Expert Details
Radio Network Engineering
ID: 739618
Pennsylvania, USA
Over the last 10 years, Expert has worked for a company that helps a wide range of public service providers – from utilities to cities to industrial complexes and campuses – do more with their infrastructure to improve quality of life in their communities. They partner with their customers to anticipate and respond to evolving business needs with innovation in sensing and communications technologies, data analytics and services. I n his role as the Director of Radio Network Engineering, he's managed a team of design, capacit and spectrum engineers which have completed over 3000 FlexNet network designs across the world. In this role, he also is responsible for managing spectrum portfolio, designing private AMI (Advanced Meter Reading) and DA (Distribution Analysis) networks for gas, water, and electric utilities.
Prior to his current position, he was an Area Director, Mid-Atlantic, for Clearwire, a telecommunications operator which provided mobile and fixed wireless broadband communications services to retail and wholesale customers. While at Clearwire, he directed team of 30 engineers to meet implementation goals and key performance metrics at over 2000 4G sites on the east coast. He also directed the design and launch of 4G networks in Philadelphia, DC, Baltimore, Harrisburg, Reading, Lancaster, York, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte, NC.
Additionally, he worked in various roles for AT&T Mobility for 12 years, a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc. and provides wireless services in the United States. Here, he managed engineering, field operation and switch operation departments in the Philadelphia region, and oversaw his team’s engineering and maintenance activities of wireless voice and data services at over 820 sites and 14 voice switches.
Expert has provided expert testimony at over 200 different town meetings (Zoning, Land use, Board of Supervisors, etc.) in four states (PA, DE, NY & NJ).
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 2004 | Degree: MBA | Subject: Finance | Institution: Temple University |
Year: 1994 | Degree: BS | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: New Jersey Institute of Technology |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2013 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director – Radio Network Engineering | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:• Manage RF engineering team responsible for managing spectrum portfolio, designing private AMI (Advanced Meter Reading) and DA (Distribution Automation) networks for gas, water and electric utilities• Project manage 40 to 70 projects simultaneously to meet RFP deadlines • Perform performance and capacity analyses for existing networks and provide a roadmap to improve performance and identify opportunities for additional services • Interface with internal and external customers during initial design stage and during final design presentations to potential customers • Interface with sales during forecasting session to identify key resources and ensure on time delivery of RFP design requests |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2006 to 2013 | Employer: Clearwire | Title: Area Director, Mid-Atlantic | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:• Directed team of 30 engineers to meet implementation goals and key performance metrics at over 2000 4G sites on the east coast• Directed the design and launch of 4G networks in Philadelphia, DC, Baltimore, Harrisburg, Reading, Lancaster, York, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte, NC • Partnered with network deployment and operations team during pre and post launch of above markets to ensure launch dates were met and ongoing network growth met customers’ demands • Built relationship with sales team, communicated overall market build status and provided information necessary to build market business plans on a quarterly basis • Analyzed sales subscriber forecast, forecasted network traffic growth and implemented capacity projects to meet increasing traffic across mid-Atlantic markets • Successfully tracked and managed capital and expense spending to ensure budget targets were met • Built resource plan with staffing team to address local market growth for mid-Atlantic markets |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2004 to 2006 | Employer: AT&T Mobility | Title: Director, Technical Operations | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:• Managed staff of 29 employees within the engineering, field operation and switch operation departments in the Philadelphia region• Oversaw team’s engineering and maintenance activities of wireless voice and data services at over 820 sites and 14 voice switches • Built and managed capital and expense budgets in excess of $100 million to meet the expansion and growth of the GSM and TDMA networks • Created and facilitated quarterly workshops providing critical network information to business, enterprise and consumer sales force consisting of over 200 employees • Examined and identified future growth strategies with market GM, sales team and field marketing to expand system coverage and sales distribution • Directed analysis of system traffic to forecast growth and capacity needs of the voice and data networks • Co-responsibility for P&L with market GM in Philadelphia |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1994 to 2004 | Employer: AT&T Mobility | Title: Various Engineer Roles | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:• Manager, Network Performance Engineering - Philadelphia Market (1998-2003)• Team Leader, Network Performance Engineering- Philadelphia Market (1997-1998) • Sr. RF Engineer, Network Performance Engineering- Philadelphia Market (1997-1997) • RF Engineer, Network Performance Engineering- Philadelphia Market (1995-1996) • Assistant RF Engineer, Network Performance Engineering- New York Market (1994-1995) |
Government Experience
Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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Years: to Present | Agency: | Role: | Description: |
Additional Experience
Expert Witness Experience |
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Provided expert testimony at over 200 different town meetings (Zoning, Land use, Board of Supervisors, etc.) in four states (PA, DE, NY & NJ). |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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English | Fluent |
Fields of Expertise
wireless carrier, wireless communication, wireless data transmission, wireless voice over IP, wireless, frequency allocation, frequency band planning, frequency management, radio antenna, radio communication, radio frequency, radio frequency engineering, Employee Experience Management, engineering management, engineering project management, budget control, finance