John Roach Email & Phone Number

White Plains, Ny

• Manage AboveNet’s national fiber network consisting of over 6800 Fiber Optic Cables.• Direct supervision of 6 Planning engineers, inclusive of one Planner dedicated to conduit as-builts. •Monitor and track network fiber capacities. Create budget, engineering and initiate cable overbuild to be completed before anticipated exhaust date. •Create and manage the $20M - $25M annual Network Planning CapEx budget.•Created AboveNet’s current Network Engineering Standards guidelines.•AboveNet’s lead fiber network analyst for M&A activities.

White Plains Ny

• Responsible for budget, design, permitting and execution of all assigned customer and infrastructure projects.• Project Manager for large financial DWDM network installations.• Responsible for the coordination of all fiber optic cable relocation projects in New Jersey.• Responsible for field coordination of all emergency cable restorations in New Jersey.• Single point of contact for PSE&G and GPU in New Jersey

Manager for splicing construction team with 28 direct reports. Responsible for all major multiplex installations and turn-ups in the White Plains area. Responsible for splicing all major distribution and truck fiber in the White Plains area. Verified quality and specification standards on network estimates for PSC audits. Responsible for field planning and coordination of major CapEx projects.

Experienced in splicing of both loose tube and ribbon fiber. Experienced in all aspects of copper splicing.