Jabbar G. Thomas

H: 214-725-4222                                                             Email: jabgthomas@yahoo.com

 

EXPERIENCE

 

Aditi Staffing consultant, Dallas, TX                    01/2015 – 06/2015

               Network Eng-OSP Planner @ Verizon

 

·  Managed Projects directed towards strategic business and customer objectives.

·  Provide Field engineering site surveys for new service to customer in the field that requires extensive contact with construction, planning, and installation teams.

·  Perform short term and long term strategic design planning consideration for Fios fiber.

·  Document as-builts updates for project reconciliation for completed construction jobs.

·  Identified areas for process improvement, investigates customer complaints and provide compliant solutions to complex problems. 

·  Researched possible areas of development for the FTTP Fios fiber projects in accordance with the established objectives per Verizon

 

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AT&T, Dallas, TX Corporate Real Estate05/2012 – 05/2014

              Manager, Environmental Health & Safety

 

·   Managed National UST/AST tank team $20M budget, budget forecasting and client P&L reconciliation.  Wrote new business procedures and processes for managers and provide tools that managed operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.  

·   Proactively performed Detail analysis comparing reported metrics against established targets leading to 4 new tracking targets that impacts overall cost per region by at least $20,000.

·   Maintain quality compliance of standards that regulate our industry.  Assist in preparing and submitting regulatory reports, air emission reports, storm water DMR reviews and environmental documentation to local, state and federal regulatory agencies.  Advised Director and VP’s on new legislations impact to operations or non-compliant issues in the organizations due to quality policy and procedures.

·   Collaborated with other departments in modify key policies and procedures that impacts AT&T environmental compliance across all 50 states and its stakeholders.

·   Led Vendor performance and Payment audits in my region.  Researched property issues, Vendor issues and process issues.  Save company $50,000 in vendor fees after identifying performance cause in Vendor contracts.

·   Collaborated with CRE on SLA’s energy efficiency initiatives to replace light bulbs saving AT&T $20M a year.  Collaborating with Fleet, GNFO,C&E & PM on sustainable initiative to create performance indicators that monitor Economic, Environmental and Social impacts.

·   Collaborative with cross-functional teams to implement strategic global objectives to reduce expense by predicative maintenance.

·   Performed technical reviews and possible cost on equipment and product requisitions for all replacement projects on generators, AST tanks, pipes, pumps and power.

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H: 214-725-4222                                                              Email: jabgthomas@yahoo.com

 

·   Managed operations support for multiple areas operating without a clearly defined structure, resulting in Best Management Practices that vastly improved efficiencies, quick response and cost-effective operations.

 

·   Worked with GNFO, C&E and CRE to assure compliance with construction codes/plans, safety regulations, EPA and/or federal, state and local codes/regulations in public utility or public works construction.        

 

        

              AT&T, Irving, TX, Uverse 01/2007 – 05/2012

            Specialist Network Analyst U-verse Operations

 

·   Managed troubleshooting network problems and end-user issue on escalation bridges per escalating service request or problem tickets while providing resolution(s) and implement solutions.

·   Strong analytical and problem solving skills when reviewing data looking at trends using statistical modeling.

·   SME in analyzing and monitoring alerts, process flows and documentation of process & procedures that allows for operational efficiency across the IPTV platform. 

·   Performed hardware and software upgrades for networking devices, Pre and Post verification of all networking changes and execution of complex network changes.

 

·   Planned and managed software and system deployment projects, provided project management plan requirements for a client/server environment.

 

·   Created technical documentation in support of client-server systems and databases resulting in timely resolution of system troubles.         

 

 

AT&T, Dallas, TX, Construction & Engineering      10/1999 - 01/2007
         OSPE Engineering Manager

 

·   Designed, maintained and managed the network of copper/fiber facilities as well as collaborate with all technical roles from Network/Power Planners, Engineers, and Architects to provide the most reliable redundant scalable optical transport backbone network at local, regional and national levels.

·   Superior Interpersonal communication skills that produce effective communication to leadership while clearly articulating departmental goals, objectives and performance measures for new installations and plant maintenance to my team. 

·   Strong knowledge of industry-standard best practices for engineering construction to ensure compliance with FCC, OSHA, ADA, customs regulations, legal, building codes and new legislation laws that impact operations.

 

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H: 214-725-4222                                                              Email: jabgthomas@yahoo.com

 

 

·   Developed Standards and ability to investigate root cause of non-compliance findings while providing detail reporting compliance, forecasting data per product quality to Director/VP level of Network Regulatory division.

·   Managed Quality Assurance reviews on Construction/installation crews for construction jobs with regulatory and cost control requirements.

·   Managed the financial reporting and performance of my wire centers.

Texas Department of Transportation, Dallas, TX  05/1998 - 10/1999
Engineer Assistant

 

·   Collected engineering data, performed project inspection, traffic analysis, bridge inspections, pavement management, experience pavement performance, material testing, maintenance methods and life cycles, use of ground penetrating radar data interpretation, interpret plans with environmental, survey, hydraulics studies and laser profile reading.

 

·   Utility Supervisor over a 20 men crew with a $5M budget for the Southwest region.  I was responsible pothole repair, road and bridge repair, guardrail repair, roadway debris removal and inclement weather response in my budget.

 

·   Oversaw $3M utility relocation of George W. Bush Turnpike on I-35

 

·   Assisted in Design and Construction of $13.2M road widening project in Grand Prairie   

      FM 1382

 

             

 

EDUCATION

 

Aviation Institute of Maintenance, Irving, TX

Aviation Maintenance Technical Engineer,                                             June  2015

 

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TXMay 1998

Civil and Environmental Engineer

 

 

               TECHNICAL EXPERTISE: 

·   Airframe Inspections, maintenance publication & fluid lines, aircraft drawings, power plant inspections, materials & processes, cabin atmosphere control system, electrical systems and aircraft turbine engines.

·   Familiar with FAR 125,135,145,147,183,193 and Advisory Circulars 39-7D

·   MS Project, MS Office Suite, MS Excel, Windows 98/2000/XP, Lotus Notes and SAP

·   DNS, DBA, DHCP, SMTP, HSRP, NTP, HTTP, FTP, TFTP, UDP, IGMP, SCTP AND TCP/IP, IPsec VPN, Active Directory, PKI, SharePoint, Disaster Recovery, Process Improvement.

 

ACCREDITATIONS and MEMBERSHIPS

·   Six Sigma Yellow Belt

·   MCSA

·   MCSE

·   MCITP

·   CCNA

·   AGILE

·   SDLC

·   Waterfall

·   A/B operator certification

·   Working toward ITIL V3 certification