Experience

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  Verizon Wireless

  • South Mississippi

  • System Performance Engineer

    • Jun 2013 - Present
    • South Mississippi

    Responsibility for the performance and optimization of 196 Verizon cell sites in the Mississippi market, some originally including 1x CDMA, EVDO and LTE technologies; but most recently all LTE and 5G nationwide after the CDMA sunset. Daily monitoring of the respective network, both real time and on a trend basis. Review long term trends to find negative network performance. Monitor capacity of my respective network piece. Design, plan and implement changes to existing network tower elements, such as downtilt and azimuth. Request bids for tower work and verify and monitor post change. Implement parameter trials in my cluster to monitor and seek KPI improvement. Responsible for datafill of new eNB deployment. Datafill responsibilities including parameter verification, inspection of the close out package for proper RET deployment and assignment. Support customer NRB tickets, and, if necessary drive testing analysis and recommendation to said NRB tickets. Support of large retail stores and large corporate customer accounts. Make site visits to corporations, if needed, for site analysis and troubleshooting of customer issues. Have resolved numerous interference issues during my time at Verizon. Well versed in the use of a spectrum analyzer, or PR100.

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  Samsung Telecommunications America

  • Senior RF Engineer

    • Apr 2012 - May 2013

    Work in the OEM design phase for the Sprint Network Vision project. Work closely with the construction and site acquisition personnel to determine solutions for non-typical antenna configurations, and if needed, submit solutions to the Sprint decision tree process. 911 project lead for the Michigan market Network vision build out, which included duties of forecasting and scheduling deployment dates. Act as Project lead for the iDEN and CDMA antenna consolidation project. Work closely with Sprint project management, as well as local EMS project management and RF engineering to discuss suitable antenna consolidation configurations. Project lead for determining suitable antenna layouts for sites with microwave backhaul. Redline construction drawings for Network Vision sites.

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  Ericsson

  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi Area

  • RF Engineer II

    • Sep 2009 - Apr 2012
    • Hattiesburg, Mississippi Area

    Had responsibility for monitoring and maintaining capacity on an iDEN and CDMA network. Maintain performance on both Nortel and Lucent CDMA networks. Analyze and maintain performance on a Nortel EVDO network. Perform frequency planning for any new cell sites and also for system wide retunes. Analyze and troubleshoot network drive tests using an Agilent data collection tool and Windcatcher post processor. Data fill and optimize any new cell sites added to the network. Monitor all aspects of network performance including Block, Drop, and Call fail performance metrics. Address network trouble tickets and, when necessary, provide face to face customer interaction to gain more in-depth knowledge of problems as perceived through the customers' eyes. Manage large scale projects from beginning to end such as the iDEN 900 MHz implementation projects related to re-banding; this required a lot of cross departmental coordination between several different units of the company. Full scale optimization of any new EVDO or voice carrier adds including running EVDO scripts and all applicable data fill. Lead engineer for the ANM network modernization project, which upgraded part of the Mississippi network from 2G Lucent to 3G Nortel.

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  Sprint Nextel

  • RF Engineer II

    • Apr 2005 - Sep 2009

    Monitor and maintain capacity on an iDEN network. Perform frequency planning for any new cell sites and also for system wide retunes. Analyze and troubleshoot network drive tests using an Agilent data collection tool and Actix analyzer post processor. Data fill and optimize any new cell sites added to the network. Monitor all aspects of network performance including Block, Drop, and Call fail performance metrics. Address network trouble tickets, and when necessary provide face to face customer interaction to gain more in-depth knowledge of problems as perceived through the customers' eyes.

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  Cellular South

  • United States
  • Telecommunications
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Network Performance Engineer

    • Sep 2002 - Apr 2005

    Monitor and maintain capacity on a CDMA network. Monitor all aspects of network performance including Block, Drop, and Access failure performance metrics. Address all Network trouble tickets which originate from Customer Care or Retail store locations. Analyze and troubleshoot network drive tests using a Grayson Invex 3G data collection tool and Interpreter post processor. Perform PN planning for any new CDMA cell sites added to the network and also for CDMA retunes. Data fill and optimize any new cell sites added to the network, including F2 and above carrier adds needed. Implement and test any new features which become available to our equipment vendor. Lead engineer for a network migration project where we changed the network infrastructure from Lucent 2G CDMA to Nortel 2G CDMA. Initiated and led a project in the market to change out 90 degree antennas to 65 degree antennas, thus improving soft handoff usage in the market. Led the project from ordering of antennas, to scheduling and overseeing construction installation.

  • Network Technician

    • Jan 2001 - Sep 2002

    Maintain 64 Lucent CDBS and/or Mod cells on a CDMA network. Install any new cell sites which came in to the market. Assist RF and Performance Engineering in drive testing new sites and reporting problem areas. Perform coax sweeps on new construction sites and also on all other sites on a bi-annual basis. Perform T-1 line level tests using a Sunset test tool.

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  Contractor for Pro Com

  • Construction Project Manager

    • Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

    Supervise four Line and Antenna installation crews performing installation for PCS carriers. Perform full Greenfield new construction tower erection. Perform thorough inspection of all job sites prior to customer punch-outs. Ensure safe practices of construction were upheld. Ensure my crews have the necessary tools and equipment to do the work required. Maintain constant contact with customer QA Representative to insure continual customer satisfaction.