Joseph W. Jones, Jr.
59 Bama Road
Jasper, Alabama 35504
Home Phone 205-648-0100
Email josephw@sonet.net


QUALIFICATIONS

Twelve years in Technical Operations as a Chief Technician, Technical Manager, Plant Manager, Project Manager and P.C. technician in the Broadband C.A.T.V. industry working with IBM compatible 8088's, 286's, 386's and 486+ class machines. Troubleshooting and repairing all components including, but not limited to MFM,RLL and E/IDE disk problems and associated software were part of my very wide range of duties and responsibilities.

Three years developing extensive DBase and considerable Lotus applications for my employers for billing systems, F.C.C reports, monthly technical calculations and reports and fleet management reports, etc.

16 total years in the field with "hands on" experience as well as administrative duties assigned to me. I am familiar with technical training of personnel, being held accountable for recruiting, elctronic test equipment, electronic equipment handling and warehousing, maintaining all hardware quantities needed for fleet and system operations and on-call activities in multiple locations 24 hours a day. I am very familiar with detail-oriented field and plant service operations on an extremely large scale with monthly and annual budgeting capabilities / responsibilities.


WORK HISTORY

1995-1999 Chief Technician, Weatherly Cable, Inc.
Participate and supervise the construction, installation and maintenance of a small C.A.T.V. network as well as create and implement computerized billing, inventory, purchasing and F.C.C. reporting systems for this new company. I also designed the system and built the hub/earth station for this network of 47 audio/video channels, entirely underground plant and 500 homes. I also performed P.C. repairs on a regular basis.

1994-1995 Project Manager, Marcus Cable
Coordinated all plant design, construction, upgrades, disaster recovery and new technology training for a large MSO covering 3200 miles of plant and 82,000 homes. My responsibilities included direct supervision of 6 in-house construction coordinators and an engineering department, 30 to 40 contract personnel performing engineering duties and construction tasks as well as up to 70 technical personnel as needed by the Director of Technical Operations. My budget responsibilities were a minimum of $2M annually.

Some duties included but were not limited to: inventory and purchasing control and approval, accounts payable, and payroll authorization for all contract companies after quality inspection. I also co-created and approved all written contracts with outside companies and vendors to secure all construction bids and materials for each year's budget. Other duties were recruiting, fusion splicing, creating numerous spreadsheets for reports and acquiring design software such as AutoCad and Focus, recommending and specifying P.C.'s for other departments as well as for our contract design companies.

1988-1994 Plant Manager, Premiere Cable Communications, Inc.
My responsibilities included the service and maintenance of 12 C.A.T.V. systems and 12,500 homes in North Alabama and Tennessee. I was responsible for all technical training and operations, recruiting, construction, service and maintenance and F.C.C. proof tests. Other duties were to personally maintain all computers in the earth stations and in the main office. AML links, towers, and all hubs/earth stations in each of the 12 regional locations were also my personal responsibility to maintain.


EDUCATION / Certificates

Completed 11th Grade in High School, 1979 with 1.5 credits remaining for my senior year. I left school and joined work force during teacher's strike.

Acquired G.E.D. in 1981

Completed 1 year of Electronics/Electricity training in High School / Vocational in 1977.

1994 - 1995 Member of The Society of Telecommunications Engineers.

F.C.C. Class III cardholder.


EXPERIENCE

  • 16 years experience in 300 MHz to 13 GHz broadband communications / C.A.T.V. design, construction and maintenance
    operations.
  • 12+ years lineman / splicer. .412, .500, .750, .875, .1.0 in. trunked powered/distribution networks.
  • Fiber optic fusion splicing and waveguide splicing for Microwave RX/TX.
  • Hughes AML broadband 550 MHz microwave transmitters/receivers.
  • Tower, satellite antenna and commercial antenna construction and maintenance.
  • Video production equipment maintenance and operation.
  • 12 years operations management and supervisory experience.
  • Fleet and warehouse/inventory management up to $3M.
  • Broadband design/OSP engineering for 12+ years.
  • Ad insertion equipment operation/maintenance/programming experience.
  • PBX equipment maintenance and repair.
  • Software applications and operating systems include, but not limited to: Lotus 5, Wordperfect 6.0, Dbase3, some
    C++ programming, Lantastic 6.0, MSDOS through Windows '98, and many repair utilities and diagnostic
    software packages.


    References and salary requirements available upon request.