JOSEPH C. LONGWAY, PMP

1629 Lenland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37912

(615) 260-4585 joelongway@hotmail.com

Objective:

Education:

To secure a full-time position utilizing my experience and education in the

Business, Construction, Engineering, or Geography field.

University of Wisconsin at Whitewater (December 22, 2001 BS Graduate)

Major: General Geography and Minor: Economics

DeVry University, Addison, IL 1996-1997 for 2 semesters

Major: Telecommunications

Project Management Institute, (Online Education, July 2013)

Major: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Professional Summary:

  Ø Managed and coordinated all aspects of wired OSP and cell site construction with

MS Project.

  Ø Operate a small company specializing in consulting for Fiber Networks, Wireless

Networks, and Channel Manager.

  Ø Extensive Business Development, Contract Management, Project Management, and

Client Management Experience

  Ø Approx. 15 years experience with Fiber, Copper, Fiber to the Home (FTTH), and

Fiber to the Tower (FTTT) networks.

  Ø Served as an Expert in Fiber Implementation in many contracted projects and

testimony for government entities.

  Ø Extensive Rural Utility Service (RUS), National Electric Service Codes (NESC), and

Rural Electric Agency (REA) Experience in Fiber to the Home or Cell Tower (FTTH &

FTTCT) construction, contracts, design, and implementation.

  Ø Experience with OSP, ISP, & Wireless products of ATT, Verizon, Sprint, TDS,

CenturyLink, Windstream, Ericsson, ComEd, AGL Resources, and independent

telecom companies.

  Ø Responsible for Construction & Project Management of Fiber to Cell construction for

300+ Verizon & 700+ AT&T Sites in AZ, KY, NE, OH, PA, TN, & WV.

  Ø Preparation of SOW, bill of materials, and oversight of civil construction & quality

assurance and construction safety practices. Ability to read engineering construction

drawings & redline as needed.

  Ø US Dept of Agriculture’s RUS 515 bid preparations, close outs, tracking costs, and

led negotiations for new unit pricing within the confines of the existing contract.

  Ø Review construction drawings to ensure the best and most economical construction

practices are utilized; review and/ or initiate redlines drawings that represent all

changes in scope.

  Ø Responsible for organizing Site Walks with General Contractors so that GCs

understand scope of work. Also Responsible for reviewing of A/E Drawings and

Structural’s and approving tasks in Site Handler and AT&T Siterra.

  Ø Review the true-up/project status report with the Project Manager and process the

invoices and forward to accounting for payment to ensure that ASPs are paid on a

timely basis.

  Ø Reviewed and approved closeout packages & approved change orders as needed.

  Ø Performed site inspection to ensure that safe working conditions are maintained.

  Ø General understanding of fiber waves, multi & single mode, and DWDM technology.

Computer Skills:

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista/Win7/Win8, Mac OS

CAD/GIS Applications: Arc Info, Arc GIS, Arc View, Auto CAD 2002-2012,

various ESRI Extensions, GE GIS Smallworld 3.1, Network Engineer, MapInfo 7Page

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9, Microstation 7-9, GPS Pathfinder, Visual Basic, 3D Max 4, BST CAD, OSPCM,

AOX, LFACS, OPEDS, MAPVIEWERS, Delorme, Google Earth, NORAD,

Siterra, NSITE, MS Visio Premium 2010, scanners, plotters, digitizers, digital

cameras, binding, georeferencing, and related digital imaging equipment.

Various: All Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access,

Project Professional), Oracle, SQL, Crystal Reports, Corel Draw 10, CDMA

technologies, DSO1-DSO3, T1-T3, HiCap, Adobe Professional and Publisher,

and related database & CAD software packages.

Work Experience:

12/08 – Current President/OSP Telecom Consultant – Longway Broadband Services

Mount Juliet, TN 37122

  · Oversee the day to day operations of Longway Broadband Services with

a staff of 4-10 people, OSPE Operations, ISPE Operations, bidding and

preparing (RFI, RFP, RFQC) proposals using MS Project on City,

County, State, and Federal projects, meeting and presenting to Federal

and State legislators, meeting and presenting to private and public

CEO’s, meeting and presenting to regulating telecom bodies, and GIS

Broadband Policy Subject Matter Expert.

  · Work with up to 50+ National and local telecom providers to provide

services and products to the commercial SB and LB markets through the

Channel partnering program.

  · Providing telecom assessments, access to providers, and new telecom

products for the Small and Large Commercial markets.

  · Overall responsibility for the design, site acquisition, permitting, material

acquisition, construction and tie-in of plant construction projects as

assigned by the company.

