Chris Pellow
Snellville,GA
Summary
I have 25 years of experience in the wireless telecom Industry on mostly the construcƟon side but have experience with Site acquisiƟon, Field operaƟons, RF Engineering and Fiber OSP/ISP side of the industry. Have spent the last 5 years building the 1st naƟonwide 5G ORAN network from scratch which was a huge accomplishment and am very proud of that.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Construction Project Manager/RF Engineer
Dish/Boost Wireless
10.2021 - 12.2025
- Maintained and supported our venders to ensure and minimize outages of the network for 176 Cell sites throughout the Atlanta area.
- Performed site acquisition site surveys to ensure equipment placement will work during CX.
- Managed and tracked the OSP SOW from the MMP to fiber NID.
- Tracker and actualized all milestones from time of CX start to Integration.
- Reviewed and approved pre-construction site sketches, CDs, Fiber and power designs to confirm they will work before final site design.
- Managed and tracked the Quality control and closeouts for over 1,1000 co-locate cell sites.
- Performed Quality Control (punch walks) after CX to confirm the sites are ready for ops.
- Ran deployment calls with the GCs.
- Worked with Comcast, ATT, Zayo, Unity and other fiber providers to troubleshoot OSP and ISP fibers and from the switch to the DEMARC and OVP locations to the cell site router.
Project Manager-Southern Region-T-Mobile
Ascendtek LLC
01.2019 - 10.2021
- I managed all the Nokia T-Mobile work in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.
- Had up 15 crews at any given time working at one time throughout all the states.
- My clients were Crown Castle and Jacobs mostly.
- I am deeply knowledgeable with Ericsson and Nokia equipment.
Lead Construction Manager
Nokia Services
02.2018 - 01.2019
- Scoped all the material and labor for all over 400 L600 projects, managed up to 3 GCs at a time.
- Performed pre walks and post punch walks for all the sites.
- Worked with the management at T-Mobile to ensure all sites were built correctly.
- Followed through with all the GCs to be sure, all punches and quality issues were fixed in a timely manner.
- I was at Nokia until the slowdown when they laid everybody off.
NSB Scoping Manager
Ansco & Associates, LLC
06.2015 - 02.2018
- Scoped all the labor and material, OOM initial submission to ATT, True up the OOMs, generating POs and change orders to contractors, handled all the scoping calls with ATT for all construction and site acquisition tracked projects from start to finish, closeout the jobs with ATT and manage the PACE dates, approved all job completion notices & site development.
Project Manager
Tritel Services/SDT
05.2012 - 06.2015
- We started at SDT and then I moved over with everyone to Tritel when SDT went out of business.
- I have been the main point of contact for all the T-Mobile work for both the Florida and Atlanta markets.
- I handle everything on the projects up to the final invoice hand-off, bidding, material ordering, crew management, quality control, managing the day-to-day operations of the projects and everything else from pre-construction to the final closeout upload of all the work.
Construction Project Manager
Westower Communications
06.2009 - 05.2012
- Managed the CX of the Raw Land, Co-Locate and UMTS sites.
- We built many kinds of tower's including Mono-Pine, Monopole, Guyed tower, and self-support towers.
- Did everything from bid walks, permitting, ordering all the material, tracking the job status, reviewing, and uploading closeouts and many other tasks.
Tower/Civil Foreman
Bechtel Corp.
05.2005 - 06.2009
- I actively supervised up to eight employees in various locations throughout Alabama, Louisiana, and Maryland.
- I was responsible for co-locate site construction, cell site modifications, and troubleshooting.
- My responsibilities included job walks, receiving, inventory, and ordering materials, completing change orders, scheduling any other equipment and materials for customers including Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless.
Field sweep test technician
Site-Com - Test and Measurement
04.1999 - 05.2005
- I was responsible for testing cell phone sites for many contractors (third party)
- Completing RF DATA Sheets and submitting to client.
- I also completed all the ground resistance testing.
Education
General EducaƟon -
01-1998
Andrews Systems CerƟficaƟon - Tech Safety Lines
Aerial Work Plaƞorm - CerƟfied
Agilent 8700 Series Network Analyzer - cerƟfied
OSHA - 10 and 30 hr.
Anritsu Line Sweep -
Heart Saver First Aid -
Nokia C&I - cerƟfied
Cisco Training -
Dell DU Training -
Skills
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Flexible and adaptable
- Dependable and responsible
- Organization and time management
- Calm under pressure
- Organizational skills
- Computer skills
- Multitasking Abilities
- Multitasking
- Excellent communication
Timeline
Construction Project Manager/RF Engineer
Dish/Boost Wireless
10.2021 - 12.2025
Project Manager-Southern Region-T-Mobile
Ascendtek LLC
01.2019 - 10.2021
Lead Construction Manager
Nokia Services
02.2018 - 01.2019
NSB Scoping Manager
Ansco & Associates, LLC
06.2015 - 02.2018
Project Manager
Tritel Services/SDT
05.2012 - 06.2015
Construction Project Manager
Westower Communications
06.2009 - 05.2012
Tower/Civil Foreman
Bechtel Corp.
05.2005 - 06.2009
Field sweep test technician
Site-Com - Test and Measurement
04.1999 - 05.2005