Resume of Francis M Gibson.

29 John st
Westerly R.I 02891
1-401-348-8738

E-Mail cabletech@edgenet.net


Experience


USN:1976-79 Fire Control Technician Responsible for Repair and maintenance of USN55B Fire Control Guided Missile Radar System. USN Training included "Hands on training". Responsible for troubleshooting and repair of 50MW Doppler radar transmitter/receivers Use of Electronic test equipment including VOM Oscilloscope and Spectrum analyzers. Testing and repair of wave guide transmission lines and high power Klystron tubes. Repair and alignment of parabolic transmit/receive dish antenna. Helped to develop P.M. Program {preventive maintain} Maintain of Fire Control Computer Network. Honorably Discharged.


All Vac Systems:1979-1982 Service Manager Responsible for troubleshooting and repair of electrical and electronic appliances, commercial vacuum cleaners. Ordered parts, made repair estimates delt with customer relations and the supervision and training of service technicians. made field repairs for commercial accounts.Completed 3000hr apprenticeship.

Storer Cable Communications:1982-1988 System Line Technician Responsible for troubleshooting and repair of the trunk and feeder system of a 300MHZ cable system. Performed sweep and balance of trunk amplifiers. Troubleshot any and all problems occurring in the broad band plant active and passive devices. Other areas of responsibility included Power supply maintenance and repair, signal leakage detection and repair, Head End off air and Earth Station satellite receive equipment maintenance. Use of a bucket truck and ladder. On call duty rotation was a further responsibility.


Block Island Cable:1988-1989 Chief Technician Responsible for all phases of operations for this 500 sub 300MHZ cable system. Performed maintenance From "Dish to TV and every thing in between". Managed small office. Set up and ran local station studio. Upgraded Head end to include satellite channels. Performed plant construction for upgrading and extensions. Even made repairs to bucket truck! This was a true one man operation.


Westerly Cablevision:(MediaOne)1989-2000 Sr System Technician Responsible for all phases of of plant maintenance on this 550MHZ HFC Cable System. Duties include sweep/balance of trunk amplifiers, Quarterly leakage CLI rideout and repair, quarterly Standby power supply maintenance, weekly end of line checks, Bi-annual F.C.C. proof tests, Outage correction, Line problems ect. Also serve as Head end/Earthstation Technician proficient in identifying and correcting all problems related to modulators, processors, scramblers, fiber optic equipment and all associated components related to the same. In 1989 was a key player in a complete Earth station rebuild/upgrade. Many times called upon to use skills in electronics to design and implement innovative solutions and custom interface equipment. Regularly chosen to handle the more technically challenging problems related to cable systems.


 Eastern Connecticut Cable Corp: 2000-Present Sr Head End Technician Responsible for all phases of maintenance on 1 Master Head End/Earthstation 1 off air Head End and three secondary hubs. Key player in deployment and maintenance of @home high speed data system. Maintain GI Digital video, Ippv, cheetah status monitoring ADC DV6000 digital transport and DVFE fast Ethernet Ring Fiber Optic Transmitters/Receivers, Modulators Demodulators Off Air processors satellite receivers tvro antennas and HE computers in this 1000 Mile 125 Node 1310 Am 750MHZ HFC system serving 46000 customers.


EDUCATION



 Waterford High School: Industrial program, Basic Electronics I II III U.S.N: Basic Electricity/Electronics school. Basic Digital Electronics school. Fire Control Radar"A" .school.

All Vac Systems:3000hr Apprenticeship consumer appliance servicing State of Conn.

National Cable Television Institute: Technician course, Chief Technician course,Chief .tech .Update course,Catv Fiber Optics course, Fiber Optic Technician course, Broad band /RF .TechnicianII .course, CATV Tests and measurements course.

Cleveland Institute of Electronics:Cable T.V. Technician Training Program (AAS Degree).

National Radio Institute: Telecommunications Technology course, Master course in .Audio/Video .servicing , Digital technology course.

CATV Industry Seminars:Magnavox Mobile Training Center, Phillips Mobile Training General Instrument Training seminar, Scientific Atlanta Distribution systems, catv Fiber optic systems, Headend and Earth station equipment training seminar.


PERSONAL INFORMATION


  • Date of birth 10/11/58

  • Marital Status: Divorced

  • U.S. Citizen

  • Excellent Health
    HOBBIES and INTERESTS


  • Electronics

  • IBM Compatible Computers

  • Surfing, Snow boarding, Skiing

  • Mineralogy

  • Transpersonal Psychology's

  • Virtual Reality {see F.M.Labs}