Michael Blain
Telecommunication Professional. OSP and Central Office installation and maintenance.
blain04@yahoo.com
Experience
Copper, Coax and Fiber Splicing. at Accurate Cable Connection Inc
August 2012 - Present (2 years 6 months)
Computer Repair Technician at F2OnSite
October 2014 - December 2014 (3 months)
- Warranty service. Trouble isolation and resolution. Desktops, Portables, Tablets, Printers,
Telephony and Cable Services at Jansen Cable Construction Inc
May 2008 - May 2012 (4 years 1 month)
-Ground man for UG directional boring and aerial crew. -Contract Service Tech for Frontier, performing
Installs and trouble report resolution for a 2 county area. -Managing 10 contractors, performing Triple play
installs for Mediacom. -Contract Copper Splicer for Verizon, Frontier and Illinois Consolidated. -Contract
Fiber Splicer for multiple cable and telecom companies.
Senior Field Engineer at VERISIGN
October 1989 - January 2007 (17 years 4 months)
To support Engineering as site lead for new projects and services including (installation, translations, testing
and turn-up). Maintenance of SS7 Network equipment...DSC, Tekelec and Nortel STP's Tandem and IBM
databases. Daily duties included installation, testing and turn-up of new and existing customers. Installing
56K, DS1 and DS3 circuits, also equipping and configuring the associated hardware. Compliance and
conformance testing for a number of Softswitch vendors.
F5 Operational Test/ Project Manager at Nortel Networks
June 1984 - July 1988 (4 years 2 months)
Installer of DMS 100/200 switches. My tasks were anything from power installation to switch and carrier
facility installation. I was promoted to F5 Operational Tester. Delivery of customers switching equipment,
supervising installation of that equipment, testing all hardware and software and assist customer in cutting
over from old switch. Installer
Installer at GTE Automatic Electric
May 1982 - January 1983 (9 months)
-Installation of GTD 4600 and GTD #5 Central office switching equipment. Field circuit board modification
and chip change.
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Certifications
ETA certification FTTH splicing
ETA International License FOI118863
Cisco/ IP Transfer Point
Cisco
October 2002
Hewlett Packard/ ACCESS7 System Operator Training
Hewlett-Packard
July 1998
Nortel/ DMS-100 CCS7 Translations
Nortel Networks
March 1990
Nortel/ CCS7 Operations
Nortel Networks
February 1990
Nortel: F-3 Fast 50 Training
Nortel Networks
July 1984
GTE: PWC Modification and troubleshooting
GTE Automatic Electric
May 1982
DCSE 2013 Alienware
Dell License 3115 October 2014
DCSE 2013 Desktop
Dell License 3114 October 2014
DCSE Printer
Dell License 3118 October 2014
DCSE 2013 Ruggedized
Dell License 3117 October 2014
DCSE Microsoft Windows
Dell License 3086 October 2014
Notebook system hardware
Lenovo License RTD08 October 2014
Desktop system hardware
Lenovo License RDD08 October 2014
Skills & Expertise
Management
Project Management
Leadership
Fiber Optics
Network Troubleshooting
Communication Protocols
Nortel Certified Support
Tekelec STP
Cable Management
User Acceptance Testing
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
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PowerPoint
Education
Normal Community High School
General, General Studies, 1979 - 1982
Interests
Custom Painting... Motorcycles
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Michael Blain
Telecommunication Professional. OSP and Central Office installation and maintenance.
blain04@yahoo.com
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