Dr. Sheldon Meredith

AT&T/Bell Labs Fellow and Science & Technology Medalist, RF Engineer, Networks & Enterprise Architect, Financial Analyst, Commercial Farmer, Inventor with 331 Granted US Patents

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

About

Professional in Technology Product Development, Enterprise Network Architecture, Enterprise Software Development, Data Security, Data Analytics, Telecom Networks, RF Hardware Engineering, Electronics Manufacturing, and 24/7 Network Operations. One of 72 AT&T/Bell Labs Fellows since 1925 Finance & Investments Analyst focused on Portfolio Optimization and Commodities Options Commercial Farmer of tree fruit and berry crops 331 Granted US Utility Patents (189th worldwide in history), 49 Granted International Patents, and 60 US Patents Pending with 5138 portfolio citations per Google Scholar in the following disciplines... Telecommunications, E911, & RF Hardware Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Network Security, Fraud Mitigation & Internet of Things (IoT) Optimal Network Routing & Outage Mitigation Connected Vehicles, Navigation, & Geolocation Systems Nano-Scale Devices & Integrated Circuits Devices for the Sight & Hearing Impaired Video Systems, Augmented Reality & Real-Time Geo-Based Advertising Medical Devices and Monitoring Systems & Disease Vector Eradication Large Scale Water Purification & Efficient Data Center Cooling Systems

Experience

  • Chief Data Office - Director / Expert Member of Technical Staff III at AT&T
    Aug 2001 - Present · 25 yrs

    Our team uses massive dataset analytics to improve many aspects of AT&T's business, primarily around cost reduction, network fault isolation, and process improvements. My other leadership positions at AT&T included CTO - National Director, National Director Customer Churn Reduction, and Regional Director Network Operations. Key leadership accomplishments at AT&T... - first USA GSM, AMR, EDGE, Push to Talk, and UMTS R99 network deployments - rollout of first two UMTS handsets (Nokia and Motorola) worldwide - NYC distributed antenna system (DAS) program (Rockefeller Concourse, World Trade Center, AMEX, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Pfizer) - lead on nationwide system for intelligent mobile offload to PassPoint WiFi services (VERTEX) - lead on nationwide spoofed call elimination platform (CLASH) - lead on nationwide UMTS/LTE mobile locating systems (NELOS) - lead on nationwide hardware that optimizes receiver sensitivities for eight co-sited technologies - lead on nationwide WIFI performance visualization/alerting platform (HARMONY) - optimal capacity layer management for load balancing cellular radios using Nash Equilibrium - received 316 granted US patents in a wide range of technologies (7th highest in AT&T history) 2004 AT&T National Engineer of the Year Award 2005 AT&T Chairman's Circle of Excellence Award 2015 AT&T Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award 2017 AT&T Science and Technology Medal (122 awarded since 1925) 2021 AT&T Network Engineering and Operations Innovation Award 2021 AT&T Network Engineering and Operations Collaboration Award 2023 AT&T Fellow (72 awarded since 1925)

  • Vice President - Systems Engineering and Product Management at KATHREIN Broadcast USA
    Oct 1997 - Aug 2001 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    Key leadership accomplishments: - Accountable for design, development, manufacturing and deployment of CDMA and GSM smart antenna base stations in North/South America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. - I worked successfully with account executives and clients worldwide to gain customer trust, establish and execute technical trials and deliver on product commitments. - I patented and led the design, development, manufacturing and field teams on the first adaptive Smart Antenna base stations worldwide for both CDMA and GSM systems. - Received ten granted US patents

  • Chief Engineer and Director - Mobile Systems Engineering at Nokia Bell Labs
    Oct 1993 - Oct 1997 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Key leadership accomplishments: - Accountable for North America Research and Engineering including production, international field trials, delivery and acceptance on customer premises. - My teams successfully designed, manufactured, and deployed mobile network base sites, active antenna arrays, radio receivers, control software, feed-forward amplifiers, high-power amplifier arrays, and high-power linear power supplies. - I worked successfully with customer account teams in the US, Europe and South America to gain customer trust, establish and execute technical trials and deliver on product commitments. - I patented, designed, led development and fielded the first switched-beam Smart Antenna base station in the world including the first multi-port, high-power, load-sharing RF amplifier (Fourier Transform Matrix Amplifier). - Received five granted US patents

  • Southwest Regional Engineering Lead at Verizon Wireless World
    Oct 1990 - Oct 1993 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Key leadership accomplishments: - I successfully led mobile network designs, deployments, frequency planning, and mobile performance for San Diego, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, Tucson and Baja California. - Developer of object-oriented network asset management software and Monte Carlo statistical simulations for radio network frequency and code planning - Lead for successful NAMPS production roll-out with Motorola/Centel - Engineering liaison to our marketing organization

  • Senior Engineer - Radar and RCS Reduction Systems at Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Oct 1985 - Oct 1990 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Key leadership accomplishments: - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Lead Investigator for Successfully Deployed Radar Cross Section Reduction Technologies on B2 and AGM-158 JASSM cruise missile - DARPA Lead Investigator on B2 Strategic Mission Planning - DARPA Lead Investigator on Mobile ICBM Launcher Detection and Elimination - Software and Hardware Developer for B2 Defense Management System Security Clearance: TS/SBI, multiple SAP/SCI