Experience

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  State of Washington

  • Vancouver, WA

  • Senior Project Manager, Advanced Technology Systems, ESD112/CSG

    • Mar 2014 - Sep 2016
    • Vancouver, WA

    Reduction in Force Layoff from ESD112/CSG, Effective 30 Sept, 2016Project Manager, Technology Systems; Security Evaluation and Integration of emerging technology for the education sector, for the State of Washington. Servicing all school districts in the State of Washington, with technical support, and construction management services.Implementation of advanced technology systems for school districts in the State of Washington. Security survey and document baseline security, to include recommended amendments and additions to provide enhanced security, surveillance, access control, automated PSAT and first responder notifications of lock-down status, risk mitigation and threat assessment. Routinely consult, engineer, and manage technology upgrades and service migration to new platforms for State of Washington clients.

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  Dasnet Corporation

  • Warner Robins, GA 31093

  • RCDD Engineer

    • Sep 2011 - Oct 2013
    • Warner Robins, GA 31093

    Reduction in Force Layoff from DasNet Corp., Effective 17 Dec, 2013. Provide technical support and oversight on military contracts, proposal development for RFP', and Technical Solutions, as well as participating in site surveys, kick off meetings, engineering development, and construction implementation efforts Routinely perform functions of Quality Asurance, QA Program development, Safety Oversight, as well as Redline and As Built documentation, Technical Engineering and Construction guidance support is routinely provided in the areas of Outside Plant (OSP), Inside Plant (ISP), Internal Cable Distribution System (ICDS), Protected Distribution System (PDS), Hardened Carrier Distribution System (HCDS), and Information Assurance (IA) certification, as well as standards compliance. (EIA/TIA, ANSI, MIL STD, NSTISSAM, NFPA70, UFC, IEEE, BICSI). Considered a Technical Expert (TE) by the Department of Defense, as well as the USA Informations Systems Engineering Command (USAISEC) for installation standards of both Classified and Non-Classified US Military Networks and information transport. (Video, IP, VoIP, Data, Encryption, and all Telecom/Data vehicles, including ATM, SONET, Etherfast, Gigabit Etherfast, DWDM) in addition to implementing infrastructure for Single and Multimode Fiber Networks.Routinely act as an 'Technical Lead' during contract implementation.

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  I3MP / I3A Senior IT Quality Assurance Officer (Contract Furlough)

  • Everett, Washington

  • Hyperion, Inc

    • May 2011 - Sep 2011
    • Everett, Washington

    Contract Furlough, awaiting next assignment. Also open to alternative employment as RCDD Engineer I3MP.

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  Hyperion, Inc.

  • AnsBach, Germany

  • I3MP / I3A Senior IT Quality Assurance Officer (AnsBach, Germany)

    • Jul 2010 - May 2011
    • AnsBach, Germany

    Performance of Government QA and QC on all aspects of Major OSP and ISP installations for the AnsBach Germany 5A contract. Including but not limited to: trenching, duct and manhole system UG Infrastructure installation, building service entrances and ISP distribution, Cabinet Installation, Cabinet Power, Cabinet active electronics, Packet Switches, grounding, high count copper and fiber cable installation and splicing, The specific focus for this assignment is technical construction oversight and Information Assurance (IA) Certification of new communications build in Ansbach, Barton, Katterbach, Bismarck, Shipton, Illesheim-Storck, and Oberdachsteten. Specifically, certification and acceptance documentation, and Acceptance Testing of various infrastructure elements, as well as implementation of OSHA safety guidelines are the primary responsibilities for this assignment.

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  GAITS, Inc. (Global Analytic Information Technologies, Inc.)

  • I3MP / I3A Senior IT Quality Assurance Officer (Grafenwoehr, Germany)

    • Oct 2008 - Jul 2010

    Performance of Government QA and QC on all aspects of Major OSP and ISP installations for the JMTC Command Headquarters in Grafenwoehr, Germany. Including but not limited to: trenching, duct and manhole system UG Infrastructure installation, building service entrances and ISP distribution, Cabinet Installation, Cabinet Power, Cabinet active electronics, Packet Switches, grounding, high count copper and fiber cable installation and splicing, The specific focus for this assignment is technical construction oversight and Information Assurance (IA) Certification of Protected Distribution Systems (PDS), ICDS, and HCDS infrastructure for Secure Communications for the Joint Operational Training Command – 7th Army, Grafenwoehr, Germany. JTOC is a Joint Training Command structure containing representative elements of all branches of the United States Armed forces, to include member nations of the European Union and NATO. Construction Oversight, Contract Compliance, Certification documentation, and Acceptance Testing of various infrastructure elements, as well as implementation of OSHA safety guidelines are the primary responsibilities for this assignment.

