Recent Employers

Harris Corporation | 2007 - 2012 | Senior Project Manager
Alcatel-Lucent | 2005-2007 | Project Manager
Sprint PCS | 2000 - 2005 | RF Design Engineer

Educational Background and Certifications

• Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of Maryland, 1988
• Associate of Applied Science, Intelligence Data Collection, Community College of the Air Force, 1991
• Project Management Certificate Program, International Institute for Learning, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2008
• WiMAX/802.16 Technology and Performance Overview, Alcatel-Lucent, January, 2007
• Project Management, University of Maryland Graduate School, Spring 2004 semester
• UMTS Overview, Lucent Technologies, October, 2006
• Real Estate Practices in Nevada, Kaplan Professional School of Nevada, February, 2006
• Site Delivery Overview, Sprint, April 2005
• Site Delivery Site Acquisition, Sprint, April 2005
• Site Delivery Site Selection Process, Sprint, April 2005
• Background and Introduction to 1XEV-DO Technology, Scott Baxter, December 2004
• RF Compliance training, AM detuning, Sitesafe, September 2004
• Effective Presentation Skills, Sprint, June 2004
• Planet EV (RF propagation design tool), Marconi at Sprint PCS, June 2002
• Zoning for RF Engineers, Sprint PCS, June 2001
• PlaNet (RF propagation design tool) CDMA Customized Training 2.8, MSI, January 2000
• Principals of CDMA, Scott Baxter and Associates, September 2000
• Lucent Technologies TDMA Implementation and Planning Course, November 1997

PROJECT MANAGER Confidential(2007 - 2012)
Harris is a provider of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) equipment and engineering services. Harris Corporation supplies LMR networks to public safety, public utilities and state and local governments.
Responsible to oversee and direct a project team consisting of System Engineers and financial support personnel.Adhereto the Project Management Process for Planning and Executing projects while supporting individual project teams in Monitoring and Controlling their assigned projects. Manage project teams including internal Engineers and Technicians as well as outside vendors to include General Contractors

Confidential PROJECTS
Confidential, Iowa$19.1M (2011- 2012)
Responsible for the implementation of a 7 site county wide 800 MHz P25 radio system in a multi-agency public safety venue. Coordination with market Construction Managers regarding cell site construction completion status. Coordination with Site Manager on scheduling and sequencing cell site construction task.Completed initial Site Walks with project A & E firm. Coordinated with backhaul vendor Alcatel-Lucent regarding 13 hop microwave network

Confidential(2009-2010)
Implemented a single-site 7-channel 800 MHz EDACS/IP radio system that supports the Corrections Departments operations.System included a HighAvailabilitySwitchingCenter and (2) C3 Maestro Consoles.

Confidential, AZ$9.1M (2008-2012)
Responsible for the development and implementation of a 7-site, 3-Chanel/2 Slot 900 MHz OpenSky voice and data radio systemsupporting utility communication operations. Coordination with market Construction Managers regarding cell site construction completion status. .Completed initial Site Walks with project A & E firm.Coordination with Site Manager on scheduling and sequencing cell site construction task.

Confidential, (2007 - 2012)
Responsible for the implementation of a 5-site 6-channel 800 MHz EDACS Simulcast radio system upgrade / expansion for a subsystem of a state-wide trunked communication system which provides coverage to local government and Department of Transportation users. Additional NSRS projects include development and implementation of; 15 EDACS multi-site system adds., 2 High Availability Switching Centers (VIDA) for Las Vegas and Reno and 3 OpenSky sites.Implementation of an LTE demo system for Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Nevada Department of Transportation.

Confidential
As the first employee in Las Vegas I was responsible for establishing a Harris Las Vegas Office. Task included; management of the General Contractor, all local licensing and permitting, design, establishment of Harris Corporate IT network to include all cabling and wireless access points.

PROJECT MANAGER Contracted to ConfidentialLas Vegas (2005 - 2007)

• Monitored and reported cell site construction completion close-out binder production and financial true-up for Alcatel-Lucent UMTS project with Cingular Wireless (>$90M) for the western markets; Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Portland
• Responsible for the reconciliation for each cell site under Customer Vendor agreement
• Coordination with market Construction Managers regarding construction completion status
• Coordination with market subcontractors regarding close out binder documentation
• Produced weekly status reports to summarize project progress
• Coordination with Alcatel-Lucent CFO staff regarding quarterly revenue predictions
• Coordination with Alcatel-Lucent Order Management regarding customer invoicing
• Coordination with CFO and field Construction Managers regarding Sarbanes/Oxley compliance

RF ENGINEER Confidential(2000 - 2005)

• Responsible for managing $47M of new cell site projects in the Cleveland, Ohio Sprint market
• Propagation prediction studies
• RF network optimization
• New cell site need determination, project authorization creation technical approval and funding authorization
• Coordination with Sprint Wireless Sites and site acquisition vendor to determine optimal candidate selection
• Coordination with Sprint legal counsel regarding zoning strategies
• Provided expert testimony during zoning hearings
• Coordination with A & E vendor firms to review cell site construction drawings and 2C coordinates
• Project Management of all market in-building repeater and distributed antenna projects
• Coordination with Sprint Wireless Sites regulatory compliance vendors (FAA, FCC)
• Coordination with Sprint Wireless Sites Implementation Engineers regarding cell site RF design
• Updated Siterrasite database

Test Lead- Contracted to Confidential, Australia, November 1999 to April 2000.

Globalstar is a low earth satellite based wireless telecommunications system (CDMA/FDMA GSM) that utilizes 48 satellites in a 'bent pipe' configuration along with terrestrial gateways used to tie into local PSTN's.

• Managed a team of 4 Globalstar and 7 Vodafone Quality of Service test engineers that traveled throughout the continent of Australia during System Integration and Testing
• Coordinated with Globalstar staff in San Jose, California regarding QOS test results
• Participated in project progress conference calls that involved Globalstar personnel in several countries
• Provided innovative solutions for logistically challenged Australian Outback testing scenarios
• Provided customer (Vodafone Australia) project progress reports and presentations

RF Engineer- Contracted to Confidential, Virginia Beach, Virginia, July 1999 to November 1999.

• Switch peg count system performance analysis
• Managed a team of 3 data collection engineers
• Provided project status feedback to Sprint and Motorola
• Participated in the network integration of new cell sites
• Coordinated with vendor tower crews regarding antenna audits and changes
• Coordinated with Sprint Cell Technicians and Switch personnel

System Optimization Engineer- Contracted to Confidential, Cleveland, Ohio September 1998 - January 1999.

• RF Optimization and testing during initial system testing and network build-out
• Close coordination with customer (Sprint RF team) regarding Motorola contract deliverables
• Coordination of project work orders with new cell site tower crews
• Provided daily statistical network performance status reports to Sprint
• Engineering change orders management
• Produced final deliverable packages

Drive Team Engineer- Contracted to Confidential, Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois August 1997-September 1998.

• Performed as a member of the RF performance optimization team in the build-out and optimization of AT & T's PCS (TDMA) and Ameritech's PCS (CDMA) cellular systems for the Northeastern Ohio market
• Participated in the collection processing and analysis of signal data

Technician- Contracted to Confidential, Solon, Ohio, August 1996 - January 1997.

• Tuned, aligned and phased cellular combiner filters utilizing a HP 8753C network analyzer in an ISO 9001 facility
• Measured and recorded filter performance characteristics such as insertion loss, return loss and adjacent cavity isolation for use by field installation technicians at the cell site.