­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Therese (Terri) Cummings                  RESUME                                               Cellphone 678-232-3875

5125 Sugar Crest Dr                        http://www.linkedin.com/pub/terri-cummings/48/b61/521              

35 years in telecommunications industry, 23 years as a project engineer/construction/make-ready/field notes/design,9 years in drafting construction/records-manual , AutoCAD and Micro station, 1 year drafting supervisor, 1 year engineering supervisor,1 year outside cut over crew, 3 months as a contract  cable inspector

Education:

      Tampa Technical Institute-architectural Design 1977 (now out of business)

·         Bellsouth Underground Engineering School-2000

·         Verizon FTTP Engineering Course-2004

Accomplishments:

I have worked alone and with other Designers in the implementation of cabling both fiber and copper to shopping centers/housing developments in Columbia, SC. I have designed the placement of new Multiplexers and   brought both feeder and distribution into the box to serve businesses and residents. I have worked with developers /vendors/ATT support staff to complete work in order to provide service to residential and industrial communities though out the Wire center that I was assigned to.

I was Responsible for one of South Carolina’s Largest Routes, keeping service orders up to date and attending to them as needed. Cabling new subdivisions with copper and Fidl MX. Working with property owners, developers, building contractors, State and county road depts. Obtaining Permits as required.

·         Researching property records at county courthouses for acquisition of right of way from customers.

·         Coordinating with feeder administrators for future development in different areas.

·         Coordinating with Road department personnel for road move projects. Working with Pole line cable adjustments to place new fiber optic cable for state stimulus jobs for US Government, IE.. Juvenile detention halls, women’s clinics, low income health care, heavy make ready work involved.

·         I work well in an independent or team environment. I am meticulous when it comes to details of cost of job and ways to keep costs to a minimum.

·         I worked on the FTTP Project in South Carolina. My responsibilities included checking the cross boxes for adequate binding posts, vacant binding posts. Etc. I did house counts to see who was fed from which terminal in order to update records and later design the 2 pairs per house that the FTTP Project required.

·         I am qualified to do BICS work although I am not certified. I have worked with many developers and owners to get cable into buildings, from mini malls to high rise buildings.

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

E.A Technical 1220 Alpharetta Dr. Alpharetta Ga  770-455-7116 (contract company)

Position: RUS Quality Control July 2012-Aug 2012 (short term contract for windstream)

Duties: input of units on construction jobs for Wind stream telephone. Also drafting corrections and tallying the units for pricing purposes.

T-Staff  Communications 3065 Chastain Meadows Pkwy Suite 100 Marietta, Ga 30066  770-548-9830 (contract company)Position: Cable Inspector   April 2012-June 2012

Duties: Inspection of construction crews placing telephone cable and reporting discrepancies to client

(windstream). Working with contractors units and making sure they were charging the correct units to the job they were working on.

Mountain Ltd-19 Yarmouth Drive, Suite 301 New Gloucester, Maine 04260 Phone: 800-322-8627(contract company)Position: Outside Plant Engineer-Aug 2011-Jan 2012

Duties: Field verification of existing plant and design of new fiber optic feeder cable from remote site to remote site. Heavy make ready work required in mountainous area. Assigned to Hurricane WV

UCSynergetics Inc-1810 Water Pl Suite 200 -1810 Water Pl Suite 200 30039 Phone: 770.955.9922 (Contract Company) Position: Outside Plant Engineer November 2010-Aug 2011

Duties: Ehab design-replacement of old or damaged cable in both subdivisions and rural areas. I have done Storm damage work assessing damage and repairing plant back to original or better condition, assigning cable pairs to new cable. Cable throws, cut sheets, heavy make ready work, new cable to military base in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Also costing out of job to be done for accounting for AT&T. I have worked on some PLS jobs reconditioning pairs to be used for BAU type work.

UCSynergetics Inc-1810 Water Pl Suite 200 Atlanta, Ga Phone: 770.955.9922 (contract company)

Position: Outside Plant Engineer-June 2010-Nov 2010

Duties: Field verification of existing plant for future fiber cable to Cell Sites for AT&T in Oakwood, Ga

Duties involved heavy make ready work. Design on BST Cad/Micro station of projects such as replacement of bad or damaged cable, new cable into new businesses, subdivisions, Underground design of new feeder cable to RT’s to accommodate new distribution cable.  I also acted as AT&T liaison for Building industry Consultant. Meetings with developers to explain their responsibilities as far as conduit or weather head equipment in order for AT&T to enter building with new cable.

UCSynergetics Inc-1810 Water Pl Suite 200 Atlanta, Ga  Phone: 770.955.9922 (contract company)

Position: Outside Plant Engineer-Nov 2009-Feb 2010- (short term contract) Birmingham, Alabama

Duties: Design of DS1 design circuits for AT&T. Primarily businesses both urban and rural, heavy  underground research. Design of job to unload or remove bridge tap from cable pair from central office to customer in order to provide the type of service the customer requested.

 

 

 

 

Telics Utilities-P.O. Box 411247 Charlotte, NC 2006-2010 (contract company)Position: Outside Plant Route Engineer.

Duties: I was assigned to an on premis office of Bellsouth in Columbia, S.C. where I was a route engineer in charge of one of the largest wire centers in Columbia.  I worked service orders, EHAB orders, new construction, both copper and fiber for residential and commercial property. I learned and used FIDL and FIDLMX for some projects in major subdivisions. I also worked on a large outlet mall that had both retail and condominiums within it. I was in charge of making sure the support structure for Bellsouth’s cable was in place in many commercial buildings. I went to pre construction meetings with the construction company as the development continued to grow. I have also done the following in this position: willserves, makeready, road moves, and permitting, I ordered and implemented the Mesa cabinet that fed the complex.

Utilites Consultants Inc. 1810 water Place Suite 200 Atlanta, Ga 30339 2005-2006 (contract company)

Position: Outside Plant Engineer

Duties: Assigned on premis at Bellsouth in Spartanburg, SC. I was the engineer that took over all service orders from the company engineers so that they could handle their areas. I worked closely with contractors that were building new businesses and residential homes to make sure that the support structure was in place for Bellsouth’s cable placement. I coordinated the timing between the contractor and Bellsouth’s construction crew to meet a time when the customer wanted service and to hit that date. It was my responsibility to find out where the customer would be served. Take the field notes, design the job on BSTCAD and issue the job to construction.

The Fountain Group-(short term contract) 7861 Woodland Center Blvd, Tampa, FL 33614 may 2005-may 2005 (Contract company)Position: Outside Plant Engineer

Duties: I updated and performed quality cost prevention for numerous states for Verizon Telephone. I was assigned on premis at Bechtel Communications in  Frederick, Md. I used auto cad to update and convert records.

Ameriss Corp (now out of business) 410 Ware  Blvd Suite 210 Tampa, Fl April 2004- July 2005 (contract company)Position: Outside Plant Engineer

Duties: Engineering distribution projects for fiber to the premis. This project was for Verizon Telephone. Heavy field work and design for fiber hubs for fiber project. I also did a lot of make ready work to make sure that our aerial plant would maintain the correct heights from other utilities according to the NEC. I did heavy permitting for this project for the city, county, and state.

Additional experience and references are available upon request.