

Over 20 years of experience in construction industry, to include: estimating, job management, and knowledge of building products. I have extensive obligatory (Road moves) (A T & T, Verizon and CenturyLink) experience and I am able to come up with a conflict matric and negotiate to eliminate conflict or reduce the impact too facilities. I will and have reviewed the plans I will be able to produce work prints and work with construction during the project.. I am famalire with terms like green lines, RGB’s, UWS, I have full ability to update meetings, I have a full understanding of road plans with cross sections, lighting, drainage . I have been responsible for data entry, invoice tracking, printing OSP facility maps, determining terminal distances from DSLAMs, right-of-way and easement tracking, various clerical duties Review pole line information and determine the make ready needs. Create the required make ready documentation for filing with associated pole line owners. Preformed O-Calc Pole Loading Analysis that is required for the MRE filing, determining viability of pole usage or need for swap out. Reviewed and collated data from utility pole owner’s maps to ensure proper documentation is gathered and reflected on the MRE paperwork. Where required, go to the field and conduct visual inspections of questionable poles and or pole lines.Develop the engineering prints for pole line construction drawings, work order types include all BAU copper, and fiber. Strong technical knowledge of GO95, NESC, Complete and thorough understanding of FTTP, FTTH, FTTC, FTTB. OSP/ISP Network Installations. Experienced with creating outside plant drawings, route maps and defining the scope of work. Able to work independently with minimal supervision. A self-motivated professional accustomed to setting and attaining high goals, able to build, lead and serve on effective teams that get the job completed. Experienced in managing contractors and responsibility for quality assurance, schedule commitments and trouble-shooting problems. Strong leadership, project management, supervisory skills, highly organized professional. Experience in Federal, State, County, City, Institutional and Commercial construction. Ability to draft construction prints using several different methods (OPTI-NT, Visio, CAD 2011(Limited), Elations and ICGS). Advanced knowledge of copper and fiber splicing design. Advanced level of outside plant design knowledge. Ability to read, write, and interpret instructional documents. The ability to comprehend and modify outside plant records drawing. Have an advanced knowledge of telephone industry standards, accessing, reading and interpreting mechanized assignment records, PC applications. Some of my essential job functions was to design of the inter-office transport network to accommodate multiple and varied service requirements for access, circuit design, and network. Recent experience with fiber cable facilities, CALIX and ADTRAN products for delivering DSL. Advanced knowledge of outside plant design principles, including NESC requirements and general industry safety practices. Make Ready Engineering (MRE) steps necessary to deliver final design. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite Complete and thorough understanding of FTTP, FTTH, FTTC, FTTB. OSP/ISP Network Installations. Advanced knowledge of outside plant design principles, including NESC requirements and general industry safety practices. Advanced knowledge of (MRE, Make Ready Engineering) steps for aerial construction necessary to deliver final design.
Jan 2013 to Oct 2015
Finley Engineering, Slayton, MN
OSP Engineer/Project Manager
Finley Engineering, Bismarck, ND
OSP Engineer
Building long haul dark fiber from Casper, Wyoming to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Responsible for broadband overbuild of copper of a 24M dollar Rural Utility Services project, utilizing (FTTH) (FTTP) (FTTC) technologies. Worked with the construction contractor and the company representatives on how and where to place the MDU and ONT units. Planning and acquiring all permits from Federal, State, County and cities needed to complete projects. Creation of new base maps and clean-up of provided utility aerial and underground utilities. Making sure all drafting of construction prints and maps was completed on a timely manner. Good leadership skills including effective written, oral, listing communication skills and interpersonal skills to work effectively with outside contractors and consultants, governmental agencies, community groups and customers. Use of DOT and any other maps from all sources; pole surveys from electronic means, DOT maps; utility ROW and attachment requirements; gather any local ordinances or requirements. Manage green-field, rehabilitation, and historical sites. Deciding how and where MDU’s should be used in the network. Deliver preliminary design to Make Ready Engineering designee; Ride Out Activities, including: preliminary design pole verification, parcel verification, design verification, utility verification, routing obstacles, permit requirements not previously discovered, aerial to underground percentage verification, and all other activities except Make Ready Engineering and PLA to deliver a detailed design for construction; Final Design, Including: post ride out changes to design, complete deployment design including BOMs and splicing details, internal quality control is complete and the design is turned over to owner for engineering review. I provided a single point of contact for the resolution of all problems. Understanding infrastructure plans (highway, sewer, bridge, etc.) and