Tramel Ramsey

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Augusta, Ga. *0909

Cell: 706-***-****

Qualifications Summary

A Seasoned Electronics Professional with many years of experience in diverse areas of the Electrical & Telecommunications career fields. My experience has given me extensive expertise in many areas to include Power Systems, Lighting. Electronic Instrumentation and Controls.

Installation & Maintenance Electrician

I have many years of work experience delivering electrical systems in industrial settings. I have maintained hardware equipment and control services used to control them. I have specialized in delivering electrical services such as LED lighting and building automation services. I have provided electrical services protocols used in building automation on both industrial and commercial buildings. I have extensive experience in using electrical test equipment to test and resolve electrical problems.

I have worked with Instrumentation and Control equipment used in plants such as Allen Bradley plc’s and ladder logic used in manufacturing facilities. The instrumentation and controls of electrical services used in industrial environments is a very important process that ensures the plant has automated processes that allow the plant to operate more efficiently and cost effectively.

Over the last 30 years I have had the pleasure of working in the electrical career field. I

have been a part of some exciting technology that has revolutionized our world and the

way we do business. Electronics is my passion and I am always interested in pursuing new

opportunities to apply my expertise.

Technical Skills Systems Integration Video Conferencing (Shure Teleconferencing Equipment )

Voice over IP Wireless Networks LAN/WAN Engineer Electrical(Licensed Electrical Contractor)

Programmable Logic Controllers Electronic Instrumentation & Controls

Telephony Systems troubleshooting

Ladder logic Access Control

Electrician/Technician Software Engineering

Personal Skills

Excellent communication skills (verbal/written) Project Management/Project Coordinator

Leadership Skills Expert Troubleshooting/Problem Solving Skills

Training/Coaching/Mentoring Attention to Details

Highly organized Excellent Memory

Computer Skills: Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint, Lotus Notes, Unix, Hardware repair and Software upgrades etc..

Professional Experience

Independent Contractor/Electrician March 2021 to present

Install & Maintain Cable Infrastructure including Cat 5 & 6 cables, patch panels, cable trays, ladder racks, 66 blocks, RJ 45 blocks, raceways, located inside telephone room

Work as an independent contractor working on electrical jobs

Install light, receptacles, electrical panels and switch gear equipment

Installed complete electrical systems for businesses and residences

Performed rough ins and trim out of new electrical services to include lights and receptacles

Performed testing of system to make sure electrical system are working properly

Perform diagnostic test on cables to isolated and detect faulty in-house wiring

Diversified Technologies Jan. 2020 to Jan. 2021

Worked as a maintenance technician on Dominion Voting equipment

Installed and maintained voting equipment at various voting sites in State of Georgia

Set up, loaded software, and configured voting system

Resolved technical problems encountered during voting times

Trained poll workers on proper use of voting system

Reported maintenance status of voting system throughout election day

Maintained peripheral voting devices such as poll pads, printers, and power supplies

Provided technical support throughout voting cycle for all elections in State of Georgia

Supported all elections including Presidential election during 2020 election year

Packed up, moved, and stored all voting equipment after each election was completed

Teksystems Oct. 2018 – Nov. 2019

Electrician

Worked as an electrician on an industrial project

Installed electrical panels, lights, receptacles, and switch gear equipment

Installed lighted Exit signs

Pulled cabling throughout building

Installed and connected electrical wiring to electrical devices

Maintained plant equipment

Installed smoke detectors and pull boxes

Tested cabling to ensure correct wiring and continuity

Troubleshoot plc’s using ladder logic to isolate problems and resolve electrical issues

Aerotek May. 2018 - Sept. 2018

Electrician

Worked as an electrician on a rooftop solar installation project

Installed solar panels into array

Pulled cables into junction boxes and over to solar panels

Marked and labeled cables for easy identification

Terminated power cables and applied colored phase tape

Installed electrical junction boxes

Tested cabling to ensure correct wiring and continuity

Inspected site to make sure electrical work met quality standards

US Tech Solutions Jan. 2018 – May 2018

Cable technician

Worked as a cable technician on a short term installation project at Ft. Gordon, Ga.

Installed new cat 6 cabling to be used in CCTV and Wi-Fi systems throughout the buildings

Installed conduit sleeves to pull cables through the walls

Pulled cabling throughout commercial buildings

Installed access point in the ceiling

Terminated cables

Installed Wi-Fi devices

Tested cabling to ensure correct wiring and continuity

Hard Hat Aug. 2017 - Dec. 2017

Electrician

Worked as an electrician on an Industrial project

Installed lights, receptacles, electrical panels, conveyor system, and switch gear equipment

Ran conduit throughout industrial facility

Pulled wire through conduit

Installed cable trough

Installed emergency cut off buttons and industrial control systems

Mounted and connected transformer

Terminated cables

Installed peripheral devices such as optical sensors and photo eyes onto conveyor system

Aerotek Feb. 2017 – Aug. 2017

Electrician

Worked as an electrician on a solar farm installation project in Hampton S.C.

