Gregory Block Email & Phone Number

Beaufort, Sc, Us

Savannah, Georgia, United States

Area Manager responsibilities including but not limited to managing 7 Cell Techs and 13 Tower Hands. Break-fix of cell site and related equipment for the T-Mobile market.● Scheduling of technicians to ensure market coverage● Interacting with customers ● Updating reports on a timely manner● Ensuring Techs have what they need to perform their job safely and to customer demands● Effective communication with management team● Approve Time reports● Monitor Overtime● Plan Budget to sync up with corporate requirements ● Repair LTE and CDMA technology related issues● Repair Microwave and Backhaul issues● Triage cell sites to determine the cause of issue● Order parts and manage defective returns● Accept and work tickets through ticket management system● Troubleshoot and support of Field Technicians and Tower Crews

Greater Atlanta Area

Accountable for installation and quality assurance of Indoor Positioning Systems in hospitals across the nation.• Download and install applications on mobile devices• Install RF beacons • Operate date capture robots• Testing of smartphone based indoor positioning and wayfinding system• Technical documentation writing• Manage inventory• Perform basic maintenance and debugging of robots, beacons, and applications• Communicate with all levels of management, development and engineering• Analyze and troubleshoot system failures• Analyze beacon installation and recommend corrective procedures

Austin, Texas Area

Manage a staff of up to 3 personnelAccountable for Managing operations of a QA Test Lab for the Network Kinetix PDC360 software, and advanced “data in flight” time critical cyber security capability.• Evaluated and provided technical support after installation of product• Managed and mentored Test Engineers on QA testing procedures, SIPp protocol, and proper installation procedures• Staff objectives and performance management • Write technical documents• Build and administer local and remote servers and networks• Troubleshoot and diagnose systems• Test and benchmark software, hardware and security systems• System Administrator

Plano, Tx

Remote Position - Manage all aspects of Telecom Equipment deployment from customer relationship, project plan of record, project schedule, cost, inventory, and identify scope of creep to the Ericsson Customer Project Manager.• Senior Engineer for Ericsson RAN elements and network protocols for LTE and WCDMA• Coordinated with Tactical team and managing latest MOPs, Go-No-Go calls with ASPs/SPs for Field Engineering services to Install and integrate the cabinets, coordination and submittal of MOP documents• Complied with engineering standards and regulations for new product deployment• Knowledgeable of RFDS, coordinating gathering CIQ info from Customer inputs for data translation team to generate ATND, STND, RND, Submit Q-Track request to order integration scripts, REACT request to order license keys, submit sites for integration on scheduling tool• Established integration and backout procedures, test plans, and completion documents for Ericsson LTE RAN equipment including new platforms• Coordination and scheduling field engineering resources, creating customer service bulletin tickets for site integration with network integration center support Manages all request and changes to Data translation scripts Identify and manage all work required to complete and acquire notice to proceed, notice to proceed hand off to preceding team • Ensure Ericsson process adherence, compliance, and deliverables, metrics for these include quality assurance benchmarks, delivery cycle-time, and reduced backlog• Submitted regular daily/weekly/monthly progress data to the Market Leads, and customer project managers• Responsible for running nationwide configuration audits, indentify severity and oversee resolution• Extensive knowledge of Transmission and Transport technologies• Ability to make decisions, take direction and deliver product in a timely manner• Extensive Vendor Management skills

Plano, Tx

Remote Position - Senior Technical Lead and integrating into the network of Ericsson Wireless LTE and WCDMA Telecommunications equipment.• Mentored Engineers on Ericsson RAN eNodeB RBS LTE and WCDMA technologies• Perform 3G eNodeB integration involving eNodeB definitions on RBS 3206/3106, 3418/3518, DUW 6601 with RRUS, RNC 3810/3820, MSN- Tellabs 8860, Nortel MSC, OAM and OSS-RC• eNodeB Integration on ATM, IP or MLPP backhaul, and eNodeB migration from ATM to IP• Perform 4G eNodeB, RBS 6000 integration using the Base Station Integration Manager (BSIM), Bulk Configuration Management (BCM), and Auto Integration Function (AIF) OSS tools• Responsible for verifying Linux-UNIX based Ericsson software releases and using UNIX Shell Commands• Outperformed engineering staff for integration activities

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Introduction and Intermediate Networking knowledge

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