Lawrence "Scott" Kelly

Past

RF Engineer at Sprint Nextel
Technical Manager at Sprint
STIC Test Engineer at Sprint

Software Developer at Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs
Lab Support Engineer at AT&T Bell Labs
Software Test Engineer at AT&T Bell Labs
Electronic Technician at US Navy

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Education

North Central College
DeVry
U.S. Navy

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Connections

244 connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Lawrence "Scott" Kelly’s Experience

RF Engineer

Sprint Nextel

(Public Company; S; Telecommunications industry)

2006 — 2009 (3 years )

Analyzed Alcatel Lucent EVDO Rev A Operational Measurements and identified certain performance characteristics that alert the company to rogue activity so that optimal service levels can be maintained. Managed the integration of new access technology and vendor software releases.
Technical Manager

Sprint

(Public Company; S; Telecommunications industry)

2000 — 2005 (5 years )

Responsible for forecasting and managing capital budgets and resource planning to support planning, design, development, engineering, and field integration testing on new CDMA products. Developed business cases for Executive approval and demonstrated exceptional vendor management skills including negotiating multiyear contracts to purchase hardware and software products from Alcatel Lucent, Motorola and Samsung.
STIC Test Engineer

Sprint

(Public Company; S; Telecommunications industry)

1996 — 2000 (4 years )

Responsible for minimizing the overall risk to Customers by performing integration and interoperability verification of CDMA features prior to Network deployment. Managed daily operations of the Alcatel Lucent Wireless System. Performed all software release upgrades (Retrofits). Performed preventive maintenance and reviewed all Vendor announcements (FAX Flashes/Lucent Alerts) for applicability to Sprint. Monitored Alcatel Lucent installers performing hardware installation & activation. Approved “method of procedures” for Network deployment. Analyzed, tested and approved all CDMA Features and Feature Enhancements that were planned for deployment into Network. Partnered with Alcatel Lucent and Motorola System Engineers and tested the IS-634 “IOS” interoperability between MSC and BTS
Software Developer

Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs

(Public Company; LU; Telecommunications industry)

1995 — 1996 (1 year )

Responsible to develop and maintain the low-level system initialization sequence by converting the legacy SLC-2000 software into the Hybrid Fiber Coaxial – Switch Digital Video embedded system. Demonstrated abilites in C and C++ object-oriented code/system design changes via modification request due to enhancements or bugs.
Lab Support Engineer

AT&T Bell Labs

(Public Company; LU; Telecommunications industry)

1989 — 1995 (6 years )

Responsible for daily lab operations and supporting developers with lab specific hardware and software test. Engineered and installed 5ESS switching modules, peripheral units, transmission units, load generators, and Subscriber Test Panel. Assisted in building new laboratory. Prepared and executed lab closure plan to smoothly decommission a lab and transfer its capabilities to other labs. Evolved a lab environment into a robust Switch that was selected by BELLCORE and FOA teams for operational performance testing.
Software Test Engineer

AT&T Bell Labs

(Public Company; LU; Telecommunications industry)

1988 — 1989 (1 year )

Responsible for finding software faults during the feature test period of the 5E6 Software Release Development cycle. Developed a schedule for diagnostic testing during the load verification stability runs to ensure software release quality. Recommended changes to software developers that resulted in improved diagnostic reports.
Electronic Technician

US Navy

(Government Agency; USN; Military industry)

1979 — 1985 (6 years )

Duty assignments: NATO - Allied Forces Southern Europe, Naples, Italy, and USS Arthur W. Radford, DD968, including a Sixth Fleet Mediterranean cruise and a Fifth Fleet Persian Gulf cruise. Skilled in analytical troubleshooting, fault isolation to circuit board, field modifications, and preventative maintenance technique’s on military communications systems. Demonstrated shipboard organizational and leadership abilities with the test equipment work center and established first Micro-Miniature electronic component repair station.