Expertise

Today's rapid technology changes drive a business environment that presents great opportunities for those who know the landscape. However, it is equally fraught with peril for those who do not. The old adage "knowledge is power" has never been more true than today. Innovative enabling technologies are allowing the creation of novel lines of business that have the potential to go far beyond companies' traditional offerings. Critical to success in these new endeavors is a thorough understanding of the marketplace that one is considering entering.

MyROW can be of significant assistance in helping you comprehend and assess your opportunities. Our market analysts have decades of experience in evaluating markets from business and technology perspectives. We understand both commercial and residential buying motivations and we are fully abreast of trends and the underlying applications that drive buying behaviors. And, so that you are fully prepared and not surprised, we also have a highly developed competitive analysis capability. We can let you know who is in the market, with what, how they’re doing, and what they're likely to do next.

Today's business environment presents senior executives with many choices. Decisions to invest significant amounts of capital can be risky without a full understanding of the implications of all the alternatives presented, particularly when the opportunity presented might be non-traditional. MyROW makes your choices more secure by ensuring that you fully understand the ramifications of each option.

MyROW business analysts are very experienced in evaluating both business and technology choices. Through systematic examination of all your available alternatives, coupled with a thorough understanding of your business objectives and operating parameters, they can help you select your best option for any given situation.

Our analysts go far beyond simple evaluations of business and technology considerations. They are able to fully integrate both your best business and your best technology options into a seamless solution that supports your business plan and gives you the optimum outcome for success.

Even with the best market and options analysis a coherent case must be made that allows executive action to be undertaken with the least amount of risk. MyROW assists you by ensuring that all aspects of any given prospective venture are thoroughly evaluated, vetted, considered, and properly articulated to enable accurate decisions to be made.

MyROW's business analysts have years of experience in developing business cases for senior executive level consideration. They are well aware that the facts for or against any given significant undertaking must be clearly understood in a logical, consistent, and concise manner that facilitates comprehension by those, such as one's board of directors, that do not have day to day involvement.

Our analysts are experts in assembling the necessary data that allows rational, defensible decisions to be made that optimize your probability of success. We are able to cogently, logically, and lucidly assess and develop the most favorable course of action for you together with the supporting documentation that allows easy understanding of the financials, along with issues, risks, rewards, and probable outcomes.

Opportunities can also bring challenges, particularly when dealing with government regulating bodies. Regardless of being in a regulated or unregulated industry, the requirements of local, state, and federal agencies are manifold and call for an experienced approach to prevent costly project delays, penalties, or the development of legal liabilities.

Whether it's a complex mixing of regulated and unregulated services in a Smart Grid/Broadband deployment or the simple permitting of a wireless site, our specialists have years of experience in dealing with regulating entities from local zoning and planning boards, to the state Public Utilities Commissions and Public Service Boards, all the way to the FCC and the FAA. We can plan your strategy, assemble the required documentation, and provide testimony- making the hard part of regulation easy for you so that you can concentrate on executing on your business plan.

• Technical Feasibility
• Project Development/Oversight
• Engineering/Design
• Process Development
• Project Finance and Budget tracking
• Implementation Services
• Bid Tabulation/Vendor Selection and Analysis
• Schedule Development
• Construction Management and Oversight
• Progress Reporting to sponsors
• Internal Workflow and Process Assessment
• Development of Test Plans and Procedures
• Training and Project Start-up

As owner's engineer, MyROW’s seasoned professionals work as an extension of your organization, providing the knowledge and experience you need to develop, manage and guide your next project to successful completion. From conceptual level to execution, MyROW can engage every stage of project cycle.

While the scope of an Owners Engineer engagement can vary depending on the specific requirements of the project and the owner’s internal requirements for task management. One thing for certain is that having the MyROW team provide an independent analysis of current market demands, projected capital costs, technology analysis, vendor review and product testing, is crucial to providing true fiduciary responsibility to owners and making a lasting investment in your future.

