Jesse Frantz
Summary
Over 15 years experience with WR Systems conducting Navigation Certifications on both submarine and surface vessels, and installing upgrades / providing technical support for their navigation systems.
5 years experience as a US Navy submarine navigation electronics technician.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Field Service Representative, Principal
WR Systems
Norfolk, Virginia
01.2011 - Current
- Over 15 years of experience conducting NAVCERT, installing Field Changes and ECIs, providing technical assistance, operating, repairing, maintaining, and providing high level crew training for the navigation equipment on all classes of US Navy submarines.
- Over 10 years of experience conducting NAVCERT, installing Field Changes and ECIs, providing technical assistance, operating, repairing, maintaining, and providing high level crew training for the navigation equipment on US Navy surface ships, including CG, CVN, DDG, LHD, LPD, MCM, and PC classes.
Navigation Electronics Technician
USS Connecticut SSN 22
01.2006 - 01.2011
- 5 years of experience operating and maintaining US Navy navigation equipment to include their system requirements, operational requirements, test and evaluation, and training.
- Consistently sought after and noted for unparalleled technical abilities and flawless work, being solely responsible for several critical repairs to vital equipment which allowed the submarine to maintain its operational schedule. Repeatedly specifically requested for critical troubleshooting by the Commanding Officer during ship evolutions high in risk.
- Selected over more senior individuals to navigate in all piloting evolutions due to being noted for superior maturity and navigational acumen.
- Supervised and trained 9 personnel as Lead Petty Officer and Work Center Supervisor for Navigation Division, managing preventative and corrective maintenance during two major in-port overhauls and multiple at-sea periods to ensure operational readiness.
- Developed system for maintaining library of over 5,000 nautical charts and created navigation plans on paper and electronic charts for over 20 foreign and domestic ports, including planning for an Atlantic-Pacific under ice excursion.
- Spearheaded the changes necessary for the transition from paper to electronic navigation for the ship, creating methods later promulgated to the fleet.
- Spearheaded transition from paper to electronic navigation, creating methods adopted by the fleet to enhance navigation efficiency.
- Assisted WR Systems representative Rick Long in two full Navigation Certifications and several Field Changes.
Education
Military "C" School - 2M/MTR
Bangor, WAMilitary "A" School - Submarine NAV ET
Groton, CTHigh School Diploma -
Wallenpaupack Area High School
Hawley, PASkills
- Navigation Systems Technician
- Radar Technician
- Electronics Technician
- Technical Documentation
- Quality control
- Material & Logistics
- MS Excel
- HTML
- PMS
- R-SUPPLY
- FEDLOG
- GDAPL
- Hazardous Material
- Soldering - SMT
- Soldering - Through-hole
- Fabrication
- SSN-21 Class
- SSN-688 Class
- SSN-774 Class
- SSGN Class
- SSBN Class
- CG Class
- CVN Class
- DDG Class
- LHD Class
- LPD Class
- MCM Class
- PC Class
- DEML
- DHYSL
- WSN-7
- WSN-7A
- WSN-7B
- IC Switchboards
- Intercom Systems
- ECDIS-N
- NECDIS
- Soldering/2M
- CDU
- ECDU
- WRN-6
- Type 18 Periscope
- Type 8 Periscope
- BPS-16
- Commercial Radar
Security Clearance
SECRET
Timeline
Field Service Representative, Principal
WR Systems
01.2011 - Current
Navigation Electronics Technician
USS Connecticut SSN 22
01.2006 - 01.2011
Military "C" School - 2M/MTR
Military "A" School - Submarine NAV ET
High School Diploma -
Wallenpaupack Area High School