Paul Thoma

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Telecommunications Professional / Telecommunications Project Management @ Conrail
Monroe, MI, US
Paul Thoma's Location
Monroe, Michigan, United States, United States
About Paul Thoma

Mr. Thoma has extensive experience as a fiber splicer, cable plant designer and installation project manager with 17 years experience in telecommunications construction, installation, operations, project management, and design. Thoma has worked as a senior telecommunications technician, and has hands-on field experience in retail, office, campus, metropolitan, and long-haul carrier network environments, working on inside plant, outside plant, and wireless networks.As a telecommunications technician, Thoma has performed facility operations and maintenance duties, including testing, troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance of Macro and DAS facilities, performing troubleshooting and maintenance on Sprint CDMA, WiMax, LTE and iDEN BTS equipment, T1 circuit and fiber optic backhaul for Sprint/Ericsson as a field technician. Thoma has also worked as a project manager and estimator, working with RF engineers to design and install BDA/DAS systems coax and fiber distribution solutions for industrial environments, university campuses and stadiums, healthcare campuses, and commercial/retail properties.He also has worked extensively on battery plant, AC-DC inverter systems, -48vDC power plants, optoelectronic SONET equipment, generators and transfer switches. As an optical fiber splicer, Thoma has performed move/add/change maintenance splicing, emergency restoration OSP fiber splicing, field engineering, and cable location. Mr. Thoma has performed final construction punch-list, review, acceptance and commissioning of several carrier POP and ILA sites in a global DWDM-SONET fiber optic network.FCC Registration #0024437014Commercial Radio Licensed

Paul Thoma's Current Company Details
Conrail

Conrail

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Telecommunications Professional / Telecommunications Project Management
Monroe, MI, US
Website:
conrail.com
Employees:
503
Paul Thoma Work Experience Details
  • Conrail
    Conrail
    Monroe, Mi, Us
  • Conrail
    Radio Communications Maintainer, Communications & Signal
    Conrail Dec 2014 - Present
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us
  • At&T
    U-Verse Premise Wiring Technician
    At&T Jul 2014 - Nov 2014
    Dallas, Tx, Us
    xDSL, VoIP, high speed internet, wired and wireless Ethernet, IPTV.
  • Ipanema Solutions Llc
    Field Service Manager, Assistant Project Manager
    Ipanema Solutions Llc Jan 2014 - Jul 2014
    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
  • Ericsson
    Wireless Field Technician (Lte,Wimax,Cdma) (Consultant Via Dataworkforce) At Ericsson
    Ericsson Dec 2012 - Jan 2014
    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.
  • Windstream Communication Limited
    Optical Fiber Splicing Technician Ii
    Windstream Communication Limited Dec 2009 - Dec 2012
    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.
  • Dakotech
    Account Manager/Structured Wiring Pm (Consultant)
    Dakotech Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
    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.
  • Fujitsu Transaction Solutions
    Wiring Manager - North America (Consultant)
    Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Jul 2006 - Nov 2007
    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.
  • Advanced Communications Inc.
    Project Planning Manager, Project Estimator, Sales Engineer
    Advanced Communications Inc. Apr 2004 - May 2006
    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.
  • Level 3 Communications
    Technician Ii, Intercity Field Operations
    Level 3 Communications Jun 2000 - Jan 2002
    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.
  • Advanced Communications
    Catv Installation Supervisor
    Advanced Communications Jan 1997 - Jun 2000
    Installation Supervisor for Digital/Analog CATV technicians,Field Trainer, Structured Cabling Installer, Fiber Optic cabling installer, Fiber splicer

Paul Thoma Skills

Telecommunications Fiber Optics Fcc License Wireless Voip Cabling Troubleshooting Wireless Networking Optical Fiber Fusion Splicing Networking Network Design Ethernet Routers Transmission Data Center Telephony Dwdm Rf Outside Plant Technical Writing Visio Mpls T1 Project Management Ip Sdh Testing Broadband Computer Network Operations Switches Lte Cdma Wimax Fttx Fiber Lan Wan Project Planning Wan Integration Co Location Software Installation Software Documentation Telecommunications Engineering Disaster Recovery Metro Ethernet Solution Selling Unified Communications

Paul Thoma Education Details

  • The University Of Toledo
    The University Of Toledo
    Public Relations
  • Monroe Catholic Central Hs
    Monroe Catholic Central Hs
    Diploma
  • St. Patrick'S, Carleton
    St. Patrick'S, Carleton
    Diploma

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