Software Engineer Resume
John S, NL
PROFILE
- Project Manager
- Specializes in large-scale Wireless Network Design & Performance
- Software Developer with 23 Copy Rights in Traffic and Performance Monitoring
- Registered Developer for Motorola, Kyocera, Multitech, Novatel, Sierra Wireless
Professional Experience:
Confidential
Created a 24 month traffic plan with new a network reconfiguration, reviewed daily KPI's, post processed baseline data into an action plan to correct poor performance. Created new backhaul design to support UMTS and the planned LTE rollout .1/12 - 4/12 (3 month contract 1099)
Software Development. Confidential, Mc Lean VA, Client requested the creation of a software tool for In-Building report generation . This software tool rolled up all antenna and line sweeps into a single end to end report required by the carrier for acceptance testing. 12/2011 -1/2012 (2 month contract 1099)
Software Development. Denver Colorado, Client requested the creation of a software tool for In-Building post processing. Tool support the following Technologies GSM, UMTS, CDMA, EVDO and LTE. 9/2011 -11/2011 (2 month contract 1099)
Project Manager Contract Confidential, San Jose Costa Rica, Oversee the Acquisition, Development, Permitting and Construction of Nation-Wide Build-Out in Central America. Ensure timely and cost efficient delivery of project, including the oversight of vendors. Completed 110 sites before my contract expired. 1/2010 - 5/2012 (12 month contract 1099)
Confidential, Project Lead Contractor. Clearwire North Carolina Market
Technology change out from Expedia to WiMax. Project Managed Charlotte and Raleigh WiMax market.Primary responsibility technology change out from Expedia to WiMax. Phase 1 base line current systems coverage and performance metric's. Phase 2 new site testing and turn up. Post processed all drive data and gave a GO / NO GO for new sites to be cut into active service. Phase 3 Cluster testing Post processed all drive data compared old and new baseline data and directed engineering group to make necessary changes to the network. Review all performance metric daily and trouble shoot any problems. Created Planet EV Project, with 5 tuned models, traffic projections and new Network design. 7/09 - 1/10 (6 month contract 1099)
Confidential, Contract work for municipalities in VA, NC & GA. The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) is that portion of stimulus monies identified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 for the advancement of broadband services in un-served and underserved communities as well as for improved access to broadband by public safety agencies. The BTOP provides $4.7 billion to be distributed by NTIA and $2.5 billion to be administered by RUS. Completed the design and Mapping requirement for NOFA Guideline (Grants) 3-2009 - 7/09
Project Manager Confidential, Roanoke VA / South West VA. AT & T Turfing Agreement. Turn key construction services for 200 + GSM /UMTS cell sites. Project manager FAA Regulatory Compliance, FCC Regulatory Compliance, system design, microwave backbone design, release of search rings, candidate evaluation, candidate selection, zoning preparation, Site construction, micro-cell additions, In-building design, site turn up and optimization, and final site acceptance. (6 month contract 1099)
Project Lead Confidential, Vendor swap out of 97 Lucent CDMA MOD cells 1.0 to ZTE equipment. Primary responsibility was to implement the 4 phases of the contract. Phase 1 base line current system and get both parties to review and agree on coverage and performance metric's. Created a VB.Net application that took raw peg counts (CDMA 1xrtt & EVDO Rev A) from the newly installed ZTE switch and processed them into optimization reports. Phase 2 handle all scheduling of new site installation, Phase 3 new site testing and turn up. Post processed all drive data and gave a GO / NO GO for new sites to be cut into active service. Phase 4 closeout; compared old and new baseline data and directed ZTE to make necessary changes to reach contract goals. Created Planet EV Project, with 25 tuned models, traffic projections and new Network design as per the MiPhone contract for new equipment purchases over the next 24 months. 7/2007 to 3/2008 (6 Month contract 1099).
Confidential, Project Lead Sprint / Nextel LCC sub Contractor. Mahwah, N.J. managed a 200 member design and construction team to support WiMax roll out in the greater Metro NY area. Primary responsibility was to design the WiMax network utilizing 1200 current Sprint / Nextel sites. Worked with Mentum to modify Planet EV to support WiMax, a 3rd party WiMax model was chosen after testing. My group created over 100 models for the greater NY area. Each proposed site had to be reviewed for lease, Telco, power, AC, Floor space, tower loading and Zoning to see it was a suitable candidate for the installation of WiMax equipment. Once the design was complete I scheduled Lease updates, Tower structures, Zoning, Permitting and bid. Finally after all approvals were received the vendor was given the OK for construction. Project was put on hold before testing began. 1/2007- 7/2007 (12 month contract 1099)
Senior RF Engineer Confidential, Roanoke, Virginia. Lucent CDMA Duties included capacity forecasting, Demographics analysis for new sites, FAA Regulatory Compliance, FCC Regulatory Compliance, Link budget setup, system design, microwave backbone design, release of search rings, candidate evaluation, drive test preparation and analysis, candidate selection, zoning preparation, construction drawing review, co-location/isolation analysis, clear channel testing, micro-cell additions, In-building design, Spectrum Strategy, Spectrum Engineering, equipment selection, site turn up and optimization, cluster turn up and optimization, Planet EV Model Tuning (more than 80 models created), interference analysis / troubleshooting, frequency planning, and final site acceptance.
