William Jay Madsen
4705 Monongahela St  San Diego, CA 92117-2418
wjaymadsen@ yahoo.com  Phone: (858) 342-7039  Fax: (858) 244-7898
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EXPERIENCE
Microwave (point-to-point) Engineering: Path design, path and site surveys, path reliability calculations,
antenna selection, FCC licensing submissions, installation plans, bills of material, MOPs: Technical writing;
specifications, proposals, presentations to customers and senior management.
Project Management: Successful resource management; subcontractors, installers, suppliers, structural
engineers, tower erectors, steel fabricators; for large EF&I Projects; 40-hops, 20-hops, 7-hops, 15-hops and
more: Logistics (personnel & material) management, on-time goal attainment; through planning, forecasting and
rehearsing.
Enterprise Management: Successfully fulfilled direct management roles in the following specific areas: Sales,
Sales Support (winning proposals up to $4-million), Manufacturing (30 employees-3 shifts), Construction,
Engineering (13-engineers/program managers/installers).
Construction (Personal) Experience: excavation, rock anchor installation, placing concrete, steel erection,
antenna & waveguide installation, electronic equipment installation, wiring, commissioning; maintenance &
trouble-shooting.
Wireless Industry Employers: (Operators) AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Nextel, Sprint, Clearwire;
(Manufacturers) Alcatel, Loral Terracom, Aydin Corp., Advanced Techcom.
EDUCATION, LICENSES, SECURITY CLEARANCE
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MBA
National University
(Telecommunications Emphasis)
BA
Baptist Christian College
AT&T TRAINED - In telephony and telecommunications technologies
COLLEGE TRAINED (MBA) - In business, accounting, management and telecommunications
USAF TRAINED - In electronics & airborne radar systems
FCC Radio Telephone Operators License
Real Estate Broker’s License (California)
DCA -Top Secret
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Jan 2011 to February 2012
Verizon Wireless
Microwave Transport/Backhaul Engineer
Latest assignment as a Transport/Backhaul Microwave Engineer for Northern California: San Joaquin Valley
(Bakersfield to Merced) and 395 Corridor.
Oct 2009 to Sep 2010
Clearwire (DC Market, Transferred to Richmond Market)
Microwave Backhaul Engineer
As a Backhaul Microwave Engineer for the Washington DC market, maintained network design and integrity for
over 250 sites with constant site acquisition changes. Specific tasks include network design, microwave path
design. Successfully meets Clearwire reporting requirements on a daily and weekly basis. Organizes workload
well
Several decades of microwave Engineer, Furnish and Install (EF & I) experience combined with working in the
DC and Richmond markets; following Clearwire Practices and Guidelines and working with colleagues in a
cross-functional organization has resulted in high quality, high demand engineering.
Experienced with specialty software such as: Clearvision, Pathloss, Backhaul Design Tool: and general
software such as: Word, Excel, MS Project, Visio, Power Point; and other special applications or services such
as: Google Earth, Bing, Streets & Trips, Topo USA, Globalmapper.
Personally owns Pathloss, Visio, Adobe Acrobat and many other general and specialized software applications.
Working knowledge of Dragonwave, Ceragon, Cienna, Foundry and other Ethernet products:
Can work independently, or with a team; meets company goals, objectives and deadlines; needs little or no
supervision as an SME in microwave network and path design.
Oct 2008 to Dec 2008 CIC Communications Infrastructure Corporation
QC Transmission Engineer
Provide quality control checking of microwave transmission engineering before submittal to the customer
(Sprint). 50-100 sites in each of several markets; Baltimore-Washington, Boston, Chicago; Check all
engineering results developed in Pathloss 4.0. Extensive experience with the use of Pathloss 4.0
Apr 2006 to Oct 2008 Sprint
Microwave Engineer-National
Provide path and site surveys and transmission engineering as assigned for wireless backhaul network.
Projects were located in CA, FL, NV, AZ, WA, KS, TX, TN, MD.
Jun 2005 to Apr 2006 Nextel
Microwave Engineer
Equipment engineering and site surveys for Florida Telco Hardening and other projects; Develop equipment
interconnect drawings, specifications, equipment arrangements, evaluation of new products, statements of
work.
