Starlight Software Solutions is an integrated suite of mobile and desktop applications that work together in real-time to streamline operations for the waste and transportation industries. With live dispatch, location, and tracking software, businesses have full transparency into their inventory and mobile driver network for complete asset management insight. Starlight's portfolio of software offerings provides commercial haulers, contractors, governments, and consumers access to state of the… Show more Starlight Software Solutions is an integrated suite of mobile and desktop applications that work together in real-time to streamline operations for the waste and transportation industries. With live dispatch, location, and tracking software, businesses have full transparency into their inventory and mobile driver network for complete asset management insight. Starlight's portfolio of software offerings provides commercial haulers, contractors, governments, and consumers access to state of the art tools designed to drive efficiency, profits, and ease-of-use. Show less

Vice President of Nokia Project Staffing January 2016-November 2018Founded, built and managed a division within SAC to enable Nokia construction teams to rapidly ramp up and down as projects demanded teams in markets throughout the US. Originally formed to avoid hiring ramp-ups with layoffs soon to follow, this program became a very cost effective approach to deploying teams around the country on a moments notice. ● Negotiated service agreements and pricing with… Show more Vice President of Nokia Project Staffing January 2016-November 2018Founded, built and managed a division within SAC to enable Nokia construction teams to rapidly ramp up and down as projects demanded teams in markets throughout the US. Originally formed to avoid hiring ramp-ups with layoffs soon to follow, this program became a very cost effective approach to deploying teams around the country on a moments notice. ● Negotiated service agreements and pricing with recruiting firms to hire wireless project management, construction management and cell site technicians to contract into Nokia on project to project basis.● Recruited and built a team of individuals internally at SAC who coordinated outside SAC recruiter who managed hundreds of temporary resources.● Managed the outsourcing of multiple recruiting firms hiring hundreds of temporary employees annually.● Built a turnkey cloud-based Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), Time Tracking and Finance management tool in order to automate resource requests through resource contract expirations. This included all time tracking, finance and accounting. Show less

Responsible for national construction on T-Mobile 4G overlay. Responsibilities included national bidding, pricing, budget and scheduling, as well as managing Nokia and T-Mobile as a customers. Delivery team included regional Directors and market project managers. ● Responsible for business development and customer relationships which resulted in a 5x increase in revenue● Nearly doubled SAC construction market… Show more Responsible for national construction on T-Mobile 4G overlay. Responsibilities included national bidding, pricing, budget and scheduling, as well as managing Nokia and T-Mobile as a customers. Delivery team included regional Directors and market project managers. ● Responsible for business development and customer relationships which resulted in a 5x increase in revenue● Nearly doubled SAC construction market share throughout the Central region on T-Mobile 4G overlay construction.● Created and fostered a partnership with Nokia throughout the construction of 4G overlay into the expansion of the rural T-Mobile networks, and into the deployment of 5G networks throughout the major markets in Central, Western and Southern T-Mobile regions. Show less

Responsible for the Central, South and Western regional construction delivery teams adding 4G technology to T-Mobile 2G networks. Responsibilities included working alongside Nokia regional delivery teams to drive schedule and maintain budget, while managing T-Mobile as a customer.● Built and fostered the national alliance between SAC and Nokia after SAC was acquired by Nokia to construct T-Mobile network cell sites in SAC markets.● Created the metrics to drive both the SAC… Show more Responsible for the Central, South and Western regional construction delivery teams adding 4G technology to T-Mobile 2G networks. Responsibilities included working alongside Nokia regional delivery teams to drive schedule and maintain budget, while managing T-Mobile as a customer.● Built and fostered the national alliance between SAC and Nokia after SAC was acquired by Nokia to construct T-Mobile network cell sites in SAC markets.● Created the metrics to drive both the SAC construction teams and T-Mobile regional management to standardize and eliminate escalations based on subjective opinions.● Led the effort to estimate, price, negotiate and win the T-Mobile Greenfield project alongside Nokia. This unique project was a deployment in rural markets that have few if any wireless telecom construction companies. Show less

