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BACKGROUND:
Founder and President:
Harris Digital Networks, Inc. - Marion,
MA
11/2001 - Present
System Design and Integration of Coaxial, Fiber Optic, Terrestrial Microwave,
and Satellite Networks. Integrating Analog & Digital Entertainment
Video (SMATV, MATV, PPV. & VOD), High Speed Internet Access, Telephone
(POTS & VoIP), and L-Band Satellite into a single distribution network for
privately owned systems and municipalities.
Developed
a Collaborative Video Network Program and Video Emergency Alert - Mass
Notification system with a National Footprint.
Experienced with Educational Satellite Networks, Passive Optical Networks
(PON - EPON - GPON), Coarse Wavelength
Division Multiplexing, and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing optical
networks.
Network
Control Center Operations Engineer:
GiantLoop
Network - Waltham, MA
10/2000 - 11/2001
Provision
and maintain circuits on DWDM Fiber Optic Networks for Fortune 500
clients internationally. Balanced optical amplifiers and repaired SONET ring outages in the NYC financial
district during a field deployment. Installed
Nortel OPTera 5200 ring in Waltham co-location site. Mentored junior field
technicians in the field and within the NCC.
Researched, built, and maintained the NCC technical documentation
library. Created NCC intranet to drastically simplify engineering record keeping
tasks.
Central
Office Technician:
Verizon
- New Bedford MA
4/1998 - 10/2000
Responsible
for SAFETIME repairs of 25 Central Office switching systems on Cape Cod and
Southeastern Massachusetts. Primary
hardware maintenance technician tasked with day-to-day maintenance and on-call
issues for the region. Worked
independently to isolate and repair hardware faults in Lucent 5ESS, Nortel
DMS-10, and DMS-100 machines. Worked
directly with Lucent, Nortel, and ESAC on critical service affecting outages.
Field
Technician:
NWS
Communications - Westfield MA
11/1992 - 4/1998
Providence
College:
Onsite Project Management, Installation, and Maintenance of an optical fiber to coaxial
feeder network with 41 buildings and 1,200+ drops on
upper and lower campus spanning 17- 462 MHz. 50+
classrooms campus wide have full IR control of Academic Center head-end video
equipment. Also installed a stand-alone
fiber optic security network. Aug. 1993 - Apr. 1998
Hyatt Hotels:
Installation Crew Leader for RF portion of Video On Demand/Pay Per View system;
Grand Central Station-New York City, Logan Airport-Boston, Cambridge MA, &
Greenwich CT. (NYC required 1,270-room return capability.) 4
Systems Oct. - Dec. 1994
Martha's Vineyard High School:
Installed SMATV system with return channel broadcast capabilities from any
room facility wide via an RF Briefcase. Winter 95
Endicott College:
Upgraded and maintained an existing private SMATV system to
include Campus Wide Return Channel Capabilities. Winter 96- Apr. 98
Massachusetts
Corporation for Educational Telecommunications:
350+ Public and Private schools
in MA & RI. Field Technician tasked with site surveys,
installation, and maintenance of the largest steerable digital C/Ku satellite
network in the United States. Nov. 1992 - Apr. 98
United
States Navy:
Missile Technician - Strategic
Weapons Systems - SSBN Submarines
Weapons Technician - Air Drop & Cruise Missile - Special
Weapons
Weapon Systems Inspection Team - Fast Frigates - USNR Fleet
Training Group
Gunners Mate Missiles - USNR
TECHNICAL
SKILLS:
SMATV
Head-End Construction and Design
Fiber Optic, Terrestrial Microwave, & Satellite Networks
Wireless
Broadband Line of Sight Systems
Site
Surveys for Communications Systems Installations
5ESS,
DMS-10, & DMS-100 Switching System Maintenance
OPTera
Metro OC-48 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing - SONET
TRAINING:
Broadband
Passive Optical Network Design - Optical Solutions; 2003
PICO
MACOM Certified Integrator - PICO MACOM; 2003
Terrestrial
Microwave Systems - Andrew; 2003
Microwave Waveguide Connectors, VSWR, Base Station Antenna - Andrew; 2003
Basic
Tower Technology - ComTrain; 2002
Digital
Networks Seminar - Motorola; 2002
Wireless
Broadband Systems - Wave Wireless Networking; 2001
Tower
Climbing Safety & Rescue - ComTrain; 2001
RS
Switch Router Layer 2 & 3 Configuration – Riverstone Networks; 2001
OPTera
Metro Installation 5702 (DWDM SONET) - Nortel Networks; 2000
Ultranet
Storage Director - CNT; 2000
Nortel
DMS 100: ORM, ENET, and HMP - Bellcore / Telcordia; 1999
T1
D4 Channel Banks - Bell Atlantic; 1999
ISDN
Installation & Maintenance - Bell Atlantic; 1998
Lightspan
2000-SONET OC3 - Bell Atlantic; 1998
Assorted
Intranetware 4 Courses - Novell; 1998
Broadband
Networks Technology - Phillips; 1996
Fiber
Optic Technology - C-Cor Electronics; 1994
Strategic Weapons Systems
Electronics, Basic Enlisted Submarine School, Weapons
Technician, Missile Technician – United States
Navy; 1986-1992
CERTIFICATIONS/QUALIFICATIONS:
Broadband
Passive Optical Network Design - Optical Solutions; Sept 2003 - Present
Certified Integrator - PICO MACOM; Aug 2003 - Present
Terrestrial
Microwave Systems - Andrew; Feb 2003 - Present
Microwave Waveguide Connectors, VSWR, Base Station Antenna - Andrew; Feb 2003 -
Present
Tower
Climbing Safety & Rescue - ComTrain; Dec 2001 - Present
5ESS,
DMS 10, & DMS 100 Switching Systems - Verizon; Oct 1998-Oct 2000
MATV
Systems V-7 Radio & TV – State of Connecticut; Jul 1997 - Aug 1998
Telecommunications
Technician (Data/Video/Telephone) – State of Rhode Island; Feb 1995 - Present
AFFILIATIONS:
New
England Fiber Optic Council – Member 1/1996
- Present
Chatham Marconi Maritime Center - Member
1/2003 - Present
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History:
GiantLoop Network: Network Control Center Operations
Engineer Oct 2000-Nov 2001
Bell Atlantic: Central Office Technician/Switch Technician-DMS 10, DMS
100, 5ESS: 1998-2000
NWS Corporation: Installations and Onsite Project Management: 1992 -
1998
United States Navy: 1986-1992, USN Reserves: 1992-1994
Harrell's: Family owned home electronics and appliance business, 1976
-1986
Satellite Installations: 1980-1986
/ 1992-1998