Gordon Harris
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Objective: Experienced professional in the telecommunications industry seeks
a telecommunication Technician position with an organization, that will
challenge my skills and knowledge with opportunities for growth and
development.
Employment History:
2007- 2010 Verizon, Bellmawr, NJ
Outside Plant Technician/Facility Technician.
• Install, repair, and maintenance of outside plant facilities.
• Provide operational support to multiple areas of construction,
installation/maintenance of customer engineering and business operations.
• Handle cable failures in an expeditious manner, allowing customers to still
maintain dial tone and telephone service.
• Repair/ Install module cards for SLC-96, Series Litespan T-1, T-3, DS-0, DS-1,
DS-3 lines for large and small businesses.
• Install and maintain POTS, ISDN, ADSL and high speed data communications.
(Residential and businesses)
• Perform work operations in connection with providing telephone service. Place,
rearrange and remove outside telephone plant, including aerial, underground,
submarine, buried, block and house cables, poles, and associated hardware
fixtures and equipment.
• Install and terminate CAT 3, CAT 5 and CAT 6 cables using 110/66 blocks and
patch panels.
• Mount and install RJ11 and RJ 45 jacks.
• Read and interpret engineering plan.
• Operational experience with Cisco Call Manager 4.x, 6.x, and 7.x, Cisco Unity
Voicemail 4.x, 5.x, and 7.X
• Operational experience with VOIP services over a LAN and WAN.
• Operational experience with QOS policies in relation to voice protocols.
• Knowledge of VOIP, SCCP, H323, G711, G721, G726, and G729 protocols.
• Excellent troubleshooting and demonstrate critical thinking skills.
• Excellent interpersonal relationship skills.
2002-2007 Contractor/ Telecommunications Specialist
1989-2002 Merrill Lynch, New York, New York
Telecommunications Consultant
• Prepared work order and connectivity traces for onsite contactors.
• Part of installation team supervising installation/move and changes work
performed by contractors.
• Resolved connectivity and cabling conflicts for jobs in progress.
• On completion reviewed installation and do punch list with client.
Project Manager
• Completed numerous office reconfigurations.
• Managed fiber optic data highway project at World Financial Center.
• Managed team of onsite electrical contractors.
• Coordinated and scheduled employee internal moves for the New York area.
• Prepared budget and estimates for approval for projects.
• Closed out projects, review bills, process purchase orders.
Education: University of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana 1978-1981
Associate of Applied Science Degree
Certificate of Electronics, City and Guilds Institute of Electronics, London, England.
Certificate in Electronics, Guyana Technical Institute Georgetown, Guyana.
Certificate in Fiber Optic and Ethernet Cabling, Mercer County College, NJ
Introduction to TI networks, ISDN, DSL
CAT 5, CAT 5E and CAT 6 Cabling
Commercial Drivers License Class A
Professional Spanish as a second language, Microsoft office
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