survey information for the elimination and prevention of conflicts with existing and proposed underground, site obstacles, and for proper installation location within easements and public right of way. Lead cross functional teams to design and build scalable construction, installation and support of all processes. Conducted all project meetings and was responsible for project tracking and analysis. Ensured adherence to quality standards and reviewed project deliverability. Managed project budgets, scheduling, planning and contractor resource assignment and the tracking the contractor’s performance including billing against the budget and the contract. Completed the projects within the allotted time lines and budget. Work with product suppliers to ensure material quantities are met and ensure everything meets the company that I am contracted to design specifications. Responsible for the design, construction drawings and construction build of various road widening projects. Red-line conversion, as-built validation, splicing one-line diagrams, updated splicing sheets. Worked with and met with the different Federal, State, county and city governments and organization to make sure all permits and directives was being followed by the construction contractor. Make Ready Engineering (MRE) steps necessary to deliver final design. Includes incorporation of pole owner requirements, mapping conversion, survey, Pole Load Analysis (PLA), professional engineering review, application submittal, construction approval, engage in necessary joint use processes, create final drawings, management, oversight, coordination, equipment, labor, tools and any other requirement identified in the EPC scope of work
July 2012 to Jan 2013
Kenton Group, Mulberry, FL
Contracted to Century-Link
DSL Up-grade Planner
Preformed all work associated with the engineering, planning of copper, fiber distribution and fiber transmission. Responsible for road widening, new road projects and bridge relocations projects.
Responsible for retrofit of cross connect cabinets with ADTRAN and CALIX units for DSL over twisted pair to the home technologies. Made sure that the tails on the cross-connect had the right number of twist per foot to insure the electronics would work. Ordered all material for the project. Attended OSP FM Drafting Training. Attended Bid master and fireworks training.
Jan 2012 to July 2012
Mid States Consultants, Nephi, Utah
Contracted to TDS
Construction Supervision/ Engineering Inspection
Construction supervision of fiber placement to the home. Construction supervision of VDSL cabinets. Construction supervision of fiber cabinets for fiber the home. Insured the adherence of all safety for the trenching, plowing of fiber or conduit and cabinet placement. Insure product deliverability. Interfaced with the land owners to resolve complaints. Made sure the contractor had all permits needed, in his possession on the jobsite. Made sure the running line was adhered to.
Mar 2011 to Jan 2012
Kenton Group, Mulberry, FL
Contracted to Century-Link
OSP fiber and copper Engineer, designer engineer Fiber and Copper
I provided a single point of contact for the resolution of all problems. Lead cross functional teams to design and build scalable construction, installation and support of all processes. Responsible for the design, construction drawings and construction build of various road widening projects. Conducted all project meetings and was responsible for project tracking and analysis. Ensured adherence to quality standards. Managed project budgets, scheduling, planning and contractor resource assignment and the tracking the contractor’s performance including billing against the budget and the contract. Completed the projects within the allotted time lines and budget. Work with product suppliers to ensure material quantities are met and ensure everything meets the company that I am contracted to design specifications.
Feb 2009 to Feb 2011
Joseph D Fail Engineering Company, Bay Springs, MS
Project manager and Construction Manager
Responsible for the over build of (Fiber to The Home or Fiber to the Curb) 66M dollar Rural Utility Services Project. Manage green-field, rehabilitation, and historical sites. I provided a single point of contact for the resolution of all problems. Lead cross functional teams to design and build scalable construction, installation and support of all processes. Worked with the managers of the communication company to decide when to use a MDU or more than one ONT and the size of the MDU to be used.
Conducted all project meetings and was responsible for project tracking and analysis. Ensured adherence to quality standards and reviewed project deliverability. Managed project budgets, scheduling, planning and contractor resource assignment and the tracking the contractor’s performance including billing against the budget and the contract. Completed the projects within the allotted time lines and budget. Work with product suppliers to ensure material quantities are met and ensure everything meets the company that I am contracted to design specifications. Responsible for the design, construction drawings and construction build of various road widening projects. Deciding how and where MDU’s should be used in the network. Worked with the construction contractor and the company inspectors on where to place and how to ground the MDU and ONT units. Worked with the company managers to decide when and how fiber would place to a business, this was handled for each individual business. Testing of fiber optic cable. Survey all cables, manholes, schematic drawing, for OSP design and planning purposes.
