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Fred Dixon

Fiber Optic Cable Splicer

13432 Purple Finch Circle, Lakewood Ranch - Bradenton, FL 34202

ingenuityplus@yahoo.com - 941-755-2760

Work Experience

Fiber Cable Technician

HyPower, Inc. – Pompano Bch., FL

January 2014

Responsibilities include traveling to various worksites fusion splicing and OTDR testing fiber runs, as well as an introduction to state, county, and municipal permitting protocols, and oversight of directional-boring contractor crews.

Outside Plant Technician

AT&T, SouthEast

March 2013 to Sept 2013

Responsibilities included F2 conditioning of copper plant for implementation of AT&T’s ‘U-Verse’ broadband project called ‘Project Lightspeed’ in Bowling Green, KY.  Wife’s illness here in FL forced me to resign this position and return to FL.

Assembly/Test Technician

Honeywell Aerospace - Defense - Clearwater, FL

January 2012 to July 2012

Contractor status as an assembly and test technician working with Interferometric Fiber Optic

Gyroscopes (IFOG). Knowledge of PM fiber, Vytran fusion splicing machines, and all related test

equipment, such as OTDR's, laser collimating rails, BaySpec FLS, microscopes, etc.

I/O Plant Technician, Fiber Optic Cable Splicer

Verizon Communications - Bradenton, FL

March 2005 to October 2010

* Verizon trained to be among the first deployed to build the Fios network infrastructure, residential and commercial in SW Florida.

* Responsibilities included Tech assistance, MDU Liaison and planning, OSP fiber construction,

inspection, and testing with all relevant equipment including Fujikura and Sumitoma fusion splicers,

OTDR's, VFL's, Multi-meters, etc. Familiar with Verizon V-build software and engineering practices.

*Bonding and Grounding, Termination, Trenching & Excavating certified.

Estimating/Purchasing Manager

D&B Precision Machine - Sarasota, FL

February 1999 to March 2001

* Materials acquisition, computation of CNC machine time, vendor relations, RFQ's, etc.

Shift Supervisor / Journeyman CNC Machinist

Paramount Boring & Machine – Oak Park, MI

June 1984 to January 1998

Shift Supervisor for 45 machinists, inspectors, and shpg/recvg personnel in a contract-machining CNC facility. Journeyman experience on DeVlieg, G&L, Lucas, Cincinnati-Milacron, Mazak horizontal machining centers, and Bullard VTL. GM&T and G-code/M-code knowledgeable.

Education

Gulfcoast Institute of Technology - Bradenton, FL

April 2001 to June 2002

Skills

Microsoft Office User Specialist, Microsoft MCP, Cisco CCNA, CompTia A+

Military Service

Honorably discharged USAF veteran.