Experience

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  United States Department of Defense

  • Ft. Meade, Maryland

  • Telecommunications Project Manager

    • Jul 2017 - Present
    • Ft. Meade, Maryland
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  Frontier Communications

  • Huntington Beach, California, United States

  • Strategic Network Capacity Engineer

    • Apr 2016 - Dec 2019
    • Huntington Beach, California, United States
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  Verizon

  • Silver Spring, Maryland

  • Switched Ethernet Services Program Manager

    • Mar 2014 - Mar 2016
    • Silver Spring, Maryland

    Switched Ethernet infrastructure deployment and implementation.

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  Verizon

  • Hunt Valley, MD

  • Sr. System Engineer/ Project Manger

    • Jun 2011 - Jan 2014
    • Hunt Valley, MD

    •Operated as a liaison between inter-departmental groups, supply coordination with interoffice infrastructure, outside plant construction, network operations, engineering/planning groups, project management teams, customer service centers and the Transport Creation Center to prioritize, escalate ...

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  Verizon

  • Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States

  • Network Provisioning / Central Office Tech

    • May 2006 - Aug 2010
    • Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States

    •Knowledge and experience using optical switching equipment, to include configuration and testing of devices that implement Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) / Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) and Optical Transport Network (OTN) protocols.•Operate and maintain corporate network Multi-Service...

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  Verizon

  • United States
  • IT Services and IT Consulting
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Technical Training Instructor

    • 2004 - 2006

    •Responsible for preparing, conducting, and evaluating Verizon’s FioS/FTTX technical training program. •Developed course materials, hand-outs, designed practical hands-on exercises.•Engineered training laboratory conform to intended study and mimic the real world applications and scenarios.•Administered written and practical assessments.•Conducted classes regarding safety, optical fiber handling and hygiene, installation, programming, maintenance, turn-up/acceptance testing and repair of equipment (TR08/Gr303 switching, Tellabs DMS1000, Harmonics EDFA, Juniper ERX, Big-Band BMR, P/WDM, MHN/ LHN medium and long haul networks supporting VOD (video on demand) for the initial BPON (broadband passive optical network) FiOS/Fttx platform deployment.•Technical project lead SME providing onsite technical support and training, collaborated with the equipment vendors for installation of the equipment and develop method and procedures for future wide scale product launch for Verizon’s Mid-Atlantic FiOS/Fttx deployment.•Functioned as SPOC and Network Operations lead technician supporting the initial FOA (First Office Applications) installation, configuration provisioning and turn-up/acceptance testing.•Provided local Tier 1 technical support for variety of telecommunication equipments, PC/laptops software hardware installations, circuit installation, troubleshooting and provisioning issues for all manner of Central office Operations.

  • Central Office Technician

    • Dec 1999 - Jun 2004

    • Operate and maintain corporate network Multi-Service Provisioning Platforms (MSPP), Optical Digital Cross Connect (ODXC), Digital Cross Connect (DSX), Optical Transport System (OTS), dense wave division multiplexing D/WDM as well as older legacy equipment in support of Inter/Intra-LATA toll data/circuit transport network multiplexers and switching equipment (Lucent, Alcatel, Fujitsu and Tellabs) support multiple traffic types, POTS, ISDN(BRI/PRI), DS0, DS1, DS3/STS1, Gig-E, OC1, OC3, OC12, OC48, OC192• Performed system and circuit level installation, provisioning, initialization and acceptance testing, local and remote reconfiguration of services using TL1 messaging and Network Element Management systems.• Performed daily installation, testing, trouble-clearing and routine alarm monitoring, in infrastructure switching equipment, computer systems, data networks, data circuits and associated telecommunication media (shielded twisted pair, Cat 5, UTP, single and multimode Fiber optic (ST,SC,FC,LC UPC and APC jumper terminations.Electrical and optical path circuit testing using TTC T-BERd, 209, 310 Acterna T-BERd, 2209, 2310 t-carrier signal traffic analyzer, Fiber scan OTDR’s, Exfo fiber optic test-sets, Fluke Multi/ohm meters• Performed and verified generic equipment software back-ups, installs and system upgrades, system reconfigurations and hardware changes of infrastructure multiplexers and switches.• Planned jobs and developed schedules, adjusted materiel and priorities as required satisfying client and customer demands and system outages.• Tracked, analyzed, and reviewed system alarms, logs, trouble reports, traffic measurement reports, to help troubleshoot and repair isolated and chronic outages conditions in infrastructure switching equipment, computer systems, data networks, data circuits and associated telecommunication copper and fiber cable terminations.• Maintained complete and accurate paper and electronic records and logs

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  United States Air Force

  • US Armed forces Europe

  • Avionics System Specialist

    • May 1992 - Jul 1996
    • US Armed forces Europe

    • DOD Secret Security clearance 1992-1996• Served in support of Operation Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Provide Comfort.• Inspected, serviced and performed general handling procedures of F15A-D Aircraft. • Maintained and operated avionics systems utilizing built in test systems, electronic me...