BRIAN G. EGBERT

9131 Greenway Lane(913) 226-6719
Lenexa, KS 66215begbert@kc.rr.com

QUALIFICATIONS STATEMENT

Wireless Communications Consultant with more than 20 years direct experience in telecommunications. Technical competencies include identification and resolution of national and international problems within the wireless numbering space. Regarded by clients and leadership as a outstanding professional who possesses the ability to identify improvements to existing technology and new trends that leads to increased service usage and enhanced revenue coupled with the skill to bring manufacturers, service providers and governmental agencies to consensus on wireless specifications.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SPRINT NEXTELOverland Park, KS1997 - 2007

Technical Development Strategist

Responsible for identifying, recommending action, securing management support and integrating emerging trends/technologies into Sprint’™s business processes.
  • Identified and promoted telephone number mapping, enabling Sprint to provide web-based routing services for voice/data transmission, thereby avoiding market share erosion and revenue cost increases.
  • Represented Sprint, anticipating and promoting company best interests in telephone number mapping on 18 week-long internationally-based task forces and forums including Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), International Telecommunication Union Telephony (ITU-T) Study Group 2 and Third Generation Project Partnership 2 (3GPP2) over three years.

Senior Technical Development Specialist

Responsible for recognizing the need and designing a replacement for the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) with an inexhaustible identifier for future mobile handsets.

  • Developing a consensus on the format/administration for Mobile Equipment Identity Number (MEID), replacing the ESN that was approaching a critical exhaust point.
  • Achieved consensus with 3GPP2 on a procedure for developing the specifications for MEID network implementation, allowing the transmission of the MEID/pseudo ESN across the network.

Senior Network Engineer

Responsible for Sprint’™s partnership with the Wireless Wireline Integration Task Force (WWITF), Local Number Portability Administration (LNPA) Working Group, LNPA Technical & Operational Requirements Task Force, Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) Regional Operations, Cellular Telephone Industry Association (CTIA) LNP workshops, the FCC/ICC Ameritech LNP Wireline Field Trial and Pacific Region LNP Meetings, all of which affected North America numbering plan. Co-developed a consensus for the wireless and wireline implementation of local number portability

SPENCER REED GROUPOverland Park, KS1996 - 1997

Consultant

Responsible for review of RFP’™s to determine the capability and qualifications of 47 selected vendors to assume an in-place, seven-year, multi-million dollar maintenance contract for GSA telecommunications services at locations throughout the four-state region. Worked in concert with a telecommunications specialist. Communicated directly with vendors to identify and negotiate necessary adjustments prior to acceptance.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE UNIVERSITYJoplin, Missouri
BS - Business Administration

TRAINING COURSES
  • PCS Technology
  • AIN
  • TDMA, CDMA and GSM
  • Nortel 1007 Cellular Authentication
  • Nortel 809 CDMA Theory
  • Ericsson GSM Theory and Architecture
  • SS7
  • Nortel 810 CDMA Technology
  • Nortel 825 DMS-MTX MAP Navigation
  • IS 95 Standards

MILITARY SERVICE

UNITED STATES ARMYFort Campbell, KY
Specialist 4th Class - 101st Airborne Division

VOLUNTEER WORK

KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY KITCHENKansas City, MO
Volunteer Coordinator
HABITAT FOR HUMANITYKansas City, MO
Volunteer