Behr Mirfathali
Vancouver, Washington 98683
Cell 360-***-****
adub25@r.postjobfree.com
Objective:
To obtain a Senior Telecommunications position that will benefit from my skills and experience.
Skills:
Assessing the cost of a an OSP project
Design and planning of OSP for telecommunications
Managing and documenting owned and leased fiber(dark fiber)
Certified tier three GISP
Creating KMZ files in Google Earth
Fully proficient mastery of the use of OSPI (OSP Insight)/Mapinfo
Fully proficient mastery of the use of GE Smallworld
Tracking fiber, creating splice diagrams
Analyzing bi-directional fiber testing for DWDM, OTDR, power meter
Calculating fiber break locations using OTDR readings
Organizing customers and vendors for meetings/site walks
Drafting in AutoCAD Map/Civil
Working with contractors while tracking their work
Skilled in collecting and using GPS data from the field
Skilled in survey and property research (county)
Well versed in the use of Microsoft office products
Excellent computer skills
Proven customer care and social skills, professional and patient disposition
Skilled with handling large construction projects from the beginning to the end
Skilled with communication between utilities and municipalities
I have an upbeat disposition in which people comment I am nice to have around the office
Professional Experience:
Fiber Design Engineer 2, 2018-present, Wave Broadband
Duties:
Managing Wave Broadband’s fiber needs for San Francisco down to Silicon Valley
Planning and designing fiber routes
Managing leased routes, providing LOA/CFA documentation for cross connects
Approving OTDR and power meter results
Troubleshooting fiber plant
Design and document fiber plant, active and passive devices
Create and maintain appropriate technical documentation
Analyzing and recommending upgrade/expansion strategies
Enforcement of network standards and procedures
Supporting sales and sales teams
HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coax) Designer 3 2017-2018, Spectrum Communications
Duties:
Designing telecommunications routes while tracking splicing
Managing vendors, validating services produced
Identifying collapsed fiber routes, finding diverse and negotiating diverse routes leased from vendors
Acquiring permits for rail crossings or environmental permits
Quality control over all permit applications
OSP Engineer, Fiber Assigner, Planner during ELI, during Zayo, a Fiber Engineer, 2015-2017
Duties:
Getting splicing and testing completed using a multitude of contractors
Approving OTDR and power meter results
Managing large build orders
Managing fiber lease agreements
Data basing all in OSPI/GESW. (I highly prefer OSPI)
Working major and minor fiber outages by being available 24/7 and working all night and day (working over 80% of all fiber outages at ELI)
Troubleshooting incorrectly entered orders,
Correcting building location entries (Zayo)
Engineering Technician 2011 to 2015 at CoastCom
Duties:
Starting a Design/Engineering department from scratch
Building a web based mapping solution so office staff and crews can access information on the companies outside plant
Building applications in .NET and JavaScript to locate fiber breaks from OTDR readings
Tracking fiber splice locations
Fielding fiber routs
Planning fiber storage locations
Planning fiber vault locations
Creating bills of materials
Estimating construction costs
Training crew members on GPS devices
Importing points from spreadsheets with object properties
Preventing utility trespasses
Providing easement documentation
Researching easement and property documentation
Being the CAD manager
Construction drafter, web designer and sales support for Lehner Construction and Mike Toth Construction from 2009 to 2011
Duties:
Drafting construction diagrams for Multnomah County and Clark County
Taking measurements out in the fieldWorking with customers on the design level
Obtaining permits
Solving computer software issues
Rendering 3D MPEG video illustrations of projects
Communications Systems Designer at Charter Communications from January 2007 to March 2009.
Duties:
Designing RF networks
Designing fiber optic networks
Upgrading fiber optics networks
Drafting telecommunications systems
Creating GIS base from photography
Creating fiber cut sheets
Creating fiber splice diagrams
Creating interactive queries
Updating Spatial Info
Developing routines using Visual Basic and LISP
Upgrading RF networks
Trouble shooting power supply systems
Upgrading power systems
Troubleshooting RF networks
Working directly with the construction supervisor for the build
Spacing power supplies on a RF network
Tracking power usage regarding devices on a RF network
Creating amplifier configuration sheets with pre-calculated pad levels for field technicians
Tracking signal loss over an RF network
Documenting field changes on RF networks
Documenting powering changes on RF networks
Education:
Secondary School Completion (High School Graduation)
Castle High School, Belfast N Ireland, UK graduation May 1992
Associate of Applied Science, Computer Electronics Engineering Technology
ITT Technical Institute, Portland, Oregon, graduation December 2005
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Automation Electronics Technology
ITT Technical Institute, Portland, Oregon, graduation September 2007