Cellular Telecommunications Project Manager
Cellular Telecommunications Project Manager with 17 years experience looking for a Middle Management position.
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DAVID A. BROWN PO Box 611 Mayflower, AR 72106 501-812-8444 [email protected] CAREER OBJECTIVE: Position as a RF/Network Operations, or Engineering/Manager with a progressive t elecommunications organization. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: February 2011 to Present Goodman Networks Little Rock, Arkansas Position: Senior Manager Technical Services Manage approximatey 20 plus personnel ranging from Project Scoping, Transport, a nd Tiger Teams, (Tower Crews) for alarm clearing of Ericsson equipment alarms. P rovide guidance, and training for new employees. Hire new cell technicians to wo rk on site equipment, from Micro Wave to T1 testing, and turn up. Monitor Tiger Team buget, and other associated costs for each group, provide weekly spread she et updates on tracking, and clearing of alarms, and objectives needing to be met by project scoping, and T1 transport testing, and clearing. Meet reqularly with assigned subordinates, assess, and qualify new vendors, for associated work as needed. December 2010 to Present LCC International Chantilly, Virginia Position: Project Coordinator AT&T Project A/OK Provide guidance, and coordination for LCC carrier adds, and optimization for th e Little Rock, and Oklahoma markets. Track multiple cell site carrier adds, and drive tes t optimization schedules, provide upadated drive tracker updates, to team members, and AT&T. July 2010 to November 2010 Holsted Communications North Little Rock, Arkansas Position: RF Engineering Contractor Responsibilities include design, and supervise omni, and sector antenna upgrades , and installations as directed by vendors. Review customer specificaitons, and direct the installation, and or repair of tower, coax, and antenna configuratio ns as needed. April 2010 to July 2010 Signal Point Systems 1270 Shiloh Road Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 Position: South Central Regional Manager Little Rock , Arkansas
Responsibilities included management of approximately 25 technicians in maintena nce of cell sites, and surrounding premises of each shelter. Tower, HVAC, gener ator, grounds maintenance, and MTSO mechanical, and electrical systems for Verizon Wir eless, Qwest, and AT&T telecommunications networks. My area included Arkansas, Oklahoma, West TN, Missouri, and part of Mississippi. Provide leadership in main taining regular quarterly Pms on all cell site locations, and MTSO's in a timely manner. Handle emergency outages, and provide resolutions to network, and syste m outages on demand, as needed. 2008 to 2009 Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) ICE San Jose, Costa Rica Position: RF Engineering Contractor Responsible for RF Design, and optimization of GSM cellular system, and build ou t as directed by ICE. Monitor dropped calls, blocked calls, and loss of transmi ssions, and offer advice on hand off, and capacity issues. 2006 to 2008 Sprint/Nextel Little Rock, Arkansas Position: RF Engineer II (Wireless In Building Design Engineer) Responsible for the daily monitoring, and design of multiple in building project s for Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. Job responsibilities Include: Design, and review of vendor installations at approximately 45 to 50 projects si multaneously to ensure vendor, or contractor compliance with Sprint corporate co nstruction standards. Manage, and review vendor bids, and ensure all work is completed in a timely man ner. Review current, and future contractors performance, in order to provide adequate installation crews for future installations. 2000 to 2006 Nextel Partners Inc. Little Rock, Arkansas Position: System Performance Engineer Responsible for the daily RF Performance monitoring of Cell Sites in the Little Rock, Conway, Hot Springs, and South Arkansas sites. Job responsibilities Include: Review of cell site stats related to dropped calls, blocking, and Erlang usage, Frequency Planning, for new Channel additions. Produce RF propagation maps of current and future coverage, along with the daily driving, and testing of the iDEN system in order to make modifications to secto r power levels, neighbor, and threshold handoff parameters. Implementation of new cell sites into service, and verification of power, handof f, and sector configurations. 1999 to 2000 Western Wireless, Bellevue WA Position: Manager of Performance Engineering - South/Systems Job responsibilities Include: Performance engineering for TX, OK, AR, KS and NE. Monitoring of current system performance, and future system modifications for We
