Branden Setzke
San Tan Valley
Summary
Dynamic work experience with extensive experience at Cox Communications, excelling in project management and relationship building. Proven track record in coordinating large-scale fiber conversions, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and delivering projects on time. Skilled in budget management and effective communication, driving successful outcomes across multiple teams and contractors.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Construction Planner 1
Cox Communications
09.2022 - 01.2026
- Responsible for end-to-end planning, coordination, management and completion of planner-owned tasks.
- Prioritized schedules to meet project goals
- Engaged in both long term and short term project planning / oversight.
- Ensured project followed Cox's standards / requirements
- Maintained relationships with multiple contractors & sub contractors for both construction & splicing
- Determine & Facilitate permit requirements & design requirements between multiple teams
- Worked closely with contractors during major fiber conversions to ensure network integrity
- Project estimations & budget management
- Both small scale and large scale fiber conversion
- Managed workloads for both Phoenix & Tucson markets
Project Manager
BPG Technologies
08.2018 - 09.2022
- Managed all cox splicing work
- Managed 5-10 fiber splicing crews & contractors
- Maintained a very active & heavily changing workload for multiple cox planners.
- Maintained & communicated scheduling with customers & splicing crews
- Responsible for coordinating & tracking of materials
- Reviewed work orders & prepared billing documentation for project closeout.
- Assisted with projects for other customers such as SRP, APS, Zayo, Level 3, Expedia
Foreman
The Fishel Company
08.2017 - 08.2018
- Reviewed project details to specify correct materials and equipment for job sites.
- Checked equipment to determine if maintenance was required.
- Reviewed project details to ensure that the correct materials and equipment were brought to job sites.
- Maintained a schedule to provide to multiple century link planners & superiors
- Maintained scheduling for multiple crews
- Communicated with all stakeholders on job milestones.
- Consistently assumed additional responsibilities and worked extended hours to meet project deadlines.
- Provided outstanding customer service.
- Worked with customers suchs as Century Link, Level 3
- Developed relationships with multiple contacts with Century Link and Granite Telecom
- Building Entry - Building new pathways into building for Fiber Optics coming from both Underground and
Arial. - EMT Conduit Pathway installation
- Demarc Extensions - Providing customer suites with either Cat5e or Fiber cabling. Including pathway
verification/Installation for cable and terminations/Testing - Structured Cabling - Pulling multiple drops from IT room to multiple locations through out a customers
suite.
Fiber Optic Splicer
BPG Technologies
05.2015 - 08.2017
- Tested fiber optic cables and documented results.
- Performed repairs on severed fiber cables to restore to complete functionality.
- Worked at heights of up to 25 feet and frequently lifted up to 100 pounds.
- Built multiple different brands of splice enclosures
- OSP fiber splicing for Zayo, level 3, SRP
- ISP fiber splicing for expedia, APS
- Verified & tested circuits using multiple styles of testers along with pulling test results
- Review splice documentation for projects
- Respond to emergency call outs
Education
High School Diploma -
Mesa High School
Mesa, AZ08-2015
Skills
- Project management
- Communication
- Relationship building
- Safety & Compliance
- Honesty
- Punctual
Timeline
Construction Planner 1
Cox Communications
09.2022 - 01.2026
Project Manager
BPG Technologies
08.2018 - 09.2022
Foreman
The Fishel Company
08.2017 - 08.2018
Fiber Optic Splicer
BPG Technologies
05.2015 - 08.2017
High School Diploma -
Mesa High School
S&S Fiber Optic Course - (Cox Required)
Passed S&S's fiber optic course from buck multiple times. This is a requirement from cox