Ramon A. Custred

EDUCATION:

Graduate- Fairfield High School
Graduate- U. S. Naval Radar & Electronics School
Graduate- U. S. Navy/Marines Electronics - Counter Measures & Counter Intelligence Course
University of Alabama - Engineering - 3 years

EXPERIENCE:

One and one-half years as Electronics and Navigational Guidance technician, Vanguard Space Program - Naval Research Lab - Washington, D. C.

James A. Evans, Consulting Engineer & William R. Lacefield & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Birmingham, Alabama 1956 - 1974


Electrical Designer & Project Engineer:


William R. Lacefield & Associates Consulting Engineers 1974 - 1978

Associate


Cater & Parks, Inc. Consulting Engineers, Birmingham, Alabama 1978 - 1988

Project Engineer


AT&T Telecommunications Department, Cater & Parks, Inc., Consulting Engineers, Birmingham, Alabama 1988 - 1991

Director


The Parks Engineering Group, Inc., Consulting Engineers, Birmingham, Alabama 1992 - 1993

Engineering Manager


Birmingham Electrical Apprenticeship Training School 1993 - Present

Instructor


Ray Engineering Group, Birmingham, Alabama

Project Manager


AT&T OSWF (Building Management) for Lockout/Tagout procedures, Maintenance data such as Control Diagrams, etc. at the Birmingham, Alabama & Baton Rouge, Louisiana central offices.

Consultant

PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES:

1960 - 1978
Electrical design (drawings and specifications) for approximately 250 Southern/South Central Bell Buildings (new buildings, additions and retrofits) such as Community Dial offices, Step x Step offices, No. 5 Crossbar offices, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5 ESS offices and Central offices, including the Birmingham Main & Toll and the Montgomery Central office.

1978 - 1993
Leader of AT&T's Electrical Distribution System and Grounding Quality Assurance Survey Team for many buildings in Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, Kentucky, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, San Juan, P. R., and St. Thomas.

Engineering Manager for major AT&T projects in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and San Juan.

Member of AT&T Security Process Management Team.
Drafted specifications for Southern Region Access Security System Standards.

Member of AT&T Building Monitoring and Alarm System Process Management Team.
Drafted specifications for Southern Region Standards for a Direct Digital Control (DDC) based Building Monitoring and Alarm System. Coordinated system specifications with Bell Labs for interface with DMACS System.

Developed a Preventive Electrical Maintenance Program for AT&T Equipment Buildings.

Assisted in developing and drafting AT&T Southern Region Grounding Standards.

Assisted Stone & Webster with survey of 51 PCA for installation of a Building Monitoring and Alarm System.

Assisted AT&T Infrastructive Group in Bedminister, New Jersey, with development of a standard Building Alarm Terminal Cabinet.

Member of AT&T Infrastructive Process Management Team for evaluation of commercially available direct digital control system including hardware, software and firmware.

Member of AT&T Lightning Protection and Grounding System Review and Evaluation Team. Supervised repairs and/or replacement of systems at buildings such as Tampa,Florida and Dahlonega, Georgia, where lightning damage to network equipment has occurred. Performed grounding system testing.

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