Hank Isaacs, RCDD

Hank.Isaacs@CH2M.com

MSI.Hank@Live.com

Overview:

·         Certified BICSI^® Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) with extensive experience in Telecommunications Infrastructures and supporting systems.

·               Ability to consolidate and relocate telecommunications infrastructures using standardized engineering, business continuity plans and disaster recovery best practices.

·               Knowledge of codes, standards and design guides from MIL-Specs, UFC, UFGS, I3A, ETL, NEC, NFPA, BICSI, ANSI, TIA, IEEE and ISO.

·               Ability to program and manage deliverables for SD, DD, CD and IFC (100% contract design) packages on large scale communications infrastructure projects.

·               Ability to engineer and create detailed parts lists and cost estimates.

·               Ability to consult, design, project engineer and program manage telecommunications infrastructures for mission critical facilities and large scale communications projects such as military, business & educational campuses, data centers, industrial and manufacturing facilities.

·               Ability to design cable plant including: Cat6, Optical Fiber and all related supporting infrastructures including in telecommunications equipment rooms layouts, pathways, grounding and bonding.

·               Ability to coordinate with other disciplines such as electrical and mechanical to ensure telecommunications standards and specific criteria are met including resilient large scale power distribution and cooling.

·               Ability to analyze and recommend cooling for IT spaces using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and blending industry best practices to improve PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) in data centers and other high-density communications facilities.

Technical Qualifications:

BICSI - RCDD Certification

·         Registered Communications Distribution Designer – certification #081065

Cabling and other Infrastructure Systems

·               CommScope / Systimax, Belden, Berk-Tek, B-Line, Chatsworth, Corning, General, Leviton, Ortronics, Panduit, Cablofil

Telephone and PA Systems

·               NORTEL, NEC, Panasonic DBS, Siemens, Toshiba, Bogen, Valcom, Polycom, Spectralink and CISCO

Network Equipment

·               CISCO, Juniper, Aruba, H3C/HP ProCurve

Server Equipment & Platforms

·               Dell, HP, Windows and Linux

Software

·               For design reviews > AutoCAD, Autodesk Navisworks – BIM (Building Information Modeling) used for 3-D coordination and TileFlow CFD - Advanced power user of Microsoft Windows 7, Office Suite – Word, Project, Visio, Outlook, Excel (+VBA for document automation) , Adobe Acrobat Professional and Photoshop.

 

Project Images:

·         Project images from Level 3 Communications, Microsoft, Esco and Air Force Space Command

 

Professional Experience (since 2000):

CH2M Hill, Pyeongtaek, South Korea (Employee)2012 to current             

Positions held with Kunwon-CH2M Hill Program Management Consortium (K-C PMC) for United States Forces Korea (USFK) Yongsan Relocation Program (YRP). The program involved the design and construction of a new super-base (Camp Humphreys) to consolidate US Army and Republic of Korea (ROK) forces in South Korea. The project includes 500 new military facilities on a $10B+ program with an $800M+ communications budget. I currently hold SOFA status (Status of Forces Agreement) with the US State Department. Keywords: Far East District US Army Corp of Engineers, Unites States Army, US Department of Defense.

 

·              C41 Infrastructure Engineering and Design Manager

o   Managed a team of telecommunications RCDDs to ensure designs meet US Military criteria and expectations.

o   Identified and resolved extraordinary C4I infrastructure challenges in the design and construction phases then published the results in “Tech Notes” that was used to educate and provided C4I technical support to contractors, CMS, PM and QA staffs program wide.

o   Updated older US Military and US Army Corp of Engineers (Far East District) C4I specifications to reflect current standards and codes requirements.

o   Coordinated with US Army Information Systems Engineering Command (ISEC) on any revisions to the current C4I specifications.

o   Made C4I recommendations and drafted EMOUs (Engineering Memorandum of Understanding) for distribution by US Army Corp of Engineers that recognized program level C4I solutions.

