Rhonda Folk

• Lead NRTC’s largest broadband projects with multimillion-dollar budgets, managing design, permitting, make-ready, construction, and closeout phases.
• Coordinate engineering, GIS, inspection, and contractor teams to ensure accuracy, quality, and timely delivery.
• Provide executive-level updates, aligning stakeholders on risks, milestones, and budget status.
• Introduced Smartsheet automations and standardized workflows, reducing reporting cycle times and increasing transparency.
• Partner with contractors (ICON, Johnson Communications, Mississippi Power) and technology vendors (Adtran, ConvergeOne) to resolve escalations and deliver results.
• Recognized for independence, problem-solving, and ability to drive cross-functional alignment.

Key Achievements:

• Directed UCS’s largest broadband project, managing GIS, redlines, and inspection efforts across thousands of service locations.
• Delivered multi-phase DEFL fiber deployment on accelerated timelines despite evolving contractor schedules and shifting priorities.
• Guided adoption of CrescentLink GIS platform to support design and construction workflows, training engineers and inspectors to standardize data.
• Consistently trusted to run executive-level budget, schedule, and risk reviews with minimal supervision.

• Directed small cell and dark fiber deployments for Verizon and T-Mobile across multiple markets.
• Leveraged Smartsheet and Salesforce for project reporting and forecasting.
• Delivered QA-approved closeouts, improving first-pass acceptance rates with carriers.
• Coordinated cross-market teams to align schedules and resources, meeting tight deadlines.

• Supported senior PMs on small cell and tower programs, ensuring regulatory and client compliance (FCC/FAA).
• Managed document control and workflow tracking to meet AT&T;, Crown Castle, SBA, and Ericsson requirements.
• Produced high-quality closeout packages across multiple carriers.
• Developed comprehensive workflow processes to improve project transparency and efficiency.

• Supported project managers with tower inspections and client deliverables.

• Assisted senior teams in assembling closeout packages and maintaining compliance documentation.