Network Technician with over 20 years of experience working in Network Engineering snd Operations.. I bring an extensive range of skills, experience, and knowledge that I have developed over many years via my formal education and professional experience. I also have years of experience leading large networking projects successfully.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Power Technician
AT&T
04.2023 - Current
Company Overview: Network Engineering and Operations
Manages and is responsible for 11 central offices, operates and repairs telephone power plant equipment, electrical circuits, frame mounted lighting and appliance outlet receptacles in 11 central offices.
Works with equipment that contains hazardous chemicals and electrical circuits with hazardous voltage.
Works on ladders, using power and hand tools.
Installs, modifies, and removes telephone power plant equipment, electrical circuits, frame mounted lighting and appliance outlet receptacles in central offices, depending on assignment.
Works with rotating machinery (i.e., motor generators, etc.).
Maintains and repairs power rectifiers, generators, and batteries for central office facilities.
Network Engineering and Operations
Telecommunications Specialist
AT&T
06.2007 - 04.2023
Company Overview: Network Engineering and Operations
Maintains all types of central office equipment through testing, repair, analysis to provide the diverse types of communication available from a central office.
Performs routine tests on normal and emergency power facilities, diesel engines and equipment.
Installs, evaluates, and maintains several types of voice and carrier equipment.
Works on all toll terminal and microwave equipment, private line, and program services.
I also operate and maintain equipment such as motors, generators, storage batteries used to furnish or transmit power for telephone operation.
Also works on analog or digital equipment which requires analysis of software problems in computer programs.
Responsible for overseeing the installation of digital switching equipment, replacing the older analog equipment AT&T offices.
Testing and turning up of individual trunks that carry traffic between AT&T offices, testing DS0’s with correcting problems with software and translations in the central office switching systems.
Assist in acceptance cases for trunking and carrier equipment associated with digital switch conversions.
Also test special service DS0 capability, reviewing and interpreting service orders and circuit layouts, and making corrections where needed requires analysis of software and hardware problems on Multivendor technologies (1ESS, 4ESS, 5ESS, SIEMENS).
Team leads in Oswego, Illinois switch conversion also many other Chicago office switch conversions.
Electronic Technician
Underwriters Laboratories
07.1995 - 10.1997
Responsible for safety testing on a variety of electronic equipment using a variety of meters, diagrams, circuit layouts, video camera equipment, VCR’s, video game equipment, radios, etc.
Electronic Technician
Baxter
07.1994 - 07.1995
Responsible for testing, refurbishing, and repairing several types of medical equipment.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Technical Management
DeVry University
Addison, IL
06.2015
Associates of Applied Science Degree - Electronics
DeVry University
Chicago, IL
06.1994
Skills
Project Management
Marketing
Analysis/ Troubleshooting
Google Suite
Operating Systems: Windows 95
Operating Systems: 98
Certification
CRES Chicago, Real Estate License, 03/17
Google Project Management Certificate, 03/24
Timeline
Power Technician
AT&T
04.2023 - Current
Telecommunications Specialist
AT&T
06.2007 - 04.2023
Telecommunications Specialist/Cutovers
AT&T
11.1997 - 06.2007
Electronic Technician
Underwriters Laboratories
07.1995 - 10.1997
Electronic Technician
Baxter
07.1994 - 07.1995
Bachelor of Science - Technical Management
DeVry University
Associates of Applied Science Degree - Electronics