Networks require precision engineering. Whether you are building a new fiber plant, upgrading to bonded copper, conducting a 3G/4G upgrade, expanding wireless coverage, or creating WiFi hot spots MyROW’s engineers have the skills, experience, and tools to ensure that you have the right design. Our engineers combine their extensive landline, wireless, and cross-technology experience with industry leading systems tools to develop a network design that meets both your technology and financial objectives. And since we are vendor and technology agnostic we assist you in selecting the best solution for your applications.

MyROW will work with your senior management and stakeholders to:

• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables to support the business case.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Set and oversee expectations with team members, contractors, and supply vendors
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
• Track project success criteria, review status reports, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned tasks

The MyROW Program Management team of professionals will plan, execute, and complete your project according to your timelines and on or under your budget. The MyROW staff is equipped to provide “a la carte” services on your project, or complete lifecycle services including budgets, business cases, engineering and selecting equipment, creating scope of work, soliciting quotes, maintaining trackers, and coordinating schedules.

The MyROW Project Management team will plan, execute, and complete your project on time and on budget. The MyROW PM staff is equipped to provide "a la carte" services on your project, or complete life-cycle services including budgets, business case, engineer and select equipment, create scope of work, solicit quotes, maintain trackers, and coordinate schedules.

Tactical resources can represent the greatest volume of spending on a project. Because of scale issues a typical deployment may result in 4-6 tiers of contractors and up to 70% of every project dollar paying for markups. MyROW’s tactical deployment process can save up to 40% over traditional methodologies. By combining a client-specific direct staffing model with our Active Management and OneTouch Accountability™ you get full control over your project and on-time quality delivery.

Wireline networks require precision engineering. Whether your network is a new one in support of a Smart Grid/Broadband deployment, or an upgrade of an existing network, or an extension of a current one, MyROW's wireline engineers have the skills, experience, and tools to ensure that you have the right mix of equipment to support your design. Since we are vendor and technology agnostic we assist you in selecting the very best of both for your applications.

Whether GSM, CDMA, WiMAX, or Wi-Fi, our engineers have decades of experience in network design for fixed wireless and cellular communications. MyROW's expertise extends to RF propagation, MPE analysis, FCC licensing, and network protocols.

Brian Frazier  ::  Senior RF Engineer
Brian has been a leader in the radio frequency and engineering field for more than 35 years. His career includes engagements at Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Raytheon, SailComp, Cox Communications, and Rural Cellular Communications. Brian’s duties in the industry included all facets of the distribution of radio frequencies including closed cable, microwave, network, fixed and mobile networks, licensed and unlicensed frequencies, IPTV, digital cable TV, and digital telephony as well as work on support systems such as communication computer chip carriers, LASER guidance systems, and digital navigation. Brian has designed and executed the installation of thousands of RF sites in his career. A New England native, Brian is a graduate of the Franklin Institute of Boston (ASE); Boston University (BSEE); and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MSEE/CS).

Accurate land record information is critical to knowing exactly who to approach, what encumbrances might be attached to a specific plot of land, and what permits have already been granted on the property. MyROW's agents use comprehensive resources to identify landowners, current and historical deeds, existing permits, and potential restrictions such as land-in-trust. With a thorough land record search, you can quickly determine if further investment in a site is warranted.

Unlike traditional acquisition, MyROW's unique process creates a competitive environment in the target area designed to identify and maximize the number of potential sites at competitive landowner compensation ranges. You set the guidelines and our expert agents conduct the negotiations and execute the final agreements on your behalf.

The feasibility and cost of construction depend on numerous site characteristics including existing access to power, fiber, and copper, access road length and build requirements, soil conditions, amount of make-ready effort, and environmental conditions. MyROW field engineers are telco veterans with decades of experience in outside plant and site construction and an intimate knowledge of New England vegetation, geology and wildlife populations. Our thorough understanding of these conditions and their impact on permit approval, ensures that your sites comply with all necessary regulations to facilitate quick approval.

The permitting specialists at MyROW understand the impact of regulatory language and intent on building successful permits. Our specialists have regulatory and legislative experience as well as decades of practical knowledge on how to shape and present the information necessary to expedite permitting.