Ivan Salinas Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

Project manager: Market Lead for Chicago, responsible for coordinating customer installations, POP installations, align – test and turn up all radio equipment. Key factor in market reliability, preventative maintenance, POP enhancements, site inventory and site organization. Instrumental in site acquisition, site surveys/LOS path walks, and planning. Responsible for the de-installations of customer cancellations, and in many projects, overseen the implementation of IP based communication networks as a Field Engineer and have supervised and/or managed numerous crew installations. Field Engineer I: Recognized team leader and contributor with a successful background in the field, including RF design and engineering, wired communication management, and supervisory positions. Conducted extensive site surveys and site selections to finalize “As Built” Drawings for installation sites. Assisted RF Engineers and Structural Engineers in designing and implementing installations that would meet RF design necessities and structural codes. Competent in utilizing Motorola R56 grounding standards and meticulous in troubleshooting and problem solving. Key Accomplishments...• Successfully engineered, designed, and installed backbone networks with successful system cutovers. Oversaw the installation of new digital microwave systems throughout the Chicagoland area. • Managed the Chicago Market as the only employee with the proven ability to manage and maintain the highest quality assurance of standards and minimizing costs.• Managed customer premise equipment (CPE) and company backbone equipment with minimal system failures.• Successfully moved countless number of customers to different POP locations via PTP or PTMP radios within a short period of time while POP underwent site construction.

Lombard, Il

Site Manager: Site manager for $12 million Digital Microwave Upgrade Project County of Hawaii, Big Island, HI. Conduct monthly on site project meetings. Assisted in field work involving construction under severe environmental constraints including remote lava field site, high elevation volcanic cinder cone, and rain forest locations. Coordinated de-installation of power and Telco sites with local utilities HELCO and PWC communication companies. Supervised and implemented system testing and cutover of circuits to new digital network in accordance with local utilities.Microwave Technician and Network Technician: Successfully installed and tested an array of (licensed and unlicensed) Microwave systems and low voltage wireless radios across all 50 States. Provided DS1, DS3, Fiber backhaul links. Implemented Ethernet testing on all Ethernet type equipment. Projects have included Lewis University, United Center Chicago IL, AT&T Utah, Marathon CO Wisconsin, County of Maui, County of Hawaii, the Illinois State Highway Authority, Illinois State Police, UTTR Layton AFB UT, City of Schaumburg IL, City of Elgin IL most in accordance with Motorola, Harris, Alltel, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Cellular One.Key Accomplishments...• Scientel Wireless LLC Employee of the Year (2005) – Scientel Wireless LLC Excellence Club (2011)• Implemented the installation of $20 million new digital microwave systems across the United States. • Coordinated field installation of multi node broadband wireless mesh network for numerous municipalities. • Conducted IPERF and JDSU Ethernet tests between Lombard IL and Newark NJ effectively with low latency and high data rate