  · Site Acquisition experience includes, but is not limited to, complete

responsibility for ensuring all service personnel adhere strictly to

customer policies and procedures, ensuring all OSHA safety issues are

addressed and in compliance. Working very closely with all associated

levels of management and service personnel, governmental agencies,

landlords, and vested partners to ensure all issues associated with

statements and scopes of work are properly prepared and defined. Daily,

weekly, monthly reports to all interested parties are properly documented

and issued in a timely manner.

  · Ensure all zoning issues are addressed and all permits secured in a

timely manner from all authorities associated with the site. Attend any/all

meetings associated with site project.

  · Ensure all documents are signed by the proper authorities and filed with

the proper agencies to avoid any delays in the project due to

administrative errors. Create and oversee milestone data and charts to

ensure timely construction and completions while, also, ensuring cost

effectiveness, budget compliance, risk and schedule management.

  · Develop and maintain excellent customer relationships while managing

expectations. Regularly perform site audits to ensure any/all issues are

quickly and effectively addressed.

  · Ensure all access issues, if any, are resolved without delay. Additionally,

it is important for all associated personnel to maintain a professional

appearance and attitude while working on the project sites.

  · Ensure the integrity of the public perception of the overall project on

behalf of my employer and my customer.

  · Additional duties include conceptual development of projects, route

development, cost estimating, project planning, project scheduling,

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mapping, communications with city, county and state permitting

agencies, working with private property owners such as individuals and

railroad companies to secure easements and licenses, working with

telephone companies and private building owners to secure building

entrance approval and installation of building entrances, development of

construction bid documents, bid analysis and recommendation of

contractors, contract negotiations, city, state and county permit

applications, pole attachment applications, pole line make ready review,

expediting, monitoring of contractor progress, contractor quality

inspection and timely turnover of assigned projects.

  · Worked on RUS 515 bid preparations, close outs, tracking costs, and led

negotiations for new unit pricing within the confines of the existing

contract.

  · We were part of a 5 state bid team that won the NTIA stimulus grants for

the “Broadband Mapping & Planning Effort” with a total of approx. 15

million dollars in value for a 2-5 year contract.

Projects Worked on:

1. Bell South (AT&T) – Hattiesburg, MS – OSP Project Manager/Engineer – F2

Conditioning for Project Lightspeed & rearrangement of existing copper

facilities from the cross box.

2. TCG Phoenix & Omaha – OSP Engineer –Designing and constructing Fiber

to the Cell Tower (FTTCT) 60-80 sites for AT&T Mobility

3. TDS/Tennessee Telephone Company – OSP Engineer – Fiber Overbuild

4. State of Washington, Oregon, Oklahoma, Florida, and Connecticut – NTIA

Broadband Mapping & Planning Project

5. Provided Expert Testimony: State of TN, State of OR, & State of WI

7/12 – 11/12 Project Manager – Tek Systems Inc. (contracted to Nsoro/Mastec Inc.)

Nashville, TN 37210

  · Oversee the day to day close outs for 625 ETTCS transport installations

for the AT&T 4G/wireless fiber to the cell sites within the Kentucky &

Tennessee Markets.

  · Day to day responsibilities included a daily & multiple excel tracking of

each site, multitasking in a fast paced environment, attending daily

conference calls, collecting and organizing data for close out

documentation, reporting daily & weekly to Senior Transport Project

Managers within Nsoro & AT&T, and supervision of the daily activities of

Nsoro’s contracted field construction managers.

  · Was directly responsible for the reviewing and accepting of the photos

taken by general contractors, document creation (Exhibits, Appendixes,

Transport Survey(TSP), Notice to Proceed Letter(NTP)), uploading into

NORAD/NSITE & Siterra, and the construction MS096 to the close-out

MS160 processes directly hand in hand with the Nsoro’s client AT&T

Wireless.

  · Ericsson Node B (UTMS), SIAD, CIENA, Wireless Router, Grounding,

FX-11, Hoffman Box (H-Frame), Breakers, CAT6, , Google Earth, picture

verification for contractor payment.

1/12 – 7/12

Project Engineer/Manager – Bluestream Professional Services /T-Staff

(contracted to Windstream)

Marietta, GA 30064

  · Oversaw the day to day Cell Site Backhaul and Fiber Ring Project (over

1500 Verizon cell sites) WV, OH, & PA for Windstream/KDL business

unit for Phase 1 & 2.

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  · Managed the day to day activities with up to 70 sites and multiple fiber

rings to design & construct from the Shelter to Data Center for Phase 1 &

2.

  · Served as the field focal point and management, daily progress status to

PMO PM, and all subcontractors reported to me for sites assigned.

  · Was responsible for all engineering, permitting, Google Earth & Delorme

mapping, and construction for assigned sites

  · Performed site surveys for Aerial, Underground, and Inside plant,

Supports meetings, and to keep projects on schedule.

