Todd Kolar

 

1206 Wilderness Path

Round Rock, 78665, Texas, US

Mobile Phone: (512) 296-5930

E-mail: motogp7@gmail.com

 

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a position in the telecommunications field, with emphasis on continuing development of technical, computer and management skills.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

CADD Supervisor

November 2009 - present

Advanced.1 | Georgetown, TX

Telecommunications Services

 

Manage one of the engineering and design teams in new commercial projects designing fiber and coax along with commercial serviceability. Duties include production and quality management, project planning and timelines, invoicing as well as the contact for all client issues Also, answer all design related questions and provide solutions for the team.

 

 

HFC Designer

May 2007 - November 2009

Cox Communications | Phoenix, AZ

Telecommunications Services

 

Designing fiber routes for residential video nodes and also for new business customers. Engineering new dark fiber when necessary for high capital business customers.  Responsibilities included managing projects, cost estimates, new design proposals, bandwidth requests, designing fiber optic laser and coupler values and being on call 24/7 every 12 weeks for fiber outages. Also responsible for special projects for internal customers such as sales and marketing.  Developed new tools and ideas to streamline projects and process flows for my department and other departments such as sales and marketing.

 

 

Design & Engineering Team Lead

September 2005 - November 2007

COX COMMUNICATIONS | Springfield, VA

Telecommunications Services

 

Managed the engineering and design team responsible for residential and commercial new build projects. Dealing with developers, plant re-locations, new service requests, plant issues and budget approvals. Also answer all design related questions and provide solutions as well as supporting design software problems and questions. Provided training for all new hires and contractors in the concept of HFC and Fiber design with software training if needed. Other duties include workflow management, Bill of Materials(BOM) updates and support with projects to meet deadlines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engineering Designer

March 2002 - August 2005

Grande Communications | Austin, TX

Telecommunications Services

 

Responsible for designing fiber rings and creating splice documentation for wholesale, multi and single dwelling homes. (FTTH) Fiber to the home layout and design which includes customer tracking and activation. Also, responsible for locating fiber outages and producing documentation to restore service. Main duties include designing fiber, base maps, strand, coax, and copper twisted pair design. Laying out and designing future subdivisions with strand route and coax design. Produce quarterly construction status and customer penetration map for all markets.

 

 

EDUCATION:

Some College Coursework Completed,

February 1991 - May 1992

ACME School of Tool and Die Design | Manitowoc, WI

Tool and die design with cad drafting.

 

CERTIFICATION:

Fiber Optic Theory and Design

June 2007

FNT

 

SKILLS:

AutoCAD                            Expert

MapInfo                            Intermediate

OSP Insite                            Beginner

Microstation                            Expert

Lode Data                            Expert

Microsoft Office              Intermediate

Bentley COMMS              Expert

 

REFERENCES:

Valerie Cross

Commercial Business Sales Operations Team Lead, Cox Communications

623-328-4438

valerie.cross@cox.com

Professional