Randy D. Carter

terpsquad@hotmail.com

410-903-5174

 

Experience

 

Smartlink LLC 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway Suite 200  Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 263-5465

Field Technician - 10/17/14 to 11/21/14  Contracted to work for T-Mobile performing Comcast router upgrade

from 1mg to 1 gig @ T-Mobile cell sites.

 

Insight Global 6400 South Fiddler's Green Circle Suite 1450 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 (303) 459-7144

Switch Technician - 11/11/13 to 12/5/13   Contracted to work as a Switch Technician for Cricket Mobile @

the Elkridge switch location. Performed all maintenance and troubleshooting of all equipment and systems

on a CDMA switch, both Ericsson and Nortel platforms.

 

Smartlink LLC 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway Suite 200  Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 263-5465

Field Technician - 3/28/13 to 6/28/13 Worked as a contractor for T-Mobile performing LTE integrations @

cell sites. Prep work during Day (cabling), then cutover @ night. Audit of sites for LTE cutover and T1 testing.

 

TekSystems, Inc.   971 Corporate Blvd   Linthicum, MD 21090 (410) 981-7562

Operations Control Center Coordinator - 12/17/12 to 02/22/13 Worked in the Dynis OCC performing the

logging in/out of all contractors via NFSD (National Field Service Desk) for access to all AT&T cell sites for

emergency, routine and planned outages. Used the REMEDY ticket system to create, extend, and close tickets

needed by contractors prior to entering a site and performing any activity.

 

Ericsson      6300 Legacy Drive  Plano, TX 75024  (866)374-2272

Switch Technician - 11/15/11 to 02/27/12 Worked as a Switch Technician for Sprint PCS @ the Hanover

and Beltsville switch locations. Performed all maintenance and troubleshooting of all equipment and systems

in the switching offices.

 

Glotel         30 Wacker Drive   Suite 2800  Chicago, Il 60606    (312) 612-7485

Field Technician – 10/04/10 to 10/2011 Worked as a Field Tech for AT&T Mobility, Hanover, Md performing

router installs & capacity card installs presently. Tasked with the ability to perform installs, provisioning and

testing of ckts and any associated equipment.

 

Insight Global, Inc.     160 Spear St     Suite 1130   San Francisco, CA 94105  (415)848-5720

Field Technician - 08/29/2010 to 10/01/2010 Worked for T-Mobile in Beltsville, Md doing audits and down

tilts @ cell sites.

 

Ejaad Telecommunications    901 N. Washington Street   Suite 204   Alexandria, VA 22314  (703) 683-7401

Field Technician – 11/23/09 to 08/01/10  Worked as a Field Tech performing T1, DS3, Gig-E and OC-n services

using T-berd and Sunrise test equipment. Preparing of Daily Reports, Test Results and taking pictures, before

and after the assignment is completed. The project currently working on is for AT&T Mobility. Perform cable

pulls, troubleshooting and connectorization of cables.

 

T-Staff        4343 Shallowford Rd     Suite C3    Marietta, GA 30062    (770) 552-7767

Field Technician 2 – 01/02/07 to 05/13/09    Contracted to ADC Telecommunications in the C&IS Department

performing provisioning, test and turn-up of various SONET and STS systems which included Lucent DMX,

Cisco 15454 and doing augments on Ciena Coredirector. Performed facility testing on DS1, DS3 and all OC-n

services.  Performed ring upgrades and integrations on AT&T Metro Rings, AT&T UVN Rings and various

NEC and Fujitsu equipment.

 

 

TekSystems    971 Corporate Blvd Linthicum, MD 21090 (410) 981-7562

Field Technician 2

The 01/02/07- 08/31/08 timeframe of above I was contracted to ADC by TekSystems performing the same duties

 

Cavalier Telephone Company        1450 E.Parham Road       Richmond, VA 23228    (804) 422-4523

Transport Technician – 01/17/05 to 10/09/06   Worked as a Transport Tech with responsibility of the entire

Baltimore area (238 LATA).  Performed turn-up, testing and provisioning of SONET and STS/M13 multiplexers,

Digital Loop Carrier Systems and DSL equipment. Activation, provisioning and repairing Cisco 15454, Lucent

DMX, Lucent AnyMedia, Paradyne 8820/8620/4200 DSLAM’s and Ciena CN4200 CWDM/DWDM equipment.

Testing, activation and repair of T1’s, T3’s and OC-n services.

 

LCC International, Inc.      7925 Jones Branch Drive     McLean, VA 22102     (800) 828-2713 x 2040

Drive Tester -  8/19/04 to 01/14/05  Worked as a Drive Tester on the Cingular/Nokia Optimization Project

doing data collection and also worked on the Cingular/Nokia BSC Rehome Project doing Call Testing  (E911,

InterBSC handover, IntraBsc handover, mobile-land, land-mobile,mobile-mobile, GPRS)

 

Onsite Commercial Staffing     1350 Dorsey Rd          Hanover, MD 21076        (410) 850-0502

Computer Installer – 8/29/01 to 9/19/01

Worked on a temporary assignment for Daly Computers delivering, installing and configuring 30-45 computers

and 1-2 servers in each elementary school in Anne Arundel County. Assignment was completed.

