Frank A. Bongiorno

16 Hillcrest Ave

Albany, NY 12203

518-459-1689

                                                         Francis617B@gmail.com

 

My name is Frank Bongiorno and I have worked in an Engineering-Technical-Consultant role for over a dozen years. My experience has been in both the Public and Private sector in many roles.

 

I have been involved in the design, contract administration, construction, and supervision of the following: Co-Gen Power Plants, Telecom Systems, and the Certification-roll out of over 12,000 Electronic Voting Systems deployed New York State. I have engineered, permitted, and supervised POP (Point of Presence) and lateral fiber build-outs to several high profile buildings in Boston MA, Hartford CT, Stamford CT, and Albany NY. In addition I was instrumental in the engineering, build-out, and virtual modeling of a major telecom network consisting of 97 collocation facilities located throughout several states including MA, NY, PA, WA, OR, and ME.                                                                                             I have supervised and oversaw the construction of several Re-generation Buildings along the NYS thruway for a long haul fiber build-out.

Served as a team leader for NYSTEC (Consulting Company) and worked on the VSA RF project collecting and compiling data into a Microsoft Access Database used to engineer and construct a State Wide Wireless Network build-out.  Finally I have worked on several Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Co-generation Facilities in various capacities.    

 

Relevant Technical/Management Accomplishments:

 

NY State Board of Elections (2006-2012) – Certified the State Wide deployment of over 12,000 Electronic Voting Machines.                                                       

 

Ÿ         Acted as an interface between the Voting Equipment Vendors and New York State Board of Elections.

Ÿ         Conducted test cases of EMS (Election Management Software) upgrades, including functional testing.

Ÿ         Provide Software and Hardware training to County Election personnel by creating easy to use training

manuals.

Ÿ         Upgraded and performed Hash Checking on firmware of Electronic Voting Machines.

Ÿ         Trained and supervised temporary employees with functional testing of Voting machines.

Ÿ         Provided Test Deck training sessions to County Board Election personnel.

Ÿ         Conducted Acceptance Testing of voting machines at many County Board of Elections.

Ÿ         Sent out firmware upgrades of voting systems to County Board of Elections throughout New York

Ÿ         Maintained documentation on SFT and FTP sites and disseminating documentation to County Boards.

 

 

Field Engineer for NYSTEC (2004-2006) – Statewide Wireless Network (VSA Project) visual site assessment                                                                                                

 

Ÿ         Conducted field assessments of both prospective and existing RF tower infrastructure to be used for a state wide wireless network. Prepared schedule of sites to be visited and assessment reports.

Ÿ         Initiated and held kick-off meetings with county agencies prior to conducting field assessments.

Ÿ         Mined the FCC database for prospective RF tower sites, collected field data on sites that were surveyed and prepared videos along with site information collected. Completed FCC licensing applications.

Ÿ         Compiled and then had to input data into Microsoft Access Data base used in assisting the build out of a state wide wireless network (SWWN).

 

 

 

 

 

Field Engineer J Fletcher Creamer & Son (2002-2004) – General Contractor on the Phase 1 construction of a Multi-million dollar Civil Subcontract for construction of various concrete slabs and underground

Utilities of a 350-Megawatt Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle power-plant for (PSEG)

     

Ÿ         Submitted weekly, monthly progress reports and tracked change order payments for Electrical, Mechanical, and Civil activities. Administered subcontracts in these disciplines.

Ÿ         Received, logged, and transmitted subcontract documents (Plans, Spec’s, and RFI’s) to ensure current revisions were used in the field. Provided field engineering support.

Ÿ         Communicated with both PSEG and Sergeant & Lundy (Project Engineers) on construction issues via RFI’s within a software package called “Project Talk”.

Ÿ         Provided shop drawings and sent out RFP’s for anchor bolt embed templates, structural steel frames, steel grating, and pre-cast concrete manholes for storm/sewer piping.

 

 

Equipment Engineer Fairpoint Communications (1999-2002)-Equipment Engineer then promoted to Construction Manger for a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC). Designed, supervised, and performed quality-assurance acceptance of various collocation facilities in several States.                                                         

 

Ÿ         Designed, supervised construction, and accepted collocation facilities in several states (NY, MA, ME, WA, PA, and OR). Obtained building entrance permits into ILEC and RBOC central offices.

