John Bresnahan:  

Military After high school I worked for my grandfathers foundry buisness until my delayed enlistment in December of that year 1978. I did basic training in San Antonio TX then school for Radar Maintenance in Biloxi MS for 7 months. From there I was assigned to Nellis AFB in Los Vegas NV for a year before going back to Biloxi on my motorcycle for more school before going overseas to Germany. Where I spent two years keeping the Russians to the east. After that I put in for extended duty to go to the Phillapine Islands, but got sent to Phoniex AZ instead. A year later I sperated with an Honorable discharge and got a job with AT&T 10 months later in 1985. I spent 6 months working for a defense contractor in Chelsford MA. in 1984 In 1987 I was assigned to the third shift there for 7 years then I got layed off. 7 months later I got rehired with AT&T, which became Lucent then I went to days for 8 years where I accumulated 8 years of perfect attendance before getting layed off this June. Since then I have gone to school for Bio-medical engineering, and worked briefly at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA. I have been looking for work as an Electronics technician since October of this year. Tyco Electronics/Cobham 1011 Pawtucket Blvd Lowell MA 01852 October 6, 2008 ¿ Present Prototype Builder/Technician. Assist in making antenna measurements. Build prototype antennas as well as the electronics that might go with the antenna. Ability to use antenna test equipment, Anechoic chambers, and network analyzers, DVM¿s, Frequency counters. Able to work with my hands to build prototypes. Demonstrated efficiency making use of my testing background in a Microwave circuit board environment. ALCATEL/LUCENT 1600 Osgood St. N. Andover, MA 01845 May 25, 2005 ¿ July 2, 2008 Tester/Circuit board analyst ¿ Assigned to test, trouble shoot, and perform FMA on multiple circuit board, optical transmitter and receiver module devices for use in fiber optical transmission systems. ¿ Analyzed product failures to the component level using digital storage oscilloscopes, digital voltmeters, and lig...Expand for more