Cary Dean Carender

6946 Old Pasco Road # 252

Wesley Chapel, FL 33544

(813) 395-4657

cary@carender.us

 

 

SUMMARY

A veteran manager and engineer with extensive experience managing, ordering, designing, installing, and maintaining wire-line and wireless telecommunications equipment.  Skilled and knowledgeable in infrastructure, networks, computers, and peripherals.  Excellent communications skills combined with creative approaches to problem solving.  Focused on results and great customer service.

Class A CDL with tanker, and doubles endorsements, good driving record, many years experience driving and towing RVs, boats, and such.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Retired

 

Market Source,  Alpharetta GA(Part time)2011

·   Sharp TV Advocate.  Authorized Sale Representative (ASR) representing and promoting Sharp TVs in various retail stores.  Budget cuts eliminated smaller stores such as the one I worked in.

 

Retired     2008-2011

 

Horizon Transport, Wakarusa, IN 2008

·   Independent Owner-Operator delivering Recreational Vehicles throughout the United States.

 

Stevens Transport, Dallas TX2008

·   Professional ‘Over The Road’ Driver Trainee

 

Nokia Siemens Networks (Nokia Inc. prior to merger), Irving, TX    1996-2007

Field Manager, CMO NAM Network Implementation, (2002-2007)

Project Manager-Nokia Wireless Router, (2000-2002)

Base Station Controller (BSC) System Engineer, (1996-2000)

·            Successfully managed the rollout and expansion of T-Mobile and AT&T projects.

·               Successfully installed, removed, ungraded, and modified switching equipment, controllers, radios, PCs, and peripherals.

·               Functions included: coordinating, scheduling, tracking, and reporting project work.

·               Improved overall project quality and gained back customers trust and confidence in our quality of service.

·               Greatly reduced Extra Site Visits and resolved issues affecting on-time performance.  These measures greatly improved our key indices and improved customer satisfaction.

·               Mentored/coached site auditors and site surveyors and provided final review of site data and site designs.  Part of the team developing training, MOPs, and DWIs for new UMTS products

·               Authored Project Management Guide and other project documents for NWR. (2001)

 

 

HAS, Inc., Indianapolis, IN  1993-1996

Systems Analyst-Consultant to GTE Florida, Tampa, FL

·              Acting Account Manager for GTE Internal Telecommunications (FL and Old South).

·              Successfully managed and controlled costs for 5000 line PBX, 3000+ Centranet users, 2000+ maintenance radios, and 4000+ pagers.

·              Reviewed internal customers’ needs and provide appropriate cost effective state of the art solutions.

·              Annual budgets ranged from $300,000 to $1,000,000 as network size increased.

 

Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Inc., Indianapolis, IN      1965-1992

Specialist (Maintenance Engineer)-Network Technical Support, (1989-1992)

Data/Teletype, PBX, Installation and Repair, Systems Analyst,   (1965-1989)

·              Responsible for second-tier support of all network voice and data equipment and transport functions.

·              Provided expert advice to all levels of management regarding all test equipment, PCs, computer peripherals, telephone systems (analog and digital PBX and key), voicemail, and 911 PSAPs.

·              Developed and delivered customized and unique training to customers, employees, and others.

·              Designed and fabricated several unique black box solutions for internal and external customers, saving the company and customers millions of dollars and restored or improved quality of service many fold.

·              Designated as the National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP) HF Radio Operator for federal emergencies.

·              Special repairman assigned to solving chronic issues and servicing custom telephone and data systems.

·              Second employee in company sent to IBM PC service school.

 

EDUCATION

 

B.S., Business Administration; Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN

Graduated in April, 1998; GPA 3.92 (Summa Cum Laude)

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; GPA 4.0

A.A.S., Electronics Technology; Indiana Vocational Technical College, Indianapolis, IN

Graduated in August, 1988; GPA 3.95

 

TRAINING

 

RoadMaster Drivers School, Class A CDL, 2008

Stevens, DOT, National Safety Counsel safe driving courses 2008

Numerous Nokia Project Management, Risk Management, and related courses.  2000-2007

Numerous Nokia technical courses relating to the design, installation, and maintenance of the various elements of the wireless network and well as the theoretical functionality of the network elements and ancillary equipment.  1996-2007

Basic, COBOL, and Pascal programming languages, 1979

Many Bellcore training courses for various telecom technologies

Many data, teletype, voice, RF, PC, and other courses (non-Bellcore) relating to telecommunications

 

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

 

Cary Communications, two-way radio sales and service, Owner 1974-1992

21^st Amendment Liquor Store, Night Manager 1978-1979 (part-time)

Indiana Security Police, Operations Sergeant (Marion County, IN, Special Deputy Sheriff) 1969-1971 (part-time)

Western Auto, Salesman 1965 (part-time)

 

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

 

FCC Commercial General Class Radiotelephone License (formerly First Class).

FCC Extra Class Amateur Radio License (K4CC).

Class A CDL, Tanker and Double/Triple endorsements

Driving and operating various size vehicles off and on for 40 years; including Class A motorhomes, trucks including tractor-trailers, farm tractors, towing boat trailers, travel trailers, and fifth-wheels of various sizes.

Master instructor for US Coast Guard Auxiliary (Retired).