SUMMARY

 

A firm that is growing fast in the telecommunication areas requires staff willing to keep up that growth both professionally and technically. A dynamic firm needs dynamic individuals as team players and yet can work independently as the needs arise. A firm needs skilled individuals who can provide optimal performance, identify improvement areas whether in cost or processes, and provide significant contributions to the overall organizational goals. This individual is the asset that firm needs.

 

Professional Experience                                                                                                                                                

 

 

                 March 2013- December 2014 

 

Level 3 Communications

Charlotte,NC

 

         Worked as OSP Engineer for western NC, Tri-Cites TN, and western VA

         Responsible for the engineering to include design of buried and aerial cable systems and OSP supporting structures.

              Design the local telecommunications network to specific customer buildings

              Responsible for all vertical and horizontal riser fiber cables build in network area

             Support the design and engineering process by planning and preparing drawings for construction of new, and removal or rearrangement of existing fiber optic  and conduits. 
             Knowledge and ability to read and understand highway/road prints, be able to identify conflicts with existing outside plant facilities, select routing of lines and equipment required for     work project

           Provided on-site construction inspection to insure design specifications are met by the construction contractor
           Create redlines, bore design, make-ready analysis, pole surveys, QC prints, butterfly drawings, preparation of prints and assist in preparing construction bid documentation

          Cost Estimating Experience – hard cost estimates, forecasting, and accruals
           Project Management Experience related to OSP construction 

      Worked to add new vendors to approval list

           Completed all fiber restorations within 8 hour restore time

         Completed Fiber Quality packages upon completion of new builds

         Update fiber network as builts

 

 

 

           

CenturyLink

Charlotte, NC                                                                   October 2007- March 2013

 

Utilizes software and hardware to identify, diagnose and resolve complex network and switching problems/trouble tickets involving inside/outside plant, power, and digital cross connect systems, narrowband and broadband links and associated equipment.

Utilizes software and hardware to accurately locate, mark, and protect underground outside plant facilities.

Comprehensive understanding of circuit provisioning to include voice, data and narrow/broad-band circuits.

Coordinate with Change Management group as necessary to support required maintenance activities.

Capable of preparing or critiquing a MOP related to any job functions or equipment for which technicians are responsible.

Able to examine basic data from individual sources, comparing that data against standards and identifying discrepancies and formulate possible causes contributing to discrepancies.

Resolve discrepancies found during annual inventory audits.

Review Change Management approval/scheduling with Technician III and/or Area Manager to ensure proper handling.

            Provide backup support for other technicians when needed.

           Work with all technicians to ensure entire department accomplishes all assigned tasks safely and in accordance with operational guidelines                                                                                    

            Responsible for the day-to day Operations, Maintenance and Restoration of an assigned portion of the fiber optic network, installation, and maintenance of equipment and facilities at multiple Long Distance, Metro, ONF, and QVPN sites, in addition, to CPE installation at customer premises.

           Interface with Transport, Switch & IP engineering, Construction, NOCs and others doing work in National Networks.

          Coordinating across functions (cross-network and cross-organization) to ensure on-time, and in-time delivery.

Works with business units to ensure seamless integration.

Primary contact for the Charlotte market for all adds, moves, fiber restoration.

Coordinated new sonet ring build for the local area adding 7 new sites to our metro location.

Completed all permitting and construction over watch for completion at or before due dates.

Completed all OTDR and FOC testing for new turn ups in the local market

Responsible for fiber restoration within North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, serving either as primary splice team or as Splice coordinator.

Sent to outer regions for splicing assistance in Maryland, New York , and Virginia. Serving as primary splicer and providing training for other local technicians

Working knowledge of Tyco, 3m,Keptel, Coyote enclosures.

Work with other  local UCC’s to continue to improve process for NC one call to help ensure the integrity of other utilities to prevent damages in the Charlotte market.

Working closely with other construction companies during major builds for fiber protection (Light Rail, I-485, Street Car)

Primary contact for the company during the DNC held in Charlotte 2012.

Assist in yearly training of other technicians in fiber cut restoration and splice training.

Perform all fiber audits within assigned territory (splice case, Manhole, FDP and colo)

Complete redlines for new construction builds assigned

Assist in engineering for new builds as eyes on, determining fiber availability and cost effectiveness

 

 

 

Stantec

Charlotte,NC

SUE Analyst providing underground utility locations.

