Michael S. Blank

724 Crestwood Rd. 

Englewood FL 34223

Home # (941) 473-9277 Cell # (941)224-0357

                                              Email Address: mbospe@MSN.com                                         

 

 

SUMMARY

Career engineering professional with 40 years experience in telecommunication planning, engineering, project management, construction inspection and supervision. Proven ability to complete complex private and government projects on time and within budget. Extensive knowledge of project management, supervision of diverse spectrum of employees, planning, design and implementation of infrastructure building and improvement projects.

 

                                                        Experience

VERIZON FLORIDA, LLC- JANUARY 2011- NOVEMBER 2011

  ROAD PROJECT CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR/BAU ENGINEER:

·         On site day to day inspector for construction of telecommunication facilities to comply with engineered work prints.

·         Liaison with municipalities and construction personnel to resolve unforeseen issues while maintaining project timeline

·         Engineered and Project Managed Business as Usual all necessary service requirements within three wire centers. This would include fiber to cell sites.

VERIZON FLORIDA, LLC- JANUARY 2010- JANUARY 2011

  ROAD PROJECT ENGINEER:

·         Plan and design FDOT county and city road improvement projects to maximize Verizon resources & meet current demands while provisioning for future requirements.

·         Liaison with municipalities and construction personnel to resolve unforeseen issues while maintaining project timeline.

VERIZON FLORIDA, LLC-JANUARY 2005 - DECEMBER 2009

FTTP OVERLAY FiOS PROJECT, SARASOTA FLORIDA

·         Project Manager for 8 Verizon Wire Centers in Sarasota, Charlotte and Manatee counties.  

·         Oversight responsibility for entire project from planning through government permitting.

·         Conducted MDU site surveys for high rise buildings more than 3 stories as well as large strip malls. Negotiated terms with Property management firms and owner associations.

·         Ensured compliance with Verizon M&P (methods and practices) for FTTP overlay.

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS, JANUARY 2004-DECEMBER 2004

I3MP/DSSMP Project Germany

Supervisor of Quality Assurance for US Army I3MP project at Katterbach and Shipton Kasernes in Ansbach Germany.

·         Engineer and design underground conduit systems.

·         Supervise building copper and fiber infrastructures to end user and all applications to provide gigabit Ethernet to the desktop.

·         Supervise multinational contractors throughout construction process and monitor to ensure quality assurance; budget and safety standards were met.

·         Completed on schedule. Commended by US Army for outstanding quality and professionalism. Received Award of excellence from General Dynamics.

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS, MARCH 2003-JANUARY 2004

PNBC (Philadelphia Naval Business Center), Philadelphia PA

Site Manager, Planner OSP and ISP lead for NMCI/ISF Plan, Engineer and design ISP from onsite micro server farm and OSP underground conduit systems.

·         Plan and build copper and fiber infrastructures to end user including all applications to provide gigabit Ethernet to the desktop.

·         Supervise teams of union and non-union contractors throughout construction process and monitor to ensure quality assurance and safety standards were met.

·         Completed project on schedule, within budget and zero accidents.

 

VERIZON FL LLC, AUGUST 2000-FEBRUARY 2003

Sarasota, Florida

Planner/Senior Engineer

     

·         Plan/Engineer aerial, direct buried, and underground fiber optic and copper cable systems

·         Secure right-of-way and prepare site for fiber fed remote line concentrators

·         Plan and engineer fiber fed DLCs (MESA6) pair gains with DSL capability.

·         Coordinate emergency restoration of vital telephone service during wild fire

·         Draw and submit permitting applications for city, county, and FDOT.

·         Plan/engineer T1s, DSL, HDSL, and Go Digital.

 

GTE NORTH TELEPHONE OPERATIONS, MARCH 1998-JULY 2000

York, PA

Planner/Outside Plant Engineer – Special Projects, March 1998 – July 2000

 

·         Plan/Engineer PENDOT Route 30 major road construction project spanning two years.

·         Inspect work in progress, and supervise the construction of underground manhole and conduit systems, underground, aerial and direct buried copper and fiber optic cables.

·         Primary construction contact when problems arose which required immediate decisions.

·         Secure right-of-way and prepare site for fiber fed remote line concentrators.

·         Oversee project implementation and completion.

 

 

 

GTE GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, January 1997 – March 1998 Frederick, MD

Outside Plant Quality Assurance,

·         Coordinate outside plant quality assurance for projects written by US Army Information Systems Engineering Command Continental United States (USAICONUS)

·         Engineer installations for copper and fiber optic aerial, underground, and buried applications

·         Determine viability of planned upgrades to military communication facilities during site surveys at locations including: Ft Bliss, Ft Shafter, Scofield Barracks, Wheeler Army Airfield, Helemano Navy Base, Ft Campbell, Cherry Point Naval/Marine Base, and Ft. McAllister.

·         Quality inspection of underground, buried and aerial outside plant and placement of distribution cables in large military buildings

GTE NORTH TELEPHONE OPERATIONS, July 1973 – December 1996

York, PA.

Planner/Outside Plant Engineer,

·         Plan and Engineer copper and fiber optic aerial, direct buried, and underground telephone facilities

·         Plan interoffice feeder and distribution facilities, both fiber and copper.

·         Plan/engineer T1s, DSL, HDSL

·         Plan interoffice feeder fiber and copper to remotes.

·         Plan interoffice self healing fiber rings SONET.

·         Coordinate redesign and relocation of aerial, buried, and underground telecommunication facilities for GTE North that involved state and local governmental agencies.

·         Plan feed and distribution facilities for outside plant work orders

·         Create project folders for routine and special projects

·         Pricing and scheduling of projects to maximize the effect of the dollars spent

·         Outside Plant Work Order Advisor- supervise  25 contract engineers to complete engineering orders

·         Oversee daily operations of engineering office

GENERAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM , July 1969 – December 1973

York, PA.

·         Lineman

·         Telephone installation and repair

 

 

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