John M. Conte

612 Tappan Street,

Forked River N.J. 08731

(609) 693-1645 or (973) 632-4735

 

Comcast

4/2010 to 3/2012

650 Centerton Road 

Moorestown, N.J.

Deployment Engineer

The Engineering and Deployment of Equipment for both Cell Backhaul and Metro Ethernet projects through Comcast’s NETO (National Engineering and Technical Operations) Division.

·          Deployment of telecom equipment to both cell sites and in customer MSC’s to enhance bandwidth and service on their 3G and 4G Networks. For major customers such as T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon Wireless.

·          Inspected construction of upgrades at each cell site location to ensure contractors were building sites to Comcast Standards.

·          Supervised MSC builds for T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon Wireless to be sure they were built to Comcast standards and specifications.

·          Helped develop Comcast Cell Site Construction Engineering Standards

·          Helped develop Comcast Cell Site Inspection Standards

·          Worked hands on alongside local market technicians to help turn cell sites up by testing fiber connectivity, installing Cisco Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Transceiver into Ciena 311V’s (Service Delivery Switch) also plugging in appropriate fibers so sites can be turned up and tested before being handed over to the customers.

·          Responsible helping my assigned local markets in any way possible to ensure towers and MSC’s were built, turned up, tested and handed over to customer.

·          Markets responsible for included Baltimore, Atlanta, Washington, Chicago, Indiana, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Greater Boston.

·          Performed full audits of all equipment and fiber on the entire Comcast backbone. Reports entailed all rack elevations front and rear drawn on Netzoom 11, a spread sheet on each fiber run, all electrical information and connection information also a detailed list all extra equipment left onsite.

·          Prepared full rack elevations showing all deployed equipment using Netzoom11 for all Sprint MSC builds and Verizon Wireless Martha’s Vineyard build.

·          Equipment deployed consisted mostly of Juniper mx960 routers, Ethernet/IP transport gear, Ciena LE-311v Service Delivery Switch, Minara XFP 50GHz full C-band tunable OTN XFP Module with integrated G.709 framer, OAM and Forward Error Correction and Cisco Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Transceiver, Cisco 2911 Intergraded Service Routers, Brix Verifier 3000, Telec GMT fuse panels, ADC patch panels, DWDM panels and Corning OSP fiber panels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VERIZON (CONSULTANT)

12/2007 to 7/2009  (Consultant through Hepco Inc)

15000 Midlantic Drive

Mount Laurel, N.J. completed 18 month contract

3/2006 to 9/2007 (Consultant through RJE Telecom)

Verizon 500 Summet Lake Dr.

Valhalla, N.Y. completed 18 month contract

9/2004- 6/2005 (Consultant through National Engineering)

Henkeles & McCoy 

Bluebell, Pa. completed 9 month contract

9/2003- 7/2004 (Consultant through HEPCO INC.)

Verizon Teaneck N.J. completed 9 month contract

 

 

Mount Laurel, N.J. 

NETWORK CREATIONS ADMINISTRATOR (FTTP)

Duties included the process of FIOS Engineering Work Order completion packages, known as, (Redlines). These packages include all the necessary documentation the NCA requires to perform the detailed review, analysis and corrections to create the network elements necessary to deploy FIOS. This process requires the knowledge and use of the following systems:

-          IDDS - (Integrated Digital Drafting System) – Mechanized AUTO CAD Engineering records and drafting system.

-          ICGS (Integrated Computer Graphic System) – Data base system that contains all OSP (Outside Plant) network elements.

-          Peoplesoft – Corporate Accounting System that inventories all OSP Investments.

-          Microsoft Excel – Used to tract various administrative reports.

-          Asset Verification – Used to ensure that the Corporate Assets are recorded accurately.

-          IVAP – used to record the customer assignment data so FIOS service orders can be generated.

-          VBUILD – Web based application for tracking the building of the OSP elements.

 

 

 

Valhalla, N.Y. 

OSP ENGINEER/ PROJECT MANAGER (FTTP)

This entailed Documentation of Site Surveys and Fiber Optic Engineering Plans, placement of FDH's, FDP's & Fiber cables, also assigning fibers along the way, for all jobs aerial and buried.  Drawing revisions of jobs, using the programs VISEO and ECRIS Print Manager (a Fiber Tracking System). Riding jobs with the Splice & Line Foreman for the construction approval before handing it off to construction to build.  Ensuring all equipment and network additions were completed on time and within budget.

 

 

 

Bluebell, Pa.

OSP ENGINEER/ PROJECT MANAGER (FTTP)

Engineered new FTTP (fiber to the premise) for Verizon. This entailed documentation of site surveys, Fiber Optic Engineering Plans, the placement pf FDH’s (fiber distribution hubs), FDP’s (fiber distribution panels) also different sized fiber cables, assigning fibers along the way, using VISEO to draw out the site plans. Ensuring equipment and network additions were completed on time and within budget.

 

Teaneck N.J. 

OSP ENGINEER/ PROJECT MANAGER (FTTP)

Completed a 7 month contract with Verizon as an Outside Plant (OSP) Engineer.

This entailed Documentation of Site Surveys, Fiber Optic engineering Plans, placement of FDH's, FDP's & Fiber cables, also assigning fibers along the way. Ensuring all equipment and network additions were completed on time and within budget.

 

9/2005- 2/2006

Passaic County Community College 

After last contract I went back in school full time, studying various courses.

