SUMMARY:

Seeking Employment in telecommunications and to obtain a career opportunity that will allow me to grow, improve my skills, and position myself in an area of management in the near future.

SOFTWARE/SYSTEM SKILLS:

• Network installation of services voice, data and video. Installation of ladder rack, relay rack, cabinets, grounding, bonding, dc power and surge protection. Knowledge in Word, Excel and Power Point.
• DC Power Technician
• Project Management
• Structured Cabling
• Infrastructure Installation
• AT&T Supplier Awareness
• AT&T Ask Yourself Training
• AT&T RMOP Writing
• AT&T Hilti Firestop Training
• AT&T TP - 76300 Training
• SCTE Broadband Distribution Specialist
• LTE eNodeB Installation and Commissioning

WORK HISTORY:

Level IV Installer (DC Power)/Project Manager

Confidential, Bradenton, FL

Responsibilities:

• Installation of Deka unigy II battery racks and batteries.
• Installation of Alpha 2500 amp power plants and BDFB’s.
• Complete rewire of entire DC power cable system in Charter Hubs and Headend’s.
• Modification of infrastructure to support new cabling and power plants.
• Installation of BTB to be used for primary power going to power plant from the new battery racks.
• Perform Hot - Cuts on all equipment being converted over to new DC power system in the Hub or Headend.
• Fiber splicing using Fusion Splicer.
• Trenching 24’’ to 36’’ deep runs for 2 2’’ conduits to be ran from handhole outside cell site compound into Charles Cube inside compound.
• Lead project meetings, communicate and maintain overall project ownership of project tracking and analysis.
• Coordinate with other project managers, program managers and directors to ensure standards are met.
• Manage requests for changes and prioritize work based on business needs and available resources.
• Conduct program/project reviews to identify and address issues or roadblocks.
• Provided daily reports and oversaw training of new recruits.

Level IV Installer (Structured Cabling/DC Power)/Project Manager

Confidential, Atlanta, Ga

Responsibilities:

• Installation of various telephones, data, CATV equipment and wiring styles.
• Data Center, Headend, and Central Office cabling/wiring (Structured Cabling).
• Rack Mounting telecommunications equipment (Routers, Servers, Switches, etc.).
• Terminating Coax (RG59, RG6, Mini), CAT5e/CAT6.
• Running and testing Fiber optic cable.
• Testing- Baseband Video, RF, Data (SDI, ASI, Ethernet, Fiber), IP Video.
• Wire list Review and Corrections.
• Develop detail floor plans, method of procedures, detailed specs, wire lists, schedules, resource plans and status reports.
• Lead project meetings and communication and maintain overall project ownership of project tracking and analysis.
• Coordinate with other project managers, program managers and directors to ensure standards are met.
• Manage requests for changes and prioritize work based on business needs and available resources.
• Conduct program/project reviews to identify and address issues or roadblocks.
• Coordinated with companies such as Cisco, AT&T, COMCAST, Charter and Insight to provide new cable and DSL, phone systems.
• Provided regular weekly reports, payroll and oversaw training of new recruits.
• Addition or removal of common systems equipment/hardware.
• Addition or removal of wiring and connections.
• Analysis of job specifications and drawings.
• Provide work assignments to crew.
• Resolve job specification and/or drawing problems.
• Correct office record drawings.
• In-process and final quality inspections.
• Able to communicate with AT&T on all aspects of the job throughout the duration of the job.
• Job site supervision of subcontractor work.
• Capable of performing as the Installation Supplier's in-charge person.
• Capable of performing additions, removals, wiring connections, and modifications on working equipment and circuits.
• Structural installation of custom ladder racks, relay racks, cabinets, in house grounding and bonding, dc power.
• Installation of data center equipment and cabling that supports those products. The cabling consists of fiber, copper, power, serial, etc.
• Maintains site security and cleanliness
• Installs equipment and DC power in support of network and customer requirements.
• Interacts with customers to provide a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Interacts with other techs and managers and manages vendors as required for the installation of infrastructure, splicing, or when maintenance activities are required.
• Coach and train new team members.
• Terminate, assemble and install RG-59, RG-6, mini, audio, CAT 5 and CAT 6 cable.
• Installation of outlets, pulling cable, fire stopping and pre-termination including organizing, forming, dressing, lacing and labeling cables to industry standards.
• Determine closet and equipment layouts and install closet hardware including backboards, connection blocks, racks, patch panels, fiber enclosures and balance video equipment.
• Install entrance facility grounding infrastructure and perform grounding test.
• Develop project plans including required materials, deliver schedules, completion schedules, manpower requirements and tool/equipment lists.
• Removal and demolition of abandoned cables.
• Properly instruct other technicians and techniques, work, etc. as needed to keep project work flowing.
• Supervise the installation, modification, repair and maintenance of voice, video and data cabling systems and surveys installations areas to determine work methods, tools, materials etc.
• Responsible for making independent judgments where normal procedures or guidelines are not established.
• Over see infrastructure installation test and turn up.

