PATRICK S. HUE

14944 Fig Court

Woodbridge, VA 22193

nyhue@verizon.net; patrick.s.hue.ctr@mail.mil; patrick.s.hue@usarmy.mil

cell:571-277-7226; home:703-580-0964

 

 

WORK SUMMARY
Results-oriented Telecommunications Technician offering 22 years of quality installation, maintenance, and repair services within the Telecommunications Field, familiar with private industry and governmental subcontractor services, policies and procedures relative to the telecommunication industry, with an Active TOP Secret Clearance. Expertise in wiring infrastructure, maintenance and troubleshooting of dial tone to the Demarcation. BICSI certified in 1997.

·         Systems Engineering

·         Experience working with MS-Windows based servers and workstations

·         Telephone and Fiber experience. Including but not limited to: pulling cable (Cat5 & Cat6), terminations (110, 66, RJ11 & RJ45) up to 100 pair cables and troubleshooting wiring / CO dial tone problems.

·         Excellent ability at multi-tasking, setting priorities and tracking issues concurrently, with minimal supervision.

·         Experience with Outside Plant or premise wiring installations

·         Knowledge of job drawings, sketches, prints and other project documentation

·         Familiar with installation and maintenance of telephony equipment, cabling and related documentation

·         Possess good interpersonal skills and customer service experience

·         Working knowledge of test equipment, i.e. Fluke, Sidekick, CAT5 &6 Cable tester etc.

·         VOIP technician Avaya

I have been in the telecommunications industry since 1991. I started in Cable Installation with inside plant design of copper, coaxial cable and fiber optic services for telecommunication networks. Also performed maintenance of these networks for fault locate, repair, and trouble shooting. By 1995 I was proficient in the termination, polishing, testing of fiber networks. I have been extremely proficient in copper networks both inside & outside plant since 1998. I was OSHA certified in safety in 2003. I have been certified and am proficient in fiber optic splicing, installation of splice enclosures and distribution panels. I am proficient in the use of OTDR’s, power meters. VFL. Since 2003, I have experience with aerial, buried, and underground telecommunications plant. I am familiar with all Bicsi, EIA/TIA, ANSI, IEEE standards for telecommunications. I have performed all aspects of copper plant communications, including placement, copper splicing, termination, and testing, both inside & outside. I have used the schematics of telecommunication blueprints & drawings, for the installation of copper networks, including backboards, cabinets and relay racks. I own volt meters, Dynatel 965, Sidekick, 710 splicing tool, and all hand tools (66,110, Krone, Bix). I have studied Cisco systems esp. routers.
 

Copper Networks: cat3, cat5, cat5e, cat 6 22 years of experience
Fiber Networks: Polishing and testing 17 years of experience
Splicing: 11 years of experience fiber optics, 15 years of experience splicing copper
Testing and trouble shooting 22 years of experience Inside/Outside Plant: 22 years of experience

WORK HISTORY

Sep 2013 – Present

ADEX Telecom

Cable Splicing Technician

       Contractor to CenturyLink in Phoenix AZ

       PRISM upgrades to CenturyLink cable plant. Rehabilitation of copper telephone networks:

       Pedestal replacement, new phone terminals, cable throws, splice boxes, cross boxes

       Copper cable splicing, new cable plant installation.

       CenturyLink upgrading their plant to include television service (IPTV)

       Troubleshoot outages, prepare reports via blueprints

 

August 2013

Installation and repair Technician

        Contractor to CenturyLink in Charlottesville VA

        Installation and Repair of copper telephone network facilities to include phone service and DSL        

        (Digital SuscriberLine) Internet service.  Repair copper lines due shorts, faults, grounds. Conditioning             

        Of copper lines for DSL service i.e. removal of bridge taps and load coils.

 

July 2011 - July 2013, The Experts Alexandria Virginia

Senior Lead Field Technician

Contractor to Lockheed Martin for the Department of Defense

National Capitol Region

Office of the Secretary of Defense

US Pentagon, Washington DC ; Pentagon Force Protection Agency, Arlington VA; Bolling AFB, Washington DC; Fort Belvoir US Army, Lorton VA; Fort Myer US Army; US Marines Henderson Hall; US Navy Annex; Arlington National Cemetery , Crystal City office buildings

 

Telecommunications technician for the installation, certification, and maintenance for the Information Technology Agency (ITA) of the US Army.