 

NETWORK PLUS

2000 – 2003

One World Trade Suite 8104,  81^st floor

After 9/11/01 601 West 26th Street New York, NY

 

OSP-INsight Project Manager

Led a team responsible for successfully placing the company's entire network into a OSP-Insight, MapInfo based graphics/database program. This involved the inventory of all network elements: fiber optic cable, transmission equipment and associated frames, buildings, risers, conduit, manholes, etc.

 

Project also included linking all associated splice drawings to their respective manholes, enclosures and LGX panels. Mapped all cables from their equipment terminations to LGX panel and jack assignments. This system is used for tracking network troubles by the NOC (National Operations Center).

 

Conducted Site Surveys and created detailed drawings for city approvals and permits. Responsible for supervising construction crews for all new fiber optic cable jobs from point of entry to fiber terminations at customer locations and common space areas in buildings in all five boroughs in New York.

 

Supervised on site fusion splicing and construction crews.

 

 

 

Teleport Communications Group (TCG)

1995 to 1998

75 Broad Street New York, NY & Dayton, NJ         

 

AT&T Local Service (TCG)

1998 - 2000

(AT&T acquired TCG in July of 1998)       

67 Broad Street NYC, NY & One World Trade Suite 5702 57th flr

 

Project Manager              

Lead a ten-person team on project to replace Geonet (a graphics tracking program).

I had coordinated vendor meetings to elicit proposals of a program with the capabilities and demonstrations of potential replacement of selected programs.

Once the product was selected I initiated budget proposals for the purchase and implementation OSP-INSight to replace Geonet.

Formed and led team to standardize OSP-INSIGHT program procedures for entire AT&T Local Service organization throughout the 43 city footprint.

 

Geonet Applications Support              

I provided first and second tier Support for the Geonet system.

Managed inventory of all fiber optic cable in the cities served by AT&T Local Services.

Provided onsite training for Geonet system enhancements in all 43 cities

Developed AT&T Local Service standards used nationally for Geonet

system.

 

Cable Management Systems / Building Cable Management Systems Project Manager

Responsible for all inside plant and outside plant construction and splice drawings. Managed 5 person team responsible for maintaining the Cable Management Systems / Building Cable Management Systems (CMS/BCMS)

Maintained inventory of all fiber and copper cables for TCG's type I and type II service in all five boroughs of New York

Managed inventory and tracking of all conduit, manholes, poles, hand holes, tunnels, bridges that were owned, rented or leased in the state of New York.

 

Assistant OSP Engineer              

Responsible for assigning both fiber and copper pairs for customers.

Conducted site surveys and created job drawings required for city approvals and permits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1992 to 1995

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Montvale, NJ

Designer / Drafter

              Restoration of store fixture plans.

              Upgrade interior and exterior elevations and floor plans of the productivity of food stores and specialty departments.

              Interfaced with client companies to revise site plans and develop budgets for construction and renovation projects.

 

1986-1992

Bell Communications & Research (BELLCORE)

Morristown, NJ

Supervisor, Sr. Drafter / Designer

Prepared detailed equipment layouts of Subscriber Loop Carrier Systems for Bell Atlantic.

Prepared detailed installation illustrations for fastening and bracing of equipment assemblies for Northern-Telecom DMS-10 and DMS-100 systems.

Graphics specialist for mechanical and assembly detail drawings, proposals, block diagrams, tables and other graphics needed by engineering department.

Created and issued Network Equipment Buildings Systems (NEBS) data sheets

Updated the on-line index and maintained the master library of issued NEBS data sheets. Produced and distributed all information to the Regional Bell Operating Companies. Designed detailed fire protection drawings for the Common Systems Engineering Group and Fire Technology AI Experts.

Bellcore had a down sizing and department was disassembled, took buyout.

 

1984 -1986

Grand Union Company

Elmwood Park, N. J.

Drafter

Analyzed store fixture plans for the purpose of upgrading the productivity of food stores and of specialty departments.

 

 

 

References:

William Seybold…. Comcast NETO Deployment Engineer ….610-306-0828

Philip Koebert… Comcast NETO Deployment Engineer ….609-868-9650

Aric Allen……. Comcast NETO Deployment Engineer ….856-397-7642

Ken Carroll.......CEO Instrumentation Engineering......201-819-5399

William McKeever … Verizon FTTP Engineering Southern NJ…609-462-5107
 

Education:

2000-2001 Network Plus Technical Training

Intro to MapInfo

MapInfo I

OSP-InsightMapInfo-advanced

 

1996-1999 TCG / AT&T Schooling

CMS/BCMS: 160hrs. Toronto, Canada

Management Workshop: 40hrs. Dayton, NJ.

Telecommunications: 24hrs. Staten Island, NY

OSP Engineering: 80hrs Dayton, NJ

5ESS System: 80hrs. Detroit, MI

COLR for Operations: 32hrs. Dayton, NJ

Geonet: 160hrs. Owen Sound, Canada

Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, Word, Access, Power Point

 

1986 - 1993 Bell Communications & Research Schooling

UNIX

Wordmark I & II

AutoCAD

Macintosh

MacII

MacDraw Management Skills and Writing

 

1988 Computer Applications Learning Center, Morristown, N. J.

Intro to AutoCAD, Certification after 140hr. program

 

1986 Passaic School of Drafting, Passaic N. J.

Certificate for PC Design

 

1984 Passaic Community College, Passaic N. J.

Certificate for Architectural and Electrical Design 200hr. program

 

1981-1983 School Of Modern Technology & Design, Paterson, N. J.

Associates Degree in Architectural Design

 

1977-1980 Don Bosco Technical High School, Paterson, N. J.

Drafting & general studies