Experience

Kordia Solutions Australia is now Ventia

• Australia
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Technician, SAGRN Project

  • May 2010 - Present

  At cessation of the contract term, ongoing maintenance was successfully won by Kordia Solutions .I applied for and was successful in attaining a Field Service Position providing continued maintenance of the entire SAGRN network including Paging, Mobile Data and Trunked Voice radio. Continued with the service team until late 2015, where I was given a project role for the compete upgrade of the SAGRN radio and Paging network. My primary role is to install components in equipment racks, program, test and perform pre-delivery on all components prior to dispatching to installation teams. It will keep me busy (hopefully) up until retirement or even past it (hopefully). Show less



LINK TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Project Manager

  • Mar 1999 - May 2010

  Link Telecoms was successful in winning part of the South Australian Government Radio Network contract. In sub-contract arrangement with Telstra, designed, built and managed a wide area paging network to service the State's Emergency Services Network. At the time of building it was the Largest, contiguous, wide-area simulcast paging network in the southern hemisphere (geographical area) consisting of 157 microwave-fed sites covering 95% of the populated area of South Australia. Performed ongoing support, and maintenance of entire network for 10 year term of contract. Show less



Instapage, Link Telecommunications

• Melbourne, Australia

• Senior Field Technician

  • Jun 1985 - Mar 1999

  Seconded from Motorola by paging company (Instapage) to manage RF network in 1985. Tasks involved programming, maintenance, and repaired of all facets of communication equipment including PABX, voicemail, power systems, encoders, satellite systems and RF equipment. Company was subsequently taken over by Link Telecommunications, and I performed similar tasks on a larger scale including regional repairs and maintenance in Victoria, South Australia and southern NSW. Involved in tender design process for South Australian Government Radio Network from early 1997 to late 1998. Show less



Motorola Communications Australia

• Melbourne, Australia

• Senior Field Technician

  • Sep 1979 - Jun 1985

  Worked a bench tech at Motorola factory in Mulgrave for several years then as Service Manager in Adelaide for 3 years. Involved in the installation of the Moomba to Stony point microwave system for 10 months. Returned to Motorola factory to custom products division Worked a bench tech at Motorola factory in Mulgrave for several years then as Service Manager in Adelaide for 3 years. Involved in the installation of the Moomba to Stony point microwave system for 10 months. Returned to Motorola factory to custom products division