Fred Le Fevre

5408 Rutledge Ct,

The Colony, TX  75056

Cell: 972-786-6657

f.lefevre@sbcglobal.net

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

·   MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Access, Project , Excel for Project Managers, Construction Estimating w/ Excel

·   Six Sigma Project Management

·   Scoping Management

·   Certification in Applied Project Management / Boston University Corporate Education Center-Tech Skills

·   Construction Project Management Distance Program / Auburn University

·   OSP Engineering, Field Notes, Aerial, Buried and UG, Permitting and ROW Use

·   Aerial Distribution Pole-Line Design, Make-Ready, Guying & Anchoring, Loading

·   ETA Certification CFOI-OSP (#FOITX1005) Structured Cabling and F/O Installation 2002-2006

·   AT&T document access and record systems OPTI-NT and BSTCAD, LFACS, FACS-120, OPEDS, Map-viewer, OSP CM

·   VERAX Reporting & Management Database Administration

·   Prepare Feasibility Studies and Costs for Last Mile OSP, ISP, Dark Fiber and Small Cell Projects

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

PEG Bandwidth                                                                                                    01/2013 – Present

Senior Construction Engineer & Fiber Backhaul Site Coordinator OSP / ISP

·   Maintains Tracker / Schedules and Monitors All PEG Site Walks / Project Close-Outs

·   Prepare and Submit Site Drawings for Transport and Submissions and Approvals for NTPS

·   Installation of HH and/or conduit to H-Frame, Shelter, or Outdoor Compound

·   Installation of Transport Cabinet and Appropriate Equipment/ Hardware, Connection of DC Power

·   Fiber to Compound and Splicing Status and Installation of MRV Switch and Testing

·   Obtain ROW, access, utility easement information from customer

·   Obtain A&E drawings, Prepare site plan, Redline site plan and Redline for NTP submission

·   Monitor status of NTPs and Monitor status of sites released to transport

·   Schedule installation of HH, conduit, transport cabinet, and equipment

·   Coordinate with fiber construction crews as to projected date of fiber to compound

·   Ensure HH and/or conduit is in place prior to arrival of fiber

·   Ensure transport cabinets are installed and powered prior to arrival of MW crews

·   Schedule connection of DC power, Install of MRVs, Assist with provisioning of MRVs

·   Inspect transport cabinet installations for quality control

·   Monitor and report status of site installations to Director of Operations on a daily basis

·   Monitor equipment orders, arrange delivery, storage and transport for cabinets, HHs, Hardware)

·   Respond to outages or equipment failures

 

 

Osmose Communications Services (BB Com) for Goodman Networks                                                      09/2012-1/2013

Century Link / Sprint FTTT / FTTH OSP Field Engineer MN

·   Fiber to the Tower and Fiber To the Cell Site Last Mile Fiber Optic OSP Design for 229 existing Sprint Sites

·   Site Assessment Design Survey for Sprint

·   Site Survey, OSP Site Requirements, BoM, Power Requirements, Scope of Work, Compound Drawings

·   Shelter and Racking requirements, Rooftops and Building Colocations

·   Aerial, Buried and Underground Design Make-Ready and Fieldwork

·   ROW Research, Permitting and Utility Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RJE Telecom01/2012 – 09/2012

Windstream / Verizon Wireless Fiber to the Tower Construction Arkansas and WV Project

·   Long-haul and Backhaul Fiber Construction Management ,Supervision and Inspection to 177 existing cell sites

·   Supervised and Reviewed all Aerial Distribution Design and Make-Ready

·   Supervised and inspected general contractors and equipment responsible for aerial, buried and underground construction

·   Supervised and inspected splicing and testing of  fiber optic cable  installation

·   Verified all row and easement  requirements in advance of construction equipment

·   Verified all 3^rd party utility agreements, specifications and regulations along route

·   Project Management Audit Group Staff

·   Project Management Audit Group Responsible for Finalization of Client Documentation and Contract Deliverables

·   Project Management Audit Group Responsible for Permit and ROW Close-out Processes

·   Project Management Audit Group Responsible for Authorized Service Provider(ASP) Invoice and Financial Reconciliation

 

 

Nexlink Global Services                                                                                                                        11/2011 – 01/2012

