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Boca Raton, Fl, Us

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Advising municipalities and multiple start-ups to develop businesses related to 5G and mmW antenna communications, intelligent transport systems, wireline network transformations, fiber broadband, smart cities.*Providing technical and business expertise, including go-to-market strategies for start ups.*Developing business cases and financial analysis for entrepreneurial business opportunities.*Assisting with development of smart city policy.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

Kista, Stockholm, Se

Led world's largest telecom managed services contract of approximately 6000 domestic and international employees supporting network operations, field services, network deployment and access services for Sprint's nationwide wireless and fiber networks in North America.*Grew revenue and increased profitability of $1B business.*Revived disengaged workforce and developed professional workplace culture.*Transformed operations field workforce to provide build services including tower installs, fiber/outside plant construction and data center installs.

Led account team, including infrastructure and CPE sales, roadmap and release management, sales engineering and architecture, field operations, technical support and PMO for Sprint, Clearwire, US Cellular, Allied Wireless and other wireless carriers in North America.*Accountable for $200M+ sales and service of network infrastructure equipment and services to Sprint, Clearwire and regional network operators.*Successfully increased sales revenue for a declining product line.*Recognized for top sales achievements.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Held various roles supporting the specification and development of an advanced wireless network technology and architecture. Advised technology development head.*Supported analysis of link budget, QoS architecture, OAM&P functionality and in-building coverage strategy. Co-authored patent for VoIP policy control.*Successfully negotiated network equipment technical specifications with suppliers.*Helped define operational measurements, network key performance indicators, core network plan, policy control plan.

Led all network, IT and back-office operations for wireless ISP in New Zealand.• Directed the deployment of a nationwide IP radio access network, development of core network and ISP infrastructure, scaling of IT infrastructure and development of billing system.• Directed the design, implementation and launch of a wireless VoIP service including development, testing, installation of soft switches, CPE and network policy control.• Organized and led strategic planning sessions. Actively participated in company’s capital raising and IPO activities.

Helped start new business venture to provide alternative high-capacity backhaul services to wireless carriers employing microwave radios and fiber optic cables.• Evaluated enabling technologies including various landline and wireless transport approaches.• Validated business assumptions and performed feasibility studies for targeted markets. • Established first customer contract and operation.

Westlake, Tx, Us

Westlake, Tx, Us

Westlake, Tx, Us

In multiple roles, led network (technology development, engineering, implementation, operations), IT (development, data center operations, applications management, support desk) and business operations (real estate, retail construction and operations, supply chain, facilities) for a regional wireless network operator. (Region was divested with creation of Verizon Wireless.)• Successfully led conversion of entire network infrastructure to new vendor equipment, resulting in superior network performance versus all competing wireless carriers.• Successfully led sale and leaseback of cell site towers to fund coverage expansion.• Successfully led divestiture of regional wireless operator business including re-creation of all business processes, functions and systems under extremely tight timeline; enabled significant operating cost reduction despite diseconomies of scale. • Supported negotiation and sale of company to wireless carrier.• Established and led effort to investigate subscriber churn, resulting in changes to company-wide business practices.

Led technology development and network planning for the second-largest telecommunications carrier in Mexico.• Contributed to Mexican government’s liberalization plans for the telecommunications industry.• Led development of network plans for mobile and fixed wireless access, long distance and wireline local access networks. • Led evaluation and specification of numbering plan, interconnection plan and various industry technical standards.• Led vendor solicitation process for local access and long distance network infrastructure.• Developed, implemented and operated prepay/debit card service.

Led wireless network engineering, construction and operations in Arizona, New Mexico and west Texas.• Successfully led doubling of network coverage while increasing network capacity to accommodate >50% annual customer growth.• Successfully led design and construction of three mobile switching centers.• Successfully led first company deployments of new radio access technologies and new core network capabilities (roaming, SS7).• Network performance levels consistently exceeded objectives (best of all regions).

Bsee, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Mba, Technology (Ellis College)

Executive Program