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For providers
of wireless or satellite telecommunications, internet or network services:
Consulting Services
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Business planning & analysis - capex, opex, financing,
revenue, cash flow etc.
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Service planning - services, features, customer interface,
equipment, business plan
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Equipment selection - technologies, standards, vendors
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Competitive bidding and bidder selection
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Technical field trials and
demonstrations
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Vendor negotiations - pricing, staging, scheduling,
payments, penalties
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Custom education and training for employees and contractors
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Network planning, traffic & coverage analysis, layout
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Network analysis, availability & reliability
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Site selection and owner / landlord negotiations - rents,
permissions, access
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Spectrum selection and acquisition / licensing.
License bid proposals, auctions
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Orbit selection, coverage analysis and acquisition /
licensing
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Mediation between provider and neighborhood groups or local
governments
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Expert witness in public hearings
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Advocacy, presentations, pleadings and comments to
regulators - FCC etc.
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Represent client in standards groups
Related Professional Experience
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Prepared business plans for cellular networks in Mexico,
Brazil, United States. Clients: MCI, Avantel de Mexico, Formus
(fixed broadband), United International Holdings, U S WEST (now QWEST)
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Advised clients on selection of
technologies/standards, and transitional plans where technologies were to be
changed. Clients: ClearWire, MCI, Avantel de Mexico, United International
Holdings, Formus, U S WEST
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Authored Requests
for Information and Requests for Proposals for competitive procurements.
Evaluated competitive bids for cellular and LMDS equipment and networks,
chose winners, participated in contract negotiations with winners.
Clients: MCI, Formus, U S WEST. Vendors: HP, Nortel, Alcatel,
Lucent, Ericsson, etc.
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Built the Industry
PCS Test Bed, a network of base stations into which various vendors were
invited to install their equipment. This permitted an
"apples-to-apples" comparison of the various technologies vying for adoption
as PCS standards. Built the first LMDS test bed, in Phoenix, AZ, for
propagation tests. Client: U S WEST.
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Provided custom
training in wireless technologies and networks for employees of Formus,
Formus Polska, Unisys, Motorola, Peruvian Ministry of Communications, Polish
Radio Regulator, Hungarian Ministry of Communications, U S WEST.
Adjunct faculty at University of Maryland, The Johns Hopkins University,
University of Denver.
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Supervised and
reviewed network designs for cellular systems in Beijing, China and Manila,
Philippines. Site selection in Quito, Ecuador and Warsaw, Poland.
Clients: Formus, Motorola, U S WEST
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Bid in LMDS
spectrum auction in the US. Prepared tender bid for LMDS spectrum
allocation in France
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Performed orbital
modeling and interference analysis for various NASA and U S Navy satellites
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Mediated siting
dispute between service provider and a Denver neighborhood group
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Testified as
expert witness to zoning board in Jefferson County, Colorado; to spectrum
regulator in New Zealand; to Government hearing in the Philippines.
Clients: Sprint, U S WEST, private investor in Canada
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Presented written
pleadings, comments and ex parte positions to the Federal Communications
Commission regarding various licensing issues. Clients: SkyCell,
Wireless Spectrum Technologies, Institute of Electronics and Electrical
Engineers
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Represented
Wireless Spectrum Technologies in IEEE Standards committees
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