EMPLOYMENT:

01/02-Present
Confidential
Sr. Consultant
Hollywood, FL

Provide energy & telecom consulting services from engineering, supply, construction and training, domestically and internationally, with a focus on the near and middle east on an as needed basis. Consulting to major telecom, energy and construction firms in the middle east to bring together the project materials & talent to bring projects to fruition thru networked relationships built over the years of extensive work and travel in the region.

11/05-3/10
Confidential
OSP Engineer / Project Manager (contract to ATT LNS)
Phoenix, AZ

Outsourced professional project manager overseeing contract execution of construction, trouble shooting & maintenance of client fiber based OSP. Supervise & coordinate all local construction activities for new customer builds & additions, customer relocations and general trouble shooting and maintenance. Responsible for coordinating activities among engineers, ROW professionals, municipalities, contractors and suppliers. Charged with maintaining schedules to ensure they are followed and enforced, safety, productivity, NTP’s, SOW’s and documentation of all aspects of construction.

Prepare construction & project progress reports. Ownership of project, implementation of project plan across employees, contractors & client, ensuring budget management. Solicit bids for construction, review contractor/service provider qualifications, ensure quality workmanship, material selection/inspection/supply, perform site surveys, verifications, pre & post inspections/construction audits, permit & utility coordination, rule 20 and forced relocation activities control and coordination, functioned as a liaison between internal and external clients, city officials, vendors & contractors from project inception to completion. Attended coordination and progress meetings.

Highly experienced working within a multi-client and multi-vendor environment. Supervise on site construction work, site preparation, fiber optic splicing and installation of equipment. Manage change orders. Provide fiscal management. Quality control. Prepare status reports for senior management, drawings, as-builds and final reports.

06/03-11/05
Confidential
BD/Project Coordinator
Ankara Turkey (Iraq/Afghanistan on-site DoD primary POC)

Networking. Develop and maintain client relations. Effectively resolved conflict and worked in stressful situations while maintaining a high degree of professionalism. Prepare proposal documents and SOW. Organize and over see daily activities of construction division with relation to bid preparation. Direct local sales teams, give company presentations to prospective clients such as local military, government, non-government organizations, and private companies, coordinate after sales service, assist in translating meetings and documents. Manage change orders, charged with fiscal responsibility for project. Regular and timely communication in person, email, phone, and written correspondence.

Work collaboratively with internal resources to ensure the highest levels of customer satisfaction were maintained. Attend regular daily/ weekly/monthly Rebuilding Iraq’s Electrical Infrastructure construction progress meetings and file reports to company & USACE GRD.

11/02-06/03
Confidential
Istanbul Turkey (Iraq on-site)
Telecom project coordinator

Responsible for company presentations to prospective clients such as military, government, non-government organizations, and private companies, coordinate after sales service, assist in translating meetings and documents. Follow up communications by email, phone, and written correspondence and in person. Prepare daily/weekly/monthly Northern Iraq Telephone & Telegraph Service construction progress reports. Interact with international companies for materials, professional services and arrange transportation to respective locations. Networking, training Kurdish & Iraqis. Responsible for SOW, documentation handling, coordination of EPC of Erbil’s fiber optic network to include initial design phase, materials selection, construction practices, training of staff for emergency restoration services, on-site training with hands on.

2/02-11/02
Confidential
ISP/OSP Sr. Field Technician
Oceanside, CA

Assist in bidding inside and outside plant projects, materials acquisition, prepare as builds, physically work with the other members of my team in completing projects, coordinating between Fishel and the customer, sell additional services and products, install equipment / splice / test / turn-up fiber optic rings, CAT5, 5e, 6, RG6

11/98-2/02
Confidential
ISP/OSP Project Supervisor
Denver CO

Proactively supervise teams in both inside plant (ISP) and outside plant (OSP), coordinate between FTI and customers to insure proper flow of job, offer and sell additional services and products, report job progress, complete as builds, work independently and in groups, terminating fiber and copper cables, DC power supply, grounding, building MDF’s, installing racks, DSX panels, routers, underground and aerial splicing/testing/power metering of fiber optic cable, coordinate / perform / supervise “Hot-Cut’s”, permit procurement, 24-7 on call after hours restoration work

2/96-11/98
Confidential
Field Installation Tech
Norwich NY

Install/test/turn-up various broadband and equipment including Nortel and Lucent OC-3, 12, 48 & 192 NT Optera Metro, also Nortel switching DMS 100, 250 & 500, build outs in POP, LSO, CLEC and end user customer premises sites, iron work, wire wrapping, punch down, install DS-0, 1 & 3, various routers and patch panels including Cisco routers, low voltage AC (110), DC power and grounding, installation of bus bars, battery strings and rectifiers

COMPUTER SKILLS

Word, Excel, Windows, Outlook, Visio, Adobe, Cad Lite, Geo-Link

CERTIFICATIONS

GN Net Test User certified, CMA 4000 certified, 3M trained fire stopping systems installer, Trompeter trained coax connector installer, ATT red and green card holder, Red Cross CPR and First Aid certified, previously held Verizon, Quest, SBC, ATT, Time Warner Telecom badges, & DOD CAC contractor badge

SATISFIED CUSTOMERS

Confidential