Michael J Long

2239 Railway Circle · Gold River, California 95670

(916) 806-1038 · Mike.Long@comcast.net

Professional Summary

Management Professional with extensive knowledge and experience spanning 20 years with

proven success leading internal, external teams to meet aggressive Telecommunication /

Construction milestones for complex outside plant (OSP) equipment installations, modifications

and upgrades. Manage teams involving daily operations of the OSP fiber network to include

engineering, permitting, contracting, designing, and maintenance of new builds and existing

fiber facility relocations. Maintain network topography, fiber mapping, as-builts and fiber splice

records. Exceptional at developing, communicating and maintaining strong relationships with

internal and external customers, carriers, IRU customers, engineering firms, local / state, federal

agencies and building owners/ landlords coordinating new builds and network relocations.

Core Strengths

  · Project Management · Construction Management · OSP Engineering · OSP Construction

  · Vendor Management · Integrity · Team Work · Bid Packages · Bid Evaluations

  · Flexibility · Strategic Planning · Team Leadership / Motivation · Process Improvement

  · Change Management · Workforce Planning · Performance Management · Employee

Engagement · Quality Assurance · FOC Testing Deployment · Contract Negotiations

  · Customer Service · Inventory Management · Outsourcing · Cost Reduction

  · Operations Management · Scheduling OSHA / Regulatory/ Environmental Compliance

  · Local/State/Federal Jurisdictional Permitting · Cabling · Co-Location · IRU Customer

Support

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

*** CVIN dba Vast Networks / Fresno, California · 10/2013 – 12/2014

Small independent Telecom Company providing Voice, Data, Internet services.

Construction Manager

Project manage network construction projects, budgets and schedules driving milestone

attainment and cost control efforts. Manage internal and external teams involving daily

operations ensuring achievement of projects and team objectives.

Achievements:

  · Project managed large scale FOC new build involving 6 segments from El Dorado, California

north to Yuba City Sutter-Colusa County for Central Valley Independent Networks to operate

and maintain a 1371 middle mile fiber optic network infrastructure for CENIC (Corporation for

Educational Network Initiatives in California), ARRA (American Recovery and Reimbursement

Act) and NTIA (National Telecommunication Information Administration Grant Program).

  · The key objective was to directly connect primary anchor institutions, 14 community college

districts, 19 county offices of education, 3 CSU Universities, 20 County Main libraries and 7

safety sites (911) with 1GE to 10GE circuits.

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*** Qwest / Centurylink, Roseville, California · 09/2012– 10/2013

Large national independent telecom company.

Lead OSP Field Engineer / Inspector

Managed and monitored Qwest new builds and relocation projects. Responsibilities also

included field engineering and permitting projects in Sacramento, Palo Alto and Santa Clara, CA

.Achievements:

  · · Turlock, CA – Managed and monitored OSP diverse new build from UPRR ROW to ATT CO

  · Live Oak, CA – Interconnect project for Level 3 Communications

  · Wheatland, CA – Relocation project on UPRR ROW

  · Dixon, CA – UPRR forced relocation project approximately 4 miles

  · Roseville to Sacramento, CA – Network cabling (FOC) upgrade approximately 20 miles

  · Sacramento, CA – OSP structural improvements

Sacramento, Palo Alto & Santa Clara, CA – Engineer and permit for new builds

*** tw telecom (Level 3 Communications), Walnut Creek, California · 10/1998– 08/2012

Large national independent telecom company.

Sr OSP Engineer

Responsibilities and duties involved all operational aspects of the Western Region Long Haul

Network (WRN) 4,500 miles of fiber network and 87 regeneration facilities spanning the Western

United States. Responsibilities included the autonomy to lead the maintenance and strategic

improvements for the quality, integrity, and operational efficiencies of the WRN. This included

facility common systems, common system vendors, Infinera DWDM systems, OSP vendors,

scheduled and unscheduled emergency maintenance, third party OSP network interconnects,

contract management and administration and forced OSP relocations and associated financial

elements. Responsibilities and duties also included financial competitiveness and stability of the

Western Regional Network team that was professional, positive, skilled, energetic, drive and

commitment. As a part of the team we were focused on providing customers with the most

positive, professional experience possible. My position was challenging and gratifying as I faced

challenges head on and able to overcome those challenges on a daily basis. I was directly

responsible for operations working with remote engineering teams who were experienced and

tenured in managing business cases within the company.

Achievements:

  · Project Manager for GST prior to tw telecom acquisition - Managed teams to initiate turnkey

FOC Long Haul project in California, Sacramento to Modesto, Oakland to San Jose to

Pleasanton and Ontario to San Diego. Project was completed within timelines and budget

  · constraints.

  · Managed an average 35 new build / EMR (Emergency Restoration) projects annually

Partner with metro markets, Sales / OSP Engineers, to evaluate potential new business

  · opportunities, estimate project cost and timelines to assure revenue expectations.

supported completion of all OSP Long Haul scheduled and unscheduled emergency restoration

trouble tickets within the mean time to repair (MTTR) in full compliance with company, customer

and agency expectations.

As a single point of contact for the Western Regional Network (WRN), managed and

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Conflict Management -Responsible for approximately 300 conflict notifications annually from

  · carriers’ local / state and federal agencies, etc.

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  · Coordinated with IRU customer, Level 3 Sacramento to Oakland, to identify aerial OPGW fiber

optic cable degradation and verify underground alternate route to restore network traffic in a

  · timely manner.

cost recovery with recognition from upper management and CEO saving the company $1M

  · dollars.

Annual performance reviews were “Exceeds Expectations”

Additional Telecom Experience

** Project Manager – 03/1998 to 10/1999

Complus / ITC Service Group for GST / Time Warner Telecom

** Project Manager – 01/1997 to 03/1998

NorAm Telecommunications

** Quality Assurance / OSP Inspector – 06/1995 to 01/1997

Brooks Fiber Communications (World Com)

EDUCATION

Chemical Engineering – Degree 70% complete

University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, Arkansas

Associate of Arts in Business Administration

American River Jr College – Carmichael, California

Advance Fiber Optics, Inc. OSPInsight OSPM-Edit for MapInfo

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES

PeopleSoft

EDOCS

FNT – Fiber Network Training / 3M Communications Markets Division

AT&T - ARAMISDTV

UPRR ROW Certification

Power & Grounding

Electrical Safety

Decision Driving

Negotiated with IRU Customers (carriers) to establish IRU agreements to include dark fiber,

  · interconnects and facility co-location

Negotiated with Public and Private Agencies, Glen Helen Parkway, Fontana, CA, for maximum

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite, OSPInsight, Remedy, MapInfo

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