Charles Bowser III, RCDD
PO Box ****
Plant City, FL 33563
abh5ou@r.postjobfree.com
Objective
To work for a company which encourages growth, responsibility and a sense
of sharing of participation in their success.
Summary of qualifications
Installation/Training:
Qualified nearly 30 years experience in cable plant installation, testing
and troubleshooting. Environments encountered include outside plant
burial, hospitals, nursing homes, military facilities, government
facilities, national landmarks, S.C.I.F.'s, homes, apartments, commercial
office and warehouse spaces. Knowledgeable in proper installation practices
for grounding, Category 5e, 6, and optical fiber LANs. Fluent in TIA/EIA
wiring standard, BiCSi installation manuals (TDMM, TCIM, etc).
Design and teach courses for one of a kind projects and new hires. Create
and administer testing procedures. Conduct BiCSi Information Technology
System classes IN101, IN225, IN250, and TE350.
Project Management/Estimation:
Experience includes Bid response and preparations, Estimating materials and
man-hours for small and large projects for Government and private industry.
Order, coordinate and track logistics, generate project schedules and/or
time lines. Conduct customer relations and project status reports. Track
task production and balance against financial reports. Specializing in
unique projects and starting projects/departments from ground level.
Develop, deliver, and administer Project Management classes based on the
Project Lifecycle.
Safety:
Coordinated weekly tailgate sessions tracked employee safety training,
submit report to corporate safety officer, take accident reports and
analyze for cause and solutions for prevention. Order and maintain safety
equipment. Inspect job sites for proper safety equipment and practices.
Work experience
11/08- 10/10
5/08 - 11/08
MasTec, North America, Inc
Tampa, FL 33602
Performance Manager
Develop and maintain a performance program which consisted of components in
project management, customer service, and quality. Developed and rolled
out a training program. Develop and maintain an audit system of PM
procedures. Delivered class to over 40 employees across five offices with a
90.83 percent passing score. Developed a project tracking system which was
due to be released 2011. Developed online customer survey and documented
90.3 percent approval rate for PMs.
Information Technologies & Data Solutions
Kissimmee, FL 34747
Estimator
Qualify incoming opportunities. Read, interpret, and respond to RFPs and
RFQs. Read and interpret drawings. Generate written response to include
executive overview, Scope of Work, Safety etc. Determine labor, material,
and other direct costs (ODC) budgets for estimates and determine
competitive gross margin to win projects.
8/07 -
5/08
Henkels and McCoy, Inc.
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19473
Manager of Estimating
Qualify incoming opportunities. Read, interpret, and respond to RFPs and
RFQs. Read and interpret drawings. Generate written response to include
executive overview, Scope of Work, Safety etc. Determine labor, material,
and other direct costs (ODC) budgets for estimates and determine
competitive gross margin to win projects. Run a team of 5 estimators to
include assignment of estimates, training, and evaluations. Participate in
Division strategic planning sessions as it relates to estimating. Evaluate
and review estimates completed by the estimating department prior to
submission. Monitor Bid Log for accuracy and to project resource
allocations. Maintain estimating package to ensure TI&U, sales tax, base
labor costs were up to date and other improvements.
5/99 -
8/07
Henkels and McCoy, Inc.
Lorton, VA 22079
Peak Performance Manager/Instructor/ Division Estimator
Manage quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction to ensure "Peak
Performance". Maintain quality program by updating QA procedures and forms
and performing site inspections. Review the audits with PM's, Area
Management, and customers. The quality program developed will be
implemented across all NSS offices. Follow up with customers that complete
survey forms for additional information. Ensure consistent productivity
through regular audits of Project Managers and Estimators. Develop,
maintain and deliver training programs such as RCDD Self Study Program, NSS
Technician Training Program, BiCSi CEC classes, and BiCSi Installation
program. Also write Best Practices to strengthen weaknesses found during
QA inspections. Developed and maintain mentoring program to include career
paths and training plans. Train Estimators and PM's on estimating
procedures and packages. Perform division review of large and/or complex
bids. Chair bi-weekly NSS Eastern Division conference calls for estimating
and Peak Performance.
2/ 97 -
12/98
ICG Fiber Optic Technologies, Inc.
Plano, TX 75074
Project Manager
Duties included overall supervision field personnel, implement quality
control plan, coordinate and assign all work issued. Provide technical and
administrative support to field personnel, estimate Change Orders. Track
logistics, task production and budgets to maintaining company set Gross
Profit Margins and EBITDA.
10/94 -
2/97
Henkels and McCoy, Inc.
Lorton, VA 22079
Project Manager/Safety Coordinator
12/90 -
10/ 94
Duties included overall supervision of dispatch center and field personnel,
implement quality control plan, coordinate and assign all work issued.
Provide technical and administrative support to field personnel and
dispatch center. Respond to RFP's, perform sales calls, and estimate small
and large projects. Track logistics, task production and budgets.
Telecommunications Concepts Incorporated
Springfield, VA 22151
Crew Chief
Responsibilities included training and testing personnel assigned to cable
crew, ensure code conforming/quality installations, evaluate employee
performance, install cable plants for voice (AT&T, Northern Telecom, Mitel
Toshiba and Onyx) and data (Wang, NBI,, Arcnet, Xerox, Phone-net,, and
Fiber optic Backbones)
4/85 -
12/90
Custom Computer Cable
Alexandria, VA
Project Manager
Duties included training new personnel and installation of cable plants,
voice and data for national account's ant locations across the United
States. Acted as point of contact for customers to ensure quality service.
Performed site analysis for RFP's.
Education
University of Phoenix
BS/BM (3.62 GPA) & BS/M (3.86 GPA), MBA (3.14 GPA)
Volunteer Work
Men's Minister and part of Leadership team at HopeWeaver Community Church,
Plant City
Served as various Officer positions (President, Road Captain, etc) for
Motorcycle Ministry.
Other
TS clearance