“LARRY”                        

LAWRENCE COULTER

1212 Camellia Drive

Mt. Morris, MI  48458

HP:  810-787-8418. Cell 810-293-4611

 

 

 

 

 

Telecommunications Engineer installation  / Test & turn-up

Network IT tech

     Migration /Integration of data

      / Fiber transport systems      

 

 

Experience:

30 years experience in telecommunications

 

Knowledge/Skills:

In-depth knowledge of the planning, design, acquisition and implementation of the copper/fiber optical/cell site/Co facility/data/voice communications systems, with 4 years

experience  as a Project Manager/FSO  tech extensive skills in  testing ,configuring, integrating, migration testing and Inspections as well as Quality audits for supporting equipment for use in fiber optics and  all the related systems mentioned  to include transmission/transport equipment switching and WIFI networks. I’ve experience with all from the. Cisco 15454 to the 1630/1633/1745 ,Alcatel  Ericsson all Avaya equipment and all Nortel ,With necessary software, hardware and power/grounding  sources; offering a vast amounts of. Knowledge and certifications for CenturyLink, Qwest, Sprint, Embarq, AT&T, SBC, Verizon, Alcatel, MCI, Bell/South/Pacific, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, independent telcos and  both government & Federal and local entities.

●       Proficient in provisioning to include DWDM/SONET automated TCL/tk with scripting IP protocol integration knowledge as well in DWDM and Optical Transport, Cisco; Cisco Roadm; Cisco crossponders; CyAN; Fujitsu; Knowledge of CTC/CTM; Netsmart, CyMS, Can read a circuit layout record, read and understand diagrams and schematics. Experienced with writing and implementing MOPS (Method Of Procedure) ISP/OSP,TCP Telco’s ,CLECs, ILECS

●       POP’s and C/O facilities.Completed training as well as utilizing” RFQ and RFP’’ to help with bids for customers to save on parts and proper delivery of good for projects and survey teams to insure all necessary equipment drawing were in place for all to view on all projects.

           Posses Transport Engineer level qualifications 1-4a along with the ability to

Test wireless EMS/NMS as well with Extensive sober SDH/ONT, able to manage more complex projects with minimal or no supervision due to the significant level of experience in Supervising/Training/leading,personnel in this area and thorough  SME knowledge of their particular transport engineer functional area (i.e., access,IP,Protocols/provisioning circuit activations/ deactivations

●       Associate Degree in a technical discipline and 24-26 years technical experience with 24+ years directly related to the job and 20+ years of digital/fiber/OSP/ISP experience as well

●       Previous experience with circuit mapping ,911, and working on the transport backbone

 

.CONTACT INFO Lawrencecoulter@yahoo.com

 

 

WORK HISTORY              

 

Currently seeking long-term Employment with

Room for advancement  within the Company.

 

April to present

Currently contracting with MGA

Duties to include power distribution build of new batteries strings  power BDFB's rectifier build and grounding with extensive transport systems Ciena 5430 OTN  at this time for both AT&t and Verizon.

References  are

Mike Turner  Lead tech Emerson  214-692-2753 George Johnson Emerson  transport testing lead OTN 636-488-9214 Orlando Ramos Emerson Lead tech OTN Installation

6139575654

 

Decemberl to Aptil 2015

 

contracting for ALTA/AFL GLOBAL

Duties include  C/O and COEI  mainframe Telecommunications installation and testing monitor, systems. circuits, data as well as fibers DACS/TITAN  Center and computer automated M-6 fand loop care automated testing line locator test programs  for Fairport Communication .

References. Jack 401-477-9036 lead tech COEI Fairpoint Comm

Katherine 603-494-5016 Supervisor at Fairpiont Comm

 

Dec 2013 to November 2014

Working with MGA for At&t for the installation of the PDFB /BDFB  for Emerson Network Power Systems duties include mounting of bay running power and grounding for expansion and for future  equipment  transferred  to VERIZON in Bloomington MN and Golden Valley MN

Duties include installation of the Juniper SRX 5800 to include power grounding cat 5 and fibers to include in service mobility management entity SGSN Support service node Gateway support node as well as Packet Data Protocol and the NEXUS 7710 to install power installation of equipments cabinets ,shelves provide grounding Cat 5 I was then transferred to AT&T as power distribution tech in Ft LAUDERDALE Florida for Alpine power systems EMS Transferred to Northeastern region of Us in the  DC BALTIMORE PENNSYLVANIA AREA  for Google and Facebook working for ZAYO installing Google and Facebook equipment transferred to Verizon for the installation testing of Cisco Nexus 7710 Duties to include testing scoping running  fibers both  single and multi mode ,power and grounding as well as ,DATA CABLE CAT-5 for Verizon  facilities from  St. Louis MO to Baton Rouge LA

