David Gracy Email & Phone Number

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Washington DC; Stuttgart DE; Tampa, FL

Installation of various network architecturesInstallation of Planar Video Wall systems and associated hardwareTermination of Fiber optic cables (LC, SC, MTRJ, ST)Termination of Copper cablingDesigning Cable infrastructure from the ground up as well as installing the infrastructure (TR Racks, Punch-Down panels, Fiber optic LIU's, A/V electronics, & other.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Designed and installed cable infrastructures for DoD clients for USCENTCOM at Macdill AFB & Qatar to an Air Force Video Wall in Kandahar, Afghanistan. On-site logistics lead for $2 million 52 foot wide Planar Video.
• On-site Lead Logistician that configured, installed, and tested Planar video wall as well as the A/V components for USAF in Kandahar, Afghanistan for use by the Commanding General.
• Installed and upgraded fiber optic classified networks for USCENTCOM as well as installing all A/V cabling for VTC teleconference tables.
• Upgraded telecommunication cables, equipment racks, motion activated video cameras and A/V cables using APC brand equipment for USCENTCOM CFH building in the country of Qatar.
• Obtained a TS/SCI clearance for USCENTCOM through SPAWAR.
• Led multiple groups of workers and technicians in highly classified areas with classified communications under strict guidelines set forth by the US military with zero security breaches.

• Served as the Team Lead that tested fiber optic cables that went into the $75 million USCENTCOM HQ replacement project. Was a key technician that terminated fiber optic and copper cabling in the USSOCOM additional.
• Team Lead over 10 employees that installed and tested all Fiber Optic cables that went into the USCENTCOM HQ replacement project.
• Was one of 3 technicians that setup and installed each users workstation inside of the new USSOCOM additional buildings.
• Obtained a Top Secret Clearance in April 2010.
• Installed all telecommunication cabling inside 20+ generals houses (from 4-star to 1-star) as well as installed the classified PDS’s from the ground up that secured the communications.

• Selected early on by supervisor Dean Skinner as a Lead Technician and primary trainer for Tampa, FL; Southern California; Washington; and Oregon. Consistently one of the top performing technicians and achieved bonus.
• Responsible for training and then supervising over 40 new technicians for new office branches in Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; and Santa Fe Springs, CA.
• Went through Verizon’s Fiber Optic Splicing class to learn how to fuse fiber optical cables together for field applications and later trained Ajilon employees how to fuse fiber optics as well.
• Installed Verizon FiOS TV, Internet, and phone product in over 1000 homes in the Tampa Bay market alone.
• Strong background in troubleshooting technical issues out in the field such as computer networking, phone wiring, configuring wireless Cisco routers, and IP configurations.

Ba, Business Administration And Management, General

Associate Of Arts (Aa)