AT&T Technical Training Center

 QMS II Process Management: IBM Quality Institute

 Certificate for First Class FCC License: National Radio Institute

 Certificate in Program Management: Fred Pryor Institute

 Certificate in Autoplex System Series II Cell Site Maintenance¬-

CL3502X: AT&T Network Systems Training Center

 Certificate in Autoplex System 1000 Translations-CL1505: AT&T Network Systems Training Center

 Certificate in Autoplex System 1000 MSC Maintenance -CL3504: AT&T Network Systems Training Center

 Certificate in Dyna-Tac Cellular System EMX 2500 Basic Operations: Motorola Radio Telephone Systems Group

 Certificate in the Principles and Servicing of Dyna-Tac Translations: Motorola National Service Training Center

 Certificate in the Principles and Servicing of Dyna-Tac EMX 100/250/500 Switching: Motorola National Service Training Center

 Certificate in the Principles and Servicing of Dyna-Tac High & Low Density Cell Sites: Motorola National Service Training Center

 Certificate in Basics of BBN 0/S: BBN Communications Corporation

 Certificate in Intermediate BBN 0/S: BBN Communications Corporation

 Certificate in BBN/Administration: BBN Communications Corporation

 Certificate in Basic Network Operations: BBN Communications Corporation

 Certificate in DEX-400 Maintenance: Digital Switch Corporation

 Certificate in Management Information Series: Satellite Business Systems

 Certificate in DMS 100/200 System Maintenance: Department of Technical Training-Northern Telecom/Durham Technical Institute

 Certificate in Common Control Field -Testing: GTE Automatic Electric

 Certificate in Digital Electronic System Fundamentals: GTE Automatic Electric

 Certificate in Test Load Simulation: GTE Automatic Electric

 Certificate in Principles of Electricity and Principles of Telephony: Central Telephone System

 Certificate in Station Installation: Central Telephone System

 GTE Management Training Concepts: GTE Management Development Center

 Managing in GTE: GTE Management Development Center

 Managing Personal Growth: GTE Management Development Center

 Finance for Non-Financial Managers: GTE Management Development Center

Affiliations

 Esteemed member of Sterling Who's Who Executive Edition

 Member and special honoree in the official registry of the Who's Who of Global Business Leaders

 Member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers - (ASCAP)

 Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - (IEEE)

 Member of the Communications Society of America

 Member of the Board of Directors for Telco Analytics

Awards

 Team Excellence: GTE Mobilnet

 Process Management: GTE Mobilnet

 Team Excellence: Satellite Business Systems

 Outstanding Performance: Satellite Business Systems

 Quality Assurance: Satellite Business Systems

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