SUMMARY:

• Senior Wireless Specialist with more than 15 years of related experience, largely in the Tampa, FL Market.
• More than 12 years of experience Managing and regulating Site Acquisition, Zoning, Permitting, and Entitlements for Wireless Projects with Confidential &T, Sprint, Confidential, and Crown Castle in the Florida Market.
• Provided support to departments in managing, planning, and monitoring key projects from conception through implementation with budgets ranging from $3 million to $14 million.
• Managed the Confidential &T LTE Microwave Backhaul Project for 8 months generating 3 million dollars in revenue.
• Exceptional communication skills with client helped CIC maintain and get new business from our client (General Dynamics) and instilled more confidence in their customer ( Confidential &T).
• Supported deployment and construction of 200 sites within 1 year with a combined value of 14 million dollars.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Strong Written and Verbal Communication, Attention to Detail, Process, Customer - Facing Needs
• Lease negotiation
• Project Finance, Purchasing, Site Budgeting, Trackers
• Backhaul, construction, operations and tower regulatory
• Microsoft Office Suite,
• Siterra, ClearVision, Oracle, Quickbase, Sage, Salesforce, Remedy, ICOMS, mTRAC and other Programs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, VA

Project Manager

• Attend meetings with NRE on status of Zoning and Permitting
• Liaison between Senior Project Managers and Regulatory Compliance Specialist
• Manage the Power Tracker and CI COP Tracker
• Coordinate deliverables between NRE, Regulatory, A&E and Construction

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Project Manager

• Managed 5 Product and Services Projects (HPBX planning Guide, PM Tool, IPVPN With LAG, Managed POE and 4G Suitcase)
• Liaison between Marketing, Product Manager and internal IT Teams
• Coordinated process/training/communication efforts for Operational Activities

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Implementation Specialist

• Managed/coordinated cell backhaul fiber projects
• Liaison between customer and Construction and Field personnel
• Internal billing of circuits turned up
• Opened work order tickets in Remedy/ICOMS

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Project Coordinator

• Assisted Project Manager with Karbala Project (RO project in Karbala Iraq)
• Created and provided a current status report for client, vendors and engineering for on time document submittals
• Followed-up with International vendors concerning eta on parts/equipment shipping status
• Acted as interim Quality Control Manager

Confidential, Jacksonville/Tampa, FL

Project Manager

• Filed Zoning and Construction Permits for FTTP, FTTX and wireless LTE antenna upgrades with the local jurisdictions.
• Responsible for getting Fiber delivered to new service areas.
• Worked on company-wide PMO billing/project tracking manual for project coordinators in order to document process in order to aid as a training tool for current and new project coordinators. Assisted Sprint 2.5 Site Acquisition Project Manager with setting up and managing the Sprint 2.5 Site Acquisition Master Tracker.
• Supported Sprint 2.5, M2M, & Ericsson project teams with billing (when needed).
• Responsible for tracking project milestones/deliverables and processing billings internally using Sage CRM and Sage Timberline for Sprint 2.5 and M2M Projects.
• Managed PO process using project tracker and communicating with project manager when project is lacking certain PO's in order to facilitate the project process and billing.
• Requested PO's for project deliverables to Project Manager (via: email)

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Project Manager

• File zoning and permits for FTTP, FTTx, and Wireless Antenna upgrades (for new and collocated tower proposals) on behalf of client.
• Responsible to getting Fiber delivered to new service areas
• Attend zoning hearings on behalf of the client.
• Search RF provided search rings for potential new build candidates.
• Prepare Site Candidate Packages for clients.
• Negotiated Leases.
• Manage NTP process with all Landlords.
• Obtain closeout packages.

Confidential, Brandon, FL

Site Acquisition Coordinator

• Applied for collocation applications to SBA, Crown and American Towers on behalf of Confidential for AWS LTE
• Assisted Site Acquisition Manager with working on special projects when needed.

Confidential, Wesley Chapel, FL

Project Coordinator

• Tracked project deliverables (Survey, Lease Exhibit, Zoning Drawing, Structural Analysis, Tower Mod Drawings, and Construction Drawings) using Excel spreadsheet.
• Assisted Project Managers and Vice President (Engineering) regarding workflow of engineering projects (with the local wireless carriers).

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Site Acquisition Coordinator

• Researched local zoning & permitting jurisdiction codes.
• Tracked project milestones and timelines using Siterra and Nokia proprietary databases.

Confidential, St. Petersburg, FL

Microwave Backhaul Project Manager

• Managed Quality Control Department for Confidential &T LTE Microwave Sites/Path Surveys for 6075 sites and 3546 paths and managed the project for the past 8 months generating three million dollars in revenue.
• Served as the primary contact with the customer including hand-off from the sales team, developing and maintaining customer communications and trackers, creating project plans, leading conference calls with customers, vendors and employees.
• Updated Confidential &T Program Manager on project status deliverables.
• Responsible for coordinating and forming solid working relationships with other departments, vendors and partners.
• Reviewed Quick base and Siterra database information and scrubbed data using external resources to verify accuracy of site data files.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Microwave Backhaul Coordinator

• Managed quality control for 283 microwave link path closeout packages for 265 sites.
• Channel information of microwave pathing teams of package review status.
• Followed up to link/path cleanup or execution.

Confidential, Edina, MN

Site Acquisition and Leasing/Zoning Specialist

• Utilized ClearVision to update and track project deliverables and timelines.
• Negotiated lease rates with under client budget in excess of $1,600/month.
• Prepared SCP packages and worked closely with RF in regarding picking the appropriate site candidate for a specific search ring.
• Represented Confidential Confidential neighborhood and public zoning hearings for new site builds.
• Worked on seeing 4 site builds from pre-application meetings up to permitting approvals.

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Real Estate Project Coordinator

• Managed a real estate site acquisition team working on 117 search rings.
• Provided client with site candidate packages and project management database updates.
• Attended client deployment meetings with site acquisition teams and A&E.
• Negotiated lease rates with landowners to meet client’s goals of keeping costs below $1,600.00/month

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Project Manager

• Led a project team responsible for the Confidential &T South Florida (13 sites) and North Florida (25 sites) Tower Modification Projects and scope of work to manage project workflow, inform client of: project status, communication of issues and change requests from the general contractors.
• Conducted project status meetings, project reporting, and was responsible for project tracking and analysis, including project interdependencies.
• Strong relationship building and negotiation skills with the ability to recognize and solve problems.

Confidential, Sterling, VA

Project Coordinator

• Assisted Site Acquisition Project Managers with Real Estate. Worked with local zoning and permitting jurisdictions on FTTP, FTTx, and Microwave design filing zoning and construction permits.
• Supported deployment and construction of 200 sites within 1 year.
• Managed $70,000 POR processes per each 200 sites (CAPEX). Interfaced with finance department on invoice processes.
• Scouted, negotiate and contract office sites and maintenance.
• Attended monthly Capital and Operational Expenditure budget meetings with the client.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Project Coordinator

• Assisted Site Acquisition Project Managers with Real Estate. Worked with local zoning and permitting jurisdictions on FTTP, FTTx and Microwave design filing zoning and construction permits.
• Supported deployment and construction of 200 sites. Managed $70,000 POR processes per each 200 sites (CAPEX). Interfaced with finance department on invoice processes.
• Utilized Siterra to update tracking of deliverables.
• Supported deployment team for site acquisition, A&E services and construction.