James M. Littledale
Elgin, IL. 60123
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Home - 847-***-****
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A position in a Company where my Telecommunications experiences with Voice Systems and peripherals, VOIP, and Cabling will be utilized.
Field Service Engineer/Technician:
Working with all aspects of the Telecommunications Industry. Knowledgeable and experienced with Telephone Systems, Voice Mail Systems, Call Accounting Systems, Telephone Lines and Circuits, Vendor Management, Cable Plant Wiring, Modems, and other peripheral equipment.
Employment:
Oct. 2013 to Aug. 2015 Call One
225 W. Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL. 60606
Title: Field Technician
Responsibilities: Responsible for all levels of maintenance of the Clients PBX, Voice Mail and cross connects, Moves, Adds and Changes and whatever else the customer requests. Systems include Avaya IP Office, ShoreTel, Norstars, and Partners. Assist in any team installations. Test and turn up PRI circuits, MPLS circuits, POTS lines, and number port testing. Provide lead and support work on cabling installations.
Apr. 2013 to Oct. 2013 TekSystems
1933 N. Meacham Road
Schaumburg, IL. 60173
Title: Cable Technician (Contractor)
Responsibilities: Working for Nicom to wire new locations for JC Penney in phases while the store are remodeling. Using Category 6 cable, jacks, and certifying. Installing new POS cash RAPS, and printers. We also are testing with JCP Corporate to verify the connections to the network and equipment. Other projects are rewiring Family Dollars for their remodeling. Wiring access points for Eddie Bauer stores. Overnight Re-wires for Family Dollar stores. Working tickets for other vendors troubleshooting equipment and wire problems.
Oct. 2004 to Mar. 2013 Verizon Communications
1500 Scottsdale Ct.
Elgin, IL. 60123
Title: Communications Field Technician
Verizon Communications (TekSystems)
Title: Communications Field Technician (Contractor)
Responsibilities: Responsible for all levels of maintenance of the Clients PBX, Voice Mail and cross connects, Moves, Adds and Changes and whatever else the maintenance contract stipulates. A roaming tech. that filled in for On-Site techs. Assist in any team installations, Maintenance, and Upgrades. All systems as small as a BCM50 for the U.S. Marshalls, and Citygrid Media to CS1000E systems for American Airlines, Kaplan University, and HSBC. Coordinating moves of the telecommunications systems for HSBC, and Moelis.
The main region I support is the downtown Chicago Area.
Helping support the Chicago Suburban, Wisconsin, and Indiana Regions.
May 2004 to Oct. 2004 Cargill Investor Services (Alternative Resources)
233 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 2300
Chicago, IL. 60606
Title: Voice/Data Technical Analyst (Contractor)
Responsibilities: All aspects of PBX and Voice Mail installation and maintenance, cross connects, moves, adds and changes. Lead or assist in support with installations and maintenance of the all circuits to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade and all offices around the world. Document and maintain circuits, PBX hardware and software. Coordinating all IPC Turret telephones at CME, CBOT, and the Sears Tower. Coordinating all automatic ring down circuits (ARD) and Hoot circuits from the customers to CIS offices or trading floors. Maintain all recorders on the Dictaphone system for recording any trade calls. Handle all Cell Phone Accounts (AT&T Wireless and Nextel), programming and maintenance.
Apr. 2003 to Jan. 2004 Prescient Development
1515 Woodfield Rd.
Schaumburg, IL. 60173
Title: Telecom. Consultant
Responsibilities: Responsible for all levels of installations and maintenance of the Clients KSU, PBX, Voice Mail and cross connects, Moves, Adds, and Changes and whatever else the maintenance contract stipulates. Lead or assist in support with installations and maintenance of the Chicagoland Area systems. Help with parts maintenance and inventory.
Major Projects:
Chicago Appraisal - Installation of 10 station Jacks, mount and move the MICS telephone system, NAM voicemail system, and reprogram 10 telephones.
Kensington Homes - Move and reprogram the CICS telephone system and upgrade the 2 port Flash voicemail to a 4 port with 48 mailboxes.
Crawford Broadcasting - Power 92.3 - Move the MICS telephone system, 2 port Flash voicemail system, install a 16 port digital station module, and install the PRI Circuit.
Feb. 2003 to Apr. 2003 U.S. Cellular and Verizon Wireless (TekSystems for MSI)
1400 Opus Place
Downers Grove, IL. 60515
Title: Field Drive Tester (Contractor)
Responsibilities: Responsible for remotely Calibrating, Verifying, Drive Testing, and working with a team to bring each cell site online for the emergency E911 system. Tasks included driving to multiple coordinates to make cell phone calls to calibrate the cell sites and the GPS satellites. Then, the second round of testing was driving to different coordinates to verify the calibration testing. Then, there was remote testing with the cells and activation groups and the local emergency groups like the county police or city police stations to verify that the live test calls gave the right coordinates of the cell phones.
