Wes Burnett

About Wes Burnett

Accomplished C-level Engineering Executive and transformational manager with strong project turnaround and vendor management skills. A proven track record of building out complex wireless technology networks with short delivery times at low cost. Expertise in RF propagation, licensed and unlicensed microwave backhaul, 4G LTE, UMTS and CDMA cellular networks as well as WiFi and 3.65 GHz data networks.

Experience

1. VP Technical Operations CTO

   Viaero Wireless

   May 2004 — Present · Fort Morgan, CO, US

   Responsible for the engineering, planning, design, installation & operation of Viaero’s 5 state network: 1M covered POPs,$30 million budget & 59 employees within the Technical Operations organization.• Specialize in maintaining a low build-out cost for rural markets• Designed and developed solar powered, cost effective solutions for remote cell sites. Strong solar power generation experience• Designed and launched residential and home internet service providing high speed internet to underserved markets in Colorado and Nebraska. • Negotiated supplier agreements which allowed Viaero to achieve lowest network costs of any Tier 3 carrier• In 2 years, increased Minutes of Use (MOUs) and data usage > 500%• Developed overall network plan for microwave, Ethernet and optical circuits and equipment.• Extensive knowledge of Lucent optical equipment; Alcatel-Lucent, Aviat and Microwave Networks microwave equipment; Huawei & Nokia cell and switch equipment.• Created detailed equipment engineering drawings for microwave and optical transport, power systems, Ethernet over TDM projects and cell site construction• Developed voice traffic model for cell site and switch equipment to ensure better than 2% Grade of Service for voice while meeting company IP standards for latency and packet loss• Created network Best Practices which resulted in a standardized Scope of Work (SOW) document detailing network design, Bill of Materials, installation instructions, scheduling, test and integration procedures• Designed & implemented 600 hop, high capacity IP and TDM microwave system to support over 20TB data usage• Integrated legacy DS3, DS1 and Digital Cross Connects (DACs) into Viaero’s network• Created path alignment and optimization practices used by Viaero and contract tower crews• Regulatory responsibility for all FCC matters - including licensing, Form 477s, etc

Education

• Texas Tech University

  Bachelor's Degree, EE

  1974 — 1979

Skills

• Voip
• Radio Frequency (Rf)
• Network Design
• Troubleshooting
• Cellular Communications
• Wireless Technologies
• Umts
• Saas
• Code Division Multiple Access Method (Cdma)
• Mobile Devices
• Microwave
• Switches
• Contract Negotiation
• Integration
• Internet Protocol (Ip)
• Wireless Networking
• Ip
• Wifi
• Gsm
• Rf Engineering
• Product Management
• Project Management
• Product Marketing
• Vendor Management
• Tcp/Ip
• Optical Fiber
• Strategic Partnerships
• Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (Umts)
• Wireless
• 4g
• Ethernet
• Cdma
• Testing
• Telecommunications
• Rf
• Lte
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Engineering
• Ss7
• Networking