1. Edward J. Hatfield, III (Ted)
Email: tedhatfield@comcast.net
Cellular: +1-678-457-8411
Manager, Consultant, Analyst, Coach
A versatile team leader, often characterized by employees as ‘the best boss I ever worked for’ and by
clients and partners in similar terms; a high value for staff training, development and motivation has
produced gratifying results in the areas of customer loyalty and retention, and market share growth.
Equally rewarding have been the successes realized as a start-up/early growth specialist working in a
variety of “bleeding edge” technologies. Robust diagnostic, problem solving and communication skills have
saved numerous problem projects and yielded significant, and often unexpected, revenue growth.
Core competencies include:
◊ Program Management ◊ Process Design and Control ◊ Systems Integration
◊ Business Development ◊ Management Consulting ◊ Long Range Planning
◊ QA and Problem Resolution ◊ Contract Administration ◊ Needs Assessment
Career Overview
Owner – E.J. Hatfield & Company, Inc., Norcross, GA Intermittent, December 1985 to Present
Have become an internationally recognized infrastructure and management resource, with expertise in
technology groups including coax, UTP, optical fiber and wireless technologies, in frequencies ranging from
the audio to 40 GHz bands, deploying data, voice, and streaming technologies
Supported clients including: broadband service providers and regulators: ministries and governments;
international infrastructure operators; MSO, ILEC, CLEC, and DLEC system operators; equipment
manufacturers; curriculum developers; and telecommunications contractors, in the US, Malaysia, Saudi
Arabia, Brazil, Guatemala, Ecuador, the Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic, Bermuda, Nigeria,
Venezuela and Peru
Posting Highlights
Project Manager – Peachtree Telecommunications, Duluth, GA May 2012 – June 2014
MARTA Integrated Operations Center Project
Responsible for Installation, Commissioning and Customer Relationship Management activities for the
OSP, ISP and A/V systems installed in this new $25 Million Operations/Emergency Management Center
Business Development Director - Planet 3 Communications, Alpharetta, GA 2004 - 2008
Provided remote support for Amherst, NY-based company manufacturing carrier class IP Telephony soft-
switches and IPPBX platforms for businesses
Deployed IP-Telephony, Ethernet, Frame Relay, MPLS, and VPLS technologies, supporting Collocation,
Data Center, DC/AC Power Distribution, and Data Center installations
Clients included Cooperative Communications, Frontier Communications, and Telcove
Owner – NetPLUS Technologies, Inc. Norcross, GA 2009 - 2012
Founder and system designer
Designed and developed systems which facilitate net-energy-positive building operations, enabled by the
collection and processing of solar and other thermal energy; proprietary systems included high
temperature, non-concentrating collectors, integrated heat-driven chillers and integrated thermal
electric generators

2. CTO, Managing Director – Engineering & Wireless, Alpharetta, GA 1997 - 2002
Co-founder and principal
International wireless telecommunications company which specialized in system integration,
implementation and project management
Clients included cellular, broadcast, telephony, and data service providers, on three continents.
CTO, General Manager – Wireless Cable of Atlanta, Norcross, GA 1991 - 1995
Managed multi-year, eight figure design, construction and installation activities of 26 SMATV systems
Managed growth to the 16th
largest SMATV MSO in the US
Managed the licensing, design and installation of the Atlanta MMDS (broadband microwave broadcast)
system
Managed the licensing, design and installation of multiple hub/site 18 GHz broadband distribution network
Staff Engineer – Cox Cable Communications, Atlanta, GA 1984 - 1985
Corporate Subject Matter Expert
Broadband field engineering, network design and drafting - supporting franchising, contract
administration, construction, commissioning, and operations for the world’s 4th
largest MSO (at the time)
Team member, deploying the CATV industry’s most advanced, fully automated/integrated CADD system
Field Technician, Field Engineer – Cox Cable Communications, Burlington, VT 1978 - 1984
Accomplishment Highlights
Provided contract technical training for Rohn Tower, Toner Cable Equipment, the NCTI (National Cable
Television Institute), regulators and system operators, including months-long assignments in six
countries
Provided nationwide integration, deployment and service support for MetroPark A/V system
installations
Provided Business Development and Product Development consulting services for GigaCom do Brasil, a
manufacturer of broadband native IP microwave radios
Provided engineering consulting for the UIH / SaraVision nationwide MMDS system in Saudi Arabia –
Surveyed nine Saudi cities in 18 weeks, characterizing and mitigating in-band interference
Provided management consulting (and was principal trainer) for Mega-TV in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
the national MMDS operator then serving some 120,000 subscribers, while in country for six months
As a member of the Wireless Communications Association OSHA committee, played an integral role in
the creation and acceptance of the Alternative Fall Protection Program for the industry
Co-authored "The MMDS Installation Manual" (1995). Having sold several thousand copies, this book
became the reference text for custom training programs developed for numerous clients
Authored numerous articles for trade publications supporting broadband technologies and operators
Provided consulting engineering, technical training, prototype testing and system installation resource
to BellSouth Entertainment—Digital MMDS Operations, Science & Technology, and Remote Platform
divisions