Responsible for designing the construction processes to drive quality on Clearwire Motorola WiMax to Samsung LTE overlay. Created and standardized the processes and guides to build, closeout and invoice Clearwire within 7 days of “construction complete milestone” throughout the Central and Southern Clearwire markets.● Developed the scoring and metrics to drive construction and immediate customer invoicing, in order to maximize customer payment terms to be as short as contractually… Show more Responsible for designing the construction processes to drive quality on Clearwire Motorola WiMax to Samsung LTE overlay. Created and standardized the processes and guides to build, closeout and invoice Clearwire within 7 days of “construction complete milestone” throughout the Central and Southern Clearwire markets.● Developed the scoring and metrics to drive construction and immediate customer invoicing, in order to maximize customer payment terms to be as short as contractually possible.● Directed regional and market based teams to construct 1600 sites in six months. Show less

Infill Networks was formed to bring cellular coverage to hard to reach buildings, venues and facilities in markets where standard outdoor cell phone coverage is existing. In 2013, dropping calls was a major issue for cellular carriers, and Infill Networks worked with the cellular carriers and real estate owners to reduce dropped calls in places which traditionally had these issues.Financier-Developer-Operator, Principle… Show more Infill Networks was formed to bring cellular coverage to hard to reach buildings, venues and facilities in markets where standard outdoor cell phone coverage is existing. In 2013, dropping calls was a major issue for cellular carriers, and Infill Networks worked with the cellular carriers and real estate owners to reduce dropped calls in places which traditionally had these issues.Financier-Developer-Operator, Principle ● Developed and leased university and city venues to build out Distributed Antemna Systems (DAS), and Small Cell networks.● Negotiating OEM turnkey processes for deployment of DAS and Small Cell networks in three venue types including community colleges, hospital campuses and arenas. Show less

Middleground Communications was a startup focused on building wireless voice networks for T-Mobile and Sprint between larger cities that each carrier covered and sold services in. The concept was to lease spectrum (frequencies) from each carrier, and then in turn build a roaming voice network, so existing customers could seamlessly talk while traveling on highways and interstates between the major cities that each covered. Startup / Pre-Funding Program Manager… Show more Middleground Communications was a startup focused on building wireless voice networks for T-Mobile and Sprint between larger cities that each carrier covered and sold services in. The concept was to lease spectrum (frequencies) from each carrier, and then in turn build a roaming voice network, so existing customers could seamlessly talk while traveling on highways and interstates between the major cities that each covered. Startup / Pre-Funding Program Manager Responsible for managing the team responsible for developing backhaul and voice network deployment standards, budgets, schedule and scope of work for turnkey equipment vendor RFP.● Led prefunding team to develop and create financial model and budget for $850 MM capital spend.○ Subject Matter Expert team included: Backhaul, RF, Core, Construction and Finance).● Middleground network was designed and planned for 38 States, which included 2200 rural towers. Show less

Responsible for all aspects of network deployment and hand over to operations. This role included management of RF Design (WiMAX and Microwave), Site Acquisition, Construction, Equipment, Logistics, Budget Forecasting and Reconciliation of project budgets ($20.5MM).● Negotiated, executed leases and managed the build-out of 54 wireless cell sites in under three months to launch Open Range “first on air” network in rural Colorado sites in 13 communities North of the Denver metro area.

Served on an internal startup team with seven startup, telecom, and construction veterans, developing microwave backhaul and WiMAX network deployment standards, budgets, schedule, and scope of work for deployment and equipment RFP purposes.● Followed all requests throughout the due diligence period for RUS and private equity funding.● Created and maintained relationships with equipment manufacturers, deployment service providers, and national tower companies prior to securing… Show more Served on an internal startup team with seven startup, telecom, and construction veterans, developing microwave backhaul and WiMAX network deployment standards, budgets, schedule, and scope of work for deployment and equipment RFP purposes.● Followed all requests throughout the due diligence period for RUS and private equity funding.● Created and maintained relationships with equipment manufacturers, deployment service providers, and national tower companies prior to securing approximately $485M in funding. Show less