SFC John Surface Jr

Army | Electronic Maintenance Chief

Dates of Service: Jan 1985 - Jan 2006

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My 28 years of comprehensive communication electronic systems maintenance experience and a successful completion of project support with my past employers to include the US Army, where I have progressed in my skills as an COMSEC Account Manager, Electronics Technician and a Field Service Representative would make me an ideal candidate for almost any position with your company.

Military Experiences

Feb 2003 - Jan 2006

Electronic Maintenance Supervisor/ Facility Maintenance Manager / Alternate COMSEC Custodian

396th Signal Company, CLSU-HI | Fort Kamehameha, HI

Supervised site DS/GS maintenance support mission and professionally developed fourteen technicians and security specialists performing DS/GS maintenance on communication security and Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI) and distribution of communication security keying material including logistics support and warehouse operations in support of all Army, USAR, and ARNG units within the United States Army Pacific Command. Received, interpreted, and implemented the compliance actions for national security agency maintenance policies and advised senior managers on the logistics-related issues.

Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

Electronic Maintenance Supervisor/ Facility Maintenance Manager /COMSEC Custodian

14th SIG, 41st SIG, 1st SIG BDE, Eighth Army | Camp Coiner, South Korea

Supervised seventeen communications security technicians in the performance of providing DS/GS maintenance and on-site training for operators of communications security equipment and associated Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI) supporting all voice and data networks throughout the Korean peninsula including managing the facility maintenance of a five thousand square foot facility. Organized actions to conduct on-site inspections that led mobile support teams to reduce encryption systems down-time by fifty percent. Manage the logistics assets of new encryption equipment to multiple agencies

Mar 1997 - Dec 2001

Electronic Maintenance Supervisor/ Facility Maintenance Manager

A/26 FA, 41st Fires BDE, III Corps, FORSCOM | Clemson, SC

Supervised, monitored and performed DS/GS maintenance and logistics support for thirty-eight vehicles and mobile voice/data network communications systems and equipment including associated network interface devices plus the actions necessary for maintenance management; . Identified resources to schedule repair actions for customer maintenance requests. Administered quality control program. Responded to trouble calls twenty four hours a day seven days a week to minimize service interruption for a specific geographic region.

Feb 1997 - Feb 1999

Inside Plant Telephone Maintenance Supervisor

US Army Element, Joint Signal Group, Allied Land Forces Southeastern Europe | Izmir, Turkey

Supervised and provided technical training to eleven multi-national/ multi-service technicians. Supervised the maintenance and logistics support for three private automated branch exchanges located at two geographically separated locations. Developed methods to return electronic systems and equipment to an operational condition in a timely manner. Established work loads, job priorities while activating/ modifying telephone subscriber services. Responded to trouble calls twenty four hours a day seven days a week to minimize service interruption to customers.

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