Tag: Field Services
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Kelly Smith, Communications Specialist I, Field Services
Kelly Smith recently joined Field Services as a Communication Specialist I. Before coming to Emory, Kelly worked for four years as a site foreman at NCI, a communications company. Prior to that, Kelly spent sixteen year at Venture Net Comm, where he started as a field manager, then became an operations manager. Born and raised in El…
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Bernard Browning, Communications Specialist I, Field Services
Bernard Browning comes to Emory to do moves, adds, and changes (MAC) for the Field Services team. Before his arrival in LITS, Bernard spent 16 years as a MAC coordinator at Siemens. He also worked for nearly three years as an on-site technician for Netlink Services. A proud graduate of Redan High School, Bernard describes himself…
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Arnold Dawson, Communications Specialist I, Field Services
Arnold Dawson is another new telecomm specialist in Field Services, who joins the team after working for almost ten years as the lead communication specialist in a contract role for the CDC. He also spent several year doing similar work for Bellsouth and as a 14-year communications expert with the US Army. Originally from Charleston, SC,…
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Quincy Thomas Jr., Communications Specialist I, Field Services
Quincy Thomas Jr. joins his dad (Quincy Thomas, Sr) on the Field Services team as a communications specialist. Before becoming a full-time employee, Quincy worked for two years as a contractor for American Telecommunications Systems (ATS) in the Woodruff Library. A graduate of New Manchester High School in Douglasville, GA, Quincy is a gamer in his…
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Nathaniel Akyempong, Communications Specialist, Field Services
Nathaniel Akyempong joins the field services team as a communications specialist. He will be moving and activating phones. He previously worked for two years in the same type of role for ATS, an Emory subcontractor. Nathaniel also spent 10 years at Share Technologies, where he installed Nortel phone systems. Born in Monrovia, Liberia, Nathaniel has…
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Roland Farrar, Project Manager, Network Communications
Roland Farrar has returned to Emory as part of a “phased retirement,” in which he will be working part-time at 80-hours per month in the same position he held when he retired in January of this year. Roland will be doing project management and outside plant (OSP) design engineering as part of the Field Services…
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Oxford College hub room relocation project cutover completed
[Ed. Note: The following article was written by Gary Lammons.] Enterprise Services, Infrastructure and the PMO completed a significant cutover of the communications room at Oxford College last Friday. Oxford has been revamping its campus for years, and this effort was a significant milestone in updating the technology infrastructure, allowing the campus to grow well…