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Possessing over twenty-five years of wireless experience, Frederick Kleber is well qualified to effectively manage the GTP's site assets. His previous tenure in the manufacturing, carrier, consulting and site management sectors provides a sound basis to understand the needs of his customers, from their perspective. His previous business experiences also prove beneficial in the evaluation of acquisition opportunities. Mr. Kleber was previously Vice President, General Manager of the Midwest Region of Crown Castle, another site management firm. In this capacity, Mr. Kleber developed a site marketing presence and the management team, which managed 500+ wireless sites in a several state area. As a founding Director of Engineering and Operations at Sprint PCS, Mr. Kleber led the initial development of the Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Columbus, OH markets. In this role, he successfully championed the staffing, design, construction and operation of three switching facilities and over 400 wireless sites. Following his tenure with Sprint PCS, Mr. Kleber formed his own consulting enterprise, WireServe LLC. He was retained by an energy cooperative and an independent telephone cooperative to evaluate Sprint PCS affiliate market opportunities. Mr. Kleber advised the executive, engineering and business units of his clients. He also served as an expert resource for several municipalities addressing wireless siting issues. During his career at PacTel Cellular (now Verizon Wireless), Mr. Kleber served as the market interface for the initial CDMA field trials in San Diego. As Network Operations Manager at PacTel, he successfully led the technical implementation of a PCS trial system. He also directed an engineering team in the design of AMPS, TDMA and CDMA systems for the country of South Korea. Mr. Kleber also possesses over seven-years of international experience, largely with Motorola, Inc. As an International Project Engineer, his global experience encompassed paging, trunking, 2-way, cellular, PCS, microwave, interconnect and HF systems. Many of his clients were governmental ministries where he often interacted with high level dignitaries. He is nearly fluent in Spanish and Dutch and verbally proficient in German. While at Motorola, Mr. Kleber also contributed to the software and hardware development of several custom products. Mr. Kleber holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. His area of concentration was communications systems. He was selected from 50 candidates to participate in a summer internship program with Radio-Free Europe / Radio Liberty in Spain, Germany and Portugal. Mr. Kleber is Co-Chair of the PCIA Technology Committee. He is also a certified first responder and volunteers his time assisting with a variety of public service and disaster recovery communications activities. | 