Paul Drake   (570) 688-8743     E. Stroudsburg  Pa 18361      Dob  1/56    U.S. Citizen , Bonded,  No Criminal Record 

    Can pass any Government background  check if needed,  HAVE  PassPort,  No children ,  Divorced

 

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

 

            03-10    Abest Plumbing / Electrical Service  Sole owner  -Doing Fine in my Plumbing / Electrical Business and also

                          Designed Micro controllers Systems for Hot water Solar closed loop systems for multi - apartment complexes, 

                          did Consumer / Business plumbing also. Had a good business till the market died, Always did well with customers

                          with my professional workmanship. Moved to Ohio, bought a cash house, Remodeled it. moved back to Pa in 2009, 

                          by myself now, as I can max out my business directions with other personal improvements, the year of improvements on all sides.

        01- 03    Abest Home Improvements & Repair- Well it’s been a great first 6 month of this year, have a successful Business what 

                          ever I worked on — the Standards what I think they are and I do are. 1) Honesty  2) Reliability  3) Good Communications 

                               4) Being Fair to Your Customers  5)  Quality Workmanship   6) Finishing the Job   

                               7) Keep a High Professional Standard at all times. Expect to enjoy the  next part of the year still ahead .

 

1/92-01/00 –   Self Employed Contracting Services on Network Computer Equipment

                        Field Service for Network Installs  & Maintenance, Nt 4.0,Win 2000,Win 98 & Win 95,Office 2000.  Hardware, Software,

                        Help Desk,  Networking. Servers & Workstation Configuration, Communications, Protocol Analyzers, Software, diagnosis,

                        network setup, cabling & complete repair of systems. Technical network support on Servers, Workstation in a L.A.N

                        Environment with rights. Supporting network communications with Net Beau, Tcp / isp Configuration. Installation of

                        Ethernet network interface components and cabling with Nic's, Hubs, Modems, Drives. Cd-Roms, Tape Backup,

                        Hardware including configuration. Network Hardware & Software Systems. Field Service on Computer

                        Hardware & Software. Complete Repair of Systems and Technical Support Services.

8/88 - 12/91    Ampex Corp., Redwood City, Ca. Beta Integrated Testing  Software/Firmware $60K   Layoffs, went back to home area

                       Systems Engineer – Research & Development-Experience with broadcast video formats including D2 beta testing, Beta cam SP,

                       Digital Beta cam, Experience with waveform monitors, vector scopes and a variety of different audio/video routers

                       Interfaced Digital- Analog, Rs-232, Rs-422, Ethernet, Video & Audio Communications Equipment.  Preformed Firmware

                       Engineering Changes. Preformed Beta Software functional tests on Ampex products. Interfaced Computer Controllers,

                       Cabling & Connecting control Data Lines to do Hardware Revisions, Filled out Detailed Bug Reports on the software,

                       Hardware Revision Procedures as I preformed Beta  Implantations Procedures.

2/87 - 6/88      Univision Network, Laguna, Ca. (In-House Maintenance & Remote Truck)  $42K Temp Job

                       Maintenance Engineer - My specialty was to maintain Data & Signals , (14) Sony 1’’ BVH-1100A VTR’s and a variety of

                       Ampex-VPR-6, VPR-2,  AVR-3 VTR’s mainly by myself. Live Control Rooms, On-line and off-line bays. Maintained tape

                       transfer bays, Satellite remote truck,  Ado’s, Switchers, Routers, Proc. Amps, Distribution & Satellite Feeds.

2/86 - 2/87      Discovery International, Bundy / Olympic St. Santa Monica, Ca. (In-House & ENG Maintenance) $39K

                       Chief Maintenance Engineer - Design, Build & Maintain Post Studios, Responsible for maintenance and repair of 

                       (2) Ampex -Ace On -line edit bays & (2) Off-line Edit bays, Production stage area and ENG packages.