Measured border to pour equipment pad

Ran underground conduit

Trenched cable path to lay cables

Pulled wire through conduit

Installed cable trough

Built combiner boxes

Tested AC & DC cables

Terminated cables

Aerotek March. 2016 – Nov. 2016

Electrician

Worked as an electrician on a solar farm installation project located at Ft. Gordon, Ga.

Ran cables from junction boxes to solar panels

Connected electrical wiring on solar panels

Tested both ac and dc cables to ensure continuity

Installed electrical devices

Tested electrical system and diagnosed electrical problems

Installed junction boxes

ProForce Staffing Jan. 2015 - Feb. 2016

Telecomm Analyst

Worked as a telecomm analyst on Avaya VOIP phone system for US ARMY Ft. Benning

Avaya Phone, Terminate, Test, and Troubleshoot various style connectors and cables connectors.

Connect wires and cables to terminals, attaches and detaches various kinds of hardware to wires, cables, and buildings

Installed & Maintained Cat 5&6 in house cabling system

Configured routers, with correct IP addresses to properly route traffic over TCP/IP network.

Cable pulling and terminations. Installation and testing

Ensured all circuits on cut sheet were wired inside telco huts

Commissioned and provisioned Avaya phone system

Performed system user acceptance testing

Data collection from old phone system

System migration and cut over

Aerotek Feb. 2014 – Nov. 2014

Electrician

Worked as an electrician on a solar farm installation project located at Ft. Gordon, Georgia

Made sure solar panels were properly aligned

Connected electrical wiring from solar panels

Applied phase tape to high voltage cables

Ran underground conduit

Terminated cables

Pulled wire through conduit

Connected electrical cables into transformers

Built combiner boxes

Tested AC & Dc cables

Ran and buried underground cables

Shaw Industries

Industrial Electrician Jun 2011- Dec. 2013

Worked as an electrician installing and maintaining services such as lights, receptacles, switch gear

Repaired or replaced motors

Maintained control circuits controlling Industrial machines

Troubleshoot plc’s using ladder logic

Installed and maintained overhead lighting

Maintained plant equipment

Upgraded service panels

Installed new service 480V 3 phase for use with additional plant equipment

Maintained boiler room equipment

Wired motors and inverters

Maintained Remoted Guided Vehicle

Maintained Stretch Wrap Machinery

Maintained Fire Alarm and access control system

Maintained automated assembly line

Maintained Electronic Instrumentation & Controls (PLC’s) Allen Bradley

TCI September 2005 – Aug 2011

Electrical Foreman

Worked as an Electrical Foreman for an Electrical Contractor. Managed daily operational aspects of Electrical & Telecommunications projects

Worked on RFP(proposals) to obtain new business

Created project work plans and project documentation such as blue prints and schematics

Assigned daily duties of maintenance personnel

Tracked and reported all team work hours

Created invoices

Served as a liason to customer to resolve customer problems

Oversaw maintenance projects

Served as technical support guru for maintenance activities

Utilized electronic test equipment to resolve electrical problems

Tracked and monitored the progress of all projects to ensure all deliverables were met

Kineticom July 2004 – September 2005

Field Supervisor

• Worked as Field Supervisor on enhanced 911 project

• Installed wireless GSM equipment for customers T-mobile, Cingular Wireless and AT&T.

• Maintained all cell site equipment necessary for

• Upgraded customer’s nationwide network

• Supported new technologies such as UMTS and 3G

• Installed new sites and prepared new sites to go on the air

• Performed site acceptance testing

• Gathered test results from site acceptance testing including sweeps and gains

• Analyzed test results to determine corrective measures

• Wrote test results

• Maintained equipment inventory of all equipment

• Did field surveys of sites to ensure sites were ready for installation

• Planned deployment of field techs

• Created installation reports

• Directed daily duties of field techs

• Served as field representative to customer

• Performed MOPs (Method of Procedures) to correct identified problems found in the field

Southern Communications

Access Control Technician Feb. 2002- Jun 2004

Worked as a technician installing access control devices

Installed motion detectors, smoke alarms, keypads, security cameras, CCTV

Tested all devices to ensure proper operation

Installed motorized access units to open and close gate

Installed card reader systems to control access points

Set up and programmed DVR to record after detecting motion

NORTEL NETWORKS

INSTALLATION SUPERVISOR NOVEMBER 1999 – DECEMBER 2001

• Performed pre-installation site visits to prepare sites were ready for installation

• Ordered necessary materials for installation

• Shipped materials to customer site for installation

• Participated in pre-installation meeting with customer to discuss installation details

• Installed, Commissioned, & Provisioned Nortel’s fiber optic equipment

• Coordinated field deployment of installation personnel

• Supervised installation team of technicians

• Installed, Commissioned, & Provisioned Nortel’s fiber optic equipment

• Performed testing between sites

• Performed acceptance level testing for customer

• Added new nodes into existing fiber ring

• Collected test data

• Made redline drawings of as built documentation

• Coordinated installation schedule to meet customer schedule

• Maintained database of installation progress

Nortel Networks July 1996 – NOVEMBER 1999

Network Engineer

• Created test plans to test customers’ network

• Reviewed test plans with customer

• Perform installation, maintenance, and testing of Reunion RF equipment

• Performed end to end testing on all software and hardware of Reunion point to

multi-point Radio

• . Performed site alignment to get proper alignment of antennas.