Oct. 2001 to Oct. 2002 Verizon Communications (CNF Placement)
4020 Winnetka Ave.
Rolling Meadows, IL. 60008
Title: Communications Field Technician (Contractor)
Responsibilities: Responsible for all levels of maintenance of the Clients PBX, Voice Mail and cross connects, Moves, Adds and Changes and whatever else the maintenance contract stipulates. Assist in any team installations and Maintenance.
Support of the downtown Chicago Area.
Helping to Support the North and South Regions.
Helped in supporting the Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Hospital system.
Sep. 2000-to Apr. 2001 Medline Industries
1200 Townline Road
Mundelein, IL. 60060
Title: Telecommunications Specialist
Responsibilities: Responsible for all levels of Nortel PBX, Meridian Voice Mail and Infortext Call Accounting System MACs work performed in the corporate office and traveled to out-of-state Medline offices. Work with network engineers for technical support for growth. To maintain vendor contacts. To help the business in its technical needs.
Danbury, CT. Project Assist the Network Engineer with all of the aspects of the project. Cabling, voice and data circuits
Dubuque, IA. Expansion Project Work with the vendors for the PBX, Cabling, Electrical and the Cubicles to expand 27 new locations and plan for 20 more future locations.
Upgraded the Nortel PBXs from release 23 to release 25.
Upgraded the Meridian Voice Mail Systems from 36 ports and 120 hours to 48 ports and 300 hours.
Oct. 1985-to Aug. 2000 Experian Information Solutions/Direct Marketing Tech./Metromail Corp.
955 American Lane
Schaumburg, IL. 60173
Title: Telecommunications Specialist
Responsibilities: Responsible for all levels of Nortel PBX, Octel Voice Mail and Telemate Call Accounting System MACs work performed in the Schaumburg office and traveled to out-of-state Experian offices. Work with network engineers for technical support for growth. To maintain vendor contacts. To help the business in its technical needs.
Broomfield, CO. Move Project Relocating 48 stations, adding a NEC 2400 PBX, Octel 250 Voice Mail System. Work with the vendors for the cabling, and circuits for the voice and data communications.
Upgrading the Nortel PBXs from release 23 to release 25.
Schaumburg, IL. Expansion Project Work with the vendors for the PBX and Cabling of the 189,000 sq. ft. building (1300 Stations).
Equipment Experience:
Telephone Systems:
Avaya IP Office rel. 9.0
ShoreTel Rel. 14.2
Avaya/Nortel Succession CS1000E, Release 3.0 to 7.5
Avaya/Nortel Meridian 1, Option 81C, 61C, 11C PBX Systems, All Releases
Nortel BCM 450, 400, 200, 50
Norstar MICS and CICS Telephone Systems
Database Design and Documentation
Voice Mail Systems:
Avaya IP Office Embedded and Voicemail PRO
CallPilot 201i, 702t, 600r, 1005rp
CallPilot 100/150
Meridian Mail
NAM (Applications Module)
StarTalk/Flash
Octel Aria 250 and 350
Mailbox Programming and Maintenance
Automated Attendant Exchange
Database Design and Documentation
Other Voice Equipment:
Telemate Call Accounting System
ISI Infortext (OTM & TM) Call Accounting System (Limited)
IPC Turret Phones (Limited)
Dictaphone Recorders (Limited)
NICE Recording System (Limited)
PC Software Experience:
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio (Diagram Software)
Lotus Notes: E-Mail
AR Remedy: Ticket Tracking Software
Magic: Ticket Tracking Software
Tigerpaw Ticket Tracking Software
Procomm Plus (Terminal Emulator)
Putty (Terminal Emulator)
Technical Training
Avaya IP Office Basic and Advanced Classes
ShoreTel 3200 Class
Nortel CS1000E 7.5 Upgrade and Installation
Nortel CS1000E 5.0 Administration, Installation / Maintenance
Nortel CallPilot 4.0 Administration
Nortel Contact Center Scripting 1
Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND1) Part 1 (Recent Class)
Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND2) Part 2 (Recent Class)
On the Job Training
Ongoing Training of Voice / Data Integration Concepts
Ongoing Training of Cable plant, WAN's and Voice Network Designs
Education:
2003 – 2003 Devry University
Addison, IL.
Major: Telecommunications Management
1977 – 1978 Elgin Community College
1980 – 1981 Elgin, IL. 60123
Major: Computer Sciences
1973 – 1977 Elgin High School
Elgin, IL. 60120
General Course Study
Professional References:
Provided upon request.