35 years of total construction experience. Going from the 70's in the Nuclear Industry to currently a Vice President of Operations in the Cellular Work

1. WAYNE COHEN
9210 W Vernon Ave • Phoenix Az 85037 • (602) 332-4667 • wayne.cohen64@gmail.com
A construction professional with a career spanning over three decades. From building High Rises in NY to Nuclear Power
Plants in rural Kansas. Strip Centers in Wisconsin to Tilt-Ups in Arizona, Residential Housing to Major Wireless Networks
across the United States. I maintain existing customers while growing new customers. Teaching teams to work together
take ownership and are accountable. Always being cognizant of the budget and schedule. Watch the projects from
50,000 feet fixing issues before they become problems. DAS Sites:
1.Safeco Field - FL
2.Sun life Stadium - FL
3.Windward Towers - GA
4.AT&T Park - CA
5.Western Wake Hospital - NC
6.Duke University - NC
EXPERIENCE
Wireless Design and Construction LLC – San Antonio Texas 04/2014 – Present
Executive Vice President of Operations (Contract Position) – This is a startup company owned by the Garcia’s of San
Antonio. Through my relationships in just a short year, we have successfully completed over a $1M in Business with 35%-
40% gross margins. Our Prime Business is Construction Mods & Additions, Site Acquisition.. In one year I made sales
presentations to the companies listed below. Wireless Design and Construction now has executed contracts with:
• SBA Communications
• ANSCO
• Goodman
• Nexius
• MyCom
• Verizon
• AT&T & Crown Castle
• SAC Wireless
General Dynamics – Needham MA 09/2013 – 04/2014
Director National PMO (Contract Position) – Leading teams of Market Managers, Project Managers, and Construction
Managers on how to be successful in AT&T Turfing and Sprint Vision Markets. Work closely with Self Perform Crews on
Quality Issues in the field. Maintained relationships with our existing clients and made presentations to new clients
• Ensure the entire team understands Drivers and how they apply to the project.
• The importance of properly scoping sites, capturing all the drivers that pertain to build the site, Site Acquisition Drivers
and Management Drivers
• Holding everyone accountable as well as taking ownership of their portion of work
• Reiterating Safety 0 accidents
• Teaching CM’s the importance of visiting sites during construction.
• Working with the entire team on understanding the importance of keeping CASPR (clients tool) up to date (if it’s not in
CASPR it does not exist)
• The importance of accurate BOMS
• Reviewing Job Costs/Project Costs) to prevent Margin Fade.

2. Broken Arrow Communication – Mesa AZ 02/2012 – 09/15/2013
General Manager (Contract Position)– Leading a team of project managers, field leads, electricians, Civil and L&A crews to
successfully build cell sites for all the major carriers and turf venders. This company was in the Red for three solid years
in the Arizona Market, at the time of my exit sales were increased by 50%, gross margins 40% profits in excess of $1M
• Holding everyone accountable as well as taking ownership of their portion of work, working in total harmony with one
another.
• Teaching awareness.
• Reiterating Safety 0 accidents
• Teaching crews how to perform daily huddles on site, three time a day.
• Having daily update calls with each lead reviewing the status of each job. Fixing issues in real time.
• Teaching the team the importance of ownership and accountability
• Working closely with the Turf Contractors and Various Carriers communicating timelines/completion commitments.
• Reviewing Job Costs/Project Costs (Timberline) to prevent Margin Fade.
• Run WIP reports twice a week
• Chair managers meeting every Monday to review all completed jobs and jobs in progress
• Review monthly P&L with the company ownership.
Kinecticom Consulting: Contracted to AT&T Turfing Project, Atlanta GA 7/2011 – 02/2012 Contract Complete
Sr. Project Manager – Managing a project of $180M+ for the Upgrade of AT&T’s Wireless Network in the State of Georgia.
(3C/4C and LTE)
o Chair daily (4)/weekly meetings with construction staff, Site Acquisition, RF, and Integration
o Work with OEM and Turfing Vender on improvement processes
o Review Daily Utran Reports
o Review RFDS for accuracy when necessary
o Drive Daily Calls with RF, SA, Construction, Integration and Alarm Teams
o Provide direction and address issues for project team members, understanding their unique and complimentary roles,
interdependencies and responsibility of each within the project framework
o Hold entire team accountable to Forecasted Dates
o Enforce team to take ownership of their area of responsibility
o Ensure Logistics has proper equipment allocation to support the build out initiative
o Review daily alarm reports and deploy teams in a timely fashion to investigate and repair
o Work closely with Transport to ensure T-1’s and or Ethernet is on site for timely integration
o Ability to motivate project teams, to build team morale and group commitment to project goals and deliverables
o Accountable for the entire budget.
Rose International – Contracted to Ericsson – Working on the AT&T Turfing Project, Northern CA 6/2010 – 7/2011
CPM – Manage 16+ construction managers (0ver three programs) to ensure timely completion of the 3C/4C UMTS
Upgrade/Overlay & LTE role out in Northern CA
Successfully launched 3C and 4C on time saving Ericsson Millions of dollars in Liquidated Damages. Launched Phase 1A of
the LTE on time.
o Hold the entire construction team accountable for managing DATES!
o Work with logistics’ management to ensure all material and equipment is staged for pickup (RRU, RRUW, RRUS, RXAIT,
6106, 3518, 3106, 3206, L&A, Fiber etc….)
o Work closely with the SA Team on forecasted dates for Leases, Zoning and Permitting
o Communicating with the construction team on any LL issues that SAR addresses
o Consistently evaluating Vender Performance
o Working closely with our Venders on Quality Issues
o Drive Daily Deep Dive meeting with SA, RF, Construction, Integration, Transport, Alarm Clearing
o Manage the timely submission of Close Out Packages
o Chair weekly meetings with construction staff and the Client
o Attend client deep dive meetings twice a week with AT&T
o Attend the ERM(executive review meeting) weekly meeting with AT&T
o Coordinate teams to support integration effort.
o Review Work Authorization (change orders) prior to client submittal for approval
o Consistently looking and reviewing the project from 1000 miles looking down, addressing potential problems prior to
the problem becoming reality.

