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Ronald Guggenheim

Las Vegas,NV

Summary

22 Years in the wireless Industry with the last 13 at Ericsson. Possessing vast knowledge of all aspects of delivery for wireless infrastructure and mobile providers. Encompassing cell site design, jurisdiction requirements, site acquisition, logistics, safety, cell site alarms and troubleshooting while governing quality controls. Projects that I have worked on I contributed to excellent margins on project budgets and assisted obtaining and training internal and external resources to support the project, while driving financial responsibility and cost efficiency initiatives. I've worked on ATT , T Mobile for several large markets such as Northern California and Pacific Northwest as well as small amount of time on smaller markets such has Las Vegas, El Paso and Albuquerque. Extraordinary business impact always being achieved with a a proven track record of effectively leading teams with great management skills.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr Construction Manager for Delivery

Ericsson
12.2021 - 11.2023
  • Sacramento T-Mobile project where I contributed in creating and leading the war room. I came in during a time where TMO didn't understand RSSI and utilized my experience from AT&T to implement and create solutions that not only impressed the customer but also generated 2 million dollars in additional revenue. I built trust not only with the customer but with suppliers and created a functioning tiger team. In 2021 T-Mobile Nor Cal, I excelled in new role to deliver the sites clean “One and Done” to Customer. SME in RSSI troubleshooting assisting in educating customer and vendor on best practices and problem-solving difficult site issues. I was a key contributor in separating E// from other competitors in the market, providing TMO a much more preferred experience. Gaining opportunity to take more market share.
  • Financial true ups
  • Business reviews with customer

SR. Construction Manager

Ericsson
05.2020 - 12.2020
  • Construction Manager for D49 and D10 These two districts include San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
  • Responsible for managing CX mangers to ensure projects are completed to standard and closed out efficiently and timely. During delivery phase of the project ensuring managers and vendors adhered to latest standards and best ways of working while ensuring processes policies are being adhered to.
  • Creating and communicating new MOPS or ways of working to improve current process or refine new process to gain efficiencies.
  • Forecasting delivery of projects for entire year, including resource allocations, scheduling and budgets as well as risk management and removing roadblocks.
  • Customer meeting and calls to go over CX schedule, Sites issues, launch readiness and CX forecast. EF&I call to report on Integration schedule, NTP package readiness, alarms clearance for Cluster launches.
  • Working with Site Acquisition team and compliance to help in design phase of sites with Jurisdictional issues in efforts to help fast track these sites into CX and still meet local RAN standards.
  • Managing NTP packages with RAN and 3rd party vendor to ensure quality documentation is provided and tracked.
  • Finical True up with customer
  • Taking projects from initiation phase by properly allocating resources and projects, ordering materials needed for projects timely, ensuring projects were not delayed.

SR. Construction Manager

Ericsson
01.2019 - 05.2020
  • Tenure in Pacific Northwest for Ericsson on ATT customer unit, leading teams that achieved POE of over 1000 hardware projects in only just the second year in market. First time Ericsson was selected to non OEM market (Nokia)
  • Geographically encompassing Washington and Oregon
  • Market succeeded by doubling quarterly revenue in first 3 months on the project
  • Driving a culture of trust, transparency, hard work and accountability that allowed Ericsson to become the preferred vendor in the market for the first time, as well as making Ericsson a more desirable customer for vendors
  • This enabled us to gain market share and open doors to new business opportunities.

SR. Construction Manager

Ericsson
08.2018 - 01.2019
  • SR Construction Manager, this project had the first 5G call over 600 MHz in the world for T-Mobile and launched 5G MM wave in Las Vegas for CES 2019 in under 45 days
  • Team delivered commitments to customer ahead of schedule while handicapped from delays outside Ericsson control
  • Leading teams that was out of compliance in ways of working and went worst in nation in measured milestones and accuracy to one of the best in nation
  • Drove project team to adopt working in proper databases and drove data accuracy, while exceeding customer targets.

SR. Construction Manager

Ericsson
02.2010 - 09.2018
  • I Spent 8 years in the Bay area for the largest turf market in the country with the largest project count and geographic area encompassing central California to Utah and Oregon border, including Silicon Valley
  • Key contributor to market success and growth over my tenure
  • Many new trial programs or projects were managed by me, often requested at director level or customer requests.
  • Construction Manager for D49 and D10 These two districts include San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
  • • Responsible for managing CX mangers to ensure projects are completed to standard and closed out efficiently and timely. During delivery phase of the project ensuring managers and vendors adhered to latest standards and best ways of working while ensuring processes policies are being adhered to.
  • Creating and communicating new MOPS or ways of working to improve current process or refine new process to gain efficiencies.
  • Forecasting delivery of projects for entire year, including resource allocations, scheduling and budgets as well as risk management and removing roadblocks.
  • Customer meeting and calls to go over CX schedule, Sites issues, launch readiness and CX forecast. EF&I call to report on Integration schedule, NTP package readiness, alarms clearance for Cluster launches.
  • Working with Site Acquisition team and compliance to help in design phase of sites with Jurisdictional issues in efforts to help fast track these sites into CX and still meet local RAN standards.
  • Managing NTP packages with RAN and 3rd party vendor to ensure quality documentation is provided and tracked.
  • Finical True up with customer
  • Taking projects from initiation phase by properly allocating resources and projects, ordering materials needed for projects timely, ensuring projects were not delayed.
  • Meeting with leadership on key contract issues and concerns that have resulted in national visibility.

Education

High School Diploma -

Elsinore High School
Wildomar, CA
06.2001

Skills

  • Ability to plan and execute major wireless network rollout while successfully monitoring all aspects of project such as; risk, scope, resource planning and engagement with stakeholders
  • Expertly controlling and delivering project schedule with high quality ensuring projects are timely and efficiently closed out
  • Ability to lead successful teams
  • Ability to read, understand and drive data
  • Proficient in Excel, Microsoft 360, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, and other various management tools or databases Site tracker and Talon view for example
  • Knowledgeable in many areas in this cross functional ecosystem consisting of; Project scheduling/planning, Construction and Construction Management, installation of OEM equipment, troubleshooting, Site acquisition, Compliance and safety
  • Strong relationships with customers, vendors and internal team members
  • Ability to develop and implement project strategies
  • Strong leader with strong communication and social skills

Timeline

Sr Construction Manager for Delivery

Ericsson
12.2021 - 11.2023

SR. Construction Manager

Ericsson
05.2020 - 12.2020

SR. Construction Manager

Ericsson
01.2019 - 05.2020

SR. Construction Manager

Ericsson
08.2018 - 01.2019

SR. Construction Manager

Ericsson
02.2010 - 09.2018

High School Diploma -

Elsinore High School
Ronald Guggenheim