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Erie, PA *****

acgt90@r.postjobfree.com

Paul Schonenberger

Career Summary I am an experienced Electrical Engineer and Project

Manager with excellent computer skills and mechanical

aptitude. I have exposure to a wide range of

technologies as well as having sales and management

experience.

Experience June 2013 - July 2014 B&R Resource Solutions, Remote

Office

Project Manager

Managed Cell Site OSP construction of over 300

locations in Eastern PA. Duties included Management of

construction contractors, Engineering Firms and Dark

Fiber providers. Assisted with contracts for Dark

Fiber. Managed Splicing and Maintenance window

operations. Tracked Permitting operations and managed

escalation where necessary. Performed Field

Engineering when required. Inspected finished work and

approved final invoice packages with as-built drawings.

Reported to higher Project management for corporate

reporting. Forecasted engineering, permitting,

construction, splicing and OTDR testing. Also created

a Customized Database for tracking all tasks,

centralized and web-enabled on a SharePoint platform.

Development was completed in an MS Access platform.

Created and maintained Sharepoint sites for individual

customers, including the database, libraries, project

e-mail boxes, work flows, and more. Maintained all

Tracking and reporting information for use by customer

project managers and executives.

Oct 2012 - Mar 2013 Focus Fiber Soluions Allentown,

PA

Project Manager

Managed telecommunications projects in an area cover

the western half of PA and Western NY State. Was

responsible to material purchase, subcontractor

services purchasing, profit on projects, timely

execution of projects. Projects included, but were not

limited to bringing additional fiber to cell sites,

installing upgraded equipment at cell sites. Aspects

of position included white-lining paths, one-call

notification, flagger force service requests, and more.

Jan 2011 - Dec 2011 GE Transportation (on Adecco

contract) Erie, PA

Project Leader

Lead multiple projects simultaneously for the Services

Engineering Productivity group. Projects were of a

technical nature to increase profit margin of Service

Contracts while ensuring proper process flow is

followed. Duties included project scoping, costing,

schedule management and others. Value of the projects

worked in the 1 yr contract term are scheduled to save

approximately $15mil over the life of the service

contracts. Utilized Access database to identify

potentials, and track usage reports for actualization

of savings. Tracked progress of projects. Presented

projects to stakeholders via prepared presentations

detailing the various aspects at different stages of

the projects.

Experience (Cont) Feb 2010 - Jan 2011 BMS Catastrophe Houston, TX

General Restoration Supervisor

Supervise crews of workers performing restoration

and/or demolition of facilities following a

catastrophic loss. Maintained paperwork for

accountability of man-hours, equipment use, supply

use, and tasks performed. Assure safety of crew and

overall workspace. Perform Q.C. checks when tasks are

completed.

Nov 2001-Dec 2008 NBD International Ravenna, OH

Project Engineer

Inspection and assessment of equipment located in a

large (Tier 1) manufacturing plant, Hospitals, Hotels,

Machine Shops, and other commercial sites subsequent

to a major loss

Assessment of pre-loss condition

Provided technical requirements to restore equipment

to pre-loss condition.

Assisted and supervised restoration of equipment and

systems.

Equipment included (but not limited to): I.T Racks and

equipment, PBX Systems and Telephony distribution

systems, SMT and Thru-hole assembly machines and

associated equipment, CNC Machine Tools and equipment,

final assembly stations with tools and test equipment,

General Office equipment, Medical Equipment, Injection

molding presses

Dec 1999-Jul 2001 RCN Corp New York, NY

Project Engineer

Design of Telephone, Video and Data distribution

systems to be installed in new residential buildings

and Commercial Properties

Design of Sonet rings for commercial applications

requiring high bandwidth or high reliability, including

configuration of C.O. and Remote equipment.

Engineering support and Cost analysis and ROI estimates

Interfaced with Owners, Electrical Contractors, General

Contractors, RCN Sub-Contractors, and other provider

companies throughout design and construction of RCN

Distribution systems

Interfaced with Network Design Group, OSP, Sales,

Activations, and other RCN Departments to facilitate

design and construction .

Dec 1998-Dec 1999 VXI-bus Associates. Boonton, NJ

Electrical Engineer

Project management and coordination with Mechanical

Engineering

Design of Modular Power Supply standard

Writing of large portions of IEEE Standard proposal for

SATS (Structured Architecture for Test Standards)

Managed other Electrical Engineers and contractors

Printed Circuit Board design

Experience June 1997-Dec 1998 Lambda Electronics, Inc. Melleville, NY

(Cont)

Associate Design Engineer

Design and testing of Switching mode power supplies

including Including Acceptance testing, design

verification testing, troubleshooting, repair, and

recommendation and implementation of design changes

Design of test fixtures, and special test equipment

Compliance testing

Oct 1990-June 1997 Radio Shack Various, NJ

Sales Representative/Store Manager

Retail Electronics Sales and Management, Customer service

In Store Marketing and implementation of corporate

marketing

Customer support and product suggestions and assistance

Inventory management

Manage profit margins

Sep 1992-Jun 1997 Stevens Institute of Tech. Hoboken, NJ

Teaching Assistant, lab Assistant, Lab Technician

Assisted Professors, held recitation classes, maintained

grades

Assisted Students with design projects

Trouble-shooting and repair of Lab equipment

Jun 1986-Oct 1990 U.S. Navy Mayport, FL

Fire Control Technician

Maintenance and operation of Gun and Missile systems

Troubleshooting and repair of Gun and Missile systems

Systems included: Search and fire-control radar systems,

Analog fire-control computer systems, Digital computer and

control systems, Electro-mechanical and electro-hydraulic

systems

Education Sep 1992-Jun 1997 Stevens Institute of Tech Hoboken, NJ

B.E., Electrical Engineering

Concentration in RF, Communications, fiber optics

President of IEEE Student Chapter, Officer of Beta Theta

Pi Fraternal Society

Interests Electrical Engineering, Design Engineering, computer

hardware, telecommunications, management, project

management, consulting

Additional

Skills Skilled with most Microsoft Products including all Office

programs and MS Project and MS Access. Familiar with Lotus

Notes. Skilled in OrCAD Schematic capture and Layout,

Power Logic, MathCAD. Experienced with Windows NT, 98, 7,

8, as well as Autocad R14, 2000 and 2004. Have done some

Web design, used Macromedia Dreamweaver. Have implemented,

maintained and operated small enterprise Server

environment using Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Also

have some experience using and maintaining Unix systems.

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