Mar 2003 to Jun 2005 Verizon Wireless
Microwave Engineer
Provide path & site surveys, transmission engineering, installation plans MOPS and supervise installation and
commissioning of many hops of microwave in the New York City/New Jersey Market.
Sep 2001 to Mar 2003 AT&T Wireless
Microwave Engineer
Provide path & site surveys, transmission engineering and installation plans MOPS and supervise installation
and commissioning of many hops of microwave in the New York City/New Jersey Market. Provide microwave
backhaul to restore 45 cell sites knocked out of service by the 9-11 bombing of the World Trade Center.
Member of the team that installed and commissioned 22 hops of microwave in 15 days
Jun 1999 to Sep 2001 Alcatel
Microwave Engineer
Perform site walks for pending projects; determine the EF&I requirements for bidding purposes: On site
management of a large microwave system. See ATTWS Miami Project.
Employment History Prior to 2000
Madsen Telecommunications Ltd, Jay Madsen Realty, Madsen Mortgage & Realty Co
Owner
For Madsen Telecommunications Ltd- Accept consulting contracts on a project basis:
For Jay Madsen Realty and Madsen Mortgage-residential home sales, property management and mortgage
lending.
Advanced Techcom, Inc
Microwave Sales Manager – Southeast Asia: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Japan
Introduce the company and products to the telecommunications industries and governments. Identify and
interview in-country candidate representatives.
Aydin Corporation (West)
Microwave Sales Engineer
Sales support in the form of bid preparation. Bid preparation included equipment engineering and EF&I cost
estimating.
Loral Terracom
Manager: Program Management & System Engineering
Supervise 13 Engineers, Program Managers and Installers. Assign work, evaluate performance; improve work
methods. Department was responsible for all pre-sales engineering and proposal preparation including cost
estimating: and post sales project performance of EF&I projects. Corporate cash flow was about $15-million
per year.
Telink-Burnup & Sims
Microwave Engineer
Provide equipment engineering and EF&I cost estimating. Provide maintenance for existing systems. Provide
project supervision for EF&I projects including one that involved installation of 600-pair cable underground,
fiber-optic cable underground, PABX system for an industrial campus environment; and a computer based
HVAC environmental control system for that industrial campus of about 20 buildings.
Cubic Corporation
Microwave Engineer
Provide microwave system equipment engineering and EF&I cost estimating for Iran Air Force, US Air Force,
and US Navy projects in support of a real time computer based fighter pilot aerial training system.
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Union Oil Company - Superintendent of Construction
Operations International Corp - Microwave Engineer
Rohr Industries – Antenna Division - Microwave Engineer
Microwave Systems Company-Denver - Microwave Engineer, Sales Engineer, Plant Manager, VP-Sales
Continental Telephone Company - Radio Technician
Pacific Telephone Company - Microwave Transmission Technician
KEY PROJECT & CLIENT PORTFOLIO
ATTWS Miami Microwave Network:
Managed the installation of a 22 hop microwave system for AT&T Wireless while employed by Alcatel; none of
the prerequisites had been completed by the time of arrival in the market to supervise installation.
These included: Radio and multiplex equipment design and delivery; order and delivery of antennas and rigid
waveguide system material; tower structural analysis and reinforcement; selection of tower engineers and tower
contractors, material storage and deployment. Successfully managed all work necessary for a satisfactory
completion of the project.
Directly and simultaneously managed in the field: 3 installation teams, 4 separate structural engineering firms, 3
tower erectors, and at least 6 direct suppliers: This work included developing detailed material lists, negotiating
prices and arranging logistics including delivery and in market storage of radio bays, antennas as large as 10-ft
in diameter, and rolls of waveguide.
Personally delivered materials to the sites so that installers and tower erectors had materials when they were
needed:
ATTWS Ground Zero Restoration:
Went on to work for AT&T Wireless for another 2 years as a microwave engineer in the New York & New Jersey
Market; Participated in AT&T Wireless’ recovery effort after the 9-11 bombing of the World Trade Center which
involved installing and commissioning 15 hops of microwave in 22 days; restoring 40+ cell sites to service.
