OBJECTIVE

To design, engineer, draft, and/or build OSP infrastructure that meets and exceeds expectations of my employer and our customers within accepted timeframes and budgetary requirements.

 

 

Summary of EXPERIENCE

Thirty plus years experience in developing and executing engineering level OSP telecommunication plans and resource allocation.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Glass and Wire Communications Coppell, TX December 2014-Present

      Resident Engineer-Contact: Upon Request

Project Highlights CAF (Connect America Fund) Southern Georgia

Technical Environment (Development) Take field notes and measurements for fiber, equipment sites, and copper throws for new serving areas. Draft work orders using Microstation.

   Technical Environment (Creation) Receive fiber and equipment site plans from the telco and field aerial and buried routes to establish new fiber-fed CSAs. Determine where to cut down cable at the CSA boundary, throw the existing copper distribution network into the new remote equipment and remove unneeded load coils and repeaters.

 

 

Lambic Telcom, Inc. Palm Harbor, FL October 2014-December 2014

      Resident Engineer-Contact: Upon Request

Project Highlights CAF (Connect America Fund) Southern Georgia

Technical Environment (Development) Take field notes and measurements for fiber, equipment sites, and copper throws for new serving areas. Draft work orders using Microstation.

   Technical Environment (Creation) Receive fiber and equipment site plans from the telco and field aerial and buried routes to establish new fiber-fed CSAs. Determine where to cut down cable at the CSA boundary, throw the existing copper distribution network into the new remote equipment and remove unneeded load coils and repeaters.

 

Killion Communications Consultants, Inc. Roodhouse, IL May 2014-October 2014

      Resident Engineer-Contact: Upon Request

Project Highlights CDFS Project-Seattle/Tacoma, WA

Technical Environment (Development) Field notes and measurements for permit applications.

   Technical Environment (Creation) Receive plan from telco and field as appropriate. Measure aerial, buried, and underground routes for Metro Ethernet service from the existing fiber network to the customer demarc. Ensure the equipment room can accept or be modified to accept new ME equipment and determine how far from the equipment the customer will use the service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Killion Communications Consultants, Inc. Roodhouse, IL March 2014-May 2014

      Resident Engineer-Contact: Upon Request

Project Highlights GPON Project/FTTT -Missouri

Technical Environment (Development) Fielded orders for fiber placement in northern Missouri, including measuring for factory spliced cable, pole measurements for clearance and separation. Also fielded orders for fiber to the tower orders.

   Technical Environment (Creation) Drew field notes for drafting. Field notes included pole ownership with clearance and separation measurements for all utilities sharing the poles. Length of spans and total fiber length, documenting all customers and potential customer.

 

 

 

Killion Communications Consultants, Inc. Roodhouse, IL March 2012-October 2013/January 2014-May 2014

      Resident Engineer-Contact: Upon Request

Project Highlights BAU-Texas

Technical Environment (Development) Fielded orders for business as usual, road moves, fiber to the tower, etc. in and around Killeen, TX. Used Fireworks to discover the location and type of existing plant.

   Technical Environment (Creation) Drew field notes for drafting. Field notes included pole ownership with clearance and separation measurements for all utilities sharing the poles. Length of spans and total fiber length, documenting all customers and potential customer. Worked with city, county, and state involved with road moves and improvements. Worked with developers involved with subdivision and business park development and improvement.

 

 

Killion Communications Consultants, Inc. Roodhouse, IL March October 2013-December 2014

      Resident Engineer-Contact: Upon Request

Project Highlights Inspector for 60 mile section a new cross state fiber build. Iowa-October 2013-January 2013

Technical Environment (Development) Inspection tasks associated with a customer to customer fiber route for a nationwide corporation. The fiber crossed Iowa. My inspection was for a 60 mile section from Peosta to Independence, IA

   Technical Environment (Creation) Work with counties and cities to acquire permits as construction crews approached non-permitted cities and counties. Inspected work performed to ensure quality network would be turned over to the customer at the end of the project.

 

Killion Communications Consultants, Inc. Roodhouse, IL August 2011-December 2011

      Resident Engineer-Contact: Upon Request

Project Highlights Inspect diverse route installations. Athens, Houston, and Corpus Christi, Texas

Technical Environment (Development) General inspection requirements

   Technical Environment (Creation) Observe and record installation of contractor work to ensure a quality build for the customer. Generate and submit daily, weekly, and project completion reports, including tracking of RUS Coded units. Work with the customer after project completion to ensure accurate record keeping.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Killion Communications Consultants, Inc. Roodhouse, IL March 2011-August 2011

      Resident Engineer-Contact: Upon Request

Project Highlights Modify existing copper networks for future high bandwidth services using Fireworks.

