Professional Summary

Wireless Management Professional – Organizational Development

A highly educated and experienced wireless professional who has demonstrated the ability to lead diverse teams of professionals to new levels of success in this highly competitive industry, and fast-paced environments. Proven ability to successfully analyze an organization\'s critical business requirements, identify deficiencies and potential opportunities, and develop innovative and cost-effective solutions for enhancing competitiveness, increasing revenues, and improving customer service offerings. Trained to effectively communicate with a diverse audience and motivate professional growth.

Education

• Doctor of Business Administration, Leadership Focus. Walden University, 2012 Doctoral Study: Telecommunications Employees Ability to Adapt to Layoffs.

• Masters of Business Administration, Magna cum Laude. Kaplan University, 2010.
• Bachelors of Science in Accounting. University of Phoenix, 2008.

Confidential,
Senior Architect (Consultant) March 2012 – June 2012 (Contract)
– Atlanta, GA

• In charge of the creation of the Integrated Solutions Approach (ISA) document, this was used to govern a $50 million investment on a network upgrade.
• Part of an architecture team that assisted in the designing of a cellular network

Senior Radio Frequency Engineer(RF) March 2010 – February 2012 (Permanent)
Confidential,
– Atlanta, GA

• Managed multi-million dollar wireless down tilt project for AT&Ts Long Term Evolution (LTE), New Site Build (NSB), and multiple carriers
• Coordinated with senior management/Vice President to ensure daily/weekly/monthly deliverables were satisfied
• Helped increase annual revenue for the Georgia market by 30% in 2010
• In charge of eight subcontract companies and created daily schedules and ensured successful project completion, and then approved purchase orders (PO) for budgeting purposes

Process Development Manager January 2009 – February 2010 (Contract Position) Confidential,
Atlanta, Georgia

• Managed and oversaw the initial CDMA design and pre-launch of Cox Communications wireless network in Oklahoma City and Rhode Island
• Trained all Asian engineers on CDMA RF processes from the United States perspective
• Increased Cox Communications customer awareness in Oklahoma City and Rhode Island by assisting in the CDMA design of their wireless network
• Created processes for staffing, financial reporting, new software releases, customer escalation procedures, customer care and help desk functions, regulatory reporting, equipment ordering and corporate reporting

Nortel Optimization Engineer August 2008 – December 2008 (Contract Position)
Confidential,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Trained and educated (10) junior engineers in the art of wireless Code Divisional Multiple Access (CDMA)/ Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) design/overlay specs
• Responsible for Distributed Antenna System upgrades in conjunction with American Tower on all T-Mobile’s Atlantic City casinos
• Assisted RF Managers, to assure proper UMTS data configuration for all sites coming on air
• Reduced interference in certain areas by having only one dominant server for a fastest data rate experience possible

Senior Detail Engineer/Project Manager May 2007 – August 2008(Permanent)
Confidential,
Atlanta

• Successfully calculated margins, while continually managing P&L scenarios
• Increased ADCs wireless sales by project managing entire projects from cradle to grave
• Designed Distributed Antenna (DAS) Systems solutions for Sprint/Nextel, AT&T, and T-Mobile in both 850 MHz and 1900 MHz realms
• Managed all subcontractors assigned to the wireless and landline projects

Senior Lead Design Engineer September 2006 – May 2007 (Contract Position)Confidential,
– New York, New York/Norcross, Georgia

• Responsible for the daily operation of Automatic Cell Planner (ACP), which assisted in the optimization of the entire NYC market, which includes all five boroughs, and the greater parts of New Jersey and Connecticut
• In charge of training for four junior level engineers on CDMA, design specifications.
• Attended zoning meetings in both New York, and Atlanta, and provided the necessary data to the zoning board

Senior Design Engineer September 2005 - September 2006 (Contract Position)Confidential,
– St. Louis, Missouri

• Perform RF network design, planning and optimization activities on T-Mobile’s wireless network (GSM/UMTS)
• Worked with the Vice President of Sales to provide additional support from an RF perspective
• Supported leasing/zoning teams as subject matter expert at zoning hearings
• Used OPTPCS (XML) and Asset to design T-Mobile’s 3-year plan on their wireless network

