Christopher Surber

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About Christopher Surber

Work ExperienceWork ExperienceZiply Fiber4/2025– Present Pre/Post-sale Commercial Ethernet,GPON, Dark Fiber, Data Center, IRU, planning.Pearce Services3/2023 – 4/2025 Pre/Post-sale Commercial Ethernet,GPON, Dark Fiber, planning.Mountain LTD.5/2022 to 3/2023GPON Deployment, Brownfield MDU, FTTx and access services, new market deployments.Network EngineerLumen - Yakima, WAApril 2013 to January 2020• Extensive experience with multiple service providers, provisioning, and commissioning network elements such as routers, switches, PON, TDM, VOIP, xWDM MPLS, ROADM, SDWAN.• Optical network implementation; turn-up, commissioning, testing, data-basing, provisioning, surveillance, to customer handover.• Create core transport network engineering design packages, including documentation, project timelines, equipment purchasing and tracking, vendor material shipment and staging coordination. Projects spanned multiple geographic areas nationally. • Experienced in equipment asset management and inventory systems• Technical Writing, produce method of procedures and engineering documentation.• Configure and install various network devices and services (e.g, routers, switches, firewalls)• Providing technical guidance for monitoring information systems operations.• Monitor system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution• Performing system-level configuration of specific products such as hardware and OS.Operations TechnicianLumen - Portland, OR March 2001 to April 2013• Technical Lead responsible for the test and turn up of switch, voice, broadband, and enterprise services. • Maintain, augment, and repair-troubleshoot global enterprise transport networks, and supporting operational facilities.• Maintained -48V DC Power Plant and Liebert HVAC units.• This position required both delegating of projects to other technicians as well as direct action to complete projects.Outside Plant Field EngineerLumen - Eugene, OR January to March 2001 Create make ready analysis, pole surveys, QC prints, and preparation of prints, Gather and record necessary data to provide to engineering team Perform site surveys and walk-outs as necessary to comply with customer requirements and time frames OSP staking, work order package preparation including but not limited to field notes, cut sheets, and schematics Read design maps, fiber schematics and basic electronic designs EducationMasters of Science in Telecommunications