10/09 – 1/10 BTOP Broadband Grant Reviewer – US Department of Commerce, NTIA

Washington, DC

  · Volunteer BTOP Broadband Grant Reviewer for the National

Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S.

Department of Commerce.

  · Evaluate and score grant proposals for the $4.7 billion Broadband

Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and joint BTOP/BIP grant

proposals. T

  · Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) administers the

$2.5 billion Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP). BTOP and BIP are both

an important part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

(ARRA) of 2009.

3/08 – 8/08

Telecommunications/GIS Manager– Connect-Arkansas, Inc

Little Rock, AR 72114

  · First employee hired.

  · Duties included oversight of the entire OSP/ISP engineering operations

of the State of Arkansas's broadband deployment and infrastructure for

wired and wireless telecommunications.

  · Served as the sole inside plant, outside plant, CAD/GIS, and wireless

telecommunications expert.

  · As part of this effort, toured the entire state and inspected all major

Copper, FTTX, and Wireless telecom network facilities in the State of AR

(AT&T, Century Tel, Windstream, TDS, Comcast, Cox, Verizon Wireless,

ect.).

  · Ensured all site acquisition documents were compliant, properly filed and

worked closely with all governing agencies to ensure all issues were

resolved and contractually compliant.

  · Made recommendations to broadband providers on current and future

network capacity needs within the proposed community.

  · Worked initial GIS groundwork and planning for the nationally recognized

Arkansas's 2.9 million annually funded broadband effort.

3/03 – 3/08

Telecommunications Project Manager/Engineer/Inspector– TelPlexus, Inc

Murfreesboro, TN 37130

(Hired Twice 3/2003 – 5/2005 & 7/2006 – 3/2008)

  · Designed, engineered, and inspected fiber optic and copper

telecommunication OSP and ISP networks (FTTX, FTTH, FTTP, FTTB),

compliance of RUS contract specifications, and placement of buried and

aerial cable

  · Generated a Bill of Materials for Wire Centers, Working Service Orders,

routine jobs, power company requests, supervising the contractors

onsite, CAD/GIS updates, red lining staking sheets, splicing schematics,

updating master design maps & staking sheets, verifying GPS locations

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of telecom and related utilities as needed for ongoing construction, and

surveying.

Projects Worked on:

1. Tennessee: AT&T, Century Tel, TDS, Dekalb Telephone, United Telephone,

Ben Lomand Telephone, Highland Telephone, Big Bend Telephone, North

Central Telephone

2. Kansas: KanOkla Telephone, Golden Belt Telephone, United Telecom

3. Kentucky: Foothills Telephone, Western Telephone

4. Indiana: TDS, Smithville Telephone

12/05 – 7/06 GIS Tax Analyst – Anteo Group, Inc (contract for ADP Tax Credit Services)

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

  · Via GIS, mapped tax incentive zones for each state and federal tax zone

in the US for ADP Tax Credit Services.

  § Worked together with tax specialists to create an automated address

lookup via GIS, gathering data, verify state boundaries for tax zones,

entering contact information into Locus database, responsible for

creating and/or digitizing electronic data via georeferencing, and creating

accurate GIS shape file data.

  § -Arc GIS, Arc Info, Locus Database, & MS Office

5/05 – 11/05 DOT GIS Specialist – Synergis, Inc (contract for AGL)

Alpharetta, Georgia 30004

  · Via CAD & GIS, documents existing and proposed related to Department

of Transportation (DOT) road construction projects for Atlanta Gas Light

& Resources (AGLR) and Atlanta Gas Light & Networks (AGLN). edits

existing gas and fiber facilities, processes, maintains, and enters facility

construction data for projects in GIS, resolves discrepancies in manual

records, facility and land base records for instruction drawings in GIS via

aerial photography and surveyed plans, organizes and maintains

process documentation, provides quality control services for GIS Support

Services products, edits, processes, maintains, and daily communication

with DOT, county, city, and private design companies throughout GA and

TN regarding project files and plans.

  · Auto Cad, Arc FM, Arc GIS, Arc Info, Network Engineer, Microstation, &

MS Office

4/02 – 1/03 GIS Analyst – Onsite Energy Services (contract for ComEd)

Oak Brook, IL 60523

  · Via Smallworld, GIS, & CAD software conversion project into new

internal database software package (CEGIS) and reproducing new maps

for Common Wealth Edision (ComEd) outside electrical plant, and GIS

analysis of aerial photography (Mr. SID).

  · Auto Cad 2000, Arc View, GE GIS Smallworld, & Oracle

6/94 – 4/02

Activities:

-Member of UW-Whitewater Geography Club

-Maps, sports, computers, and outdoor activities

-Trading currency, & buying stocks, Playing poker

-Competitive BBQ competition & judging

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Various Construction Work

-Masonry, Carpentry, dry walling, Utilities trenching, running heavy equipment