3. Rose International – Contracted to Ericsson – Working on the Clearwire South Florida Project 1/2010 – 6/2010
Construction Project Manager – Managed the construction of new sites for the launch of a new WISP network using WIMAX
technology 4G: (10 Construction Managers, 5 Site Acquisition Agents)
o Civils to include: Concrete Pad, underground electric and site grounding, Meter Rack Etc…
o Installation of Antennas, Microwaves , BTS, Coax, Fiber and power connectors
o Roof Tops, Water Tanks, Monopoles, Lattice and Guy Towers
o Worked with local Municipalities on permitting and zoning issues
o Built and Maintained Construction Schedules
o Held all trades, LEC’s and utilities to their scheduled dates
o Enforced accountability at every level to ensure accurate reporting and dates were maintained
o Coordinating Power to every site
o Coordinated POTS Lines, DS3, and OC3 to AGG POP Sites
o Approved all Out of Scope Work Performed by the General Contractors
o Performed final punch of newly built sites to turn over to operations for optimization
o All sites are brought in on time, on budget.
SCP Construction 3/2005 – 12/2009
Vice President – Managed the entire project process to include
o Assist in Building Project Schedules, as needed with project managers
o Set team goals for entire staff that are time based, measureable and achievable
o Schedule updates weekly
o Job cost analysis weekly
o Conduct weekly project review meetings
o Meet with owners and owner representatives weekly
o Control change orders
o Assist project superintendents, project managers with all project issues as needed
o Review monthly financial statement with CFO
o Review and adjust yearly forecasts
o Ensure all billings are accurate and sent out by the 30th
of each month
o Maintain all relationships with existing and new clients
BBP Companies 3/2002 – 3/2005 (company sold)
Senior Vice President – Managed the entire construction process, successfully grew a division loosing over $1M yearly to
gross sales over $45M with gross margins in excess of 30%. I helped positon the ownership to sell the company to Select
Build for well over $100M
o Review estimates with staff prior to release.
o Review and sign all contracts
o Assign project to project managers
Set clear and precise goals for project teams
o Review job costs with project managers weekly
o Conduct weekly update meetings with estimating and project manager teams
o Review staffing needs for office and field
o Hold financial reviews with CFO the 5th
of every month
o Perform monthly updates to the yearly forecast
o Hold post project meeting with estimators and project managers
o Market new business and maintain existing relationships
o Consistently maintained gross margins in excess of 40%
NORTH/SOUTH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN, INC., Cary NC, Phoenix, AZ 12/1999 – 3/2002
Midsize Construction Management Company
President – Ran a company of over 200+ people with offices in Michigan, Arizona, Ohio, and North Carolina. Have
taken a startup company from $350,000 in total sales in the first year of operation to $35M in three short years yielding
gross margins of 35-45% consistently showing a net profit of 17.5% North South Provided Turnkey Services to the
Telecom industry to include: Site Acquisition, Zoning, A&E, permitting and construction. We also provided
Management Services too many of the Tower Providers, Lucent and Wireless Careers.

4. SPECTRASITE, Cary, NC, National Director of Construction/Operations 6/1995 – 12/1999