Preston McDaniel

Email: Bossofcolorado@aol.com
Phone: 760-573-0023

SUMMARY:
 A result oriented Manager with proven abilities in planning, tracking, budgeting, managing projects over 40 million,
improving efficiency of operations, team building and detailed oriented. Extensive OSP, construction planning in
aerial and underground. Created SOW, NDA, PWO, BOM and negotiated contracts with Vendor, city and
companies.
 Adaptable, decisive, resourceful, creative, self-motivated, decision-maker able to implement company policies,
standards and changes in operations to maximize productivity.
 OSP & ISP construction, FTTP, FTTX, MDU, route management, LLD and HLD, presentations, stake holder
meetings, life cycle, marketing, planning, design, rerouting, Pre con meetings, site walks, site acquistions,
wireless costruction, 5G, DAS, Google maps,CGIS,Visio, ROW, Node,GPON, small cell, design, tracking, red
lines, cost management, GPS, excellent GO95, GO128. MRE and JPA. Meeting with customers, vendors, city
personal and different agencies.

EDUCATION:
 BA Business Administration -- AUM, Alabama,1993
 Various Certificates in the OSP Engineering, Project Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Essentia – inc. July 2022 – December 2022

Engineering Manager
Managed the engineering department, managed vendors, daily conference calls with vendors. Worked in
various software for tracking and billing. Trained QC department and vendors to increase productivity, better HLD,
LLD, CD, Asbuits designs. Over the QC for the FTTP,FTTX, MDU, build from design to permitting to close out.
Budgetting, over invoicing, worked to construction and office staff

MasTec Utility services Apr 2018 – July 2022

Engineering Manager
 Managed the engineering department, managed 5 vendors, production, invoicing, tracking, permitting department,
QC department, trained personnel, headed conference calls with vendors, worked with city offices, AT&T and
stock holders, route planning, budgeting, hiring personnel, customer relations, head of the 3GIS conversion, POC
for 3GIS. Construction funnel, DAS, FTTP build, Close out, Contracts, SOW, PWO, ROW.

Mountain LTD
Dec 2018 – Apr 2018
Project Manager
 Managed west coast operations, Multimillion dollar accounts, Negotiated contracts, managed vendors, tracking
expenses, milestones, and production. Overseen the fielding, rerouting, MRE, JPA, design.
 Project life cycle, status reports, meetings, and vendor and customer relations.

CHC Consulting, CA (AT&T, Frontier, Google, Verizon)

Nov 2014 - Sept 2018
Engineering / Project Manager
 MRE, Design, planning, routing for large nationwide projects / build for fortune 100 companies. Forecasting,
scheduling, design editing, quality control of designs, Meet with venders in field setting and in conference calls.
 Project life cycle, forecasting, estimating, construction layout, status reports, project tracking and analysis.
Coordinate with management, team leads and contractors. Over 50 jr. engineers with only 4 senior engineers,
over all training of engineers.Create a work flow, quality assurance and training programs. Trained fielders, ROW
training and general OSP training.
 Knowledge of industry standards, interpreting mechanized assignment records, PC applications, OSP drafting
systems, various architecture (7.1, 8.0 etc.)
QA Lead Engineer
 Assure Design quality, cost effectiveness, routing and flow of work. Forecasting, budgeting and vendor
management. Eye for detail and the ability to apply a complex engineering specification to real world situations.
 Ensure that network deployments are fast and efficient, quality control process to produce a value-engineered
design, removing all obstacles to construction.
 Define the fiber outside plant standard and practices. Manage and enforce engineering quality and compliance
with the Fiber outside plant design specification; ensure the constructability of all fiber outside plant construction
packages; create detailed engineering and construction documentation

EA Technical Services Inc. Alpharetta GA 2013 – 2014

Engineering Manager
 Client / vendor relations, workflow, production, cost effectiveness and budgeting. Maximize productivity of
underground and aerial designs; verify that the best routing was used. Meet with clients in the field to verified
route, rerouted when needed and fielded gaps that were in design.
 QA Lead engineer
 Quality control of designs, flow of work, cost effectiveness, construct ability. Employee reviews, training. Customer
/ vendor contact, resolutions.
 Verified the permitting, make ready, and submission. Advanced Microsoft excel skills, exceptional critical thinking
ability, worked with outside plant design in a drafting system, excellent oral/written communication, interpersonal
and analytical skills. Worked with various platforms, software and programs.

G4S Technology LLC, Omaha, NE. 68102 2011 – 2013

ISP / OSP Lead Engineer
 Supervised crews, re-engineer survey, routing, GPS routes. Right-of-Way engineering, responsible for
researching existing land deeds and easements meeting with land owners and obtaining permits or renewals for
current/future public and private easements related to telecommunications facilities. Designed and installed
outside plant FTTP including drawings encompassing both fiber and copper in urban and rural environments.
 Responsibilities in the design, development and documentation of telecom facilities.

BOSS Company LLC, CO 2003 – 2011

Owner;
 Managed the daily operations of the company, Client services, and Customer / client relations.
 Managed / hired staff and employees, sales, contracts, bids, purchasing and accounting. Motivated, encouraged
employees and utilized their strengths, growth, cost analysis, forecasting, and expansion of company.

TESINC, Inc., AZ 85016 2001 - 2003

Inspector / Lead Inspector Engineer
 Responsible for the inspection and supervision of crews installing fiber optic and cable. Engineered and set up
route for MCI, created blue prints for jobs.
 Created the red lines for fiber optic construction build and worked with local municipalities, Construction
companies and residential home owners.

OSP Consultants, Inc., VA 6 1999 - 2001

Inspector/ Engineer:
 Responsible for the inspection and supervision of crews installing fiber optic cable. Insured that all crews
preformed work and installed job per blue prints.
 Documentation and as built routes.

United States Army; Section Sergeant-- Honorable discharged 1985 – 1988

 Supervised personnel in day to day duties, MOS- Wire systems installer, cooper, fiber.