Dwayne A. Garner

**** **** ****** ***** ***

Frederick MD 21702

240-***-****

Objective: To Utilize Acquired Skills & Abilities in a Management position in the Technical Field

Work Experience:

July 2005 - Present Lead Technician, Broadband America Victoria, MN

Supervise 4 technicians. Provide lead role in planning, coordinating, and facilitating data cabling projects through completion. Manage multiple projects and work crews. Provide individual/team training opportunities. Assist with project estimating. Responsible for maintaining active project plans. Complete or delegate MACs.

August 2003 – July 2005 Broadband Field Technician, Advanced Broadband Ashburn, VA

Provided lead support to the Project Manager and subcontractors in the installation of head-end equipment as well as plant network construction. Installed fundamental active and passive network components such as cables, connectors, taps, line extenders, fiber nodes and etc. Installed and configured Ethernet cards, cable modems, basic software configuration-drives, email accounts, web browsers and etc. Repaired CAT-5 cable and RG6 cable as well as terminate.

March 2002 – August 2003 Cable/Fiber Technician, Netcom Technologies Gaithersburg, MD

Installed, maintained, repaired, terminate, test and labeled single mode and multimode fiber optic cable, as well as copper cable systems.

June 1999 – August 2001 Plant Maintenance Supervisor, Starpower Communications Lanham, Md.

Supervised plant maintenance of 2-way HFC Network. Developed and implemented a team-oriented maintenance plan for rebalancing, leakage detection, sweeping and power supply maintenance. Assisted in development of project management program. Scheduled vacation,

on-call rotation and preventive maintenance.

February 1997 – June 1999 Network Engineer, Cable TV Montgomery, Rockville, Maryland

Maintained over 30 miles of High-split 2-way LAN trunk system. Maintained 25 miles of I-Net trunk system. Maintained and operated fiber to the node including splicing and activation. Performed sweep and proof every six months.

June 1994 – February 1997 Senior Line Technician, Cable TV Montgomery, Rockville, Maryland

Maintained over 500 miles of CATV plant including system balance and sweep, CLI rideout/repair, FCC proof of performance testing and power supply maintenance. Supervised and assisted with daily routes of service technicians assigned to the southern portion of the plant.

May 1992 – June 1994 Service Technician, Cable TV Montgomery, Rockville, Maryland

Troubleshoot and repaired from customer TV set to the tap. Performed routine maintenance and repair of CATV trunk and distribution problems. Spliced active and passive devices, and activated new build projects that included power supply activation and installation.

April 1990 – June 1992 Inspector, Quality Control, Cable TV Montgomery, Rockville, Maryland

Performed quality control inspections on new install and service calls. Investigated damages reported by contractors and subscribers to the customers' property and filed appropriate reports to the Quality Control Manager for follow up actions.

October 1989 – April 1990 Bench Technician, Cable TV Montgomery, Rockville, Maryland

Maintained various set top converters and remotes. Maintained precise records of the assignment of converters and remotes to installers and service technician.

Skills:

Fusion Splicing

Education:

September 2008 DeVry University, Bethesda, Maryland

June 1989 North Lenoir High School, LaGrange, North Carolina

References are available upon request.

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