Louis Cotton
Objective A position in telecommunications as a Field Consultant that will utilize my technical abilities as a Tester. I am self-motivated, have a good work ethic and training experience to help your company complete high quality projects to customer satisfaction and specifications. My commitment is to meet established goals and objectives by understanding, controlling, reducing process variation, and initiating action to ensure continuous process improvement with total customer satisfaction.
Experience WNG / AT&T / Verigent - UMTS 3106 Outdoor Cabinet / LMU / Nokia Ultra Sites / 3518 RRU Installs N.C / S.C. 5/16/11 6/ 31 /11 Set 3106 Cabinet on BBU Base connect power and ground to 3106 outdoor cabinets. Install LMU in Emerson Power bay, connect power & ground, install LMU antenna. Install Nokia Ultrasite Cabinet, run LMU cables in Nokia and terminate ends for couplers Install 3518 Outdoor Sites, ran power, ground, Fiber Cables took pictures for closeout packagesTNS / AT&T UMTS 3106 & 3206 Cabinet Installs Birmingham, Al.11/21/10 5/16/11 Install Plinth, set cabinet, connect power and ground to 3206 indoor cabinets, install 2nd carrier kit, Label power leads with P-Tags and take pics. Install BBU Base for 3106 Outdoors cabinets, install batteries, set and mount cabinet in place with crane, install 2nd Carrier kit, take pics for closeout packages.TNS / Metro PSC LTE Radio Adds North Fla.11/ 12 10 Install 6 Sector kits and radios for RBS 6201 outdoor Cabinets. Add Ethernet OVPs & T-1 OVPs , Connect Cables and take pics.TNS / Metro PSC LTE RBS 6201 / 6101 Installs Atlanta, Ga.7-9-10 Install Plinth sit cabinet, connect ground and power, power up cabinet. Fill out Doc. For site, take pictures.TNS / Ericsson UMTS RBS Cabinets Installs Plano, TX.6-28-10 Installed UMTS RBS Ericsson 3201 Mounted base plate, sit cabinet, connected ground and power and T-1TNS / Ericsson Plano, TX.6-16-10 Installed Ericsson Metro PCS 6101 Outdoor Cabinets Sit Cabinet in place, Bolted cabinet down, Connected ground and power, Terminated T-1, connected GPS, added labels, took pictures, filed out site folder for closeout package. Certified in the field for installation.TNS / Ericsson Plano, Tx.6-9-10 to 6-11-10 LTE RBS 6000 Installation & Integration Class trainingTNS / Ericsson / AT&T North / South Florida Market4-10-10 Upgrade Ericsson 3201& 3218 Cabinets with TX-60 Boards adds, take screenshots, create Pre & post CVs, save dataTNS / AT&T Houston, TX.4-5-10 Installed Flexi HSPA + FSME Modules and Ethernet cable & terminated Ethernet to NID.Mycom North America Denver, CO.4-5-10 Trained on WI-MAX installs & cablingMycom North America Minneapolis, MN. Nashville/Knoxville, TN.3-14-10 To 3-28-10 Install Flexi HSPA + FSME upload FSME with New Software 5.o Call test site. FCOA Upgrade, Install FSME Module Terminate Ethernet cable to NODE B, pulled Ethernet Cable to NID and Terminate. Culinary Arts Student Illinois Valley Community College Sheridan, Ill9-2008-09 Certificate of CompletionCook4-2007 9-2008 Illinois Department of Corrections Chicago, Ill. Prepared all food for Inmates & Staff Organized Menus Inventoried Stock Supervised Inmates in kitchens Order stock & Inventory for facility Independent Contractor 11-2006 System Software & Services /Motorola Fayetteville, N.C. Drive Testing for Motorola using 1x-EVDO Software Invex3G Software Collection and processing of field data. Troubleshooting equipment and data processing problems. Performs detailed network, drive analysis and planning using Polaris tools conforming to Polaris specifications. Kyocera Wireless PST Axcess Aircard Delorme Street Atlas 2007 Cluster Drives & Golden cluster Drives.10-2006 Independent Contractor DARWIN /CINGULAR / Harley Swap Pottstown, PA TDOA Install and Commission True Position LMU, also Install KENTROX 765 DSU and Commissioned Kentrox DSU for ERICSSON 2106 Outdoor, and 2206 Indoor cabinets 850 & 1900, also harvested Andrews LMU and Call Tested PSAP