Kent W Johnson

                                                                     
9111 Hummingbird Lane Sandy, Utah 84094  M-801-674-1590   kentjo@comcast.net
 

CAREER SUMMARY
 

Well rounded education and progressive experience in electronics and telecommunications industry in quality inspection, OSP engineering, construction / project coordination and project management of satellite, wireless, CATV and FTTP networks. Experienced  in all phases of construction and maintenance of hybrid fiber coax ( HFC ) networks and experience with FTTP networks. . Owned and operated construction company, self-starter, have high standards and very productive.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

COMCAST                                                             Salt Lake City, Utah                       2002 to 2015 

Construction  Coordinator CT3

Developing, coordinating, managing and implementing most aspects of  new build construction, maintenance and relocation projects. Relocation projects range from private, city, UDOT and  involved small scale to large scale road and freeway projects.

·             Consulting with government agencies, cities, land owners and utilities to determine the project scope.

·             Identifying easements and row's, creating estimates, pulling permits, developing contracts and agreements.

·             Conducting field engineering surveys, creating estimates. Working with designers and engineers to develop, design and implement construction plans..

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·             Implementing construction plans by managing projects from the cradle to the grave . Coordinating the timing of projects with all affected  entities to ensure the completion of the projects are on time and on budget and meeting all technical standards.

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·             QC and reconciliation of invoicing and materials on projects.

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·               AT&T BROADBAND   ( Merged with Comcast )                       Sandy, Utah                      1999 to 2002                         

Construction Coordinator  >> Sweep  Coordinator

Managing the activities of contractors, managing production to ensure timely project completion rebuild areas. Providing accurate reports, quality control, safety and outage management.

·   Developing and implementing sweep standards and procedures resulting in the completion of
  projects that met or exceeded all technical standards.
 

·   Assisted in Node certification.
 

INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES ( division of Tetra Tech)            Murray, Utah               1998 to 1999      
 

Quality Assurance Inspector
 

Monitoring the daily activities of contractors in rebuild areas. Overseeing the daily production to ensure the completion, quality control, safety, outage control and developing quality control standards.
 

INTERJETNET                                                        Salt Lake City, Utah                      1997 to 1998

Implementation Coordinator

Helped to start and scale the installation and service department of a start up wireless internet company . Procuring, coordinating and  implementing the installation of transmitters, wireless antennas and equipment.

·   Coordinated the installation of the main broadcast transmitter that  started operations. Conducted engineering surveys, acquisition of the installation vendor and coordinating the construction and installation.

·   Consulting with the project manager to procure the necessary equipment and staffing. Coordinating all necessary operations to start and maintain a fully functional installation and service department.

E- SYSTEMS                                                            Midvale, Utah                               1995 to 1997       

Managing Owner

Managing small telecommunications contracting company, overseeing all operations and  coordinating employees, subcontractors.  Engineering, designing, constructing and implementing full turnkey  projects.

INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS                              Sandy, Utah                                  1991 to 1995                    

   Installation Technician >> Service Technician
 

Designing, installing, troubleshooting and repairing of a most components in the cable system, from tap to headend .

·              R  repair of ingress, picture distortions and outage restoration, detecting and repairing of signal leakage.

     TV SPECIALISTS                                                   Salt Lake City, Utah                        1989                           

T    Technician

       Installation, service and repair of electronics, including video, audio and satellite systems.

EEDUCATION
 

·  AS and AAS Electronics Engineering, Salt Lake Community College

·  National Cable Television Institute
 

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
 

·  Pole climbing

·  ETI Aerial Device

·  Coax / Fiber Splicing

·  Sweep and Certification

·  NESC

·  SCTE

·  BCT     

AWARDS / ACCOMPLISHMENTS

·               Involved in all phases of the TCI/AT&T /Comcast-Utah Hybrid Fiber Coax Rebuild Project from start to finish 1998- 2004

·               Responsible for coordinating most of  Comcast-Utah's  maintenance and relocation projects ( City and UDOT) 2004-2012

·               Responsible for coordinating close to 1/2 of Comcast-Utah's  residential SDU /MDU new build and maintenance projects 2012- 2015

·               AT&T Broadband 2002 and Comcast 2003 employee of the month