Christopher M. Elser
1715 W. Ainsworth Drive
Anthem, AZ 85086
(623) 551-3107 Home
(623) 313-4562 Mobile
elser.c@aim.com Email

Employment History:

Project Controls & Estimating Manager                        2012 - 2014                                   Tetra Tech (Construction Services Division)                                                        Phoenix, AZ
Estimating of large telecommunication construction projects for four state region.
Review of public and private RFQ/RFP opportunities with existing and prospective customers.
Selection and management of contractors, vendors and outside engineering firms.
Financial tracking for projects and department operations including profit loss statement input.
Responsible for oversight of field operations of multiple concurrent large projects and reporting to senior management and customers.
Point of contact for customers, municipalities, county, state and federal entities.
Coordination and oversight of all pre-construction and post-construction activities.

Resident Engineer (Project Manager)2010 - 2012
Finley Engineering        Lexington, KY
Resident engineer for design & build of fiber optic network for local data & mobile carrier connecting facilities from Campbellsville to Healdsburg (79 miles). 
Oversight of small crew of engineers/inspectors to perform all feasibility,  private easement agreements, field engineering, permitting, subcontracting and construction management.
Designed and constructed to RUS units schedule and specifications.
39 miles of project was aerial construction which required full pole audits for the multiple aerial plant owners as a partial form of compensation for attachment.
Project was started on time and completed within my 18 month employment agreement.

Operations Department Manager                2005 - 2010
Dimension Engineering & Construction ServicesNational City, CA
2005 - signed a 12 month consulting agreement as acting project manager for a large fiber optic construction project to provide controls and communications for municipal rail expansion. 
Identified multiple out of scope items that our company had performed and material that we had not been obligated to provide.  Negotiated multiple change orders to cover out of scope labor and materials and eventually a new contract to cover costs and profit going forward on a cost plus basis. The cost plus basis guaranteed a profit on what was probably a losing project. 
2006 - signed a second consulting agreement as acting operations superintendent responsible for all fiber optic based projects.
2007 - 2010 accepted offer as operations department manager responsible for fiber optic projects, structured cabling department, outsourcing of technicians/engineers and inspection services.

Network Facilities Manager2002 - 2005
AGL Networks        Phoenix, AZ

Manager of Installations & Operations2000 - 2002
Safety & QA/QC Manager1999 - 2000
Field Supervisor 1997 - 1999
MFS Network TechnologiesGolden, CO

OSP Supervisor        1995 - 1997
OSP Engineer        1993 - 1995
AT&T Network SystemsLos Angeles, CA

Education, Certifications and Training:

Bachelors of Sciences - Telecommunications Management1992

Certified Project Manager
Contracts Manager Certification
Construction Methodologies Certification
Supervisory/Management Certification
ATTSA Certification
OSHA Certification
Multiple Certifications in Fiber Optics Deployment, Splicing & Testing (AT&T, Corning, Alcatel, BICSI, Sumitomo)

Software Experience:

MS Office (Word, Excel, Power-Point, Outlook) - Apple iWork (Numbers, Pages, Keynote)
MIcrosoft Project
MIcrosoft Visio
Adobe Acrobat
Hard Dollar (Estimating Software Platform)
Tiger Paw