stern Wireless cellular operations known as South Systems. Interface with Technical Operations Managers of each market recommend system imp rovements changes as necessary for the maximum performance of the network. 1996 to 1999 Southwestern Bell Wireless, Tulsa, OK, and Little Rock, Arkansas. Position: RF Performance Engineer/Manager. Job responsibilities Include: PCS build-out and cellular system operations in Tulsa, OK and Little Rock, Arkan sas markets. In Tulsa, Oklahoma I provided training, to approximately six person nel regarding testing of various RF configurations, including omni, and sectors platforms. Implement RF test antenna configurations on roof top structures, and cranes for fine tuning of the RF propagation model. Trained personnel in the use TEMS units, and system performance, and evaluation software utilizing GPS tracking data. Established drive test measurements, and parameters utilizing the Comarco Van fo r the Little Rock, and Tulsa, OK markets, 1995 - 1996 Sprint Telecommunication's Venture, Kansas City, Missouri. Position: Wireless Integration Manager Job responsibilities Include: Construction, and implementation of Northern Telecom BTS radio units into servic e. Other duties included were, site selection, and preview. Review of cell site construction status, and make recommendations regarding towe r construction progress, safety conditions at cell site, telco delivery, and sch eduling, submit tower, coax, and general construction for quotations to contract ors. Negotiate with vendors regarding price, and delivery of services in a timel y manner. Provide as-built specifications to contractors for the proper completi on of the project. Trained Wireless Integration Engineers for daily routines of maintenance, etc., on Northern Telecom communication's equipment. 1992 - 1995 ALLTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Position: Mid South Field Engineer Job responsibilities Include: Responsible for Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Oklahoma new cell s ite construction. Preview of cell site property, and recommendation of land lease, and other param eters which involved access, and easement which was then passed on to Alltels re al estate department. Provide guidance, and adherence of corporate cell site grounding standards. Monitor construction access, and easement to as per Alltel standards. Construction of cell site shelter pad, delivery of building. Review tower construction, and correct antenna orientation as per engineering Co nsult with testing vendor for concrete structure and foundations compliance. Monitor the timely delivery of TELCO, or T-Span installation at the site. Perform final punch list, and review with general contractor. Work with local operations team to perform RF performance, and call processing f or service.
1989 - 1992 ALLTEL MOBILE OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Position: Network Manager Job responsibilities Include: Monitoring, maintenance installation, repair of network and shop operations. Supervision of three departments which included Network Operations, and Maintena nce, Cellular Subscriber Installations, and System Maintenance. Customer service support, training of shop, and system technical personnel in ce ll site, and switch maintenance. Coordination of new cell site construction, and daily monitoring of system metri cs by evaluating, Alltel's Trouble Tracking System, by Call Failure Records. Provide daily review of Alltel's mobile radio inventory for a complete and accur ate accounting
Responsibilities included management of approximately 25 technicians in maintena nce of cell sites, and surrounding premises of each shelter. Tower, HVAC, gener ator, grounds maintenance, and MTSO mechanical, and electrical systems for Verizon Wir eless, Qwest, and AT&T telecommunications networks. My area included Arkansas, Oklahoma, West TN, Missouri, and part of Mississippi. Provide leadership in main taining regular quarterly Pms on all cell site locations, and MTSO's in a timely manner. Handle emergency outages, and provide resolutions to network, and syste m outages on demand, as needed. 2008 to 2009 Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) ICE San Jose, Costa Rica Position: RF Engineering Contractor Responsible for RF Design, and optimization of GSM cellular system, and build ou t as directed by ICE. Monitor dropped calls, blocked calls, and loss of transmi ssions, and offer advice on hand off, and capacity issues. 2006 to 2008 Sprint/Nextel Little Rock, Arkansas Position: RF Engineer II (Wireless In Building Design Engineer) Responsible for the daily monitoring, and design of multiple in building project s for Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. Job responsibilities Include: Design, and review of vendor installations at approximately 45 to 50 projects si multaneously to ensure vendor, or contractor compliance with Sprint corporate co nstruction standards. Manage, and review vendor bids, and ensure all work is completed in a timely man ner. Review current, and future contractors performance, in order to provide adequate installation crews for future installations. 