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Keller, TX, US

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Primary roll as Tier3 core network support for Toll Free, Voice Callback, and Call Forwarding application servers. Also the tasks of automating and scripting routine functions, and the ongoing conversion to virtualization of the existing Linux and Windows servers.

Medical condition with family member required that I take extended time to help in recovery.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Designed 100G and 10G links on Verizon’s long haul DWDM optical network on Ciena 6500 & 5430/5410 ULH systems, as well as Fujitsu and Tellabs MESH links. Worked with the following Verizon software systems: ICON, CCP, TCOMS, nSAP. Desiged drawings and developed new Stencil sets in MS VISIO.

Frisco, TX

Designed IP backhaul from the cell site routers to the MAD routers at the central office, including microwave designs, and system reconfigurations for bandwidth upgrades. Updated the inventory database and the IP database called SLIPED, often writing programs to automate the changes. Troubleshot failed designs or configuration with field techs. Tracked.

Richardson, TX

Contract engineer for Verizon's NIDI & GEEI group. Reconciling records of Long Haul optical networks using Verizon’s software called RMOD (field work orders) and ICON (network database). Activities include correcting TIDs, OpAMP Traversals, and Fiber Audits in ICON.

Frisco, TX

Represented the South Region as part of a five person national group for Granite database development for LTE, AAV, Microwave, and Pseudowire projects. Wrote technical documents and standards for new devices deployed throughout the network. Designed Granite Templates to model devices and ports in the database such as load balancers, microwave units, MGW.

Frisco, TX

In the assigned markets, led the transformation from a 2G network to 3G and 4G by replacing the systems to create a full IP backbone. Responsible for the work orders, trouble tickets, BSC rehomes, TCIC rebalances, and site turn-up quotas of several markets each quarter with guidelines from Regional Planning & Budget. Logged onto multiple systems to.

Frisco, TX

Worked with vendors of optical entrance facilities and interconnecting SONET rings to expand T-Mobile’s leased optical network. Upgraded SS7 and 911 PSAPs onto an IP network. Provided growth plans to match projected subscriber growth. Negotiated the cost of new SONET rings with vendors. Tracked cell site work orders for growth of UMTS by designing and.

Frisco, TX

Assigned ports and channels for CFA & FOC with carriers. Designed paths from the wire center back to the central office, and ordered DS1s to cell sites for markets in the southeast part of United States.

Little Rock, AR

Project managed the deployment of new systems for the Georgia switches and ring node co-locations while responsible for the transport design for the SONET rings in Nebraska and Kansas. Procured power devices, patch panels, and cables for the project. Coordinated end to end system tests with the switch techs in both markets before payment signoff. Wrote a.

Richardson, TX

Team leader for over 30 engineering projects, as the lab project manager for FOA turn-ups. Coordinated the efforts of cross-department crews from 3 to 22 people depending on project phase. Wrote procedures for software and hardware upgrades, capacity expansions, and new feature implementation on 5 different systems that all used TL1 commands in a UNIX.

Arlington, TX

Society of Automotive Engineers team member in collegiate competition for the University of Texas Hybrid Electrical Automobile Challenge in 1994. Only Electrical Engineer in the team integrating and mounting electrical components for the electrical motor, batteries, and safety devises. Experience in electrical systems and testing of EV hybrid automobiles.

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Member of the 1994 Electrical Hybrid Collegiate Challenge held in Detroit for student teams to build an automobile in the Fall and Spring.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Project Management & Leadership