Expert Details
Telecommunications Outside Engineering and Construction
ID: 725717
Kentucky, USA
Evaluation of the Kabel X cable core extraction processing leading to it being franchised in North America.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1973 | Degree: BS | Subject: Civil Engineering | Institution: University of Kentucky |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2008 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Field Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:He is responsible for providing contract engineering personnel and quality control to various telecommunications providers in Kentucky and surrounding states. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2008 | Employer: Kabel X USA | Title: Chief Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:He is responsible for the engineering of all phases of the Kabel - X cable core removal process as delivered to the US markets. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2006 to 2007 | Employer: Telics | Title: Area Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:He is responsible for contract field engineering for Telco design, CATV design, utility coordination, right of way and permitting, and traffic signal cabling for Telics in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.He is responsible for managing the field personnel and work quality. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 2006 | Employer: BellSouth | Title: Operations Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:He managed invoice payment center processing approximately $200 million a year with 4 direct reports and 20 service representatives.Expert witness in national bankruptcy case, New York City. Witness in BellSouth vs. North Carolina CLEC resulting in $175 million settlement in favor of BellSouth. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1994 to 1998 | Employer: BellSouth | Title: Manager Engineering and Construction | Department: |
Responsibilities:He trained BellSouth engineering and construction personnel in use of CAD and mechanized engineering and construction programs to design and manage BellSouth construction work.He worked on the consolidation and sizing of the Work Management Centers deployed in the nine BellSouth states. He worked on the establishment of the guidelines for the Proactive Analysis and Repair Centers for the nine BellSouth states. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1994 | Employer: BellSouth | Title: Manager Installation and Maintenance | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for the maintenance and repair of all outside plant in a 6 county/ 12 exchange area in West Kentucky.He supervised 4 direct reporting supervisors with 45 craft installers and repairmen. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1988 to 1993 | Employer: BellSouth | Title: | Department: Manager Engineering and Construction |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for the design and construction of all outside plant facilities in a 4 county/ 6 exchange area in West Kentucky. This included fiber and copper installations of local and toll facilities, fiber and copper fed carrier, and all supporting structural facilities.He supervised 6 engineers with 5 engineering clerical and 4 construction supervisors with 17 reporting craft technicians. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1973 to 1988 | Employer: BellSouth/AT&T/South Central Bell | Title: Staff Manager/Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:He yearly reviewed all Long Range Outside Plant Plans for the state of Kentucky.He trained all Kentucky BellSouth Engineers in use of Loop Plant Improvement Evaluator Program and Rehabilitation Guidelines. He reviewed estimates submitted on state level. He participated in all Kentucky program reviews. He gathered and compiled data for state and headquarters engineering reports. He was staff Manager on loan to AT&T for the Maintenance Task Force. He provided testing for the Loop Plant Improvement Evaluator Program and ran field trials to determine its usability. He engineered all outside plant major facilities additions and rearrangements in a four county, six exchange area. He negotiated with all internal/external customers involved with these projects. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2007 to 2007 | Country / Region: Wadhofen Austria | Summary: Evaluated Kabel X process developed in Austria for deployment in USA |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| National Society of Professional Engineers Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers Chi Epsilon |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Kentucky Licensed Professional Engineer Kentucky Licensed Professional Land Surveyor |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert witness in national bankruptcy case, New York City. Witness in BellSouth vs. North Carolina CLEC resulting in $175 million settlement in favor of BellSouth. Testified before Tennessee Regulatory Commission. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Trained BellSouth Kentucky Engineers on the Construction Management Plan. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Provide contract engineering forces for telecommunications work. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) and Land Surveyor |
Fields of Expertise
telecommunication, telecommunications outside plant engineering, digital communications network architecture, telephone pole, digital telephony, fiber-optic communication network, telecommunications system maintenance, telecommunications system design, construction engineering, telephony, engineering, telephone equipment, telephone line, fiber optics