OSP Field Construction Supervisor for RUS / Stimulus Customer Projects

·   Long-Haul Fiber Project Supervisor in Missouri for Federal Stimulus / RUS Utility Client

·   Supervised general contractors and equipment responsible for aerial, buried and underground construction

·   Supervised splicing and testing of fiber optic cable  installation

·   Verified all row and easement  requirements in advance of construction equipment

·   Verified all 3^rd party utility agreements, specifications and regulations along route

·   Supervised four (4) OSP inspectors in 36 mile fiber optic construction on MO DOT ROW

·   Supervised all aspects of staking, aerial construction and make-ready, guying, anchoring

·   Supervised all aspects of buried, sign and vault placements, conduit and boring construction applications

·   Reviewed OSP prints prior to construction and as-built documentation daily

·   Produced daily reports as required

 

Dynamic Technical Services, Corinth, TX5/2010 – 11/2011

FTTT / FTTH Construction Project Manager for AT&T

·   On-Premise at  AT&T in Oklahoma City  for FTTX  Projects FTTH, (FTTN-VRAD), FTTCS / ETTCS and FTTP

·   Fiber, Manhole / Hand-Hole and Conduit Placing

·   Additions and / or Arrangements to Cross Connect Cabinet

·   Placement of Properly Sized VRAD (Video Ready Access Deployment) Cabinet

·   Bonding and Grounding, Evergood Power Cabinet  Installation Requirements

 

 

Logical Link Inc., Bedford, TX                                                          12/2009 - 4/2010   

Wireless Implementation & Installation Project Manager for Zayo Bandwidth

·   Contracted to DSE/ Cobalt Construction for Zayo Bandwidth in Indiana for 200+ Existing Sites (with T-Mobile)

·   Third Party Contract Management for fiber access and dark fiber leasing, permit and row acquisition

·   EF&I Implementation, OSP/ISP IM & CPM for ASP’s, SOW, NTP, MOP’s, BoM, Site Walks, BTS installation

·   H-fixture construction, Nema & Hoffman Cabinet installations ,

·   Purcell Box and Chatsworth 19” Rack Installation , Security Cage and Decking Installation

·   Backboard Installation , Free Standing and Wall Mounted Ladder Racking Installation

·   Power Up, Turn-Up, Alarm Install, Verify Cross Connects, Maintenance Window Work

·   Wireline Fiber  Design, Fiber Backhaul / Backbone Fiber (Core) Infrastructure

 

 

 

 

 

 

Logical Link Inc., Bedford, TX                                                             8/2008 - 12/2009   

Wireless Implementation Engineering Design Project Manager Goodman Networks

·   Goodman Networks Boston/Providence Market Comcast Project (with T-Mobile)

·   Site Assessment Design Survey for Comcast equipment roll-out in excess of 800 existing sites

·   Site Survey, OSP Site Requirements, BoM, Power Requirements, Scope of Work, Compound Drawings

·   Axerra AXN10 & Ciena 311,  Ethernet To The Cell Site (ETTCS) Install Feasibility

·   DAS Hub Equipment  and Shelter Design Feasibility Indoor and Outside Proposed Locations

·   Siterra Management Software

 

Dynamic Technical Services, Denton, TX                                                        11/2003 - 8/2008 

Senior Manager of OSP Services / Infrastructure Project Manager

·   MCI WorldCom, AT&T, Verizon Business, Cox, and Time Warner Cable.

·   New Orleans to Houston to San Antonio Micro-Duct Fiber Placement Project including downtown New Orleans, Houston and San Antonio metro rings

·   The projects consisted of but were not limited to, fiber optic backhaul OSP and civil construction, wireless site survey and analysis, UMTS implementation, aerial, buried, UG, conduit, inspection, make-ready,  FTTN - VRAD's / FTTP -  FTTH / FTTCS - ETTCS,  ISP/OSP  building industry consulting, structured cabling solutions and collocations. Permit and ROW Acquisition.

·   Managed network services and infrastructure implementation Managed a Computer Assisted Design, Engineering and Construction staff of 25.

