136 Fawnhill RD.

Upper Saddle River N.J. 07458

Phone# 201-236-2521
E-mail rp70bb4e@westpost.net
PROFILE: RICHARD PAGANO
Seasoned professional experienced in the installation, servicing, testing and tr
ouble-shooting of telecommunications technologies. Specialize in land line, and
RF over the air technology with switching experience. Earned several outstandi
ng annual evaluations and acknowledged for maintaining my service region having
the fewest dropped calls. Service Recommendation Award was received for outstan
ding work in the installation of "Cell on wheels" in the aftermath of the collap
sed World Trade Complex that damaged cell equipment. Volunteer in community ser
vices for the boy scouts and coach several town sponsored recreational sport tea
ms. Possess excellent written and communication skills.

EMPLOYMENT:
Sprint PCS
100 Hollister Rd. Teterboro N.J. July 1996- December 2009
As a Senior Cell Technician III professional, responsible for:
* Integration of cells, RMT, wiring T-1s, OTA monitoring, testing, power setting
, antenna sweeps with all meter types.
* Land line and RF operations. Have working knowledge of RF planning process and
use of propagation tools. Familiar with Plant.
* Meeting deadlines on time which was always managed and often completed earlier
due to understanding the company wide ticketing systems.
* Maintaining and turning on cell sites including EVDO. Independently trouble s
hooting and resolving of RF coverage issues, 3G EVDO and EVDO Revision A issues
and all other cell site related issues. Familiar with Nextel cell integration
trouble shooting and upgrades.
* For the initial EVDO rollout in New Jersey, was selected to turn up EVDO in ot
her locations in addition to my regional area to ensure the regionally wide dead
lines were met because of outstanding skills in T-1 transmission and advanced kn
owledge in systems being marketed.
* Developing new employee's skills and provided them with on the job training.
* Approving vendor's installation of in-house antenna systems. Validated the per
formance with the customers to ensure proper coverage.
* Working with NOCC/Tier 3, equipment suppliers and engineering teams to resolve
system, performance and equipment issues.
* Accessing O.M.P. to monitor cell status. Entered commands to remotely restore,
diagnose and test components.
* Accessing Lucent web site for technical assistance procedures.
As a Switch Technician II professional, responsible for:
* Acceptance, maintenance, translations and operations in Titan 5500 dacs, all T
-1s and T-3s for trunk and cell facilities, 5ESS, Executive Cellular Processor,
and Court order surveillance systems, I.C.O.S.
* Installed new 5ESS, ECP hardware and translations and built and tested D4 chan
nel banks for SS7 links.
* Worked on translations for voice mail systems, pre-paid platform and switch.
* Maintained and operated A.T.M. switching.
* Installed and maintained new echo cancelling system and Cisco routers.
* Responsible for building security including morning routines, air conditioner
units, running portable and permanent emergency generators.
New Jersey Bell / Bell Atlantic
Hillsdale, New Jersey (and other NJ locations) August 1984 - May 1996
Private Services-Installation and Maintenance
As a private Services/Installation and Maintenance professional, responsible for
the following:
* Testing, wiring, and equipment installation, and turn-up for ISDN, T-1 and T-3
, sub-rate circuits, analog and voice circuits.
* Installed fiber loop converters and T-1 systems for major companies including
IBM, Hewlett Packard, Barnes and Noble, and Cellular One.
* Knowledgeable of all leading edge technology including fiber optics, multiplex
ing, voice compression, ISDN and data transmissions.
* Trouble shooting of all private service circuits. Provided on call service sev
en days a week, 24 hours per day, including holidays.
January 1977 - August 1984 Outside plant, Drafting and Engineering
Lineman - Provided cable facilities for residential and business areas.
October 1974 - January 1977 Accounting
Prepared billing for residential and corporate customers.
Education
1999 Lucent Training Center
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Courses: Mini cell training.
Mod 1,3,4,4.0 4.0B, cell training including RMT course.
1998 Lucent Training Center
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Courses: ABC Electronics, Basic Installation, Circuit Design, Data Transmission,
Fiber Loop Converters, ISDN, Meters, M.F.T., Multiplexing: DDM 1000, DDM 2000,
Fuji 150's, Fuji 600's Newbridge Sun Systems for Disaster and Recovery, Pole Cli
mbing, SLC 96, D/4 Series 5 and Integrated, T-1 Transmission, T-3 Transmission,
Zone Driving, Tellabs-Titan DACS 5500, Lucent Power 3002, Lucent 5ESS Training C
ourse 8002, Lucent ECP Training Course 8005.
1997 Tellabs-Titan 5500 DACS School - Lisle, Ill
Continuing Education
Bell Atlantic Plant School
S. Plainfield, New Jersey and Sterling Virginia
Bergen Community College
Paramus, New Jersey