James B. Stallings
(US NAVY RET.)
Grovetown, Ga. 30813
Career Objective: Telecommunications Technician/Communications Security Manager/Security
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Retired US Navy Information Systems/Communications Technician
• Twenty years experience as a communications systems technician, troubleshooter, and manager
• Twenty years experience as a COMSEC user/manager
• Certified communications complex technical controller
• Department of Defense departmental and facility manager
• Successfully completed 5,000 hours of advanced communications training
• Mature, common sense approach to systems management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Communications Departmental Manager
• Leading Chief Petty Officer managing over 50 personnel in all facets of communications at a Naval Computer Telecommunications Area Master Station(NCTAMS).
• Managed a mobile(shipboard) communications department for the Department of Defense
• As departmental training supervisor and instructor, revised training programs
stressing quality and effectiveness of each communications position
• Drafted communication plans, organized training programs, and implemented operational strategies in preparation for nine annual communications inspections
Communications Facility Manager
• Initiated and installed a communications system upgrade project, which replaced over 300 leased-nonleased telecommunications key systems.
• Managed the installation, maintenance, repair, and upkeep for all telecommunications
systems aboard Department of Defense activity.
Systems Troubleshooting
• Experienced in operating, technician troubleshooting and quality assurance monitoring for the following voice and data systems: SSB/NB, AM/FM Wide Band, HF, VHF, UHF, SHF, EHF, FSK and Satellite configurations.
• Skilled in areas of multi/demultiplexers operating with T1 carriers and above, TDMA, and MULCAST systems.
• Experienced in troubleshooting and maintaining state-of-the-art systems: VTC, Sectara Wireline
Terminals, OMNI’s, Secure Terminal Equipment(Tactical), GSM, and Iridium telephones.
• Used multi-meters, oscilloscopes, frequency spectrum analyzers, frequency standards, signal distortion and loss measuring equipment, and visual standing wave ration analyzers for system wide fault diagnosis and isolation of specific equipment or component for repair or replacement.
TRAINING
1994 Communications Security Manager 1994 Radio Teletype Repairman
1998 Transmission Systems Technician 1998 Cryptological Technician
1999 Total Quality Management 2000 Safety Manager
2006 Security Site Manager 2008 Conductor Trainee
Education
• U.S. Navy – basic and advanced training in telecommunications, communications security procedures, equipment, preventive and corrective maintenance, test equipment utilization, industrial safety, and Total Quality Management and Leadership. Some college courses.
Employment History
• United States Navy, Radioman/Information Systems Technician, Jan 1985 – July 2006. Security Officer-
Pitts Protective Services Sep 2006- Mar 2007. Regent Security – Site Manager Mar 2007-Oct 2008. Norfolk
Southern- Conductor Trainee, Nov 2008 – Apr 2009.
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