Engineer Technician
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Louis Idowu
Richmond, VA ****7
**********@***.***
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
I am a results-driven engineer who thrives in a challenging, fast-paced
environment where my performance directly impacts the bottom line.
Extensive design, installation, and management experience enable me to make
immediate contributions to your operation and business development.
ACHIEVEMENTS, CERTIFICATIONS & SOFTWARE CAPABILITES
National Technical Honor Society MacDraft Certified
SBCA Trained/Certified MS Office Suite Certified
UNIX (Slake ware & Linux) Operating ETA Fiber Optics Installer
Systems Certified
DOS, Lotus 123/123 Macros Certified ETA Fiber Optics Technician
Certified
VCATS Manufacturing Specialist VISIO Software Program
Althrea (PLD) Program SIMMS Software Program
PowerPoint
EDUCATION
ECPI University Richmond, VA
BS in Electronics Engineering Technology (3.5 GPA) January 2012
Yaba College of Technology (BS Equivalent) Lagos, Nigeria
Higher National Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Power & Machines)
August 1989
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
J.T. Williams Communications Services
Richmond, VA
Senior Field Technician (Contract) April 2012 To date
< Installed Trunk Telephone cables from Telephone Room to each in Colonial
Downs Stables.
< Troubleshoot and replaced bad loudspeaker Amps and Transformers at the
Stables in Colonial Downs.
< Grounded the Amps and Transformers in each of the Stables to protect them
from lightening damage.
< Installed Fiber- Optic Cables, which we ran from the Communication Room
to location where the new Equipments will be placed.
< Troubleshoot/repaired faulty Internet Cables at Richmond City Hall also
installed wall mount TV at City Hall and Marshall Plaza Building. S.
< Harvested old network cables, ran new CAT6 cables terminated them to
jacks and the Patch Panel, then we Certified them using an Agilent
Certifier to ensure that they pass.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, cont.
J.T. Williams Communications Services
Richmond, VA
Senior Field Technician (Contract cont) April 2012 To date
< Installed Cat 5e cables and Access Point Device at Remington
Restaurant.
< Installed Surveillance Camera, DVR and program the system to be viewed
from owners Smart phone when not in office.
< Installed all Wireless Access Points Devices and network jacks in
Marshall Plaza Building.
VERIGENT LLC. (ARCHURA) Richmond, VA
Technician (Part-Time Contract) March 2013 to date
Harvested network Cables in Data Center between Sever and switches and
between switches.
VERIGENT LLC. (WACHTER)
Installer (Part-Time Contract) March 2013 to date
< Installed Cat 6 cables on all access point's jacks to patch panel
jacks at Capital One Complex.
< Certified the Cat 6 cables on all access point's jacks to panel jacks
in Building 6 at Capital One Complex.
< Installed all Wireless Access Points Devices in Building 6 at Capital
One Complex.
< Made the Labels and Labeled all Wireless Devices, Patch Cables, and
Cat 6 Cables in Building 6 at Capital One Complex.
CONSULTING FOR TOMORROW, INC. (ARCHURA) Glen Allen, VA
Installation Technician (Part-time Contract) October 2011 to December 2011
< Installed Fiber Optic and Cat 6 cable, connections, and terminations
into switches and servers in Richmond Bank of America Data Center.
< Installed switch panels and mount switches according to network
specifications.
BRANCORE Richmond, VA
IT Technician (Part-time Contract) May 2011 to September 2011
< Repaired, refurbished, and archived desktop computers.
< Un-Installed and re-Installed Computers, Printers, Keyboards and
Mouse, Telephones during Relocations of Lecturers from an Old Building
to a temporary Building in
Virginia States University Complex.
< Worked with the IT personnel in VSU new Engineering Building in
Installing the Computers into the state of the art tables with the
ability to hide the monitors from views.
< Assisted VSU Lecturers to archive e-mails and created more memory
space for them to receive more e-mails.
< Un-Installed and Removed existing CISCO Switches from 10 different
Virginia State University Building Switch Rooms.
< Installed New Juniper Switches with wireless capability in the 10
different Virginia University Buildings switch rooms for the LAN
Network.
< Erased and reset the CISCO switches to their factory settings or
configurations.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, cont.
BRANCORE Richmond, VA
IT Technician (Part-time Contract cont.) May 2011 to September 2011
< Performed IT Systems support duties such as Installation,
Configuration, Monitoring, Troubleshooting and Repairing.
< Performed quality assurance processes to effectively manage system
availability and improve operations.
PRIVATE COUNSULTING 2005 to Present Day
(Free Lancing when out of work)
< Installation of TV mounted on walls, Speakers outside, inside of walls
and in ceilings.
< Home Theater Installation with Surround Sounds for 5.1 to 7.2 Systems.
< DirecTV Installations for Local Hydefinition TV, and International
Dish programs.
< Internet installation on HD TV whereby customers can go on lines on
their HD TV.
< Computer Network installation, which includes wiring of CAT 5, CAT5e,
CAT6, Routers and Hubs.
< Repair of Computers, Hardware and Software related.
< Telephone Systems Installations such as Toshiba Strata DSK280, CAT 3
cabling
installation.
< Security Cameras System Installation, which includes DVR for recording
of events,
captured in camera and Owner has the ability on his smart phone to see
what is going on in his Store when he is away.
