Contracted to Verizon
March 2016-Present
SE Florida
Communication Technician
Installed Ciena 6500 Road M ULH, Ciena 5410, Juniper 960, Fuiji Flashwave 4100ES, Cisco USC C240-M3. Installed and connectorized DS3 cables. Mounted Bays, Installed LC and SC fiber cables, racks, cross connects, patch panels. Installed grounding for racks, equipment and cables.

Hotwire Communications
March 2012-March 2016
Boca Raton, Florida
Lead Fiber Optic Technician/Splicer/Lead
Loose Tube OSP and ISP fiber splicing, Worked on live networks cuts, backbone networks and fiber termination panels. Handled overhead OSP splicing, spliced fiber ribbon, prepared cable ends, attached cables and made connections using splice trays, adhesives, anaerobic methods, chemical bonding pigtail fusion, hot melt and mechanical fiber optic splices. Verified and troubleshoot installation by testing with signal level meters, light meters and light sources.

Lawrence Telecom
December 2011- March 2012
Houston, Texas
Central Office Equipment Installer
Installed Cisco 7609 equipment. Installed and labeled Ethernet cables, fiber cables, power cables and framework, mounted bays, made Ethernet jumpers.

Eco-Comp (Technician Contracting Co. for AT&T)
April 2007 – December 2011
West Palm Beach, Florida
Independent Contractor.
Installed CPE, cables and wires. Trouble-shoot lines. Repaired DSL lines. Registered customer. Trained new technicians. Completed copper cable installation by using a variety of splicing methods, Scotch-locks, and various punch down systems. Prepared cable ends, sheath, standardized telephone cable grounding techniques. Knowledge of standard pair color code. Installed and configured LAN/WAN internetworking hardware and IP Telephone hardware to meet engineered specification.

Wiltel Communications/Level 3
April 2004 – May 2006
West Palm Beach, Florida
Route and Site Technician.
Located Cables. Performed site surveys. Supervised splicing of Metro/long Haul Outside Plant fibers. Trouble-shot and identified problematic areas in circuits having outages. Monitored route and executed restoration in the event of a service interruption.. Maintained a network center and off amp. Monthly preventative maintenance inspections on equipment and infrastructure including, HVAC systems, high-voltage electrical systems, DC Power Plants. Fiber Optic Testing, Installation and Termination. Equipment installations, removal and repair. OTDR and power meter testing. Installed, provisioned, tested, and maintained DS0 thru OC192 services. Transported equipment and maintained company vehicle. Coordinated and Processed shipments both inbound and outbound. Replenished consumables. Operated and maintained tools, test sets, and electronic equipment including, but not limited to: fiber optic transmissions equipment, lightwave multiplexing equipment, digital multiplexers, channel banks, circuit termination equipment, AC and DC power equipment, GN Nettest OTDR, fiber optic cable locating equipment, various BER type test equipment. Received ROC Award during the hurricane season

TEK Systems (Staffing Company)
May 1999 – April 2002
Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Installation Technician.

Contracted to four companies:
Winstar Communications
June 2001 - April 2002
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Network Construction Manager/Field Supervisor/Engineer.
• Coordinated and supervised union and non-union contract companies and 100+ workers in the construction/modification of Winstar’s b-sites for Philadelphia, South Jersey and Wilmington, DE. Interacted with all departments to prioritize, secure resources, reporting, communicate and ensure quality controls are in place for all construction phases. Reviewed tower and foundation, and structural reports. Coordinated with Real Estate Manager on zoning and regulatory requirements for site design. Set dates and managed timelines for construction milestones. Monitored status of cabinet installs, work orders, circuit delivery and troubleshooting. Managed site walks, GC selection, and equipment ordering. Prioritized projects and coordinated scheduling with other teams. Developed and maintained positive relationships with property owners and negotiated any issues to mutual satisfaction through the site modification while on call 24hrs. Set and attended weekly site construction and team deployment meetings. Traveled to sites to keep up with the process of the modification teams to ensure site completion on budget and due date. Handled all site issues.

Teligent
October 2000 – June 2001
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Quality Assurance Technician.
• Supervised the quality control of over 200 different sites. Responsible for the correction of unsatisfactory installations. Installed point to point and point to multi-point wireless microwave telecommunications satellite dishes.

Fujitsu
December 1999 – August 2000
Swedesboro, New Jersey
Central Office Equipment Installer.
• Co-location installs. Wire wrapping to DSX panels. Wiring 89 blocks. Crimping coaxial cables. Lacing and switching power cables. DS1’s and DS3’s.

Peco Hyperion
May 1999 – November 1999
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Central Office Equipment Installer.
Installed FLM2400, 600, 150 and FACTR shelves. Tellect DSX3 and DSX1 panels. ADC and Tellect Fuse panels. All transmission, Fiber Optic and Power cables necessary. Argus and Peco II Rectifiers and Batteries. 110, 3M, 66 Blocks. 32 and 48 Position Patch Panels. Head to head testing with customers. TTC T-Berd 107A, 224 and TTC 1000 Fiberscan.

Lightwave Telecommunications
January 1997 - May 1999
Nineveh, New York
Central Office Equipment Installer.
Lead Installer responsible for the installation of the following equipment: Lite Span 2000, OC3, OC12, OC48, OC192, FT 2000, FLM 1100, FLM 600, DDM 2000, DSX 1 Panels, DSX 3 Panels, 89 Blocks, 410 Blocks, ADC Fuse Panel, Hendry Fuse Panel

Education

December 1997 - June 1998 Ocean City High School
Ocean City, New Jersey
• General Education

September 1994 – November 1997 Atlantic City High School
Atlantic City, New Jersey
• General Education