Charles J. Ishman

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Arvada, Colorado, 80002

(Home) 303-***-****

(Mobile) 720-***-****

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EDUCATION

•Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix.

•Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, University of Phoenix.

CERTIFICATION

Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI), current.

SECURITY CLEARANCE

•Secret (Expires January 10, 2018).

EXPERIENCE:

March, 2007 to July, 2010:

Project Manager / Lead Telecommunications Engineer (GS – 13 / 14 E);

Mission 1st Group (Under contract with Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, Project Manager – Network Service Center - South-West Asia, United States Department of Defense; Baghdad, Iraq and Kabul, Afghanistan.

•Engineered and implemented numerous telecommunications projects from Statement of Requirements through Full Operational Capability (Project Management) utilizing sub-contracted firms for installation labor (Contract Administration).(Inside Plant and Outside Plant Engineering and Construction).

October 2004 to March, 2007:

Senior Information Technology Technician (QA / QC) (GS – 12 / 13 E);

Global Analytical Information Technology Services (GAITS) (Under contract to US Army Information Systems Engineering Command - Fort Detrick Engineering Directorate (USAISEC-FDED), United States Department of Defense.

•Implemented the Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program (I3MP) at four (4) locations in Germany as part of an integrated project team (Telecommunications Outside Plant (OSP) Engineering and Construction), and performed quality assurance / quality control for the United States Army in Germany (Project Management).

May, 2001 to October, 2004:

Business Manager; Maroon Bells Designs, LLC.

•Managed an interior design company with from start-up to gross sales over $1 million maintained budgetary constraints and reconciled financial accounting, developed the marketing strategy, created advertisements, selected vendors, and wrote project proposals. (Business Management and Negotiation) (Computer Literacy) (Business Administration and Management).

May, 1999 to May, 2001:

Senior Design Engineer; Qwest / US WEST Communications.

•Created solutions for customer service requests (T-1, HDSL, ISDN, OC – 3, etc.) using research, reallocation of network resources, and engineering work orders (Business Administration and Budgets) (Telecommunications Engineering).

August, 1986 to May, 1999:

Construction Supervisor / Contract Liaison Manager; US WEST Communications.

•Managed a construction force consisting of three contracted companies, seven foremen, and approximately seventy-five workers (Supervision and Management).

•Responded to and resolved internal and external customer complaints associated with telecommunications construction (Negotiation and Business Management).

•Researched service solutions, coordinated, and scheduled the necessary personnel and equipment to achieve the monthly, quarterly, and annual service parameters assigned to my areas (Management and Business Administration).

•Performed construction manager functions for fourteen wire centers in western Colorado: Aspen, Avon, Basalt, Carbondale, DeBeque, Glenwood Springs, Meeker, Minturn, New Castle, Parachute, Rifle, Silt, Snowmass, and Vail.

•Assisted the Area Contract Manager with two re-negotiations of the General Construction and Maintenance Contract in western Colorado with an annual budget over $200 million (Contract Administration, Negotiation, and Business Administration).

•Directed, coordinated, and completed all telecommunications network construction (fiber optic, copper cables, and equipment) necessary for communications, wireless, and video broadcasts at the 1999 World Cup of Skiing that was held at Beaver Creek and Vail (Project Management and Fiber Optics).

•Managed and completed five inter-exchange toll fiber projects in addition to my daily wire center and RFIP obligations (Project Management and Fiber Optics).

•Prepared requests for proposals, conducted bid meetings, reviewed proposals, and selected contractors (Contract Administration).

•Completed twenty-three (23) RFIP projects to replace four and eight party lines with single party service and digital telecommunications technology (Project Management and Fiber Optics) from 1987 to 1995 in the rural areas of Western Colorado.

April, 1975 to August, 1986:

Lineman; Mountain Bell / US WEST Communications.

•Constructed telecommunications network outside plant in aerial, building, buried, and underground environments (Telecommunications OSP Construction).

•Operated heavy equipment including aerial lift trucks, backhoes, bulldozers, derrick trucks, excavators, transport trucks, trenchers, etc. (Telecommunications OSP Construction).

August, 1973 to April, 1975.

Cable Repairman; Mountain Bell.

•Repaired cut or damaged cables (OSP Cable Splicing and Cable Repair).

•Identified, located, and repaired defective pairs and/or sections of aerial, buried, and underground cable (Cable Maintenance).

May, 1968 to September, 1972.

US Army.

•Served in Republic of Viet-Nam.

•Assigned to Company B (Ranger), 75th Infantry (Airborne).

•Honorable Discharge.

•Presidential Commendation Letter for Meritorious Service.

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