David L. Brooks
364 Stafford Ave.

Syracuse, NY 13206

315-437-4760-H

914-419-0228-C

dave.brooks@att.net

Experience:

 

Verizon

RJE Telecom                       March 2010 to May 2010

Contracted to Verizon

Syracuse, NY

Position - Outside Plant Engineer

Responding to DS-1 and up to OC256 Service requests and designing FTTP Fiber and Copper to Business and Residential customers in the Syracuse and surrounding areas. SONET Engineering to build new rings and include existing ones. Also doing Turf Engineering working with the Local Power Co, the Cable Co. the local Gas Co. the local Water Co. and also the customer to engineer what , where and when we will be installing cable or fiber optics to the customer and then doing the Engineering using Visio in conjunction with TIRKS and other computer based programs and being able to read and understand PLATS, cable and Fiber layout diagrams and finally turning service up to the customer. Project Management used in FIOS and Wireless Applications in construction of and fiber feeds to new wireless sites. Extensive wireless engineering, site visits, sketching, and then doing the engineering to fiber feed existing and helping to engineer upate and engineer new cell sites for customers. Working with CLEC’s to resolve any structural or basic problems associated with tower and or rooftop installs. Address and eliminate any budget concerns. Engineering Design Packages (EDP) and Signal Flow Diagrams (SFD) for each tower and hub site and submit for approval and action via Remedy. CVS or other repository as directed. Associated projects. Pole work, i.e.: new poles, removal of poles and transfer of poles included. . Designing and building of Commercial and Battery Power plants and the testing and the Mechanical installation of the power plants. Knowledge of Diesel Backup and working knowledge of same. Installation of Cummins Diesel Backup Generators. Installation of UPS Power and Cad Welding of all Equipment to Ring Ground of Buildings. Extensive knowledge of Directional Boring and Missileing. Also Trenching Cable and Fiber Etc.

Top Secret Comparmental TS/SCI Clearable. First Class Radiotelephone Operator’s License
 

 

 

 

Verizon

TEK & RJE Telecom                       November 2008 to August 2009

Contracted to Verizon

Syracuse, NY

Position - Outside Plant Engineer

Responding to DS-1 and up to OC256 Service requests and designing FTTP Fiber and Copper to Business and Residential customers in the Syracuse and surrounding areas. SONET Engineering to build new rings and include existing ones. Also doing Turf Engineering working with the Local Power Co, the Cable Co. the local Gas Co. the local Water Co. and also the customer to engineer what , where and when we will be installing cable or fiber optics to the customer and then doing the Engineering using Visio in conjunction with TIRKS and other computer based programs and being able to read and understand PLATS, cable and Fiber layout diagrams and finally turning service up to the customer. Project Management used in FIOS and Wireless Applications in construction of and fibe feds to new wireless sites. Extensive wireless engineering, site visits, sketching, and then doing the engineering to fiber feed existing and helping to engineer update and engineer new cell sites for customers. Working with CLEC’s to resolve any structural or basic problems associated with tower and or rooftop installs. Address and eliminate any budget concerns. Engineering Design Packages (EDP) and Signal Flow Diagrams (SFD) for each tower and hub site and submit for approval and action via Remedy. CVS or other repository as directed. . Designing and building of Commercial and Batter Power plants and the testing and the

Mechanical installation of the power plants. Knowledge of Diesel Backup and working knowledge of same. Installation of Cummins Diesel Backup Generators. Installation of UPS Power and Cad Welding of all Equipment to Ring Ground of Buildings. Extensive knowledge of Directional Boring and Missileing. Also Trenching Cable and Fiber Etc.

Associated projects. Pole work, i.e.: new poles, removal of poles and transfer of poles included.

