Bruce Patterson (D.Bruce.Patterson@gmail.com)

Current

President at Amazônia Banda Larga e Informática Ltda. (ABL)
Electronics Technician Installer at Lockheed Martin Information Technology

Past

Forum Administrator at CompuServe
Field Supervisor at Raytheon Brasil
Electronics Technician Installer at DMJM Holmes & Narver IInc.

Electronics Technician Maintenance (Navaids) at USAF

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Education

University of Washington
Grays Harbor Community College
University of Maryland, Ramstein AB Germany

Keesler Technical Training Center (Community College of the Air Force)
Hoquiam High School

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Aviation & Aerospace

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Bruce Patterson (D.Bruce.Patterson@gmail.com)’s Summary

* 22 years of Installation and maintenance of Air Traffic Control Systems and Equipment.

* 3 years Managing a Start-up company that provides Internet service via satellite in remote regions of the Amazon.

Bruce Patterson (D.Bruce.Patterson@gmail.com)’s Specialties:

Installation, coordination, system integration, logistics, team management and making things work.

Bruce Patterson (D.Bruce.Patterson@gmail.com)’s Experience

President

Amazônia Banda Larga e Informática Ltda. (ABL)

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)

Amazônia Banda Larga delivers satellite-based Hyperspeed Internet access and Internet Networking solutions to enterprise, government, education and small business customers across the entire Amazon region. ABL provides internet access anywhere in Brazil 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

ABL also provides installation, integration and implementation services for telecommunications and air traffic management systems such as ground to air radios, radars, and weather observation equipment for government agencies and companies in Brazil.
Electronics Technician Installer

Lockheed Martin Information Technology

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LMT; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

July 2002 — Present (7 years 5 months)

My duties include on-site project management, mechanical and electrical installation, alignment, tune up and flight check of all types of electronics equipment and systems at Air Traffic Control facilities. This includes Radios, Radars, Telecommunications, Information Displays and any other type of equipment used in support of Air Traffic Control in the National Aerospace System throughout the USA.

This installation work includes physical installation of radios, antennas and Transmission lines, electronic tune-up, recording performance data, establishing the communications link with the control center.
Forum Administrator

CompuServe

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CSRV; Internet industry)

December 1999 — September 2006 (6 years 10 months)

Manager of the Republican Forum, an online community since moved to http://www.RepublicanForum.com.
Field Supervisor

Raytheon Brasil

(Public Company; RTN; Defense & Space industry)

February 2000 — July 2002 (2 years 6 months)

SIVAM was a project of the Brazilian Government to install a surveillance system throughout the Amazon for the purpose of environmental monitoring and Air Traffic Control. Raytheon supervised the electronics installation for 85 sites in the Amazon including radar, telecommunications, and environmental monitors with a major Air Traffic Control Center and three regional Environmental Control Monitoring facilities.

As a Field Supervisor for the installation of Telecommunications equipment, I participated in site readiness and equipment inventories, maintained calibration records for installation test equipment, witnessed acceptance tests, supported and supervised installation teams, tracked installation and test activities and generated status reports, wrote installation plans, and arranged in-country travel for installation team members. I was responsible for coordinating installation activities at multiple sites simultaneously. My job location was Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Electronics Technician Installer

DMJM Holmes & Narver IInc.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACM; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

December 1989 — February 2000 (10 years 3 months)

Installation of Electronics Equipment for the FAA nationwide.
Electronics Technician Maintenance (Navaids)

USAF

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USAF; Military industry)

January 1973 — December 1976 (4 years )

I was an Electronics Technician responsible for the installation, maintenance, modification, and repair of TACAN, ILS, and other navigational equipment used in guidance of aircraft, stationed for three years at Ramstein AB, Germany.

Bruce Patterson (D.Bruce.Patterson@gmail.com)’s Education

University of Washington

1978 — 1982
Grays Harbor Community College

AS , Engineering , 1976 — 1978
University of Maryland, Ramstein AB Germany

None , German , 1974 — 1976

Attended German Classes in the evenings while on active duty in the USAF.
Keesler Technical Training Center (Community College of the Air Force)

Certificate , Electronics , 1973 — 1973
Hoquiam High School

Diploma , High School , 1968 — 1972