Project Manager on all new installs and upgrades through completion for all customer installs.
Responsible for work flow and completing all jobs in a timely manner.
Most phone system experience is with NEC 2400, 2000, SV8100, SV8300 and SV8500.
Conducted training classes for end users on all new equipment.

 

Lead Technician/Project Manager/Sales Engineer

September 2001 to January 2005

Allegiance Telecom－ Cleveland, Ohio

Sales Engineer

Provided technical resources for the field sales force.
Responsible for actively driving and managing
Telecommunications services from evaluation stage to completion of each job.
Worked in conjunction with the sales team as the key technical adviser and product advocate for our
products.
Responsible for articulating technology and product positioning to both business and technical users.
In addition, required to identify all technical issues of assigned accounts to ensure complete customer
satisfaction through all stages of the sales process. Established and maintained strong relationships
throughout all projects and sales cycle.

Lead Technician

Supervised two Field Technicians and oversaw all installs.
Serviced business customers in the Cleveland area.
Duties included provisioning and installing different types of T1's, DS3's, OC192 from Central office to
Co-locations to customer premises.
Additional duties included programming and installing routers at customer premises as well as
maintaining Co-location equipment and a private fiber ring equipment and our outside Plant Facilities.
Experienced with 5E Switch, DAX 1630, DAX 1631, Adtran Transport Equipment, DSX Panels,
Lucent AnyMedia, Adtran ,DS3 Panels and Octel ,Voicemail, Fujitsu fiber transport equipment along
with DAC's equipment.
Also installed VPN's using Cisco and Adtran routers

Project Manager

Oversaw nineteen co-location build-outs.
Responsible for implementation of cabling and all co-location equipment and software implementation
from start to finish.
Responsible for preparing SOW'S, RFP'S and working closely with contractors as well as daily reports
to ensure an effective work flow in keeping with a strict time line.

 

 

Telecommunications Technician

September 1991 to March 2001

Regional Transit Authority－ Cleveland, Ohio

Telecommunications Technician for Cleveland's public transportation system.
Serviced and maintained the telecommunications network including call accounting voice mail, IVR.
Helped maintain RTA's private fiber ring for all locations throughout Cleveland.
Phone system included NEC 2400,1400,2000, Octel VM, Active Voice, IVR's and call accounting.
Project Manager on all new construction projects for telecom, fiber network and data network.
Weekly maintenance on rectifiers and battery back-ups.
Maintenance on all emergency call boxes.
Project Manager for Main office move for all Telecommunications and fiber re-route to new main office.
Negotiated lease for underground cable plant for RTA's fiber move.

 

Electronic Installation Squadron, Cable Splicer

December 1985 to December 1990

United States Air Force－ San Bernardino, California

Installed cabling for telecommunications networks at Air Force bases around the US, Europe and Asia.
Equipped central offices with their main distribution frames and power supplies.
Maintained all outside cable plant records.
Maintained aerial, underground and buried cable systems.
Responsible for splicing and terminating and testing copper and fiber systems point to point.
Instructed courses for fiber splicing and testing.
Tower erecting and equipment installation for microwave and satellite transmission.
Certified tower and pole climbing.
Certified in fusion and mechanical fiber splicing.

Education

Trade School : Electronic Principles and Outside Plant Facilities, 1987

AIR FORCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE － San Bernardino, CA, USA

Trade School : Cable & Fiber Splicing and testing, 1986

USAF TELECOM AND ELECTRONICS PRINCIPALS TECHNICAN － San Antonio, Texas, USA

High School Diploma : 1984

RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL － Painesville , OH, USA

Accomplishments

Planned and installed a large-scale security system on a college campus under budget and twenty days
before deadline.
Awarded two US Air Force Achievements medals and a US Air Force Accommodation medal during
five years of service.
Installed a Buried Fiber Sonnet ring at Area 51 in Nevada for a remote CCTV surveillance system while in the USAF.
Designed and implemented Telecommunications network including vertical and horizontal cabling for
the new main campus for the regional transit authority
Instrumental in the implementation of the entire phone system and network for the State of Ohio
Turnpike with Blackbox Communications.

Technical Skills and qualifications

Fusion and mechanical fiber splicing, Extensive OTDR testing, Power meters, TDR, Cable locators, 710
module splicer, MS-2, Fiber connector polishing.

 

NEC 2400 Certification, NEC 2000 Certification, NEC 1400 Certification, Siemens Power Supply
Certification, Lucent Any Media Certification, fiber equipment, Splicers, OTDR's

 

Telecommunications Outside Plant Experience

Cost Estimating, Project Management Experience related to OSP construction.
Construction Inspection and Permitting Experience.
Experience in Fiber Management Systems.