Albert Opitz Email & Phone Number

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Construction Manager for upper Midwest Region, managing raw land site construction.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

National Program Manager deploying a new greenfield 5G for Comcast in select cities throughout the United States. Development and maintenance of Plan of Record, driving cross functional teams to perform within established timelines and complete Scope of Work at each level of the overall Program.

Englewood, Co, Us

Construction Manager for the Greater Chicago Area building a Stand alone 5G greenfield network that when launched will be the nation's 4 nationwide wireless provider.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Responsible for upgrading Sprint's Network to utilize newly acquired 2.5GHz spectrum. Project work consisted of Construction Drawing review and approval, Receiving/approving Scope of Work and job costing, Selection of General Contractors, Management of project scheduling, on-site construction managerment and financial reconciliation of each project.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Responsible for One Fiber project in Chicago Area. Project consisted of installation of fiber to the cell site and C-Ran Hubs throughout the network. Worked closely with Verizon Transport team, site acquisition and equipment engineering to cohesively build larger capacity fiber transport to hundreds of cell sites in Verizon's network.

Provided consulting services to General Contractors in Chicago Area to help drive business development in their wireless offerings. Services included Project Management, Construction Management and development of new revenue streams in their existing business models.

Seoul, Kr

Market Manager – Sprint Network Vision Chicago/Indianapolis/Fort Wayne/South Bend• Managed full turn-key deployment of Samsung LTE equipment on the Sprint Network.o Solely responsible for Site Acquisition, Construction and Integration of 191 Cell Sites in the Ft. Wayne/South Bend, Indiana Market.o Lead a team of Project Managers and Coordinators that reported day to day progress in the field and maintained the project databases.o Completed the licensing, construction and commissioning of 110 microwave linkso Worked with Alternate Access Vendors (AAV), successfully brought Fiber backhaul to 130 cell sites.o Responsible for 30 Million dollar budget and successful invoicing and closeout of market.o Primary point of Contact with Customer for areas of responsibility. Responsible for project timeline, quarterly forecasting and daily deployment meetings with Customer and contractors. • Reviewed site leases, drafted and negotiated lease amendments, financial approval of lease terms, reviewed with corporate attorney for legal approval. • Met on site with local utilities to discuss feasibility, design, right-of-way, leasing, regulatory compliance, permitting and delivery of power and fiber to individual site locations.• Review and approval of Construction Drawings. • Upgraded numerous Sprint DAS to facilitate Samsung equipment and broadcast LTE.• Assumed responsibility for the Indianapolis (234 sites) and Chicago (1024 sites) Markets. I continued the work of Site Acquisition, Deployment and acceptance of both markets.• Managed the High Capacity project for 298 sites in Chicago – we were adding an additional antenna and RRU on these sites – Project on going.• Deployment of Samsung’s first Pico Cell (Small Cell) in Chicago.• Recognized for being first market in the nation to be Site Acquisition complete and first to have all sites 3G on air.

Frisco, Tx, Us

• Managed deployment of AT&T UMTS for more than 300 sites in the Midwest Region – Managed numerous sites concurrently• Worked with AT&T Project Managers to manage Logistics, Budget and Forecasting• Bid and awarded projects to General Contractors and responsible for PO issuance.• Review and approval of construction drawings.• Developed Methods of Procedure for deployment.• Provided logistics support and established quarterly forecasts for market deployment.• Managed successful purchase order and closeout of each site under my responsibility.Construction Manager – Chicago/Central Illinois/Wisconsin• Responsible for daily on-site inspection of construction activities. Managed daily crew activities focusing on safety, proper installation and compliance.• Provided on-site guidance and final decision on Change orders and Out of Scope items.• Coordinated power and telecommunication design and pre-construction for cell sites.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

• Managed numerous projects concurrently. Primarily responsible for cell site modification – Owned the process of cell modification from project inception to completion. • Managed site acquisition process, reviewed and approved construction drawings and structural evaluations, lease amendments, permitting and regulatory compliance.• Reviewed site leases, drafted lease amendments, financial approval of lease terms, reviewed with corporate attorney for legal approval. • Met on site with local utilities to discuss feasibility, design, right-of-way, leasing, regulatory compliance, permitting and delivery of power and fiber to individual site locations.• Bid and awarded work to general contractors.• Performed site inspection pre and post construction.• Deployed temporary cell sites for disaster recovery or large event coverage.• Coordinated network integration with Operations team.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Managed the daily activities of 16 Field Technicians. My team was responsible for the daily installation/repair and maintenance of the T-Mobile Chicago Network consisting of over 600 cell sites.

Jointly responsible for the installation, repair and maintenance of Ericsson 882 and 884 AMPS/TDMA base station equipment for over 200 cell sites.

Primary function was Outside Plant Telecommunications Engineering, Facilitation and Installation.