 

Build outs of telecommunication networks from Telephone/Data Room,  to end users. Including Copper, Fiber, VoIP (AVAYA), in the Classified, Secret, SCI specifications (CIP), voice and data. Certification of networks

 

May 2011-June 2011 Independent Contractor

Little Rock AFB , Little Rock AR

 

Installation and certification of wireless NIPR network to include PDS throughout Air Force Base

March 2010 – April 2011, ITT Systems Corp, Colorado Springs, Co
ITT-TACSWACAA, Camp Arifjan, KUWAIT
Telecommunications Contractor for the US ARMY
Install, test, repair of LAN and telephone systems infrastructure and data circuits from the Central Office Facility and/or the Technical Control Facility to end user hardware. Report to the Outside Plant Lead on status of all assigned tasks, cable projects, telephone installation, and required tools, test equipment, and materials needed to complete assigned task. Operation and maintenance of existing telecommunications copper and fiber cabling systems in the CENTCOM AO(Area of Operations) supporting, Network Enterprise Technology Command(NETCOM)/9th US Army Signal Command and its subordinate units in support of OEF and OIF, to include IDF(Intermediate Distribution Frame), x-connects(Cross-Connects) and pedestals

June 2009 – March 2010, DSI / ITI LLC
Telecommunications Technician for Washington DC Dept of Corrections
Including Washington, DC, I also maintained the Inmate Telephone Systems at Prince Georges County & Calvert County Jails in Maryland, Loudon County & Prince William County jails in Virginia, and traveled to other jails around the US serviced by DSI/ITI. Installed, repaired, maintained the inmate telephone systems & service for local penal institutions, including telephones, wiring, data servers, and inmate accounts.

January 2009 – May 2009, Unemployed.
Virginia Employment Commission

Aug 2008- Dec 2008 - FTTP Field Survey Engineer
TP Field Survey Engineer (Contractor)
Working in the Chester, Chesterfield, And Richmond Virginia areas, I used the Virginia standards for design of FTTP (Fiber to the Premise) facilities for Verizon telecommunication services. Using area (neighborhood) plats, I designed and measured the placement of facilities for underground, buried and aerial specifications. Determine and locate placement of innerduct and cable from existing easements and permits. Locate viable placement for fiber optic hubs (pad mount & pole mount). Determine and measure locations of fiber handholds for service terminals to SFU’s &MDU’s (single family units & multiple dwelling units). Determine and measure locations for aerial strand mount terminals and pole mount terminals. Determine fiber optic drop locations from service terminals to SFU’s & MDU’s. Locate and measure bores for road crossings. Transfer field notes to final work prints and forward to drafters in Ohio.

July 2008 – Telecommunications Contractor
Embarq Communications, Front Royal, VA
Installation & maintenance telephone repairman for Embarq in Front Royal, VA. From assigned work orders, dispatched to repair copper telephone facilities.

Oct 2004- Jun 2008 – FTTP cable splicing Technician
Verizon Communications, Outside Plant Technician
Placement of fiber optic (FTTP) single mode plant for aerial, buried and underground utilities. Unitube mass, loose tube, ribbon fiber.

FTTP Cable Splicing Technician
Setup, casing and traying, and fusion of fiber optic plant, both mass junction, and single junctions, placement and fusion of fiber optic terminals. Testing and certification and repair. Installation and fusion of PON splitters
Fusion and testing of F1, F2, HUB, terminals facilities. Submission of redline reports of completed facilities.
Equipment: Sumitomo and Fujikora mass fusion splicers, Testers: 920, 930, and OTDR.

FIOS I&M Technician
Installation and maintenance of FIOS media telecommunication systems, installation of fiber drops, optical network terminals, power units, inside copper wiring, coaxial cabling, cat 5e wiring. Turn up and testing, and certification of voice, data, video services. Installation and provisioning of modems, DHCP routers, PC’s for internet services. Installation of FIOS TV video services: set top boxes, analog, digital, and high definition TV and voice services.
Equipment: Light Power meters, Sunrise test equipment, and laptop computers.

