Duane I. Horton
Lenoir, NC. *8674
**********@*****.***
Employment Objective: To obtain a Professional Technical position with a growing prosperous company.
Work Experience:
2012-2022 Teijin Automotive Technologies: Press Operator
Responsible for producing good quality parts while providing the required production to fulfill customer orders. Insuring that the work order process and safety procedures are followed. Ran various presses and jobs, deflash and packed out customer parts per customer specifications. Insuring that the parts count and labels are correct for shipments to the customer. Have worked all three shifts.
2006-2012 ParockProductions: Producer and Part Owner
Produced songs for artists, coordinated schedules for studio times, controlled equipment inventory, made sure that our songs and artist songs were copy written, helped configure the company’s web page and contents and scheduled recording time and booked artists.
2001-2006MetroPCS - Atlanta: Senior Field Engineer
Installed PCS and Cellular Base Stations, worked on database translations, maintained and tested cellular equipment, handled new and old equipment configurations, and helped in oversee the budget for all equipment.
1998-2001CellularOne of Northeast Arizona: Operations Manager
Responsible for equipment budget and ordering, hired and trained the company engineers, directed contractors and RF itemizing companies, improved the systems performance, interfaced directly with telephone companies, insured that the billing was created and shipped out to billing company, generated system reports and monitoring improvements, and reported directly to the General Manager.
1996-1998 Nortel: Program Manager
Organized equipment ordering and verbalized results to ked with sales teams and customers on reconfiguring new tower locations and engineered their system for improvements, and provided spread sheet and power point presentations.
1991-1996 Novatel Communications: Field Engineer II
Traveled throughout the United States installing cellular cell site and cellular switches, interfaced with the land line phone companies on customer infrastructures, worked with blue prints and site drawings to insure that layouts were correct, installed DC and AC power equipment, and made sure that all of the equipment was properly grounded from lightning. Skills with various test equipment.
Education:
1983-1986 DeVry Institute of Technology - Associates Degree
1979-1983 West Caldwell High School - Diploma
Specialty/ Experience
Installed T1 cables and wiring, worked installed and tested fiber cable and wiring. Installed and cross connected DSX cross connects, worked with T1 test equipment, tone test equipment, Kentrox loopback equipment, MDF cross connect blocks, RJ 11 and RS-232 connectors and cables. Have used RF test equipment to install, test and expand Cellular and PCS Base Stations. Worked with Punch-Downs and wiring buildings. Used Butt-In Set and Voltage test gear and other various testing equipment.