Raymond L. Thompson

Little Rock, Arkansas 72211937-270-5393

Professional Summary

The most recent 10 years of my professional experience entails an in depth comprehension and wide array of knowledge related to WAN and LAN in the implementation of sonet transport facilities, including but not limited to Fujitsu, Nortel, Adtran and Cisco. As the primary contact interfacing with customers and vendors, I insured competency and execution as well as providing solutions, cost savings and customer satisfaction. I excelled at and enjoyed providing contributions in the area of innovation and solutions.

Professional Experience

 

Windstream /Little Rock Arkansas2011 – until

A telecommunication company providing a broad range of strategic and expertise services for rural and sparely populated areas.

Access Engineer / Project Manager

Implemented and managed projects ranging from $5k to $100k in scope. Provided supervision for multiple contractors, pertaining to Cebtral office and remote facility installation.

·                               Coordinated survey of nodes

·                               Implement build out of remote sites

·                               WDM /DWDM/CWDM wavelength assignments

·                               Create install specs Ethernet uplink

·                               Coordination of local and remote OPS personnel, vendors and end users

·                               Technical competency with Windows virtual desktop and Microsoft office 2010

·                               Profiencient with Metasolv/ Winbuy / Jobtrack /Pincs / MOP

·                               Managed installs of Adtran / Calix / Cyan / Hatteras / Optelian

·                               Power and rack allocation/assignment

 

MCI / Verizon Business, Chicago, IL2000 – 2010

A telecommunication company providing a broad range of strategic and expertise to help some of the world's largest organizations including 96% of the Fortune 1000 and governments meet the challenges in the area of communications.

Implementation Engineer / Project Manager

Implemented and managed projects ranging from $5k to $2M in scope. Provided supervision for 5 company engineers and multiple contractors, pertaining to inside and outside facility installation.

·                               Coordinated survey of nodes/Pops and customer premises for the assessment of space/power

·                               Implement build out of MAN WAN and LAN

·                               WDM /DWDM/CWDM wavelength assignments

·                               Telemetry assignment\IP and VLAN assignment

·                               Create install specs for Sonet and Ethernet

·                               Coordination of local and remote OPS personnel, vendors and end users

·                               Technical competency with Windows virtual desktop and Microsoft office 2010

·                               Delivered orientation and training of 5 engineers and IPS for new generation equipment

·                               Requisitioned sonet/transport equipment/ fiber cables from 12 to 432 strand

·                               Established Methods of Procedures for installation and decommissioning

·                               Analyzed cost savings for POP consolidation and equipment upgrade

·                               Project managed pre/post-sales meetings and suport

·                               Conducted meetings with sales and prospective customers for the enhancement of value added products

·                               Provided specs for cable(single and multimode fiber/coax/cat5) entrances into newly constructed high rise buildings

·                               Forecasted equipment recard upgrading of oc3, oc12, oc48, oc192, Optera

·                               Managed installs of Fujitsu, Nortel, Cisco, Adtran

·                               Coordinated shipping directly from vendors such as ADC, Fujitsu, Nortel, and Valere, involving expedites

·                               Facilitated strategies in conjunction with Operation Department for scheduling priority

·                               Worked closely with building engineer and other building personnel to acquire clearance and access

·                               Authorized the admission and omission of vendors and contractors

 

Ameritech, Chicago, IL1996 – 1999   

One of the world's largest providers of IP-based communications services for businesses, with an extensive portfolio of Virtual Private Network (VPN), Voice over IP (VoIP) and other offerings.

Outside plant engineer (Contractor) 

Preparation of construction drawings, design of buried and aerial cable systems, OSP supporting structures.

·                               Experience includes both rural and metropolitan outside plant

·                               Supervised plant relocation due to road improvement/widening

·                               Interpreted and compiled construction drawings (highway and buildings)

·                               Submitted applications/scale drawings for city, county, state permits pertaining to OSP

·                               Knowledgeable of guying, stranding, pole survey, splicing details

·                               Provided detail analysis for high rise building entrances

·                               Capable of drafting by hand and computer

·                               Proficient with Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio, AutoCAD Viewer

·                               Provided staking for construction, responsible for securing the necessary field information

·                               Prepared construction drawings for new, removal, rearrangements

·                               Submitted all required documentation for highway and railroad permits

·                               Submitted bid packages for competitive pricing and quality workmanship

Education, Awards and Certifications

Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio                                                                                                                          Bachelor Science in Industrial Technology

Tellabs OADM Review Certification

Cisco 4500 Series Overview

Customer Ovation

Skill sets:

·           Project Manager: planning, budgeting, scheduling, issues and resolution log, auto cad, micro soft office, excel, Access, power point

·           Network:  TCP/IP, Ethernet,

·           WAN: design, capacity planning, implementation, expansion of WAN through addition of MPLS and Wan segments

·           Telephone: TDM. VOIP