Ÿ         Designed and virtually modeled equipment used throughout the Fairpoint network into a Data Base called “TBS” (Telecom Business Solutions Software) ahead of schedule. Received monetary bonus.

Ÿ         Also designed T1, T3 and OC interoffice circuits into “TBS” and issued DLR’s design layout requests

Ÿ         Cut PO‘s, administered subcontracts, issued weekly and monthly progress reports, trained personnel, reviewed vendor documentation packages from Lucent and Nortel Networks for correct specifications.

Ÿ         Operated an OTDR to test db losses in fiber build-outs (including an OC 48 Hot Cut project).

Ÿ         Inspected sites in several states to ensure Fairpoint quality standards were met.

Ÿ         Designed & Engineered the layout of Equipment racks inside collo cages including DC power, fuse

assignments, DSX cross-connects, grounding, shelf positioning, card population, and back plane

cross-connects.

Ÿ         Performed audit of entire network (97 collo’s), including equipment, circuit ID’s, cross-connects, RBOC CFA’s (Circuit Facility Assignments) & Power Distribution for collocation cages.

 

OSP Engineer Telergy (1997-1999) - OSP engineer for a small CLEC, involved with the design and construction of a long haul diverse, redundant fiber optic network. Submitted design work to NYSDOT for approval and permits.

 

·         Designed and engineered aerial and underground fiber construction builds for a diverse long haul fiber optic network build-out.

·         Filed for and obtained permits from power and telco utilities for conduit/inner-duct placement and aerial pole attachments. 

·         Designed a major fiber lateral build out from I87 to I787 via alternate route 7. Submitted design to NYSDOT Engineering Department for approval and obtained necessary authorization.

 

OSP/ISP Engineer MFSNT (1995-1997) - Designed, permitted, supervised construction, various (Point of Presence) POP’s and lateral fiber optic build-outs in MA & CT for a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC). Issued and administered subcontracts up to $25,000 with-out supervisor approval

 

·         Tracked contractor progress via accrual system before authorizing payment. Permitted, managed, tested and installed (2) two Caterpillar back-up generators in CT (Stamford & Hartford).

·         Supervised the construction of several re-gen buildings used to house various telecom tenants on a multi-million dollar long haul fiber project on the NYS thruway. Provided as-built drawings, permitted -coordinated utilities fed into buildings (electrical, phone, and fiber) along with placement of concrete transformer vaults.

·         Checked db losses at fiber-optic patch panels with an OTDR (Bi-Directional) and Power meter.

Prior work experience includes being employed as a field engineer on (2) additional Natural Gas Fired Combine Cycle Power plants.

 

One as a Mechanical Engineer for LG&E power systems (The GC) on 79MW combined cycle co-gen plant in Rensselaer NY.

I performed all the preliminary mechanical piping take-off totaling $5 million and tracked job progress, and field change orders submitted by mechanical contractor for payment.

 

The other as a Structural Steel Field Engineer on a 57MW Natural gas fired combined cycle power plant project in Ilion NY for Zurn-Nepco.

I was responsible for field engineering and structural steel construction which included the power house building.

I staged the structural steel columns and beams in an orderly fashion. Made sure that beams and columns had proper placement (elevation & configuration) of various bolt hole patterns, sizes, and beam clips in accordance with engineering plans and specifications. Made sure they were in accordance with engineering plans and specs. Also sketched handrail designs, embed plates, and frames as needed.

 

 

 

 

Education:

 

University @ Buffalo graduated with honors B.S.M.E in 1990

 

 

Honors:

 

Member of Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering Honor Fraternity) October 1988

National Deans List March 19, 1989

 

 

Certifications/Classes:

 

ADTRAN Total Access 850 Certificate March 28, 2001

 

T-Berd Training Class April 2001

 

A + Hardware 40 Hour Course Certificate of Completion October 25, 2002

 

LYNCOLE “Theory & Practical Applications of Grounding & Bonding” Certificate April 11, 2006

 

Professional Development Program “Network Basics” Certificate April 30, 2009

 

Cornell University RRP (Repair Renovation Paint) Lead Paint Safety Certification January 7, 2014

 

                              (References Available Upon Request)