Bernard Borghei Email & Phone Number

Pompano Beach, Fl, Us

White Plains, New York, Us

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Vertical Bridge is a privately owned telecommunications infrastructure REIT operating in the United States.VB has completed 105 acquisitions in less than three years and now owns and has management rights to over 53,000 towers, buildings, and billboards plus over 8,000 miles or ROW.

Responsible for all domestic and international operations, regulatory compliance, vendor management, and engineering services plus new site development in the LATAM markets for Global Tower Partners, the largest privately owned tower company in the US with over 15,000 sites and assets owned and under management. GTP was acquired by American Tower for $4.9 BB on October 1, 2013.

Herndon, Va, Us

Responsible for all sales, customer services and manufacturing of satellite based communication devices for asset management and tracking in the transportation, oil, gas, chemical, and construction industries in North America.

Berwyn, Pa, Us

Responsible for the end-to-end delivery of all services and deployment of E911, E112 (International) and Location Based Services (LBS) systems and networks globally. Leading a group of over 300 staffs and a P&L of $60MM. Responsible for customer relationship and satisfaction. Key contributor to the development and implementation of new services and products. Part of the executive staff team that led a cultural and operational transformation within TruePosition that focused the company on its services portfolios as much as its equipment revenue.

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•Led the integration of the Puerto Rico TDMA, GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks before taking the lead role to coordinate the integration of all (Domestic and Puerto Rico) TDMA and GSM networks and billing systems. Project completed in 9 months for over 300,000 subscribers.•Technical strategy lead for handset transitioning of acquired GSM and TDMA subscribers in all markets.•A decision maker for selecting and deploying the R4 solution with respect to opex, IMS, UMA based products, and MVNO opportunities.•Formulated the strategy, business model, and the initial UMTS/HSDPA design for the Puerto Rico market.•Negotiated and executed supply and services contacts with Nokia, Lucent, Alcatel, and Nortel.•Budget and P&L responsibility of $15MM for 2005.•Redefined the engineering KPI standards for technical and financial performance measures. •Formulated the strategy for the decommissioning of the TDMA network.••Network operations and evolution responsibilities for the Puerto Rico region.

Aurora, Co, Us

Solutelia, LLC, King of Prussia, PA, Sterling, VA, Madrid, Spain Solutions and services provider in the wireless communications industry, specializing in radio frequency, transmission, switch, and peripheral equipment engineering design, integration, and optimization of wireless networks.• Led the development of this multi-national start-up to revenue of $1.5MM in 9 months.• Secured major contracts with Motorola, Bechtel (AT&T wireless network design), Vodafone and Xfera in U.S., Spain, and Italy.• Attained engineering vendor status with Motorola, Bechtel Communications and Velocitel.• Directed all activities for Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, HR, and Legal.• Developed and implemented corporate strategic plan, business model and sales strategy and plans resulting in stellar start-up growth.• Managed multiple major projects resulting in successful completion, on-time and within budget.• Led marketing campaign to include Web site design.

Mclean, Va, Us

Wireless Facilities, Inc., Bensalem, PA, Dublin, Ireland and London, UKVICE PRESIDENT ENGINEERING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTVICE PRESIDENT ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS• Led staffs of 100+ engineers in US, Europe, Middle East and Africa with P&L responsibility over $40MM.• Preformed due diligence on acquisition candidates.• Directed all engineering accounts internationally in 22 countries.• Established and redefined regional management teams.• Directed major projects for Vodafone, Nortel, Bechtel, Netas, AT&T Wireless, Verizon, Cingular, Sprint PCS, Nextel, US Cellular, Ericsson, Siemens and Schema throughout EMEA.• Marketed engineering capabilities, negotiated contracts and managed vendor relationships for Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens and Lucent in Europe, Middle East and Africa and was selected as an engineering outsourcing partner for in-process and future projects.• Supported the evaluation and deployment of E911 technologies and projects with Verizon and True Position.

Meteor Mobile Communications (Western Wireless International), Dublin, Ireland • Directed and managed RF Engineering, Site Acquisition, Construction, Operations, Network Engineering and International Roaming.• Directed and managed projects that included RF design, acquisition, construction, switch and NOC design and build out (Lucent Equipment), backhaul design and deployment (SDH and PDH rings and leased lines), IN (Prepaid, SCP), voice mail, and short messaging center platforms.• Negotiated leases and managed contracts for equipment vendors (Lucent, Siemens), carrier interconnect agreements and provider contracts.• Designed GSM 900 and DCS 1800 systems throughout Ireland.

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Triton PCS, Inc., Malvern, PA CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS• Directed the build out of the PCS markets from design through site acquisition, construction and optimization.• Selected negotiated and finalized major contracts and managed the relationships with equipment vendors and service providers including Ericsson, American Tower, Crown Castle, WFI and others.• Established all technical procedures, guidelines and company-wide standards and the set-up and approval of all technical oriented contracts.• Created and managed the PCN and Microwave relocation strategies, negotiations and processes.

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering

Executive Mba, International/Global Studies