Construction Administrator

• Jul 2015 - Present

Responsible for pre-design site verification of all existing Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing equipment for new build, and existing building/tenant jobs in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Works as a liaison to build effective working relationships with Architects, Building Management, Job-site Supervisors, and trades. Attend all scheduled and management MEP meetings necessary to monitor and manage assigned projects. Perform site visits to spot check and verify any MEP designs, and ensure they are being implemented per design. Perform punch-walk after job completion to ensure quality of installation, and adherence to design drawings. Performs visits with superintendents to address any R.F.I.'s that may arise during construction, and assist the design team with advice, and condition assessments to resolve the issue. Show less

Staging Engineer

• Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

- Work in a Staging Center/Data Center environment. - Complete customer orders by unboxing, assembling, powering, and configuring switches, routers, firewalls, and servers. - Hardware installation of rack mounted equipment - Assembling complex Chassis that involving insertion of SFP’s, cards, cabling, hard drives, RAM and varying methods of supplying DC and AC power - Experience installing and maintaining PDU's, and Rectifiers. - Hands on with Cisco, Juniper, Lantronix, EMC, and VMware technologies - Understanding of ESD and Safety requirements for handling electronics with high powered DC and/or AC power supplies - Cabling and terminating with Fiber and Copper cable, by following cable matrix. - Cable installation and testing to data center standards when required. - Supplying OBM/Ethernet connectivity for remote access - Work with Logistics team to meet deadlines by prompt disassembly of equipment, and repacking for shipping. - Provide feedback to staging center manager and contribute suggestions for operational improvement Show less

Lead Field Engineer/NOC Technician

• Jan 2009 - Jan 2014

Responsible for installation, start-up, and repair of energy management system controls Weekly travel to customer sites to audit, install, commission, test, and train customers on operation of systems Responsible for troubleshooting, calibration and repair of energy management equipment/system Wired and setup the control systems to modulate with various V.F.D’s for on demand control, primarily ABB and Allen Bradley drives, 480V-600V, and programmed the drives accordingly. Perform HVAC Test and Balance on new build and remodeled locations to ensure HVAC equipment is working at peak performance, to reduce energy demand Perform startup and balancing of kitchen ventilation systems Perform building and mechanical inspections on HVAC equipment to verify compliance with engineering design. Network Operations Center Technician Built websites and portals for monitored locations Monitor sites and server status from network control center Provide Tier II-III customer support Diagnose and resolve technical issues connected to system generated alarms Provide technical information to on-sight repair technicians, and third party contractors Ran diagnostic reports on questionable equipment Worked with I.T. director to manage our offsite server racks Ran back-ups before, and restored servers after moves from one site to the other. Ran back up and re-imaged company computers Updated software, and replaced faulty hardware on customer computers Built and installed desktop computers Show less

Controls Field Tech II/Trainer

• Jan 2008 - Aug 2009

Finacial Sales Representative

• Jan 2006 - Nov 2007

Teller

• Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

Infantryman

• May 2001 - Dec 2004

Graduated from the United States Army Infantry School December 14, 2001 Completed Unit Armorer training; Certified on June 2, 2002 Completed Raytheon TOW I.T.A.S Certification on October 18, 2002 Completed Air Assault School on October 31, 2002 Served with 1st Battalion, 503rd Air Assault Infantry, from March 2002 to April 2003. Served with 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry from April 2003 to August 2004 as a dismount machine gunner, then promoted and trained as a Bradley Gunner. Deployed to Iraq in April 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Task Force Iron Horse Following combat actions was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge on October 15, 2003 Trained on numerous military equipment, weapons, and electrical systems Trained in the maintenance and repair of weapons, and heavy equipment. Show less