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Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Construction of Micro and Pico Small Cell sites. Managing construction of large deployment FTTC project in Northeast Ohio. Pre-construction walkouts, management of multiple contractor work force, working within budget, documentation,scheduling, Quality Control, development of engineering construction specifications, relationships with internal and external.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Engineering optic plant to Enterprise level customers throughout Northeast Ohio. System design, construction, outage restoration, documentation, BOM, and contractor management.

Ohio Area

Engineering of PTP and PTM commercial and residential wireless networks utilizing Ceragon, Radwin, and Cambium transceivers. Site surveys and coverage enhancement solutions. Optic engineering and construction. Installation and troubleshooting of Tellabs routers operating on SM and MM optics. Developed processes to streamline new circuit activation and.

Ohio Area

Maintenance of Sprint and Clearwire cellular networks. Huawei and Samsung radio troubleshooting, alignment, and repair. Upgrade Sprint cabinets to 4G. Troubleshoot, align, and repair PTP and PTM microwave circuits. DAS network build, troubleshooting, optic construction, OTDR, and documentation.

Northeast Ohio

Reported to VP Engineering, directed a staff of 13 managers and technicians with a $1.5M budget, and managed all digital video mux/demux for Northeast Ohio. Worked closely with Technical Operations and Call Center management to ensure high quality video for 1M customers and improve outage restoration times. Project Manager for all channel additions and.

Akron, Canton, Kent, OH

Reported to VP Technical Ops and directed Outside Plant Operations with a staff of 76 supervisors, unionized preventive maintenance technicians, dispatchers, and admin. Delivered high quality video through 6,000 miles of OSP, and dispatch support of an additional 145 demand maintenance/repair technicians. Successfully prepared OSP launch of advanced.

Akron/Canton/Kent/Youngstown/Warren, OH

Reported to Director of Technical Operations, with a staff of 46 supervisors, unionized technicians, and dispatchers, managing 4,400 miles of OSP and 150K customers. P&L responsibility with a budget of $1.8M capital and $750K expense. Implemented training, shift changes, and increased technician accountability, reducing overtime and lower repeat trouble.

Northeast, OH

Reporting to VP of Engineering, dotted line to Director of Northeast OH rebuild project. Supervised 1 technician and led a contract workforce of 8 fiber optic splice crews. Directed placement and construction of 686 fiber optic nodes in Northeast OH. Developed optic network documentation that is still in use today.