 

Net2000 Communications       2180 Fox Mill Rd           Herndon, VA 20171       (703) 654-2000

Senior Manager Central Office Engineering - 6/19/00 to 1/19/01

Managed the design and build-out of several DMS500 Switching Offices which included co-location spaces for

Net2000 clients/customers.  Managed 6 to 15 personnel including C.O. Engineers, Co-location Engineers, and

Entrance Facility Engineers to adhere to an extremely tight build-out schedule. Was also responsible for keeping

track of all expenditures that the C.O. Engineering group incurred by nature of their engineering designs and

decisions, making budgetary decisions and meeting with Senior Management on such issues. Met with numerous

vendors to achieve maximum quality in both material and installations. Creation of technical documents and

bulletins included as well.

 

Teligent Inc.          8065 Leesburg Pike       Suite 400      Vienna, VA 22182

Switch Engineer/Central Office Engineer - 5/4/98 to 6/16/2000

Worked as a Central Office Engineer responsible for 7 (seven) Central Offices in the North Region. Responsibilities

were to ensure all changes & growth/implementation jobs were completed to standards. Also responsible for eval-

uating all software changes as well as ordering all hardware necessary to complete all jobs as needed. Job also

included site surveys to locate possible new switch center locations, ordering/sizing all switches depending on

market forecasts, equipping the C.O.’s with sufficient power, ordering of voice mail equipment, timing and

synchronization equipment, intercept equipment, Tellabs DACS equipment as well as maintaining C.O. floor plans.

Job also included the contact of outside vendors and the creation of technical documents/bulletins.

 

Sprint PCS/Spectrum      6905 Rockledge Drive    Suite 100   Bethesda, Md 20817    (301) 214-9200

Switch Engineer/Switch Supervisor - 3/94 to 5/98

Worked as a Switch Engineer responsible for the exchange properties and size dimensioning of all the switching

nodes. Also review all configurations and changes needed for implementing new applications/new software loads.

Performed as Switch Supervisor of the Hanover Switch Center (9 direct reports) prior to assuming the Switch

Engineer position. Used both GSM and CDMA wireless technologies with training in both. Worked as Switch

Engineer from 3/97-5/98 and was further involved in the software of the Ericsson CMS4O AXE-10 switch

nodes (MSC, BSC & HLR).

 

The Registry             8260 Greensboro Dr.          McLean, Va 22102          (703) 734-9119

Implementation Engineer - 6/93 to 3/94

Worked at MCI as a contractor on the FAA project installing, testing and verifying DSO-DS3 and T-1 ckts.

Maintained database records and used various voice/data test equipment to ensure circuits met FAA and

Bellcore specs.

 

Cellular One           7855 Walker Dr.         Greenbelt, Md.      (301) 220-3600

Network Supervisor/Switch Technician - 2/90 to 7/92

Responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting and maintenance of the EMX 2500 Cellular Switch. Worked with

various mux equipment, modems, circuit level testers, Sierra voice mail systems, FD-565 fiber optics systems and

Tellabs DACS equip.

 

Telecom U.S.A.          1220 L Street N.W.          Wash, DC 20005

Switch Technician - 4/89 to 1/90

Responsibilities included maintenance of the DEX400 Switch, both hardware and software, to the board level.

Worked with various multiplex equipment, modems, T-1 and DS0-DS3 circuits.

 

MCI Communications          120 Ingraham St. NE          Wash, DC 20011

Switch Technician - 9/86 to 3/89

Responsibilities included performing hardware/software maintenance on the DMS 250 Switch. Also worked with

various multiplex equipment, modems, T-1 carriers and fiber optic equipment.

 

NSA            Ft. Meade, Md

Telecommunications Technician – 4/81 to 9/84

Monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintaining civilian and military circuits. Worked with mux equipment,

cryptographic equipment and modems. Interfaced with telco facilities when installing and troubleshooting T-1

carriers.

 

U.S. Navy

Radioman – 9/74 to 10/80

Maintained ship/shore communications. Monitored and tested all comms equipment and circuits. Worked with

modems, mux equipment, UHF/VHF/HF and satellite transmitters, receivers, antennas and microwave equipment.

 

Education/Training

 

Ciena CN4200 Turn-up & Test/OAM&P (Optical Equipment) (5/25/06)

A+ Certified   (8/16/2004) - UMBC CCTC  (1/31/04-4/24/04)

Switch Training

Various DMS 500/250/100 workshops   (ongoing), Ericsson AXE-10 Operations & Maintenance   (2/20/95),

CMS40 BSC Operation & Maintenance   (4/3/95), CMS40 MSC Operation & Maintenance   (4/10/95),

NT Level 2 BSS Switch Functions   (5/30/95), AT&T Autoplex System 1000 Switch Maintenance   (10/91),

Northern Telecom DMS-250 Switch Maintenance   (3/88)

Other Training

INET – Spectra SS7 Monitor  (1/21/98)

Autoplex 1000 Digit Routing Translations/CL3630  (8/1/97), Autoplex 1000 Growth for PCS CDMA Applications

/CL3632  (8/29/97), Autoplex 1000 Networking/CL3631  (8/29/97), IS-95 CDMA System/CC1361  (3/7/97)

Overview of PCS CDMA Switching Center  (1/31/97), CMS40 R3 (SS Delta), CMS40 R2  (SS Delta)   (12/6/96),

CMG Workshop/Overview   (9/19/95), CMS40 OSS Operation & Basic Administration  (6/26/95), Hekemian 6700

Operation & Maintenance  (6/21/95), Unix Introduction  (6/13/95), Tellabs TITAN 530 DACS Operation &

Maintenance  (6/12/95), CMS40 System Introduction   (2/20/95), EIOC Operation – Northern Telecom  (12/13/88),

Analog & Digital Terminal Technician – MCI  (10/87), Data Transmission – MCI  (3/87)

High School Graduate - Lansdowne Sr High School  (6/73)