·              C4I Material Localization Team Manager (MLT)

o   Oversaw the material localization effort to review and catalog C4I related materials manufactured in South Korea that met US specifications and performance criteria, and approved by US Army Corp of Engineers, and ISEC.

o   Chaired monthly MLT meetings with contractors, ROK and US representative to review contractor performance for local material utilization.

o   As of January 2015, 75% of all C4I infrastructure materials were being localized with an estimated cost savings of $140M (2012-2014). The MLT program is reported to the South Korean National Assembly and is similar to the “Buy American Act” in the United States.

·              C4I Submittal Review Team Manager

o   Managed Submittal Review Team who is responsible for reviewing, approving or rejecting all C4I related infrastructure submittals such as materials, shop drawings and as-built drawings.

·              C4I Project Integration Manager – Communications Center

o   Assigned to oversee the integration of C4I related infrastructure systems at the Communications Center which includes the largest data center facility on the program. The role incorporates aspects of Project Management, Project Engineer and C4I integration consultant between the A/E firm, active systems teams and future facility tenants.

o   Identified and recommended solutions to provide DC power in the data center where a battery plant could not be implemented during the facility’s protective button-up containment periods.

o   Identified and recommended solutions to correct the data center’s shock isolation system to improve equipment cabinet access while still meeting the shock spectra and fragility requirements of the US Army’s Technical Manual (TM) 5-855-1 Fundamentals of Protective Design for Conventional Weapons.

o   Identified and recommended solutions to correct errors in the data center’s AC power distribution plant to eliminate single points of failure, provide fault tolerance and improve resiliency in the event of failure from the PDUs (power distribution units) – to the emergency back-up generators.

o   Identified and recommended hybrid cooling solutions in the data center using cooling doors on cabinets (heat exchangers) in high density heat zones and air cooling containment for medium heat zones.

o   Identified and recommended solutions to correct errors in the data center’s fiber optic distribution system between the ICAN transport network rooms, classified and unclassified sever rooms, between cabinets within each server room, and backbone distribution to the TRs (telecommunications rooms) inside the general Communications Center facility.

CH2M Hill, Portland, OR (Project Contractor)2011

Telecommunications Designer for three multi-billion dollar semi-conductor manufacturing facilities

·               Hillsboro, Oregon (Confidential CH2M Hill client)

·               Dublin, Ireland (Confidential CH2M Hill client)

·               Chandler, Arizona (Confidential CH2M Hill client)

o   Designed campus Outside Plant including telecommunications manholes, duct banks, copper and optical fiber cabling distribution systems.

o   Designed and coordinated Campus Communications Rooms, Building Communications Rooms and Satellite Communications Cabinets inside the FAB(s), FSB, PUB1, SES1, EGEN1 buildings including plan views and elevations.

o   Designed pathways across large scale pipe trestle systems to volatile bulk and specialty gas yards.

o   Coordinated and designed communications distribution for Life Safety, Security and Processing including communications for OIT, PLC and SCADA devices, and high density workstations in office environments.

o   Designed complex cabling and conduit systems for Cat3, Cat5e, Single and Multimode optical fiber within corrosive chemical environments.

o   Designed telecommunications grounding and bonding systems.

o   Designed and maintained horizontal cabling and cross-connect cable schedules for all buildings.

Consultant, Bothell, WA (Project Contractor)2010

Project & Engineering Manager – ESCO Corp Data Center Relocation Project

·               Contracted by Logicalis to provide project management, engineering and coordination services for the relocation of a large data center client - ESCO Corp in Portland, OR. Services included project management, data center relocation coordination and project engineering. An additional business continuity plan was also provided to mitigate risk and establish methods and procedures processes for the orderly shutdown of applications, server farms, SANS, equipment un-racking, relocation/move, re-racking and systems startup at the new datacenter facility.

Systems relocated included Linux and Windows server farms, multiple SAN, NAS, Tape Backup and core H3C and Cisco networking switches and routers. In addition, I provided space planning and programming on all related infrastructures such as power distribution and communications cabling (Coax, Cat6 and OM3 Optical Fiber) for SAN Fibre Channel and 1GbE and 10 GB/s backbones.  Coordination oversight included installations of carrier services from AT&T, Verizon, Qwest and Integra. Additional technical support was also provided to IT and engineering teams from ESCO, Logicalis, Hewlett Packard (HP), Cochran Technologies and North American Van Lines.

