Mr. Grindstaff has 38 years of experience in Telecom and Network Operations. He has held senior technical, operations and engineering management roles in the telecom industry, both domestically and internationally, including with: Pacific Bell; PacTel Cellular as Director of Digital Transition and Technical Director; Microtel-PacTel JV as Chief Engineer Switching, Signaling and Transmission; Pacific Telesis as Executive Director of the Telesis Technology Laboratories; Shinsegi Telecom-AirTouch JV as CTO and Board Member; PrimeCo-AirTouch JV as VP Network Engineering and CTO; Nextel as SVP Network Engineering and Operations.
At Nextel Mr. Grindstaff was responsible for the engineering, maintenance, implementation and development of the firm's iDEN network and technology. He led the implementation, growth, technology expansion and outsourcing of selected activities for of one of the telecom industry's most successful and profitable networks. In addition to developing and implementing performance metrics and continuous process improvement at Nextel, Mr. Grindstaff was charged with planning, developing, and managing the integration of the Sprint and Nextel network organizations upon the merger of the firms.
Mr. Grindstaff holds a BA in Business Administration from National University. |