DARRYL RAY

3074 Bobwhite St

Oxford, AL 36203

(601) 996-9376 Cell

Darryl.ray@icloud.com

EXPERIENCE:

Friedrich & Associates

August 2015 – Present

Monroe, LA

Senior Engineer

Design FTTH feasibility overbuild deployments. Establish and utilize

GIS land base for FTTH designs. Prepare budgetary cost of

deployment packages.

Goodman Networks

October 2012 – June 2015

Plano, TX

Senior Engineering Manager

Hired to establish OSPE team. Built resources to team of 80+ OSP

Engineers, Systems Support and Cad. Also responsible for financial

forecast and results.

Projects developed and supported:

CenturyLink, MN, ND, SD:

Awarded SSP contract for the above turf to support the following:

FTTN.

FT3.

GPON.

BAU.

CDFS.

Various DOT and County Road Move projects.

Permit preparation and submittal.

Construction Management.

Supplied various other support staff such as EA and PM.

Windstream, SE, MW and SW regions:

Engineering of FT3 projects.

Permit preparation.

Construction Management of fiber placement.

As built documentation.

Small Cell, AT&T and Verizon:

Dark fiber research.

PRESCIP field data collection.

Pole Make ready documentation.

O-Calc load analysis.

Permit and construction drawing preparation.

As Built documentation.

Internal Bids and Proposal Team:

Assist with opportunity pricing preparation.

Attend Pre-Bid meetings.

Attend customer kick off meetings.

Attend customer solicitation meetings with sales team.

Franklin Telephone Co

August 2007 – October 2012

Bude, Mississippi

Records Administrator / Engineering

Design and maintain GIS mapping system for tracking of company

CPR and PAR data. Integrate existing billing / assignment software

into mapping system. Assign facilities for new service orders.

Analyze existing network to determine necessary upgrades to fiber

backbone and customer distribution areas. Plan and design FTTH

implementations. Prepare work orders for the installation and cut

over of new facilities. Prepare and supervise RUS contracts for new

plant installation.

Northstar Communications Group June 2006 – August 2007

Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Director of Florida Operations

Oversee operations consisting of OSP engineering, splicing, CO

technicians and I&R technicians for Embarq and Bellsouth contracts.

Monitor staffing needs and client satisfaction. Settle billing

discrepancies with client and ensure customer satisfaction.

Responsible for financial forecast and results. Contact prospective

clients to solicit new projects.

December 2004 – June 2006

Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Area Manager

Supervise OSP engineers, splicing, CO technicians and I&R

technicians for Embarq contract. Perform QC evaluations of

engineering and construction projects. Monitor staffing needs and

client satisfaction. Monitor employee production and quality results,

conduct employee evaluations and reviews. Settle billing

discrepancies with client and ensure customer satisfaction.

Responsible for area financial forecast and results.

Pro-Line Design, Inc

February 2000 – December 2004

Montgomery, Alabama

Vice President Software Development

Design fixed assets property record and pair assignment software

with GPS landbase maps using Visual Basic for program front end,

Autocad Map 3D for land base map, and Microsoft Access for data.

Supervise engineering and GPS crews. Responsibilities include

developing software design and assist in writing code, monitor and

maintain proper staffing levels, establish and monitor employee

production and quality requirements, conduct employee evaluations

and reviews, contact prospective clients to solicit new projects.

Design FTTH projects for CLEC over-builds. Perform QC audits for

engineering and RUS construction projects.

BE&K

August 1997 – August 2000

Montgomery, Alabama

Area Manager (Bellsouth Contract)

Supervised engineering offices and interface with BellSouth Project

Managers and Area Managers. Responsibilities included maintaining

proper staffing levels, establish and monitor employee production

and quality requirements, conduct employee evaluations and reviews.

Settle billing discrepancies with client and ensure customer

satisfaction. Perform QC audits on engineering and construction

projects.

Utility Consultants, Inc

August 1996 - August 1997

Montgomery, Alabama

District Manager (BellSouth Master Contract)

Build and supervise team of OSP Engineers, systems support and Cad

for the Montgomery, Opelika and Tuscaloosa area. Established office

with AS/JMS workstations. Responsibilities included monitoring and

maintaining proper staffing levels, establish and monitor employee

production and quality requirements, conduct employee evaluations

and reviews.

Pro-Line Design

April 1988 - July 1996

Montgomery, Alabama

Project Engineer

Prepare designs for new and rehab plant projects, plant extensions,

road moves, underground, fiber optic work and turnkey projects.

Complete jobs with cable pair distribution, splicing details, material

list with JMOS. Compiling information and preparing DADD

packets for rural and urban allocated distribution areas. Prepare

construction drawings using AutoCAD and Microstation Cad

programs. Prepare bids for turnkey projects. Perform construction

supervision for RUS OSP plant builds. Acquire right-of-way

acquisitions for carrier equipment. Supervise cad operators and OSP

Engineers.

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Autocad Map 3D, Microsoft Office, SQL, Visual Basic, Microstation. QGIS, various other GIS

applications.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Member of Volunteer Fire Department with certification for Emergency Vehicle Driving, Automobile

Extrication , FEMA IS-00100.a, FEMA IS-00200.a, FEMA IS-00700.a and FEMA IS-00800.B.