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Monroe, Mi, Us

Monroe, Mi, Us

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

xDSL, VoIP, high speed internet, wired and wireless Ethernet, IPTV.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

Manage Technology Installations and Integrations projects-Hospitality Industry properties including converting properties from DirectTV Satellite to Comcast Q2Q, and channel insertionSupervise in-house and contractor installation techniciansImplementation of mesh and managed WiFi solutions, perform “heat map” testing for WiFi coverage optimization, site survey physical environments for obstacles to signal propagation and propose additional or relocated access points.Daily reporting of production, projections, and timeline challenges to management and stakeholders

Kista, Stockholm, Se

Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain Sprint equipment( legacy Motorola iDEN, Lucent CDMA BTS). Test and troubleshoot amplifiers, filters, carrier cards, T1 backhaul circuitsTroubleshoot, repair and maintain Samsung LTE 4G equipment.Drive test cell sectors for call quality/drop issues, perform 911 testing.Test macro site antenna performance against expected parameters, flag outliers for replacementPerformed maintenance during staggered phase-out of on-air iDEN BTS macro sites, re-distributed working equipment from decommissioned sites to on-air sitesTroubleshoot, repair, and maintain ClearWire WiMax equipmentTroubleshoot, repair, and maintain Distributed Antenna/Bidirectional Antenna systems in Commercial, Retail, and Heavy Industrial installations (Hospitals, Offices, Automobile Assembly plants)Troubleshoot BDA system coverage issues, map coverage within buildings, work with RF engineers to improve performance and coverage, identify dead spots. Redirect donor antennas to identified alternate Cells and SectorsUsed various diagnostic tools and RF test equipment in performing work, including Lucent RMT, Anritsu CellMaster, Sunset T1 test set et al.Resolve trouble tickets, order and install replacement hardware, audit and RMA site equipment. Carrier Addition and capacity upgrades. Report, and resolve site issues.

Emergency restoration and Scheduled fusion splicing - Central Office, POP, Cell Towers and OSP locations. Perform OSP Plant construction and emergency repairs.Troubleshoot, repair, audit, and field engineer long-haul fiber optic circuits. Work from field with Fiber Engineering Department and Field Operations on repairs and changes to network design, identify and resolve conflicts between existing circuit documentation and transport objectives. Audit physical plant assets for additional optical circuit paths for new orders. Documents changes to Outside Plant facilitiesInterface with Field Engineers from other carriers, dark fiber customersOperator - Aerial Lift truck, Mobile Fiber Splicing Laboratory, tools and equipment.

Responsible for acquiring new clients for IT services firm, retaining existing client base. Meet with IT decision–makers, identified technology needs, designed IT solutions. Presented sales proposals, negotiated contracts, managed installation projects.Maintained long-term client relationships, created marketing and sales materials for presentations, trade fairs, direct mail in several SE Michigan markets.

Managed subcontractors in nationwide POS Ethernet installation project. Oversaw Cat5e cabling, network equipment installations in 4000 store retail chain in US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam. Coordination with Logistics team to ensure hardware and cabling arrived onsite for contractors. Resolved customer and subcontractors quality issues, damage restoration, project delays, and local code and labor requirements. Verified permitting and compliance with AHJ regs.Managed installation for pilot RFID shelf-label project, Staples stores.Prepared cabling and installation labor and materials estimates for new projects to support bid processHired and oversaw local subcontractors, Maintained nationwide vendor info database including regional labor rates. Prepared Scope of Work documents, issued purchase orders. Reviewed completion documents, processed vendor invoices. Managed costs and project profit margins.

DAS/BDA Project - Surveyed locations with RF engineers to design BDA/DAS, select appropriate propagation pattern antennas to suit the various environments: Omnidirectional, Yagi, Radiating Cable, etc. with respect to back-haul considerations. Design optical fiber and copper media cable plant solutions to connect all equipment in BDA/Distributed Antenna installations. Managed installation of antennas, recievers, and repeaters, fiber and coaxial cabling for Nextel 800/900Mhz iDEN and Sprint1.9Ghz CDMA systems.OSP Cabling Engineer- Performed site surveys, pole counts, assessed pole attachments , submitted routes to utilities for make-ready work. Prepared labor and materials estimates for projects. Sales Engineer- Generated sales leads, submitted proposals; sales presentations. Reviewed RFP packages. Estimator - Submitted competitive bid packages, schedules of values, AIA forms and other project documents. Pulled permits from municipalities, oversaw code compliance..Negotiator – Obtained project and volume pricing and availability commitments from manufacturers and distributors for multiple simultaneous communications projects. Ensured conformance to ongoing SLAs, industry standards and municipal codes.Trainer - project-specific in-service training of field supervisors and technicians.

Broomfield, Colorado, Us

Performed punchlist closeouts with vendors, contracotrs in Turn-up and Test of Michigan-Indiana segments of OC192 DWDM SONET fiber ring, In-Line Amplifier facilities, OSP cable plant and facilities.Fiber Splicer -Emergency Restoration / Moves-Adds-Changes. Oversee emergency restoration construction and splicing contractorsField Service Technician OC192 signal transport equipment, Cross-connects, LAN equipment maintenance, alarm systems, access control, cathodic protection systems, -48v power plant, UPS, HVAC and back-up generator systems. OSP maintenance, surveillance.Created operations documents for new POP/ILA sites as they were placed online.Liaison with DOW, Railroad, Public Utilities, Municipalities, and other Carriers. Represented carrier in Joint Meetings addressing route conflicts, right-of-way and easement issues.

Installation Supervisor for Digital/Analog CATV technicians,Field Trainer, Structured Cabling Installer, Fiber Optic cabling installer, Fiber splicer

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