Don Webb Email & Phone Number

Syracuse, New York, Us

Systems Integration Engineer supporting 4G/5G RAN development• Provided engineering and test support for JMA/Qualcomm IODT efforts. • With QC's latest modem test devices and great support from our team, Completed execution of NR/5G n71, n41, n41+n257 NR-DC, and n48 (CBRS) IODT test plans, verifying JMA's RAN capabilities and new features with QCs latest chipsets. Built n48 4x4 MIMO 2CA XRAN system, achieving maximum bi-directional throughputs and passing test cases executed.• Basic responsibilities included system configuration (n48), test case execution, log collection and upload for QC verification, online with engineering resources in India and Italy for debugging issues (as needed), creating cases/tickets with QC on issues and following through closure, and weekly status reports.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Providing field test support for Qualcomm's (QTI) latest 4G and 5G modems, including device prep/provisioning/calibration, test execution, post test log processing, extracting and reporting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and teaching/training engineers in these activities.

San Diego, Ca, Us

LTE Field Test team supporting QCT Modem System Test (Oct 2010 – Nov 2015)Provided test support for multiple MDM chipsets through commercialization on all major operator networks in North America (VZW, ATT, Sprint, TMO, Rogers, Bell, TELUS) with various infrastructure vendors (Ericsson, Alcatel/Lucent, Samsung, Nokia/Siemens, Huawei). Received numerous special recognition awards for performance and contributions towards chipset development and sales.MediaFLO Technologies (MFT) Integration and Customer Engineering team (Feb 2006 – Oct 2010)Provided on-site support for MFT's customer, MediaFLO USA Inc. (MUI – Branded as FLO TV). Point of contact for all issues escalated by MUI Operations (Ops) Network Operations Center (NOC), ensuring they were resolved accurately, within the appropriate time frame, and well documented (on-call 24/7). Monitored system health, changes and upgrades, investigated alarms, attended daily Ops meetings, and communicated relevant data to MFT, as appropriate. Supported and provided training to MUI Ops, Network Planning, and Technical Planning teams on various device issues. Supported numerous demos of end-to-end system, and received multiple special recognition awards for performance and contributions.

Target Lead for various new CDMA 1x and EVDO cellular phones. Planned and managed product test resources (phones, fixtures, and accessories), communicating schedule requirements, test documentation and tracking both hardware and software issues from product definition through development and customer acceptance.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

Test Plant Support Team, Montreal, Canada (Sep 2003 – July 2004)Involved in technology transfer of Ericsson’s CDMA2000 Radio Access Network (C-RAN) product from San Diego to Montreal. Trained and supported software development, test, and lab support engineers in hardware, software, and procedural issues related to the configuration, upgrade, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Base Station Controller (BSC), Radio Base Station (RBS), and Radio Network Manager (RNM) systems in software development and System Integration and Test (SIT) labs.Tiger Team / Test Coordination Management Team (Aug 2001 – Sep 2003)Configured, upgraded, and provided trouble shooting for C-RAN (BSC, RBS, and RNM) systems in software development and SIT labs. Trained software development, test and field engineers in these activities. Lead engineer on-site for software upgrade of live CDMA2000 network in Kunming China, upgrading BSC and RBS systems, trouble-shooting, collecting, analyzing and triaging logs, communicating issues with software developers and testers, tracking and closing the issues, writing daily reports, and dry-running the CDMA System Acceptance Test. Designed, developed, maintained, released, and distributed Field Engineering Toolkit. Defined process for installing C-RAN BSC software from laptops, acquired software, created CDs, putting software under version control, identifying and ordering required cables, configuring and verifying numerous PCs and training engineers prior to their deployment.

San Diego, Ca, Us

QUALCOMM CDMA Infrastructure Division purchased by Ericsson in ~3/99Software Tools and Release Engineering TeamLed team of engineers in Brazil in the transfer of the CDMAOne (IS95) Classic Product software development environment to Ericsson do Brazil (EDB). Ordered and configured hardware, set up user accounts, contacted software vendors and acquired software and licenses, reproducing the entire development, build, and release environment under a very aggressive schedule. Installed and configured numerous tools (ClearCase, various compilers, trouble reporting systems, test tools), debugged and verified subsystem builds, established procedures, provided training, and learned some Portuguese…Lead administrator of ClearCase version control tool (UNIX and Windows NT) for Ericsson’s CDMA2000 software development environment. Installed software and patches, setup databases, developed documentation and provided training.Led team of software Release Engineers for CDMAOne Classic Product. Ensured all software subsystem component builds were reproducible, built and delivered on time. Developed subsystem release notes and release processes and procedures.

Senior Computer Scientist (~1990 – 1996)Provided software and test engineering support for developmental and certification testing of military Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) systems, including Tactical Digital Information Link (TADIL) and Message Text Format (MTF) systems.Proposed, designed, developed, maintained, released, and distributed PC based software used by TADIL systems analysts for automating post-test data analysis, which increased their efficiency over 50% by replacing micro-fiche, and saved our customer several million dollars in associated costs. Software was used by numerous C4I testing agencies.Developed test procedures which uncovered many critical problems undetected by previous developmental and certification testing. Generated and prepared binary test input data, conducted system testing, collected and analyzed test data, and generated trouble reports.Software Engineer / Systems Analyst (1983–1989) Designed, developed, integrated, and tested software used in various TADIL simulation test systems. This included real-time track simulation and subsystem interface software, scenario generation, data reduction, and automated analysis software. Developed requirements, test plans, test procedures, and user manual documentation according to applicable MIL STD specifications. Operated those systems as a test analyst in the field, participating in USAF test missions (Eglin AFB, Florida).