Account Executive

Industry:	Telecommunications
Occupation:	Account Executive
Ideal Companies:	AT&T, Clear Channel, Motorola, T-Mobile, Verizon
Education level:	Associate
Will Relocate:	No
Location:	Anoka, MN

9/1997 - 3/2009

Sprint Nextel

Individual Contributor

• Maintenance of cellular base stations (cell sites) and associated equipment. Included is DS1 interface (CSU), microwave radios, battery plants and rectifiers, diversity antenna system troubleshooting, intermodulation/interference troubleshooting, limited air conditioner maintenance and field system performance utilizing drive test software. Perform initial compliance testing and turn-up for new cell sites. Other responsibilities include BDA system repair at customer locations, which requires the resolution any customer concerns. Technician Group Leader responsible for solving complex technical problems associated with the network. Review distribution, coordination and work assignments for technicians and make recommendations to management regarding personnel actions and departmental procedures.

8/1993 - 9/1997

AT&T Wireless Services

Individual Contributor

• Maintenance of Lucent Autoplex cellular base stations (cell sites) equipment. DS1 interface (CSU) equipment, microwave radios, high current battery plant chargers, power converters, diversity antenna system troubleshooting and intermodulation/interference troubleshooting. Responsible for annual FCC testing and reports also cell site system compliance and optimization utilizing drive test equipment.

7/1991 - 8/1993

KJJO AM 950 & FM 104.1

Individual Contributor

• Major market AM & FM - Responsible for station engineering budget, the supervision of all staff engineers, station logs, station proofs, FCC regulation compliance, reports and records. Maintenance of all electronic equipment including two 1 kilowatt AM transmitters, 20 kilowatt FM transmitter (100 Kilowatts Effective Radiated Power), studio transmitter links, digital telemetry system, 50 kilowatt standby generators, AM phased array antenna system, studio broadcast equipment. Also included is remote broadcast set-up and audio engineering (mixing) of live stereo music (live bands) broadcasts.

9/1987 - 7/1991

MCI Telecommunications

Individual Contributor

• Maintenance of microwave repeater sites including 45 kilowatt generator at each site. Perform troubleshooting, repairs and preventive maintenance of AT&T DR6 digital microwave radios, battery plants, chargers and multiplex equipment. Complete annual FCC reports for each site to maintain compliance. Other responsibilities include maintenance of fiber optics sites, helicopter-dispatched fiber optic cable splicing, loss measurements utilizing OTDR, cable locates, supervision of fiber optic cable installation and associated multiplex equipment.

1/1985 - 9/1987

Motorola Communications

Individual Contributor

• Troubleshooting and repair of mobile and portable cellular telephones, trunked and conventional two-way radios, conventional repeaters, base stations, mobiles, portables and pagers to the component level. Work closely with customers to resolve their technical issues. Filed all required FCC data.

1/1984 - 4/2009

Midwest Broadcast Engineering, Inc

Executive

• Engineering, construction and maintenance of AM & FM radio stations. Installation and/or maintenance are provided for AM & FM transmitters, all studio broadcast equipment, STL’s, RPU’s, satellite receivers, and audio processing. Other services include proof-of-performance tests & measurements, antenna system measurements, intermodulation analysis, PC based digital audio, Internet broadcasting and wireless communications. AM & FM maintenance is provided on a scheduled and/or on-call basis. Also compile service records, billing, and all required FCC data to maintain compliance.

3/1979 - 9/1982

Banner Engineering

Individual Contributor

• Troubleshooting and repair of electro-optical and logic devices to the component level performed. Included is the building of jig-testing systems for prototype products. PC board etching, construction and testing of newly designed circuits for proper operation with specification testing and circuit modification when required. Completed detailed solder training course provided by Banner.

1994

Certification Degree

Academy College of Aviation

• Aviation

1984

Associate Degree

Brown Institute

• Electronics

1978

High School/GED Degree

Anoka Senior High School

• None

Skill	Rating
Agilent Drive Test Software
Antenna System Sweeping
DS1(T1)/DS3 Troubleshooting (T-Berd/Tautron)
Fiber Optic Splicing (OTDR)
FTP Software
Basic HTML/CSS
MS Excel, Outlook, Word
Oscilloscope
ProComm
Studio Recording Engineer
RF Intermod/Interference Troubleshooting
RF Service Monitors
Soldering