HARRY TRIPP

1288 Co Hwy 4

Otego, NY  13825

C774-454-8629

htripp@Engineering.com

EMPLOYMENT

HIGHLIGHTS

       

February 2012 to November 2012

       FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS-Rochester, NY,(PCS Engineering)

Primary job OSP Engineer / Make Ready, Transfer and Removal to provide room on poles for other Utilites. Turf back up Engineer jobs, i.e. Fiber to Cell Sites, to new Businesses,  Copper jobs aerial, underground. Design by Auto Cad,Intelicad submit for approval to final build. Handle Customer complaints. Engineering Supervisor, Dan Hartman

 

February 2011 to August 2011

       FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS-(Byers Engineering)

FIBER TO THE CELL SITE ENGINEER, BURLINGTON, VT

Research and co-ordinate with Planning Engineer to devise fiber distribution, and counts to ATT, VERIZON, and Fairpoint Cell sites.  Design on Visio and submit to Construction. All of Northern VERMONT

Bridge Street, Manchester, NH

 

February 2010 November 2010

       AT&T (PCS)

OSP LOOP PLANNER, HARTFORD, CT

EXCHANGE ENGINEER:  Direct responsibility for Vrad / dslam build within the sate of Connecticut.  Determining which loop electronics products to use Aerial/ Buried, pole mount or pad mounted equipment.  Using the Local loop, digital and fiber optic concepts, and transmission and provisioning for the build. The A T & T programs used were OPTI-NT,MIC,NRVE, Litespeed Tracking, LEIS, LFACS. 

Brainerd Road, Hartford, CT

 

Jan 2009 to August 2009

         VERIZON-(RJE Telecom)   

NETWORK/DESIGN ENGINEEER 12 WIRE CENTERS

Handle Residential, Commercial, Industrial

projects and network design.  DSL and Hi-Cap

provisioning. Negotiate space for co-locations

and easements. Programs: Visio, LEIS,LFACS, LEIN,

ICGS documentation and mapping.

16320 Thompson Road, N Syracuse, New York

 

Feb 2008 to October 2008

         FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS  

MSAN LEAD PLANNING ENGINEER(Employee)

Supervise five project engineers with the planning

and network design of the Broadband Initiative and

deployment of Fiberoptic and copper facilities

throughout Maine, New Hampshire, and VERMONT.
Hinesburg Road, S Burlington, Vermont
 

June 2003 to January 2008

         VERIZON-(Tek Systems)

HIGH CAP Engr. & CELL SITES

ENDICOTT, NEW YORK

DESIGN & BAU ENGINEER

Turf Engineer Syracuse, and Utica, New York

Design / Turf Engineer

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

 

 

 

 

January 2001 to June 2003

         UTILITY CONSULTANTS INC.(Employee)

         PROJECT MANAGER / SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER

Design, Field Survey, Draft and Cost Inter Office long

range fiber network Prepare and Deliver Presentation

to Individual Utilities.

Review Fiber Distribution and Splice configurations for

Commercial, and Industrial Fiber placement to Buildings.

Negotiating space requirements for Fiber, OCE, and Fujitsu

and Litespan 2000 Distribution panels.  Military design

specs and rebuild information infrastructure, for the

Department of Defense.  Prepare site surveys and cost

estimates for Project Submittal.

603 West Street, Mansfield, MA

 

June 1998 to Jan 2001 

        RCN CORPORATION, INC.(Employee)

        ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR / PROJECT MANAGER

Directed the activities of Four Outside Plant

FTTP Engineers. Our unit was responsible for the

underground fiber conduit design for Building the

complete Town.  As Project Manager negotiated right

of way and easements for fiber underground routes and

designed placement and distribution of fiber to 23 RCN

"Hub Sites”in the Greater downtown Boston area.  Also

responsible to the Vice President for Project

Management, cost analysis, and space allocation for

the Level 3 Underground project in the City of Boston.

956 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA

        

        

May 1994 to June 1998

         BELL ATLANTIC (Tadd Telecom)

         PROJECT / TURF ENGINEER

 

Designed and coordinated overhead, underground,

buried cable project for several telephone facilities

within the Design Area Boundary.  Negotiated easements,

Drafted jobs to obtain facilities for held orders

and managed the Congressional Inquires Unit.

Designing SL C 96 and LiteSpan 2000 relief jobs.

Loading, and de loading facilities, removing bridge

tap in preparation for TI or ISDN lines.

Designed and drafted Estimates for rehab of facilities

in the Design Area Exchange.

Brockton, MA

                    

 

 

1993-1994

          NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE

         SAC ESTIMATE GROUP

State Street, BOSTON, MA

 

Designing SAC estimates by use of DDAP and RDS. Working with Planning

for Feeder and ultimate Distribution Design. Contacting Abutters for

Right of Way negotiation. Coordinating Conduit activities for the

placing of SAC & Pad and Rod and Rope for cable placement. Monitoring

and coordinating the work on 2.6 million dollars of Business case money.

 

1991-1993

           PACIFIC TEL

          ROUTINE GROUP

SANTA CRUZ, CA

EXCHANGE ENGINEER

 

Direct responsibility for 5 exchanges. Daily Held Orders and business

requirements within the exchange, in control of appeals group for 16

exchanges. Negotiating service dates and directing follow through with

construction, assignment, and installation forces. Handled Held orders,

appeals and cable loses for 16 exchanges during 16 week work stoppage.

 

SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER

Conducted forecast, economic and on site studies for the placement of

Service Area Interfaces. These projects were for 500 plus Residential,

Business and Commercial properties. Mapping and designing distribution

of plant within the SAC Design Area. Negotiating with project property

owners for Easements and Right of Way. Monitoring and supervising

projects from Basic Design to cutover.

 

1984-1991

           NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE

          ROUTINE GROUP

NEW BEDFORD, MA

EXCHANGE ENGINEER

 

Responsible for two exchanges totaling 96,000 cable pairs. Monitoring

and directing daily , residential and Business Held Orders. Designing

and issuing Routine orders for changes of count, cable throws, place

cable or terminals as needed.