Paul Ruff

602 Buckley Street

Park Hills, MO, United States 63601

Tel: (813) 767-1663 Email: pruff1@hotmail.com

Profile

Enthusiastic, with many years of experience in a vast array of Telecom projects, from

central office to customer premise.

A self-starter and quick learner, who works well with a team as an installer, as a team

leader or a project manager.

Excellent in communication, from daily progress reports to customer relations.

Healthy, with a great track record in attendance. Able to work well in physically

demanding situations.

Job Objective

To become an intricate team member of an

aggressive, stable telecommunications company. To

be able to utilize my leadership skills in a wide

variety of equipment installations and project

management.

Experience

Aug 2014 ~ Present

BlueStream Professional Services

Level III Installer

Central Office Equipment Installer

May 2011 ~ Jun 2014

Triage Partners LLC

Project Manager/Technician

Technician on MTU/MDU & HICAP Fiber Technician: Ran

fibers for Verizon Business FIOS and HICAPS. Installed

transition boxes with bulkhead terminals, Installed

exterior Panduit on businesses. Responsible for getting

fiber from fiber hub, terminal or ridged fiber drop, to the

customer’s phone board for FIOS install or HICAP NID

install.

Technician on AT&T Mobility project “Cisco – GSMoE”.

Upgraded E-911 system by rolling 2G GSM service onto

fiber network. 95 sites in the North Florida AT&T Mobility

market.

Cox Communications - Performed several site surveys

on MDU in Gainesville and Ocala, FL. Provided labor &

material quotes for Cox for re-cabling of apartments.

Project Manager: Genband Frame Regroom.

Responsible for managing 14 technicians in Florida

Verizon central offices. Distributed lists of lines to be

removed or lines to be transferred to new switch

assignments. Produced daily production reports to

customer. Produced daily discrepancy reports to

customer. Represented Triage Partners in daily

conference call with Genband and Verizon, giving status

updates and discussion on special attention items.

Jul 2007 ~ May 2011

Wise Connect Inc., Viasys International, Ajilon Communications

Project Manager/ Central Office Equipment Installer

Wise Connect - Project Manager/ Central Office

Equipment Installer

Project Management for client, Windstream (Nuvox).

Responsibilities include: Site Surveys, Building material

list, providing job quotes that include labor hours and

material cost, working with suppliers on material orders

as well as performing full installation services.

Installation Services include Relay Racks, Overhead

Structures, Turn Sections, Fiber Troughs, Fuse Panels,

Adtran TA 3000, MX2820, DSX1, DSX3, LGX and an

assortment of Cisco Routers and Switches.

Viasys International – Bought by Wise Connect - Project

manager/ Central Office Installer

Project Management for client, Windstream (Nuvox).

Responsibilities include: Site Surveys, Building material

list, providing job quotes that include labor hours and

material cost and working with suppliers on material

orders. Installation of Relay Racks, Fuse Panels, Adtran

TA 3000, MX2820, DSX1 & DSX3 and Cisco Routers.

Installations of the Telsec 2000RM Monitor and Controls

unit for Quest Controls Inc. Responsibilities include:

Installing the unit, identifying equipment alarms,

Running cables and hooking them up to various

equipment and testing them with company NOC, such

as Rectifiers, inverters, Air handlers BDFB, Transfer

Switches, Commercial Power and Batteries.

Provisioning the Telsec network card for client’s

network.

Installations in Embarq/Century Link. Installation of the

Calix C7 and Adtran TA5000 & TA3000. Assisted in

Rectifier Removals and Adds for Emerson Power in

Verizon facilities. Nortel decommission and bay

removals for Nortel in Verizon Facilities.

Ajilon Communications –Bought by Viasys - Central

Office Equipment Installer

Assigned to Verizon COEI, Eastern Division. Managing

multiple installation crews. Responsible for all Verizon

paperwork; MOP, Barcoding BCVR, Completion

paperwork and closing paperwork. Equipment Installed:

FTTP, Scientific Atlanta Video, Alcatel ADSL, M13

MUXES, TA3000 and Fujitsu Flashwave 4500 & FW4100,

Installation of Verizon FIOS - Set Top Box upgrades and

Additions. Installation of Adtran – TA3000 – HDSL,

ADSL, MX2820 MUXES for Embarq of Florida. Installer

for Northern Telecom. Upgraded Softswitch in Verizon

Tampa Main. Installed Nortel CDMA equipment at Sprint

in Jacksonville, FL. Verizon COEI Assist, Eastern

Division - Equipment Installed: Edgelink 100 Muxes,

Tellabs 7100 ROADM.

Apr 2007 ~ Jul 2007

Triage Partners LLC.

Project Manager of Verizon FIOS Set Top Box Retrieval

Verizon Set Top Box, (STB) Retrieval: Manager

Responsibilities include: Creating driver’s schedules via

Verizon Workbench program (AWAS). Calling Customers

and confirming appointments. Plotting appointments on

map program. Designating appointments to drivers,

Clearing appointments through Verizon’s Vmobile

software program, Producing progress reports to

Verizon and Triage management.

