Glen Crane

Experience

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  Illinois Bell Telephone

  Jan 1971 - Jan 1974

  Apprentice PBX Installer
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  GTE

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1984

  Project Engineer/Supervisor

  Supervised and managed several ongoing installations of large and small PBXs in Great Lakes region. Initiated meetings with customers and contractors. Prepared engineering details, key sheets, and floor plans for station locations. Ordered trunks from local LEC and coordinated cutover. Ensured projects remained within budget and completed on time or ahead of schedule.Service Supervisor, 1979-1982Operating/Technical Services Engineer, 1976-1979Installer, 1974-1976

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  Data General

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1990

  Regional Manager of Field Engineering

  Managed staff of eight field engineers in six major cities in supporting corporate backbone network and customer circuits. Planned and coordinated the installations and maintenance of all wire centers, facility infrastructure equipment, telnet packet switch processors, modems, line drivers, multiplexers, microwave radios, fiber systems, and data, voice, and ringdown circuits. Functioned as subject matter expert for field engineers and network control center on chronic customer and network troubles. Reviewed and approved all engineering designs and bills of materials for all major projects, ensuring timely customer implementations. Show less

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  Metropolitan Fiber Systems

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1999

  Senior Manager of Operations

  Managed operations of Chicago suburban fiber network consisting of five fiber nodes, one DMS switch site, 700 SONET network elements, and 100 building POPs. Planned and managed all installation and maintenance activities, including 12 field engineers. Directed installations from inception to completion, suburban fiber backbone, and building laterals. Oversaw, engineered, and implemented all new building additions, laterals, splicing, and POP build-outs. Engineered, installed, and maintained all FOTS and ancillary equipment in nodes and building POPs. Led and planned installation, coordination, and contracting of all cabling. Show less

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  Focal Communications

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2004

  Director of Transport Engineering, Network and Switch Planning

  . Directed organizational designs, engineering, implementations, and support of focal switch transport network. Managed staff of five engineers and three network planners. Planned and managed engineering activities of three key areas of long-haul and metro transport networking, access networking, and switching support systems. Led organization and proved instrumental in network cost reductions of $5,000,000 prior to and post emergence from bankruptcy. Implemented and planned dark fiber acquisition in 12 markets as well as ILEC central office fiber-based colocation, reducing amount of network expense dollars. Show less

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  Broadwing Communications

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Director of Network Colocation Engineering and Planning

  Directed organization responsible for all pre-sales qualification, planning, engineering, and implementation of Broadwing data center and network colocation products. Managed team of four transport and colocation engineers as well as supported product management team. Planned, developed, and implemented solutions to enhance colocation product from standard offering, providing flexibility to customer demands. Reduced installation interval from eight to four weeks by restructuring existing processes and procedures. Developed and administered new programs, policies, and procedures with sales and operations. Show less

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  Level 3 Communications

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Critical Facilities Engineer

  Provided day-to-day oversight and management of several Level3 owned and leased facilities in Chicago and the surrounding metropolitan area. Lead Engineer on the local design, implementation and maintenance of all critical infrastructure equipment (AC Power Distribution, Grounding, Fire Systems, Generators, ATS, UPS systems, UPS Battery strings, DC Power Plants, DC Plant Batteries, PDU’s, STS, HVAC systems – CRAC units, chillers, dry coolers, condensers, pumps, VFD, and any Structural issues) to ensure operational integrity, improve efficiency and reduce operational costs. Show less

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  MGI NETWORK SERVICES, LLC, Chicago, Illinois

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Project Manager Consultant

  Supervised build-out of 4,000-square-foot data center for specific client in Chicago. Established communications with landlord, building management, and engineering/security departments. Ensured state-of-the-art data center build-out for client. Consulted and worked with engineering team in early stages of project on designs of floor plan, cable/fiber runway systems, and power distribution system.Worked with client in providing input and final approvals on all bid submittals and contractor selections. Managed daily on-site support to contractors for resolution of any conflicts or potential changes. Maintained current drawings and documentation by documenting any changes on a daily basis. Provided on-site supervision of contractors and weekly status updates to client via Microsoft Project.• Identified major issues with data center design and proved instrumental in redesign of floor plan before project was sent out to bid, preventing a delay in project timeline and leading to major cost avoidance in potential change orders.• Completed data center build-out ahead of schedule, resulting in additional project work associated with data center, including managing deployments of new fiber plant, telecom sites, and colocation points of presence (POPs) across 825 miles between Chicago and New Jersey. Show less

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  Jones Lang LaSalle

  Mar 2010 - Jan 2018

  Senior Switch Project Manager

  Directed all regions in managing multiple critical projects in telecom data center/switch facilities. Oversaw project scopes varying from facility upgrades to site expansions/build-outs, equipment replacements, upgrades, and new installations. Provided switch services to support design construction of physical plant associated with T-Mobile colocation/standalone and other firm colocation switch facilities.Managed network floor space, assigned floor locations, and ensured building infrastructures supported network equipment (consistent with T-Mobile requirements). Completed and managed switch project workload to highest standards in accordance with T-Mobile/JLL general services agreement (GSA). Led projects in various phases of development, meeting and exceeding established goals, including speed, quality, and budget. Oversaw specific needs of projects, clients, vendors, and contractors.Ensured monitoring and reporting of project financials. Supervised completion of building system upgrades, including general building structures; designs; OSHA compliance; safety; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC); fire suppression (FM-200 and FE-227 gas as well as pre-action and wet sprinklers) and detection; VESDA; security alarms and cameras; BMS alarm monitoring/reporting; control/energy management; and PUE/DCIE implementation.Directed completion of power system upgrades for AC power (panel boards, switchgear, and transformers), automatic transfer switches (ATS), generators, lighting, DC power plants (batteries and rectifiers), DC power cabling and distribution (BDFB), AC-to-DC inverters, DC-to-DC converters, and UPS power systems. Directed project teams consisting of engineers, general/specialty contractors, property management, environmental consultants, security/telecom personnel, and vendors.Oversaw vendors and contractors, ensuring full compliance with all project policies/procedures, including closeouts of all projects following completion. Show less

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  EXP

  Feb 2019 - now

  Construction Project Manager