John Raye

2665 Prosperity Ave. Apt. #344

Fairfax, VA. 22031

Home: 703-698-1879

Email: jm69raye@yahoo.com

 

Work History

 

ICT ISP/OSP Engineer; Transport, Backbone, Distribution, Structured Cable Systems Installation and Project Management Specialist (SME)

 

Griffiss AFB 485 EIG Rome, NY.	October 1990 - October 1996
Vandenberg AFB Lompoc, CA (Base Comm.).	October 1996 - November 1997
System Technology Associates	November 1997 - August 1998
Baker Support Services	August 1998 - October 1999
JJB Network Technologies	October 1999 - June 2001
OSP Consultants, Inc.	July 2001- March 2002
OCTO (Office of The Chief Technology Officer)	October 2002 - to Current

 

 

Fiber Optics Experience

 

Ø       Terminating Fiber; Hot melts, Unicams, Elastomeric, Core links, SMA, ST, FC, SC, LC, MTRJ and Biconic connectors.

Ø       ISP/OSP Splicing Fiber; Hot cuts, lateral splicing, mid span access, pigtails; SMF (OS-1-2): 250um/900um, MMF: 50/125um, 62.5/125um (OM-1-4), tight tube, loose tube applications, (Mass and Single), premise, aerial, underground and direct buried applications. ISP/OSP cable and hardware vendors used; Corning, Sumitomo, OFS, ADC, CPI, Hubbell, Ortronics, Newton, Hoffman, Coleman, Liebert, Mid Atlantic, Superior Modular Line Products, Leviton, Generac, Cummings, Square D/Cutler Hammer, Black Box, TYCO Electronics/Raychem, PLP (Pre-Form Line Products) and 3M.

Ø       Testing Fiber Optics; GN Nettest CMA 4000 and 5000 OTDR, EXFO OTDR, Aniritsu M9083A/B OTDR and software, Corning OTDR Plus, Siecor/Corning and NOYES Power Meters/VFL.

Ø       Testing Fiber Optic Cards/SFP’s Cisco; 2950, MES-3400, CES-3500 XL Series, CES-3550, CES-3560, CES-3560 POE-24 and POE-48, 3845-MB, 3945-MB. CES-4506, CES-4506-E, CES-4507R CES-4507/4510-R+V, PE-6504, PE-7604, PE-7606S, ONS 15454 (OC 48 IR and LR), Ciena 4200, Ciena 5150, Ciena 5410, Nortel 6500, Nortel 100 and 500/5E Switches.

Ø       Experienced with the provisioning of Fujitsu and Alcatel Sonnet 1603 SM.

Ø       Installation of hardware (T-1 DSX Cross Connects-Wire Wrap) and power for a 16 node sonnet system.

Ø       Design/Engineering of FTTX Networks for MPLS (Multiple Protocol Labeling Switching), Sonnet, CWDM (Course Wavelength Division Multiplexing), DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing), Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Metrobility Platforms and Applications (OSI).

 

Copper Experience

 

Ø       Terminating copper, R-66, 110, Krone.

Ø       Splicing copper, 3M-MS2 (25 Pair Module), 710 (25 Pair Module), MA-6, VS-3: Picabond and Scotchlock. AL/STALPETH, PAP, ASP, PASP, Pulp/Lead and other air core copper applications/CAD.

Ø       Testing Procedures, TDR, Kick Meter, Busy Boy. Trouble shooting, 965 Dynatel Fault Locator.

Ø       CAT 6/Class E (250 MHz), CAT 5-5E/Class D (100 MHz), CAT 3/Class C (16 MHz) LAN/WAN Networks.

Ø       QC/QA inspection, engineering/design of outside plant infrastructures, (POTS) for aerial, underground and direct buried applications (Fiber and Copper).

 

Equipment/Certifications

 

Ø       Backhoe and front-end loader.

Ø       Ditch Witch 6510.

Ø       Ditch Witch 3500.

Ø       Sherman and Riley Cable Jet Certified.

Ø       Cable Maintenance Truck/Bucket Truck.

Ø       Pole Certified.

Ø       Asbestos Abatement Certified/CPR Certified.

 

Project History

 

While stationed at Griffiss AFB I was on a team that installed 400,000 feet of 144 single mode (OS-1)

cable from Transcom to the tower on Scott AFB. We performed all outside plant construction (OSP), as well as, the pulling and splicing of cables on the project. I was responsible for all splicing and testing documentation as team leader.

