Objective:
To secure permanent employment with an established company where I can
utilize my training in telephony as well as my experience in warehouse, retail. and criminal justice with an ultimate goal of supervisor / management position.

Employment History:
Palladin, Inc. (Sweepster) 05/06/2013 – present. Utility operator. Spot welding, metal forming, maintaining line feed for robotic arm.

 

Manpower for Palladin, Inc. 10/21/2012 – 05/03/2013. Line clerk. Spot welding, metal forming, maintaining line feed for robotic arm.

 

Manpower for Thetford, Dexter, Mi. 09/2012 –10/12/2012. Warehouse line clerk. Assembling portable toliets and placing them in boxes for distribution.

 

Manpower for Jay-Tec Manufacturing, Chelsea, Mi. 08/2012 – 09/2012, Machine operator and general labor for this auto parts manufacturer.

 

Home Depot, Jackson, Mi. 04/2012 - 07/2012. Part time seasonal receiver / stocker, and customer service.

 

Tek Systems for Prime Communications / University of Michigan Hospital, 07/2012 – 07/2012.

Installing and testing air cell cable for hospital telemetry project.

Allcom Global for Southern Michigan Federal Correctional Facility in Jackson, Michigan, 06/2012 - 07/2012. Installing 1" metallic conduit from server to kiosk. Routing cat - 5 in building attics.

Tek Systems, Inc. for Trans Tel / U.S.A.F. (National Guard) Battle Creek,
Mi. 11/2011 - 03/2012. Field Cable Technician. Pulling fiber optic cable
and Maxcell inner duct into new and existing manholes on this air force
base. Skytrak forklift, scissor lift, fiber optic cable routed and
dressed in communications rooms and manholes.

Holland USF Trucking, Jackson, Mi., 03/2011-11/2011. Part time Dock
Worker.Unload and load freight from truck trailers with forklift. Hazmat
liquid, solid, and gas, equipment, food, parts.

Lowe’s Home Improvement Store, Jackson, Mi., 04/2010-11/2011. Part time
Receiver / Stocker. Receive merchandise from shipping, load aisles and
stock merchandise shelves. Receiver / stocker certification, hazmat
certification, order picker permit, reach lift permit.

Macy’s of Ann Arbor, Mi. 11/2010-01/2011. Part time recovery team and customer assistance.

Smartsource, Inc. for Wire-rite / Walmart, Dallas, Tx. 10/2009-10-2009.
Cabling Tech.
Loaded van and scissor lift for transport from Ava, Mo., to Dallas, Tx.
Fiber optic and jack color code orientation. Switch moved from floor to
wall inside Walmart stores.

GDH Consulting for Wachter Svc. / Walmart, Fenton, Mi. 04/2009-05-2009.
Cabling Tech.
Removed closed circuit surveillance cameras and installed new cameras in
roof beams, ceiling tile, and checkout lanes using a scissor lift.
Installed new cable for cameras in this Walmart store. Dressed cable and
camera terminations.
 

 

 

 

GDH Consulting for Wachter Svc. / Kroger Co., Jackson, Mi.
01/2009-02/2009. Cabling Tech.
Pulled wire in grocery store above ceiling tile. Installed “J” hooks and
routed cable to IDF and MDF.

Elder Beerman, Jackson, Mi., 11/2008-01/2009. Part time seasonal sales associate. Customer assistance, open and close cash drawer, restock and straighten store stock.
 

Mountain, Ltd., for A.T.&T. of Wi., Waukesha, Wi. 08/2007-08/2008.
Lightspeed Support Administration Team (LSAT) Dispatch Manager.
Assigned tech’s to a crossbox in the field for netdsl, davar, or u-verse
order testing in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Madison, Wi. Updated MPS log
for X-box start and completion dates. Coordinated test investigation
(t.i.) or advance test investigation(a.t.i.) with field tech. Forwarded
email for all completions to construction managers and engineers.
Prepared package for tech to download or for package file for
distribution as needed, conference calls.

S & K Menswear, Jackson, Mi. 07/2001-08/2007. Part time Sales Consultant. Selling Men’s suits and accessories.
S-C Cable Co., Jackson, Mi. 02/2006-08/2007 Cable Tech.
Picked up video boxes and modems for Comcast and returned to Comcast warehouse.
RGIS Inventory Svc.,01/2002-06/2006. Counted store stock in various retail stores and warehouses. These were part time employers.

Data Com Group, Holt, Mi., 09/2004-12/2004 Installer 1
Wire pulled, installed jacks, face plates, and labeling. IDF and MDF cable terminated. Scissor lift work installed AP’s in ceiling beams and pulled cable to IDF and MDF.

