ISP Engineer Manager - Managing Engineering Teams working on Vectoring/CAF Deployment Projects for Century Link and Frontiers HSI Network

Designed, Engineered and Deployed Frontiers DSL High Speed Network in West Virginia. A subject matter expert (SME) in various disciplines within Network Engineering, to improve network availability and decrease mean time to repair (MTTR) for issues throughout Frontier’s West Virginia High Speed Network.Responsible for the implementation of network elements, circuits, and customer services that utilize Frontier’s West Virginia IP and ATM networks. Manages HSI customer migrations across the state. This role is responsible for overseeing the ongoing process, procedure, and day to day operation of the migration process.As a SME in data, voice, and transport networking, developed solutions that improved Frontier’s customers network and advance the Operations team to reduce customers complaints and churn.Demonstrated the ability to manage complicated technical projects including time-lines, costs,resources and vendor relationships.Provided advanced technical and operational escalation support to the Operations staff on network elements, internal processes, training requirements, vendor support, and network design and planning.Provided strong technical leadership to junior engineers, provided senior-level projectmanagement and capital management duties.Managed vendor relations and product evaluations, provides costs analysis and feasibility studies for various projects and proposed network designs.Identified operational and design issues through data analysis and recommends solutions to make networks more efficient.Monitored network performance and performs capacity planning to ensure optimal performance of network resources.Significant experience with all major network vendors equipment (Cisco, ALU, Juniper, Adtran, Calix, Ciena and Lucent)

Retired Air ForceAvionics Technician (C-130) installs, inspects, tests, adjusts, or repairs avionics equipment, such as radar, communications, and navigation systems in assigned aircraft. More specifically Airborne Radar, Doppler Radar, IFF Transponders, Glide Slope, Localizers, TACAN, UHF, VHF and HF Radio Communications.Performed operational checks, bench checks, troubleshoots, and isolates malfunctions in complex aircraft avionics equipment.Uses complex test equipment such as continuous wave and pulse generators, time domain reflectometers, multi-trace oscilloscopes, frequency counters, multi-meters and deviation meters, and specialized test equipment to perform operational checks.Repairs or replaces components based on test results following blueprints, schematics, handbooks, and other technical documents.Performs calibration, repair and replacement of system components based on test results following blueprints, schematics, handbooks, and other technical documents.Practices good housekeeping, tool control, FOD awareness/prevention, and safety at all times.Annotates maintenance actions in aircraft records and is knowledgeable in CAMS documentation.Management skills included: keeping historical records and making reports, developing training programs, performing as a team leader supervising and training multiple apprentices on an ongoing basis.