  • I3MP / I3A Senior IT Quality Assurance Officer (Stuttgart, Germany)

    • Oct 2007 - Sep 2008

    Performance of Government QA and QC on all aspects of Major OSP and ISP installations for the EUCOM Headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. Including but not limited to: trenching, duct and manhole system UG Infrastructure installation, building service entrances and ISP distribution, Cabinet Installation, Cabinet Power, Cabinet active electronics, Packet Switches, grounding, high count copper and fiber cable installation and splicing, The specific focus for this assignment is technical construction oversight and Information Assurance (IA) Certification of Protected Distribution Systems (PDS), ICDS, and HCDS infrastructure for Secure Communications for the European Command Headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. EUCOM is a unified command structure containing representative elements of all branches of the United States Armed forces, to include member nations of the European Union and NATO. Construction Oversight, Contract Compliance, Certification documentation, and Acceptance Testing of various infrastructure elements, as well as implementation of OSHA safety guidelines are the primary responsibilities for this assignment.

  • I3MP / I3A Senior IT Quality Assurance Officer

    • Jul 2006 - Sep 2007

    Performance of Government QA and QC on all aspects of Major OSP and ISP installations at Fort Lewis, WA., including: trenching, duct and manhole system installation, Net UG Infrastructure, building entrances and ISP distribution, Cabinet Installation, Cabinet Power, Cabinet active electronics, Packet Switches, grounding, high count copper and fiber cable installation and splicing, OSHA safety guidelines, and traffic control in congested areas. In General, this assignment included fiber distribution cable to serve 480 buildings with digital switch placements. Construction also included a DWDM ring consisting of 18 nodes, serving distribution cables through 472 manholes. Construction included 680,000 feet of 4 inch encased PVC, 22,000 feet of multi-path encasement, 57 Manholes, and 3 new ADN Buildings. In addition, upgrades to 18 existing communications buildings were completed to provide emergency power services, to include DC power, Battery Backup, AC Generators, ACS cutover equipment, new redundant commercial power feeds, as well as ground field upgrades for each site, and lightening protection fields.

  • I3MP / I3A Senior IT Quality Assurance Officer (Everett, WA.)

    • Mar 2006 - Jun 2006

    Awaiting contract award and project start for Fort Lewis, Washington. Awaiting orders/ Standby

  • I3MP / I3A Senior IT Quality Assurance Officer

    • Sep 2004 - Feb 2006

    Performance of Government QA and QC on all aspects of Major OSP and ISP installations at Bamberg, Germany, and Schweinfurt, Germany, including: trenching, duct and manhole system installation, Net UG Infrastructure, building entrances and ISP distribution, Cabinet Installation, Cabinet Power, Cabinet active electronics, Foundry Switches, grounding, high count copper and fiber cable installation and splicing, OSHA safety guidelines, and traffic control in congested areas. This project was a $37 million dollar build-out, completed on schedule, and on budget, with full acceptance by client, during 1st pass of SAT review. (This project was 140+ buildings, 109 MH, 38 HH's, 16,000 pair Copper, 3200 fiber strands, 78 switches, 5 CO Remotes, 1 new Central Office, and 3 Redundant fiber routes for USAEUR/NATO Network connectivity)

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  West-Share Services, Snohomish Washington.

  • Senior OSP Design Engineer, Qwest

    • Apr 2004 - Sep 2004

    State Of Washington Franchise Renewal Submittal for Quest Communications, Kent, Washington. Field Audit, Fielding, and CAD Submittal using State of Washinton Mile Marker Metric Measurements Standard.

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  InfoAge Services Group, Bellevue, WA.

  • Senior Consulting and Title 11 Planning Engineer, Pullman Regional Hospital, Pullmand, WA.

