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Selected Accomplishments:✔Published RF National Standards-RF Design, RF Benchmarking, and Commissioning & Integration, RF PIM & Sweep Testing-incorporating latest technical testing requirements, providing continuity with internal teams, RF service Vendors and wireless service providers' -Regional and National teams.✔Served as primary technical liaison for wireless service provider in turning up 7K Small Cell oDAS/ROW Nodes across the country and managed 30 RF Field Teams and 3rd Party Vendors, achieving 90% success rate on turn-up activations. Created SOW's/MOP's for RF field work and training as required.✔ Worked with 3rd party vendors in creating automated Cloud Based RF Testing solutions, reducing testing cycle times by over 50%.✔Standardized pricing for 100+ 3rd party vendors, achieving 30% reduction in pricing for outsourced RF Services.

Selected Accomplishments:✔Managed RF Design and Operations for Crown's Right of Way iDAS/ oDAS/ROW projects. Served as main technical sales lead in RFP responses.✔Improved customer relations by reducing downtime through collaboration with National WSP's HQ teams to resolve escalated technical issues. Deployed quick reaction teams for on-site troubleshooting, resulting in rapid resolution of network issues/outages.✔Implemented various projects, completing projects on time and within budget, including greenfield / brownfield projects, network upgrades, and expansions.

Selected Accomplishments:✔Developed first Small Cell (oDAS) ROW shared solution that can support multiple wireless service providers, licensed and unlicensed frequency bands in 1 enclosure and sharing 1 antenna. ✔ Managed RF lab and field trials, established RF testing criteria with wireless providers, collaborated with 3rd-party vendors and wireless service providers on RF combining devices, and increased revenue 50% with new RF creative solutions.✔ Implemented systems that provided RF coverage to areas where it was challenging to build cell towers and provided wireless solutions for both licensed and unlicensed frequency bands. ✔ Worked with 3rd Party RF Antenna OEM's in developing shared antennae for existing iDAS/oDAS/ and cell towers, providing additional co-location opportunities for space-constrained areas. ✔ Developed RF criteria for software tool based on demographic and census data, RF drive test, in identifying new build opportunities for new Cell Tower builds, and generated $100M in revenue.✔Collaborated with sales, legal, regulatory, and zoning teams on contract terms, resulting in innovative solutions like resizing equipment or relocating sites while meeting customer requirements and jurisdictional restrictions.