Frank West
4860 cove rd
Fairfax, Va. 22032
703-819-9780
f.west@verizon.net
Work
Experience
January 2009
to Present
FTTP Engineer
– HEPCO
I work in the
SPOC as a fios and pots and dsl tech support eng, responsible for taking care
of orders that have problems with facilities in the field. This is
accomplished by use of many software applications. This includes IDDS, ICGS,
IVAPP, BDMS, lfacs, MICROSTATION cad program and excell. I research the
problem the fios tech has and come up with a solution to provide fios service
to the customer.
July 2007 to
January 2009
FTTP Engineer
– Tesinc
Responsible
for building Verizon's fiber optic network in the Northern Virginia area of
Washington DC. This included building FTTP (fiber to the premise) ,MDU and
researching right of way and obtains permits for this work from VDOT and
counties of Virginia
Sep 2006 to
July 2007
FTTP Engineer
- Fujitsu
Responsible
for building Verizon's fiber optic network in the Tampa, Florida region. I
worked on Verizon premise as the lead engineer for FTTP in my areas. This
included building FTTP (fiber to the premise) ,MDU and researching right of
way and obtains permits for this work from Surrounding counties and FDOT. I
used Smartplan, IDDS, ICGS, Rams and Microstation. I had the responsibility
of overseeing contract engineers, Inspectors and fixing any problems that
came up on my jobs.
Jan 2004 to Sep 2006
OSP/ROW Design Engineer - Ameriss
Responsible for building Verizon's fiber optic
network in the Northern Virginia area of Washington DC. This included
building FTTP (fiber to the premise) ,MDU and researching right of way and
obtains permits for this work from VDOT and counties of Virginia and
Maryland.
May 2000 to Jan 2001
Design Engineer - MCI World Com
Responsible for building World Com’s Fiber
Network in Northern Virginia Area. Hired and Managed Contract Engineers to
build network. Managed fiber optic projects from proposal to construction.
Worked with the inside plant engineers to build Points of Prescience (POP)’s
at customer locations. Responsible for ISP engineering in the customers
space. Managed the fiber recordkeeping and fiber assignments. Managed the
splicing of the fiber in my area and worked with the outside construction
forces in cable relocations because of VDOT or State road construction. All
construction work was on a bid and I had to hold bid meetings and oversee the
construction of the job.
1999 to April 2000
Design Engineer - OSP Consultants
Projects from proposal to completion in the Wash
DC area. I have been responsible for pricing, designing and building multiple
Fiber Projects, Cable TV and Aerial. I have completed Feasibility Studies for
building Fiber Optic Routes in Boston, Phoenix, Miami and Cleveland.
1991 to 1999
Design engineer - Bell Atlantic
Fiber optic and special circuits in the Northern
Virginia Area. Working in conjunction with the planning and estimate group to
make the facilities available when needed and provided help in the
spoc.Designed fiber optic routes to customer premises in Northern Virginia.
Was responsible for customer requirements in the area of special circuit
design and implementation. All designs had to be accomplished by an EWO.
1981 to 1990
Design Engineer - Bell Atlantic
Conduit design and highway relocation interfacing
with VDOT and Fairfax County government in the relocation of telephone facilities
in advance of road building. The construction of the manholes and conduit was
done at the request of the planning engineers and was worked in conjunction
with the area engineer. All Highway relocation was worked with the highway
engineers and in conjunction with the building of the roads. The Highway
relocation main job was to move the telephone plant in conjunction with the
building of the highway. All construction of conduit was on a bid basis and I
was responsible for budgeting and performing the bid process. All designs had
to be accomplished by an EWO.
1977 to 1980
Design Engineer - C&P Telephone Company
Falls Church Area-building aerial and buried
plant to provide telephone service to the area. Responsible for obtaining
easements and permits to facilitate construction and work with the State and
County regulatory agencies in the construction of telephone facilities. All
designs had to be accomplished by an EWO.
Computor Experience
MS Word, Excel, MS Project. AutoCad 14,
Windows98, Map Info and Windows2000.