Engineer Project Manager
Resume:
JOHN F. CREATH
Hampton, Va. ****1
757-***-**** Cell
Email: ***********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE:
A project management, commissioning, or installation position with a
dynamic company in the telecommunications, mainframe industry.
EDUCATION:
United States Air Force Technical School - Telephone Switching Equipment
Electro/Mechanical curriculum graduated with honors (1981).
Sheppard Technical Training Center - High reliability soldering (1981).
TRAINING:
Stromberg - Carlson - Florida, Installation Pratices/ Procedures.
Northern Telecom Cook Electric Division - IIIinois, Model 2200/2216
Digital Magnetic Tape systems course.
Northern Telecom Training Center - Texas, DMS/SL-100, DMS-250
Commissioning/Maintenance course, DMS Translations course.
Northern Telecom Training Center - North Carolina, DMS-100 Family Software
Support, DMS - 100 Supernode Hardware Support, ISDN Peripheral Modules.
DMS -10 CCS7 OA&M/CALSS translation, SCM - 10A OAM&P.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
CenturyLink, Bellefontaine, Ohio 10/2010 to
present
C.O. Technician
SELF EMPLOYED, 12/1996 to present
Private consulting on purchasing, transport, installation, testing, and
commissioning of DMS projects in Africa, and Korea.
VOIX NETWORKS ABUJA, NIGERIA 12/2008-11/2009
General Manager - Switching/Engineering
FYBERTEL LAGOS, NIGERIA 1/2003-11/2008
Managing Director - Mandated to establish a wired line telephone company.
Design and supervise the construction of the central office facility, also
engineered and installed the earthing system. Engineer, install, and
commissioning of the DMS-100 switch, and Lucent DC Power Plant. Design,
engineer, and supervise the installation of a 5,000 line external line
plant. Engineer and install the Codan microwave radio link to establish
interconnectivity. Responsible for the filing and acquiring the approval
of all of the regulatory applications to the NCC (Nigerian Communications
Commission).
CONGRESS COMMUNICATIONS 5/2002-12/2002
DMS-100 engineering, installation, and commissioning in: Monrovia,
Liberia. Mogadishu, Somalia. Seoul, Korea.
GTE/ECI LAGOS, NIGERIA 11/1998-4/2002
Switching Engineer/Customer Service Manager/Chief Operation Officer
BELL CANADA INTERNATIONAL, INC., 12/1992-11/96
Project Manager/senior Technical Manager - Assigned to NTI/INS Southern
California District.
Projects included: Project management, Supernode conversions, ENET
retrofits, JNET redistribution's, ISDN commissioning and upgrades, XPM -
PLUS installations and conversions, ENET shelf additions, BRISC processor
upgrades, DMS - 10 to DMS - 100 conversions, SONET-RSC (ISDN) installation
and commissioning, several 50K and up line extension, DMS -250
commissioning, numerous 88K upgrades, WTA retrofits, and CCS7 conversions
and upgrades.
CALL - NET TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., 6/1992 to 12/1992
Management Consultant Engineer - Responsible for engineering the CCS7
Network, resolving translations and hardware issues on a daily basis
monitoring and adjusting the SPMS subsystem, CSR resolution, verification
of translations input from the engineering department, assist site
technicians on their daily maintenance and repair functions, datafill and
monitor the OM (operational measurement) subsystem for the traffic
analysis department, senior technical advisor for all DMS related issues.
AEROTEK, INC., 1/1992 to
6/1992
DMS -250 System Consultant Analyst - Monitor, analyze, and repair or
dispatch technicians to resolve any switch or network related problem.
Utilize the Operational Measurements (OM) subsystem to identify and
resolve any issues on a daily basis.
Installation companies including:
1990-1992
TELE-TECH, THE REGISTRY, IDACOM, ALTA TELECOM, and J-TEC.
Installing and commissioning DMS-100, DMS-200, DMS-250, DMS-10, and
carrier equipment.
Installed Stromberg - Carlson DCO.
NORTHERN TELECOM, INC., 1988-1990
BCS Application Engineer - Applied software upgrades to customer DMS-100,
DMS-250 and DMS-STP offices, using the one-night -process, and manual
software applications. Instructed the telco personnel throughout the
entire process for on-site performance. Also, was instrumental in telco
hardware and supernode hardware conversions.
BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, INC., 1987 - 1988
Captive Office Technician - Maintained four (DMS- 100, DMS- 250) offices,
including NT -40 and Supernode front-end-processors. Made all hardware
updates. Rewired offices when required and performed sanity and
maintenance functions. Performance maintenance on DS - 0, DS - 1, and
DS-3 systems and associated interface equipment, also maintained system
translations for all switches. Served as a member of the BNR Lab Council
and Productivity circles.
Various Installation companies including:
1986 to 1987
HARRIS McBURNIE, J-TEC, and IDACOM.
Installed and commissioned DMS - 100, DMS -200, DMS - 250 equipment, and
installed DEC equipment.
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, 1981 to 1986
DMS Technician - Installed and maintained DMS - 100/200 digital telephone
switches, also maintained step-by-step and X-Y switching systems.
Performed preventative maintenance on office batteries and power systems.
Other duties included line assignments; cable record verification, circuit
trouble - shooting, test and alignment of data bridges and operation of a
Data General Eclipse System with associated terminal equipment. Operated
the following test equipment - 3555B transmission and noise test set, 3550
tri-pack, voltohm meter, oscilloscope and TIMS test set.
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