DEREK CLARKE

2900 Kingsway Road

Fort Washington, MD 20744

Cell Phone 202-957-2153

Email: derekclarke55@aol.com

 

Professional Experience:

 

Facilities Engineer (OJT)

General Communications Inc., Anchorage Alaska                                        07/2014- 10/2014

 

·  Plans and implements the design of plants, offices, and production lines in order to maximize the use of available space and improve production efficiency.

·  Estimated costs related to layout design, including equipment and materials, labor, etc and monitor the construction process.

·  Researched products/equipment, fuse panels, racks or fixtures for purchase

·  Developed Engineering Request into SOW for management approval

·  Developed Install Package for installers: in house or contractor

·  Project manager and inspector both during and completed work

·  Ensured that established efficiency and safety targets are carried out

·  Knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures for telecomm environment: data centers, head-ends, hubs, for power, HVACs, cabling, rack space

·  Working knowledge of: NEC, OSHA, Installation guidelines: Telecordia  GR-275

·  BOM and cost estimating expertise for DC power and telecom equipment

·  Mentored by BSEE on AC/DC power, safety, NEC codes, HVACs, battery back up

 

Field Operations Technician       01/2014 - 08/2014

General Communications Inc., Anchorage Alaska

 

·   Perform field installs to support: Cable modem MTO SONET/Ethernet GB network

·   General Packet Radio System Architecture supports SONET/OC-3; Ethernet services

·   Installation of racks, power wiring - lacing, coax cable, fiber/jumper management

·   Installation of network equipment: Juniper Routers, ArrIs E6000 Routers; Alcatel 7705

·   Marconi LH RF Antenna System; Cisco 9010,9001,ASA 5500, ME 3600;Valere rectifiers;

·   Telect fuse panels;Cyan Z77,Z33;Z22 Metro and Regional core, SONET/SDH;C

·   CarrierEthernet.

·   General Dynamics 1184 (1.8 meter) Antenna for Ku-Band and C-Band systems

·   Comtech Satellite modems, Smart UPS systems

·   Perform RF site surveys

·   Test coax splitter/combiner for uplink/downlink using JDSU DSAM

 

·   Lacing Skills: Kansas and Chicago stitch

·   Working knowledge of Telecordia GR-1275 Installation Guidelines

 

 

 

 

 

Field Operations Technician, (Contract)                       09/2013- 12/2013

TDS Telecom Broadband Project, Maine

ICON COMMUNICATIONS, Arkansas

 

·   Installed 4-O and #2 AWG when required Breaker Distribution Fuse  Bay ( BDFB )

·   Installed racks/fiber trays  inside CO's Nodes, Cell Sites, and Charles boxes

·   Performed pre installation check to be sure Telect panel provided -24v or -48

·   Installed Cyan Z77;Z33;Z22 Packet Optical for metro and regional core and hub deployments supports: SONET & DWDM Carrier Ethernet 2.0

·   Provisioned, commissioned and configured equipment during test and turn MOP's

·   Built fiber trays in CO sites where needed.

·   Laced all power cables per installation guidelines: Chicago and Kansas city stitches

·   Installed SFP/XFP and fiber single mode and multimode jumpers, performed power test

·   Installed Accedian NID to connect to backhaul network and checked configuration for report to NOC

·   Performed CO instalation and MOP'S

 

Field Operations Technician, (Contract)

Verizon, Wind-Stream FTTC Project WV and OH         06/2009- 09/2013

ICON COMMUNICATIONS, Arkansas

 

·   Performed power verification and power up of equipment in the field

·   Turned up fiber links to SFP/XFP's; perform fiber power testing

·   Performed installation at cell site shelters and Charles boxes

·   Installed CYAN Z Series; Accedian NID's and Telect, fusee panels, Valere Rectifiers

·   Certified level 3 technician: power/ transport/switch

·   Completed AT&T TP76300 and Verizon IP72202online courses

 

OSP Design Engineer(OSP Contract)           02/2008-6/2009

Fiber to Cell Site, Wind-Stream KY and WV

 

Ÿ            Performed R/W  and permit surveys

Ÿ            Performed ISP survey to verify Ethernet 7.2 rack space identified

Ÿ            Performed field work for easements, and make ready pole assessments

Ÿ            Performed field work for DOT road crossing for county roads and state highways

Ÿ            Performed field work for RR crossings permits when applicable

Ÿ            BAU fielding from backhaul network to cell tower

 

OSP Engineer/Fielder for Video Ready Access Device (OSP Contract)                       2008

