Gary Heutmaker

Experience

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  Progress Telecommunications Inc

  Jul 1989 - Oct 1993

  Principal
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  NEXTEL

  Oct 1993 - Aug 2005

  Equipment and Construction Project Management Team Leader
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  Sprint

  Aug 2005 - Mar 2008

  Project/Program Manager
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  Progress Wireless Inc

  Mar 2008 - Jun 2020

  Program Manager - Founder

  Progress Wireless, a California S Corp, was established in 2010 and has General, Electrical and Telecom Contractor Licenses in California 955515, Oregon 208870 and Nevada 83547.We are a small business that provides mobile wireless network services to telecommunication companies and their turf vendors. As subcontractors for multiple turf vendors, we’ve completed hundreds of wireless site mod projects. We work diligently to provide superior service to satisfy our Customers' objectives by simply doing quality work, for a reasonable price, with the highest degree of safety. Our staff is skilled in RF, microwave and ancillary equipment installs, upgrades, modifications, decommissioning, site audits, line of sight, inspections, maintenance, logistics, critical crane picks, confined spaces, FRP concealment systems, project management, RF engineering, team building, A&E, leasing, zoning, permitting and disaster recovery. We work on DAS, LTE, AWS, PCS, RET, RRU, OVP, MW, generators, hydrogen fuel cells, AC panels and battery backup systems. Our safety and equipment certifications include: ComTrain tower climbing safety and rescue instructor, OSHA-10/30, excavation and trenching competent person, first aid, AED/CPR, RF awareness, aerial work platform, forklift, signaling, rigging, RF connector, antenna alignment, PIM, sweep and ODM/OTDR fiber testing. Show less

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  WSD Engineering Inc

  Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

  Construction Manager

  • Managed telecom construction project site builds for ATT and T-Mobile/Ericsson and Solar for Chase Bank/Black and Veatch. • Implemented safety meetings, job walks, bids, equipment procurement, BOM review, supplemental materials orders, scheduling, integration, hot-swaps, punch walks and closeout packages. • Conducted interviews, scheduled crews and sub-contractors. Approved employee time cards and contractor’s invoices. Provided construction teams with guidance to achieve our milestones.• Socialized project status with clients and WSD management daily and immediately escalated issues. Show less

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  Velex

  Dec 2020 - Jul 2022

  Electrical Construction Supervisor

  • Managed macro and small cell civil/electrical/RF construction builds for Dish, ATT and T-Mobile. • Project managed planning and implementation of electrical programs and projects, ensuring they adhere to approved plans, budgets and schedules.• Implemented safety meetings, job walks, electrical bids, equipment procurement, BOM review, supplemental materials orders, scheduling, integration, hot-swaps, punch walks and COPs. • Conducted interviews, schedule crews and sub-contractors. Approve time cards and invoices. • Provide cross functional construction teams with guidance to achieve critical path milestones.• Socialized project status with clients and management daily and immediately escalated issues. Show less

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  Aviat Networks

  Nov 2022 - now

  Field Services Quality & Partner Management / Project Safety Engineer

  Aviat Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: AVNW) is a global innovator in microwave business and a leading expert in wireless transport solutions based out of Austin, Texas.