Mar 2002 ~ Apr 2007

RJE Telecom Inc.

Fiber Splicer/ Site Survey Engineer/ Lead Installer

Verizon Set Top Box, (STB) Retrieval: Crew Leader/

Driver

In charge of three other drivers. Responsibilities include:

Managing all scheduled appointments. Plotting and

dispersing routes to drivers. Receiving pickup results

and producing daily progress reports to Verizon.

Verizon Barcoding: Responsibilities: Full office

barcoding of switch and carrier bays, equipment, spare

cards. PDU, rectifier, inverters and batteries. Inventory

of remote offices and pad mount cabinets.

Verizon FIOS Fiber splicing (MDU fiber splicing)

Responsibilities: Single fiber splicing in several different

types of splicing terminals at apartments and

condominiums.

Performed numerous site surveys for the installation of

the Ciena CoreStream and CoreDirector. Long-hall fiber

projects spanning multiple states. Responsible for

building list of materials and working with supply

vendors, writing power MOP and leading the installation

of equipment.

Installer of the Telsec 2000 monitoring and controls in

Cingular Wireless offices.

Experienced in the installation of the following

equipment: Fujitsu Flashwave 4500/ FW4100, Flexgrow,

Alcatel ASAM (ADSL) and AFC DMAX 1120 (FTTP)

Sep 2001 ~ Mar 2002

Quest Controls Inc.

Field Service Technician/Installer

Installation of the Telsec 1500RM & Telsec 2000RM

alarm monitoring units which monitors relays and

reports alarms locally by paging capabilities and reports

alarms to national alarm monitoring centers.

Basic programming of the Telsec1500RM & Telsec

2000RM.

Technical support and basic training on the Telsec

1500RM & Telsec 2000RM. Testing and calibration of

Telsec products.

Jun 1993 ~ Sep 2001

TAD Telecom/Team Telecom

Lead Installer/Installation Supervisor

Project Manager for a nationwide installation of the

Telsec 1500RM Alarm Monitoring unit in AT&T Wireless

offices from January to September 2001.

In charge of installation crew, completing numerous

installation jobs for GTE in the Florida region.

In charge of many jobs installing the Tellabs Titan 5500

in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Jamaica

Experienced in installing the following equipment: GTE

GTD-5 switch, Dual line carrier, Nortel DMS Switch,

Nortel OC-192, Nortel OC-48, Nortel OC-12 and OC-3,

Alcatel OC-48, Alcatel DEX, Alcatel Muxes, NEC Muxes,

Tellab Titan 5500, Lucent OC-3, Lucent ADSL, Cisco

Catalyst 12000, 7500, 6500 & 3600, DS-0, DS-1, DS-3

and fiber cross connects, PDF and BDFB power

installation.

Skills

Communications skills: Verbal and written

MS Outlook, Excel, Word & Powerpoint

Telecom Technical Procedures: Verizon - IP72202, AT&T -

TP-76300

Education

Feb 1999 ~ Mar 2013

Telecom Course Certificates

March 2013: Triage Partners - Tampa, FL

Completion of AT&T online courses: Supplier

Awareness Certificate, Ask Yourself Certificate,

NPE Quality Installation Certificate, PSAP Simulator

Certificate

January 2006: RJE Telecom - Tampa, FL

Certificate of Achievement: CN 4200 Turn - Up &

Test / OAMP

April 2005: Ciena - Baltimore, MD

Ciena 1000 Turn-up & Test/OAM&P Baltimore, MD

Certificate of Completion by Ciena for test & turnup

of the CN1000.

March 2005: Ciena - Petaluma, CA

Traverse Technical Training Petaluma, CA

Certificate of Completion by Turin Networks in

utilization of Traverse Systems.

April 1999: TAD Telecom - Tampa, FL

Certified by Trompeter Electronics Inc. to train and

certify BNC interconnect Trompeter products and

tools

March 1999: Nortel Technical School - RaleighDurham,

NC

Certificate of completion. S/DMS Transport node

OC-12 TBM Ring NE and OC-48 BLSR NE OAM&P.

February 1999: Bellcore - Chicago. IL

Certificate of completion. SONET Rings – Nortel

Sep 1986 ~ May 1987 East Central College

Incomplete, Drafting & Design

Sep 1981 ~ May 1984 Rolla Area Vocational Technical School

Voc. Degree, Drafting & Design

Sep 1981 ~ May 1984 Rolla Christian Academy

General High School Deploma, General

Interests

Digital photography & Graphic Arts, Bicycling,

Professional Sports Fan, Camping & Hiking, Electronics

References

Patricia Dominguez

Triage Partners

pdominguez@triage-partners.com / (813) 340-3408

Owner of Triage Partners

Richard Zach

Technocable Wiring Specialist Inc.

dickzach@technocable.com / (813) 778-1103

General Manager at Technocable and former boss at

Viasys International and Ajilon Communications.