Phase 0, 1, 2, Site Survey and RF Lats & Longs Documentation.9-2006 Independent Contractor MBI / EXI-PARSONS / CINGULAR Baton Rouge/ New Orleans, La. 850 / 1900 Upgrade and expansion, 4 to 6 Cabinet upgrade, degrade 850 to 4+4+4 and degrade and configure 1900 to Abis mapping configurations 6+10+9 ect Also worked with different venders to install duplexers and RF cables to match color-coding, also worked with several integrators on site to insure that site was completed by cutover time.8-2006 Independent Contractor MBI /SBA/ CINGULAR/ SIEMENS Cincinnati, Ohio Trained on Seimens BTSE-240XL to performed Radio adds on 850 and 1900 FDUAMCO, Commissioning & Integrations on 850 & 1900 Radios also, update IDF Files. Call Test Phase, 0,1,2 for E-911 7-2006Independent Contractor Darwin & Partners Assemble Ericsson UMTS 3106 and 3206 Outdoor/Indoor Cabinets. Wire all SMAs cables and Internal Jumper cables. Did Swap outs and New Site Builds, I would Install the Ericsson UMTS 3106 and 3206 Connect Power from main unit to Purcell Power Cabinets, laying metal or liquid conduits and Re-sectorize if necessary at the site Location. Verify all Power and ground connections and commercial power installation before Powering up site. Arranging for Generators if commercial power is not ready to meet demand. Install RX AIT kits and enable TDMA, GSM, & UMTS network to share the same RX signal on 850 and 1900 MHZ. Sweep Test All RF Antenna cables and LNA lines with Wiltron 331B site master before connecting External Jumpers and weather proofing site. Test T-1 lines with switch and Program time slots and Cross Connections as per the PCM design layout. Installation and commissioning of TruPosition LMU equipment for 911system. Preformed drive test to confirm that the LMU positioning were correct. Communicate with Switch to build the site in the BSC and MSC. Commission and Integrate Ericsson Cabinet with configurations. This position was 100% travel. .2-2006 6-2006 Independent Contractor Darwin Partners Greenville, S.C. Pre-Test T1 for SWAPS & HOT TEST. Install & Commissioning of CSU. Troubleshoot T-1 Issues. T-BERD Test Pads 2209, 2310 LMU SWAPS from NORTEL S8000 to NOKIA BTS and performed E-911 Test calls, PSAP and Phase 0,1,2, with documentation.Independent Contractor8-2005 2-2006 TeckEdge / MLC Wireless / Cingular/ Nokia Greenville / Raleigh, S.C. Performed Hot-slides & Swaps / New Builds / Antenna Sweeps / T-1 Testing and Integrations on Nokia Ultrasite Cabinets. CSU Install & Commissioning. Nokia LMU Install & Commissioning. Cingular Center of Excellence Certification Class. Nokia Level NRT 2,3 Training at Center of Excellence Class. T-Berd Testing DS0, DS1, DS2, Trunk Acceptance. # PTID 001MLC009067-2005Independent Contractor MBI / AT&T / Cingular Amherst, NY.Performed E-911 Cutovers from Lucent to Nokia and made E-911 test calls, also added alarms Cables to Nokia Cabinets and Connected Alarm cables to 66 punch block, also verified and cleared all alarms with the BSC. 6-2005 Independent Contractor MBI / Seneca / Cingular / SBA Columbia, S.C. Performed Hot slides / Night-Swaps and installs on Nortel / EMERSON / Nokia Cabinets and daytime integrations and antenna sweeps. LMU Installs / Commissioning on Nortel Cabinets. Cingular Center of Excellence Certification Class. True Position Install and Commission.4-2005 Independent Contractor MBI /Seneca / T-MOBILE Tampa, FL Install, Commission & Integrate 3G Ultra site-ET II / PURCELL Cabinets Connect power, T-1 Test calls, PSAP and Phase 0,1,2, with documentation1-2005 Nokia Consultant TMP Hudson Boca Raton, Fl. Assist Cingular South Florida Care teams, Blue and Orange for NOKIA in troubleshooting and analyzing cell site problems in South Florida. Assisted field tecks by phone and site visits in solving any and all network issues.2004 Axis Technology Orlando, Fl.Independent Contractor Performed grounding analysis, T-1 upgrades & NIU moves. Pulled old T-1 line and replaced with New T-1 Line.