 

June 2013 to Dec 2013

SDS (STRATEGIC DIRECT SOLUTIONS ) for SPRINT/ERICSSON as an FSO( free space optics) Gig-E tech duties include to install test turn up , commissioning and migration of various equipment within the Oklahoma/Texas/Arkansas/Iowa, and Nebraska regions to include power both AC/DC fibers Cat-5/5E & Cat-6 business systems Gigamon equip in this region of the USA  I’ve commissioned the Ciena 6500 series equipment with the Wave Logic-3 plug and play 40  Gb to 100 Gb the 6500-2/6500- 7/6500-14 and 6500-32 for future ready usage along with Cieana power grounding,Galaxy programming & Batteries of all types makes and models UMTS/LTE, indoor/outdoor units 6201’s and 6103 RBS  to the 6601’s for all Sprint Verizon and AT&T and it's affiliates local state and Government companies.

 

                                                                                                                      Jan 2012 to May 2013

C-4/CWF telecom duties to included the installation of EnB-6201 RBS for the Ericsson 4G upgrade system for AT&T in South Dakota, Omaha Nebraska, ,Michigan Illinois and Wisconsin Iowa,and Indiana tested fibers scoped cleans and checked specifications to insure quality is outstanding ran cable signal power grounding of equipment as well as commissioning/testing as well as integration several types of indoor and outdoor RBS systems for Ericsson.

transferred to Ohio/Pennsylvania area with

C-4/CWF WORKED FOR AFL DUTIES WERE TO INSTALL TEST AND TURN UP JUNIPER 960 SERIES AND THE CISCO 6500 & ASR 9000 SERIES EQUIPMENT BUILD TEST AND COMMISSION FIBERS SECONDARY POWER in the Chicago Ohio and Pennsylvania region.

 

 

MGA for Qwest / Centurylink and AT&T – AZ, IA, AR, LA and MI                    06/09 - 12/11

Installer / Tester (Contract)

Responsible for the completion of the Adtran Fiber optic installation / integration of its version of the DSLAM equipment to include the wire wrapping of the 40 vertical 40  cosmic blocks ON MAINFRAME to include testing for reversal tip/ring opens and broken wire wrap with 100% error free currently awaiting new assignment.

Installed / integrated  7330 DSLAM, Fujitsu 7500, ADTRAN 4100/4500, and Nortel (Avaya) 8600 series equipment to existing system. Installed AT&T U-VERSE 3G/4G Fiber optics systems.

Tested all fibers and turned up the system in the scheduled time.

Configured and supported Nortel (Avaya) 8600 Series Ethernet Switches (10-Gb minimum/40-Gb Maximum) on Quad Core Xeon- x3430 for the 2.4-gHz to 4- G clusters which were ran via Windows Servers using Hyper-V.

Configured and supported CISCO 6500 Series Switches, running SSL VPN/ASA firewall for bundles.

Installation and configuration of Juniper and CISCO ASA firewalls for bundles.

Installation and configuration of Netgear 8 port 1Gb and 10Gb VPN on a Ciena Coredirector.

Installed 3206 Erricison UTMS NODE CORE DIRECTOR systems and back-up batteries for both AC/DC and power systems.As well as fiber to the terminal and ethernet backhaul ptp and fiber T-1 8g systems

 

Rightech Telecom for AT&T – IL, IN and OH

                                                                                           02/08 – 06/09

Installer / Tester (Contract)

Installed TYCO LINAGE BD FBs and Juniper Fiber optics system in existing systems throughout regions.

Tested all fibers and turned up system in the scheduled time.

Performed auditing, documentation and quality assurance within SNET / AT&T buildings in the north eastern region of USA.

 

RJE Telecom for Embarq / Sprint – KS

 

Installation and Repair Technician (Contract)                   12/07 – 01/08

Restored lines damaged in an ice storm with in Hiawatha, Kansas.

Automated Testing and Turn-up using excel computer systems / AutoCAD for troubleshooting lines.

 

Chizek and Stevenson Transport – WI and TX

CDL Truck Driver                   03/06 – 12/07

Operated tractor / trailer and van units for the delivery of goods over the road.             

 

Diversified Machinery - MI                   10/02 – 03/06

CNC Machine Operator

Set-up and maintained the Hummer motor block, to include the inspection and quality control of the 9499 and the 9500 model block

 

Comforce Williams Communications for SBC (AT&T) – MI

                      08/02-10/02 Installer / Tester (Contract)

Installed Reliance / Loraine rectifiers and power systems for the greater Detroit / Southfield, MI area as well as the Flint, MI area.                

Installed CAT-5 business systems for Neiman Marcus.                    

