Piers E Kidd-Spence

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Centennial CO 80112

Home phone: 303-***-****

Mobile phone: 303-***-****

Email: abl6su@r.postjobfree.com

Accomplishments: Working as a manager/team leader I have achieved several

milestones during my 37-year career in outside plant engineering.

. I applied my planning and engineering skill and expertise as a

fundamental contributor to the team effort for accomplishing all set

goals.

. 98% of engineering design jobs was completed within the budgeted cost.

. All jobs were engineered using the latest available company approved

methods, technology and upgrade enhancements.

a) Throughout the years I interacted with the construction management and

field personnel in an effort to provide specification drawings and

instruction that promotes building plant in the most effective and

efficient manner.

b) My planning and engineering design work presentations have been

consistently graded at a high quality level.

c) As a planner I employed the use of several innovative tactical

planning tools and concepts to determine the health of the network and

configure the best method or methods applicable for fixing any

detected problems.

d) Issued specifications were written incorporating the best available

architecture and design technique to allow for ease of construction

and cost efficiency.

e) I also participated in active debates, employing statistics and strong

reasoning power to illustrate importance and need for management

approval on particular projects.

f) As a manager and team member I have enjoyed impeccable working

relationship with my managers, peers and subordinates.

g) Throughout the years I have provided strong mentorship to new recruits

and college interns.

h) I have made a strong effort to keep updated with technology changes

and upgrades as they are introduced. This has allowed me to contribute

to the organizations commitment to deploy systems using new technology

and employing design and construction methods to deliver the most cost

effective services to the customer.

TECHONOLOGY TOOLS & COMPUTER SKILLS:

Proficient in the use of the following technology Tools and computer

applications:

AUTO CAD, CIMAGE (CAD) drafting, OSP-FM (CAD) drafting, BST CAD (Micro

station), VISIO, ICGS (micro station), PWS Inventory, TIRKS, FEPS, IOT, TBS

(METASOLV), CWDM, DWDM, COE-FM, OPEDS, OSPCM, WTS, MAPVIEWER, Mobile

mapping, AOTX, OFIE, AOTS, PLANET, PMTOOLS, ARIES, NECTAS, NDTT, ASPEN,

APIMS, LFACS, LEIS/LEAD, DILEP, CPD, JETS, RTT, CAPT, LCAM and Microsoft

Office suites.

TECHNICAL SKILLS: Outside Plant Planning and Design, BICS Engineering,

Outside Plant Forecasting, SONET planning and design (OC192, OC48, OC12,

OC3), Outside Plant Loop Planning and Carrier Design - Digital loop Carrier

Systems.

MANAGEMENT SKILLS: Leadership-team building and management Techniques,

Engineering Economics, CURCRIT Analysis, Project Management, Time

Management (scheduling), Budget and Finance, Decision making, Critical

Thinking, Ethics, Service Assurance and Risk Management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Q C DATA

Greenwood Village CO

Outside Plant Design Engineer

November 2007 - December 2009

This is an engineering company that performs telecom engineering and

data network projects for various utility companies throughout the US.

. Duties included designing fiber networks and carrier

digitization on BAU projects for the following companies:

VERIZON FTTP (Buffalo, Syracuse), AT&T SE Carrier/FTTL

(Louisiana), QWEST NM FTTH (New Mexico), and AT&T West FTTCS

(California).

. Senior member on the OSP design team, performing engineering

design for fiber optic cable networks, FTTP preparing

engineering specification drawings using VATS cable design for

fiber to the home. The main tool used to determine the

configuration and splicing layout for theaters and terminals was

the Corning Web-Based Flex-NAP System Configurator.

. Completion of the fiber layout and implementation for the FTTP

programs for Buffalo and Syracuse, New York within the budgeted

margin and weeks ahead of schedule.

. Active participant in the QWEST FTTP planning and engineering

design program for the state of New Mexico, in which new fiber

networks, feeder and distribution, were built for approximately

75% of the wire centers within the Albuquerque metro area.

. Completed designing projects for AT&T South East and AT&T West;

consisted primarily of designing networks for carrier systems,

VRAD, DLC engineering & turnkey installation, aerial, buried and

underground fiber optic cable design, fiber optic ring designs,

permitting, FTTN, FTTL and fiber to the cell site.

North Star Communications Group, Ridgeland, MS

Senior Carrier Engineer

(Contract Bell South / AT&T, Jackson, Mississippi)

November 2006 - October 2007

. Duties included: performing engineering designs on BAU projects

for fiber Optic cable networks utilizing BST CAD, OPEDS AND

OSPCM; preparing engineering specification drawings and

documentation along with DLEC docs; cost analysis reports for

deploying carrier systems and Digital Loop Carrier system turn-

up throughout the State of Mississippi, including the

provisioning fiber networks to cell sites for carrier system

cutover; designing, preparing and issuing specification drawings

for ADSL using Catena, ALCATEL 7330 with GIGE and CWDM

technology; preparing state, county and city permits and traffic

control plans associated with cable placements.