Copper I&M Technician
Copper cable splicer for voice and data outside plant facilities. Installation and maintenance technician for voice and DSL services. F1, F2, Facilities, O/E’s, NIDS, Wiring, Jacks, DSL, Crossboxes.
Equipment: Dynatel 965, Sidekick, Buttset, Toners, Punchtools

June 2003 – Oct 2004 – Voice Data, Video Technician
Volt Information Services, Washington, D.C.
I&M Technician
Installation and maintenance of outside plant telephone facilities.
Voice, Data, Video, Fiber Optic Technician
Installation of voice, data, and video services. Installation of bundled fiber optic cable. Fusion splicer fiber optic cable. Installation for network facilities at US House of Representatives and US Capitol. Termination, testing and certification of network.

Jan 2003 – June 2003 – VDV Technician
Henkels & McCoy, Lorton VA

Installation and maintenance of voice, data and video services for US Govt. buildings. Structured cabling of copper (CAT5E & CAT3), riser cables, data cabling, maintenance cabling, fiber optic cabling, termination, testing and certification of copper, coax and fiber networks. Dept of Homeland Security and US Army.

Sept 2002 – Nov 2002 – Telephone I&M Contractor
Ajilon Communications, Elizabeth City, NC
Telephone installation and repair technician contracted to Sprint Communications through Ajilon. Installation and repair of telephonic outside plant services.

May 2002 – Sep 2002 – Independent Contractor
Comcast Communications, Alexandria, VA
Installation of cableTV services for video cable modem internet, VoIP telephone, and copper plant telephone services.

Nov 2001 – May 2002 – VDV Technician
RolINC Staffing, Englewood CO
Installation and maintenance of voice and data networks CAT5, CAT5e, cabling and cable restructuring of voice and data services including: termination, testing and certification.

Sept 2001 – Nov 2001 – Independent Cable Contractor
Cablevision, Long Island NY
Installation and termination of cable TV services Nassau County, NY for Cablevision.

Sep 1998- Sep 2001 – Field Supervisor
Volt Information Sciences, Denver CO
Contractor to Qwest/US West Communications, Design Services and Mass Market. Crew chief for the installation and provisioning of DSL/ISDN circuits for both business and residential users. Installed and tested copper and pair gain facilities for alternate providers (CLECS); such as Covad, Rythymsnet, Jato, Sprint, MCI, McCleod and Nextlink. Tested facilities from central office to end user. Recorded readings for reports to CLECS. Supervised other Volt employees within this endeavor. Installation, maintenance and repair of telephone lines and services for QWEST/US West Communications, including copper, pair gain, nextlevel, SLC 2000, SLC 96, SLC5 & DISC.S. Installation of end user equipment: adtran total reach, UDC’s NIU’s. Search and recovery of telephone copper lines due to faults, shorts, opens and grounds. Splicing and upgrades of Qwest/USWest facilities including pedestals, aerial terminals and cross boxes. Supervised from 10-100 volt employees. Prepared reports on data information gathered on completed and non completed jobs. Equipment Used: Dynatel 965, Dynatel 965DSP, ISDN Testers, Sidekick, Throwmaster, 710 Splicer, 5Pr. Splicer.

EDUCATION
Jan 1988 – Jan 1990 - Full Time Student
New York Institute of Technology, NY
Pursuing Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Sep 1980 – Mar 1981 Fulltime Student
Fordham University, Bronx NY
Pursuing Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
1980 – Goshen High School - Diploma

MILITARY EXPERIENCE
Jan 1990 – Feb 1994
US Air Force Reserves – Inactive Honorable Discharge
Feb 1988 – Jan 1990
New York Air National Guard Honorable Discharge
Newburgh NY – Administration
Base career advisor – advised Guard members on career opportunities available AFSC’s and record maintenance.
Aug 1984 – Feb 1988
Air Force – Honorable Discharge
HQ AFAFC
Denver CO
Financial Services Specialist/Retired Pay Technician
Maintained retired pay accounts for all retirees. USAF personnel active, guard and reserves, including pay, taxes, indebtedness and survivor benefits.
Feb 1982 – Aug 1984
US Air Force
HQ 86 TFW
Ramstein AB Germany
Military Pay Technician
Maintained active pay accounts for all members stationed at Ramstein AB, HQ USAFE, and all GSU’s. Including pay benefits, taxes, indebtedness, leave and family support.
Jul 1981 – Feb 1982
Air Force Reserves – Inactive