Franklyn Polster

Wireless Telecom Professional 
Enthusiastic individual experienced in analyzing issues on service calls and finding effective solutions. Offering engaging and pleasant personality with expertise building professional relationships. Outstanding diagnostics skills.  Over 20yr experience in wireless communications.  Exited to learn new things through work experience.
 

Franks | Vintage HiFi and antique Electronics repair and restoration                         2023- Present

Repaired 1971 Zenith Stereo Consol D924 including a rebuilt idler for the turntable and new push pads and foil splice tape for 35 8-track tapes. Simpson 555 Tube checker cabinet repair and calibration,  Wollensak 1280 Reel-Reel player recorder re-build and repair,   1949 Webster Chicago 180-1 wire recorder re-build, 1949 Motorola VT-105 Television cabinet rebuild and chassis restore,   Tektronix 475 200MHz scope repair, Re-foamed the woofers on four sets of vintage speakers (Akai, Sony, RS), H.H. Scott stereo master 299 adj the amps bias and AC/DC balance, refinished cabinet to Atwater Kent 456, Westinghouse 211, Stewart Warner 01-531S, Atwater Kent 725, 1938 Sky Chief 38-1, 1940 Majestic 3BC90 getting a cabinet and radio restoration.

   T-Mobile         Senior Field Ops Technician, NJ                                              2012 - 2023
 

Maintain Network Availability (>99.90%)
Monitor KPIs and Ensure corrective actions are taken to resolve network issues. (break/fix) I Resolve Alarms, including issues with chronic sites.  Maintain proper SLA on SI and NSI Tickets.  Sweeping coax feeders to identify the location of the trouble. DTF. (Anritsu)
Troubleshooting backhaul circuits with the OTDR Viavi and using the J Profiler. 
Network Hardening
I Preformed a yearly PM on sites including; battery tests, Filter maintenance, & rodent prevention.  Also commissioned perm back-up generators.  Backhaul cut-overs to 10GIG circuits (AAV).  I Participated in disaster recovery events by towing portable generators to sites with LOCP
    Compliance
    ALM (asset tracking system for SOX compliance) Maintain market average below .05%
EME Audits (Maintain RF warning signs at cell Sites) DOT Physical and DOT Truck     inspections.  Adhere to all OSHA and safety requirements. Trained on Travel restraint, and fall protection.        

I Install and Maintain Licensed Microwave via CERAGON IP10, AVIAT 8312 licensed point to point microwave.
Integrating NOKIA ALCATEL LUCENT 7705(SAR-F & M), NOKIA SAS 7210, NOKIA IXRe 7250.
    I Supported market Growth
Support the team members and Ericsson ASP techs when needed.
 Ensure Quality Assurance on Ericsson Modernization work by E// Via Site Walk Form.
 FOPS DIY In House Integrations of 5G Anchor sites. Including 911 Call testing.

   
Experience with Integration and Maintenance of the following equipment 
Ericsson 6230, 6160, B160, RBS6102, 6131, Base band 6630, Base band 6648, Base band 5216, Ran Processor 6651, AIR-21, Air-32, AIR 6449, RRU4449, RRUS 11B4, B2,  B12, NOKIA ALCATEL LUCENT 7705(SAR-F & M), NOKIA SAS 7210, NOKIA IXRe 7250. Experience Ericsson Radio DOT Small Cells in building. Experience with Ericsson RI link SFPs: RDH 102 45/1,  65/1, 75/1 for 1G, 10G, 25G.  SM LC Fiber.  Have a lot of Ericsson OSS experience from integrating and maintaining sites.  
Battery Maintenance Project for 6 yrs for MY Team (South Central)
I maintained GOOD battery backup for approx. 600 sites. The sites had anywhere from FOUR 100Ah batteries up to TWELVE 190Ah batteries.  I had a $20k budget per month to work with. I was required to identify Faulty batteries utilizing site alarm, & battery age.   I performed a remote test utilizing time and battery current draw to correctly identify End of Life batteries. I confirmed the model of the equipment and battery type needed by checking the site database.  Then I opened POs and Work orders and worked with the vendor to get the batteries replaced or upgraded depending of power demand.  This greatly helps with network availability for the costumers in the event of a power outage.  More importantly maintains the E-911 system in the event of LOCP during a Large storm.

WAVSYS 2007-2012   Project Engineer  NJ, NYC, PH, MA                       2007-2012 

Commissioned mission critical backhaul to cell sites.  Did RFC testing of 100M, 1Gig ethernet for backhaul.  Integrated NOKIA ALCATEL LUCENT 7705 SAR-F, with Pseudo Wire Virtual T1 for GSM.
Cut-over the 2G and 3G equipment off of the T-1 and on to the new ETHERNET backhaul (AAV)
Call Tested Sites, and performed Drive tests for RF.
Back filled for FOPS and did alarm clearing.
Worked in staging area to configure and test 2G and 3G Ericsson RBS.
I did T1 and Radio adds to the 2G equipment.  Ericsson 2000, 3000, 6000 fam, Nortel 8K, 12K, 18K
Worked in TMO Markets: NJ, PHILI, Massachusetts, Long Island NY, Manhattan NY

Glotel        RBS Test Technician in staging area NJ                                          2005-2007
   

I Worked in T-Mobile’s NJ staging facility as an Ericsson BTS tester.
Worked with Ericsson RBS 2000 family of RBS. I built cabinets for New Build/Upgraded Sites. I managed the shipping of cabinets and other materials such as antennas, tma, jumpers for the sites.  Tested TMAs (Tower Mounted Amplifiers) with a Sweep Generator, Spectrum Analyzer, and DC Power supply from a bias-T.

  Technical Solutions       Lead Field Technician   NJ, NY                2002-2004
   
Ericsson consultant. Responsible for the commissioning, integration, and the maintenance of Ericsson RBS 2000 family of RBS.  Also Battery testing/replacement.  Also performed Quality Assurance inspections after upgrades to cell stes.

Omnipoint/Voicestream      Field Operations   NY Metro, including NJ     2000-2001

Field-Operations Technician.  Responsible for the commissioning, integration, and the maintenance of Ericsson RBS 2000 family of RBS.  Nortel S8K, S12K.  Siemans BS61 cabinet.

Depot-International      Bench Technician, Wall Township NJ                   1998-2000 

Worked in Printed circuit boards dept .  re-worked many OKIDATA boards for multifunction machines.  Repaired many SLMR boards for Oki 390. Ithica POS printer repairs.  HP II, III, IV, 5SI PCB troubleshooting and repair.  Troubleshooting with the aid of the Huntron 2000 curve tracer.  Experience flashing E-Proms.  

DeVry Technical Institute 479 Green St, Woodbridge NJ                                                        

Associate of Applied Science Electrical | Electronics Engineering Technologies