Senior CDMA Design Engineer May 2005 – September 2005 (Contract Position)
Confidential,
Atlanta, Georgia

• Responsible for the design of new search rings in the Alabama and South Georgia regions.
• Trained (3) lower level engineers on wireless CDMA design functions
• Designed sites to assist with Evolution Data Only (EvDo) technology that were set to come on air
• Increased network proficiency by designing and optimizing the networks for EvDo coverage

Senior CDMA Engineer June 2004 – May 2005 (Contract Position)Confidential,
Chicago, Illinois/ Atlanta, Georgia Motorola/Alltel/Solutelia -Toledo/Mansfield/Lynchburg

• Managed optimization procedures of the entire Toledo network, consisting of 70 sites
• Used Atoll to design UMTS overlay cells in the Chicago market
• Trained and educated (10) junior engineers in the art of CDMA/UMTS design/overlay specs
• Communicated RF team budget, milestones and deliverables to project management and implement plans to accomplish the milestones within the budget, as required
• Worked with ACP to help create the new design in comparisons to the initial network

Senior GSM Engineer January 2004 – June 2004 (Contract Position)
Confidential,
Atlanta, Georgia

• Responsible for the design and implementation of over 300 new cell sites into T-Mobile’s existing network
• Worked with regulatory to submit all Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) documents
• Support leasing/zoning teams as subject matter expert at zoning hearings
• Compiled and analyzed co-location information, zoning and FCC contour analyses

Senior Design CDMA Engineer July 2003 – December 2003 (Contract Position)
Confidential,
Atlanta, GA

• In charge of grooming five junior engineers on CDMA wireless design parameters, as well as maintaining everyday procedures
• Responsible for tuning a coverage model in DB planner while expanding the current coverage in the Sprint network in Atlanta
• Modified parameters in lucent switch daily to run several diagnostics test on the Phoenix, Arizona network

Senior GSM Engineer May 2002 – July 2003 (Contract Position)Confidential,
Plano, Texas /St. Louis, Missouri
Confidential,
Connecticut/Atlanta, Georgia

• Used Tems Cell Planner (T.C.P.), which is a Unix based system to design a GSM wireless network over an existing Time Divisional Multiple Access (TDMA) wireless network
• Trained seven junior engineers on designing GSM overlay and new builds on both 850 and 1900 MHz ranges
• Worked with a team of engineers to design over 370 cell sites in a GSM overlay network for the Kansas City MTA
• Recommended frequency and parameter changes to normalize areas of poor quality and coverage

Senior Optimization CDMA Engineer January 2000 - May 2002 (Contract Position)
Confidential,
Midland, Texas

• Responsible for ensuring that Western Wireless CDMA services work reliably and with a high degree of quality under reasonable conditions; the network consisted of Central and West Texas (over 400 Miles)
• Involved in the initial deployment and optimization of CDMA IXRTT
• Doubled revenue by making new site recommendations based on existing coverage wholes, and stat data
• Performed daily performance on all active sites to ensure the best overall network capabilities

RF CDMA Engineer August 1998 – December 1999 (Contract Position)Nortel Networks/Butler Telecom/Airtouch – Confidential,
California

• Produced equal power boundary coverage plots using PlaNet
• Completed RF data collection for evaluation of the optimization call-success rate, calls initialization failure rate, and dropped call rate
• Evaluate RF interference and coverage problems throughout the network
• Responsible for optimizing cell coverage and eliminating interference by antenna down tilts and re-orientations to reduce the dropped call percentage

Professional System Tools, Training, and Skills

• Drive Test Tools: Tems, Agilent, Frequency/PN scanner, D.T.I., Grayson, Invex 3G
• Performance Engineering: Metrica, Nortel Web Page, Unix, SQL, XML, OSS, Nextel Web Page, SIIM, Nortel GSM (OMCR), SAP
• HP Post Processing: MapInfo (SQL), Actix, Tems Investigation, RF Optimizer, OPTPCS
• Planning Tools: PlaNet (EV) V.3.0, 4.2 and 5.0, Tems Cell Planner (T.C.P.), Wizard, Schema, Asset, Atoll Setram, DB Planner, Odyssey, ACP (Automatic Cell Planner), GeoPlan