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Kansas City, MO, US

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

After almost twenty-five years of valuable experience in telecommunications, my previous employer restructured the organization, consolidated leadership positions, and invited me to apply for my current role. This would have also entailed relocating to the Dallas metropolitan area. After careful deliberation, I concluded it was in my family’s best interest.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Directed team of 17 employees responsible for IP, RAN, Transport, Core, NFVI, and CNIS deployments, and PSTN migration services. Managed diverse initiatives serving multiple business groups.Led a team of engineers to deploy over 3,000 microwave connections for Verizon, enabling the use of their leased 28 GHz spectrum by the FCC-mandated deadline..

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Managed team of 18 employees responsible for establishing 911 call routing and accurate location parameters. Team responsibilities included: coordinating drive testing, delivering 911 service for new cell sites and cell sectors, implementing network configurations to coincide with Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) jurisdictional changes.Developed and.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Directed team of 16 employees responsible for front-end lab testing, Field Integration Testing (FIT), and general deployment.Led successful large-scale deployment of 4G voice core translations across 40,000+ cell sites across Sprint's nationwide footprint. Directed the design, planning, and launch of Sprint’s 4G wireless network, successfully migrating.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Managed team of 14 employees responsible for the maintenance of Voice Core Translations on Sprint’smulti-vendor network. Team responsibilities include: maintaining call routing, SS7 and signaling,performing troubleshooting and issue resolution related to customer trouble tickets, implementation ofnew products and features, and network build-out initiatives.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Responsible for nation-wide physical circuit connections required to support call volumes. Lead team ofseventeen individuals in multiple locations across country.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Directed team of twelve Traffic Engineers, who analyzed calling patterns, performed capacitymanagement, and implemented strategic least-cost routing.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Managed capacity, analyzed wireless calling patterns and volumes, performed network modifications,resolved service impacting outages. Worked with internal Translations, Engineering, Marketing, Sales,Finance and Legal Departments, as well as external carriers and vendors.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Controlled capacity management for wireless switches in multiple high-profile markets. Performedcapacity planning and budgeting exercises. Ordered, tracked, and prepared installation designspecifications for wireless switch hardware. Reviewed planning documents to determine networkcapacity requirements.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Responsible for physical backhaul connections between cell sites and wireless switches. Supported cellsite launches and frequency carrier additions. Partnered with field engineers, RF engineers, sitedevelopers, and local exchange carriers (LEC’s), ensuring timely and successful cell site launch.