Installed the NORTEL 1800 servers / routers, completed cable runs, power and grounding of equipment, ran data / voice cabling for Lucent, wire wrapped all data lines to DSX / DS-3 panels and insured standards were maintained during installations of equipment for AT&T.

 

Volt Telecom for Verizon – MI                                                                                                                   02/02 - 08/02

Installation and Repair Technician (Contract)                                            

Maintained the DaVar Net test communications test set to troubleshoot and repair local telephone lines and insure all lines and local businesses telephone operations were within Verizon specifications.

 

Charles Schwab – AZ

                                                                                                                            10/01 – 01/02

Installer / Tester (Contract)

Provided installation. test and turn-up of the CAT5e and CAT-5E

Supervised, mentored and trained seven employees; instructing the group on the subjects of Procedures, Fundamental Techniques and Advanced Practices for the installation of CISCO 6500 Series Routers and Windows NT servers, Termination of RJ-45 Patch Cords using the correct color codes and Voice and Data cross connects.

Executed installation of CISCO 6500 Series Routers / Windows NT servers at Charles Schwab locations.

Tested and inspected all fiber connections.

Worked with Nor-Stram Construction Management to ensure all installations were up to both the customer expectations as well as building codes; ensured 0% error rate prior to the completion of each project.

Coordinated command center operations with Charles Schwab Information Technology and Communications team to ensure all outstanding issues had been addressed, completed and documented.

Installed, tested, turned-up and maintained HDTV/PLASMA units throughout Charles Schwab facilities.

 

OSP Telecommunications for US West Telephone – Southwestern US

                   11/00 – 10/01

Installer / Tester for Level 3 (Contract)

Installed next level equipment for various U.S. West facilities in the Southwestern region

 

OSP Telecommunications for MCI US – Midwestern South and Southwestern US

                   02/98 – 08/00

Installer Tester (Contract)

Installed the ALCATEL 1631/1633/1675 switches for all MCI facilities throughout the Midwestern South and Southwestern US.

Wired and integrated systems into the existing equipment.

Ran power grounding, built cabinets, connected cables and completed wire wrapping.

Terminated and tested FC’s and SC connectors for fiber lines using the 3M-90 automated fusion test set

Installed upgrades, performed maintenance and completed testing and quality assurance procedures, ensuring performance of all equipment before turning equipment over to the customer.

 

Aerotek for Ameritech, MCI, Sprint, MCI Metro and Brooks Fiber Communications – MD, DC, NY                    03/97 – 01/98

Installer Tester /  NOC Technician (Contract)

Completed and implemented the optical loop for the Baltimore / Washington DC area.

Installed OC-3s and OC-12 lines, integrating them to the existing system in the World Trade Center.

Maintained, tested, and monitored the OC-48, OC192 and Magellan system.

Completed necessary fiber connections as a preventative measure against failure.

Audited the Windows NT servers, routers and residual data along all lines and connections to ensure that they had been properly installed.

Tested all switches to ensure that switching within the net was running at optimal performance levels.

Maintained the OC-48 equipment, cabling, lines and fiber connectors in Baltimore, MD.

Installed Nortel DMS-10 200.250 STS and SS-7 systems, power and grounding hardware, installed bays, and alarms in Chicago, St. Louis and Michigan region.

Assigned to Brookfield WI for installation of CRCC/CEXT, for an extension of an existing system.

Assigned to St. Louis, MO to rewire and debug system, reconfigure cards on the Nortel DMS-100 and complete lighting in the LTE cabinets.

Assigned to Brooks Fiber Communications (formerly US Signal); tasked to Network Operations to monitor and maintain DACS/DMS 500 / DMS 532L and AT&T 5ESS switching and transmission equipment.

Utilized CONTEST / Hekemian and Foxfire sets for troubleshooting.

Collaborated with Provisioning and Translations team to ensure that all required equipment was procured and placed, and software and databases were created and functional.

Maintained the OC-48’s and OC-12 fiber network.

Worked with the Litespan 2000 loop, ensuring all of records of maintenance schedules were documented.

Modified, engineered, made changes and updated circuit activations / deactivations to include fiber, T-1/T-3 data streams, trunking POTS platforms, protocols, X.25, 800 numbers, 911 services, RS-232, LAN / WAN wideband, broadband, ATM ADM and CENTREX lines.

Executed CSU/DSU problem solving techniques and testing of token rings, HUBS, BRIDGES routers and gateways, HTTPs, FADDIs, ISDNs and SONET optical carriers.

Performed troubleshooting of issues on the TITAN 5500s.

 

Butler Telecommunications for BellSouth / Pacific and Bell Atlantic – NE MI                  06/94 – 01/97

Equipment Installer / QC Coordinator (Contract)

Installed DMS -10, 100, 200, 250, STS, SONET, OC-3, OC-12 OC-48, OC-192, Magellan and Passport Systems for various sites throughout the USA.