    • Apr 2003 - Sep 2004

    Provide Planning, Consulting, and Design Services, to include CAD Deliverables for all Title 11 aspects for a new regional hospital for Washington State University in Pullman, WA. (Copper, Fiber, BICS, Radio, Cellular, Wireless, 3rd Party Agency Services)Sr. Consulting and Design Engineer for all Title Eleven Design [Communications, Security, Broadband, CATV, VoIP, and Radio Services]. Scope of work, included; All Interior design (BICS), to support LAN, WAN, Security, and Communications, as well as UG Infrastructure design on and off of the site, as well as Radio Services, Tower and antenna placements, and all of the Dry Utility Coordination to serve the Pullman Regional Hospital. Of special interest, was networking the hospital to facilitate emergency communications and data exchange with the Center for Disease Control [CDC], to allow the Pullman Hospital to be classified as a Regional Command Center and Local Broadcast location for origination of public information to Public Radio and TV networks for distribution. In addition, the Pullman Hospital is designed to support Digital Remote Surgery, under Federal Grant, to provide for Remote Surgery Worldwide, via surgeons located at Pullman Hospital.All design aspects; included Microstation CAD deliverables for inclusion in the construction set, as well as bid showings and specification development for construction.

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  Ameriss, LLC (American Service Systems), Dallas, TX.

  • Lead OSP Technical Engineer / FIOS-FTTP Verizon Communications Networks

    • Feb 2004 - Apr 2004

    OSP Lead Engineer for a Verizon FIOS / FTTP (Passive Optical Network) project in Riverside, CA. (90 Engineers, 260,000 Fiber Strand Network Overlay Engineering)

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  ATCO Communications, LLC, Mill Creek, WA.

  • Senior OSP Engineer Telecom / Data Under Contract to Verizon in Michigan, USA

    • Dec 2003 - Feb 2004

    OSP Contract Engineer, to Verizon in Michighan. Job was to Engineer and CAD construction drawings to Groom and Create 9 Electronic Remote Serving Areas in Michigan. Existing Plant was rehomed, groomed, and reinforced to new electronic serving offices.

  • Lead OSP Technical Engineer / FIOS-FTTP Verizon Communications Networks

    • Sep 2003 - Dec 2003

    OSP Engineering Technical Lead for FIOS-FTTP Fiber network in Huntington Beach, California for Veriozn Communications Networks. (30 Engineer, 80,000 Fiber Strand Network Overlay Engineering)

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  ATCO Communications, LLC, Mill Creek, WA.

  • Program ISP/OSP Engineer / NMCI Project (United States Navy)

    • Jan 2003 - Apr 2003

    Program OSP Lead Engineer, for the NMCI Project at Submarine Base Bangor, Bangor, WA. This project was a complete refit of the entire Base, from Copper, to Fiber. [Fiber to the Premise]. This refit was an entire new fiber build for Sub Base Bangor, Bangor, WA., The Undersea Warfare Center at Keyport, WA., and the Indian Island Naval Magazine, Port Hadlock, WA. This position was responsible for all Outside Plant (OSP), and Inside Plant (ISP) Design to provide fiber infrastructure to support Voice, Data, and Internet services, and to include all Mission Critical Circuits for the entire Command and Operations of said bases. Scope of work included Single Mode as well as Multi-Mode fiber design, as well as structured cable design to serve in excess of 3000 workstations and/or instruments. The scope of design, required design recommendations to WAMNET, as well as placement of all Routers, Servers, and Active Network Components. Design of new amendments to the existing UG Manhole system, Cable Infrastructure, and complete Audit of existing facilities, was planned, approved, and designed to Military Standards, and final design was implemented. All elements of proposed work were built and lit up, without revision, and is operational currently. All aspects of the design provided for full redundancy, disaster recovery, and placement of full encryption of throughput according to the RFP, under contract to General Dynamics Corp for the United States Navy. Program implementation also included the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific, which is one of the two Nuclear Weapons assembly facilities for the US Military, as well as the Delta Pier and Dry Dock for the Trident Submarines. The requirements for access to all of the highest security areas of Sub Base Bangor, were of paramount concern to General Dynamics, as my credentials would have to pass high scrutiny.

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  Adelphia Business Solutions, Bellevue, WA.

  • Network Facilities Engineering - West Coast Engineering Manager

    • Oct 2001 - May 2002

    SONET, Broadband, Data Networking. Managed, Designed, Engineered, and deploy dedicated network infrastructure and networking to support ABS Business clients. To include but not be limited to SONET Networks, Packet o/SONET, VoiP, Broadband Connectivity, and Gigabit Ethernet Networks.