Verizon Wireless @ the 2004 Republican National Convention:
Verizon Wireless placed a cellular base station inside Madison Square Garden (MSG) for the convention. The
local wire-line telephone company was unable to guarantee on time delivery of T1 lines needed for backhaul of
traffic from MSG to the switch located in the Tribecca area of Manhattan Island.
Personally performed site and path surveys to establish a temporary 2-hop system between the switch and
MSG: Completed equipment engineering, wiring diagrams, installation and commissioning of the microwave
system. Microwave system was ready to go two days before the local wire-line company was able to finally
deliver T1s; system remained as back-up for duration of convention.
Union Oil Company’s Los Angeles to Houston microwave system:
As Superintendent of Construction supervised all construction on the Los Angeles to Midland portion of this 40
hop microwave system
MSC Denver Manufacturing Manager:
Pioneered a new building design and process for manufacturing fiberglass electronic shelters, built and
operated the plant which moved to larger quarters twice (with 30 workers on three shifts at the 3rd location):
As the manufacturing manager often personally worked on the manufacturing floor and trained new employees.
While acting in the dual role of VP of Sales won two contracts in excess of $1-million each (about $4-million in
today’s dollar)
Loral Terracom - Program Management & System Engineering Management:
For 4-1/2 years managed pre-sale support and post-sale E, F & I (Engineer, Furnish & Install) commitments for
a major microwave manufacturer, as “Manager of Program Management, System Engineering & Installation”: A
proven successful and experienced Proposal Manager, Program Manager and Project Systems Engineering
Manager of wide-band telecommunications systems and EF&I Projects.
He has managed and directed many winning proposals, some valued as high as $4 million. Candidate is
experienced at preparing technical and price proposals for US Military procurements. Compliance matrix and
paragraph by paragraph response concepts are well known to the candidate.
OTHER PROJECTS AND ASSIGNMENTS:
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Vera Cruz, Mexico, Nuclear Power Plant Digital Microwave System
US NAVY, San Diego Area Digital Telephone & Microwave System
US NAVY, San Francisco Area Digital Telephone & Microwave System
US NAVY, Camp Pendleton Fiber-Optic and Digital Microwave Telecommunications System
US NAVY, Bangor-Whidbey Is. Digital Microwave System
US NAVY, Finance Center, Cleveland Digital Microwave System
VA Hospital Digital Microwave System - Lexington, Kentucky
VA Hospital Digital Microwave System - Augusta, Georgia
VA Hospital Digital Microwave System - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
VA Hospital Digital Microwave System - Portland, Oregon
VA Hospital Digital Microwave System - St. Louis, Missouri
Ebasco Systems- World Trade Center
Northern Border Pipeline Microwave and Telephone System
FAA Instrument Landing Systems Electronic Equipment Shelters
Chicago - Cleveland Microwave Path Engineering
Boston - Providence Microwave Station Construction
NCCC - Lincoln (Neb.) - Chicago Electronic Equipment Shelters
Los Angeles - Houston 40 Site Microwave System Construction
Los Angeles - San Francisco 15 Site Microwave System Construction
Bank Ohio - Cincinnati Digital Microwave System
New York Bank - Empire State Building Digital Microwave System
Iran Air Force Air Combat Training Range Digital Microwave System
USAF Air Combat Training Range (Italy) Digital Microwave System
US NAVY, Nevada Air Combat Training Range Digital Microwave System
Israeli Army Tactical Microwave/UHF Radio Path Engineering Computer Program
CLIENTS
 United States Navy (6 major projects)
 United States Air Force. (2 projects)
 Veterans Administration (5 Projects)
 Federal Aviation Administration
 Comision de Federal Electricidad, (Vera Cruz,
Mexico)
 Nebraska Consolidated Communications
Corporation
 Southern Pacific Communications (3 Projects)
 Bank of Boston
 Chase Manhattan Bank
 BankOhio
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Imperial Bank
Home Federal Savings & Loan Corp.
Ebasco Services
Israeli Army
Iran Air Force
Arizona Department of Public Safety
Mountain Bell (2 Projects)
San Bernardino County, CA
Ventura County, CA
Monterey County, CA
Montana Power and Light Co