Louis Vega Jourdan

3100 Town & Country Rd.

Oviedo, Florida 32766 

Res: (407) 366-7541

Cell: (407) 927-7585

louis_vega@yahoo.com

 

Quality and detail oriented, Project Manager. Seeking an Operations, Project Management or Engineering position where my Electrical and Civil Engineering, construction operations and project management experience with a strong technical background can contribute to the organization.

 

 

American Traffic Solutions, Inc.                                                                                                  Orlando, FL

Program Manager, Florida                                                                                                  Feb 2009 to present

Responsible for the Program Management of Red Light Cameras Systems inclusive of program management and construction of infrastructures, Project plans and budgets. Managed clients and client’s expectations for the implementation and post installation of red light camera system within a municipality. Worked closely with municipal staff and City Management coordinating all project deliverables. Responsible for quality, accuracy and timeliness of the program

 

 

 

Southwest Signal Engineering, Co.                                                                                                  Orlando, FL

Project Engineer, CEI                                                                                                                Dec 2006 to August 2008

Responsible for Construction, Engineering inspection of ITS project and facilities for FDOT and Florida Turnpike Enterprises. Project responsibilities inclusive of monitoring work progress of construction of electrical and civil work including placement of  utilities manholes, electrical conduit, placement of poles and overhead structures, lane closures, placement of fiber optic and electrical cables , power generators and building structures. Responsible for submittal of daily progress reports of work and pay items completed via Site Manager Program. Enforced job specifications and scope of work in the field and work site safety in accordance to FDOT and job specifications. 

Posses Advanced MOT Certification.

 

Design Project Engineer

Responsible for the design and engineering design of infrastructure facilities supporting SUNAV- ITS system for FDOT and Florida Turnpike Enterprises in South Florida District.

 

 

North Star Communications                                                                                                                Orlando, FL

Project Manager              , Central Florida                                                                                                  Apr 2005 to Dec 2006

Manager for the engineering group consisting of 12 engineers.  Responsible for supervision and the engineering design for the Competitive Broadband Project at Bell South, Orlando District.

 

Embarq in the Winter Garden District. Responsible for OSP Engineering. Responsible for issuing Engineering work orders, (EWO), PACS for copper and fiber optic feeder facilities. Issued work orders for distribution and pair grooming for the provisioning of ADSL service orders.

 

 

Outsource, Inc.                                                                                                                              Miami, FL

Senior OSP Engineer                                                                                                                Apr 2005 to Apr 2006

OSP Project Engineer responsible for design of OSP facilities in the South CST Miami area of Bell South. Focusing on Road moves/ facilities relocation and storm disaster restoration inclusive of fiber optic feeder facilities and DLC equipment, as well as, distribution facilities.

 

OSP Engineer for Sprint in Orlando area. Responsible for OSP Engineering. Responsible for issuing Engineering work orders, (EWO), PACS for copper and fiber optic feeder facilities. Issued RCA work orders for distribution and pair grooming for the provisioning of ADSL service orders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link America, Inc.                                                                                                                              Tampa, FL

OSP Project Manager                                                                                                                          Dec 2004 to Dec 2005

 

Responsible for the Planning of Outside Plant facilities and engineering design of FTTP inclusive of Feeder and distribution facilities in the Verizon operating region in the Tampa, Florida Area.

 

Links Construction Group, Inc.                                                                                                                Jersey City, NJ

Operations Manager                                                                                                                                            2002 to 2004

Managed operations, sales and business development. Responsible for operations of the telecommunications engineering group and construction work for the New York and New Jersey areas. Approved work schedules for construction managers and work crews. Responsible for production, change orders and the financial performance of all projects. Major emphasis on performance and safety.  Reviewed with project manager’s proposals, estimates and method of operation of each project for approval.  Responsible for sales, customer satisfaction and the financial performance of each project.