Top Secret Compartmental TS/SCI Clearable. First Class Radiotelephone Operator’s License
 

 

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Verizon

TEK Systems                                     November 2007 to November 2008

Contracted to Verizon

Buffalo, NY

Position – Outside Plant Engineer

Responding to Ds-1 Service requests and designing FTTP Fiber and Copper to Business and Residential customers in the Buffalo and surrounding areas. Using Visio in conjunction with

TIRKS and other computer based programs, also being able to read and understand PLATS

and cable layout diagrams. Extensive wireless engineering, site visits,sketching, and then doing the engineering to fiber feed existing and helping to engineer and update new cell sites for customers. Working with CLEC’s to resolve any structural or basic problems associated with tower and or rooftop installs. Address and eliminate any budget concerns. Engineering Design Packages (EDP) and Signal Flow Diagrams (SFD) for each tower and hub site and submit for approval and action via Remedy. CVS or other repository as directed. . Designing and building of Commercial and Battery Power plants and the testing and the Mechanical installation of the power plants. Knowledge of Diesel Backup and working knowledge of same. Installation of Cummins Diesel Backup Generators. Installation of UPS Power and Cad Welding of all Equipment to Ring Ground of Buildings. Extensive knowledge of Directional Boring and Missileing. Also Trenching Cable and Fiber Etc.

Top Secret Compartmental TS/SCI Clearable. First Class Radiotelephone Operator’s License
 

 

 

 

 

 

Butler Telecom                                  April 2007 to August  2007

Contracted to Verizon

Bergen, Passaic, Hudson Counties in New Jersey                                                                                                 

Position – FIOS Project Quality Auditor

Overseeing of Quality Installations of Verizon FIOS, and the troubleshooting of post installation

Troubles in the Northern New Jersey Area. Writing SMOPS for work to be done. Reissuing             

Engineering drawings using VISIO and AutoCad to show correct placement of aerial hub, ports and new fiber if necessary. Overseeing 50 Supervisors and over 150 Technicians in three Counties. Engineering Design Packages (EDP) and Signal Flow Diagrams (SFD) for each tower and hub site and submit for approval and action via Remedy. CVS or other repository as directed. . Designing and building of Commercial and Battery Power plants and the testing and the Mechanical installation of the power plants. Knowledge of Diesel Backup and working knowledge of same. Installation of Cummins Diesel Backup Generators. Installation of UPS Power and Cad Welding of all Equipment to Ring Ground of Buildings.  Extensive knowledge of Directional Boring and Missileing. Also Trenching Cable and Fiber Etc.

Top Secret Compartmental TS/SCI Clearable. First Class Radiotelephone Operator’s License
 

 

 

DB Fiber Consulting                           July 2006 to January 2007

Hudson Valley Region

Position – Owner and Engineer

Solving problems and projects for independent businesses on an ad needed basis. Working

With Fiber Rings and Switched Networks such as ATM and Frame Switching etc. up to and including 10Gb/s networks and DWDM. Extensive knowledge of Directional Boring and Missileing. Also Trenching Cable and Fiber Etc.

Top Secret Compartmental TS/SCI Clearable. First Class Radiotelephone Operator’s License
 

 

Experience:

Everett Construction                          January 2006 to March 2006

Contracted to Verizon

Baltimore, MD

Position - Project Manager

Overseeing from 20 to 80 Subcontractors to install UG Fiber and conduit for Verizon FTTP and FIOS Project. Setting up standards and timetables for Subs to meet and complete jobs. Work with Radiodetection tools to help Utiliquest locate utilities. Completing engineering walk through and working up the fiber and conduit drawings to show where and how many conduits and direct fiber burials there will be in any given RO. Making sure these drawings are correct with the correct hand holes, pull boxes and flowerpots. Then issuing the right RO’s to the field. OSHA certified. CLICK SAFETY certified. Engineering Design Packages (EDP) and Signal Flow Diagrams (SFD) for each tower and hub site and submit for approval and action via Remedy. CVS or other repository as directed. . Designing and building of Commercial and Battery Power plants and the testing and the Mechanical installation of the power plants. Knowledge of Diesel Backup and working knowledge of same. Installation of Cummins Diesel Backup Generators. Installation of UPS Power and Cad Welding of all Equipment to Ring Ground of Buildings. Extensive knowledge of Directional Boring and Missileing. Also Trenching Cable and Fiber Etc.

