SUMMARY:

• Supervisory Experience: More than 28 years experience meeting performance standards
• 10 supervisor experience, three of which as full - time Electronics Supervisor leading/managing 30 subordinates at the Confidential.
• Team Leader experienced working towards continuous improvement by managing deadlines and priorities as well as staff planning.
• As a supervisor, mentored numerous colleagues, established goals, and provided counseling in work methods and safety requirements.
• Technical Proficiency: Air Traffic Control and Landing System installations; troubleshoot, maintain, repair and replace electronic assemblies and sub assemblies to the component level. Multiple Threat Emitter systems, TACAN, VOR, ILS, wind speed and direction and cloud height detection.
• Skilled with schematics and diagrams to solve maintenance problems. Proficient with numerous state of the industry test equipment including: Signal Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Frequency Counters, Power Meters, Digital Voltmeters, and Spectrum Analyzers.

EXPERIENCE

Electronics Technician III

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provide electrical and mechanical support for the overhaul and build up of the Confidential Multiple Threat Emitter Systems.

Inside/Outside Cable Plant Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided Inside/Outside Cable Plant Heavy Equipment Operator support for USCENTAF at Confidential Air Base, Qatar, supporting the 379 ECS, in support of OEF/OIF.

Inside/Outside Cable Plant Technician, Team Leader

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Was responsible for developing schedules and work methods to ensure the timely collection of data needed to create GIS database for the manhole survey project on Confidential Base, Kuwait and Balad Air Base, Iraq.
• Ensured all safety requirements were adhered to and that all safety equipment was available and in serviceable condition according to Air Force and OSHA standards. Responsible for team members’ safety and training while working in confined spaces.

Fulltime Electronics Supervisor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Was responsible for work scheduling, appraisal reviews, counseling of 30 section members and their performance evaluations.
• Determined the training needs and developed training schedules to accomplish the requirements needed to perform detailed work on electronic equipment.
• Have achieved effective work operations by scheduling section workload and weekend training along with advanced training and schools for section members.
• Have explained and assigned work requirements and operation instructions to subordinates.
• Have set deadlines and established the sequence of work operations to be followed.
• Performed Quality Assurance evaluations on numerous projects to ensure proper and safe installation of equipment and systems.
• Monitored the progress of projects for proper implementation. Coordinated Team Chiefs, installers, trainers and contractors with the customer to ensure timely, cost effective and safe project completion.
• Was Lead Engineering Technician on a Ground Radio, PAR and antenna relocation project, Confidential, Nevada.
• Maintained Technical Orders and manufactured equipment manuals, tested equipment and tools. Accountable for over $1M worth of test equipment.
• Was leading Electronics technician/Team Chief on $3M GATR relocation project Springfield, Confidential Base. This project relocated all Confidential and Landing Systems (ATCALS) related equipment including, Ground to air radios (GATR), patch panels, digital voice recorders and Enhanced Terminal Voice Switches (ETVS).
• Administered base telephone switch, voice mail and cable and closed circuit television systems.
• Engineered and was lead Electronics Technician/Team Chief at Grayling Gunnery Range, Michigan during tower antenna grounding and lightning protection project.
• Was Team Leader of the antenna grounding project Confidential Guard Base, Ohio.
• Used knowledge of instructional methods and techniques, electronic principles and theories, and appropriate established techniques and methods of operation, repair, testing, alignment, and calibration of electronic equipment to conduct training of courses concerned with the operation, repair and maintenance of electronic equipment in the military inventory. Independently developed, modified and updated lesson plans. Determined appropriate instructional techniques (i.e. conference, demonstration, lecture, self paced, etc.) and developed visual aids. Conducted surveys to determine organizational training needs. Developed methods of recording and measuring student progress. Maintained records of training scheduled and accomplished.

Electronics Installer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Deployed to various locations in the Middle East including: Confidential Base, Confidential and multiple classified locations in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
• Installed copper and fiber cabling, in accordance with standard installation practice technical orders, standard and engineering drawings and equipment wiring diagrams and schematics. Developed and maintained cable installation records and database.
• Identified problems implemented changes to communications-computer systems installations records (CSIR).

Technician and Training Supervisor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed the installation, repair and maintenance of telephone switching systems, telephone subsets, telephone key systems, fiber-optic end equipment, modems, multiplexers, line drivers, voicemail systems, public address systems, and associated hardware.
• Trained and evaluated 7 employees as training supervisor.
• Ensured that equipment and systems were installed according to manufacturers’ specifications and provided excellent customer care.
• Developed customer relations by ensuring customers were trained in all functions of their systems.

Team Chief, Trainer, Installation Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Was Installer for TACAN and at Springfield ANGB, Ohio
• Was Lead Installer for Laser Ceilometers and Digital Winds projects at Confidential ANGB, Ohio, Springfield ANGB, Ohio and Confidential, Michigan
• Performed as Team Chief outside plant installation Springfield Confidential, Ohio.
• Was Team Chief of Tactical Secure Voice projects at Confidential, Confidential and Confidential, Ohio.
• Was Lead installer of new campus outside plant installation of fiber and copper Standiford Field ANGB, Kentucky.
• Was a Cable splicer on new 2400 pair copper backbone installation Confidential, Ohio.

• Able to read, understand and comply with blueprints, schematics, diagrams, technical drawings, and technical orders.
• Proficient in the use of test equipment including: Time domain reflectometer, bit error rate test set, RF signal generator, frequency counters, signal analyzers, analog oscilloscope, digital oscilloscope, spectrum analyzers, analog multimeter, digital multimeter, digital voltmeters, power meters, optical time domain reflectometer, attenuators, cable locators and antenna testers.
• Also proficient in: Soldering, desoldering, multi pin connectors, coaxial connectors, crimped connectors, grounding, bonding, shielding and lightning protection, exothermic welds, installation of cable ladder racks, equipment racks and cabinets, patch panels, radios and receivers, antennas and related hardware.
• Also proficient in the use of, but not limited to, the following hand power tool: Drills, portable band saws, hammer drills, reciprocating saws and Hilte core drilling equipment.
• Have experience in: Copper and fiber cable, installation of direct buried and ducted cable, installation of aerial cable, splicing and terminating copper using 710 modular method, slicing and terminating fiber using fusion splice, hot melts and Unicams.
• Proficient in installation of Cat 5 cabling in accordance with BICSI standards and termination of cat 5 cable on patch panels and 66 and 11 0 blocks.
• Special vehicles utilized include: Man lifts, overhead cranes, front-end loaders, forklifts, backhoes, dump trucks, telephone cable reel trucks and skid loaders.