Career Snapshots

 

Telecom QA – Quality Assurance                                                                           September 2015– Dec 2015              Amec Foster Wheeler Microsoft Data Center

Des Moines Iowa

 

·        Perform Quaility Assurance on the telcom for New Microsoft Data Centers in Des Moines IA,

·        Insure the new Outside and Inside Plant Fiber Optic cable and all the horizontal copper and fiber cable placement and splicing is to Microsoft specifications as well as utilizing the TIA and BICSI standards

 

Implementation MangerMarch 2015–September 2015

Google program at Ericsson

San Jose CA, Century Link FTTH program at Ericsson Las Vegas Nevada

 

Engineer llJanuary 2015-March 2015

CenturyLink Roswell NM Roswell NM

 

•      Designed F-2 relief jobs, copper and fiber, aerial underground and direct buried

•      Designed New Facilities for LDA and Business Parks Assist Planners and Design Eng with detailed field notes for F-1 cable and cabinets, easements

•      Put together the work packages, the SOW, MOP,BOM,Priced along with Permit Preparation

•      Site surveys for new building entrances for billing jobs, meet with customer’s POC to feasablilty of the build and to determine bldg requirements for the installation

 

OSP/ISP QA/QC/E Project Mgr/CoordinatorMarch 2012- Nov 2014) Level(3) (Large Gov;t Contracts Group) / Wavsys

California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Massachusetts

 

·        Perform QA/QC on the new OSP/ISP lateral builds as well as the builds simultaneously on the primary 7 sites including construction build out and Fiber Optic splicing on all project sites.

·                      “Boots On the ground” On site Project Management and Coordinator for the Level(3) Virginia PM’s

·                      Coordinated the equipment installation, test and turn up with the contractors and the POC at the sites

·                      Worked with GIS-based tool Google Earth as well as Auto Cad

·                      OSP/ISP engineering and design review to insure compliance to BISCI and contractual requirements,

·                      insured ROW and RR permitting,

·        Worked with Level(3) Project Mgrs. and the project contractors on the Xcel spread sheets to report project progress. (Reporting on permits acquired or missing, road blocks, engineering and construction complete on and off Base, due every week)

 

Outside Plant QA/QC InspectorJan 2012 – Mar 2012 TE Connectivity/Windstream

Clairesville Ohio/, Huntington, West Virginia

 

·        Perform QA/QC on the backhaul FTT build, placement of new Aerial, Underground and Direct Buried of OSP Fiber Optic cables

·                      Assisted Windstream engineers with onsite Project Management ,

·        Corresponding to Windstream progress and delay reporting associated with the ‘Make Readies’ Rock and Engineering changes, Resolve the network design conflicts complete Red Lined prints submit to Windstream engineering

·        OSP engineering and design review, insured compliance to BISCI build standards and OSHA Safety standards,

·                      insured contractor had acquired all ROW and RR permitting,

Outside Plant System Engineer (non_IT)Dec 2009 – Dec 2012 Mission 1st Group

Kabul, Bagram and Kandahar, AFG

 

·                      Provide support to the, Power Projection Enablers- South West Asia (PM P2E-SWA)

of the 335th in numerous Army camps in the bases of Kabul, Bagram and Kandahar, AFG.

·        Planned and Designed Outside Plant (OSP) and Inside Plant (ISP) commercial communications systems, to the I3MP standard, for the United States Army.

·        Provided complete engineering solutions by providing high level detail designs and dwgs of both Copper and Fiber Optic cables, and all associated infrastructures, strategically placing ILA’s, Maintenance and Hand holes, Conduit duct structure, and facilities in accordance with the required Installation,

·                      2012 successful with 6 projects, $6m to $23m

·        Development of Statement of Work (SOW), Engineering Design Plans (EDP), List of Materials LOM, engineering drawings, and Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) costing for Outside Plant (OSP) and Inside Plant (ISP) commercialization projects.