Technical Environment (Development) Generate orders to update existing network to carry cutting edge services.

   Technical Environment (Creation) Remote access into telco database (Fireworks) to determine what is needed to upgrade their existing network.  Draw sketch of what changes are required. Fill out necessary supporting documents. Submit package for drafting.

 

 

Finley Engineering, Inc. Kentucky May 2010-March 2011

      Resident Engineer-Contact: Gene Aldridge 606 495-9466

Project Highlights Stimulus Package-RUS Coding: Provide broadband internet access to Mountain Rural Telephone Co-op customers in a four county area of eastern Kentucky. Work is being done in five phases and includes 111 wire centers at an estimated cost of $78 million and scheduled to complete in three years.

Technical Environment (Development) Generate schematics used to order material and provision fiber for new fiber networks in a four county area in eastern Kentucky.

   Technical Environment (Creation) Take information from staking sheets, generate schematics that indicated size, length, and placement of cable needed to wire an exchange or remote serving area with a new fiber network. While building schematics, QC staking sheets and provide updates to drafters for corrections.

 

US Census Bureau Texas February 2010-May 2010

      Office Operations Supervisor-Contact: James Dyer 903 353-9510

Project Highlights Supervise Field Operations support team 

Technical Environment (Development) Served as an Office Operations Supervisor for Field Operations as required to assemble and deliver assignments to field personnel and then accept completed work back in the office. Oversaw operations to input work into appropriate government software and then to pass off packages for quality checks. Schedule and deliver supplies/work assignments, pick up completed assignments and training folders, assist instructors by taking fingerprints of trainees and fielding student questions.

   Technical Environment (Creation) Create lesson plans and teach classes in the local office for each operation just prior to the beginning. Worked with various government databases to check in/out assignments and input resulting data.

 

US Census Bureau Texas November 2009-February 2010

     Administration Clerk-Contact: Jennifer Gutierez 903 353-9510

Project Highlights Set up and operate a Local Census Office in Longview, TX

Technical Environment (Development) Served as an Admin Clerk to set up filing system for applicants, employees, previous employees and ineligible applicants. Prepared to hire, train, and support addition of 1,500 employees that will count the population of a 13 county area located in East Texas.

Technical Environment (Creation) Worked with various government databases to track applicants. Used pool of applicants to screen and hire additional clerks, enumerators, crew leaders, and crew leader assistants. Compiled documents from various sources to create a package for each assigned area to be counted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Communications Consultants-Contact: Gary Webb 479 264-8420 Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana  Inspector/Field Engineer May 2009-October 2009

Project Highlights Engineered, drafted and inspected placement of pipe/fiber and removal of obsolete plant on various orders in four states.

Technical Environment (Development) Served as Inspector for construction of 3 mile fiber placement work order in Attapulgus, Georgia. Generated OSP work orders at various locations to reroute copper from private property to public R/W in Mississippi and Alabama. Served as part of a team of inspectors for construction of 2009 FTTP project in various location of Southwestern Indiana.

Technical Environment (Creation) Engineered/drafted work orders using AutoCad. When inspecting, read/ understood work prints to properly evaluate and document completion of activities necessary to close out authorized work. Completed As-builts necessary to update Telco database using AutoCad.

 

 

Kenton Group-Contact: Pat Reilly 813 621-3200 Tampa, FL,  Field Engineer March 2009-April 2009

Project Highlights Engineered, placement of FTTH in Industrial Districts and Residential Subdivisions

Technical Environment (Development) Worked on a team of Engineers to generate OSP work orders at various locations for FTTP rollout.

Technical Environment (Creation) Engineered/drafted work orders.

 

BBCom Arlington, TXInspector November 2008-December 2008

Project Highlights Place pipe to reroute existing fiber cables during construction of Hwy 180 and Hwy 360. Pulled in one fiber for one of the affected telecomm providers.

Technical Environment (Development) Acted as OSP Construction Inspector to ensure work prints were followed during placement phase of the project.

Technical Environment (Creation) Read and understood work prints to properly evaluate and document completion of activities necessary to complete authorized work.

 

BBCom Albuquerque, NMInspector October 2008

Project Highlights AT&T Fiber Replacement

Technical Environment (Development) Acted as OSP Construction Inspector to ensure work prints were followed during removal phase of the project.

Technical Environment (Creation) Read and understood work prints to properly evaluate and document completion of activities necessary to complete authorized work.