Cable Enterprises, East Lansing, Mi.,06/2002-08/2002. Drop Bury Crew.
Hand dug a trench from pedestal to house and buried the CATV wire under
the soil. These were Comcast jobs in South Lyon, New Hudson, Milford,
Walled Lake, White Lake, Commerce, Wixom, Highland, Hillsdale and
Adrian.

Butler Telecom, Livonia, Mi., for Ameritech. 07/2001-10/2001 Analyst &
Field Engineer
Prepared package to design, estimated value of treatment, and prepared an analyst file package on the computer.
Pole auditing noting cable attachment heights, bonds and grounds, guys and anchors, splice location at pole, drop attachments to pole and distribution.
 

Butler Telecom for Verizon of Mi., 10/2000-04/2001, Field Engineer.
Aerial and buried field notes for Verizon telephone of Michigan in Addison, Coopersville, Grass Lake, Gregory, Munith, Tecumseh, and Williamston. Also, Tac Focus jobs in the central Michigan area. Field
engineer in Lenawee and Monroe counties taken along state highway right of way. utilities, signs, ditches, addresses, plow line, culverts, etc. were shown on drawings with the distance to the centerline. Carrier
removal and routine engineering jobs.

Associated Communications and Research Service (A.C.R.S.) East Lansing,
Mi. / Oklahoma City, Ok.,  04/2000-9/2000 Telecom Specialist.
Supervise and inspect placement of inner duct, conduit and central office
manhole from specs for Winn Telecom’s switching office in Mt. Pleasant,
Mi. Vendor coordinating, site acquisition, and field note checking for
A.C.R.S. in Eagle and Westphalia, Mi.

 

 

 

Routing cable from point to point, linear station measurements of pole lines, pole distance to street centerline, mapping out streets, bldgs., ditches, slopes, rivers, and other relevant points. Cable attachment heights on poles, pole make readys, guying, and pole change outs. Preparing a bldg. sketch showing fiber optic cable entry point outside of bldg., mount transition splice box inside and run cable to main distribution cabinet inside bldg. noting dimensions. Butler Telecom 8/1998-12/1999, Field Engineer for McLeod, USA.

 

File built and downloaded to scanner for collecting data (scanning Litespan, Fujitsu, SLC-5 data cards etc.), transmitting data and updating loop electronic plug in equipment inventory data for LEIS/LEIM data base. These cabinets, C.O.'s, CEV's, huts, etc. were in and around Detroit for Ameritech. Butler Telecom 11/1997-12/ 1998.

 

Warehouse worker. Forklift operator unloading and loading truck trailers. Southern Michigan News, 11/1996-11/1997, Jackson, MI.

 

Assigned to GTE in Three Rivers, Mi. Verifying mux sites, cross boxes repeaters, and cable locations in records and in field. Butler Telecom 3/1996-5/1996, Associate Engineer.

 

Performed rewiring of GTE.s main frames for installation of DMS 10/100. Responsible for trouble shooting with supervision. Milford, Saline and Grass Lake, MI. Butler Telecom 6/1995-10/1995, C. O. Technician.

 

Performed project work order drafting and records work (bid jobs). OSP Consultants 6/1995-10/1995, Sprint United, Lima, OH. Draftsman

 

Responsible for routine and senior project work order drafting and records work. Butler Telecom 7/1992-11/1993, Sprint United, Wauseon, OH. Senior Draftsman

 

Responsible for facility assignment, pole diagrams, page redraws, and cable length computation. Butler Telecom 5/1991-9/1991, A.T.&T., Three Rivers, MI., Senior Draftsman.

 

Prepared transmission data loops, drafting work orders, and posting in records. Butler Telecom 1/1989-3/1991, G.T.E., Erie, PA. Senior Draftsman.

 

Taking field notes along state highway. Butler Telecom 10/1988, Ameritech, Watersmeet, MI. to Bruce Crossing, MI. Field Engineer.

 

Drafting routine, project, and senior project engineering work orders, posting records, using LUCAS data base. Butler Telecom 9/1986-8/1988, SNET, Meriden, CT. Communication Technician.

 

Worked in many facets of telephone drafting and assistant engineering throughout the Midwest, southern, and eastern U.S.A. Responsibilities included field work, manhole detailing, cost estimating, records posting, conduit drafting, detailed map reading and layout drawings. Harris-McBurney Co. 10/1977-7/1984

 

Additional Experience. Additional professional experience as a youth home child development worker, juvenile intern probation officer, emergency dispatch operator, food services (cook, bartender), athletic facility instructor, swimming pool lifeguard, city directory enumerator, and janitorial duties.
 

 

Education:
B.A.
Major: Criminal Justice
Michigan State University, Mi.