SUMMARY

• Innovative leader with extensive experience in telecommunication systems, deployment in the areas of optical and wireless.
• Team player, attentive listener, and persuasive communicator, focused on maximizing efficiency and profits.
• Strong relationship builder, highly capable of partnering with clients, staff, and administration.
• Acute project management, engineering and team building abilities.
• Proven financial analysis skills, including budgeting, forecasting, and operational reporting.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Operations Management
• Project Management
• Team Building
• Engineering
• Client Service
• Training and Mentoring
• System Integration and Testing
• Budget Analysis
• Performance Evaluation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Mechanicsburg, PA

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Trained on MPLS networking, CISCO ASR’s, 4500’s, 3850 routers.
• Fortinet security and firewalls 5100D. Certified FS3
• Upgraded all IOS’s on the network for known CVE’s and vulnerabilities.
• Service Now for ticketing and troubleshooting and MOP creation.

Confidential, St. Petersburg, Fl

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Engineering, and implementation of DWDM, CWDM, Microwave systems throughout Tower Cloud’s network.
• Integration of transport network via 10G collector ring services for wireless backhaul.
• Design &Deploying Alcatel Lucent 1830 backbone system, 7210,7705,7750 routed network and 9500 radio.
• Assisted in Small cell project for Confidential and Enterprise projects, Data Center deployments.

Confidential, Evansville, IN

Senior Optical Transport Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Engineering, and implementation of DWDM systems throughout Western Confidential .
• Integration of transport network via 10G and OC192 services for wireless backhaul and network services.
• Deploying Cisco ONS15454, Cyan, Transmode, Optellan, and Infinera equipment to the network.

Confidential, New Orleans, LA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of fiber optic and Microwave backhaul systems throughout New Orleans, Mississippi, Louisiana and the Gulf Coast.
• Deployment of fiber to the tower and upgrade from 3G to 4G LTE.
• Work with various contractors to deploy fiber optic backbone.

Confidential, Tampa, Fl

Project Manager

• Implementation of fiber optic and Microwave backhaul systems throughout Tampa and SW Florida.
• Deployment of fiber to the tower and upgrade from 3G to 4G LTE.
• Work with various contractors to deploy fiber optic backbone.
• Managed deployment of new sites into network across SW Florida

Confidential, Evansville, IN

Optical Transport Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Acquired knowledge and skills to deploy, test and troubleshoot new equipment.
• Managed deployment of new network nodes across Western Confidential .

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Field Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Acquired knowledge and skills to deploy, test and troubleshoot CIENA 4200 systems
• Managed deployment of new network nodes across Florida and North Carolina.
• Recognized by the Management Team for exceptional dedication and success to resolve network issue

Confidential, Greenwood Village, CO

Wireless Field Technician

Responsibilities:

• Acquired knowledge and skills to deploy, test and troubleshoot 4G Wimax systems
• Managed deployment of new network nodes across South Carolina.
• Recognized by the Management Team for exceptional dedication and success to resolve network.

Confidential, Tamarac, Florida

Wireless Installation Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Directed the installation, engineering, and implementation of wireless systems across the state of Florida.
• Supervised, managed, trained, and evaluated a team of 4 employees and 6 subcontractors.
• Administered site surveys, BOM’s and wireless equipment testing.
• Managed the turn up and integration of Wireless DAS systems, Confidential DWDM Spectral - Wave 160, Cisco Router, CRS1, Ciena Core Director, Lucent 400G, DMX, Fujitsu Flashwave, Siemens Longhaul, Sun Netra, and Sonus equipment.
• Integration of OC192, OC48, OC48, OC3, gigibit Ethernet circuits throughout these systems and DAX.
• Wrote and submitted MOP’s for the turn-up and integration of these systems.
• Received Project Management training to support PM activities.
• Tracked projects through SAP.

Confidential, Sarasota, Florida

Owner and President

Responsibilities:

• Increased annual revenue to $4 million with 38% profit margins.
• Engineered, installed, and implemented the 1st OC192 coast-to-coast network.
• Partnered with laboratoryteams in Middletown, NJ for a 4-year period to certify Confidential equipment for Confidential and nationwide deployment.
• Also maintained a 93 % quality rating during process.
• Acknowledged by Confidential America’s System Engineering and Program Management Director for consistently exceeding all client expectations.
• Earned top Confidential Quality Assurance Ratings.
• Recognized by the AT&T Test Team Manager for providing impeccable design, installation, testing, and logistical support for the on-site technical tier 4 support team.
• Oversaw a 2-year national project integrating OC48 rings for Sprint and Qwest, Frontier.
• Led OC3 through OC192 network installation, maintenance, testing, and turn-up for AT&T.
• Implemented and configured Confidential DWDM Spectral-Wave 32/64/160 Channel Systems and Confidential ITS-2400A for AT&T and ITS-2400V ADM.
• Tyco undersea cable system with Ciena 80 channel DWDM.
• From New Jersey to England to France and back to New York.

Confidential, Sarasota, Florida

Telecom Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw the installation and integration of an OC12 fiber network.
• Supported statewide voice, data, radio, circuits to LAN and WAN networks.
• Integration of DS0, DS1, DS3 circuits thru DAX and Nortel SL-1 .
• Managed upgraded and expansion of the network.
• Supervised subcontractors throughout projects.