Jun 2007 to Feb 2009
Sudden-Link communications
USA
Fiber Manager
Responsible for broadband overbuild of copper of a 24M dollar Rural Utility Services project, utilizing Fiber to The Home (FTTH) technologies. Manage green-field, rehabilitation, and historical sites. I provided a single point of contact for the resolution of all problems. Lead cross functional teams to design and build scalable construction, installation and support of all processes. Conducted all project meetings and was responsible for project tracking and analysis. Ensured adherence to quality standards and reviewed project deliverability. Managed project budgets, scheduling, planning and contractor resource assignment and the tracking the contractor’s performance including billing against the budget and the contract. Completed the projects within the allotted time lines and budget. Work with product suppliers to ensure material quantities are met and ensure everything meets the company that I am contracted to design specifications. Responsible for the design, construction drawings and construction build of various road widening projects. Able to do computerized drafting in several different formats utilizing several different drafting program technologies (OPTiNT, ICGS, CAD, VISIO, ELATIONS)
Experienced with creating network drawings, route maps and defining the scope of work. A self-motivated professional accustomed to setting and attaining high goals, able to build, lead and serve on effective teams that get the job completed. Experienced in managing contractors and responsibility for quality assurance, schedule commitments and trouble-shooting problems. Strong leadership, project management, supervisory skills, highly organized professional. Estimate the cost of all projects to be proposed for building. Manhole and conduit design
June 2005 to Jun 2007
Butler Telecom USA
Contracted to Verizon
(FIOS) Planner (Verizon’s FTTC) and Customer resolution manager.
Utilized computer drafting system ICGS, and other Verizon systems (ISSD, BDSM, and AAIS) to plan and design Fiber to The Home for Verizon FIOS in Dallas, Lewisville, Irving, Grapevine and Keller Exchanges.
Planned and design fiber to the Business. I provided a single point of contact for the resolution of all problems Lead cross functional teams to design and build scalable construction, installation and support of all processes. Conducted all project meetings and was responsible for project tracking and analysis. Ensured adherence to quality standards and reviewed project deliverability. Managed project budgets, scheduling, planning and contractor resource assignment and the tracking the contractor’s performance including billing against the budget and the contract. Completed the projects within the allotted time lines and budget. Work with product suppliers to ensure material quantities are met and ensure everything meets the company that I am contracted to design specifications. Responsible for the design, construction drawings and construction build of various road widening projects. Experienced with creating network drawings, route maps and defining the scope of work. Working with suppliers to solve the problems of provisioning for Multi-family units the solution to the problem would be the development of the MDU. Estimate the cost of all projects proposed to be built.
May 2000 to June 2005
C T & T Little Rock, AR, Dynamic Technical Services, TX and Harris McBurney, OKC, OK.
Contracted to SWB (A T & T)
Responsible for Engineering VRAD design package utilizing OPTI-NT software (xxx-xxx-xxxx) OPTI-NT provided by contracting company. Responsible for producing prints to cut bridge tap out of copper cable using OPTI-NT (xxx-xxx-xxxx). Determine capacity/exhaust and relief of existing cross-connect cabinets.
Determine capacity/exhaust and relief of existing cross-connect cabinets. Design aerial, buried and underground fiber optic cable placement. Design aerial, buried and underground copper cable placement. Look for the best site to place pair-gain cabinets. Contacted landowners and negotiated acquisition of easements. Contacted surveying company to survey site. Checked with surveying company to determine when survey was complete. Informed my SBC Engineering Manager when survey was complete. Responsible for the design, construction drawings and construction build of various road widening projects.
EDUCATION
National Institute of Science, Bethesda MD
Associated with the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
School of Clinical Nuclear Medicine 1976
Others schools
USAF Air Traffic Controller School (air traffic controllerxxx-xxx-xxxx,After graduation from ATC School taught VFR Tower to new Controllers)
USAF Clinical Lab I
USAF Clinical Lab II(After graduation from Lab School II, trainer for new Medical Lab Techs , USAF)
USAF Supervisors Management School
USAF Telecom School
OPTI-NT Training 2014 (Dallas Training Center)
OSP FM Training 2012 (Sioux Falls Training Center)
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