Notable Projects: Created custom software tools using VB.net, Excel, Planet EV and MapInfo for demographics analysis used in the FCC Spectrum actions and cost to complete analysis on new licensees , Vendor swap out from Nortel to Lucent 460 sites and 4 switches. Push to Talk (PTT), 1xRTT, EVDO and Phase 2 E911 rollout and testing. 2/2001 - 1/2007
Confidential, Contractor - Work with a technical writer to develop their Installation and testing manual 1/2001 - 2/2001
Confidential, Program Manager Responsible for 5 direct reports on-site project managers and 25 in-direct on client site, RF engineers. Developed and marketed post processing performance tool for iDEN Data. Developed and prototyped (wrote all of the software) iDEN real time system performance and data collection tool 1/2000 - 1/2001 International Experience.
Confidential, Program Manager Responsible for project management of a 20-member network design team largest client was Crown international we performed multi technology drives to identify areas of no coverage, that data was then process into a demographics analysis a network design and a business plan was present to Crown for construction. 7/1999 - 1/2000 International Experience.
Confidential, McLean Virginia SMR iDEN TDMA licensee. Responsible for project management of a 25-member network design team for 400 sites in a 12-state region in the U.S. Duties included team selection, propagation tool selection, link budget setup, tool set up, demographics analysis capacity planning, proposed system design, proposed microwave backbone design, release of search rings, candidate evaluation, drive test preparation and analysis, candidate selection, zoning preparation, FAA Regulatory Compliance, construction drawings review, co-location/isolation analysis, clear channel testing, FCC Regulatory Compliance, Spectrum Strategy, Spectrum Engineering, equipment selection, site turn up and optimization, cluster turn up and optimization, propagation measurement integration, interference analysis, frequency planning, and final site acceptance.5/1998 -7/1999 International Experience.
Lead RF Design Engineer Management, Confidential, Hawthorne, New York C-Band PCS CDMA licensee.responsible for network design and implementation in Westchester Co. (NY), Rockland Co. (NY) and Fairfield Co. (CT). Initial design for 90 sites using CellCAD, capacity planning and demographics analysis, site identification, candidate evaluation, candidate selection, FAA filing, co-location/isolation analysis, drive test preparation and analysis, measurement integration, construction drawings review, and zoning preparation. 4/1997 - 5/1998
Senior RF Engineer Bell Atlantic Confidential, Albany, New York B-band cellular licensee. Responsible for network design and implementation in Orange Co. (NY), Dutchess Co. (NY) and Ulster Co. (NY). Duties include traffic planning with AUTOPACE, release of search rings, candidate evaluation, drive test preparation and analysis, candidate selection, zoning preparation, FAA filing, construction drawings review, co-location/isolation analysis, site turn up and optimization, cluster optimization, micro-cell additions, propagation measurement integration, interference analysis, large scale frequency planning, microwave planning, microwave path additions, base line testing and final site acceptance. 3/1995 - 3/1997
Switch Engineer Confidential, Poughkeepsie, New York. B-band
Cellular licensee. Responsible for network maintenance of an AT & T Autoplex (3B20 & 5ESS) switch and 26 associated cell sites in a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week on-call format. Other duties included repair and maintenance of a 15 hop microwave backbone, local area network, remote dial in network, system translations, routing translations, radio additions, cell sectoring, equipment upgrades, cell turn up, and optimization on new cell sites. Developed AutoPage alarm and reporting tool that remained in-service for more than 8 years 3/1991 - 3/1995
Confidential, Technician Cellular One of Orange County , Harriman, New York. A-Band cellular Licensee. Responsible for network maintenance of a Motorola DYNA-TAC EMX 100 Plus switch and 5 associated cell sites in a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week on-call format. Other duties include repair and maintenance of a 4 hop microwave backbone, local area network, remote dial in network, system translations, routing translations, radio additions, equipment installation, equipment upgrades, microwave installation, antenna sweeps, site acquisition for future cell sites, cell turn up, and optimization of new cell sites. 6/1988 - 3/1991
Copy Rights: Moved to a separate sheet currently 23
Tools: TEMS Discovery, TEMS Investigation, ATOOL, Planet 5.0, PlanetEV, decibel Planner, Prospect, Wizard, ANET, Actix, WindCatcher, Agilent, AutoCad , Invex3G, Atoll
Computer Languages: VB.Net, C#.NET, C, C++.NET, Mapbasic, UNIX Shell Scripts, Perl
Technologies: LTE, UMTS, WiMax, CDMA, EVDO,CDMA 2000, 1xRTT,CDMA, TDMA, GSM/EDGE, WCDMA, iDEN, Packet Data, Circuit Data Services, Mobile IP
Platforms: ZTE,Lucent, Nortel Networks, Motorola
Registered Developer: Motorola, Kyocera, Multitech, Novatel, Sierra Wireless
Training: TEMS Discovery & TEMS Investigation
ATOLL
Andrew In-Building Products: Node-A, Ion B & M
iBwave In-Building Tool
Planet WiMax, EVDO, CDMA2000
WiMax Sprint sponsored training tailored to their deployment
Qgis
Advance MapInfo Training
MapInfo Map Basic
Lucent Technologies - RF Performance engineering of EVDO REV A. systems
Qualcomm CDMA EVDO Wireless Internet Optimization
Lucent Technologies -1xEVDO RF Design Engineering
Lucent Technologies -3G-1x RF Design Engineering
Lucent Technologies - 2G-1x RF Design Engineering
Lucent Technologies -RF Performance engineering of CDMA systems
Lucent Technologies - WatchMark Prospect
Lucent Technologies - Growth for FLEXENT
Qualcomm CDMA2000 Wireless Internet Optimization
Agilent Technologies - Essentials of Wizard
Motorola iDEN Technical Education RF Optimization
Antel Theory and Applications Seminar