Jon Thinnes

951-201-6713

jonthinnes@yahoo.com

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Objective

A high-level position within the construction, network engineering, project management, or related fields which offers challenge,

responsibility, and the opportunity for continued career growth.

Highlights of Qualifications

  · Has more than twenty six years of top, diversified experience.

  · A proven track record of successfully managing telecommunication construction projects, cost estimating, designing and

producing deliverables to defined technology standards and specifications for LAN, WAN, structured cabling, wireless,

voice, VoIP PA systems for various public school districts, community college districts, and state university systems

throughout California.

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Adept in the design and engineering of technology rooms, cabling pathways, and outlet locations, as well as design and

specification of structured cabling.

Strong background in many areas including project management, establishing project parameters, design work, on-site

project coordination, staff training and development, system testing and troubleshooting, project meeting coordination,

report preparation, quality assurance, and client relations.

Proficient in reading/interpreting construction project documents, including architectural, electrical, mechanical, and

telecommunications schematics, drawings, specifications, timelines and other relevant project documents.

  · Complete Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio and AutoCAD.

  · Hard working, driven, and dedicated, while highly-experienced in all aspects of industry work, and thoroughly familiar

with Telecommunication industry practices, standards, and protocols. (IEE, EIA/TIA & BISCI standards.)

Testing for BISCI RCDD certification in Marc h of 2016.

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  · Has worked on many high-profile projects, has been an integral part of project teams, and is proven in seeing that

projects are completed on-time and meet all project expectations.

  · Well-versed in the design and implementation of new, innovative programs and processes which meet with consistent

success in an ever-changing environment.

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Possesses excellent experience with E-Rate Projects.

Thrives in a busy, fast-paced working environment.

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Professional Experience

Company: AAA Solar Electric, Inc.

Anaheim, CA

September 2012 to September 2015.

Design Engineering Manager, Information Systems Manager & Operations, manager.

For the following company projects; LAUSD RFP 2012 1082 Pkg-1 & 2 as well as RFP 20121090 Pkg-1, 2, 3 & 4. A Total of 108

LAN/WAN designs.

Totaling over $80,000,000.00 of work with Los Angeles Unified School District. (LAUSD)

As AAA Solar’s Design Engineering Manager, I was responsible for building the CADD and Design departments from the ground up.

I founded the CADD department of 10 CADDers and the CADD manager. With the CADD team we set and formatted a new

template’s for the (4) design prints. Using CBC, CEC, BICSI standards as well as LAUSD print standardization formats. I helped build

the general notes, line type standards, and general symbols. I helped build general installation details on all prints. Built the general

SOW for all designs submitted to the customer. Helped build and lay out the logical network diagram (LND) sheet. Supervised the

designing of the cable charts, fiber charts & the wireless access point charts currently in AAA Solar’s deigns submitted to LAUSD.

Helped layout and format the electrical sheets now being submitted to LAUSD for close out documents.

As Design Engineering Manager It also included collecting all structural information in the field on every site that required the

mounting of wall or floor mounted cabinets as well as the repair of any existing cabinet that was to remain in place. With this

information I worked with the structural engineer to build structural engineer details for our prints. I also put together the Bill of

Materials (BOM) to be used throughout all of the packages.

As AAA was the general contractor I also did all estimates for all of the designs 108 schools for bidding purposes.

Supervising Project Engineer, I built a solid and experienced design team of former LAUSD personnel as well as experienced

designers from firms that have done design work for LAUSD ITD PMO in years past. Under my supervision I had as many as12

designers at the beginning of the projects. As part of the Supervising Project Engineer job I helped each designer understand

LAUSD specifications for each project, whether it was RFP 1082 or 1090 Pkg-1, 2, 3 & 4. Not each package had the same

specifications. As well as all industry standards, (BICSI, IEEE, EIA/TIA). It was my responsibility to know all of the differences

between all of the specifications as the Engineer Manager. Holding weekly meeting going over all design aspects ad concerns,

scheduling, timeline constraints, and spec or industry standards.

Supervising Project Engineer, other responsibilities included scheduling for signature walks with LAUSD, Completing Bid SOWs, Bid

BOMs, finalizing final sets of prints for Bids to LAUSD. We also worked with outside consultant’s specialized systems and their

manufactures such as: Fire alarm, Electrical engineer, VoIP PA systems & Speakers system.

Company: Communications Connectivity Solutions INC.

Highland, CA

January 2011 – June 2012

Project Manager: responsibilities: supervising forensic surveys of 26 schools for San Bernardino City Unified Schools District

(SBCUSD). The surveys were conducted to provide the District with information in order to evaluate if the sites met the districts ERate

specifications, State, City and local codes as well as Industry Standards ( EIA/TIA, IEEE, BISCI standards) and Federal Funding

requirements from the SLD. Responsibilities included reviewing billing manifests, equipment installations, pathway installations,

cabling installations (copper and OSP fiber). Reviewed and double checked all of the supplied test results for copper and fiber cable

links. I assembled all information into detailed reports for the customer legal department. Efforts provided potentially saved SBCUSD

$2,000,000.00 in over billing, supplied detailed individual reports of each sites installation practices, thus exposing code and

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fire safety violations. The reports also provided the district’s Maintenance and Operations department information to repair certain

areas and make them safe for staff and students.

