icowherd@gmail.com

Ivan Cowherd

Cincinnati,OH

(513) 608-0652

Engineer with 15 year experience in Telephony, Project Management and Construction

Management. Knowledge includes designing, upgrading, scheduling and managing residential and

business fiber optic projects, wireless towers, civil and residential building projects.

Experience

Jostin Construction: Cincinnati, OH

2012-Present

Project Engineer: Building Construction

• Managed master schedule for The Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Project ($500 Million).

• Estimate labor and materials for bid jobs as well as cost control for currently active jobs.

• Conduct pre-pour safety and readiness inspections.

Stacy & Witbeck, Inc.: Cincinnati, OH and Portland, OR

Project Engineer: Rail & Civil Construction and Construction Management

· Performed Pre-Construction services for The Cincinnati Streetcar.

· Developed Civil, Hazardous Materials and Site Specific Safety Plan

• Defined material suppliers, disposal/landfill area and construction material storage area

• Designed construction plan to limit traffic interruptions for residents and businesses.

· Developed estimated production and material requirements for subcontractors and vendors.

• Established bid packages to promote economic inclusion.

• Attended local contractor meetings and visited governmental agencies.

· Managed contractors for late night shutdown for public utility projects, track to earth quality

testing and Overhead Catenary System (OCS) bracket installation.

Cincinnati Bell Telephone: Cincinnati, OH

Outside Plant Engineer (OSP), Project Management and Structural Team Leader

· Designed various broadband (Data and IP) networks:

· DWDM, GigE, LAN, DS3, SONET, DSL and FTTH (urban and rural areas)

· Conducted wireless site inspections and meetings with Verizon, AT&T, Cricket and Cincinnati Bell

Wireless to upgrade broadband architecture.

· Designed fiber optic and copper infrastructure networks and projected budgets to support the

growth of high bandwidth users.

· Verified civil layout for new wireless tower construction, equipment and public utilities.

· Demarc, entrance facility inspection, power (AC/DC) and grounding upgrades if required.

· Upgraded switching equipment in central office, optical remote site and co-locate location.

· Developed construction schedule with critical milestones to maintain project deadline and budgets.

· Managed foreman and construction crews to detail customer expectations and network impact.

· Hospitals: Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s, Christ Hospital and Good Samaritan

· Universities: Xavier Univ, Univ of Cincinnati and Cincinnati State

· Large Enterprise: General Electric, Proctor and Gamble, Fidelity and Fifth Third

· Acquired land/real estate for remote electronic sites to house wireless or network equipment

· Worked with vendors to design and implement fiber optic network equipment

1996-2010

2010-2011

Ivan Cowherd

icowherd@gmail.com

(513) 608-0652

· Supervised structures group to design pole line and resolve joint pole use issues

· Designed pole line, manhole and conduit structure to place facilities to comply with safety

standards and minimize maintenance impact.

Cincinnati Gas and Electric: Cincinnati, OH

Intern: Demand Side Engineering

1994 & 1995

· Conducted client interviews and developed information packets for high electric equipment usage

to increase customer awareness of energy programs and find solutions to reduce peak hour usage.

· Prepared and presented electrical usage and cost savings summary to account representatives and

customers to demonstrate efficiency of new usage practices.

United Technologies Carrier Corporation: Syracuse, NY

Co-op: Product Engineering

1992

· Analyzed drawings and calculated new building loads to determine sustainability of current

structures ability to support weight of new water chiller machines.

· Designed and managed installation of lifting attachments for water chiller machines to solve

shipping and installation problems due to increased size and weight of chiller machines.

Education

Tuskegee University, B.S., Mechanical Engineer

Continuing Educational Classes:

Six Sigma - Yellow Belt, Project Management Certification (PMP), Managing Conflict,

Finance for Non-Financial Managers, Business Writing for Results.

Volunteer and Community Involvement

Village Life Outreach Project (VLOP): Shirati, Tanzania, East Africa

2012

· Consulting Engineer, inspected existing construction projects in rural villages, recommended

construction changes to improve building designs, collaborated with Engineers Without Borders in

planning construction of medical clinic, schools and developing water catchment system to provide

villages with drinking water source.

· Provided unique engineering solutions with consideration to limited resources.

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative Mentor Program: Cincinnati, OH

· Mentor for middle and high school students.

Taft High School Tutor: Cincinnati, OH

· Aid students requiring assistance to pass the Proficiency and Ohio Graduation Tests.

Jefferson High School Tutor: Portland, OR

• Clients include University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Public Schools and VLOP.

Nassau Property Management: Cincinnati, OH

• Owned and managed a halfway house and multi-unit rental properties.

2001-2007

2001-2010

2010

· Club Z Tutoring Program, provide assistance to high school students in science, math and English.

Independent Photographer: Cincinnati, OH

2009-present

1999-2010

1996