Brian J Vavra Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Read and understand floor plans, rack elevations, signal flow diagrams and jackfield layouts.• Translate drawings into cable pulling, cable prep and installation into mobile units and related projects• Install cable, panels and equipment bringing elements together to for a fully functional system• Fabricate connectors for every required type of cable in a mobile unit• Test the functionality of fabrication and installation work that has been performed to ensure 100% operability.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Steel City Vets (SCV) is a newly federally recognized non profit organization aimed at providing Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom with a social network and assistance through our many partnerships.Our MissionTo provide support and guidance to Post 9/11 era veterans within the Greater Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania Area, throughout their transition and maintain continual support thereafter.Organizational ReviewWe are a home grown Post-9/11 Veteran support group designed and ran by Post-9/11 Veterans! We work with many nationally based groups to help provide veterans returning home the needed support they need. 501C(3) federally recognized non profit organization (EIN: 47-1414367)Organization's ServicesThrough our many partnerships, SCV is able to provide Veterans of the Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania areas with some great assistance including help with VA filing as well as many other services to make sure all Veterans returning to this area are not forgotten.As the Membership Coordinator I welcome all the new members and keep the current members information in order and secure. It is my responsibility of keeping track of membership documentation confirming their validity of being an OIF/OEF United States Armed Forces member.

Cranberry, Pennsylvania

External vendor for Rue21 (05/16/15 – 03/11/16) assisting IT OPS in Point-of-Sale upgrades, use AJB Pathfinder 2.3 to create store nodes/merchant tables; TrackIt to track/recover missing transactions reported by Sales Audit; Use SQL Server Management Studio 2012 and APTOS Sales Audit to query databases for missing sales transactions; DEX/Aptos Sales Audit to create store folders for POS updates

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Prepare, gather, and analyze customer & industry data to discover hidden markets insights to provide competitive solutions for customers.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Review and analyze existing network inventory of circuits. Analyze the network requirement for each site and issue orders accordingly.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

* Priority assignment specialist: Backlog remediation and redline resolution development.* Executive Escalation Team: National Delivery Management tool client liaison. * Technical to Non-Technical customer interaction specialist.* Provided dispute escalation assistance, and remediation options to enhance customer service deadline management.* High Bandwidth Associate: Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) T3, SONET, and Ethernet circuit testing and turn-up.* Verified technical cross-compatibility circuit operability: ID, tested, and verified circuit release readiness. * Utilized Network Monitoring Analysis (NMA) testing tool and Hekimian REACT testing systems to verify network repairs and establish baseline functionality. * Collaborated with technicians to isolate and resolve customer and LEC outages.* Advised technicians on design details and equipment designation information to reduce MTTR.* Developed PowerPoint instruction module: ADTRAN TA3000 HDSL Remote Access training. * Multiplexor Operations Specialist * Coded TL1 Commands to set-up and maintain circuits. Fujitsu Flashwave 4100 Flashwave 4500 Flashwave 7100 Flashwave 9500 Adtran Lucent Wavestar Alcatel-Lucent Lambda Unite

* Commercial account printer maintenance manger.* Maintained PMI service cycles on laser B/W and color printers.* Diagnosed printer issues, removed and replaced scheduled wear parts, and worn gearing.* Removed and installed outmoded equipment and completed equipment reassignments.

 Operated and maintained digital mobile subscriber network to 100% mission effective during war time, and peace time missions.  Ensured continued operability of Ethernet switches providing secure and non-secure Internet capabilities to tactical operations center personal.  Install, maintain, modify, troubleshoot, and breakdown various peripheral equipment. Including but not limited to running field wires and telephone equipment.  Provided BVTC (Battlefield video teleconference) capabilities. Programmed and ran cryptographic devices to ensure secure voice encryption of military communication for personnel. Including single channel ground and airborne radio systemsMilitary Awards Army Commendation Medal: Senior Operator; Operational Performance Army Commendation Medal: Meritorious Service; Iraqi Freedom Direct Support

* Performed F-Disk on old computer and breakdown system for deployment.* Uploaded system software, programs, and personnel files to new computer system.* Succeeded in total transfer to new system for company.

Associate'S Degree, Specialized Technology Computer Network Systems, 3.92

Activities and Societies: National Technical Honor Society

Communications, Telecommunications Technology/Technician

Activities and Societies: Signal Corp Regimental Association