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Richardson, TX, US

Mooresville, NC, US

Bellevue, WA, US

Hired as a staff engineer to produce preliminary and final designs of 23, 18, 11 and 5.8 GHz microwave backhaul networks for Clearwire, Sprint and T-Mobile in several major US cities. Duties included creation of extensive network designs in various software packages such as Pathloss 5, Siterra, ClearVision/SprintVision and Excel.

Hired as a staff engineer to produce preliminary and final designs of 23, 18, 11 and 5.8 GHz microwave backhaul networks for Clearwire, LLC and Sprint/XOHM in several major US cities. Duties included creation of extensive network designs in various software packages such as Pathloss, TopoUSA and Excel as well as directing the efforts of field survey crews.

San Francisco, CA, US

Hired as a consultant to provide RF engineering and design expertise for a special Board of Directors commissioned 3-month rapid deployment project in the flagship market of a major independent US wireless backhaul carrier in the 11, 18 and 23 GHz bands. Retained post-contract to provide additional RF design, mapping and surveying expertise, as well as.

Leveraged 20+ years of business, computer and engineering expertise to found a full-service Web Development company dedicated to empower and address the internet needs of small businesses. Born from part-time consulting "favors" to a handful of small start-up companies, GetUsOnTheWeb.com had grown from a single client in late 2003 to over 40 clients by the.

Formed an international telecommunications consulting company specializing in microwave and millimeter wave systems planning, design, path & site surveying, path engineering, frequency planning, and spectrum management. Founding partners provide over 60 years of telecommunications experience across 5 continents. List of clients and projects available on.

Working Group 23 Chair - (LMDS & 38 GHz Coordination Procedures)

Provided telecommunications systems design expertise to start-up companies around the world. Consulted, designed and implemented numerous telecommunications systems including the cities of Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Amsterdam and Brussels.

US

Hired as Senior Manager of a start-up microwave company task force of former MCI executives to complete installation of 120 hops of 38 GHz equipment in 72 calendar days to fulfill an FCC construction period deadline. Duties ranged from regional site acquisition and leasing, contract labor administration, installation supervision, company-wide transmission.

Promoted through two levels (Sr. Project Engineer to Manager) in three months. Duties ranged from engineering report production to general management of an international telecommunications engineering, surveying, and consulting firm including sales & marketing, advertising, personnel administration, software development, computer hardware maintenance.

Basking Ridge, NJ, US

Promoted through two levels (Project Engineer II through Engineer III) in five years. Duties ranged from microwave route development, frequency planning/coordination, and path engineering to network capacity planning. Recipient of MCI's T.O.P. Award (twice) and MCI's Commendation Award for development of a PC-based network capacity planning system.

Promoted through three levels (Field Technician to Project Engineer) in three years. Duties ranged from installation, alignment, test, and maintenance of terrestrial microwave systems to management of FCC/FAA filings, frequency coordination/protection, hardware/software development, and microwave route/path engineering.