Confidential

Engineer Support

Responsibilities:

• Under moderate supervision, responsible for the delivery of high quality off-air, satellite, microwave, and digital transport programming up to the outside plant (point of demarcation from ISP facilities) utilizing, maintaining and installing a variety of optical and electrical interfaces including but not limited to coaxial cable, microwave, fiber optic transmission, CAT 6 to name a few typical technologies. This includes the installation, construction, operation and break-fix remediation, with root cause analysis of all equipment associated with the Headend (HE), Hubs.
• Perform HE and facility Technical Quality Assurance (TQA) inspections; Ensure all cabling, equipment installation, power and cooling follows corporate TQA standards. Implement approved methods of procedure.
• Troubleshoot communication architectures, topologies, hardware, software, transmission and signaling links and protocols.
• Setup and operate legacy headend equipment including but not limited to signal processors, modulators, demodulators, IRD's and IRT's
• Perform analog and digital channel level measurement and quality testing along with periodically testing of equipment and quality of signal throughout the network.
• Install, maintain, and perform testing and required documentation of emergency alert systems.
• Perform and properly document with guidance all required Charter Engineering and FCC mandated PoP testing.
• Maintain required logs, records and other documentation in compliance with company and FCC (Federal Communications Commission) technical requirements.
• Maintain and support protocol compatibility standards, develops and implements network enhancements.
• Work on projects / systems / issues of moderate to medium complexity surrounding network planning, configuration and optimization.
• Work on one or more projects as a project team member, occasionally as a project team lead.
• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Perform network problem resolution and all required HE Proof of Performance Tests as needed. Also perform all daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly testing and logging as outlined by ISP Playbook.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Lead Technician/Jr. Project Manager

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

Responsibilities:

• Installation of data center equipment and cabling that supports those products. The cabling consists of fiber, copper, power, serial, etc.
• Troubleshoots equipment and network problems, removes and replaces defective modules, tracks spares and ensures repair.
• Maintains site security and cleanliness
• Installs equipment and DC power in support of network and customer requirements.
• Interacts with customers to provide a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Interacts with other techs and managers and manages vendors as required for the installation of infrastructure, splicing, or when maintenance activities are required.
• Coach and train new team members.
• Responsible for mounting all frames such as LCE, LCG, Nortel Multiservice Switch, Nortel 8010co, GENBAND Media Gateway 9000(MG9K), SPDC, PDC, LGX’s and Miscellaneous frames.
• Responsible for all insulation aspects of infrastructure such as ladder rack, fiber trough, cable trough, cable details and etc.
• Responsible for all the wiring of the equipment mentioned above and so on.
• Running line cables to line cards in the LCE, LCG.
• All fibers to Multiservice Switch 8010co, Media Gateway 9000, LGX’s and Miscellaneous frames.
• All Cat-5 to Multiservice Switch 8010co, Media Gateway 9000, SPDC, PDC, LGX’s and Miscellaneous frames.
• Timing to Miscellaneous frames.
• All Dc and Ac power and grounding associated with the equipment mentioned.
• Install, operate, and maintain network equipment on various client networks.
• Configure various vendor hardware platforms based on design (HP, Cisco, Brocade, Extreme).
• Execute project scope requirements including, staging, implementation, change management, testing, and documentation.
• Supervise implementation teams toward project goals.
• Assist with troubleshooting of client solutions onsite and remotely.
• Collaborate with internal and external resources to identify technical requirements.
• Ensure that L2 / L3 testing has been completed prior to leaving customer site.
• Learn new technology with little to no supervision.
• Good experience in Samsung LTE eNodeB Integration & commissioning.
• Good Experience in Samsung LTE Onsite Integration & capable of training onsite vendor teams for a smooth completion of Project operations.
• Good experience in Samsung C-RAN, Smart MBS & Small cells integration. SW & Firmware upgrade of ENODEBs.
• Knowledge of Configuring the LTE Network elements in LSM.
• Good Knowledge of End to end scripting which consists of IP, Ran, S1 & X2 Configurations.
• Bulk parameter changes in LSM using XML scripts for a cluster or a network.
• Rectification of filed alarm, provide technical support to field teams & Vendors.
• Perform pre-checks, post checks, RSSI, RSRP, SINR PCI, TX Power, OCNS Value, MIMO Mode, MIMO Type, Smart Scheduler, and OCNS Mode Type.
• Install equipment and DC power in support of network and customer requirements.
• Power termination in live BDFB.
• Reading and understanding wire lists and blueprints.
• Running and terminating Cat5E/Cat6 from Geoprobe to patch panels.
• Running and testing fibers from Geoprobe to fiber patch panels.
• Logging and archiving of all cable test records for review by Tektronix.
• Daily progress reports to upper management.
• Labeling all cables with brady flag labels.
• Using Hyper Terminal to gain access to Geoprobe in order to run scripts and configure device.
• Cable, fiber, and device testing with engineer to ensure quality installation.
• Closeout documentation and site walkthrough with client after testing and turnup successful.
• Ensure site cleanliness and ship materials and tools to next site and or warehouse.