 

Working for System Technology Associates I was in charge of outside plant construction. I helped design/engineer the OSP infrastructure for the Aradium Project at Vandenberg AFB. This project consisted of over 30,000 feet of new conduit, the placement of 20 manholes and the splicing of 60,000 feet of 288 single mode (OS-1) fiber. I also assisted the senior systems engineer in the installation and provisioning of a 16-node Alcatel 1603 sonnet system. I implemented QC/QA policies and made sure they were adhered to.

 

I was the lead technician while working for Baker Support Services. My duties consisted of the following; all copper splicing, all fiber splicing, all outside plant construction, ISP I/R work and CAT5E/5, CAT4, CAT3/LAN work. I assisted in the engineering of all cable projects. While working at Baker Support Services I supervised the installation of a fiber optic project that ran roughly 8,000 feet from the central office to the Nobe Hill area of Travis AFB. The installation consisted of installing 9 hand holes, 8,500 feet of multi-guard conduit and splicing 80,000 feet of cable. This installation was involved with a new DMS 100 Nortel Switch. I assisted with the cut over splicing in the heat up of the new switch and made sure QC/QA tempest requirements and link loss budgets were met.

 

              As the outside plant construction project manager and lead technician for JJB Network Technologies my duties consist of the following; I assisted in the supervision of cable projects, splicing of all ring and hot cuts, training of apprentice splicers, engineering of cable projects and customer relations.  Some of the clients that we worked for were: Adelphia Business Solutions, Williams Communications, MCI WorldCom, AT&T, Level-3 Communications and Qwest Communications. While working for Adelphia Business Solutions I spliced 2-732 strand cables out of the main central office. Due to a customer error, I had to redesign/engineer the project so that the customers tempest and link loss budget requirements were met. In doing so, our customer’s cut off date for services were met two weeks ahead of schedule. Another project that I worked on while working for JJB Network Technologies was for East-Com Utility in Easton, Maryland. It consisted of over 50 Midspan aerial lateral splice locations and the building of a Siecor management system at the headend with over 900 pigtail splices (FTTX: FFTC, FTTB, FTTH and FTTP). I coordinated with acting project manager to make sure that the customer’s needs were met.

 

While working for OSP Consultants, as fiber optic splicing lead technician, I assisted in the completion of Looking Glass Networks DC market, (FTTX; FTTC, FTTB, FTTH and FTTP), which consisted of splicing 40-864 loose tube/ribbon splice locations and the splicing of two central offices each consisting of 1768 splices. I also developed asbuilt drawings/cut sheets for five separate redundant ring configurations consisting of lengths: 61,000’, 164,000’, 173,000’, 222,000’ and 244,000’.

 

I am currently working for OCTO, a government organization with in Washington D.C. This is an ongoing construction project consisting of placing and splicing over 3 million linear feet of fiber optic cable to roughly 1,400 proposed government/commercial locations on a MPLS, Sonnet, DWDM-100Gigabit and CWDM ICT network through out the District of Columbia; public schools, police, fire stations, libraries, rec. centers and other critical government administrative agency buildings. I managed/supervised all ISP/OSP splicing and construction activities. I supervised all hot cuts. I perform all post testing; obtaining as built documentation and red lines. I currently perform ISP-OSP QC/QA inspections and design assessments utilizing; TIA/EIA, IEEE, ANSI, OSHA, NEC/NFPA-70, NESC, NEMA, UL/ASTM and BICSI industry cabling standards for all contractors and district personnel. I provide project management with recommendations on ISP/OSP infrastructure design/engineering construction related issues with EWO’s (Engineering Work Orders). I engineer/design cut sheets and MOPS for network operation activities with vendors; Level 3, Comcast, RCN, Verizon and internal personnel. I coordinate with vendors on issues that are network impacting to operations. One project that I recently worked on was the relocation and migration of a data center outside of the District of Columbia. I redesigned the physical/optical paths for 7 separate transport/metro rings and 38 distribution rings, multiple (1,000s) of data and critical government agencies information transport system circuits. I designed and engineered all cuts sheets and MOPS associated with the necessary fiber optic splicing to accommodate this migration. I supervised/managed subcontractors and operational teams performing cable placement, splicing activities during the various phases and migration of the data center. Finally, I personally obtained all post testing information; OTDR, OLTS, as built documentation, link loss budgets, channeling/padding for circuits and metro rings during the migration of this data center without any OSI or BER (Bit Error Rate) related issues.