·        Provide weekly project updates to PdM-P2E leadership and Integrated Project Leads. Participate in engineering discussion groups to determine the enterprise capability sets for the customer base by theater. Prepare excel spreadsheets and power point presentations of present and future projects to the Technical Management Director.. As the senior member of the engineering team Provided cost estimates, developed work schedules, and team development, Boarding (permitting) with NATO Base command

 

OSP InspectorFeb 2008 – Dec 2008

Midstate Consultants

Prairie City Oregon and Gallup NM

 

·        Inspected the placement and Splicing of Fiber Optic cables in Aerial, Direct Buried inviroments, the project placed conduit and Fiber cable on the Indian Reservation according to the scope of the RUSS projects contract

·                      insured the safety practices of contractor in accordance with the OSHA Guidelines

 

Senior Design & Outside Plant Contract Engineer QC DATA

Engineering Lead and SPOC for Verizon FTTP projectJul 2007 – Feb 2008

Denver, CO and NY, USA

·                       OSP Engineer and SPOC

·                       Take detailed Field Notes for Fiber Feeder and FTTP project

·                       Send all field notes to Denver

·                       Receive from Denver all the prepared prints for my review for correctness

·                       Hand off all job packages, prints etc. from QC Data and contractors back to Verizon

Training and Development Manager(TDM)Feb 2007 – Aug 2007 Midstate Consultants

Waukesha, Wisconsin

·        Completed inspections of FTTN and FTTP construction jobs, ie; VRADS, x-boxes, grounding, splicing and as well as inspected work performed on the F-2 copper conditioning jobs and ensured work effort was per AT&T OSP standards

Senior Design & Outside Plant EngineerApr 2006 – Nov 2006 Mountain Ltd.,

Fort Collins CO

·                      Designed F-2 relief jobs, copper and fiber, aerial underground and direct buried

·                      Designed New Facilities for LDA and Business Parks

·                      Put together the work packages, the SOW, MOP,BOM, and priced

·        Site surveys for new building entrance and AQCB jobs meet with customer POC to determine bldg requirements for the installation

·                      Site surveys for Held Service Orders

Senior Design & Outside Plant EngineerFeb 2006 – Mar 2006

Northstar Communications, USA

San Ramon, CA

·                      Designed F-1 Fiber Feeder jobs, aerial underground and direct buried

 

LNO Engineer, Senior Design & Outside Plant Engineer,Oct 1999 – Jun 2004

US West / Qwest, Denver,CO

·                      Designed F-2 relief jobs, copper and fiber, aerial underground and direct buried

·        Designed New Facilities for LDA and Business Parks Assist Planners and Design Eng with detailed field notes for F-1 cable and cabinets, easements

·                      Put together the work packages, the SOW, MOP,BOM, and priced and Permits

·        Site surveys for new building entrance and AQCB jobs meet with customer POC to determine bldg requirements for the installation

·                      Site surveys to eliminate Held Service Orders

 

Educational Details

 

BS Degree CourseworkNov 1974 – May 1983

Aims Junior College, Greeley, Colorado

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico University of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico

 

HS DiplomaAug 1973 – May 1974

Fort Collins, Colorado, Rocky Mountain High

 

Professional Developments

Navigator & NEAX24 Series Courses July 1994 NEC American Training Division - Dallas, TX

NEAX2400 Integrated ACD/CCIS Installation & Maintenance July 1994 IMG (HDS) / MMG (HDS) Installation & Maintenance

 

Certifications:

OSHA 10 hour Industrial Safety Coarse 2012

Micro station, 2006Local Network Pricing, 2004

Introduction to OSP-CAD, 2003NECTAS Skills Assessment, 2002

Customer Care Engineer, 2002Job Distribution Systems, 2001

Introduction to OSP-FM, 2000Detailed Quality Engineering, 2000

Multimode Fusion Splicing, 1986-1987Single Mode Rotary Splicing, 1986-1987 Lightguide Multimode Mechanical Splicing & Testing, 1986-1987 Copper Cable Splicing, 1985

 

References available upon request