Experience

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS SALES AND SERVICES, INC.

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Motorola T4 SE BDA Team Manager

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  Providing Public Safety Inbuilding Coverage to all who need it. Providing Public Safety Inbuilding Coverage to all who need it.



Connectivity Wireless

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pre-Sales Project Manager

  • Mar 2019 - Feb 2020

  • Manage pricing estimates for midsize and large DAS wireless installation projects. Deliver accurate RFPs and project proposals for clients. • Develop budgets, BOMs, pricing sheets, and site walk data. Coordinate design reviews, price reviews, and BOM approval process. • Establish budgets and pricing benchmarks for materials, contractors, vendors, site surveys, design time, commissioning, and testing time. • Track deliverables and monitor changes and obstacles. Provide regular reports and project updates to stakeholders. Show less



Commdex

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior DAS Solutions Program Manager

  • Aug 2017 - Nov 2018



Westell

• Telecommunications
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Sales Engineer

  • Apr 2017 - Aug 2017



Black Box

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Sales Engineer

  • Jun 2014 - Apr 2016

  DAS, WLAN, WMTS Sales Engineer Provided Technical direction to Sales Managers and customers alike on DAS, WLAN and WMTS systems. Served customers by identifying their needs; engineering adaptations of products, equipment, and services. Directed communications with customer contacts to discover requirements and needs. Conducted technical presentations to customers to advise them of the capabilities of our products and services. Updated SalesForce (CRM) daily to inform management of account details and next steps. Worked in Podio to track workflow. Created conceptual designs, created cost estimates and created ROM, Quotes and Proposal customer facing documents. April 2, 2016 “I’ve worked closely with Rich Jimenez during his career at Black Box, where he was responsible for a 10 state region as my prime technical counterpart focused on new business. Rich provided impeccable sales engineering of complex in-building wireless DAS solutions to win new corporate accounts, bringing to bear comprehensive technical knowledge and experience with a variety of customers. Rich’s technical skills alone would make him an outstanding addition to any sales organization. Having worked with many sales engineers in my 30 year career, what separates Rich is his business savvy and acumen, ability to drive the deal, and outstanding ability to interact with a variety of customers to provide the best and most practical solution for their business needs. Rich’s ability to make a strong contribution to the tactical and strategic issues required in a complex sales cycle, while managing the detailed technical requirements and coordinating the company’s engineering resources really set him apart. I wholeheartedly recommend him to any technical sales organization.” Joe Scarpello – Black Box Network Services - joescar49@gmail.com - 847-772-2247 Show less



Crown Castle

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jul 2013 - Mar 2014

  Professional results-oriented Eng/Project Manager with proven success in managing multimillion-dollar Indoor and Outdoor Distributed Antenna System rollouts to a variety of wireless carriers and customers. This experienced Project Manager Implemented more than 500 Distributed Antenna Systems. This critical thinker and adept negotiator can apply extensive industry knowledge to accomplish profitability and customer satisfaction. Manage vendor partnerships and revenue-enhancing co-branding opportunities. Expertly directs development, material procurement, technology integration, and customer demand discovery. Technical presenter at customer sales meetings and conferences. Specialties: Impementation of all manner of Indoor and Outdoor Passive and Active Distributed Antenna Systems Show less



Integer Wireless

• Stow, Ohio

• Vice President of Engineering

  • Dec 2011 - Apr 2013

  Managing a Team of System and RF Engineers who tasks include DAS design, Proposal Generation, System Testing and Troubleshooting. Utilizing iBwave Design Software, Integer Wireless our team creates customized solutions for Enterprises and Carriers Wireless System needs This integrator utilizes all the Major Wireless Manufacturers Equipment, Mobile Access, including VE, Solid, Commscope, ADRF, TX/RX, Cellular Specialties. In the most recent unqualified success, I have Designed, Implemented and Tested and Quad Band DAS at Paul Brown Stadium, home of the Cincinnati Bengals. This system provides service for Verizon PCS CDMA EvDo, 850 CDMA Voice, 700 LTE, and 2100 AWS, to service the needs of 65,000 NFL fans. Show less



GPD

• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Project Manager/Sales Engineer/ Pre-Sale Project Manager

  • Jun 1998 - Oct 2011

  Managed the Implementation of 500+ Indoor and Outdoor Distributed Antenna Systems Wrote and directed all aspects of the Proposal and System Implementation process. Including: requirements discovery, customer relations, System Pricing, proposal writing, sub-contractor management, material procurement. Directly managed sub-ordinates, provided customer training, Project completion documentation. Development of a Project Management and Estimation Tool (in Excel) to provide timely status reporting, cost detail, risk management and profitability. Negotiated preferential purchase agreements with a variety of material vendors to achieve greater project and group profitability. Customer Contract Negotiations Wrote and performed Alignment and Optimization Procedures Wrote performed Customer Acceptance Test Procedure Show less



Allen Telecom Group

• Product and Project Manager/System Engineer

  • Dec 1994 - Jun 1998

  Product Manager for the industry first RF over Fiber System product line Project Manager for 100's of BDA and MicroCell DAS implementations Daily Proposal Development Go to System Engineer for numerous specialized applications Performed Technical Customer Presentations Created and Developed Engineering and PM Processes for this newly formed Systems Group Product Manager for the industry first RF over Fiber System product line Project Manager for 100's of BDA and MicroCell DAS implementations Daily Proposal Development Go to System Engineer for numerous specialized applications Performed Technical Customer Presentations Created and Developed Engineering and PM Processes for this newly formed Systems Group



Ohio State Cellular

• Systems Engineer

  • Aug 1992 - Dec 1994

  Cellular System Engineer, Technical Daily Operations and Management of a 15 Cell Site System. Construction and Modifications of Cellular Site. Operations and Maintenance of Nortel DMS 250 Switch. Glenarye Voicemail

• Cellular and Paging System Engineer/Project Manager

  • Aug 1992 - Dec 1994

  · Construction Management of 15 Cell-sites for this Rural Service Area Provider · Implemented ISDN and SS7 technology to network · Implemented Glenayre Voicemail to Cellular Network at MTSO · Interfaced with Local carriers for PSTN interconnection and Troubleshooting · Maintained Cellular and Microwave Back-haul network



Marine Corps Recruiting

• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporal, Avionics Technician

  • Jan 1980 - Jan 1985

  Conducted I-Level maintenance on Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) night vision system and Electronic Countermeasures on Various airframes. Modified existing airframe to accommodate a video system to incorporate recording of Airborne Forward Looking Infrared Night vision. Conducted I-Level maintenance on Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) night vision system and Electronic Countermeasures on Various airframes. Modified existing airframe to accommodate a video system to incorporate recording of Airborne Forward Looking Infrared Night vision.