McKim & Creed

Raleigh,NC       

 

Responsible for assisting the SUE Analyst in the operation of sub-utility engineering

Major objectives are the quality (accuracy, thoroughness, meeting regulatory requirements, public relations) of work, safety, and maintenance of equipment

Operate equipment, maintain safe work environment, protect and maintain the equipment and vehicles, accurately and efficiently collect field data and locate features

Use of Vacuum excavating for identification of size type and material

                                                                                                                      

N.J.C. Solutions, INC​                                                    April 2005-November 2005

Raleigh,NC

Recruited through friends to work an on-going project with Southeastern Telco company.

                 Perform disconnects on T-1 level with various phone companies.

                 Average cost reduction per month around $55k

                 

A.S.K. Group Inc.​                                                                         February – March, 2005

Duluth, GA

Recruited to participate in a nationwide Telecommunications Infrastructure Audit for the United States Army Reserve. Tasks assigned required the ability to identify and understand the component connectivity for assessment of potential upgrade activities.

 

Independently completed 28 site survey in 19 days spanning 4 states

 

Managed all aspects of site contacts, and travel logistics

 

Provided timely reporting of technical and administrative information

 

Restructured schedules to optimize on-site time and minimize between site travel times.

 

ITC Deltacom​                                                                                 June – December, 2004
Greensboro, NC

Sought by this growth company to fill a requirement for telecommunications fiber knowledge.

 

Provided 80% time allocation to fiber maintenance, Move-Add-Change execution, and design conflict resolution

 

Managed and completed survey of 12 mile fiber route, generating accurate fiber optic cable locations by GPS coordinates

 

Responded to over 500 fiber locate requests without a single fiber cut

 

      Recognized the need for enhanced “hand-holds” maintenance and improved 56 locations

 

Introduced use of log-book at “hand-holds” sites to compile location information to create “as-built” diagrams.

 

Successfully inspected approximately 14 critical locations, resulting in zero conflicts identified and no down time loss of service.

 

Responded to maintenance requests in Point-of-Presents sites in a 60-mile radius from base location.

 

Initiated work with Engineering Dept. on Move-Add-Change coordinating work through contractors completing all projects on time and under budget.

 

Ensured quality of all fiber for micro and macro bend and light loss through the use of an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer.

 

 

Military Experience

United States Navy​                                                                                          September 1992 – October 1994
ICFA / E2 USS Tarawa

 

Qualified for 24 unique watch station responsibilities over and above normal responsibilities

 

Sole responsibility for two Landing Craft Unit's navigational equipment

 

Re-wired cabling for over 100 stations and connection boxes while correcting and making additions to update prints

 

Upgrade wind speed and wind directional devices to CAT-3 capability to match military standards

 

Maintained lowest trouble call percentage of all jobs completed in Electrical Division

 

Graduated from Mark 27 gyrocompass school with a 92.8 GPA

Technical Knowledge Areas

 

Network Equipment	Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 2950, 2900 switches Cisco 2500 Access point servers Cisco 12000, 10000, 7600 routers, Baynetwork 350 T router Cisco 2517, 2518, 2519 hubs	Test Equipment	OTDR – Optical Time Domain Reflectometer Acterna T-Berd 310 Communications Analyzer –Test DS0-OC48/48c Metro-Tech 850 – Cable locator Radio Detection PDL2A – Cable locator Sumitomo Mass and Single Fusion Splice machine Light Meters
Optical DWM Systems	Nortel Optera DWDM Nortel Optera 5100 series Nortel Optical Long Haul 1600	Transmission Equipment	Adtran CSU/DSU
Optical Transport	OC-48 Lite Multiplexer Optical Metro 3500 Optical Switching Optical Metro 4000 series	Digital cross-connects, Sonnet Systems Management	Alcatel 1630, 1631, 1680 OGX DACS
ADD Drop Multiplexers	Fujitsu FLM 150/600 ADM Fujitsu FLM 2400 ADM Fujitsu Flash OC-192

 

Technical Training

Alcatel 1680 OGX, Plano, Texas​February, 2002

Level-3 / Metro Transport & Engineering, Denver, Colorado​October, 2001

Fujitsu, Flash OC-192 2F-BLSR Plano, Texas​August, 2001

Fujitsu, FLM 2400 ADM UPSR Plano, Texas​May, 2001

Fujitsu, FLM 150 ADM / FLM 600 ADM Plano, Texas​February, 2001

Telecommunications Fundamentals, Morristown, New Jersey​February, 2001

Internet & Network Communications, Morristown, New Jersey​January, 2001

Antec Keptel Products, Denver, Colorado​June, 2000

OSP Fiber School, Denver, Colorado​June, 2000

Education

Peekskill High School, Peekskill, New York, 10566