Top Secret Compartmental TS/SCI Clearable. First Class Radiotelephone Operator’s License
 

 

 

Crown Fiber Communications          August 2005 to January 2006

Contracted to Verizon

Harrisburg, PA

Position - Project Manager

Overseeing as many as 60 to 80 Subcontractors to install all UG FTTP and FIOS for Verizon.

Certified in all underground and aerial. Working to see all work is up to QC standards and projects are completed on time. Work with Radiodetection tools to help Utiliquest locate utilities. Completeing engineering walk throughs and working up the fiber and conduit drawings to show where and how many conduits and direct fiber burials there will be in any given RO. Making sure these drawings are correct with the correct hand holes, pull boxes and flowerpots. Then issuing the right RO’s to the field. OSHA certified. CLICK SAFETY certified. Extensive knowledge of Directional Boring and Missileing. Also Trenching Cable and Fiber Etc.

Top Secret Compartmental TS/SCI Clearable. First Class Radiotelephone Operator’s License
 

 

 

DB Fiber Consulting                  April 2004 to December 2004

Hyde Park, NY

Position - Area Operations Manager

Supervision over 10+ men to include the over seeing of the installation and maintenance of Cable TV, Highspeed data and VOIP, and IT in the Wappingers Falls Area of the Hudson Valley. All work was done for Cablevision of Wappingers Falls. OSHA certified.

Top Secret Compartmental TS/SCI Clearable. First Class Radiotelephone Operator’s License
 

 

 

 

 

DB Fiber Consulting                       January 2003 to April 2004

Syracuse, New York

Position – Owner and Engineer

To solve fiber optic problems for any and all large

and small companies or for individuals with an unsolvable situation involving but not limited to fiber optics and ring networks, LAN, WAN,MAN, IT and Network Interface TCPIP.  Terrestrial and submarine included. Top Secret Compartmental TS/SCI Clearable. First Class Radiotelephone Operator’s License
 

 

 

           

Globe Net                                     October 2000 to December 2002

Tuckerton, New Jersey
Position - Submarine Network Engineer/Telecommunication Network Engineering
Primary Technician and Engineer responsible for the implementation and Design and building of

Submarine Able Stations. Acceptance of 360 Americas, a 25,000 mile under sea Alcatel 10Gb/s network formed by 3 rings between USA, Bermuda, Argentina, and Venezuela. Project completed on time and under budget. Extensive knowledge of submarine network design (power budget), PFE, SLTE, Multiplexers, system reliability, submarine DWDM terminal equipment, ADM Management and power plant. Had 5 technicians working under me to design, build, test, implement, and turn up new Cable Station. All Technicians associated with submarine system and CO equipment were Alcatel. Duties included the overseeing of CCTV and Fire Surpression installation and the test and turn up of same. Designing and building of Commercial and Battery Power plants and the testing and the Mechanical installation of the power plants. Knowledge of Diesel Backup and working knowledge of same. Installation of Cummins Diesel Backup Generators. Installation of UPS Power and Cad Welding of all Equipment to Ring Ground of Buildings. Extensive knowledge of Directional Boring and Missileing. Also Trenching Cable and Fiber Etc.

Top Secret Compartmental Clearance (TS SCI). First Class Radiotelephone Operator’s License
 

 

Additional responsibilities included:

· Design and building of entire Submarine Cable Station. From Ground breaking to Turn up.

·  Directional boring for undersea and terrestrial fiber cable, laying of prefab

     manholes, handholes and pullboxes. Also the pulling of fiber interduct through
     the same. Use of Salt Marsh Crane to pull and plow to cut through bog iron, stone cutting.

 

·  Outside plant engineer for running of underground and aerial fiber for preparation of transfer

     of live traffic on underground and aerial routes for A.T.& T.                      

· Live traffic transfer from one network (AT&T) to another (360 Americas).

· Interconnection between (360 Americas) to TAT-14 (AT&T) submarine

   network.

· Circuit provisioning, fiber optic engineering and preparation of Engineering Work Order, CLR (Circuit

   Layout Record) and DLR (Design Layout Record).