9/85 - 2/86     Group W,  Santa Monica, Ca.  (In-House & ENG Maintenance)  $34K

                       Chief Maintenance Engineer - Design, Build & Maintain Post Studios & Remote Truck,  Maintained 1” on-line, 3/4” off-line

                       edit bays & broadcast transmissions satellite feeds, Post-Production area Including Video control and ENG Maintenance, 

                       Commercial Insertion Bays & Monitoring Equipment

5/82 - 1/85     Gateway Productions, 45 th st. New York, NY. (In-House Maintenance)

                        Design, Build & Maintain Post Studios 13 rack on-line system, Maintenance Engineer - Maintained (3) CMX on-line edit bays,  3/4”  

                       off-line, film-to-tape transfer, Designed post-production Facilities with BVH-2000 VTR’s, ADO,  Rank- Cintel,  Mirage, Video Control.

1/80 - 5/82     Sony Broadcast Corporation, 47-47 Vandam St. Long Island City, NY. (In-House Maintenance) Temp C-Retrofit program on 

                        BVH-1000 VTR's Job Maintenance Engineer. Type C-Retrofit Program for Sony BVH-1100, BVH-1000 VTR’s, 

                        BVU-Series-Time Base Correctors, Editors. Repair, Modifications, Full Video, Audio Calibrations on Systems, Troubleshooting ,

                        Technical Support Services.

    1975-80      Electronics - Repairing Down to Component Level, Perkin-Elmer-Terminals, Transistor Devices, Schematics, Power Supplies.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

                             Specializing in Studio Design, Maintenance & Repair of Broadcast Communication Equipment and Systems.

                             Particular ability with design of digital signal facilities with Video, Sync & Audio.

                             Troubleshoot Computers System  & Designing Communication Facilities.

                             Excellent communication skills…. Completely familiar with Color Framing  

                             Meticulous Individual with Excellent Workmanship practices, Understands Technical Aspects Very 

                             Resources…. Quickly         Strong Analytical Understanding … Ability to work independently

FORMAL TRAINING:

                        7/1/07- 4 certificates - 608, 609, 410A & PM - 97% Average Score for overall

                          6/2/2k-1 certificates- ScSi Diploma, Successful Completion, Startech Technology’s

                         2000  – Studying for Microsoft MCSE Certificate & SQL Server

                         88/89- 2 certificates- Ampex Broadcast-ADO, AVC-Switcher, Redwood City, Ca.

                         1984 - 1 certificates- Sony Broadcast BVH-2000 Certificate, San Jose, Ca.

                         1980 - 1 certificates- FCC General Class License, Varick St. NYC.

                         73/75- Computer Engineering: Electronics, Fortran, Cobol & Assembly Language, Morris County Community Collage.

                         1973-  High School Graduate,  A Grade Average, Technical Majors, Newton High. Newton, NJ.

EQUIPMENT & EXPERIENCE:

 GV 300 & 1600 ,Videl Switchers, Tape - D1 / D2, Betacam, Sony / Ampex 1'' , older 2'' Ampex, 3/4'',. CMX, NTSC, PAL M, SCAM, ect. Routers, Hubs, SMPT Protocol Analyzer, Digital, Analog, Oscilloscopes, Spectrum Analyzers, Cat. 5 & 3 Ethernet Signal Testers / Ethernet Tools. , Fluke DDM, Audio test Equipment, Computer Equipment: Motherboards, Cpu’s, Mem, Cd-ROMs, Modems, Drives+ ScSi, Tape Backups, Printers, Hubs, Nics, RJ45 Cabling,Well diverse technical background: Over 25+ yrs Experience, well above A+ Level. skilled with the installation of wire raceway, ladder racks and metal conduit systems. Understands the technical engineering spectrum of the Digital & Analog communications industry. Have Designed, Built  & Programmed Microcomputers to Function in a FULL  capacity. Understands the Address & Data Lines  & the Memory Stack of Computers.  Troubleshooting In addition, repairing microprocessor based products, testing, as well as implementing engineering changes.  Networking concepts, TCP/Ip,SMTP, POP, PPP, etc. Working knowledge in telephony, electronics, and engineering. Install, maintain   Telecommunications & associated equipment, wiring per specifications and operational procedures. Complete field service repair of  hardware /software/configuration completion. Computer maintenance experience, computer skills; addition of SCSI / Ide hard drives Interfaces, tape drives, installation of network cards, Hubs, related tasks and interface cabling; the ability to test systems to verify  Memory, disk capacity, network interfaces, fundamental understanding of the Internet ,Intranet data services LAN  connectivity with Windows NT, 98,95,  Office 2000, Genesis 2000, Ect. Built & Program Micro-Controllers.