PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Engineer
Engineering professional offering 18+ years of experience in planning, designing, testing, deploying, wireless and supporting electronic equipment in an systems integration environment. Resourceful, analytical and detail-driven individual with capabilities in completing multiple projects with competing deadlines. Aggressive in identifying and resolving inefficient operational processes. Strong team member, able to motivate team to achieve optimal performance while maintaining high moral. Reliable follow-through skills, fulfilling all administrative requirements from field activities. Clear communicator, both oral and written. Interpersonal skills interface effectively with coworkers, management and customers. Excel in unpredictable and hectic environments.
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Systems Design and Implementation
Saved an estimated $8M by leveraging existing commercial wireless technology rather than outsourcing custom solutions. Optimized the emergency broadcast system redundancy design to reduce companies per unit costs by $183K per system, under a FEMA Firm Fixed Price contract, allowing the company to apply the cost savings to their bottom line.
Wireless Network Development
Use of wireless modeling software to rapidly design and model multiple wireless designs to provide the most cost effective solution, resulting in a 60% cost saving in equipment and labor. Successfully deployed the first cellular high-speed data network (EVDO-Rev A) in the United States.
Project Design, Scope, Management & Rollout.
Restructured the engineering team matrix, evenly distributing workload across engineering team members and doubling efficiency. Honed and development team into highly motivated, self-managed unit. Took over a $3M contract that was 6 months behind schedule and was able to successfully complete the project on time qualifying the company for a $300k early completion bonus.
EMPLOYMENT
President Owner - 2004 - Present
RTR Consulting, Orlando, FL
RTR Consulting provides customers with extensive expertise in wireless networks, systems integration, proposal writing, and solutions to difficult engineering problems. Meeting customer needs for surges in engineering resource demands without the need to hire additional full time employees.
* Provide customers the expertise and experience in 802.11, microwave, satellite, LMR and cellular systems and network design to overcome major engineering obstacles quickly to meet aggressive schedule constraints.
* Leveraging knowledge and experience gained from government source selection teams to provide customers with a competitive advantage resulting in over $500M+ in contract awards.
* Provide detailed wireless site surveys and requirement analysis reports for customer, often within a month's time.
* Review current designs for materials and manufacturing cost improvements.
Sr. Engineer / Engineering Team Lead - 2009 - 2011
L-3 Communications, Orlando, FL
L-3 Communications provides the US Marine Corps with engineering and program management support for government contracting. Area of responsibilities included: development, review, and approval of engineering designs, documents, and RFPs. Requirements analysis and compliance. Advise engineering personnel how to resolve unusual problems in system designs and operation. Member of the source selection committed to evaluate and select contractor proposals.
* Restructured the engineering team matrix doubling efficiency and evenly distributing workload across engineering team members.
* Streamlined spectrum approval process for the Marine Corps reducing the time of frequency approvals (DD1494) from 1.5-2 years to less than a year.
* Directed and supervised design, engineering, and quality control with a team of 12 engineers with a combined contract award of $200M+ .
* Help shape the future direction of DoD wireless technology as the Marine Corps representative of the wireless technologies group (WTG) to develop the future roadmap of wireless technology for the department of defense training systems.
Senior Engineer / Manager - 2006 - 2009
RIVADA Networks, Colo...
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