Responsible for managing all construction and buried fiber optic placement and splicingin Mid Atlantic states. * Responsible for post-build audits on all fiber construction projects, includingensuring attainment to quality specifications for contractors and comparing the actualbuild cost against pre-build projections. * Instrumental in creating Safety program and making company OSHA compliant * Integral part of Risk Management Committee * Safe Driving and General Industry Instructor * Responsible for managing 3 construction supervisors to oversee multipleprojects.

Responsible for all Outside Plant Construction in North Carolina, supervising 13 Verizonemployees and 17 contracting crews. * Responsible for all aerial and buried construction of copper and fiberconstruction in Eastern North Carolina, including both overbuild and Greenfieldconstruction. Experienced in single family, multi-family, and mid-rise construction forresidential and business customers. * Participated on an engineering & construction committee to select a third-partyvendor for a joint placement project within new residential subdivisions, saving 30% overtraditional construction costs. * Responsible for post-build audits on all copper and fiber constructionprojects, including ensuring attainment to quality specifications for contractors andcomparing the actual build cost against pre-build projections. * Only Verizon manager with authority to authorize contractor field changes toengineering design for all buried and aerial placing. * Served as the subject matter expert (SME) for North and South Carolinaconstruction. Trained two construction peers; WesternNorth Carolina on proper placing methods and procedures. * Led Verizon*s safety program in North Carolina, reducing the amount ofpreventable accidents by 66%. * Implemented Company*s best practices and instituted a quality audit process,improving the construction placing quality by 43% measured on the annual quality audits. * Operated all Company*s emergency placing restoration team during weatherevents, including hurricanes and storms. Loaned placing technicians to other Companyserving areas for reconstruction after Hurricanes Charley,

* Responsible for all aspects of the installation and maintenance of Verizoncircuits * Lead technician for fault locating, isolation, and repair of aerial, buried,and underground cable troubles * Led the Proactive Preventative Maintenance Program, reducing maintenancedispatches and improving the condition of the Company*s plant by 44% in designated areas. * Trained junior technicians on cable maintenance and fault locating.

* Operated plows and trenching equipment, placing Company*s buried copper andfiber cable * Lead Lineman on digger derrick, transferring, placing and removal of poles * Place ground mounted and aerial X Boxes * Place aerial, underground and buried fiber and copper facilities as well asproper anchoring and guying. * Familiar with all aspects of Verizon OSP construction and safety. BUSINESS TRAINING Attended over 500 hours of Company training courses, including: * Fiber Optics * Cable Placement * Aerial & Buried * DOT * Including Hazmat Transportation * Supervisory Skills and Management * Aerial Lifts & Platforms * Cable Fault Locating * Work Area Protection * Manhole Safety * Personal Protection and Safety