Computer Aided Drafting & Design Electrical Design Fire Alarm Design
Resume:
PAUL G. CELENTANO
Phoenixville, Pa. 19460
484-***-**** **********@*******.***
AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Electrical Systems & Fire Alarm Designer Level III
Senior CADD Engineer & CAD Manager (Expert AutoCAD; Some Revit)
Senior Fire Alarm & Building Systems Technician
Website Builder and Published Author
EDUCATION
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Blue Bell, PA (Graduated May 2013)
Associate Degree in Applied Science (AAS) in Computer Aided Drafting & Design (GPA: 3.77 @ 72 credits; summa cum laude)
Drafting and design coursework utilizing AutoCAD 2009-2013 and SolidWorks with related courses in materials science, technical writing, physics, and calculus
Member of the Student Engineering Association and 2012 STEMJAM exhibitor
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Orientation Leader, Tutor
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
Revit training with Synergis in Quakertown, PA
“Learning with Rich” on-line Revit Tutorials
BK Engineering on-line SolidWorks Tutorials
WORK EXPERIENCE
SOLUTIONZ, INC./THE JUDGE GROUP Malvern, PA. (April 2017 - June 2025)
Senior CADD Engineer & CAD Manager
Responsibilities:
Computer Aided Drafting and Design of Audio and Video Systems for Casinos and large Commercial Buildings. Projects include United Center Chicago, The Meadowlands, and all Fanduel Sportsbooks and headquarters in the U.S.A.
Achievements:
International Recognition: Created and coordinated drawings for the Mohegan Sun Casino Fanduel Sportsbook project which was an international finalist for the 2023 Inavateonthenet (media outlet for the AV Industry) Awards in hospitality and the $10 million Two Kings Casino project including a 24-story hotel tower with approximately 350 rooms. ($770 million building)
Self-taught Revit during pandemic enabling Solutionz to sell and design the Fanduel United Center Audiovisual Systems
Coordinated CAD Standards for the Solutionz’s NE Region
Authored the company CADD Manual
GILLAN & HARTMANN, INC. Mont Clare, PA. (Sept. 2013 –April 2017)
Electrical Systems Designer Level III
Responsibilities:
Designed fire alarm, CCTV, intercom, lightning protection, power, card access, and medium voltage systems including voltage drop and load calculations, panel schedules, lighting design and calculations using Visual Lighting® Software, software based acoustic design (heat maps), R.S. Means cost estimating, punch list and shop drawing reviews
Achievements:
Promoted to Electrical Systems Designer Level III
Created a riser drawing based on 700 photographs of the underground medium voltage distribution system for the Bloomsburg University campus
Designed power requirements for a culinary school kitchen
Utilizing a newly available product, resolved distance issues in a PoE surveillance camera design
Updated and modernized company’s CAD drawing Library
Managed installation of new Fire Alarm system in our multi-tenant building
Developed a Working knowledge of NFPA70, NFPA 72, NFPA 780
WEST END BUILDING SERVICES Phoenixville, PA (2010-2013)
Self employed while in school
Targeted specific vertical markets in providing the design and installation of commercial audio, lock, and security systems
Golf cart and utility cart service
Full locksmith service
SIMPLEXGRINNELL (Formerly the Simplex Time Recorder Company) Horsham, Pa. (1999 – 2010)
Senior Technical Representative and Service Sales Representative
Responsibilities:
Designed, configured, programmed, tested, commissioned, and certified, Fire Alarm (including Voice Alarm®), Commercial Audio (Intercom through Pro-Sound), Telecommunications (Iwatsu Certified), Nurse Call, Patient Wandering, and Time Recorder and Indicating Systems
Created and programmed networks for Fire Alarm Systems
Coordinated work with building trade contractors and in-house sales and engineering staff
Trained and mentored new technicians
Quoted compliance contracts and services
Achievements:
Successfully expanded systems beyond their specified capabilities through design, fabrication, and programming: Pleasant Valley Elementary School (modified hardwired NAC Booster into an addressable device), Audubon Elementary School (modified single channel amp for selective multizone paging) and Germantown Academy (Hyper-Programmed an intercom/paging/signaling system meant for a single facility to handle three schools simultaneously).
Fabricated parts and refurbished the antique clock and synchronizing system for the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, PA
Designed, built, and installed from component level a multi-zoned and “all call” paging system with background music capabilities for the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s premiere facilities at the John Street and Wilson Park Community Centers saving the client thousands of dollars compared to a manufactured system
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Current Judge of Elections (Chester County Precinct 478)
Former Scout Leader, Valley Forge BSA Troop 73
Authored a humorous non-fiction entitled Bear Bags, a Philmont Story
Authored and self-published a humorous memoir entitled Fire Alarms Kill People (Unless Used as Directed). Fire Alarms Kill People (Unless Used As Directed)
Phoenixville Public Library instructor for MS Excel® and Word®
Webmaster for two non-profit clients
SOFTWARE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Simplex 4100 and 4100U Programmer® (DOS and Windows for all Simplex Fire Alarm Systems including Voice Alarm®)
Valcom Intercom Systems Programming Tool®
Visual Lighting® Software “Professional V. 2.06”
On-Line Publishing (Hard Copy and E-Books)
Department of Energy COMCheck® 3.9.4
Autodesk AutoCAD® 2009-2025 for PC’s
Autodesk Revit®
MS EXCEL® (formulas: calculators for logical, mathematical, and trigonometric functions; freeze panes, conditional formatting and data sorting, invoicing, job tracking, customer database, graphs and charts, service records, and more
MS Word® (letters, brochures, illustrations, convert to PDF’s)
MS PowerPoint® for instructional purposes
General photo and video editing with various software packages
Oasis®, Legacy®, & Job Design®
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2017®
Video Production
Mohegan Sun Fanduel Sportsbook
Longest Indoor Video Wall on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard
Nominated in the 2023 Top 5 Hospitality Projects Worldwide
Wall Curvature Drawings and Dimensions
Created & Calculated Utilizing AutoCAD
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