Fiber to the Cell Site Inspector, AT&T San Gabriel

Joint Pole Audits, AT&T Northern/Southern CA

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Ÿ            Performed work for the design and  installation of VRAD equipment

Ÿ            Performed joint pole field survey and audit work

Ÿ            Performed ISP survey from CO to OSP locations

Ÿ            Performed make ready audits using GEO 95, NESC pole knowledge

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ISP/OSP Engineer Verizon (OSP Contract)2007

OSP Field Engineer CA

 

·   Performed field survey work for FTTH, MDU and MTU work orders

·   Performed pole guying and  anchoring, HOA, footage, Joint Poles

·   Performed aerial field work, ROW, street profiles and permits

·   Performed ISP surveys to very location of OTN

 

 

 

FTTP OSP Field Engineer Verizon (OSP Contract)

Verizon, Upland, CA2006/7

 

            Performed ROW permitting when applicable

            Performed field work on FTTH work orders

            Performed site walks collected accurate field notes

            Underground, aerial and direct buried (BAU) FTTP design and engineering

 

FTTP OSP Engineer (OSP Contract) CA

National Cable Mining Project (Verizon)2006

 

·   Performed trunk audit at CO's to and verified using plant records ICGS

·   Identified trunks end to end to calculate exact footage at CO's

 

F2 P-Commit on Premise for AT&T (OSP Contract)

Light-Speed Project, AT&T Sacramento CA    2006

 

·   Responsible for P-commit F2 pair, run reports for various USOC codes

·   Applied AT&T applications in performance of work orders

·   Ran report to insure that the F2 pair was grounded and bonded

 

Acela Technologies, Inc. Fredrick, MD (Contract)2006/6

Telecom PM 

            Telecom PM on site providing technical support of cable plant rehab of Hotel infrastructure

            Responsible for demo/installation of new category 3-5 copper cable

            Responsible for installation of telephone/modem in each room

            Trained local talent to place copper wire, terminate to biscut and test

            Supervised installation crews and created daily reports

            Met with General Contractor to coordinate cable plant installation work

 

 

Bechtel Frederick, Maryland   (Contract)2005

FTTN Verizon Project on Premise OSP

 

·   On premise for Verizon project verifying plant location records for node placement

·   Place calls to One Call to confirm underground facilities when required

Business Owner: CEO/President/Trainer

Washington Integrated Technology, Inc., Silver Spring, MD    

Director of Operations and Business Development                           11/1995 - 12/2004

 

            Performed Telco closet audit of 157 site telecom closets

            Performed ISP surveys for new PBX installations

            Negotiated and awarded $2.8 million contract for PBX system

            Scheduled and coordinated access for sub's and crews

            Managed all cable installations for voice and data solutions

            Managed installation of 30+ Lucent PBX and voice mail systems

            Managed installation of music on hold contractors at 150+ sites

            Performed cost estimates, blueprint take-offs and created BOMs

            Managed day to day operations of all trouble tickets to resolution

 

Certifications:

Convergence Technology WNCT-1 5/2009 Watershed Networks

 

Affiliations:

BICSI member; SCTE member

NPSE Student Member

 

Continuing Education:

GE Map-Sight utility pole data collection solution software, Device field training

OJT training for Facility Engineer 1:

AC/DC Power, rectifiers, batteries, BDFB's, fuse panels, OSHA safety requirements, HVAC, engineering requirements processes Creating the Statement of Work, installation package, cost estimating, space requirements for equipment racks, iron racks, grounding, power wire, testing, MOP'S, telecom space growth requirements.

TelcordiaGR1275 Core Installation Guidelines ( 2012 manual )

Cisco CCNA Training (self study materials)

Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS for Dummies self study book)

AT&T TP 76300 Installation online courses/tests completed (online training)

AT&T Quality Installation (NPE); Electronic Job Folders (EJF) (online training)

AT&T Field View Procedures for Plant Location Records 

AT&T Outside Plant Engineering Practices: (U-verse OJT AT&T )

AT&T Video Ready Access Device Engineering Practices (VRAD'S)

Verizon IP72202 Installation courses completed (online training)

Bellcore Standards Knowledge

 

BICSI Telecommunication Project Management 110 online course completed

 

BICSI RCDD Telecom Distribution Design TDM 11 classroom training completed

BICSI Bonding and Grounding online course completed

 

Corning Bill of Materials (BOM) take-offs, cost estimating for telecom projects,

 

Required tools for performance of OSP aerial fielding; Installer tool bag; category 5 & 6 testing tool; coax crimpers, Insulated lugs crimper and Voltage meter.