Air Force auxiliary major, network research engineer, microwave

George T. Takahashi, AAS, BS.

**** *********** **** • Riverside, California 92509

Home: 951-***-**** • Cell: 909-***-**** • E-mail: **************@*******.***

Aviation Safety/Risk Management/Leadership

US Air Force Auxiliary Captain/Pilot and Red Cross First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor

Research & Development/Project Management

Research, Development, Evaluation & testing of new equipment, software (Interactive Design & usability testing), safety and risk management, project management, equipment engineering, maintenance engineering, task flow graphs, software upgrading, training, training development and technical support

Technical Support

Technical support of new products, equipment, troubleshooting, consultation, and customers’ satisfaction

Transferable skills include: research and product development, management, interactive design & usability testing, technical support, human factors analysis, failure analysis, critical thinking, staff and customer training.

EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND / TRANSFERABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

AIR FORCE AUXILIARY (Volunteer) – Hemet-Ryan Airport, Hemet, California 2001 to Present

Currently a Captain in the US Air Force Auxiliary, Incident Commander, CD Mission Manager, qualified as: a mission, transport & counter drug pilot, administration, and emergency services/search & rescue, aerospace education, homeland defense, train the trainer, radio operations, risk management, crew resource management, safety training, education and more.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON 9/2005 to 5/2016

IT Communications Construction/Maintenance Technician

Construction and Installation of communications equipment for monitoring and transfer of high voltage lines, telephones, telephone switches, data, network monitoring equipment, wiring, Teaching –Safety and Telecommunications etc.

QUALIFIED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION – Upland, California 6/2005 to 9/2005

Contractor

Assist building, designingand modification of equipment for testing, evaluating cleaning and shipping of aircraft heat exchangers, switches and other devices that require FAA periodic testing.

US TELEPACIFIC - Los Angeles, California 2000 to 2005

Network Research and Development Engineer

Researched, developed and tested new equipment, training, documentation, technical support, failure analysis, interactive design & usability testing, equipment engineering, project management, staff & customer training, task flow graphs, vendor evaluation, problem and resolution, evaluation and approval of major multi-million dollar capital equipment expenditures.

Identified, qualified and evaluated vendors, project managed new devices to be installed in network with support, training, configuration, interactive design, and usability testing. Results: major reduction of capitol expenditures ($3,000,000 yr) and determined negative customer outage trends.

Recommended and established training program on newly released product combining voice and data on single T1 (1.544 megabit) line for testing customer service problems.

Documented all approved devices with test plans, approval documents, configurations, vendor’s instructional manuals, and quick start guides; made all information available in company library.

ICG COMMUNICATIONS - Los Angeles, California 1998 to 2000

Senior Network, Installation and Training Supervisor

Installation, configuration, and project management of telecommunication equipment

Maintained/Installed microwave network, power plants, DACS, fiber optics, multiplexers, various

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telecommunications equipment, supervisor, training of technicians in installation, resulting in just-in-time service.

PRIOR CAREER HISTORY

SPECTRANET, FIRST WORLD INTERNATIONAL - Anaheim, California 1997 - 1998

Contractor/Network Manager

Monitored and maintained communications network, DMS 500 Supernode telephone switch, exercised two GM 871 diesel generators and the transfer switched, acted on alarms to determine action necessary.

SAGE GROUP - Burbank, California 1997 – 1998 & 2006

Contractor/Part-time Instructor

Delivered telecommunication courses (telecommunications technician test and fiber optics) to Pacific Bell Telephone.

SPRINT PCS – Irvine, California 1997 - 1998

Contractor/Cellular Site Technician

Coordinate cell site construction & equipment installation (circuit testing, wiring, setup and more) of CDMA digital cellular technology and telecommunication instruction to new technicians.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY - Monterey Park, California 1990 - 1996

Communications Technician

Maintained data network, microwave network, telephone network, mobile radio and mobile radio data communications terminals.

AT&T - Los Angeles, California 1984 - 1990

Communications Technician

Tested voice and data circuits across the nation, coordinated repair

PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE - Los Angeles, California 1980 - 1984

Communications Technician

Tested voice data, telephoto, circuit order and testboard.

EDUCATION

Devry Technical Institute

Associate Degree in Applied Sciences 1977

Electronics – Digital principles

California State University at Long Beach

Bachelor of Science 2001

Occupational Studies, Vocational Education,

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida.

Master of Science 2004

Human Factors in Systems Specialization, and Education Technology Specialization

North Central University

Doctoral Degree (completed )

Started (December 2006) PH.D in Business Administration with a specialty in psychology.

CONTINUING EDUCATION and TRAINING

Train the Trainer, US Air Force Auxiliary, Skills Evaluator Training, US Air Force Auxiliary

Licensed FAA Pilot, working on instrument and commercial license, and Teaching telecommunications for The Sage Group.

PROFICIENCIES

Telecom equipment, project management, software, operating software, design usability and research & development, and teaching.

Y WORDS FOR SCANNING

Associate Degree in Applied Sciences Electronics, use test equipment, evaluation of test results, evaluation of customer problems, develop test plans, technical advisories, evaluate new vendors and equipment, evaluation and problem resolution of network problems, knowledge of all telecommunications equipment and how they work in the network, troubleshooting, negotiation of training, Technical, team work with subordinates, project management, evaluation of engineering drawing vs. actual installation, Technical, quick learner, not afraid of technology, Learn by doing, Technical, critical thinking, troubleshooting, determine corrective actions to alarms,

teaching concepts, motivational, knowledge of telecommunications, (basic electricity, electronics, digital theory – concepts, Technical knowledge of RF, RF connectors, Heliax, RF test equipment, Electronics, testing, evaluation of problems, installation of all equipment, 4 wheel knowledge to get to mountain tops, critical thinking, Cognitive thinking of circuit design to troubleshoot problems, technical mind

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