· Customer service acceptance testing Optical Network (Nortel DX, LH, TN-1X,

      TN-4X, TN-16X & TBM

 

Equipment :

Alcatel 1641SM,  1680 Optical DACS, OALW64, Lucent SLM-2000-16. Microwave Network ( All Nortel
radio Protfolio and several other vendors: Harris, DMC, and ATI).  Wireless
Network (Nortel BST and TDM cellular  equipment and DMX switch). Earth Station operation. 

 

Additional Skills:

· Knowledge of North American standards (ANSI and Bellcore, International  

   standard ITU), Supervised installation test and service of LAN, MAN, WAN and

   PABX as LAN and Telephony services.

· Complete Broadband experience.

· Totally familiar with all types of test sets including TTC, WaveTek, Wandel

   Golderman, Anritsu etc. OTDR used to test all fiber in network. COTDR used to test undersea   

   Cable portion when needed to.

· Ran Fiber and Interduct inside Conduit from NYC to Tuckerton Cable station into cable vaults for TAT-14. Spliced and took OTDR readings for the same for A.T. & T.


AT & T Cable Station                                         1990-2000  (retired)

Manahawkin, New Jersey
 

Position - Senior Cable Station Technician

Was responsible for the operation of A.T. & T.’s Radiotelephone station call sign WOO and worked with ships at sea and connecting them to Pittsburgh’s Overseas Operators and connecting the call using Antenna Technology.   
SONET Installation, Provisioning, Testing and Maintenance. Worked in Government Markets for more than 8 years, Building Maintenance, construction, floor redesign, load design, equipment placement, structural design/changes to improve HVAC and other environmental services.  Worked with Lucent and AT&T building engineers on design of cable station for TAT-14, Transatlantic Telephone Installation & Maintenance, 2.0, 45,140, 560, 10 Gig Systems and Multiplex, ECI Telecom PSM-1 Multiplexers, Restoration projects (domestic, foreign and undersea), Light guide projects including addition of  Manahawkin node into
working 3 rail New Jersey Ring and adding of wavelengths and LCT's, OLS's, and OTs. SONET AND NGLN Qualified. Top Secret Compartmental Clearance (TS SCI). First Class Radiotelephone Operator’s License

Additional Skills:

· Outside plant engineer for the preparation of as builts for the placement of fiber routes for   

   terrestrial and under sea fiber and the drafting of same.

 

· Worked with Bell Labs SONET Transport Group, Bell Labs Transport System 

   and Bell Labs International Network Transport Group

   

· Taught High Speed Switch Fabric and DS0 up to and including OC256 Broadband Technology

    and assisted in the R&D of said technology.

 

· Developed Upgrades and Engineered the DACS currently being used by AT&T and Local

  Companies

· Installed and tested Lucent Wavestar 400Gbs Systems.
 

· NORTEL Installation, Test and Turn-up of LH, DX, and DWDM Systems
 

· DACS I, II, III, IV,VI Installation, Provisioning, Testing

  Alcatel - 1641SX Operations & Maintenance & 10 Gigabit Submarine Network

  Installation

 

· Outside Plant Qualified and a member of National Disaster Recovery Team, also

   fully qualified in Outside Plant Construction, Tower Maintainence

 

 

· Installation of Aerial and Underground Coaxial and Fiber Optic Cables All DC  

   and AC Power Installation and Maintenance


· Fully qualified in Rotary Mechanical, Domestic Fusion, Undersea and SL2000  

   Series Fiber Optic Splicing, including Japanese Undersea Cable Splicing

 

AT & T                                                              1970-1990
Syracuse, New York

Position – Technician-NOC – Subject Matter Expert

Troubleshooting and building any and all types of services for voice and data customers and overseeing 5 other technicians. Subject Matter Experts

 

Digital Radio Installation and Maintenance, 100a, 200a switching, Autovon & Telephoto , Private Line Voice & Data Installation/Maintenance, Wideband Voice & Data Installation, Provisioning, Testing and Maintenance. SARTS and DCO Installation and Maintenance. AC/DC Power

     Complete equipment & training history available upon request
 

Education and Business Awards

· Bachelor Of Science Degree - Communications Engineering - Syracuse University

·  Spirit Of Communications Award

· Presidental Task Force 1984
·  International Operations Recognition Award

References
    Professional and personal references are available upon request