Gustavo Fernandez, MS

• Developed a comprehensive network monitor dashboard and a suite of real-time engineering and networking tools to collect, analyze and report on the state and performance of hundreds of Linux radio base stations. • Engineered a seamless failover solution for autonomous robots by integrating cellular modems with the wireless mesh network. •Designed and deployed a custom script to dynamically switch between modem and mesh connectivity, ensuring uninterrupted operations in challenging environments. This solution provided redundancy, enhanced reliability, and optimized network performance for mission-critical applications. •Setted up, troubleshoot and optimized long-range wireless networks.(Private Wireless networks to support Didge AI Mobile Robots) • Engaged in systems analysis, engineering, and improvement of existing network technology. • Conducted wireless site surveys and provided support for deployment engineers and technicians. • Documented network development, best practices troubleshooting workflows and testing. • Research and improved network security, monitoring and remote administration technology. • Analyzed large datasets to optimize the performance of wireless networks, understanding traffic patterns, signal strengths, bandwidth usage, identifying improvement areas. • Analyzed IoT device data to gain insights into network demands and performance under various loads for effective network capacity planning. • Collaborated using Agile methodologies, ensuring timely delivery of projects with cross-functional teams.

• Market lead RF engineer, responsible for overseeing RF design, testing, and validation throughout the project lifecycle. • Analyzes and troubleshoots end-to-end 5G performance with a focus on the UE, RAN, and how Pivotal’s products interact with both. • Interface with Project Management, construction, engineering, and finance to ensure RF solution quality and financial objectives are met. • Take ownership of projects and identify new processes to improve efficiency and optimize performance. • Design and demonstrate solutions to meet customer requirements. • Interpret, communicate, and manage customer requirements to internal staff, including escalating technical challenges to Product Managers and Engineering. • Produce white papers, use cases, and other documentation for products. • Identify product improvements, provide input to technical deliberations, recommend courses of action, drive implementation directives, and lead troubleshooting for complex systems. • Assist with implementation, optimization, testing, and issue resolution for HBF antenna products and systems. • Maintain expert knowledge of Holographic Beamforming antenna products and solutions. • Train test engineers in performing tests using defined tools and hardware (UE, CPE, Scanner, XCAL, QXDM, or similar).

• 5G RF Design supporting in the addition of Full C-band, mmWave band, new building and re-design of Macro sites and Small Cells, RFDS, CQ and E911 Milestones. • Identifying and designing capacity solutions, including new sites, carrier ads, and optimization projects. • Filing E911 for provisioning and identifying CQ data integrity issues to flag design discrepancies. • Managing projects and ensuring designs match planned PORs and initiatives. • Optimizing Ericsson LTE, 5G RAN Network. • Working with Capacity and System Performance to identify and kick off new search areas for cell sites, walk candidate locations, approve site locations and create RF site designs. • Releasing designs and supporting them through the project lifecycle, including design, drawing reviews, EME analysis, and regulatory submissions (FCC and EME). • Proactively looking for areas to improve overall network performance and provide technical leadership through analysis, troubleshooting, and training of market and regional engineers as needed. • Coordinating with various groups, including Capacity, SP Engineering, Operations, etc., to design and successfully deploy network improvement solutions. • Prioritizing multiple high-visibility projects and driving decisions and resolutions for unique problems that may not have existing/complete solutions. • Interfacing with PM, real estate, construction, switch/field operations, engineering, sales, marketing, finance, and regulatory to ensure network quality and financial objectives are met. • Taking ownership of projects and identifying new processes to improve efficiencies and optimize network performance. • Reviewing all aspects of job functions and recommending new procedures, programs, or test tools to enable greater job productivity.

Research: A performance comparison of statistical methods for modeling count data. Utilizing Monte Carlo simulations and empirical data analysis.

• Planning and execution of data collection and optimization activities, data post-processing, and analysis. • Responsible for delivering recurring and ad hoc reports with details about the actions performed to improve the network KPI and cluster/site acceptance in accordance with SLA.

• Engineer on costumer site for the Deployment & Operation of Cisco Quantum SON (Self Organizing Network) Solution on an Ericsson UMTS Network . • Monitored SON actions, network KPIs and trends, analyzed top offenders cells, inconsistencies checks, provided recommendations and planned optimization activities designed to improve overall SON and network performance.

RNO contractor at Huawei Technologies supporting Orange Dominicana / Alticedo UMTS Roll Out. • Huawei UMTS initial tuning and pre- launch optimization. • Support the RF team in order to provide the grade of service and reach target KPI in accordance to the agreement of (Accessibility, Retainability, Mobility & Service Integrity). • Performed RF changes to enhance coverage, control interference/pilot pollution, improve the RF (antenna adjustments, neighbor list optimization, power changes). • Drive test post processing, log analysis and reporting using Huawei software’s (Genex Probe & Assistant). • Managed activities and guided field engineers for accurate data collection and organization in the company server. created several cluster/ drive test routes design using map-info, google maps, OSM roads. • Performed initial tuning and site functionality tests (SSVs), parameter checks for new cells integrated to the network and reporting and delivery of preliminary acceptance certificate (PACs) for RF cluster optimization acceptance. • Test,trace,troubleshoot and monitor network & key performance indicators (KPI) using web LMT, Imanager Huawei U2000 and Performance Report System (PRS).

•Monitor network (WIMAX, Backbone, Backhaul) by remotely accessing hardware and network platforms to troubleshoot and report network issues. Remotely normalize or track normalization of the situation by Maintenance personnel. • Provide support to the field personnel to correct any fault within the time determined by agreement of SLA with customers and ensure the grade of service. •Operation and maintenance of MMDS stations at 2.5 GHZ, installation and tuning of new MMDS TX. • Perform RF field measurements and interference haunting using Rodhe & Schwarz TV spectrum analyzer. •Verify and ensure optimal modulation error rate and power levels at the target serving area. • Supervise contractors for hardware installation. • Acceptance testing of supplier equipment.