Van Powell Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, MO, US

Mascoutah, Illinois, United States

I am happy to announce that I just started a new role today as a Network Construction Project Manager at Wisper ISP. I am excited about the opportunity and look forward to working with a great team.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Managed all onsite aspects of construction, operations, maintenance activity, and safety at tower sites, including customer installations, troubleshooting, ground-based inspections, tower lighting, site maintenance.
• Oversaw onsite vendors, installers, and customer representatives, ensuring all work was conducted and sites were maintained in accordance with company policies, procedures, and standards.
• Piloted more drone scans than other pilots in 2023 helping to achieve company’s total flight’s goal. Increased number of sites with clean data and made for more precise data for the sales team and customers.
• Developed and trained new construction managers on responsibilities and requirements, improving the number and efficiency of construction managers in the field while minimizing workload per person and maximizing number.
• Facilitated complex drop and swap projects for the St. Louis district, completing in a timely fashion which increased revenue and reduced overhead. Troubleshot and repaired company and customer equipment which reduced.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Oversight of operations and maintenance activity at tower sites over multiple states for safety and conformity to standards, including troubleshooting, ground-based inspections, tower lighting, site maintenance, and.
• Routinely conducted component-level troubleshooting and repairs of tower monitoring and tower lighting systems, reducing repair costs, and helping with budget availability for additional operations projects.

Highland, Illinois, United States

Self-employed. Owned and operated tower services company. Serviced and maintained cell towers and carrier equipment. Provided cell site computer aided drafting (CAD) work to customers over multiple states.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Mentored, trained, and dispatched all tower crews and projects, including safety and proper procedures. Managed up to 25 employees while ensuring all crews were well equipped to handle daily assignments. Coordinated all operations and resources while supervising, estimating, and organizing all projects. Maintained and regulated warehouse and materials.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Directed projects and deployment of equipment onsite. Traveled all over the United States. Designed, maintained, and installed GPS based equipment for customers, including a GPS-based golf cart system at the Covered Bridge Golf Club in Southern Indiana.

Wentzville, Missouri, United States

Managed projects and deployment of equipment onsite. Site acquisition and selection for multiple customers. Carrier installs on towers all over the United States. Major project design, development, and deployment for Teletrac Wireless, a wireless vehicle location system. Coordinated build out of radio cabinets, deployment of system on towers and rooftop.

Paducah, Kentucky, United States

Deployed, maintained, and operated paging systems in Illinois and Kentucky for multiple frequency and power level transmitters. Facilitated and conducted paging terminal upgrades on paging systems during maintenance windows. On call services 24/365. Troubleshot and repaired all transmitters, receivers, and satellite dishes to component level.

Scott AFB, Illinois, United States - United Kingdom

• Staff Sergeant - Honorable Discharge - Worked on component level electronics troubleshooting of multiple radio systems, including transmitters, receivers, and power amplifiers. Mentored and trained personnel. Worked on.
• Achieved NCO status and completed Air Force Leadership Academy.
• Orchestrated Ground to Air Transmitter Or Receiver (GATOR) site collocation combining all transmitter site and all receiver site equipment into a single GATOR location.