Shelburne P. Ponsford
Sandl2@pacbell.net

Objective: To administer and maintain networks, workstations, and data storage.

Skills Summary:
CompTIA A+, Net+ MS Pro-certified CNA certified
Telecommunication systems (installation and maintenance)Windows 2000 Pro/Server
Data and voice transmission Windows NT 4.0
Supervisory abilities LAN/WAN
Strong interpersonal skills Customer service support
Network design/Infrastructure TCP/IP
Hardware/Software installation/troubleshooting MS Word
Active Directory MS Excel
Cisco routers PC assembly/repair

Work History:
Systems Information Technology (SIT), Santa Rosa, CA 2004 – present
Owner – Consultant with Contracting License 264387

Telecommunications Design, Occidental, CA 2002
Technical Customer Support

Received calls and Email regarding phone problems from various national accounts. Assisted department managers by troubleshooting their phone problems over the phone and determine if equipment needed to be replaced or a technician needed to be dispatched for repairs.

Advanced TelCom Group, Santa Rosa, CA 2001
Operations Supervisor

Managed 3 inside and 6 outside operations technicians. Inside Operations consisted of maintaining a Lucent 5ESS switch and transport system that provided dial tone to customers. Outside Operations consists of installing and maintaining equipment that utilized the 24 channels of T1’s for the customer’s PBX and data service. Duties included working T1 installations and repair issues with Pac Bell, coordinating capacity issues with ATG Network Engineers, maintaining installation inventory, tracking and categorizing operations for time studies and evaluation reports, and initiating safety training under the OSHA guidelines.

Pacific Bell, Santa Rosa, CA 1992- 2000
Supervisor-Special Services & Data Transport

Supervised digital work group (installation and maintenance crew for pair gain/fiber optic equipment) along with supervising a special services crew for Sonoma County. The digital work group was responsible for all provisioning and maintenance of fiber optic systems and fiber muxes. The special services crew was responsible for provisioning and maintenance of 911 installation projects and all design lines to customer premises (i.e. digital data, analog data, HICAP T1’s & T3’s, FEX, and DID lines). Duties included balancing the load and schedule for both crews; reporting and keeping accurate time records; scheduling training to stay abreast of new technology; maintaining inventory and tools; removing roadblocks between departments where we interfaced, while coordinating projects, orders, and escalations.

Education:

Specialized Training:

Empire College, Santa Rosa, CA Various Pacific Bell training courses:
Specialized Associate Degree-IT-Microsoft Concentration 911 Workstations and Network Installation
Graduate 10/03; 4.0 GPA, President’s Honors Data and Transport Systems
Valley College, Van Nuys, CA DeVry Technical Institute, Chicago, IL
Associates of Arts Degree - Sociology Communications Electronics