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  ATCO Communication Services, Mill Creek, WA.

  • Senior OSP Engineer Telecom / Data.

    • Feb 2001 - Nov 2001

    Contract Engineer developing Detailed Construction and Infrastructure Design for Verizon Communications. ESA Deployment, and the retrofit of existing infrastructure to a digital environment. Develop Construction design, and details for field execution.

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  InfoAge Services Group Bellevue, Wa.

  • Infrastructure Designer/Consultant - Telecom-Data

    • Feb 1999 - Feb 2001

    Provided contract services to InfoAge Services Group, to represent major developers and land developers for Telecommunications, Video, IP, and Wireless services, and facilitate towards a ‘Connected Community Initiative’. Projects represented are Commercial Office (Class “A”), Data Centers, Business Parks, and private Residential ‘gated’ communities ranging in size from 2,000 to 15,000 homes in the $300,000+ range. Typically, these projects will have Residential, Multi-family, Retail, Commercial, and Corporate components. The scope of representation includes, but is not limited to, ILEC and CLEC service negotiations, review of service’s available, state of providers technology, infrastructure design, Cad design, development of concept drawings, cost estimating, review of providers design, project management, and dry utility coordination, etc.

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  GTE Northwest, Inc

  • Field Engineer-Outside Plant

    • Feb 1988 - Jan 1999

    Prepared Outside Plant Work Orders which include detailed construction drawings developed with Microstation 95 v5.05 CAD, transmission schematics, pricing data sheets, material ordering, labor specifications, engineering design, layouts, cable acceptance requirements, permits, traffic plans, cutover sequence, transmission design, facility exhaust information, special circuit design, single mode fiber cable placement, DS3 and DS1 facility design to include SONET, ESA site design, engineering analysis of OSP distribution facilities, facility grooming for HDSL, ADSL, ISDN, Frame Relay, T1, and initiation of work order activity to ensure plan margins are adequate to meet service requirements.

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  GTE Northwest, Inc. Kirkland, WA.

  • Field Engineer-BICS (Building Industry Consulting Service).

    • Feb 1980 - Jan 1986

    February 1980 – January 1986 Consultant to the Building Industry and project manager for design and construction of GTE services for commercial office projects and high-density apartment projects.

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  GTE Northwest, Inc. Everett, WA.

  • Technician - Special Service's Provisioning

    • Feb 1978 - Feb 1980

    February 1978 – February 1980 Installation and repair of GTE special service’s, to include all 2 and 4 wire data circuits. Transmission Provisioning and Testing. (T&P)

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  GTE Northwest Everett, WA.

  • Technician - Special Apparatus

    • Feb 1976 - Feb 1978

    Conducted Installation and repair of electronic PBX, PABX, and Key Systems. To include; 10A1, 10A2, 17A, 17A1, K36A, K76A, GTD 60, GTD 120, digital key systems, as well as music systems, paging systems, public address, intercom dial select, gate controls & electronic entry control, direct station selection and hands free answer back systems. Responsibilities also included line support such as trunking and special feature services.

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  Self Employed - Individual Proprietorship

  • Crane, Texas, USA

  • Partner-Sirloin House and Stop 389 Resteraunt, Crane Texas

    • Feb 1974 - Feb 1976
    • Crane, Texas, USA

    Restaurant Owner Crane, TX, Owner – Partner in the ‘Sirloin House’ restaurant (150 seat), and ‘Stop 389’ Café (35 seat) in Crane, Texas. Both restaurants were full service, and maintained a payroll of 28 employees.

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  GTE Northwest, Inc. Everett, WA.

  • Technician-Installation, Maintenance, and Repair, IM&R)

    • Feb 1970 - Feb 1974

    Installation and repair of single line telephone service, to include residential and small business. Placement of aerial service drop, inside wire, buried service wire, and carrier channel units for 82a, 84a systems.

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  US Army

  • Specialist 5

    • May 1967 - May 1970

    Enlisted, US Army Honorable Discharge, Fort Lewis, WA (BasicTraining), Fort Ord, CA. (Advanced Individual Training 36k20, 76P20), Republic of Vietnam 10/1967 to 01/1969, Fort Hood, TX. 5/14 Mechanized Artilery, Communications