 

                                                                                                               

Looking Glass Networks, Inc.                                                                                                                   New York, NY

Regional Project Manager                                                                                                                   2000 to 2002

Manager for the deployment of a METRO Fiber Optic Networks in the Metropolitan areas of New York and New Jersey. Responsible for the engineering and construction, managed staff of engineers and construction managers. Implemented fiber splicing plans. Developed and introduced measures for cost reduction to save time and construction costs by researching the possibility of leasing existing Verizon facilities in the area.  Successfully negotiated contracts with Verizon, franchise and license agreements with local government agencies and municipalities to build and turn–up the proposed network on time. Program budgeted at 20 million. Accountable to the VP of Engineering and Construction. Responsible for the financial success of all projects within the NYC region. Responsible for management of engineering and construction subcontractors

 

 

Fluor Daniel Corp.                                                                                                                              Aliso Viejo, CA Project Manager                                                                                                                                            1997 to 2000

Project Manager at First World Communications in charge of the engineering design and construction of Data warehouse building site inclusive of Outside plant facilities and other utilities coordination of the data center sites. Managed the main build-out of the infrastructure facilities and outside plant network in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas.  Secured and negotiated contracts with contractors, managing projects in Salt Lake City, Utah. Focusing on Results and in the successful turn-up of Data Centers and Fiber Optic Networks, POPS at all of the operating areas.               

             

Construction Project Manager                                                                                                                          New York, NY

Responsible for the construction of cell sites and 56 miles of outside plant Fiber Optic backbone network supporting the network deployment and  build-out for AT&T in the New York City and New Jersey areas. Prepared fiber Restoration Guidelines and Fiber Restoration Plan for client.

Managed site engineering and construction for electrical work, cabling, power supply and battery back-up inclusive of electronic equipment for 60 building sites in Manhattan, NY. Responsible for the engineering and construction of Building Entrances (POE), cable risers, equipment room layout and installation. Responsible also for contract awards and negotiations.

Accountable for the financial success of the project.                           

 

Fluor Daniel Corp.

Engineering Manager                                                                                                                                   Orlando, FL

Managed the OSP-Engineering group at the Bell South outsource project for Outside plant engineering in the eastern geographic area of Orange County and the City of Orlando Florida. Supervised a group of 10 engineers, releasing detailed engineering design prints for construction of fiber optic cable, copper cable facilities, Fiber-In-The-Loop, DLC, SONET and ROW acquisitions. Prepared engineering prints for construction of OSP facilities, DLC engineering and FITL. Accountable for the overall performance of the OSP engineering group at this site. Proficient in Microstation, BSTCAD, PMTOOL, Auto CAD, OSPCM and OPEDS.

 

 

 

 

 

Bell Atlantic Professional Services, Inc.              Princeton, NJ

Operations Manager, Latin America               1996 – 1997             

Manager, responsible for the Sales and Business Development providing Professional Services, Engineering and Construction Services. Managed staff and operations supporting various Bell Atlantic operations and Regional Telecom Companies in the Caribbean and Latin America region. Accountable for the financial Performance and overall success of projects in the region.  Major projects included Construction inspection throughout Mexico; Engineering design for AT&T in Honduras; Engineering Design for PRTC in Puerto Rico; Engineering design and construction management for IUSACELL in Mexico .

 

 

CTEC Corp.                            Princeton, NJ

Senior Project Manager                            1994 - 1996

Project Manager for the Philadelphia region. Managed the installation and addition of new Manhole System for OSP and cabling relocation, consisting of a new equipment room Power supply and back-up for 2500 stations at The Philadelphia Airport.

Analyzed the cost of new OSP and implementation for the privatization of existing Central Office and network exchange in various cities in Cali, Colombia South America. And Mexico City. Analyzed proposals from vendors for Central Office equipment and upgrades. Accountable for the financial performance of the project.

 

 

BLS Communications, Inc.              Philadelphia, PA

Project Manager/Engineering Consultant               1993 - 1994

Project Manager for the Engineering design and construction of wide area network with a build-out of a Fiber Optic Network throughout private ROW in the operating region of Delmarva Power and Light.  Managed the implementation and supervised for the cut over of the network, consisting of 12000 work stations and multifunction telecommunications systems across multiple nodes. Responsible also for other departmental relocations consisting of multiple buildings campus and sites.

Project Manager and consultant for engineering, construction materials specifications and procurement involved in a joint effort with IBM and AT&T for Banco La Previsora in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Responsible for the construction of various Local Area Networks based on structured cabling systems supporting an Intelligent Building Concept.

 

Responsible for integrating voice, data, video security, controlled access, lighting and HVAC systems for various government building. 