2004 EXI Parsons Los Angeles, CAIndependent Contractor Performed bi-directional cross connections, set up Q-1 management and interface mode in E1/T1 Traffic Manager on E1/T1 for 850/1900E to ensure proper connectivity to BSC/MSC. Commission & Integrate Sites.
2003 TNS Los Angeles, CAIndependent Contractor Performed complex upgrading and channel additions to (2G & 3G) 3rd Generation Nokia BTS Flexi Ultrasites.
2003 Black & Veach Livonia, MIIndependent Contractor Performed FXC software upgrades on Nokia BTS Ultrasites.2000-2003 MyCom El Segundo, CATrainer, Supervisor, Site Surveyor & Drive Tester Trained over 100 certified and non-certified techs in the proper procedures of installation, commissioning, integration and quality control of over 400 sites. Supervised teams in the Jacksonville Florida market, including project reporting, planning cost projections, safety and welfare of assigned teams. Met all GWS and KPI drive tests first time without compromising project objectives. Responsible for QA, closing parameters, call handovers, testing inter-cell, cell to cell and cell ID, using test phone Responsible for Surveying Site floor plans to ensure accessibility and confirm plans meet customer specifications. Responsible to check for working T-1 line with out alarms, check for ground cable, cable entry block, antenna jumpers, cable ladders and Telco rack. Additionally, check 24VDC leads to ensure no existing current and are properly labeled (positive & negative). Responsible to verify connectivity to OMC/BSC, reporting any and all discrepancies to appropriate parties. Drive tested cluster using TIMs/TOMs software to monitor sites. Responsible for monitoring drop call rate above defined threshold, sector to sector, hand over calls, uplink and downlink quality and drop calls for Cingular, AWS projects in North & South Florida, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.E-911 CALL TEST PSAP, DS1 DS3.
Education JEA Substation Jacksonville, FL Certification, OSHA course Substation maintenance. NOKIA Irvine, TX Certification, NOKIA ULTRA SITE Certification. Level NRT 2,3 Nokia Training and Certification. Charlotte, N.C.
Projects 2006 Cingular / Siemens Training Cincinnati, Ohio2006 Darwin/ Cingular Greenville, S.C.2005 -2006 TECH-Edge/MLC /Cingular / Carolinas Greenville, S.C. 2005 Cingular / SBA / Seneca MBI Columbia, S.C.2005 T-Mobile MBI Tampa, Fl. 2005 Nokia Hudson Boca Raton, Fl. 2004 T-Mobile Axis Technology Orlando, Fl.
2003-2004 AWS EXI Parsons Los Angeles, Ca2003 AT&T T N S Los Angeles, Ca2003 AWS Black & Veach Livonia, Mi2003-2002 TELACORP Mycom New Orleans, LA2002-2001 CINGULAR Mycom Jacksonville, Fl2002-2001 CINGULAR Mycom Baton Rouge, LA2001-2000 AWS Mycom Jacksonville, FL
