North Slope Project Manager

Raymond Aitken

Palmer, AK ***** *********@*****.*** 907-***-****

Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Work Experience

Sr Technician

GCI - Mat-Su Valley AK March 2009 to April 2022

Commercial installs

a)Rack construction

b)networking equipment installed and featured out,

c)multi line phone systems, pots lines and digital upgrades.

d)any additional wiring or outlet installations and testing.

e)Records accurately kept and databases updated.

f)Statewide travel to villages and towns to assist with upgrades, installs and troubleshooting,

Installing cable TV internet and phone in both residential and commercial settings. Responsible for tap to device installation, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of those services.

Constant use of tablets, laptops and smartphones for time keeping, routing and scheduling, plant map or Com updates, expenses and reimbursements, online continuing education and certification. Daily use of Word, Outlook Excel, Teams, SharePoint, Projects, SAP Concur, Oriole Field Service, and occasional use of Server, Visio, and several switch/router tools.

Defensive driving and D.O.T cleared for driving the bigger trucks, as well as Harassment in the work place, 911 compliance, tower lighting compliance, and the equity and diversify are just some of the classes, courses or seminars I’ve completed,

Project Manager- Alaska

HuesTech NW

June 2009 to June 2009

Barracks expansion and commissary remodel with Department of budgets, safety protocols in the field and in the C.O.

Defense coordination, responsible for budgets, purchasing, quality control and post job reporting. Hiring. New hire procedures, post employment procedures, travel itineraries and payroll reporting.

Lead Tech

X-L Cable - Montana, Wyoming and Alaska January 2001 to December 2008

Tap to CPU installs of cable TV, Internet and phone services.

1.Contracting with Phone and cable companies to istall services and the infrastructure. Educating customers on all the services installed.

2.Business multi line complex telephony installs often swinging those lines from one phone provider to another.

3.Troubleshooting legacy equipment and their reluctance to upgrade.

4.Maintenance, troubleshooting and Installing all the necessary wiring, terminations, drops and equipment,

5.adjusting signal levels for optimal performance, and keeping accurate records to update plant maps.

This was production pay so along with all required paperwork the cable company required also ensuring production paperwork is filled out accurately and timely.

Responsible for new hires, training, tools issuance. Moving vehicles city to city and state to state and ensuring they are kept and maintained. Crew relocations getting rooms and rentals and keeping those rentals in good shape and safe for everyone staying.

Journeyman Wireman

I.B.E.W. - Alaska

March 2008 to March 2008

1.Structured cabling, rack construction, D-mark extensions, MDF to IDF to CPU cabling, utilizing blueprint images, network maps or engineering notes.

2.State of Alaska campus upgrades, each building had its own unique needs from simple phone system upgrades to complete communications restructuring often getting change requests during the process.

3.Splicing fiber, Twisted pair telephony and coax, with the proper termination for the specific deployment of the cable.

4.Backbone construction both underground and aerial,

5.Wireless radio installs in both vehicles and base stations.

Locations include the state of Alaska campuses, downtown museum expansion, the FFA, Prudhoe Bay, and contracted to ACS in the data shop. Harmony wireless communication systems, fiber optic Backbone for the automation systems on the north slope with the internal networking and d-mark extensions.

Cat-5, Cat-3, coax and x=connect wiring. Setting up switches, routers, mini nodes, DSX, MUX, ADSL, GPoN EPoN and assisting with analog to fiber node swaps.

Education

Associate in Science (AS) in Fire Science

Montana State University - Helena, MT

September 2001 to April 2002

Legal Assisting

University of Montana - Missoula, MT

July 1998 to April 2001

General Studies

East High School - Cheyenne, WY

June 1991 to June 1991

Skills

1.Telephony, everything from complex multi-line phone systems to single residential

2.POTS lines. Provisioning phone systems like Juniper, Panasonic and Sysco.

3. Networking, Com room construction racking equipment utilizing blueprints or engineering drawings. Using programs like PuTTy to ensure those switches and routers are configured properly. Perform general troubleshooting 3. Construction,

4.Installing drops both underground and aerial, using equipment like ditch witches, track hoes,

5.and just good ole shovels as well as bucket trucks and hooks to install those drops.

6.Business and residential installs of voice, telephony and video services. Educating customers on using the newest technology.

7.Consulting with businesses on their technology needs and assisting in making those changes, by working though the business rep, project managers, warehouse, and any on-site managers or I.T. personnel.

8.Knowledge of internet systems and protocols and the day to day operations of I.S.P’s.

9.Construction, Construction planning, personnel management, onsite asset management harassment free work environment, Compliance reporting, Conflict of interest issues and Diversity DEI,

Technical Support

VPN

Network Firewalls

VoIP

WAN

Help Desk

Remote Access Software

TCP/IP

Network Infrastructure

Operating Systems

LAN

Cabling

DHCP

Microsoft Windows

Network Support

Data collection

System Administration

FTP

Certifications and Licenses

CPR Certification

Journeyman License

Groups

SCTE

March 2009 to Present

Society of cable telecommunications engineers, recently merged with cable labs, This is a source for training and certification

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