Gregory Forest Eley  

3296 Blue Jay Drive
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29588
Tel: 843-997-1313/843-446-6580/843-748-0201
Email: catfishingsantee@aol.com

Education

Horry-Georgetown Technical College  Conway, South Carolina - Basic and Advanced Engine Repair Certificate (1994 - 1994 )

Mechanical Training

Trident Technical College  North Charleston, South Carolina  No Degree (1977 - 1978 )

Electronic Engineering

Erskine College  Due West, South Carolina  No Degree (1976 - 1977 )

Business Courses

Colleton Prep  Walterboro, South Carolina - High School Diploma (1975 - 1976 )

General Courses

Work Experience

Low Country Handyman, LLC &  Electric, Owner/Supervisor ( Oct . 2005 - Present) 105,000

Specialty Construction License in the State of South Carolina, Horry County, and Georgetown County. Home maintenance Residential and Commercial repair to include electrical, plumbing, carpentry, roofing, construction, telecommunications, and yard/grounds maintenance, cable TV, interior and exterior painting, concrete, construction building, customer service punch lists on home sales and relocation packages for Coldwell Banker and Century 21, contracts for estimates to include time and materials and subcontractors.

Lakewood Camping Resort, Director of Maintenance/Telecommunications ( Feb . 2007 – June 2010) 48,000

Direct management and supervision of all maintenance, sanitation, landscaping, and construction employees. Complete repairs and installation of telephone equipment and switch maintenance. Maintains water, sewer, CATV, commercial power repair and installations. Maintenance and construction of all buildings and campground facilities. Complete budgets, accounting payroll, accounting receivables/payables, and all maintenance contractor services on bids. Responsible for all contract labor and acceptance of bid work.  Supervise and complete mobile home and park model setups.  Apply for all permits and engineer blueprints through the county.  Maintain a working relationship with city, county, and state officials along with DHEC, Complete special projects for holiday and special events such as Bike Week, Heart Association Ride-A-Thon, Holiday Ramblers, Boy Scouts of America, various church groups and organizations.

Verizon, Local Manager/Customer Operations ( Dec . 2004 - Oct . 2005) 68,000

Daily activities include a working knowledge of all areas of Verizon Communications, and the training required in handling problems head on with the experience to solve them in a professional manner. Responsibilities included supervision of all day-to-day activities, workweek and vacation scheduling, capital and expense budgets, overtime, coaching employees to improve all work skills, pricing out cable, replacement work orders and pole replacements with engineering and construction, inspecting work orders along with construction for bid work orders to contract labor, complete damage cable reports, inventory, order materials, quality assurance and safety inspections, truck inspections, and maintenance of entire outside plant equipment. Managing boring crews and placement of fiber optic cables for FTTP (fiber optic to the premise). Sales of all telecommunications products and the face-to-face customer contact to ensure all the communications needs have been satisfied. Responsible for all customer relations, customer call backs and public service complaints. Attended all coordinated staff meetings and safety council meetings. As supervisor, motivated employees to work as a team to increase productivity, and achieve high goals for quality work and company standards. Received excellent commentaries from area manager and directors regarding massive improvements of overall company results. Received excellent ratings from the Public Utilities Commission. Involved in central office conversions from step to digital and maintenance and installation for H-CAPS and T1’s. Knowledge of FAP’s to save expense dollars without compromising quality, installation and maintenance of CHATLOS Cable pressurization Systems, management Safety Leadership, Systems Skills for Zone Coach, Can Spam Email Content Training, and Corporate Compliance Records Management.

Verizon, Cable Splicer ( Mar . 1989 - Dec . 2004) 55,000

Responsibilities and training of job duties included basic and advance splicing, fiber optics, cable fault locations, cable pressurization and leak detection, DOT Certification, T-1, ADSL, advanced electronics knowledge, BZT/Switchperson, excavations and trenching, backhoe and heavy equipment and operation of DOT vehicles, hazardous mat transportation, and manhole safety. Major responsibilities included the areas of installation and repair of residential, small and large businesses, key, PBX, T1's, special circuits, pay phones, as well as CLEC’s, DSL, Direct TV, and FISO’s. Active working knowledge of CO frames, RSU, TCU, MUX, SBU-2, and all pressurized splices in manholes, vaults and underground. Set up manhole packages to enter manholes with all safety practices used. Operation and set up of bucket trucks to use in all cables and drops overhead. Operation and set up for buried plant cables and drops including sloping and shoring, and the use of mechanical equipment such as utilizing the backhoe, installing and repairing all station work. Maintaining safety practices in every procedure performed. Extensive knowledge of the following test equipment: Dynatel - 9925, 745, 573, 4904, 965, 710, 735, 730, Volt Ohm - Simpson 260, DMM, T-Bird, C Gage, Manhole Gas and Water Tester, Side Kick, Colt-250, ISDN Handheld Tester, 136 B Transmission Noise Tester, Fuji Fiber Optic Laser Splicer, and OTDR Fiber Analyzer. Performed duties in Facilities in Myrtle Beach in the MARK System, SORCES, TAS, and NOCV. Also, in the Myrtle Beach Main Switchroom, while on temporary loan, I ran jumpers in R1's and B1's, Special Circuits and CXR’s, and changed cards and tone circuits for H-CAPS. Assigned to maintenance of buried and aerial plant-to-fault locate and repair in areas located by tech’s that submitted MAR’s (Maintenance Action Reports). Assigned to air pressurization in the Myrtle Beach district. Rebuilt pressure systems in the district to receive various awards that included 100% on area inspections, discretionary awards from Area Managers and Local Managers, and nominated for the President’s Quality Award. Assigned to go to other areas in South Carolina in order to rebuild the pressurization systems to meet Verizon standards.