 

 

 

I am also currently helping to create and develop an educational curriculum for the District of Columbia’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). The following course modules are included in this proposed curriculum; Course #1: Transmissions Principal and Theory, Course #2: Copper and Fiber Cabling Infrastructure (Principals and Theory), Course #3: Wireless Applications (DAS Principals and Theory), Course #4: ISP/OSP Pathways and Infrastructure Design (BAS Principals and Theory as well), Course #5: Data Center Design (Principals and Theory) and Course #6: Network Architecture/OSI (Open Systems Interconnecting Layering Models #1-#7 Principals and Theory).

 

Education/Specialized Training

 

Judson High School (HS Diploma) Converse, Texas.

 

Apprentice Cable Splicing Project/Maintenance Action Specialist-Journeyman Program: 3700 Technical Training Wing Sheppard U.S.A.F. Base, Texas January-May 1990 ATF-U.S.A.F.C.C. (12 Courses associated with this training).

 

485 EIG (Engineering and Installation Group) Course 901: Standard Installation Practices Training Cable Splicer and ISP/OSP Engineering-Griffiss U.S.A.F. Base, NY (SIPT 6 Courses) August 1990-September 1990. 

 

LAN/WAN Training (SIPT 2 Courses): Griffiss U.S.A.F. Base, NY May 1994-June 1994.

 

NCO Leadership/Project Management Training: Vandenberg U.S.A.F. Base, CA.

 

Siecor/Corning Training Course TR-06: Installation; Fiber Splicing and Testing-Santa Anna, CA.

 

Siecor/Corning Training Course TR-07: Installation Copper (LAN/WAN) Testing-Santa Anna, CA.

 

Siecor/Corning Training Course TR-13S: Fiber Splicing Mid Span Access-Hickory, NC.

 

BICSI Member (Building Industry Consulting Services International) Pursuing Multiple RCDD’s.

 

BICSI Training Course PM-110 (Project Management): Project Initiation, Project Safety, Human Resource Management, Project Scheduling, Communication Management, Risk Assessment and Mitigation, Quality Management, Cost Management, Procurement Management, Change Management and Project Closing-Laurel, MD. Certificate of Training/Completion Awarded.

 

BICSI Training Course OSP-110 (OSP Design/Engineering of OSP Infrastructures; Spaces and Pathways): Codes, Regulations and Standards, Grounding/Bonding and  Electrical Requirements, Media Selection, Cabling Topologies, Route Designs, OSP Spaces, OSP Pathways; Aerial, Underground and Direct Buried Applications/Infrastructure, Right of Ways, Easements, Potential Litigation or Legal Issues Associated with OSP Pathways, Splicing, Maintenance and Restoration, Cost Estimating, PON Design, Free Space Optics, Project Design,/Management and As Built Documentation-Del Mar, California. Certificate of Training/Completion Awarded.

 

BICSI Training Course DD-102 (ISP Design/Engineering of ISP Telecom Infrastructures; Pathways, Rooms and Media Selection for Cabling): Design/Engineering of Distribution and Structured Cabling Systems; Equipment Rooms, Interconnecting Rooms, Horizontal Rooms, Floor Distribution Rooms, Telecom Rooms/Shallow Telecom Closets, Codes; NEC/NFPA-70, IEEE (802.3 TM Series), Standards; EIA/TIA , ANSI Etc…, Work Place Regulations-OSHA, Principals of Transmission, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC, EMI, RFI, Noise and Harmonics), Telecommunication Spaces, Work Areas, Horizontal Distribution Systems, Backbone Distribution Systems; Bonding and Grounding (Earthing), Firestopping, Telecommunications Administration, Construction Design, Project Management, Networking Fundamentals: Including VOIP/Wireless, Outside Plant and Campus Environments-Tampa, Florida (BICSI Headquarters). Certificate of Training/Completion Awarded.

 

BICSI Training Course DD-120 (Bonding, Grounding and Earthing): Structured Cabling Systems, Lightning and Lightning Mitigation, Electrostatic Discharge Generation and Prevention, Grounding Myths, Earthing and Earth Connections, Testing and Trouble Shooting, Equipment Grounding, Ground Faults and Causes, Isolated Grounding, Equipment Ground Testing, Telecommunications Grounding, J-Standard 607-A, B-1 and B-2 addendums, BICSI-Recommended Best Practices, Grounding for Multiple Buildings, Surge Protector and Cable Grounding, Test Equipment Procedures, Checklists and Checklists Review, Electromagnetic Compatibility and EMI/RFI Sources, Voltage Quality Problems, Mitigation Equipment-Tampa, Florida (BICSI Headquarters). Certificate of Training/Completion Awarded.

