Field Technician

Posted on: 2006-12-08

Fred T. Gwyan 519 Spruce Avenue Upper Darby, PA 19082 Cell: (610) 203-4276/ Home: (610) 713-9286 [email protected] OBJECTIVE: Secure a position in the Telecommunication Industry installing network Cables and Equipments with a major corporation. Solutions One June 2006-Now Installation Tech for the Join Domain and Beaconization project (DAB) (Contractor) I am part of the team contracted to migrate the various Sunrises assisted living homes in the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware from their Novell platforms to a platform called Beacon and Citrx and also adding all users to the Domain called Enterprise. This process also involved replacing desktops with win98, win95 and winNT operating systems with those with win2000, and XPs. Also my responsibilities include replacing all of the analog Kronos time clocks to the digital Kronos 4500 this required the wiring, the configuration and integrating the clock to the network. WestNet communications April 2004-Now Installation Technician/Computer Support Specialist (Contractor) Installing phone switches, subscriber line channel units, rewiring of terminals, lines and stations transfer. Installed Network Interface Devices (NID), troubleshoot and maintained hardware for LAN systems. Install CAT V cables and jack for various stations, installed and terminates 25 pair cables, fiber and coaxial cables. Installed bridges, routers, build ladder rack for cable path and doing some residential wiring. Served as help desk consultant for various corporations on a contractual basis. Responsibilities included helping clients with network problems, doing backups, diagnosing and servicing clients systems and helping with basic log on problems. Disaster Recovery Inspector (FEMA) Sept 3, –Dec. 22, 2005 Hurricane Katrina: Traveled to Gulfport, Mississippi and New Orleans as a volunteer and an inspector working for a contractor for FEMA. My job was going from shelter to shelter registering displaced residence and sending collected data to FEMA. Also I served as housing inspector, assessing damages caused by the hurricane and doing a cost analysis. Base on the report we provided, the government could determine the level of destruction of a property and compensate the property owner. All Digitech Philadelphia PA Feb. 2003- Mar 2004 Computer Tech. (Contractor) Repairing client systems, installing software and hardware for variety of our clients, also I help the design and implementation of our client network infrastructure. Install routers, bridges, mounting seven to eleven feet environment equipment racks, run transmission and power cables; wire wrap on mainframe, grounding and bounding, light DC power installation, terminating and testing coaxial cables; RG11, RG6 etc. TV Guide, INC Dec. June 1997- July 2003 Computer to Plate Technician Electronically build TV guide’s magazines using various platforms and optronics machines to proof and transmit the finished product to the printers. Troubleshoot repaired various workstations for the company and its associates. Gained exposure to major telecommunications devices, and different cable media. Education: University of Liberia 1986-1990 Forestry, BSC Delaware County Community College 1998-2000 Telecommunication/Electronics Technologies, AA Network plus (Certificate) New Horizon computer training 2006