Professional Experience

Lead Technician

Tri-City Communications, LLC.

**** – present Virginia Beach

•End-to-end Voice/Data infrastructure installation (LAN/WAN, IP Telephony, and Wireless)

•Video Surveillance (AHD, CVI, TVI, IP) Access Control installation.

•Market base: Local municipalities, universities, and medium/large businesses.

•Review project blueprints and scope of work.

•Material and consumable Inventory.

•Layout cabling pathways, penetrations, and core drill requirements.

•Install racks and cabinets in MDF/IDF rooms.

•Install support structure for cabling (Cable Tray, Ladder Rack, J-hooks, etc)

•Install Access Points, Switches, Routers

•Test/Certify copper and fiber optic installations.

•Maintain daily progress log and certification reports.

•Follow all safety and quality standards, codes, and industry best practices. Owner

Eastern Technology Group, LLC.

2009 – 2023 Virginia Beach

•Founder of a local electronic security company providing sales, service, and installation.

•Primary goal always being to have true customer satisfaction by delivering an exceptional finished product.

•Handled every aspect of the business, wearing many different hats daily for successful operation.

•Identify, evaluate, and develop marketing strategy, characteristics derived help target our market and determine markup for higher profit margins.

•Evaluating customer needs and expectations to determine a solution based on system requirements, availability, budget, and deadlines.

•Partner with vendors for project material and price protection.

•Manage project execution to ensure adherence to scope, schedule, and budget.

•Analyze budget and operation trends for forecasting.

•Provide project documentation such as test results, as-builts, MSDS, etc. Branch Manager

Norfolk Wire & Electronics, Inc.

2004 – 2009 Virginia Beach

Network Administrator

Bay Mechanical Inc.

2001 – 2003 Virginia Beach

Purchasing Agent

Norfolk Wire & Electronics, Inc.

1996 – 2002 Virginia Beach

Certificates

ONSSI Certified Reseller / Installer

Sony Certified Reseller / Installer

Kitco Fiber Optics - Commercial Fiber Optic Training Anaerobic, UV, Hot Melt, and Pre-Polished Crimp.

Skills

Security

Video Surveillance - Analog, CVI, TVI, AHD, IP, PTZ, Joystick Controller ( USB, IP, RS485) Remote View

Clients, Display Wall, Motion and Contact Closure

Trigger, Wireless, and Mobile (12V).

Access Control - Door Strikes, Magnetic Locks,

Request to Exit Devices, Automatic Gates (Swing,

Slide, Cantilever, Barrier), Pick up Loops, Optical Sensors, etc.

Information Technology

Microsoft Server 2000-2008, Microsoft SBS 2000-

2008, Novell Netware 6 & 7, Linux, Cisco PIX, Cisco CLI, Apache, SSH, Telnet, Mercury Mail, etc.

Install, Test, and Troubleshoot LAN, WAN, and

wireless network cabling and electronics.

Structured Cabling

CAT5, 5e, 5E, 6, 6a Test and Terminate.

Fiber Optic - SM and MM Optical Fiber. Test and

Terminate (Epoxy,, Hot Melt, UV, and Pre-Polished Crimp).

Test & Measurment

Multimeters, RF Spectrum Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Fiber Optic - Power Meter & Light Source, OTDR, and Fusion Splicer (Single Strand and Ribbon).

UAS - Drones

14+ years design, build and

operation

FPV, LOS, Short and Long Range Systems.

Flight Controllers: DJI Wookong, DJI A3, DJI Naza, 3DR Ardupiliot, 3DR Pixhawk Uthere Ruby, iFlight,

EagleTree.

RF Control: TBS, FRSky, Immersion RC, Dragonlink

LRS, Yellowjacket.

Video: Fatshark, Caddix HD, RUBYHD.

Software: Mission Planner, APM Planner 2.0,

QGroundControl, Betaflight, EmuFlight.

Fixed Wing: Zephyr, Skyhunter, Timber, and Custom

Design Builds.

900Mhz, 1.2- 2.4-5Ghz RF

Amateur Radio Operator

Tom Miller

ad1vex@r.postjobfree.com

3521 Sea Horse Way Virginia Beach, VA 23452

757-***-****

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