Company: S.K. Shemor and Associate, LLC

Moore, OK

February 2006 - November 2010

Construction Manager / Designer for AT&T, managing the installation of Refresh to Local Area Networks (LAN) as well as the

installation of new Wireless Access Points for the Los Angeles Unified School District’s E-Rate Projects, E-107 value $78,000,000.00,

E-108a value $21,000,000.00 and year 10 value $46,000,000.00.

Responsibilities: as a designer, travel to each site to be designed and collect all information regarding pathway. Underground

existing or new if needed. Reviewed existing conduit pathway, raceway. Evaluate existing cable plant, design in new copper and

OSP fiber to the customer specs, codes and industry standards, BISCI, IEEE, EIA/TIA). Do 100% material take off and estimate cost

of job prior to bidding process.

Responsibilities as a Construction Manager on this project were to assist in preparation of bid packages, reviewed construction

drawings, physical layout, schematics, engineering calculations, fire alarm system, telephone systems, lightning protection,

estimating, equipment specifications, telecommunication/LAN systems and supervision of design personnel. Changes orders, RFC’s,

provide updates for weekly dashboard, Order and maintain material inventory, Create schedule for sub contractors, Hold weekly Job

meetings, daily site visits to monitor site progress, QA/QC walks, Check with Sub contractor to insure red lines are updated daily

and checked for accuracy. Review each job’s close out packages for final review by customer.

Company: CACI International [Formerly known] Information System Support Inc.

Nottingham, MD

March 2001 to February 2006

September 2005 to February 2006

Senior Project Manager: For SBC, in charge of the Media Converter Fan Warranty Replacement Program for the Los Angeles Unified

School District. Responsibilities included scheduling of the crews at the various school locations where specific repairs were to be

performed. Maintained and tracked the shipping and receiving of supplies and materials, kept an accurate and updated spreadsheet

of the progress being made. Maintained open lines of communication with LAUSD ITD personnel and prior to dispatching the

campus warranty crews notified the district’s main point of contact for scheduling. Inspected and repaired MILAN 9100 media

converters sent to the school site for warranty replacement.

February 2005 to September 2005

Senior Network Manager supporting the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Information Technology Division (ITD) (PMO).

Performed design review on LAUSD Year 6 E-rate project. Reviewed and analyzed final prints. Had meetings with the District

installation and support vendors to resolve conflicts in the interpretation of these local codes and standards and specifications. The

RFC’s (Requests for Clarification) were District-Developed. Performed the final Quality Assurance Inspections on the school site

locations and completed the final closeout documentation.

October 2003 to February2005

Senior Project Manager supported the LAUSD ITD Strategic Planning Office and FTPMG Office in multiple areas. Supervised and

managed 35 + network engineers performing daily inspections of new local area networks (LANs), public announcement (PA)

systems, autonomous PA systems, and intrusion systems at more than 400 schools. Performed and managed the performance of

final inspection of individual campus complete telecommunications systems. Reviewed and analyzed final prints, fiber and copper

cabling test results, and installation-team-prepared closeout documents. Made a thorough and comprehensive industry analysis and

educated myself on LAUSD’s specifications and local codes and standards for District-developed Requests for Clarification. Advised

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and educated the installation and support vendors on how to successfully complete the specific requirements, standards and

specifications set by LAUSD. Developed the documentation used for the closeout review standards, for LAUSD on the Year 6 E-Rate

Program and Technology projects. Within the first 18 months of developing the Network department within FTPMG, LAUSD saved

over $4,000,000 in frivolous lawsuits and unwarranted change orders. Extremely proficient in data, voice, and fiber-optic cable

installation and termination, including multiple fiber optic splicing and test gear setups for single-mode and multi-mode fiber optic

cabling. Set up special training in how to fully compile and submit a closeout package that would be acceptable to LAUSD Vault and

ITD for LAUSD’s eight local Districts OARs working on Safety and Technology projects. Designed and built a trouble closeout team

that handled sites, which had remained incomplete for 4 months or longer due to remaining deficiencies or missing closeout

documents. Built a team to find and resolve open items to bring closure to old Safety and Technology sites.

March 2001 to September 2003

Senior Network Manager for the LAUSD Year 3 Project, Value $350,000,000.00; Year 4 Value $196,000,000.00; Years 4.5 & 5 Value

over $100,000,000.00 as well as the LAUSD Safety and Technology Projects. The technology projects were funded by BB, H and K

Bond Measures. Supervised and managed up to 35+ network engineers performing daily quality assurance inspections of more than

400 schools having new fiber optic networks being installed as well as new OSP back bones. Performed and managed the

performance of final inspection of individual campus fiber optic network installations. Reviewed and analyzed final prints, copper

and fiber cabling test results, and installation team-prepared closeout documents. Interpreted/TIA, IEEE, NEC, and BICSI standards,

as well as District specifications and local codes and standards for District-developed Requests for Clarification. Held regularly

scheduled weekly meetings with the installation and support vendors in order to address and resolve any issues or conflicts

pertaining to the set mandated standards and specifications. Extremely proficient in data, voice, and fiber-optic cable installation

and termination, including multiple fiber optic splicing and test gear setups for single-mode and multi-mode fiber optic cabling.

EDUCATION

Networking and Wireless LAN: Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA, 2005

Course in Advanced print review: Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA

Courses in General Studies/Police Science: Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA,

REFERENCES

On Request

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