ELIOT TOMEO
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING MANAGER
Dynamic Telecommunications Engineering Manager with more than 25 years of international Electrical Engineering experience. Demonstrated telecommunications expertise including Data, OSP, GSM, Transmission, and Switching. Skilled at Telecom Technologies including Digital Microwave, Optical DWDM SONET SDH, NGN, Satellite, VoIP, Broadband, HFC, and FTTX equipment. Extensive infrastructure operations knowledge including Fiber Optic Cable, UHF Coastal Radio, UPS/DC Rectifiers, Batteries, Solar Power, Heating and Air Conditioning, and Fire Protection Systems. Proven Technical Engineering experience including planning, budgeting, and strategic distribution of data and transmission parts for replacement and repair. Strong project management expertise with Interconnectivity and Broadband Services, Long Haul / Metro DWDM Telecom Network implementations, Collocation of Telecom Assets / Services, Digital Microwave, and domestic Fiber Networks in Chicago, New York, Denver, Alaska, Vermont, and New Hampshire, and internationally in Malaysia, Indonesia, Germany, and Saudi Arabia.
Telecommunications Engineering Budgeting Cost / Benefit Analysis International Business Expense Control
Change Management Consulting Strategic Planning Team Leadership / Motivation Process Improvement
Start Ups / Turnarounds Joint Ventures IT Infrastructure / Design Deployment / Migrations IT Strategy
APAC / Europe / MEA Environments Project Life Cycle Management Procurement Supply Chain Management
Technical Support Technical Writing Negotiations Presentations Distribution Inventory Management
Forecasting Root Causes Analysis Solution Design Network Policy Development Disaster Recovery
Business Continuity Planning Vendor Evaluation SLA Formulation Bid Evaluation Logistics Outsourcing
Purchasing QC / QA Vendor Relations Ops Management Scheduling Customer Service Project Management
SAUDI TELECOM COMPANY Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 10/2002 – 4/2018
Leading provider of technology services required for businesses and organizations worldwide.
Senior Advisor - O&M
Supported Technical Telecom Services, Commercial Operations, and System Maintenance. Provided maintenance policy development and planning for Transmission and Data Equipment including vendor management and parts inventories. Performed purchasing and procurement to maintain optimum managed services for Service Level Agreements. Coordinated parts testing and specifications development to ensure uninterrupted system services. Implemented recycling and reuse of components to reduce experiences and No Fault Found. Enhanced Network Performance in REMEDY with Root Cause Analysis of outages and service issues by creating trouble tickets and developing system solutions. Performed RFP / RFQ Compliance Review and Bid Evaluation for CapEx and OpEx Spare Part procurements. Established Key Performance Indicators within Service Level Agreements for Managed Services. Documented workflow processes and identified compatible replacements and alternate solutions.
KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES Ketchikan, Alaska 4/2002 – 10/2002
Municipal utility services including telecommunication, internet, engineering, electric and water services.
Telecom Chief Engineer
Directed Contract Engineers, Technicians, and team of five senior personnel for Project and Procurement management of telecom engineering operations and design support for technologies including FOC, ADSL, DSL, Routers, DC Power, Microwave, SONET Muxes Expense Budgeting, Compliance, and Coordination for PAT and FAT.
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NORTEL NETWORKS Frankfurt, Germany 5/2000 – 8/2001
Multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer.
Project Manager - Transmission, Data and Switching
Provided Project and Program implementations including Material Purchases Matrix Management, Purchases, Design Engineering, Hardware and Software Installation Team, Client Interactions, Testing, and Statutory Compliance for Central Office Switching, DWDM transport, STPs, and Passport Routers.
CORE COMM INTERNET SERVICES Chicago, Illinois 12/1999 – 5/2000
Internet service provider.
Program Manager
Led 10-member team supporting Project Managers, O&M Technicians, Installation Technicians, Vendor Installation Teams, Corporate Provisioning and Final Acceptance Testing for Collocation and Interconnection Projects with Service Providers.
Additional Experience
Transatlantic PoP Transmission Project Manager, GTS-FLAG JV, Manhattan, New York
Transmission Project Manager, Lucent Technologies, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
OSP Project Manager. Bechtel / Aria West Project, Bandung, Indonesia
Transmission Project Manager, US West International / Maxis Mobile, Kuala Lumpur
OSP Contractor, TDS Telecom, Vernon, New York / New London, New Hampshire
OSP Design Engineer, US West, Denver, Colorado
OSP and ISP Project Manager, TDS Telecom, Northfield, Vermont
OSP Project Manager, Rochester Telephone, Rochester, New York
ISP Central Office Engineer, Continental Telephone / GTE, Johnstown, New York
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
SDH, SONET, DWDM Transmission Technologies, Corrosion Engineering, Time and Value of Money,
Net Present Value Studies, Huawei FTTX Technology
COMPUTER SKILLS
Technology Systems: Telecom Transmission Long Haul / Metro, Last Mile, HFC
Networking Equipment: SLC, A FL, FLM, Passport 7K / 15K, Shasta, OPTERA, Lambda Unite, UMG8900, 1830PSS, OSN9500, OSN9800, OSN1800, OSN8800, BWS1600G, OLS400G, hiT7500, hiT7300, hiT70XX, Cisco 7500 / 7600, Juniper (M, E, ERX), OSN3500, ADMU, AMU, Nera Evolution, Harris Starlink, NEC PASOLINK, Coriant mTera, DACS4, DACS5, and SLM
Protocols: TCP, IP, IMA, ATM
Operating Systems: VMS, UNIX, MCP, Windows, Novell Netware, DOS, Windows NT
Languages: Linux, FORTRAN, C
Database: STARTS, WFMS, ADMS, Oracle
NMS Tools: CICS, REMEDY
PM Tools: Primavera, MS Project, Cascade, Intergraph, AutoCAD, Autodesk, CImage, LFACS, MARS, REMEDY