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Mckinney, TX, US

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Dallas, TX

• Commissioned and troubleshot network wireless DAS solutions, including Cisco and Fujitsu systems.
• Collaborated with TAC support, R&D, and PLM to research product capabilities.
• Pioneered remote support protocols boosting client system uptime and satisfaction.
• Generated a team training repository by documenting case studies to refine equipment troubleshooting processes.
• Using Massive MIMO, NFV, SDN, IoT, Cloud Computing, Big Data Cloud Services.
• Partnered with R&D utilizing data analytics for design, optimization, tuning, and discovering possible equipment software faults before launch dates.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

• Oversaw 5G NR adversarial testing to address security vulnerabilities for the Air Force.
• Enhanced team’s technical proficiency by providing in-depth training of 5G O-RAN SA call flows.
• Massive MIMO,5G NR, mm Wave, LAA (License Assisted Access), 4G LTE, IOT.
• Enhanced 5G Core security by leading adversarial designing, testing, and reducing vulnerabilities.
• Compiles engineering project proposals to define goals, identifies scope, background, and need, and ascertains cost.
• Well-developed understanding of technical standards, adhering to company documentation and 3GPP written standards.

Denver

• Led the successful integration of the initial launch of sites with 5G/ 4G ENDC parameters (Nokia) in the Denver Market
• Improved coverage and capacity for high-traffic events in downtown Denver using inventive DAS solutions
• Performed trials to design, testing 5G/4G/VoLTE performance, tuning, and optimization on Nokia architecture
• Researched root-cause analysis of potential degradation utilizing OneData, Agilent, Truecall, Qlik, Tems, Actix, and Netscout Irisview.
• Managed in-house contract companies, such as Nokia, Amdocs, and Tech Mahindra to review optimization packages for accuracy and network effectiveness.
• Ensures that the telecommunications network records are updated following the completion of a project

Westlake, Texas

• Optimized Macro/indoor sites for peak capacity, enhancing North Texas market throughput.
• Managed handset testing program, providing key feedback on first-to-market products.
• Improved cellular network performance by troubleshooting interference issues on Large DAS and Macro sites.
• Analyzed and enhanced VoLTE call quality and LTE signal integrity, achieving regulatory standards.
• Complex network designing using Planet EV within stipulated time and budget.
• Led efforts to optimize DFW Airport DAS (CommScope) signal output at each Terminal and troubleshoot various DAS locations (Extenet/ Solid/ Black Box) for noise issues and lack of signal.