Jonathan Grimmett has 18 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, working as a technician, engineer, and manager, and holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. His professional experience includes significant roles at T-Mobile, where he managed a team of switch technicians and handled maintenance and performance monitoring of various networks and equipment. He has received multiple awards for outstanding performance and is currently pursuing an MBA.

1. Grimmett, Jonathan
7 SilverFox Dr,St Marys, Ga 31558
912-227-0495
jonathangrimmett@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
I have 18 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. I have worked as a technician,an
engineer, and a manager in the industry. I also hold a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
Nokia Flexi GSM, UMTS, and LTE
Tellabs 5500 and 532LDACCs
Ericsson BTS, BSC, and MSC
ALU 7705 and 7750 routers
TruePosition EMS and LMUs
Alcatel 5620 switches
OC-N, DS1, DS3, and Ethernet troubleshooting
Various JDSU test equipment
Nortel DMS 250 switches
Nortel OC-48 and OC-192 equipment
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
T-Mobile Peak Achievement
T-Mobile Jacksonville- Most ValuablePeer
T-Mobile Jacksonville- Employee of the Quarter
T-Mobile Jacksonville–Key Contributor
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
T-Mobile, Jacksonville,FL
SeniorSwitch Technician
June 2010 – Present
Responsibilities:
Creation of MOPs and SOPs for market switch technicians.
Test, turn-up, and performance monitoringof transportcircuits includingEthernet, OC-N, T1, and
T3.
Schedulingof maintenance window work with regional teams.
Serves as Tier 2 troubleshooter within the our local market.
Turn-up of Nokia BTS, WBTS, and LTE equipment.
Buildingof ISUP, CAS, and SIP trunks.
Managinggroup work orders and trouble tickets.
Network performance monitoring.
Customer complaintinvestigations includingKPI monitoringand call tracing
T-Mobile, Jacksonville,FL
Switch Manager
January 2009 – June 2010
Responsibilities:
Managed 5 switch technicians

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Created quarterly goals.
Assisted in managingthe turn-up of 250+ UMTS sites.
Performed quarterly performance views.
T-Mobile, Jacksonville,FL
Switch Technician
February 2004 – January 2009
Responsibilities:
Performed Ericsson BTS and BSC Re-homes
Created a T1 performance report which was adopted by the entire Florida region.
Troubleshot various performanceissues including,butnot limited to, dropped calls,poor data
throughput, poor call quality,and cross-talk.
Managed trouble tickets and work orders for the market switch techs.
Troubleshot issues with TruePosition LMUs and SMLCs.
Created trainingaids for local technicians.
T-Mobile,Norfolk,VA
AssociateSwitch Technician
August 2002 – February 2004
Responsibilities:
Performed daily maintenanceand monitoringof Tellabs 5500 DACCs,Tellabs 532LDACCs, Ericsson
BSC, Ericsson MSC,and Ericsson BTS equipment.
Tested and installed DS1, DS3, and OC-N circuits.
Provisioned,tested, and installed ISUP and CAS trunk groups in the Ericsson switches.
Monitored T1 performance and worked with telco providers to clear chronic issues on circuits.
Audited every T1 in the market and updated Granite with the correct T1 path information.
Glotel,Norfolk,VA
TransportTestTechnician
May 2002 – July 2002
Responsibilities:
Contracted to Voicestream Wireless/T-Mobile for 2 months to test and accept T1 and T3 circuits.
Worked with field and switch technicians to launch 200+cell sites for the market’s initial launch.
Marconi, VirginiaBeach,VA
Wireless Consulting Engineer
December 2000 – December 2001
Responsibilities:
Performed Appendix D studies for new MMDS base stations beingbuiltby MCI/Worldcomusing
CelPlan and CelFCC software
Trained in usingMapInfo, MSI Planet, DBPlanner, and EDX SignalPro software.
Assisted in the creation of an internal trainingmanual used to teach the basicsof wireless

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telecommunications.Subjects included TDMA, CDMA, FDMA, and signal propagation.
Qwest,Columbus,OH
Switch/TransportTechnician IV
December 2000 – December 2001
Responsibilities:
Performed daily maintenanceon fiber optic transmission,switchingequipment, and digital cross-
connect equipment. (e.g. Fujitsu and Nortel fiber optic transmission equipment, DMS-250
switchingequipment, and Ditech echo cancellers)
Tested and turned up DS-3, T1, and OC-N circuitorders.
Performed common site maintenance procedures includingalarmchecks,equipment software
backups,and power measurements
Received, generated, and resolved internal troubletickets for DS-3, T1, and OC-N circuits.
Performed hot re-grooms of DS-3s, T1s, and OC-N circuits.
Tested and accepted new T1s for cell sites and trunk groups usingHeikimian and T-Berd test
equipment.
Worked with telco providers to locateand repair troubled T1 and T3 circuits.
CNG Communications,Nationwide,US
SONETTest Engineer
February 1997 – June 1999
Responsibilities:
Tested and turned-up of Nortel OC-48 and OC-192 fiber optic transmission equipment, and also
occasionally worked with Pirelli,Fujitsu,and Alcatel equipment.
Performed reconfigurations of liveOC-48 systems.
Worked with various T-Berd and Digital Lightwave OC-N/DS-N test sets.
Assisted in MCIWorldCom’s Y2K upgrades and the installation of new Cisco routers and Cabletron
Hubs.
Performed fiber optic and Cat 5 terminations.
Managed projects for OCN fiber optic ringinstalls.
EDUCATION
Ashford University,San Diego, Ca
MBA (in progress)
2016 – to present
West Virginia University Instituteof Technology, Montgomery, WV
BSEE
1992-1996