EDUCATIONAL
Technical courses attended with the certificate of completion awarded:
LTS-1565 Subject: Operations and Maintenance/40 hours
LTS-21130T Subject: Operations and Maintenance/40 hours
DML 3X50 Muldern Lightwave Subject: Digital Multiplex Lightwave Operations and Maintenance/40 hours
DML 3X50 Dual Lightwave Subject: Operations and Maintenance/40 hours
LTS-21130R Subject: Ring Configuration Operations and Maintenance/40 hours
CMS40 System Survey Subject: CD ROM Course/24 hours
RBS-2102 Cabinet Subject: Operations and Maintenance/40 hours
AXE-10 MSC Subject: Operations and Maintenance/120 hours
Tadiran Dacs Subject: Operations and Maintenance/40 hours
CNS-40 BSC Subject: Operations and Maintenance/40 hours
GSM RBS-2106/2102 Subject Operations and Site Maintenance/40 hours
GSM Edge/Gprs Subject: Gprs/Edge Radio Dimensioning and performance Workshop/ 8 hours

Morristown Vocational Technical School
Major: Building Trade with a Certificate of Completion
Graduation Date: May 28, 1983

Morristown East High School
Graduation Date June 2, 1983

EXPERIENCE
Previous Position: Senior Switch Technician /T-Mobile (USA)) February 2004-August-2014
Responsibilities: Check the BSC switches for alarms in the morning and throughout the Day. Open trouble tickets via Remedy trouble tracking report. Update Remedy tracking reports for Field Tech’s. Integrate sites for more capacity: Dispatched field technicians for all reactive maintenance; tracked dispatch activity via a logbook; performed remote diagnostics and, monitored and acknowledged all BSC alarms related to cell site performance via the “add comments” within a single orbit; prioritized and dispatched multiple faults based on criticality: managed Remedy trouble tickets to closure for all associated cell site alarms and performance based Remedy trouble tickets; tested and turned-up T-1s associated with cell site integration; performed alarm fault logs on cell sites after integration for RBS acceptance; performed applications for new cell site neighbor relations and integration; terminated and cross-connected DS3s and DS1s for new cell site growth; addition and removal of tru’s on specific cell sites associated with the T-Mobile work order report. New cell site integrations, expansions and Radio additions, Rhome’s and dropped call problems and procedures for cell site optimization.

Previous Position: Installation Supervisor/ADC Systems Integration April 2000-February-2004
Responsibilities: Commit to start dates and completion dates prior to job start-up; manage field installation projects which consist of tracking man-hours on various installation projects, verify materials and proper engineering for each project, track installer’s progress; perform quality audit acceptance prior to completion of the projects; verification of properly marked correct drawings and deliver them to engineering for updates of the central office records; management of the MOP procedures and associated documentation to assure that proper practices are taken to cover the work load; submission of equipment test reports, documentation of materials to remain at site, and completions notices for customer’s acceptance upon completion of projects

Previous Position: OSS Technician/Powertel, Inc. September 1997 – March 2000
Responsibilities: Dispatched field technicians for all reactive maintenance; tracked dispatch activity via a logbook; performed remote diagnostics and IDB database changes as appropriate; monitored and acknowledged all BSC alarms related to cell site performance via the “add comments” within a single orbit; prioritized and dispatched multiple faults based on criticality: managed Remedy trouble tickets to closure for all associated cell site alarms and performance based Remedy trouble tickets; tested and turned-up T-1s associated with cell site integration; performed alarm fault logs on cell sites after integration for RBS acceptance; performed CAN applications for new cell site neighbor relations and integration; terminated and cross-connected DS3s and DS1s for new cell site growth; addition and removal of tru’s on specific cell sites associated with the Powertel work order report; modified cell sites and upgrade procedures for cdu-c expansions; checked performance with metrica database for cell site performance.

Previous Position: Cell Site Technician/Powertel, Inc. March 1997 – September 1997
Responsibilities: Diagnosed troubles and corrected the faults associated with the specific alarm; performed preventive maintenance on a daily basis to keep the alarm faults to a minimum; checked external alarms with the appropriate person at the switch to assure all alarms are reporting correctly; change faulty cards in the RBS cabinets as needed to keep the downtime to a minimum; checked the reflected power at the transmit side of the antenna for VSWR; performed TRU additions and IDB changes as necessary; performed preliminary Quality Assurance and final Quality Assurance inspections on all new cell site construction and sector additions; performed T-1 test and installation of external alarms for monitoring purposes.

Previous Position: Project Manager/Point to Point Communications February 1995 – March 1997
Responsibilities: Managed the field installation projects which consisted of tracking man-hours on various installation projects; implemented bids on jobs; verified materials for each project and kept tract of the installer’s progress; performed quality audit acceptance before the project was turned over to the customer for acceptance; completed start-up activity documentation prior to starting a new project; managed MOP procedures and associated documentation to assure that proper practices were taken to cover the work load; submitted completion notices for customer acceptance upon completing projects.

Previous Position: Installation Supervisor/Tele-Tech March 1993 – February 1995
Responsibilities: Preparation of documentation prior to project start-up; performed MOPs on job procedures; met with BellSouth regarding MOP procedures prior to performing any work activity; kept daily work log of the progress for each individual day; tracked the man-hours on each particular job; inventoried job materials prior to start up date; reviewed job specifications and engineering drawings; possessed complete knowledge of central office floor plan in order to verify that relay racks and x-connect assignments matched the engineering documentation; installed the equipment in the appropriate relay rack position; ran the cables, laced them in butt, and terminated the cables per BellSouth technical reference; followed guidelines and safety procedures; filled out additional MOP prior to cutting the power over to the specific BDFB; updated drawings and redline specifications.

Previous Position: Test Tech-3/Rockwell International/Alcatel Network Systems March 1985 – March 1993
Received two promotions within the first two years of employment
Responsibilities: Installed Rockwell International transmission equipment for various telephone companies in the southeast. In 1986, was promoted to turnkey operations Test Tech; installed the transmission equipment, tested and turned up the equipment; submitted completion notices to customer for acceptance; In 1987, was promoted to a Test Tech-3 which consisted of testing all Rockwell transmission equipment, troubleshooting EPROM software changes 1565 to 1.2 GBs, and upgrading 1.1 to 1.n equipment configurations; connection of multiplexes to radio equipment for drop insert T-1; configuration changes from terminal configurations to route diversity ring configurations with repeaters in line for drop and insert or pass through DS3s; wavelength division multiplexing to cut down on fiber cabinet capacity; performed IF-4 protocol alarming for BellSouth NOC to induce high speed and low speed switching from a central location and alarm monitoring change transmitters from 1310nm to 1550nm at -.9-0 to -36-0 threshold; managed a large project for General Telephone which consisted of seven central offices where we installed and tested microwave radio equipment and transmission equipment. DML-45, DMX-2003, DMX-3003, LTS-3139, LTS-21130; modified a DML-45 and a DMX-2003 to a DML-45A by cross connecting the DML-45 and DMX-2003 together; patched twenty-eight DS-1s together to allow traffic to be put into service.

REFERENCES
Furnished upon request

Relocation is acceptable.

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