David McOwen
444 E Roosevelt Rd #234
Chicago, IL 60148
918-257-1667
Telecom, Electronics & Computer Engineer
Summary
Cellular Network Engineer
featuring expertise in Alcatel Media Gateway Spatial Switches, Nokia UMTS RNC,
Nortel & Ericsson 2G BSCs, TruePosition E911 TDOA Locationing system.
System and network administration, Unix creating and executing scripts.
Attention Contract companies:
looking for $50 negotiable with benefits and re-location expenses
Experience:
T-Mobile –
Chicago Switch Ops July 2010 to present
All activities pertaining to
maintaining and continued build out of switch, see details in below switches
& markets
Hired on permanent after ten
years of Cellular contracting
Amirit Technologies (contracting at T-Mobile
Chicago Switch) 2/2009
to July 2010
Switch
Engineer - Alcatel SigTran and T2k
upgrades, Nokia 3G RNC integration and BSC re-homes onto Alcatel and day to day
switch operations.
Amirit Technologies (contracting at T-Mobile
Parsippany NJ Northeast HQ’s) 1/2008
to Feb 2009
Part
of Team responsible for coordinating design and integration of total system
engineering of Alcatel for the Northeast Region. Rehomed over 80 BSC’s in 2008
to Alcatel Spatial switch from Ericsson MSC5000 and Nortel DMS switches.
Document
system specifications (MOPs), and working parameters for hardware/software
compatibility.
Supporting
local markets and other vendors with the implementation efforts.
Working with DACS Engineers for successful cuts of (Tellabs and Alcatel) to new Spatial configuration.
Troubleshooted
any issues resulting in virtually no fallbacks
Decommissioned
IMT routes from Ericcsson switches to be uninstalled
AT&T (through contracting with
Wireless Facilities Inc) 3/2007 to 10/2007
Senior E911 Switch Engineer
Key
role in implementing TruePosition E911 TDOA Locating System, installing,
troubleshooting and maintaining
at&t E911 network in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Indiana and Mississippi. Support for Field Technicians during the installation and troubleshooting phase using EMS, SCOUT and OpsTools.
Software
upgrades to the WLS and remotely for the LMU’s.
Intrado/Openwave support, TDAX, Backups, AMS, OpsTool, S/W
Upgrades
AT&T (through contracting with Orbis Wireless Atlanta Ga) 1/2007 to 3/2007
Senior E911 Switch Engineer
Key
role in implementing TruePosition E911 Locating System, installing,
troubleshooting and maintaining
at&t E911 network in Maine and Rhode Island
Support for Field Technicians during the installation and troubleshooting phase; provided help using EMS, SCOUT and OpsTools.
Software
upgrades to the WLS and remotely for the LMU’s.
Intrado/Openwave support, TDAX, Backups, AMS, OpsTool, S/W
Upgrades
AT&T (through contracting with Mark Baker Consulting Denver, Co) 7/2006 to 11/2006
Senior E911 Switch Engineer
Key
role in implementing TruePosition E911 TDOA Locating System, installing,
troubleshooting and maintaining
at&t E911 network in Colorado, Utah and Idaho
Support for Field Technicians during the installation and troubleshooting phase; provided help using EMS, SCOUT and OpsTools. Software upgrades to the WLS and remotely for the LMU’s.
Intrado/Openwave support, TDAX, Backups, AMS, OpsTool, S/W
Upgrades
AT&T (through contracting with
Orbis Wireless Atlanta Ga) 2/2006
to 6/2006
Senior E911 Switch Engineer
Install True Position E911 Locationing system
Installed and provisioned complete TDOA E911
location system for this Market
Key
role in implementing TruePosition E911 Locating System, installing,
troubleshooting and maintaining
at&t E911 network in Colorado, Utah, Idaho. Nortel DMS 100 and 250 support and configuration.
Support for Field Technicians during the installation and troubleshooting phase; provided help using EMS, SCOUT and OpsTools.
Software
upgrades to the WLS and remotely for the LMU’s.
Intrado/Openwave support, TDAX, Backups, AMS, OpsTool, S/W
Upgrades
T-Mobile – New Orleans, La (through contracting w/Kineticom)
7/2005 to 1/2006
Switch Technician
Ericsson
MSC & BSC’s, Alcatel Spatial media Gateway
Provisioned, tested, diagnosed, and accepted OCx, T3/E3, ATM, Frame Relay circuits and T1/E1
circuits. DS0,
T1, E1, OC-3, TDAX, and DSX panels, Tellabs DACs
On a daily basis, analyzed provisioning and network
issues and decided upon the necessary action to correct the issue and acted
upon the decision to ensure customer satisfaction.
Implemented, tested and operated network systems,
Basic 911, Enhanced 911 translations, overflow routing, NPA and NXX migrations,
LCA migrations, trunk group additions, ACD additions or deletes.
Maintained complete call routing, resolved trouble
tickets for all cell sites in the state.
Instrumental
in keeping T-Mobile on the Air in aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
TruePosition (through contracting w/Kineticom) 8/2004 to 6/2005
Location System Engineer
Installed and provisioned complete TDOA E911
location system for this Market.
EDS Navy & Marines Intranet Project
(NMCI) (contracting through AERA)
6/2002 to 10/2002 Deployment Lead/Consultant
Expert troubleshooter for Configuration &
Installation of Enterprise Windows 2000 deployment of 2000 PC's on Dobbins Air
Force Base Marietta Georgia.
Cingular (through contracting
w/Synergetic Technologies) Atlanta, Ga
3/2000 to 6/2002
Ericsson Switch Implementation Engineer
Configured, tested and troubleshot of all phases of
switch turn up
Experienced on MSC5000 and 202 platforms
Network configuration, SS7 trunks, ISUP, HLR, Long
Distance, Roaming, Activations, CALEA and Billing. GSM and PCS radios.
Coordinated with multiple departments, teams,
managers and vendors
Hayes Modems – Atlanta, Ga 1/1996 to 8/1997
Hardware Design Engineer
Played
a key role in bringing to market latest modems from Hayes from board design,
Project Management, test, ready and assist in 1st production.
ADSL
design and configuration, ATM, Lucent 5ESS switch, Ascend, 3COM
PC Specialist 9/1994 to 1/1996
Coordinated
startup and Management of Help Desk support for all users in the Company and
remote via laptops and WAN
Configured
PCs both Hardware and software applications
Networking
- TCIP, Remote access, Microsoft Exchange, Windows Workgroups, Win95/NT,
Microsoft Office
EDUCATION
Island Drafting and Technical Institute -
Amityville, New York. 1982
128 Broadway 11701 631-691-8733
http://www.idti.edu
Electronics - Full Scholarship based on testing