. Team member in the successful rebuilding and upgrading of

carrier systems and fiber net works, post hurricane Katharina,

resulting in the modernization of the service facilities, which

enabled the client to offer a wider array of services to their

customers. This program vastly increased the availability of DSL

services in the two districts allowing the company to meet its

contract commitment to the customers.

QWEST Communications

Littleton CO 80120 April 1997 - October 2006

Senior Network Planning Engineer

Serving Seattle Metro and SW Washington State

. Duties are as follows: Developing and managing of the annual

budget for three-year fundamental plans, in four assigned metro

wire centers; coordinating the planning and design on BAU

projects for connecting the feeder networks in these wire

centers to the main feeder networks in the Seattle, Washington,

metropolitan area.

. Responsibilities included the planning, analyzing, developing,

implementing of all OSP projects for the construction and

maintenance of the plant within the four wire centers; planning

and monitoring the design of AQCB HICAP CIRCUITS for all four

wire centers; presenting these funding documents along with

forecast information to senior management personnel for

obtaining the required funding and executive approval.

. Important contributor to the digitizing and upgrading of the

Toll, feeder and distribution networks within the Seattle

Washington metro area, allowing the company to meet demands for

land lines and AQCB high-capacity circuits in a cost effective

and timely manner.

. Major team player in planning the fiber optic networks and DLC

placement / upgrades for the DSL rollout in the Seattle metro

and the South west Washington areas. This service provisioning

initiative prompted the DSL "take rate" to grow approximately

30% in 2 years.

07/1986 - 01/1993

Various contract assignments

Senior Project Engineer, Planner, QRE/Hicap/LEC/Design/Project Coordinator

(contract CDI Telecom)

USWEST Communications Deer Creek CO, 1065 17th St Denver CO, West Mineral

Ave, CO 4/1995-4/1997

QRE Engineer Colorado SE District

. Member of the Colorado planning/BAU Design/ Quick Response Engineering

Team, with the responsibility for planning the network and designing

Hicap circuits for provisioning DS1, DS2, DS3, HDSL, 56Kbs and ISDN

service to customer's premises. Using copper and fiber optic cable as

mode of transport coupled with the deployment of multiplexing

equipment such as DDM 1000/2000, FLM-150ADM, FLM-600ADM and the Nortel

OC12.

NYNEX, New England Telephone, Waltham, MA - 1/1995-4/1995 (contract Sierra

Telecom)

Engineer Cambridge, MA

. Designing circuits and coordinating equipment orders for provisioning

56Kbs, 64Kbs, ISDN, T-1, DS3/ OC3 SHARP SHNNS, OC12, OC48 service

handing off at the customers premises, using both copper and fiber

optic technology. Deploying Litespan 2000 ODCL's, DDM1000/2000, FLM-

150ADM, FLM-600ADM, FLM-2400ADM and TELCO Systems FOX multiplexers.

Perform circuits and equipment inventory using TIRKS and FACS

databases. Managed and coordinated projects by providing liaison

between the customers, contractors, construction and other utilities

to achieve a timely completion of projects

USWEST Communications, Boulder CO, 10/1993-12/1994 (contract CDI Telecom)

Design Engineer NW Mountain wire centers

Turf wire centers, Coal Creek, Central City, Netherland, Idaho Springs,

George Town, Silver Plume

. Engineering design work was done on underground structures and fiber

optic networks in the Boulder, Niwott and Cottonwood wire centers.

Team lead on the POTS held order drive in Boulder and other wire

centers in the Northern Colorado region. Processing, analyzing and

Designing BAU jobs in response to POTS and Hicap held orders.

Designing and Coordinating the construction process on RFIP projects

(fiber optic and copper), for the MNT wire centers, in the Boulder

Engineering district.

Sprint (United Telephone Co), Annandale NJ / Bedford PA 4/1991-2/1993

(contract Sierra Telecom)

Senior Project Engineer

Turf wire centers, Bedford, Everett, Martinsburg and Clearville

. Developing and managing of the annual budget for the Three-Year

Fundamental plans, in the northwestern New Jersey wire centers.

Responsibilities included the planning, analyzing, developing,

Implementing of all BAU OSP projects for the construction and

maintenance of the plant within the northwestern New Jersey wire

centers.

. Perform engineering design on underground structures and fiber optic

networks in the Bedford and Chambersburg wire centers. Assisting with

the POTS held order drive in Bedford and other wire centers in the

Western Pennsylvania district. Processing and Designing BAU jobs in

response to POTS and Hicap held orders. Designing and coordinating

special projects (fiber optic and copper, DLC), providing service

upgrades within the Bedford Engineering district.

