Kenneth Unpingco

3216 Seabrook El Paso, TX 79936, 915-500-9197 / 915-306-4236
kenunpingco@msn.com

Summary of qualifications

Communications Technician – ( Local & Long Distance, Wireless & Radio Tech)

·   20+ years experienced as a telecommunications technician in installation and maintenance of Customer Premise equipment, Servers, Cisco routers, digital multiplexers, Digital Microwave radio, RF Radio systems, Fiber Optic systems and PBX’s for residential, small and large business customers.

·   Experienced technician in installing, maintaining and testing Voice and data circuits, DS0’s, ISDN, T1, E1,PRI, BRI, DS3, STS, SONET ( OC3, OC12, OC48, OC192) and WDM / DWDM systems.

·   Experienced electronic technician in testing, trouble-shooting electronic circuit boards to component level. Utilized soldering equipment and test equipment to repair circuit boards

·   Experienced in provisioning and engineering of Voice and Data circuits. Experienced DACS and Switch Technician.

·   Wireless field engineer supporting the antenna upgrade for Ericson systems. Also installed and tested True Position systems for several wireless companies.

·   Experienced in the Installation, test and turn up and maintenance of Cisco, Juniper and other types of Routers, switches, Hubs, Servers

·   Extensive test equipment knowledge to include Digital test equipment Halcyon,T-Berd-TT301, TT2209,TT324,OTDR,radio power meters, analog meters, frequency counters, spectrum analyzers, FM AM synthesizers, oscilloscope, signal generators, vacuum tube tester and RS-232/CAT-5cable testers.

·   Experienced in many types of Data applications including LAN/WAN applications.

·   Installed and maintained large and small AC/DC Power Backup system, Standby Generators and HVAC units.

·   Experience with termination of various wiring/cables (25 pair Amphenol, CAT 5e, RJ11, RJ45, RS232,RS530, RS449 on to 66 & 110 blocks, patch panels, jacks, connectors and distribution frames.

·   Implemented and maintained wireless E911 services for wireless carriers.

·   Ability to read electronic circuit diagrams and repair to electronic component level

·   Performed installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of SONET, LOS Radio, RF radio and wireless

Senior Fiber Field Engineer

·   Experienced Fiber Optic Fusion Splicer, Fiber Locator and Fiber Field Engineer.

·   Design Engineer of internal and external copper and fiber cables and telecommunications equipment

·   Installed and maintained Fiber Optic and copper cables of many types and count.

·   Performed and or supervised aerial and underground relocates and dismantles.

·   Managed and organized Emergency Fiber Restoral programs.

·   Coordinated and managed maintenance with contractor and vendors.

·   Ability to read Network Prints, CAD prints and Bill of materials.

Project Coordinator/Management

·   Project managed multiple large and small projects consisting of OSP fiber optic cable network builds and Telecom equipment / Customer Premise Equipment installations. 

·   Performed quality inspection and provided Quality Assurance reports to upper management.

·   Coordinated, scheduled and supervised many employees, contractors and vendors.

·   High success rate in meeting completion and budget goals.

Other Qualifications

·   Experienced Operations manager and Construction manager of Fiber, copper and SONET networks. (Operations Management and Telecom Construction management resumes available upon request.). Advanced user of Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook, Access and AutoCAD.

 

Work History

03/2013 – Current – ASRC (NASA Space Comm.) White Sands Missile Range (Secret Clearance)

System / Hardware Engineer

Maintenance Engineer for NASA Space Communications responsible for Ground and Space Telecommunication Networks. Networks consists of RF, Analog and Digital systems. Responsible to the installation of new Space communication systems and the maintenance of Space and Ground systems. Utilized many types of test equipment to isolate and repair radio and digital circuit faults.

 

01/2013 – 03/2013 – Apex Systems (Ericson Contractor)
Wireless Construction Manager- Responsible for the management of T-Mobile Antenna system upgrade in Albuquerque and El Paso area. Coordinated all activities with customer and contractors to meet scheduled upgrade. Ensured quality of service during the upgrade process.

 

7/2010 – 03/2012 – Pauley Construction
Telecom Superintendent- Manage all aspects of a telecommunications construction business unit. Responsible for coordinating, organizing and constructing new outside plant designs from clients. Worked closely with the City, State and Federal agency’s to follow each agency’s requirements, rules and timelines. Responsible of all Safety OSHA requirement as well as company’s safety policy.

 

2/2010 – 7/2010 – Sky City
Project Manager- Project managed the installation of in-house telecommunication cabling for data networks, phone and security systems. Designed and installed various cabling systems in commercial buildings
 

10/2007 – 12/2009 – AT&T / Dynamic Technical (Contractor)

Outside Plant Design Engineer

Design engineer responsible for designing digital network facilities for AT&T U-verse project.  Design consists of conditioning primary copper pairs to each living unit, removing cable bridge taps and designing new fiber and copper cable facilities throughout the city of El Paso. Utilized design software OPTI/AutoCAD, LFACS and Imagine systems to design systems.

04/2007-09/2007 - Pauley Construction

Telecom Area Manager, New Mexico

              Primary function was to provide the leadership to manage all aspects of a telecom construction day to day business activates to accomplish all of the company goals and objectives within Pauley Construction. This included revenue expectation, profit goals, managing up to 5 superintendents, quality assurance, customer satisfaction, employee morale and career path, safety, invoicing, unbilled balances, accounts receivable, equipment inventory and maintenance.

04/20/2006 – 04/2007 AT&T / Dynamic Technical (Contractor)

Outside Plant Design Engineer

Design engineer of telecommunications networks for AT&T. Project provides end users with multiple video channels. The network design consists of engineering copper and fiber cable facilities to end user customers using new and existing aerial and underground facilities.

08/2005 – 04/2006    Raytheon / Verigent

Field Engineer

·               Field technician installing various types of Customer Premise equipment including Interplexes, Multiplexes, Data Probes, Cisco Routers and Power Supplies, in large and remote FAA telecommunications locations for Raytheon / FAA. Test and turn-up several types of circuits including voice grade circuits, data circuits of all speeds and T1’s. 

08/95 – 08/2005      Xspedius Communications

Manager of Operations / Technician, El Paso, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi

·               Responsible for the configuration, installation, maintenance and testing of all voice and data networks. Performed tests on many different levels of communication signals including Sonet, Ds3, Ds1, Ds0, T1,E1,OC3,OC12,OC48 and analog circuits.

·                          Outside Plant Senior Field Engineer responsible for the installation and maintenance of several Outside Plant fiber networks.  This activity included new fiber aerial and underground installation, fiber relocates and maintenance. Spliced fiber optic cables of all types and copper cables.

1984 - 1995     MCI Telecommunications

Lead technician / RF Field engineer / Dispatch tech, El Paso Texas

Installed, tested and maintained circuit integrity in a telecommunications terminal facility. Maintained all terminal and fiber optic equipment including OC192, OC48 and OC12, multiplexes, analog and digital radios, NIU’s, CSU’s, DSU’s, Routers, file servers, channel banks and other customer premise equipment. Additional responsibilities included Field Engineer duties, which were locating, installing, maintaining, and fiber optic splicing and repairing of the MCI fiber network.

 

1980 – 1984

United States Air Force

RF Radio Technician

Digital Radio / RF Wideband radio / Telecommunications Technician. Repaired and maintained various radio systems in Europe in support of the TAC Command. Also repaired and maintained High Voltage PA (Power Amplifiers) Systems.