ROBERT S. GRIMM
173 Lane Road Chester, NH 03036
 [Send email to request phone number] 87.8292 

DESCRIPTION
Telecommunications Engineer experienced with FTTP delivery systems for Voice,
Data, VOIP, and Video services 

TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS
Support Engineer and Technician leading the way with new technology deployment,
integration, and support. Central Office Technician with Verizon to deploy their
Fiber Optics systems in New England which led to the improvement of services and
the offering of new services within their network, i.e. FIOS. Motorola
Communications FTTP Support Engineer for their GPON and BPON systems that Verizon
and other IOCs have deployed throughout the world. 

RELATIVE EXPERIENCE
Motorola Communications, Lowell, MA 2008 “2009
FTTP Support Engineer
 ‚ Motorola Corporation FTTP Support Group in Lowell, MA as a Level 2 Engineer.
 ‚ Engineering support for Fiber to the Premise for Verizon and other IOC 's for
the BPON and GPON systems manufactured by Motorola Corporation. 
 ‚ Troubleshoot of telephony, Ethernet, IPTV, VOiP and SIP platforms
 ‚ High level Central Office troubleshooting
 ‚ IP Interface and working with various server systems 

Verizon Communications, Lowell, MA 2000-2005
Central Office Technician
 ‚ Provisioning, data basing, and testing of Fiber Optic SONET systems for
Verizon in the state of Massachusetts and the New England region including DWDM,
OC48, OC12, and OC3 platforms.
 ‚ Network Operations Center (NOC) technician worked in the Network Service
Group (NSG), the NCC division of the Northern New England region. Function was to
respond and diagnosis alarms, troubles, and faults reported within the 5ESS
switches within the system, as well as, the repair, building, operation, and
installation of the 5ESS switch system.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Chester School District, SAU #82, Chester, NH 2002 - Present
Media Consultant
 ‚ Contracted to operate and maintain the local PEG access channel for the
School district on the Comcast System. 
 ‚ Designed and set up an internal channel for Chester Academy that allows for
internal broadcast of morning announcements and other programs.
 ‚ Direct live broadcasts of the monthly school board meetings, as well as other
events.
 ‚ Program and schedule broadcasts and maintain daily announcements.
 ‚ Instructor for students to utilize equipment and technology
 ‚ Purchase and troubleshooting of equipment.
 ‚ Editor of School District Annual Report since 2003.

Derry Cooperative School District #10 Derry, NH 2005-2007
 TV/Media Coordinator
 ‚ In charge of all media for the seven-school district. Videotape and editing
numerous programs on the education of the students of Derry. 
 ‚ Operation of the local PEG access channel on the Comcast system.
 ‚ Including scheduling of programs, maintaining the daily announcements on the
channel, maintenance, evaluation and purchase of equipment. 
 ‚ Setup and direct the twice a month school board meetings that are carried
live on the channel, as well as the annual school district meeting. 
 ‚ Updated the live remote equipment from analog to digital and made the system
user friendly so that it can be operated by one person.
 ‚ Advisor to the Audio Visual club at Gilbert H. Hood Middle School and a
technical advisor for the Audio Visual Club at West Running Brook Middle School.

WMUR-TV, Manchester, NH 1983-2000
Senior Remote Engineer
 ‚ Responsible for the live remote news broadcasts for "Spot news" as well as
special programs and sporting events throughout the New England region. 
 ‚ Instrumental in the setup, logistics, and operation of the live remotes of
five Presidential First in The Nation Primaries (1984, 88, 92, 96, 2000). 
 ‚ Troubleshooting of equipment in house, as well as in the field. 
 ‚ Instrumental in the installation of equipment 
 ‚ Various telethon setups including telecommunications systems “ installation,
troubleshooting
 ‚ The conversion from an analog to digital delivery system in charge of
building and layout of the video and audio for WMUR-TV's broadcast center, as
well as several New Hampshire College and University Sports complexes.

EDUCATION
American InterContinental University, Hoffman Estates, IL 2004
M.S. Degree, Education, Instructional Design

PACE University, Pleasantville, NY 2003
A.S. Degree, Telecommunications

Southern NH University, Manchester, NH 1983 
B.S. Degree, Marketing 

PERSONAL 
Member of NHSTE, Concord,NH 2005-Present
Chester, NH District Clerk 2004-Present
Chester, NH School Board Member 1997-2003
Committee Chair, Cub Scout Pack 163,Chester, NH 2000-2002 
Cub Master Pack 163, Chester. NH 2002-2004 
Short Term Mission trips to Guatemala 2001, 2004
Married with three children