Bell Atlantic /New Jersey Bell-Piscataway, NJ - 4/1990- 3/1991 (contract

Sierra Telecom)

Senior Project Engineer

Turf wire centers, Plainfield, Scotch Plains and Westfield

. Perform Engineering design provisioning Hi-cap circuits DS1, DS2, DS3,

HDSL, 56Kbs and ISDN service to customer's premises. Processing and

Designing BAU jobs in response to POTS and Hicap held orders.

Designing and coordinating special projects (fiber optic and copper,

DLC, SAC), providing service upgrades within the North-central NJ

Engineering district.

Sprint (United Telephone Co), Newton NJ/ Belvedere NJ 9/1989-3/1990

(contract Sierra Telecom)

Senior Project Engineer

Turf wire centers, Newton, Belvidere, Oxford, Franklin and Montague

. Perform engineering design on aerial fiber optic networks in several

wire centers within the NW New Jersey district. Assisting with the

POTS held order drive in western NJ wire centers. Processing and

Designing BAU jobs in response to POTS and Hicap held orders.

Designing and coordinating special projects (fiber optic and copper,

DLC, SAC), providing service upgrades within the Newton and Belvedere

Engineering districts.

Southern New England Telephone Co. (SNET), Meriden, CT. 3/1988-8/1989

(contract Sierra Telecom)

Senior Project Engineer

Turf wire centers, Plainville, Moodus, Southington and Wallingford

. Perform engineering design on aerial and underground fiber optic

networks within assigned wire centers. Assisting with the POTS held

order drive in central NE district wire centers. Processing and

Designing BAU jobs in response to POTS and Hicap held orders.

Designing and coordinating special projects (fiber optic and copper,

DLC, SAC), providing service upgrades within the central northeast

engineering districts.

Bell Atlantic/New Jersey Bell-Jersey City (Journal Square) 9/1987-3/1988

(contract Sierra Telecom)

Senior Project Engineer

Turf wire centers, Jersey City (north), Hoboken and Bayonne

. Perform engineering design provisioning Hi-cap circuits for DS1, DS2,

DS3, HDSL, 56Kbs and ISDN service to customer's premises. Using

copper and fiber optic cable as mode of transport coupled with the

deployment of multiplexing equipment such as DDM 1000/2000, FLM-

150ADM, FLM-600ADM and the Nortel OC12. Engineering and designing work

was done for placing toll fiber cable between Hoboken- Jersey city and

Jersey City-Bayonne central offices.

NYNEX, New England Telephone, Saugus, MA - 7/1986- 9/1987 (contract Sierra

Telecom)

Senior Project Engineer

Turf wire centers, Lynn, Salem, Swampscott, Marblehead

. Designing job issued under the BAU process. Built underground

structures and new fiber optic networks provisioning service in assign

wire centers. Assisting with the POTS held order drive in all assigned

wire centers in the Massachusetts NE district. Designing and

coordinating BAU projects (fiber optic and copper, DLC, SAI upgrades),

providing service upgrades within the Engineering district.

The Jamaica Telephone Company LTD

Kingston Jamaica, W.I. July 1973 - June 1986

Senior manager outside plant engineering, planning & forecasting

Area of responsibility:

. The management and supervision personnel in the outside plant planning

engineering and forecasting departments was my primary responsibility.

. As planning manager I was instrumental in leading the outside plant

planning engineering team in the systems modernization and plant

upgrades. These changes were necessary to meet the demand primarily

triggered by the upswing in housing construction and the businesses

that supported those housing developments.

. The systems modernization and plant upgrades program resulted in the

lowering of the held order percentages by enhancing the ability to

provision both POTS and Hi-cap services, in all areas on the island,

in a timely manner.

EDUCATION:

University of Phoenix, Denver (2003)

BSB/IS, Business in Computer Information Systems

Jamaica Institute of Management

Diploma Personnel and Supervisory Management (1984)

College of Arts, Science & Technology, Kingston, Jamaica, WI

Professional Certificate in Industrial Management (UK), Institution of

Industrial Managers, London, England, 1982

College of Arts, Science & Technology, Kingston, Jamaica, WI

Dip Electrical Engineering 1973.

Cornwall College Montego Bay, Jamaica, WI (High School)

General Certificate in Education, A level, (Univ. Cambridge UK) 1969

General Certificate in Education, O level, (Univ. Cambridge UK) 1968

General Certificate in Education, O level, (Univ. of London UK) 1967

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:

Member of the institute of industrial Managers (Jam)

Member - Cornwall College Old Boys Association Alumni (NYC)

Member - University of Technology Alumni (CAST Alumni)

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