E.Darren Patterson
Email: *********@********.***
Address: *** ******* **
City: Stewartsville
State: NJ
Zip: 08886
Country: USA
Phone: 908-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: $115,000
Willing to Relocate
Primary Skills/Experience:
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Educational Background:
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Job History / Details:
EDWARD DARREN PATTERSON
732 Jackson Road
Stewartsville, New Jersey 08886
OBJECTIVE: To be involved in a high-tech field and utilize my fifteen years of design and engineering experience, seeking a position to continue to maximize my designing, engineering and project managing skills.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Overhead & Underground electrical distribution, Sizing transformers, ATM Switches, SONET, STS-1, DS3, DS1, CISCO routers, TELLABS DACS, SS7 NETWORK, Digital Services (HDSL, ADSL, ISDN), Network ISDN Knowledge, Outside Plant Engineer Design, Outside Plant Work Prints, Digital Loop Carrier (DLC), US West Communication Network, Winstar TDMA Network, Project management, Sales, Supervisory Skills, Procurement & Contracting, Proposal Writing, Computer Literacy
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
JERSEY CENTRAL POWER& LIGHT Morristown, NJ
Regional Reliability Engineer 2003-Present
*Manage Reliability Customer Complaints (RCCs) by way of contacting customers and explaining history of power outages and investigating circuits to improve reliability service.
*Make recommendations on improving reliability on High SAIDI circuits.
*Manage and perform load management and phase balancing for Washington & Flemington districts.
*Monitor SATEC metering at various substations to determine any overload issues based on new loads.
*Evaluate circuits using CYME/CYME TCC to balance and create models for new loads on existing circuits.
*Engineer customer voltage complaints using graphical application GISVIEW/GISDESIGN based on overload issues or Television Interference problems.
*Prepare cost estimates for new projects due to allowable budget to improve facility modifications.
*Participate in storm duties as a Storm Analyst providing assistance to Regional Dispatch Office (RDO) to expedite restoration time during power outages.
*Facilitate First Energy employees during its -Customer First- campaign program on providing exceptional customer service.
*Supervised 14 man personnel for Phillipsburg Substation Department.
DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER Fairfax, VA.
Associate Project Designer 2001-2003
*Engineered and designed overhead and underground electrical distribution facilities based on customer load requirements and existing facilities.
*Performed inspection of work request of the particular job site. Determining metering requirements and preparing automated and manual sketches of property and proposed installation.
*Initiated and prepared cost estimates based on design of new construction or facility modification.
*Prepared joint use notification, CATV permits, underground agreements, and facilities charge agreements, billing authorities, revenue calculations and other necessary documentation of cost estimates.
*Significant interaction with all customer base.
WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS Herndon, VA.
Service Node Engineer 1999-2001
*Designed network layout of Lucent ATM and 5ESS switches, Tellabs DACS and CISCO routers to upgrade and expand the United States broadband telecommunications infrastructure. Selected digital electronic equipment to include power sources, relay racks, fiber cables, and high-speed electronic cards.
*Initiated Engineering Work Orders to install switch modules equipped with DNU-S (Digital Network Unit-SONET) shelf and established equipment assignments to a DIXI-3 panel at the STS-1 rate.
*Performed hardware equipment audits at central offices to insure compatibility standards were adhered. Worked closely with field representatives at central offices regarding troubleshooting equipment, equipment shortages and equipment maintenance.
*Extensive interaction with vendors concerning equipment purchases and procurement. Significant travel to central offices in various markets across the United States.
US WEST COMMUNICATIONS Littleton, CO
Outside Plant Design Engineer 1995-1999
*Managed and designed outside plant distribution facilities for various services such as OC-3 and OC-48 traffic, DLC systems, HDSL, ADSL, ISDN, digital design services, as well as regular POTS for 3 Minneapolis, MN high traffic volume wire centers.
*Increased US West Communications revenue by reducing held orders for POTS and digital design services by more than 50% over a four-year period.
*Initiated common planning documents and outside plant engineer design work packages to the field engineers to procure cost and material.
*Motivated and worked with 5-member team to complete high volume of digital design service orders within monthly deadlines.
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT of TRANSPORTATION
Hauppauge, NY
Senior Engineer Technician 1993-1995
*Supervised construction operations to ensure compliance with plans, specifications and instructions for NY DOT roads and highway projects.
*Produced reports for procurement and contracting jobs for the State of New York.
*Created and maintained contractor budget database utilizing QUATRO-PRO. Monitored and updated traffic devices used in the field using PARADOX database.
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES SOLUTIONS INC. Farmingdale, NY
Sales Director 1992-1993
*Arranged sales proposals on design and manufactured test equipment for the US Navy.
*Supervised 5 major international and domestic sales representatives.
*Wrote product and press releases for engineering distributions, which increased equipment sales.
*Assisted in assembly and fabrication of printed circuit boards and associated wiring.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science in Physics from Hampton University- Hampton, Virginia, 1991
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Old Dominion University-Norfolk, Virginia, 1991
COMPUTER SKILLS:
LANGUAGES: TurboPascal, C/C++
HARDWARE: UNIX Sun Station, IBM PC and clones
SOFTWARE: Microsoft Office, VISTA, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, MS-DOS, WINDOWS, NETSCAPE, AUTO-CAD, VISIO, OSP-FM,SAP