Expert Details
RF (Radio Frequency) Engineering; Wireless Network Design; Telecommunications Site Development; Municipal Zoning; DAS & Macro Cell Site Design
ID: 739535
Pennsylvania, USA
Expert has extensive experience providing expert testimony at municipal zoning and land use hearings regarding wireless telecommunications site development, having appeared at several hundred public hearings across multiple carriers and states over the course of Expert's career, consistently serving as the designated technical expert for the most complex or contested site proposals. Expert also has deep experience in FCC compliance auditing, having performed more than 100 compliance surveys across wireless markets nationwide, along with frequency planning, site acquisition, and microwave backhaul design expertise. Earlier in Expert's career, Expert contributed engineering work supporting an industry-first carrier-grade IP telephony network deployed over cable infrastructure. Expert holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1999 | Degree: BS | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: Drexel University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2012 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: RF Network Design Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Manage and direct team of 15 RF Engineers tasked with creating Greenfield AMI Designs for all of North America• Coordinate, prioritize, and complete designs based on sales timeline and corporate need • Communicate weekly with Executive Management to ensure corporate direction and success |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2003 to 2012 | Employer: RF Services Inc. / AT&T | Title: Principal | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Sole RF Interface between ASG (National In-Building) and RAN (Macro Site) Teams for AT&T’s Philadelphia Market• Coordinated RF vendor analysis for outdoor DAS system; equipment, design, implementation, pricing, and support • Created and managed Executive Dashboard to organize, prioritize, and report RF workload of 300 site/3 year build plan • Project Lead for market-wide redesign of 250+ sites to deploy 850 MHz service overlay where currently deficient • RF Project Lead for design and implementation of 600+ site overlay of AT&T’s 3-G UMTS system • Tasked with overseeing the search area prioritization process, targeted at refining AT&T’s site-build budget • Consistently called upon to testify as an expert for the most challenging sites in the market (over 200 public hearings) • Responsible for introducing, training, and integrating several engineers into the AT&T Design Team |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2009 | Employer: Clearwire Corp. | Title: RF Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Managed 3 active Markets/Cities and also led design of a 450+ site, 2.6 GHz, 4G Wi-Max Network• Provided Technical Sales Support to VP of Sales for all Clearwire Markets in North Carolina • Frequently provided progress reports and presented comprehensive market designs to senior management • Analyzed sites for profitability using infrastructure cost estimates, demographic data, and projected revenue metrics • Involved with large scale Microwave backhaul design, site pathing, installation/optimization, and performance monitoring • Completed search rings, site visits, candidate evaluations, and provided municipal testimony for 150+ sites • Coordinated Frequency Plan for several markets using segmented spectrum and EDX Frequency Planning tool |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2000 to 2003 | Employer: Millennium Eng., P.C. / Cingular Wireless | Title: Wireless Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Designed and implemented Cingular’s Cellular and PCS networks (GSM/TDMA/AMPS)• Provided expert RF testimony for municipal hearings throughout PA, NJ, DE, and MD • Performed more than 600 candidate evaluations aimed toward achieving network design goals • Participated heavily in the design of a 110-site Greenfield BTA Project from search ring to construction • Conducted rooftop and water tank site visits to achieve proper placement of antennas and mitigate interference • Reviewed and revised construction and lease drawings to ensure accurate RF Design information • Coordinated and composed extension/overlap agreements with bordering licensees • Performed and coordinated test transmissions to determine site suitability • Performed over 100 FCC Compliance Surveys in wireless markets throughout the United States |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1999 to 2000 | Employer: AT&T | Title: Engineering Manager I | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Completed engineering tasks critical to delivering an industry first, carrier grade, Internet Protocol (IP) network that supports integrated voice and broadband data services over a Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) infrastructure• Authored document outlining engineering rules for design and deployment of a cable IP telephony network • Aided direction of the first field deployment of an IP telephony network overlaying an existing RF network • Evaluated feasibility, scalability, traffic capacity, performance, and cost of numerous vendor solutions |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 1999 | Employer: Verizon Wireless | Title: RF Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Engineered, deployed, and optimized Verizon's (AMPS/CDMA) wireless Network.• Designed frequency re-use plan for the greatest capacity, least interference, and best voice quality • Located and eliminated sources of RF interference with a spectrum analyzer and different antenna schemes • Coordinated trials/tests to evaluate new cell/switch features’ effect on performance |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Extensive experience providing expert testimony in municipal zoning and land use hearings related to wireless telecommunications site development. Expert has made appearances in several hundred municipal hearings over more than a decade. |
Fields of Expertise
wireless, wireless broadband networks, radio frequency, network design, 4G mobile network, 3G networks, 5G mobile networks, RF engineering, Wireless Network Design, Telecommunications Site Development, DAS Design, Macro Cell Site Design, Municipal Zoning, FCC Compliance Surveys, Frequency Planning, 4G WiMAX Network Design, 3G UMTS Network Design, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Wireless Site Acquisition, Telecommunications Engineering