JOHN E. BALLARD, JR.

Carrollton, TX 75007
Home: 972.492.5515
ballard9@airmail.net
http://www.linkedin.com/in/johneballard
Professional Experiences
CenturyLink ILEC Contract from home for several locations in Missouri October 2010 February 2014
Contract Access Engineer
Assumed Sr. Access Engineering duties that where previously done by retiring Sr. Access Engineer, until a replacement was
found approximately 6 months later.
Worked with several groups to process a Project that I engineered for a transport solution with Fiber, OC3, DS3, DS1 and
Ethernet HiCap circuits connected trough CenturyLink Fort Leonard Wood Central Office (CO) using a Calix C7 as a 2 Node
Ring transport in conjunction with a Adtrain MX2820 shelf configured with a DS1 to DS3 Multiplexer (M13) card in
preparation of the move of these circuits from the Old Army CO Point Of Presents (POP) to the New Army CO POP located
at the Fort Leonard Wood Army Base.
Worked with several groups to process Projects that I engineered to replace antiquated voice remote systems to better utilize
our copper facilities and provide Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) services utilizing both Tellabs AFC UMC-1000s and Calix
C7s and E5s solutions.
Worked with several groups to process Projects that I engineered to add Adtran TA1148, TA1248, TA1200, and TA1100
systems to provide DSL to voice remote systems that did not support DSL services.
Worked with several groups to process Projects that I engineered to expand existing Tellabs AFC UMC-1000s, Calix C7s
and E5s, and Adtran TA1248s and TA1148s.
Worked with several groups to process Projects that I engineered to do A2E (Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) to
Ethernet connections to the WWW (World Wide Web)) conversions for Tellabs AFC UMC-1000s, Calix C7s and E5s, and
Adtran TA1248s and TA1148s.
Worked with several groups to process Projects that I engineered to provide FTT (Fiber to The cell Towers) to provide
Ethernet HiCap circuits to Sprint, Verizon and ATT Cell sites as well as DS3 and DS1 HiCap circuits using RAD 202A and
204A routers for ATT and Sprint and Adtran OPTI-6100 transports in a ring configuration for the Verizon Ethernet HiCap
circuits and for the ATT DS3 and DS1 HiCap circuits.
Worked with several groups to process Projects that I engineered to provide FTP (Fiber to The Prim) to provide OC3, DS3,
DS1 and Ethernet HiCap circuits to various customers of Centurylink using Adtran OPTI-6100 transports in ring
configurations for OC3, DS3, and DS1 HiCap circuits and for the Ethernet HiCap circuits I used RAD 202A and 204A as
well as Cisco ME3400s.
Worked with several groups to process a Project that I engineered to rearrange 2 Calix OC48 rings which provided Voice,
DSL and HiCap customer service to improve configuration download times.

Ballard Agency, LLC (Carrollton, TX) February 2002 October 2010
Consultant
Consulted with various small companies on telecommunication and network configurations.
Consulted with various individuals and small companies on identity theft issues and lawyer services.

Citizens Communications ILEC (Independent Local Exchange Carrier) (Plano, TX) April 1996 February 2002
Network Engineer
Saved company millions of dollars by avoiding replacing equipment before year 2000 that would not be effected by the
transition of year 1999 to year 2000.
Engineered projects for systems to provide Stratum 1 stability to Citizens Communications Central Offices (COs).
Engineered projects to provide Signaling System 7 (SS7) connectivity to Nortel DMS100 and DMS200 switches, Siemens
Stromberg Carlson switches, GTE GD5 switches, and ATT E5 switches.
Engineered projects to provide additional capacity to Nortel DMS100 and DMS200 switches, Siemens Stromberg Carlson
switches, GTE GD5 switches, and ATT E5 switches.
Engineered projects to provide additional capacity to Sonet Rings and Asynchronous fiber muxes.
Engineered projects to, convert Asynchronous fiber muxes to Sonet transport.

Education
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Bachelors of Science in Industrial Technology with Electronics Specialty

Computer Skills
Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, FireWorks, BidMaster, SAP, NDFOS, WFMT, Tabview, FT3 Tool, A2E Tool, NED, AutoCAD,
Intergraph, Mapviewer, CIRAS, EMS Access toll for Adtran, Calix, and Tellabs.