Miguel Jiménez-Horton (33yrs)                                         (201) 489-4602

8 East Fort Lee Rd. 2^ndfl. Bogota, NJ 07603                                Mr.Mjhorton@Gmail.com

 

 

CAREER OBJECTIVE

 

Accomplished Telecommunications Engineer and Executive seeking a challenging career opportunity where expertise in driving diverse Networks initiatives through strategic planning, proactive project management, decisive leadership, dynamic client relations, and targeted international marketing and business development can be effectively applied towards defining and achieving company objectives.

 

CAREER BACKGROUND

 

OSP Large Project Advisor Planning Engineer CLARO, subsidiary company of America Movil

(March 2009-Feb 2014)

·               Manage the activities of FTTP responsible for planning, design, capacity planning, technical management, network, financial and cost analyses, business case and budget development, management and tracking telecommunications networks.

·               Develop and manage presale activities including bid support, solution design, cost estimate, time interval estimate, engineering and construction RFI's/RFP’s, prospective customer meeting support, etc.

·               Develop and maintain a rolling 1-5 years large project plan based on potential Costumers and Network needs, including Deployment Plans, Guidelines, Product Selection Notices and Information Letters.

·               Develop project plans for very large Fiber Optics projects. (Inter urban, metropolitan ,cell sites, inter office)

·               Inform regional leadership about potential large projects within their respective areas.

·               Coordinate large project kickoff meetings; inter - regional coordination meetings, etc.

·               Perform cost validation of estimates provided by sales organization and vendor quote

·               Communicate and coordinate plans and strategies with other functional areas including sales, product, engineering, procurement, network operations and field operations.

·               Provide cost and schedule analysis for projects.

·               Program and manage large OSP projects. Reviewing fiber optic network drawings, preparing and reviewing final test OTDR reports ,Conducting detailed field surveys to layout design approach.

·               Track the Current Year Plan Of Record (POR) and Budget items against the actual activities. Using SAP Platform.

·               Knowledge of Passive technologies/components. (Fiber, Copper, Connectors, Power, Fiber Termination Frames, Cabinets, and all other passive products used in the OSP.

·               Introduced standardized formal life cycle process for all projects.

·               Provide in-depth knowledge and advanced proficiency in system operations, engineering, and support during the product development process for new and existing systems.

 

Key Project Achievements

·               Planned, coordinated and delivered Project Information.

·               More than USD 5.5 million in annual average capital expenditure for Fiber Optics projects and more than USD 8.8 million in maintenance of Outside Plant operations over the past years, Included support and develop 680 DSLAMs outdoor projects.

·               Integrated all the components and equipments of the whole telecommunication network in one Graphic database, in order to help in decision making and new projects coming to the network. (DSLAM, Central Office, Fiber Network, DWDM, Cell sites)

 

Senior OSP Design Engineer, Verizon Intl.

(Jan 2006-Febrary 2009)

·               Designed cabling of outside plant and ensured its accordance with international standards and engineering practices. 

·               Prepared OSP conduit system designs and associated with aerial applications. 

·               Supervised OSP project and prepared reports and tests for same. 

·               Field survey work. Also working on routines, held orders and capital projects and provisioning such.

·               Performed Routine Outside Plant Engineering work, designing both fiber optic (FTTP& FTTH) and copper distribution cabling, routine aerial and underground, building entrance terminals and direct buried applications.

·               Checked all plans, materials and designs and ensured proper specifications. 

·               Coordinated with engineers for all manufacturing of designed products and planning structures. 

·               Conducted all work in accordance to safety practices. 

·               Assisted clients and commissioning engineers in design process and installed and commissioned equipments. 

 

 

 

Key Project Achievements

·               Designed a project for digitization of models in SAP leading to labor cost savings, in 36%; additionally increased the response to customer needs in 20%.

·               Drove a labor estimation project reducing long-term operating and precision costs by 20%.

·               Through detailed re-evaluation of vendor contracts, facilitated a 25% contract savings.

·               Saved department monthly fees by launching new in-house project processes.

·               Led 10 team members and Operational Support System (OSS), Engineering, and Network groups in the successful installation of 300 cell sites Fiber Facilities to support Wireless sites.

 

 

Engr IV OSP Field Engineer/Inspector, Verizon Intl.(Sept 2003-Dic 2005)

·               Responsible for all aspects of construction inspection, materials management, cost effectiveness, as builts and implementation of proper construction methods Underground/Aerial Fiber Optic and Cooper cable projects.

·               Construction Guidelines, and in accordance to regulations and agency agreements.

·               Conducting detailed field surveys to layout design approach             

 

Key Project Achievements

·               Development of a utility that improved the calculation of the detailed materials needed to build outside plant project , reducing in 80% the time to review materials and labors.

·               Development of a utility and form to compare the plan with the As Built in field project, reducing in 50% the time needed to that activity.

 

 

EDUCATION

M.S. in Business - Quality and Productivity Management – INTEC University, Dominican Republic 2005

Bachelors of Science, Electronics and Communications Engineering – UNAPEC University, Dominican Republic 2003 (Graduation honors achievement-'Magna Cum Laude' )

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

·               Multilingual: English, Spanish  (Native or bilingual proficiency)

·               Software used includes Microsoft Office Suite, Lotus SmartSuite, SAP, Microstation, AutoCad, ArcGIS, Google Earth, Global Mapper, Expert GPS, ICGS, IDDS, COFFEE, SketchUp.

·               Ability to quickly grasp detailed component level understanding of various network elements and systems.

·               Knowledge of Legacy Active technologies. (NGDLC, DLCs, HSI(DSL), HDSL, VDSL, Wireless Transport support (TDM and IP equipments), DWDM, Cellsite Configurations(RBS, RRU), Knowledge of GSM, WCDMA and LTE.

·               Getting ready to get certified in PMP in the coming months.