 

 

BICSI Training Course DD-125 (Advanced Bonding, Grounding and Earthing): Electrical Fundamentals/NEC and IEEE; Standards, Regulations and Codes, Grounding Electrode System, Equipment Grounding System, Telecommunications Bonding, Grounding, Testing and Investigations-Tampa, Florida (BICSI Headquarters). Certificate of Training/Completion Awarded.

 

BICSI Training Course IN-225 (Installer-2 Copper): Principle of Copper Transmissions, Copper Structured Cabling Systems, Codes and Standards; NEC/NFPA-70; Articles; #200, #300, #700 and #800, ANSI/TIA; 526.7, 526-14-B, 568-C.0, 568.0-C.1, 568.0-C.2, 568.0-C.3, 569-B, 570-B, 568-C, 606-A, 758-A, J-STD-607-A and TSB-140, Safety, Professionalism, Telecommunication Pathways, Telecommunication Spaces-Installation Best Practices, Bonding, Grounding and Earthing; Two Point Testing, Fire Stopping, Installation/Pulling Copper Cable, IDC/IPC Terminations of Copper; Gigabix, 110/S210, 8P8C, STP (Shielded Twisted Pair), UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair and Other Media Selection Types),  Connectors; CAT 6A-5E: Keystone, F/UTP (Foiled-Screened/Unshielded Twisted Pair), BNC Coaxial Connectors, TIA/EIA Pin-Out Configurations; 568-A, 568-B and USOC (Universal Service Order Code-Legacy), Splicing Copper; Straight, Fold Back, Branch-Bridge and Butt, Testing and Trouble Shooting Copper; Polarity-Continuity, NVP, ACR, ACRF, PSACRF, ELFEXT, PSELFEXT, Propagation Delay, Delay Skew, Return Loss, AXT, NEXT, FEXT, Wire Mapping, Retrofits/MAC’s and Field Coordination-Laurel, MD. Certificate of Training/Completion Awarded.

 

BICSI Training Course IN-250 (Installer-2 Fiber): Principle of Fiber Transmissions, Fiber Structured Cabling Systems, Codes and Standards; NEC/NFPA-70 Articles #200, #300, #500, #600, #700, #800 and #900, ANSI/TIA; 568-C.0 6.4.3., 568.0-C.1, 568.0-C.2, 568.0-C.3, 569-B, 570-B, 606-Administration/Labeling, J-STD 607, IEEE 802 Series, Safety, Professional Conduct, Telecommunication Pathways, Telecommunication Spaces and Structured Cabling Systems-Installation Best Practices, Installing Support Structures, Media and Connectors, Pulling Cable Methods, Firestopping, Terminating Fiber Cable: Crimp-Secure and Scribe-Polish Connectors; Comscope, Belden, Corning, SFF; LC, SC, LX.5, MU, Array Connectors: MPO/MTP’s, Legacy Connectors; ST, FC, FDDI, Escon, Biconic, SMA-905, SMA-906 and MT-RJ, Splicing Fiber Cable; Mechanical and Fusion (Single Only), Testing and Trouble Shooting Methods-Laurel, MD. Certificate of Training/Completion Awarded.

 

Computer Programs/Training: Visio, Excel, Office, Word, Power Point, ARC-GIS (ESRI-2010 Design/Engineering Platform), SNAP (Spatial Network Application Platform-Tools, used in conjunction with ARC-GIS Platform) and some AutoCAD.

 

Clearances: I currently have; federal, district government and local metro police department back ground checks and clearances (DOD/United States Air Force secret clearance was obtained but not currently active).

 

Summary of Qualifications

 

I have 25 years of ICT ISP/OSP telecommunications construction experience with a full range of  project management, design, engineering, (actual hands on experience), installing, implementing, splicing, testing, maintenance/restoration and documenting; fiber optic (FTTX; FTTB, FTTC, FTTH, FTTN and FTTP), copper, transport, backbone and horizontal distribution cabling infrastructures for ICT networking systems. For further information or examples of my work please go to my Linkedin Page: John Raye ICT ISP/OSP Engineer (OCTO). References are available upon request thank you.