GTE, Installation and Repair ( Dec . 1977 - Mar . 1989)  42.000

Responsibilities and training of job duties included customer relations, pay phones , 82, 84, 85 CXR’s, 136 B Transmission Noise Tester, Simpson 260, DMM, Key Systems 10A2, 13 lines, small PBX, AC/DC Theory, basic installation and repair of R1's and B1's, pole climbing, ladder safety and safe driving. Worked troubles and service orders in rural and urban areas of South Carolina. Also worked in Myrtle Beach at the Air Force Base, which gave me an excellent knowledge of government/military communications. Responsible for records, assignment, number changes, service orders, troubles, pay phones, and key work as related back from supervisors and performance appraisal reviews.

Additional Skills

CERTIFICATIONS: Management Safety Leadership, Systems Skills for Zone Coach, Can Spam Email Content Training, Corporate Compliance Records Management, Management Customer Operations/OSP, Customer Relations, Sexual Harassment, Defensive Driving, Excavations and Trenching/Directional Boring, Coin Telephones, Basic Key Systems, Basic Transmission and Noise Reduction, Pole Climbing/Ladder Safety, Bucket Truck Certification from Dept. of Transportation, Basic AC/DC Theory, Basic Installation, Basic Repair, Basic/Advanced Splicing, Advanced Electronics, Cable Fault Location, Cable Pressure, Cable Pressurization and Leak Location, Fiber Optic Splicing, T1-Special Services, CXR, ISDN, BROADBAND, AT&T Electronics Certification, Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery: Is your Utility Ready?, Backflow Prevention as well as locating and eliminating Cross Connections within potable water systems, Water Distribution Operator Trainee, Water Distribution Course, Water Operators Permit, OSHA,SC Business and Contract Law

TECHNICAL/SOFTWARE SKILLS: Windows Software, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook Express, Corel WordPerfect, Works, Internet access, Lotus Notes, Broadband, Fieldview, SORCES, AWAS, TAS, CHATLOS System, SPARTAN, MARK System, 4-TEL Test Systems, NOCV, Cross Talk, Gateway, DAVAR, VT 320, ADSL Testing, Sabit, V-Mobile, Same Time, E Web, V-Repair, Workbench, POPI, ROAD, PPMT, AAIS/Cable, GPS, CMPS, MAPS,VRS

Achievements

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES: Labor Operations Board of South Carolina - Bringing labor and management together in a common goal to improve service to the customer while lowering the expense dollars to Verizon without compromising the quality of workmanship. Leader Management of Cable/Air Pressure Team in Eastern Ohio, Local Manager-Customer Operations Safety Leadership Council, Company Labor Relations Board, SC Utility Emergency Management,  Leader Craft of Cable Pressure in SC, Management in areas of IBEW, CWA, and non-union areas, Special Services Supervisor for Eastern Ohio Management, Carrollton City Business Development Member as Verizon Rep to rebuild Industrial Area communications to draw new businesses into the area, Management Team and member on communications build for Caterpillar Plant in Cambridge, Ohio, 

CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Local Recreation Departments in Surfside Beach – Coaching over 6 years, Organized Verizon/GTE Golf Tournaments for all employees and family members, Local School PTO, Career Day at local schools, Fiber Optic Teaching Methods at local schools, Volunteer for household maintenance and construction work for senior citizens

HONORS AND AWARDS: Certificate of Appreciation - National Safety Council Letters of Recognition from Verizon/GTE Management - Customer Service Manager, District Manager, Area Manager, Outside Plant Manager, Network Provision Manager, General Manager, and Customer Operations of Southeast Region Discretionary Award - Myrtle Beach Cable Pressure Annual Quality Audit Discretionary Award - Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Hurricane and Flood Damage to Pressurized Cables - Customer Letters of Recognition and Commendations Award of Excellence - President’s Quality Award - Excellent Rating Award from Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

References

Danny Banks – Associate Minister – Christian Church Myrtle Beach – 843-222-8924

J.W. Mullins –Frontier- Myrtle Beach Engineering – 843-997-5956

Steven Fryar--Frontier- Manager COEI, Myrtle Beach, SC  – 843-448-9644

Christina Harrison – Blue Jay Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC  29588 – 843-340-1637