• Performed diagnostic RF testing of testing radio utilizing electronic test equipment

• Ensured proper RF signal strength was achieved

• Adjusted RF signals which were out of specifications using attenuators

• Performed troubleshooting and maintenance task to identify and isolate failed equipment.

• Performed post installation test using a bulk call generator to assimilate live traffic.

• Wrote test summary

• Reviewed test summary with customer

• Made recommendations to customer to correct problems found

• Performed corrective measure to correct problems found

MCI

TECHNICAL SPECIALIST July 94 to December 95

• Worked as a central office technician at a major switch facility

• Installed and maintained telecommunications and associated electronic equipment

• Tested T-1 and Ds-0

• Worked trouble tickets

• Turned up live traffic

• Programmed and provisioned new orders in the DMS 500 switch

• Used test equipment such as Fireberd, Techniques 224 and Sage 93 to isolate and find problems

• Ran head to head testing of Ds-1 to ensure 100 per cent error free circuits.

• Performed hot cuts of existing live traffic into new MCI switch facility

MCI February 92 to July 94

TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

• Installed and maintained MCI’s Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN)

• Installed network interface cards inside of desktops

• Installed operating system such as Windows 95 and OS/2.

• Loaded software applications such as Microsoft Office, Lotus, and Outlook for e-mail access.

• Set up and installed servers to be used by local end user community

• Resolved all user problems such as password resets and network connectivity issues

• Configured routers, with correct IP addresses to properly route traffic over TCP/IP network.

• Provide Network Security by setting up gateways and firewalls to keep the network secure.

• Installed and maintained all peripheral devices such as hubs, bridges, and concentrators.

• Maintained WAN which connected seven buildings in Atlanta into MCI’s nationwide network

• Resolved network problems by using diagnostic test equipment such as sniffers

to isolate and detect faulty components.

• Maintain all circuits such as T-1’s, ISDN, BRI, PRI lines etc associated with Wide Area Network

BOEING COMPUTER SUPPORT SERVICES, January 1988 to February 1992

SENIOR COMSEC TECHNICIAN

• Applied electronic theory and sophisticated techniques to the installation, maintenance

modification and repair of all types of Communications Security (COMSEC) equipment

• Comply with NSA, United States Air Forces, NASA and Boeing Computer Support Services procedures,

policies, regulations and directives

• Received, stored, handled and disposed of secure equipment and related materials

• Responsible for interpreting schematics, wiring diagrams, specifications, manuals and associated

communications equipment.

• Installed and maintained NASA’s Secure Teleconferencing equipment

• Worked as a central office technician at a major switch facility

• Tested T-1 and Ds-0

• Worked trouble tickets

• Installed and maintained telecommunications and associated electronic equipment

BOEING COMPUTER SUPPORT SERVICES

ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN July 1985 to January 1988

• Electronic technician for the telecommunications operations at Marshall Space Flight Center

• Maintained PA systems

• Maintained Video systems used for teleconferencing

• Installed cabling

• Performed bench level repair of equipment

• Supported shuttle launches

• Maintained Data equipment such as modems

• Maintained equipment used in Network Operations Center

US ARMY JUNE 1977 TO JUNE 1980

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

• Worked as a Telecommunications Specialist

• Processed incoming and outgoing messages in communications center

• Kept and maintained classified materials as COMSEC CUSTODIAN

HONORABLE DISCHARGE 1980

Education

B.S. Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, AL

May 1998

TRAINING

11/85 Boeing Training

Hands on troubleshooting of Data Communications

4/86 Boeing Training

T-1 Transmission and Testing

9/86 Boeing Training

Telecommunications Overview

6/87 to 1/88 USAF Electronic Communication Equipment Repair Course

5/88 Boeing Training

Private Voice Teleconferencing Maintenance

11/88 Tempest Fundamentals

9/89 Boeing Training

Introduction to PCs

4/90 Boeing Training

Link I/II - Timeplex

10/90 Boeing Training

Introduction to LAN Topologies

9/91 Boeing Training

Hands on X.25 - The Packet Switching Protocol

3/94 MCI Training

LAN/WAN Troubleshooting PC’s

7/96 NORTEL Training

OC-12

5/97 NORTEL Training

OC-192 DWDM

8/97 NORTEL Training

Accessnode OAMP

10/97 NORTEL Training

Accessnode Bi-directional Line Switch Rings

4/98 NORTEL Training

Enhanced Subscriber Module with Accessnode Integration

6/99 NORTEL Training

PASSPORT- OPERATION AND PROVISIONING

9/00 NORTEL Training

Optera LH & Connect DX

4/01 NORTEL Training

Optera OAM&P

2/02 NORTEL Training

Business Communications Manager

6/11 OSHA 10

Industrial Safety & Hazards

2/12 Shaw Industries

Programmable logic Controllers

6/19 OSHA 30

Industrial Safety

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