Brian K. Henderson
Addison, TX 75001
acfcac@r.postjobfree.com
Work Telephone 972-***-****
Cellular Telephone: 773-***-****
Work Experience
AT&T Chicago, IL
1AESS Technical Support Manager
October 2009 - Present
. Responsible for technical support to Network Reliability group in
Charlotte NC as well as any Electronic Technicians located in the SE,
SW and MW offices that house 10,000 or more customers Wireline
customers that generates Millions of dollars for AT&T.
. Provide tier II and III technical support for the 1AESS Switch by
using Remote Modem Access systems (MOSIAC) and using Schematic
Drawings as well as Input/output advance maintenance manuals that
Lucent Technology has provided to solve complicated hardware and
software issues that occur in the 1AESS Switch.
. Assist central office Manager with obtaining a standard and reachable
goal on the monthly scorecard average of at least 90% of all
maintenance tickets and if the central office fails to meet objectives
Technical support team must come up with a weekly review of the office
and suggestions on how to meet objective in the future on major
hardware and software issues.
. Technical support team will pursue all avenues in order to keep a low
volume maintenance ticket count for each office in SE, SW and MW
offices and if tickets are 30 days or older, the ticket will be
escalated to the Central Office Manager and Area Manager for immediate
load.
. Monitoring daily traffic call volumes for 42 offices in the SE, SW and
MW areas via remote access systems.
. Worked on a high profile project that was spear headed by the Vice
President to gather Remote Modems information by using multiple
websites, databases and central office visits to make sure each modem
is properly labeled and working properly. Placed unused Remote Modems
in Growth state for the 5ESS Switch which will help the 5ESS group
obtain passing standards by internal and external auditors.
AT&T Charlotte, NC
Network Center Supervisor 1AESS Switch
February 2009 - October 2009
. Managed 18 Electronic Technicians employees 24/7 coverage for 1AESS
group located in Charlotte NC
. Authentication bi-weekly payroll to ensure technicians are paid
properly and on-time
. Supervised technicians who covered 58 1AESS central offices throughout
the MW, SE, and SW offices.
. Ensure all critical circuit alarms and maintenance tickets handled in
an expedited time frame and with accuracy.
. Met objectives given by 2nd line Area Manager which included Overtime
allowance, maintenance ticket accuracy, Circuit Alarm acknowledgement
and ticket inspections on a daily basis
. Responsible for contacting all support levels and Upper Management
when a major outage of at least 500 Wireline customer are out of
service due to weather, software or hardware problems.
AT&T Charlotte, NC
Manager Network Center 5ESS Switch
May 2008 - February 2009
. Managed 18 5ESS and 1AESS Electronic Technicians providing 24/7
coverage and was responsible for the stability and reliability of both
the 1A and 5E switches throughout the SE, SW, and MW. Technicians
monitored all Maintenance tickets as well as clearing all Major
Critical Alarms in an expedite time frame.
. Assured that Ticket count, Critical Alarms and Major customer outage
measurements of 90% on time objectives met given by upper management
using multiple systems such as: NERS, NMA, QSA, MOSIAC and REMEDY.
AT&T Dallas, TX
Design Engineering Manager
June 2007 - May 2008
. Led a team of 15 to 20 employees that designed Special Services
Broadband circuits at optical level such as OC3, OC48 and OC198. The
team of Technicians primary responsibility included the Equipment
Inventory that was placed in the Records database/TIRKS only at the
Optical level.
. Coordinated with internal and external customers to ensure standard
level agreements (SLAs) were met or exceeded.
. Worked with the 1st and 2nd level Union teamsters to ensure negotiated
union rights where being enforced and adhere to.
AT&T Dallas, TX
Manager Special Services/Projects Team
March 2007 - June 2007
. Managed Special Services Project team of 12 Telecommunication
Specialists
. Responsible for managing large volume projects that included DS1's,
DS3' and OCN (optical) circuits that were prepped during the day
making sure word doc is correct, pre-testing the circuit with the
customer to ensure continuity of the circuit, running macros to ensure
all orders including disconnects and add orders are generated and
ready for circuits to be rolled/cutover from one direct customer to
another service provider during the midnight shift.
. Established a website that was utilized by the Provisioning Center as
well as the Account Manager and Project Managers involved in the
project to track the status of pending circuit orders and disconnect
orders.
AT&T Ft. Worth, TX
Manager Special Services Team
September 2005 - March 2007
. Managed 15 non-management technicians working on DS0's, DS1's, DS3's
and optical circuits both in the Fort Worth area as well as
Richardson, TX area that were assigned to work inter-exchange Wireline
base customers such as: Verizon, SBC long distance and MCI.
. Held daily conference calls with 2nd and 3rd line managers to discuss
the status of orders for both Wireline and Wireless orders and any
roadblock issue that may have a provisioning delay or outside
dispatching issues.
. Reviewed daily ticket count volumes and assigned each technician a
load balance for projects assigned to team.
. Primary back-up for Area Manager while out of the office attending
company meetings or personal time off.
. Reviewed monthly scorecards and discussed all aspects of ticket count
and quality assurance.
Chicago, IL
SBC
June 2001 to September 2005
Project Manager Network
Services
. Project Managed DS0's, DS1's, DS3's and optical circuits ordered by
external customers such as MCI, Verizon, AT& which generated between
$2M and $5M per project.
. Primary Project Lead on several internal and external projects
directed by Director of Network Services.
. Project Lead on a rollover project in which SBC decided to move there
entire 4ESS Wireline Switch which estimated around 40,000 customers
onto a more advance 5ESS Switch, which would increase AT&T bandwidth
therefore increase expansion of network and generate millions of
dollars for AT&T in the future.
Education
DeVry Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
Harriet Truman College
Chicago, IL
United States Air Force Community College
Mt.Home, ID
Systems Knowledge
TIRKS (Trunk Integrated Record Keeping System)
Microsoft Office 2010 (Excel/Word/PowerPoint)
WFA/DI/DO (Work force Administration/dispatch in/out WEBADD
(Administrative Doc. Database)
INTS (Integrated Tool System) NERS
(Network Event Reporting System)
WEBEG (Remote Modem Access) NMA (Network Alarm
Monitoring System)
GRETA (Graphical Resource Ext. Testing Assistance) APEX
(Advanced Publishing Express)
ADOBE Microsoft
Outlook/Email
Certifications/Online Courses
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
Lucent 1AESS Advanced Technical Certification
Agile Program and Project Management Certificate
Wireless Basics 101 Wireless Basics
102
Wireless Basics 103
AT&T Mobility Ntwrk Architech Overview 3G
LTE Evolved Packet Core (EPC) USP Services
Overview
Overview of IMS USP Involved
Functions and Teams