LAWRENCE D. RAMSDEN

212 N. ONEIDA

TECUMSEH, MI  49286 

HOME:  (517) 423-7405

CELL: (517) 301-0136

Email:  lramsd@comcast.net

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

 

-          Experienced in Lucent 5ESS switch maintenance and provisioning

-          Experienced in Lucent DMX,DMXexplore and DMXextend

-          Experienced in Lucent OC-1, OC-3, and OC-12 installation and maintenance

-          Experienced in Fujitsu FLM 600, FLM 150, and NBS installation and maintenance

-          Experienced in DACS-4 maintenance and provisioning

-          Experienced in Transmode TM310, TM101, and TM3000 test and urn-up

-          Experienced in Cisco 15454, 15600,7609, EDFA2 and EDFA3

-          Experienced in Cyan Z22, Z33 and Z77 installation test and turn-up

 

 

TECHNICAL EDUCATION

 

Lucent Technologies- Monroe, LA                                                            08/2006

Lucent Technologies – Altamonte Springs, FL   2000-2001

Fujitsu Training Center – Raleigh, NC                 09/2001

 

      -    Cisco 15454, 15600, EDFA’S 2&3 AND Hubs

-          Lucent DMX turn-up, maintenance and provisioning

-          Lucent 5ESS switch turn-up and maintenance

-          Lucent OC-3 and OC-12 turn-up and maintenance

-          Transmode  TM 101, TM301 AND TM3000 installation test and turn-up

-          BTI transport equipment

-          Cyan Transport Equipment.

-          Metasolve

-          F&E

-          AS400

-          OSS database operations

-          Illumines Gig-e equipment

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

CENTURYLINK

12/2013-PRESENT (Waterville, Stony Ridge, Luckey, Rising Sun, and Moline OHIO )

SERVICE TECHNICIAN -  Work duties included provisioning and maintenance of service and equipment including installation (DSL, Bonded DSL, Fiber to the prem.) rearrangement, moves and disconnection of drop wire, connectors, splitters, termination equipment and other related devices.  Repair of damaged equipment and cable inside and outside of buildings and on telephone poles and vaults.  Troubleshooting included testing and locating defects in cable, equipment, and customer IW.  Clearing shorts grounds and defective equipment.  Customer-handling.

 

 

WINDSTREAM/KDL INC.                                                                                             11/2008-11/2013

Michigan, Ohio and Indiana

 

ISP INSTALLER/NETWORK TECHNICIAN III-  Work duties include

Test and turn-up of DWDM systems. Multiple 10G circuits provisioning and maintenance of service equipment including installation and turn-up of Cisco 15454, Cisco routers, Tranmodes, BTI, Adtrans, Cyan and Lucent DMX. Also complete building of fiber hut- including Alarm systems cable racking, fiber ducts, rectifiers and complete grounding rings. Complete collo builds, OSP CPE…

 

 

 

 

 

CenturyTel/Zayo                                                                           09/2005-11/2008

Ann Arbor, MI 

 

Operations Technician-  Work duties include provisioning and maintenance of service and equipment including installation and turn-up of narrow and broad band shelves, connect reaches, Fujitsu FLM Factors, Lucent OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 , DMX, DMXexplore, DMXextend and Anymedia, T1/PRI, ISDN/BRI, DS3s and POTS lines.  Other related skills include troubleshooting and restoration of service, and interpretation of service requests and trouble reports.  Additional duties include installation and provisioning of cut-overs, customer interfacing, and explanation of network procedure and number porting to clients.

 

 

University of Michigan – Medequip           01/2003-08/2005

Ann Arbor, Michigan 

 

Home Care Service Technician- Work duties include maintenance, delivery, and setup of home medical equipment.  Additional duties include troubleshooting of equipment, home safety assessment, patient teaching related to equipment operation, organization of delivery route, inventory, and record keeping of daily deliveries.

 

KMC Telecom            06/1999-09/2002

Ann Arbor, MI

 

Lead Operations Technician-  Work duties include provisioning and maintenance of service and equipment including installation and turn-up of narrow and broad band shelves, connect reaches, FLM Factors, OC-3, OC-12, Anymedia, T1/PRI, ISDN/BRI, DS3s and POTS lines.  Other related skills include troubleshooting and restoration of service, and interpretation of service requests and trouble reports.  Additional duties include installation and provisioning of cut-overs, customer interfacing, and explanation of network procedure and number porting to clients.

 

Ameritech 09/1997-09/1999

Livonia, MI 

 

Communications Technician-  Work duties included provisioning and maintenance of service and equipment including installation, rearrangement, moves and disconnection of drop wire, connectors, splitters, termination equipment and other related devices.  Repair of damaged equipment and cable inside and outside of buildings and on telephone poles and vaults.  Troubleshooting included testing and locating defects in cable, equipment, and customer IW.  Clearing shorts grounds and defective equipment.  Customer-handling.

 

REFERENCES  

Peter Millay PH# 502-542-3222 office 812-759-2823

Installation Engineer

 

4020 Guston Rd

 

Guston KY 40142 

 

Steve Koloszi PH# 847-833-6250

Installation Engineer

 

3105 Edgewood Pky

 

Woodridge IL 60517 

 

David Julian PH# 812-760-5687

Long Haul Engineer

 

3701 Communications way,

 

Evansville, IN 47715 

 

Derek Heinzerling  PH# 313-729-7986

Level3 Lead Technician

23565 Wohlfeil St 

Taylor, MI 48180 

Joseph Scott    PH# 989-259-8172

Outside plant/long haul technician

3666 Honeysuckle Cir

Saginaw MI 48603 

Brian Art  PH# 812-353-9563

OSP Manager Illinois