John Sigstad is a senior project manager with over 15 years of experience managing cell site installations and integrations for major US carriers. He has a proven track record of successful project leadership, consulting, and ensuring 100% accuracy on quality audits. Notable achievements include implementing an efficient revenue tracking system that exposed over $700,000 in losses and mitigating a severe circuit outage in Louisiana by restoring all circuits within 75 minutes. Sigstad has extensive training and certification in telecom installation and testing various Alcatel equipment for carriers like AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint.

1. JOHN F. SIGSTAD
7020 Luz Del Sol Place NW • Albuquerque, NM 87114
Home: (505) 922-1737 • Mobile: (505) 389-7405 • Email: jsigstad@msn.com
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
Disciplined | Approachable | Decisive | Efficient
OVERVIEW
Versatile Project Manager and Field Service Engineer committed to providing high-quality services, with a long record
of successful leadership, project management, consulting, and client satisfaction. Highly experienced in the supervision
of cell site installations and integrations for most major US carriers, with 100% accuracy in all final quality audits.
EXPERIENCE
MasTec, Project Manager II, Remote – Albuquerque, NM 01/2013 – Present
Managed technicians in the installation, turn up, testing, and troubleshooting of LTE, CDMA, and UMTS Equipment for
most major US carriers, nationwide. Created comprehensive cell site installation and completion reports for all clients.
Position Highlight: Implemented highly efficient revenue tracking system, increasing reporting accuracy and exposing
losses of over $700,000 in 3.5 years.
MasTec, Senior Test Engineer/Consultant/Project Manager, Field – Richardson, TX 10/2007 – 01/2013
Provided installation advice, turn up, testing, software upgrades, and troubleshooting of Alcatel-Lucent (ALU)
1631/1671/1677/1850 cross connects for most major US carriers, nationwide, including: AT&T, Century Link, Sprint,
and Verizon. Provided ALU workforce onsite consultation for successful installations of 1631 LMC. Position Highlight:
During a 1671 shelf change-out, a Louisiana AT&T tech inadvertently powered down an incorrect shelf, causing a severe
circuit outage throughout the state of Louisiana, including 911 circuits. Mitigated damage by immediately going into
system recovery mode, restoring all circuits and traffic within 75 minutes.
Goodman Networks, Senior Test Engineer, Field – Carrollton, TX 05/2007 – 10/2007
Primary Field Engineer responsible for the installation, turn up, and testing of 1631cross connect systems for AT&TCore.
SSE, Senior Test Engineer, Field – Cocoa Beach, FL 08/2006 – 05/2007
Primary Field Engineer responsible for the installation, turn up, testing, and troubleshooting of 1671 cross connect
systems for Verizon Wireless.
Goodman Networks, Senior Field Engineer, Field – Carrollton, TX 08/2005 – 08/2006
Primary Field Engineer responsible for the installation, turn up, and testing of 1631 cross connect systems for AT&T
Green, with the use of ALU provided surrogate kits.
TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
 Telecom Installation Workmanship
Standards and Practices certified
 Alcatel-1830PSS Turn up and Test course
 Alcatel-TSS1850 Turn up and Test course
 Alcatel-ADSL Operations and Maintenance course
 Alcatel-1677 Software Upgrade,
Test, and Turn up course
 Alcatel-1631LMC Turn up and Test course
 MCI-Field Engineer course
 USAF NCO Academy
KEY SKILLS
 Revenue Tracking
 Reporting
 In-process and Final
Quality Audits
 Quote Approval
 Testing
 Provisioning
 Troubleshooting
 Circuit Migration
 Expanding & Repairing
Digital Cross Connect
Systems
 Multiplexers and Light
Span Equipment
 Equipment Site Surveys,
Installations, and
Software Upgrades
 Layer 2 Technologies
(Gigabit Ethernet, ATM,
SONET)
 Installation, Testing,
Provisioning, Connecting,
and Troubleshooting of
Transmission Facilities
(OC192, OC48, OC12,
OC3, STS1, T3, T1, & TO)
EDUCATION
 AAS, Electronic Systems Technology, Community College of the Air Force
 70+ formal accredited technical hours toward BS degree in Electrical Engineering