 

TXU (Texas Electric Utilities) / TXU Communications, Dallas, TX8/1995 - 10/2003

Transport Construction Manager

·   Construction Project Management of internal assets and customer premise aerial and UG facilities such as transport, carrier, collocation, fiber, wireless, coaxial, copper and REA/RUS  implementation as well as facility maintenance.

·   Reviewed all aspects of Third Party Pole-Line Design, Make-Ready, Permitting and ROW Use

·   Design and construction methodologies for fiber optic ground wire (FOGW), broadband over power line (PDSL) and universal mobile telephone systems (UMTS); this included design and construction of sixty-six Independent School District fiber optic systems in the state of Texas. Fiber Installation to and maintenance of largest privately owned mobile radio network in Texas.

·   Member of acquisition team for integration of Lufkin-Conroe Telephone Co and Fort Bend Telephone Co assets and facilities.

 

 

Microwave Communications Inc (MCI) / MCI International, Richardson, TX(dba Verizon Business) 3/1986 - 7/1995

OSP Facilities Construction Manager

·   Domestic and international joint construction management of long-haul and metro fiber optic implementation projects including but not limited to: Jacksonville, FL to Los Angeles, Houston to Chicago, Seattle to San Diego, El Paso to Denver, St. Louis to Kansas City and Metro Rings for Houston, San Antonio, Mobile, Raleigh-Durham, Memphis and Detroit

·   Construction Methodologies used; underground, buried, aerial, building, microwave / wireless / pcs, optical ground wire, railroad row placement and restoration & upgrade (maintenance) projects.

·   Fiber installations to one of the largest microwave networks in the world.

·   Projects constructed and managed in thirty-eight (38) states and several foreign countries including, Canada border crossings, Mexico border crossings and 9500 km fiber route in Mexico, Guam 20 mile fiber optic buried project, Belize 56 mile fiber optic system with British Telecom ranging in value from $100K to $250 Million.

·   Was on PCN / PCS initial trial team and acquisition teams for the integration of Western Union, Southern Net, Mutual Signal, and other purchased assets. National Science Foundation Network Ring (NSFNET) at UM in Ann Arbor and UT, Dallas, Austin, Arlington, Permian Basin and El Paso campus locations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Auburn University Extension , Construction Project Management Program8/2008 - 1/2010

·   CPM, CBM, Excel for PM, Construction  Estimating w/ Excel

·   Comp TIA Project+ ,  Comp TIA Network+

 

Boston University Corp Education Centers (Operated by Tech-Skills, LLC, - Addison, TX Campus)8/2008 - 1/2010

·   Project Management Professional (CAPM / PMP) Diploma Program

 

College of the Mainland / Institute of Robotics Galveston County Campus, Texas City, TX9/2002 - 12/2002

·   Diploma - Certification - 60 Hours, Fiber Optic and Broadband Electronic Technology

·   (LAN / WAN), wireless #, data & voice, structured cabling, GPS, splicing / installation / theory)

 

CSU System - Colleges of Engineering and Continuing Education eLearning10/1998 - 12/2003

·   Cal State University @ Sacramento Diploma - Utility Management Program

·   Certificate – MS Project 2000

·   Cal State Poly University @ Pomona Diploma – MS Visio 2002

 

University of Missouri, Columbia, UM Extension, College of Public Admin & Governmental Affairs9/1983 - 10/1984

·   Diploma - City and County Planning and Plan Administration

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

·   Texas Society of Telephone Engineers Member since 1986

·   BICSI Member (member #127374) since 1995

·   Electronic Technicians Association (ETA) Member (Certified Member #FOITX1005) since 2002

·   Project Management Institute (PMI) Member (member # 1384142) since 2009

·   American Management Association (AMA) Enrolled in management certification process

 

 

AWARDS RECEIVED (MCI)

Team 400 Monthly Award for Michigan Project04/1993

Team 400 Monthly Award for PCS Network Project0/1993

Team 400 Monthly Award for Mutual Signal Network Acquisition11/1993

Team 400 Monthly Award for FAA Redundancy Project0/1994

4th Quarter 1993 Facility Engineering Teamwork Award12/1993

Subject of Telephony OSP Magazine article for Innovative Construction Approach in San Luis Obispo, CA07/1994

Team 400 Monthly Award for Mexico Construction Project04/1995