Robert — Electrical Contractor & Consultant

Jan. 2007 - 0ct. 2007 NetVersant - Northern California, Mountain View, CA

Jan. 2002 - present Electrical Contractor & Consultant License # 00852791 - C10 Provide consulting, engineering and installation for Telecommunications, CCTV, Lighting, Security & A/V systems

Dec. 2004 - Dec. 2006 Johnson Controls, Hayward, CA Field Engineer, SSR Install, program and service, security, CCTV and life safety systems. Provide customer service and system training. Supervise installation work by subcontractors on project sites. Provide designs, estimates and quotes for system upgrade and installation projects

May 2004 - Dec. 2004 Orchard Construction and Facilities, San Jose, CA Facilities Operations Supervisor/ C10 RME - Supervise facilities repair and maintenance personnel. Provide estimates and quotes for tenant improvement and minor renovation projects involving electrical, plumbing, mechanical and carpentry work. - Administration of the office PC workstations, network, Nextel phone with GPS location system and service vehicles

ISR Solutions-Livermore, CA Sept. 2003 - May 2004 Lead Field Tech. / Project Engineer - Assist sales prepare job submittals, quotes, equipment selection, estimates, and bills of material. Provide initial Set-up of systems, training and in-service demonstrations to end-users. Provide project management, O&M manuals, material & manpower estimates, job costing plus technical support to customers and technicians in the field. Administration of the office PC workstations, network and the CAD / Drafting dept

Sept. 1999 - Jan. 2002 Engineer/ Project Manager: Engineering of security, A/V & Wireless LAN Systems - Prepare job submittals, quotes, estimates, bills of material, O&M manuals, material & manpower estimates, job costing, select and negotiate with vendors and sub-contractors. Provide initial set-up of systems, training and inservice demonstrations to end-users. Provide project management and technical support to technicians in the field

Senior Systems Tech: Dec. 1997 - June 1999 - On site management of sub-contractors and technicians, making critical decisions regarding installation and design in order to maintain schedules, specifications, safety and high quality standards. Performed acceptance tests of access control equipment and other computer controlled security systems. - Extensive experience with PCs, computer networks, modems, cabling systems (Ethernet, coax, fiber), Telephone / PBX / PA systems, life-safety, industrial security and access control systems, CCTV, MATV, commercial audio & broad band media retrieval, sound masking, industrial automation and UPS-backup equipment. - Participated in the start-up of a spin off company, Card Control Systems. This involved initial mechanical & electronic design, construction of prototypes, software design & debugging. Beta site installation and testing for this new card access / building automation product

Nov. 1996 - Dec. 1997 Siemens Business Communications, Santa Clara, CA Technical Support Analyst: Service, diagnostics and M.A.C. on Siemens CBX telephone & voicemail systems. - Execution of software Moves, Adds and Changes & routine service diagnostics through dial-up connections to customer equipment. This involved intense phone activity and customer interaction for consultation and sales. - Provided internal support for Microsoft Office and Outlook applications. Participated in evaluations of a Call Center training programs and re-wrote examinations for internal training group on the subject of telecommunications basics

Quickturn Design Systems, Mountain View, CA Network & Telecom Systems Admin: Manage and service telephone & voicemail system, WindowsNT servers, Feb. 1995 - Nov. 1996 workstations, printers, A/V equipment & network equipment cabling. - Managed the installation of new telephone & voicemail systems for the five building campus. Project scope included the selection of features, programming, ordering T1 & CO trunks, user training and coordination of the "cut". Selected and managed contractors for installation and changes of data/ voice cabling & equipment. Administration of the Siemens Rolm 9006 CBX & PhoneMail systems including scheduling switch expansions, upgrades, moves, etc. - Prepare user accounts for network and dial-in access, E-Mail and backup on the WindowsNT server & WAN. Provide initial set-up, device drivers & virus protection updates on PC's, NT Workstations & Notebook/Laptop PCs, plus demonstrations and training of OS, applications, Internet access on workstations & PCs

Comtel Systems Technology, Santa Clara, CA June 1987 - Feb. 1995 Systems Engineer: Engineering of security, life-safety, A/V, communication & industrial electronic systems. - Prepare job submittals, quotes, estimates, bills of material, O&M manuals, material & manpower estimates, Blueprints using Auto CAD. Provide initial set-up of systems, training and in-service demonstrations to end-users. Provide project management and technical support to customers and technicians in the field. - Managed installation of new PBX and Voice Mail system at Comtel's office and maintained PC workstations

Nov. 1983 - May 1987 Schlage Electronics, Santa Clara, CA Customer Service Dept./Field Engineer: Provide technical support to Schlage dealers and customers. - Performed update adjustments and digital and analog troubleshooting down to component level on the complete line of proximity card readers, access control processors, data terminals and printers. - Provided customer support by phone and in the field regarding system applications, installation techniques, programming, use of software, hardware diagnosis, repair and exchange procedures. - Participated in new product and software update testing, generating technical bulletins, and checking user manuals for accuracy. Assisted in production of training seminars for Schlage dealers

Jan. 1982 - Nov. 1983 Transaction Technology, Inc., New York, NY Field Engineer II: Provide installation and maintenance of CITIBANK's ATM and electronic banking network. - Serviced TTI Type 84 CATs (Customer Activated Teller), Data SAAB Cash Dispenser teller terminals, Disk drives, data terminals, TTI Type 40 Multiplexers and other components of the Citibank network. Set up a strict preventative maintenance schedule for over a dozen branches assigned to me in Queens and Brooklyn. Cleared the trouble backlog and had a very low down time rate for my ATMs and Branches

Standard Precision Products, New Hyde Park, NY Engineering Tech: Provide design & tech support to the engineering & production departments, for development Nov. 1980 - Jan. 1982 of computerized temperature and process controllers on injection molding machines. - Design & build controller prototypes and test jigs. Write assembly language routines & program EPROM's to test prototype circuits. Test software by collecting & plotting performance data and make hardware modifications. Test component samples for mechanical and electrical tolerances. Calibrate test equipment & develop testing procedures

Sept. 1980 - Nov. 1980 Ademco, Inc., Syosset, NY Electronic Repair Tech: Repaired electronic security equipment returned to factory from Ademco dealers. - Cleared the entire back log of CCTV equipment repairs that included TV cameras, monitors, pan-tilt mounts, sequential video switchers, PTZ controllers, and micro-wave motion detectors

Sept. 1980 - Sept. 1980 Silent Watchman Corp., Bayside, NY Security System Tech: Installation and repair of electronic security systems. - Lead Alarm Tech at the New York branch of the Silent Watchman Corp, Columbus, Ohio. Installed and repaired intrusion alarm, CCTV, fire alarm, access control systems and sequence - time recording / control lock systems

Sept. 1976 - Sept. 1978 Security Communications Inc., Bellerose, NY Electronic Repair Tech: Installation and repair of electronic security systems. - Installed and repaired intrusion alarm, fire alarm and CCTV systems in primarily residential and retail locations. ROBERT J. 4089 Darwin Drive Phone: / Fremont, CA 94555 E-MAIL