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• Responsible for FTE and contract engineers conducting North American validation testing on mobile communication devices.
• Coach and mentored engineers to achieve personal and career growth.
• Developed regional-based field test team of 12 engineers supporting AT&T, TMO, VzW and Sprint network testing. (NY/NJ, Dallas, KC, SEA, LA)
• Designed and constructed protocol and performance lab supporting T-Mobile, AT&T and open market device launches. Recruited and hired subject matter experts and device test engineers.
• Created lab test equipment purchase strategy for protocol and performance lab build-out while maintaining rigorous cost control. Negotiated initial purchase agreements as well as yearly service/support agreements.
• Developed and maintained technical/SME relationships with NA Carrier technical acceptance and subject expert teams.

Bellevue Washington

Led team responsible (10-20 engineers and managers) for validation of mobile terminal devices.Represented Voice of the Customer during launch acceptance meetings with T-Mobile business partners.Accountable for validation program management, lab test (protocol & parametric), aGPS field testing, HW and SW reliability, bug tracking system and defect.

Redmond Washington

Hardware reliability engineer for the AT&T Project Angel (fixed wireless) product.Supported product from design phase through field deployment.Supported qualification efforts at international carrier's test and validation labs (Spain and Phillipines)Responsible for HALT/HASS and environmental testing (temp, salt-fog, thermal cycling, drop) for base station.