 

 

Geonex International, Corp.                                                                                                                Norristown, PA

 

Operations Manager                                                                                                                                       1990-1993

Engineering Manager

                                                                                                                             

Manager for business development and operations for the Engineering Services Department.  Developed proposals and cost estimates, training programs, and project planning guidelines for telecommunications AM/FM mapping, field Inventory and engineering projects for power utility companies. Secured contracts with Bell Atlantic, New Jersey Bell, New York Tel. Co. and Centel. Contracts for Loop Electronics Field Inventory, OSP Engineering, Long range planning (LROPP) and Mapping Conversion Services.

Promoted to Operations Manager for the Madrid, Spain Business Unit.

 

 

BLS Communications, Inc.             

Engineering consultant

Outside Plant Project Engineer & Planner                                                                                                  1987 - 1990             

Engineer & Planner for New York Telephone. Engineered and planned OSP network exchange facilities for an identified wire center.  Coordinated and reviewed the engineered construction prints to conformity of established specifications and guidelines to conform to the created Long-Range Plans. Made recommendations for modifications and/or approval of projects.

Provided OSP and Inside Plant Engineering design services for an Alternative access Provider. Developed specific construction prints for distribution cable facilities and consultation for the development of construction prints for a distributed fiber optic cable ring network using public and private ROW inclusive of railroad easements crossings and bridge attachments. 

Acquired public and/or private right of ways agreements for the installation of cable facilities and equipment in buildings and POPS. Projects within the City of Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs for Eastern Telelogic Corp. 

Provided Engineering design services for the provisioning of OSP facilities in the Bergen and Hudson Counties for New Jersey Bell all within the NJB operating area.

 

             

AT&T Information Systems                                                                                                               

New York, NY.

Project Manager / Sales Engineer                                                                                                                1984 - 1987

Project manager for the Engineering design and cost estimating for Telecommunications Projects and Systems supporting voice and data applications for the installation of voice and data equipment inclusive of equipment room design and distribution supporting AT&T's structured cabling systems in the New York City area.  Performed as Sales Engineer and Project Manager for numerous Telecommunications construction projects supporting a local area network, building cabling installations and PBX systems.

 

 

LAMBIC Telecom Inc.                           

New York, NY.

Project Engineer                                                                                                                              1981 - 1984

Engineered, designed and managed OSP telecommunications facilities for New York Telephone Company in the Manhattan area. Inclusive of underground feeder cable facilities, underground conduit design and construction. Also responsible for the engineering design and construction management and inspection of high rise building cable distribution for various NYC buildings.

 

 

LAMBIC Telecom Inc.                           

Fort Lauderdale, FL. 

OSP Project Engineer                                                                                                                              1980 - 1981

Engineered and designed OSP telecommunications facilities at Bell South for new developments in the Broward, Dade and Palm Beach counties areas. Responsible also for the construction, rehabilitation and analysis existing of facilities in the Broward county area.

 

 

Puerto Rico Telephone Co.             

San Juan, Puerto Rico

OSP Project Engineer                                                                                                                              1976 - 1980

Responsible for the Engineering design and construction of telephone distribution facilities and systems. Responsible also for the administration of OSP facilities in the San Juan Metro area. Issued the construction prints for distribution cable facilities, building cabling designs for high rise buildings.

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION:              Civil Engineering

                            University of Puerto Rico

                            Bilingual: Spanish /English.

 

Partial List of Projects:

 

 

l        CEI for FDOT/Turnpike Enterprises

l        Fiber Optic network design for FDOT/Turnpike, South Florida

l        VA Hospital, Wayne, PA

l        Philadelphia Airport, Philadelphia, PA

l        550 Madison Ave. Manhattan, NY 

l        535 Madison Ave, Manhattan, NY 

l        520 Madison Ave. Manhattan, NY 

l        375 3^rd Ave. Manhattan, NY 

l        General Post Office, Manhattan, NY

l        Cell Towers for ATT wireless in NY & NJ

l        Pacific Ocean Cable crossing, San Luis Obispo, CA

l        Privatization of Telecommunications facilities in Cali, Colombia

l        Construction Inspection, Mexico

l        Construction Methods and Specifications writing for MCI

l        Construction Methods and Specifications writing for First World Communications

l        Intelligent building design and construction management, Guayaquil, Ecuador

l        Network Deployment in NY & NJ for Looking Glass Networks, Inc.

l        Construction Plans review and analysis