 

BBCom Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces, NMField Engineer May 2008-August 2008

Project Highlights FTTN Project for Qwest Communications

Technical Environment (Development) Albuquerque-Worked on a team of Engineers to generate OSP work orders at various locations for FTTN rollout. Santa Fe-Generated work orders for FTTN rollout as well as feeder route expansion. Las Cruces-Worked as Field Engineer and Coordinator to create work orders for FTTN and feeder route expansion

Technical Environment (Creation) Engineered and drafted work orders NTS and To Scale across New Mexico. Investigated and utilized new technologies to provide telecommunications services with the most options at the best return on investment. Worked with local Quest Engineering Office to suggest equipment locations to avoid conflicts and to ensure compliance with local policies.

 

 

 

 

Verizon Sulphur Springs, TexasNetwork Engineer January 2007 – August 2007

Project Highlights Planned and implemented work orders for telecommunications services when large developments were initiated. Planning included new subdivisions, industrial parks, and retail malls and strip centers.

Technical Environment (Development) Was a member of a larger team that included members from Central Office, Maintenance, and Obligatory personnel. Good communications with these team members insured that Central Office equipment grew with Outside Plant requirements; maintenance issues were addressed while work orders were open and personnel were on-sight; and that plant was placed after any known right-of-way work was completed and ready to accept utility construction.

Technical Environment (Creation) Planning included 48 exchanges at the beginning and grew to 72 exchanges by retirement. Investigated and utilized new technologies to provide telecommunications services with the most options at the best return on investment. Worked with local governments to avoid scheduling conflicts and to ensure compliance with local policies.

 

 

 

 

Verizon Lewisville/Gladewater, TXNetwork Engineer July 2005 – December 2006

Project Highlights Monitored progress of Engineering and Construction tasks involved in installation of high-speed circuits in North and East Texas. Intervened when scheduled tasks were in jeopardy of missing scheduled dates.

Technical Environment (Development) Was a member a team of specialists from all departments involved in meeting circuit completions schedules. The team’s focus was to remove redundant steps and implement new processes to allow circuits to be completed faster.

Technical Environment (Creation) Accomplished the goal set for circuits completed on time for 2005. Goals were raised in 2006 and were again met.

 

Verizon Kilgore, TXOutside Plant Technician January 1995 – June 2005

Project Highlights Performed Outside Plant engineering and monitoring when applications for high-speed circuits required new plant to be built. Was assigned to 50 towns in East Texas.

Technical Environment (Development) Researched and determined when circuits could be built without construction. When outside plant construction was required, work orders were issued to build necessary plant.

Technical Environment (Creation) Worked in environments were only immediate communications needs were met, as well as in environments where future growth was considered and included in work orders. All work orders were designed to comply with annual budget constraints.

 

Project Highlights Prior to assignment to above duties, but in the same job classification, had been assigned to researched and determine when plant reached maximum fill for 14 exchanges. This position was involved with both voice and data needs.

Technical Environment (Development) When plant was not at maximum fill, solutions were given to serve applicants without constructing new facilities. When maximum fill was reached, work orders were detailed and given to construction to provide requested service.

Technical Environment (Creation) Worked in environments where only the immediate communications needs were met as well as in environments where future growth was considered and included in work orders. Budgetary compliance was met.

 

 

 

 

 

 

technical skills

Software Microsoft Streets and Trips,  Word, Excel, Project, Outlook, Powerpoint, Microstation,  various Verizon programs, Autocad.

Project Management Tools Certificate in Project Management from the University of Phoenix

Hardware Personal computers and printers. Experience in setting up a small home wireless network.

Industries OSP experience in placing, splicing, circuit design, detail engineering and network planning.

Operating Systems Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Pro, Vista

Methodologies Used various aspects of Project Management in each position held. Previous positions did not involve projects large enough or long enough to qualify for project management, but various methodologies of project management were useful in designing, scheduling, and pushing forward.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certifications and training

CPMS-OSP Engineering               May 16, 2002

Central Office Concepts              November 20, 2002

Fujitsu Flashwave 4000              January 19, 2006

Basic Outside Plant Engineering              June 2006

Engineering Work Order (EWO) Basics    April 2013

 

 

Education

   University of Phoenix, Professional Certificate in Project Management March 31, 2005

    Kilgore Jr. College, Business Leadership Skills CertificateDecember 14, 2006

    Kilgore Jr. College, Autocad I-Computer DraftingOctober 1, 2008

    Kilgore Jr. College, Autocad II-Computer DraftingNovember 12, 2008

 

Professional achievements

Network Services Group Certificate of Recognition – Nominated to the Verizon Awards Program 2001-2002 for extraordinary contributions to fulfilling the Verizon Promise.

Special Recognition Award – Recognition for support to the Texas Market Area during Hurricane Rita