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Julio A. Vera, P.E.
Summary
Over 18 year experience in Telecommunications Engineering Management, including technical support and sales, with a strong emphasis on quality assurance. Fiber, SONET, TDM, Cellular Networks, MPLS, Microwave.
Experience
September 2013
September 2015 Copper River IT Home Office,CA
Quality Assurance/Program Engineer
In charge of the engineering decisions for all telecom projects.
Increased Telecom Division earnings by bringing in new customers.
Analyzed Constructions Drawings, RFDS and specifications from customers for accuracy and viability.
Monitored and evaluated Telecom Team activities for Quality Assurance.
Analyzed and responded to RFPs from customers.
Became the go to person for all SONET, TDM, microwave and fiber projects for the company.
October 2012
September 2013 GSI, LLC Home Office,CA
Market Project Manager
In charge of the Project Management for the California market.
Managed projects for AT&T LTE deployment as a Turf Vendor.
Managed the project planning process and helped coordinate team members.
Analyzed construction drawings and RFDS for compliance, and made necessary corrections.
Gained in depth knowledge of cellular networks (GSM, UMTS, LTE, AWS) October 2011
October 2012
Puerto Rico Electric Power
Authority San Juan, PR
Shift Engineer/Instrumentations Supervisor Engineer
Responsible for the power plant’s operations after hours.
In charge of all the employees in my shift.
Oversaw the operation of vapor turbines and oil-fired boilers.
As the instrumentations supervisor I was in charge of 12 Electronics Technicians.
Led the instrumentations upgrade of 4 units. The upgrade included the latest Foxboro software to manage the instrumentations functions. April 2003
October 2012 GSS Global Services Solutions Hatillo, PR Sales / Tech. support Manager & Project Manager (As a consultant)
Introduced the F-Mux product in AT&T PR. That product generated $3M in sales for the company in the first year.
Worked closely with AT&T on the E911 network upgrade and introduced the ADIT 600 from Carrier Access as part of the solution. This opened up the door for more revenue from Carrier Access totaling more than $2M in the first year
Project Manager of T-Mobile’s largest DC power upgrade in PR.
Solved the most difficult technical problems for customers. When the problem couldn’t be solved by the support people, GSS would assign me those trouble tickets to solve what others couldn’t. November 2005
June 2009
Cobian International Group
Julio A. Vera
Home Office, Arecibo PR
Executive VP, Global Services & Support
Member of Board of Directors.
Responsible for all the services provided by the company including but not limited to installations, support and training.
Managed the engineering team.
Helped Sales team on unconventional projects.
Designed BTOP project’s fiber routes for Trillion Communications.
Helped design the proposed Triton Submarine cable March 2002
October 2012 Applied Consulting, Inc. Arecibo, PR
President
In charge of all of the company’s operations including sales, support and project management.
Designed solutions for customers using best applications engineering methodology. The solutions were presented to customers using equipment from the companies I represented, like the new 911 metro ring for CLARO PR.
Represented companies included Turin Networks, ECI Telecom, Terawave Networks and Paragon Networks.
Negotiated extremely complicated projects with customer’s upper management.
Built 5 new homes, and remodeled 10 with my own construction crew as part of the civil construction projects.
1998–2003 TeleNetworks, Inc. Hato Rey, PR
Sales & Technical Support Manager
Responsible for all engineering operations.
Responsible for all sales and tech support for all transmission equipment.
Advanced Fibre Communications certified trainer.
Implemented all trainings in the company.
Increased company earnings by 200% in the first year. In two years, increased the company’s earnings from $2M to $12M.
1996–1998 Codecom, Inc. Guaynabo, PR
Sales Support Engineer
Provided pre- and post-sales support.
In charge of companies such as Tellabs, ACT Networks, and Applied Innovations. Education 1989-1996 University of PR (RUM) Mayagüez, PR BS Electrical Engineering
Graduated cum laude.
Specialized in three areas (telecommunications, power, and automatic controls) Skills Bilingual (English and Spanish)
Licenses &
Certifications
Computer literate
Work well under pressure
Professional Engineering License
Juniper Networks JNSA certification.