Alice Simmons
MORRISTOWN NJ 973-***-****) ************@*****.***
Summary:
Committed to the successful delivery of telecom products to customers and supporting the hardware necessary to keep lines of communications working. Drawing on the Experience of thirty plus years in various technologies as the foundation of understanding each new phase of progress as it unfolds into future applications. Recognizing the need to simplify each process to bring the best product to market with the most efficient methods possible.
EDUCATION
BA Ottawa University (1976)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Verizon Wireless Bedminster, NJ
NOC Technician: 2012-2018
Reacting to alarms by ticketing and calling out to various company associates including cell techs, switch techs and other support groups
Interface with telecom providers to escalate repair of facility outages
Status various routers and switching equipment to support and implement the repair process
Key results: Known for detailed ticket creation and update for necessary rebates from telco providers
Adecco engineering and Technical: September 2011 – March 2012
Placed as a contractor as an Alarm tester
Given added responsibility of updating all routine alarm tests in the Xng Citrix inventory for Network Operation Center
Assisted cell techs with the new auto-test procedures
Wireless Advocates: March 2011 to September 2011
Activation and sales of wireless products and service contracts in partnership with Staples
Contact wireless carriers to resolve service issues and problems with the activation process
Verizon: Central Office Technician: September 1990-June 2008
4ess switching 2 years 95 Williams Street, Newark, NJ
Sixteen years outside field technician Dover NJ
Key Result: Customer contact face to face as a field technician: gained trust of my regular customers to go above and beyond to get them back in service.
ATT May 1980-September 1990
Communications Technician: 95 Williams street Newark NJ
Accepting circuits from telco by optimize testing
KEY SKILLS
Juniper Certification April 2018 recertified
Fiber optic troubleshooting and location
Sectionalization and troubleshooting complex network issues using status of related routers and scanning data logs in relation to the time the problem commenced
Escalating network problems to appropriate group whether that be internal or external issues