GRANVILLE L. STEPHENS

1946 Wood Bend Street

Tarpon Springs, FL 34689

Home: (727) 943-2305             

Cell: (617) 792-5087

granville15@verizon.net

  

                                                                                                                                                                 

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

 

Network Planning & Engineering, experience predominantly designing fiber optic cabling infrastructure for Hi-Capacity Data Circuits (TLS Gigabit Ethernet, DS3/DS1, and Dedicated SONET Rings with Full Diversification).  Design and Project Management of Roadway & Drainage Improvement projects, Outside Plant Engineering and Engineering Management.

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

 

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word), Micro-Station, Visio, Lotus Notes, TIRKS, BDMS, iVapp, AAIS, AAIS-DS, ICGS/IDDS, RAMS, Work Brain, vBuild, CCP, SARTS, WFAC/DO, OMAPS, MLT testing.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

AT&T                                                                                                                                            May 2013 to Present

Wire Technician

Pembroke Pines, FL

Responsible for the installation and maintenance of U-verse services (Video, high speed internet, phone)

 

Verizon Communications Inc.                                                                                    July 1989 to July 2012

Verizon is a Fortune 100 global broadband and telecommunications company offering voice, data and video services.             

                           

Clearwater, FL

Outside Plant Engineer/Network Engineering                                                        July 2007 to July 2012           

Responsible for the design and utility coordination of obligatory public works and transportation projects within Northern Pinellas County and Western Pasco County.

Ø      Engineered and designed Hi-Capacity design circuits including Gigabit Ethernet, Transparent LAN Services (TLS), SONET Rings, DS3/DS1, OCN customer driven applications.

Ø      Engineered and designed the Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP/FTTCS) infrastructure, this includes coordination with Construction Department Managers, Supervisors and Technicians.

Ø      Included all work from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Pinellas County, Pasco County, and the other municipalities within this area.

Ø      Included Utility markups and Utility Work Schedules.

Ø      Preparation of Technical Specifications and Joint Project Agreements (JPA’s),

Ø      Coordination during design, and conflict resolution during construction phases of the project to work completion.

Ø      Capital and expense budgets for all projects, monitor design and construction changes in the field, and coordinate and negotiate any supplemental work required with Engineering and Construction Departments and their respective vendors and contractors

Ø      Serve as the single point of contact for all obligatory type projects in northern Pinellas and western Pasco County. 

                                                                                                 

Boston, MA

Outside Plant Engineer                                                                              August 1999 to July 2007

Responsible for the design and Engineering of all Verizon outside plant infrastructure and Obligatory Roadway and Drainage relocation Facilities design.

Ø      Coordinated with Construction departments and Engineering departments at Verizon and all Utility companies, state, county, and municipal entities.

Ø      Including design of manholes and conduit, underground, aerial and buried copper and fiber optic cables.

Ø      Design and placement of Multiplexer, cross connection boxes, Digital Loop Carriers, repeaters and load coils.

 

Dorchester, MA

Central Office Technician/Network Operation Center                                          July 1989 to August 1999

Responsible for Installation and maintenance of all design circuits.             

Ø      Coordinated the installation, provision and maintenance of all Hi-Capacity design circuits with Central Office and I&M technicians (DS3/DS1/ DS0, OCx, xDSL & ISDN).

Ø      Monitor Frame Relay, SONET, ATM, FDDI, and COLan network rings for alarms. 

Ø      Provision Digital Loop Carriers (Litespan 2000, SLC's) equipments.

Ø      Maintenance of DMS100, 1AESS & 5ESS switches

Ø      Installation and maintenance of POTS, ISDN, DS0 and DS1/DS3 circuits in central office.

Ø      Maintain and troubleshoots problems in DMS100, 1AESS & 5ESS switches.

Ø      Maintain detailed documentation of work completed.

 

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATES

 

BS Electrical Engineering Technology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA June 1997

AS Telecommunications, Northeastern University, Boston, MA June 1995

 

Master Certificate in Project Management, George Washington University, May 2002

Certificate in Computer Systems Specialist, Northeastern University, June 1998

 

 

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