Spliced copper and fiber cables.

Completed required NORTEL safety and certification on all the above systems, with the exception of the Magellan NT # AO4896.

Tasked as the Northeastern Michigan Regional Quality Control Coordinator.

Audited the system to ensure Bell standards were maintained at all times.

 

Defense Communications Site - Grafenwoehr, Germany                                                                         09/92 - 03/94

US Air Inc. Subsidiary of E-systems West Germany

Equipment Manager (Contract)

Maintained the remote facility; overseeing quality of service for circuits, both audio and digital equipment.

Maintained modifications and terminations of circuit activations and deactivations were completed in a timely manner.

Drafted new configurations utilizing provisioning/infrastructure and translation.

Interfaced DSU and CSU components.

Ensured that COMSEC / OPSEC procedures were properly maintained and implemented.

Monitored advance intelligent networks wiring of hardware and bridges, the interconnection of Broadband, Wideband and Narrowband microwave and satellite communications, line of site data communications and frequency positions.

 

US Air Force - Ramstein AFB ISG/LGU, Germany                                                                       04/88 – 02/90

Telecommunications CO / Patch and Test Facility

Trainer / Supervisor

Supervised and trained individuals for troubleshooting techniques and corrective actions and measurements on various systems such as ISDNs, B8ZS’s, DS-0 DS-1, DS-3, T-1 digital services, the hierarchy of DSLs, DSLs and HDSL, asynchronous transfer mode Quality of Service categories and parameters established, virtual circuits and channels, interfaced equipment, ATM’s to E-1, E-3 multiplex formats and DDS (dataphone digital service), utilization of Optical and audio circuits, teletype PBX’s and satellite quality control within the facility and the surrounding area, binary encoded methods and techniques for TCP/IT and IP RS-232 RS-530, along with X.25, X.75, X.121 standards for connecting NODES and packet switching networks.

Maintained the IEES, specifications seen that all protocol/provisioning and CCITT. ITT (addressing and naming) definitions were implemented, lightwave qualified in all aspects of fiber optics concepts and theory.

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Graduate of Flint Northwestern High Class of 1981 Graduate of Genesee Area Skill Center, 198 and Cleveland Institute of Electronics.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

 

 

     U.S. Air Force Telecommunications Class Graduate - 1984

U.S. Air Force World Wide Military Computer Communications Command Systems Class Graduate - 1987  

NORTEL, SPRINT, AT&T and MCI,Bell, Safety courses - 1997

Qwest level 4a qualified,AT&T level 3 level 4 qualified level  4a  and for  Verizon facility qualified level 4/4a since

2011 Sprint qualified level 4 4a test and turn  up commissioning,integration,migration systems tech since

2012

Responsibilities

       .Experienced Network Engineer with solid vendor management skills along with substantial experience supporting a multi-vendor environment - Cisco, Avaya and Siemens.

●        Experience supporting automotive manufacturing is desired, core knowledge of routers, switches, wireless, firewalls, VoIP, VPN’s, etc.

●        Strong experience with troubleshooting using protocol analyzers, complete understanding of Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing concepts

●        Maintain and update network documentation including network diagrams and configurations, prepare white papers, training documents, or technical presentations as required.

●        Evaluate new products/services/vendors and provide technical recommendations

●        Maintain knowledge of networking technologies and leading industry trends

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Qualifications

●        Network Protocols - HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, VPN, TCP/IP, FTP, TFTP, SMTP, OSI Model, IEEE Standards, QoS, VoIP, OSPF, MPLS, ACL’s, BGP /eBGP, Spanning Tree, Policy Based and Static routing, Fiber Channel over Ethernet, Virtual Device Contexts & Port Channels

●        Hardware: Avaya (Nortel) - 8600 ERS & 8100 Passports, 5500 & 4500 series switches, 450, 460 and 470 switches. Cisco - Nexus 7000, 5000 and 2000 platforms, 6500 series & 3560 switches. Siemens Openscape Platform. Wireless, Cisco Air-AP1242 & AP1231

●        Network Management Systems: HP Network Node Manager and Service Manager, Cisco Works LMS, WCS, WLSE, ACS, and DCNM, Netscout Performance Manager, Infinistream.

●        Knowledge of MPLS, Metro Ethernet, SIP Trunking Cell site tech able to install indoor/outdoor 6103;s and

●        6201 EnB/RBS systems

                                   Responsible for problem tracking and incident management as well as project management             for key network activities    .

●        Possesses strong customer service skills, is detail-oriented, and has excellent written and verbal communication.

●        Strong analytical and logical problem solving skills with the ability to drive solutions to IT operational issues

Thank You I will await your response

 

References will be given upon request by  H;R. managers.