2000 to 2006 Nextel Partners Inc. Little Rock, Arkansas Position: System Performance Engineer Responsible for the daily RF Performance monitoring of Cell Sites in the Little Rock, Conway, Hot Springs, and South Arkansas sites. Job responsibilities Include: Review of cell site stats related to dropped calls, blocking, and Erlang usage, Frequency Planning, for new Channel additions. Produce RF propagation maps of current and future coverage, along with the daily driving, and testing of the iDEN system in order to make modifications to secto r power levels, neighbor, and threshold handoff parameters. Implementation of new cell sites into service, and verification of power, handof f, and sector configurations. 1999 to 2000 Western Wireless, Bellevue WA Position: Manager of Performance Engineering - South/Systems Job responsibilities Include: Performance engineering for TX, OK, AR, KS and NE. Monitoring of current system performance, and future system modifications for We
stern Wireless cellular operations known as South Systems. Interface with Technical Operations Managers of each market recommend system imp rovements changes as necessary for the maximum performance of the network. 1996 to 1999 Southwestern Bell Wireless, Tulsa, OK, and Little Rock, Arkansas. Position: RF Performance Engineer/Manager. Job responsibilities Include: PCS build-out and cellular system operations in Tulsa, OK and Little Rock, Arkan sas markets. In Tulsa, Oklahoma I provided training, to approximately six person nel regarding testing of various RF configurations, including omni, and sectors platforms. Implement RF test antenna configurations on roof top structures, and cranes for fine tuning of the RF propagation model. Trained personnel in the use TEMS units, and system performance, and evaluation software utilizing GPS tracking data. Established drive test measurements, and parameters utilizing the Comarco Van fo r the Little Rock, and Tulsa, OK markets, 1995 - 1996 Sprint Telecommunication's Venture, Kansas City, Missouri. Position: Wireless Integration Manager Job responsibilities Include: Construction, and implementation of Northern Telecom BTS radio units into servic e. Other duties included were, site selection, and preview. Review of cell site construction status, and make recommendations regarding towe r construction progress, safety conditions at cell site, telco delivery, and sch eduling, submit tower, coax, and general construction for quotations to contract ors. Negotiate with vendors regarding price, and delivery of services in a timel y manner. Provide as-built specifications to contractors for the proper completi on of the project. Trained Wireless Integration Engineers for daily routines of maintenance, etc., on Northern Telecom communication's equipment. 1992 - 1995 ALLTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Position: Mid South Field Engineer Job responsibilities Include: Responsible for Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Oklahoma new cell s ite construction. Preview of cell site property, and recommendation of land lease, and other param eters which involved access, and easement which was then passed on to Alltels re al estate department. Provide guidance, and adherence of corporate cell site grounding standards. Monitor construction access, and easement to as per Alltel standards. Construction of cell site shelter pad, delivery of building. Review tower construction, and correct antenna orientation as per engineering Co nsult with testing vendor for concrete structure and foundations compliance. Monitor the timely delivery of TELCO, or T-Span installation at the site. Perform final punch list, and review with general contractor. Work with local operations team to perform RF performance, and call processing f or service.
1989 - 1992 ALLTEL MOBILE OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Position: Network Manager Job responsibilities Include: Monitoring, maintenance installation, repair of network and shop operations. Supervision of three departments which included Network Operations, and Maintena nce, Cellular Subscriber Installations, and System Maintenance. Customer service support, training of shop, and system technical personnel in ce ll site, and switch maintenance. Coordination of new cell site construction, and daily monitoring of system metri cs by evaluating, Alltel's Trouble Tracking System, by Call Failure Records. Provide daily review of Alltel's mobile radio inventory for a complete and accur ate accounting
