Christopher Mapes Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

US

Herndon, VA, US

• Responsible for design and oversight of the engineering, maintenance and construction of inside or outside plant network related to new facilities or modifying existing facilities.
• Performs remote connectivity activities on newly installed equipment prior to equipment being sent to customer premise.
• Prepares and conducts meetings prior to implementation to ensure all aspects of the project are covered. Follows progress of all projects and provide management with all project statuses on a weekly basis.
• Develops budgeting for approved projects.
• Supervises and provides quality audits over the performance and work of third party vendors and contractors.
• Leads the interaction with Sales, Service Delivery, Engineering, Real Estate and other internal XO teams and government agencies to coordinate the implementation of special construction projects.

Monroe, LA, US

• Managed the feeder and distribution outside plant network and associated engineering capital budget for the Downtown Core of Seattle.
• Served as the central point of contact in responding to and resolving engineering issues relating to Outside Plant, MDU, MTU, SMB infrastructure in area of responsibility.
• Interfaced with developers, city government officials, public and private construction entities, business groups, and other various partners in order to plan and review work, share technical project information.
• Analyzed long-range network plans, field conditions, customer demands and requirements along with technical & budgetary considerations to develop the most efficient and cost effective designs to provide high quality.
• Field Survey & Designed FTTT & FTTX projects in the underground, buried and aerial and building environments.
• Field Survey & Designed Enterprise and SMB class service delivery projects at customer premises locations.

Monroe, LA, US

• Designed, developed and issued construction work packages (including detailed prints) to provide Network Field Technicians with accurate requirements and specifications in order to complete projects.
• Developed Common Planning Documents (CPD's) to reflect that all equipment, resources and costs were estimated and identified to get the associated plan approved and funded.
• Worked on multiple MDU/MTU cabling infrastructure design projects in Downtown Seattle Core
• Project managed OSP construction projects for my employer that involved guiding both internal forces and contractors to reach desired objectives.

• Designed circuits installation & provisioning
• Trouble isolation and repair on customer reported designed circuit service issues
• Interaction with customers in regards to time critical, service affecting situations
• Trained colleagues on field testing methods and procedures.

Basking Ridge, NJ, US

• Copper & Fiber Splicing Technician in underground, aerial and building environments in both feeder and distribution applications
• Distribution area rehab projects
• Engineering print reading and application
• Fiber-to-the-Curb installation
• End-to-end network continuity testing