CIRCUIT CITY -- FIREDOG Richmond, VA
Lead Technician July 2007 to January 2009
< Installed DTV Satellite Dish, ran walled fished Coax Cat 6 cables,
connected the cables to the DTV Receivers or boxes and then searched
for the Satellite signals.
< Installed a complete home theater with a programmed remote control
called, harmony Remote control by Logitech.
< Wall-fished cables to install outdoor speakers, controls, and overhead
projector screens.
< Troubleshot, resolved and maintained problems related to loss of
Satellite signals,
customer requiring more training of the DirecTV system that the
purchased.
< Troubleshot and resolved technical problems with various home theater
systems.
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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
MASTEC ADVANCE TECHNOLOGIES Richmond, VA
Lead Technician/Senior Detail Engineer January 2002 to May 2007
< Appointed Technician Trainer for satellite dish installation and
troubleshooting
< Installed broadband satellite dish systems and wired buildings with
RG6 coax cable
wiring.
< Completed receiver installations such as HDTV, TIVO, and HDTV Off-air
antenna
signal.
< As a senior technician, was always sent to Customer's homes with
difficult technical problems related to DirecTV systems that could not
be resolved after numerous visits by other Technicians and I have
always resolved these problems.
< I have resolved difficult line of sight issues for existing and new
DirecTV customers who have trees in their compound, either by
relocation of their dish or by pin pointing of the tree or branches in
the way of the signal.
MASTEC ADVANCE TECHNOLOGIES
Richmond, VA (CONT)
Senior Detail Engineer
January 2000 to March 2001
< Served as liaison between upper level management and engineers, Bell
Atlantic Vendor Managers CO's and Mastec.
< Designed and assigned ADSL-1000, Litespan-2000, IMTN Switches including
Hikiemian which is test equipment in the Central Office Switches.
< Info bank Supervisor and was in charged of Quality Control (QA) on all
Infobank jobs that had to go out.
< Resolved issues regarding panel layouts, fuse ratings, and schematic
interpretations
< Built the EDSX Frames, EDSX, ILGX and DSX Panels, Front Equipment Panels
in
Info bank for these switches.
< Also Made EDSX, DSX, BDFB assignments for these switches in Info bank.
< Attended meetings between Mastec, Alcatel Senior Engineers, Managers and
Competitors to discuss problems and improvements related to Info bank,
coming up with collective
Solutions Binding to all parties.
< Built broadband access and transmission switches, installed networking
cabling and printers.
< In charged of Info bank Training for New Hired Telephony Engineers.
DAVE JONES & ASSOCIATES Richmond, VA
Client Services Representative 03/1997-04/1999 March 1997 to April 1999
< Assisted in the Network Systems maintenance, running of new CAT5 Cables,
installing new jacks and then plugs new Copiers and Computers, then
running tests to ensure that they work.
< Installing Electrical cables and Sockets outlets for New Copiers, also
switches and light fixtures.
< Installed Cables, Socket outlet to power up the Hydraulic Loading Dock.
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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
CHEVRON NIGERIA, LTD. Lagos, Nigeria
Engineering Technical Assistant October 1991 to February 1996
< Designed Electrical Projects for Installation, Upgrading of Electrical
Systems and
Facilities.
< Prepared bid documents and award contracts to successful Contractors.
< Arranged Logistics to offshore locations within allocated time frame.
< Supervised the Installation of New Electrical projects, Upgrades,
testing and commissioning of these projects. E.g. Robertkiri Platform
Auxiliary Generator Installation
< Coordinated electrical group cost control systems between Engineering
Department and Account Departments.
< Designed Chevron Escravos Warehouse Fire Alarms Systems locations.
Designed, Supervised, Tested and Commissioned Chevron Nigeria
Portharcout Office Electrification, which required 11-poles span
installation, with 150mm diameter Aluminum overhead power transmission
cable and an 11KV to 240V/415V Stepped down Transformer installation.
< Supervised, Tested and Commissioned Security Lighting System at
Chevron Nigeria Portharcourt Office; this includes the Installation of
the light poles, armored cables installations and termination, the
main control switch installations.
< Supervised, Tested and Commissioned Chevron Portharcourt Office Fire
Alarm System installation.
< Supervised, Tested and Commissioned the Installation of a 3-Phase MD
meter for the Chevron building housing First Bank Nigeria Ltd.
< Supervised, Tested and Commissioned 25KVA UPS (Un-Interrupted Power
Supply Unit) Installed in Chevron Clinic Building.
< Installed computers and network monitoring linkage for onshore and
offshore locations.
NATIONAL ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY
Electrical Engineer in Training (Internship) October 1986 to
September 1987
< Assisted in the Installation of Electric Poles, Stringing of these
poles with 150mm Aluminum Cables.
< Assisted in the Installation of Ray Roll, Lucy and Westing House Ring
Main unit and breakers.
< Assisted in maintenance of unmanned Electrical Breaker in the switched
Room (Lucy product) and (Westing House Products).
< Assisted in running armored cables in the ground that was terminated
at the 11KV Ring Main Unit coming from the Risers of 11KV over heard
lines.
< Assisted in the changing of Transformer oil from Transformer Units,
Ring Main Units, and Switch Gears.
< Assisted in installation of Feeder Pillars over current devices and
overhead low voltage lines.
< Assisted in the Installation of Single Phase Meters for homes and 3-
Phase MD Meters for Industries or factories using Machines and Motors.
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