COMgroup, Kirkland, WA (Project Consultant)2008 - 2009

Design Coordinator (Multiple Tier 4 Microsoft Data Centers Projects)

·               Updated Microsoft’s communications infrastructure requirements to meet current EIA/TIA/BICSI standards.

·               Provided communications infrastructure programming, design coordination on multiple 500,000 sq. ft. Microsoft data centers in Tukwila, WA, Quincy, WA, Chicago, IL, San Antonio, TX and Dublin Ireland:

o   Telecommunications equipment room layouts for racks, cabinets and frames.

o   Inside and outside plant (OSP) cabling Cat3, Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6A, Single-mode and Multimode optical fiber cabling systems.

o   Cabling pathways including conduit, cable tray, raised floor systems, OSP vaults, underground conduits, and telecommunications entrance facilities.

o   Telecommunications grounding and bonding systems.

o   Assisted in defining power distribution and HVAC loading requirements for all telecommunications, network and equipment rooms.

o   Coordinated layout of Wireless LAN and Spectralink wireless voice systems.

o   Coordinated and maintained change programming on equipment adjacencies for power and patching distribution inside telecommunications and network rooms.

o   Coordinated assembly and delivery of telecommunications designs included with A/E packages.

 

Synectics, Sacramento, CA (Project Contractor)2007 - 2008

F2 Conditioning Engineer (AT&T Light Speed Project)

·               Provided design and support to AT&T engineering to upgrade existing copper outside plant infrastructure and F2 line conditioning for VDSL and VDSL2 (Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Lines).

·               Identified engineering workflow problem that was delaying the project's scheduled completion date.

·               Wrote Excel VBA programs that merged and filtered data from AT&T’s FEI and LFACS databases to automate QC tracking and a P-Commit qualifying process which saved AT&T approximately 6000 engineering hours.

FTPMG, Los Angeles, CA (Project Contractor)2004 –2006

Communications QC Engineer (LAUSD Project)

·               Updated communications infrastructure standards for Los Angeles Unified School District.

·               Reviewed and commented on communications infrastructure designs submitted by communications contractors.

·               Provided onsite QC for new campuses outside cable plant, inside cable plant, PABX, Security Intrusion (Motion Detection, and CCTV) Audio Surveillance, CATV, Public Address, Autonomous PA and Intercom Systems.

SI International, El Segundo, CA (Project Contractor)2003 –2004

Designer / Project Engineer (Air Force Space Command)

·               As part of the Base Redevelopment Team, I designed copper and optical fiber cable plant and supporting infrastructures during the consolidation of multiple Los Angeles Air Force Base campuses.

·               Additional SDC support and project engineering was provided during construction for all inside and OSP cable plant to support PBX, Red & Black Networks, Security and Mass Notification Systems. The project included retrofitting 30 existing buildings along with the new construction of a new medical center, child care center, commissary and three new administration, acquisition and research buildings totaling 750,000 square feet with approximately 8500 workstations.

INet Images, Bothell, WA (Co-Owner)2001 –2003

Business Manager (Licensed Images – Family Operated Concern)

Valley Telecommunications, Mt. Vernon, WA (Project Employment)2000 –2001

Data Center Design Manager (Relera Level/3 Mainstreet Hosting Project)

·               Managed a design that included RCDDs, PEs and CADD drafters.

·               Coordinated all communications infrastructure design deliverables from programming through IFC phases for 25 tier 3 data centers for the Relera Mainstreet Hosting project. Design included copper and optical fiber cabling, pathways, telecommunications grounding & bonding and entrance facilities.

·               Project engineered telecommunications construction for 6 of the 25 data center facilities.

Education

·               Tele-Technical Institute – San Francisco, CA (1979)

o          Advanced Certification – Telecommunications Infrastructure Design

·               Skyline College – San Bruno, CA (1977-1978)

o   Math, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (Prerequisite for Tele-Technical Certification)

Military

·               US Navy – Served Honorably from 1973 to 1976

o   PRP (Personnel Reliability Program) – Nuclear Weapons Transport and Security

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