Diane RaederTelecom Division Manager

In an industry that is all about connecting people, Greythorn Telecom has built a reputation based upon authoritative, friendly, personal service. Established in 1976, we provide services in all leading technologies to carriers, vendors, and suppliers in the fixed line and cellular communications markets.

We cover a comprehensive range of skills including: Engineering, Installation, Acceptance, and Testing; as well as Maintenance for Network Rollout, Transmission Technology, Network Planning, Optimization and Operations. We also specialize in Project and Program Management at all levels.

We pride ourselves on our reputation for quality and ‘nice people to do business with’ approach; going the extra mile to deliver the right talent. Greythorn instills quality at the forefront of our project management methodology. Our focus is excellence rather than volume and we aim to work as a valued partner with a full appreciation of your business.

Whether the project requires installation, a project manager, engineer, technician, or designer; we have the best telecom talent and services available.

About Us

Why Greythorn?

A global network of pre-qualified candidates in all technology verticals.

No bench, coupled with low overall overhead, transfers over to the pay and bill rates our contractors and clients see.

Long term relationships with both our clients and contractors translates into loyalty,

responsiveness, honesty and integrity in our business interactions.

We’re not transactional based; it’s not about the numbers for us. It’s about our clients and contractors getting what they need in order to ensure a happy and productive

relationship for all involved.

We seek true, long-term partnerships

Greythorn’s standard candidate screening process is a three-part process:

Telephone screen – Typically performed by a Technical Recruiter/Technical Specialist

Face to Face Interview – Typically performed by Technical Specialist and Account Manager (If candidate is not local a second phone screen by the technical specialist and/or account manager is carried out)

Reference Checks – Minimum of 2 completed references are obtained and processed for each candidate (supplied to Client if requested)

Cultural Fit – Determines whether the individual will fit in with the organization’s culture and ways of working.

Technical Fit – Determines if the candidate has the correct level of technical skills to ensure they can carry out thejob functions. Written technical tests may be administered, either generic tests or tests developed in conjunction with Areva T&D.

Personal Fit – Includes assessing the candidates start availability, income requirements, ability to relocate, and benefits/perks expectations. Any thing that may be a factor in whether the candidate will take the position if offered.

From this screening process we will be able to provide an assessment that encompasses the following three main areas:

Screening Process

• CO Site Preparation– Ancillary Equipment– Fiber Trough– Cabinet Installation– Overhead Ladder Rack

• Network Hardware Installation – Tellabs– Alcatel-Lucent– Tektronix– CISCO

• Power, Battery and Rectifier Installation

• Test and Turn up

• Field Engineering– As-Built Documents– CAD Drawings

• Decommission of CO Equipment and Infrastructure

– Hardware– Cabling– Ancillary

• Structured Cabling– Fiber Optics, Single Mode and

Multimode– CAT5E, CAT6– T1 Cabling

EF&I Services

• Project Planning and Integration - Direct the activities of the project; including decisions regarding objectives.

• Human Resource Management- Facilitate all necessary project staff.

• Project Communications - Determine, along with client manager, the information and communications flow; such as methods for providing information, status of project, and frequency.

• Project Scope - Design and implement the necessary processes and techniques to manage and execute services required for the scope of work.

• Project Schedule - Mutually agreed upon by the Greythorn and Client management team.

• Deliverables for Project Scope and Project Schedule - Scope of work and schedule change notices and corrective action reports- Project milestone schedule

• Project Closeout - Facilitate a closeout meeting for the project.

Project Management

• Deployment Personnel– Project Managers– Construction Project

Managers– Project Coordinators– Field Engineers / Techs– Network Planners – Implementation Engineers– Maintenance Engineers– Business Analysts

• Technical Support– QA/ QC Managers– Field Managers– Radio Frequency/Design

Engineers– Network Support

Specialist

• Operations– Operations Managers– Procurement Managers– Project Managers– Project Coordinators– Administrative Assistants– Customer Service

Representatives

• Network Operations– Network Design Engineers– NOC Techs/Engineers– System Administrators– NOC Managers

Recruitment & Placement

Value of a VMS program

• Real Time Visibility of Contractors and Temps

• Assignment Expiration Notification

• P.O. Expiration Notification

• Monthly/Quarterly Financial Reporting   

• Layer of Insulation/Mitigate Risk of Co-Employment

• 1099 Coverage/Quarterly Audits

• Reduced Accounting Traffic/Consolidated Billing

• Single Point of Contact and Accountability

• Weekly Onsite Representative

• Control the Agency Mark-Up/Capped Mark-Ups

• Leverage Purchasing Power with Select Sub-Vendor Network

Vendor Managed Service

SAN FRANCISCO 1255 Treat Blvd, Suite 30

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

SEATTLESEATTLE

40 Lake Bellevue Suite 100 Bellevue, WA 98005

CHICAGO

203 North LaSalle, 21st FL

Chicago, IL 60601

PHILADELPHIA

630 Freedom Business Ct3rd Floor King of Prussia, PA 19406

US Locations

Partner Client List

Diane RaederTelecom Division Manager40 Lake Bellevue, Suite 123Bellevue, WA USA

Phone + 1 425 460 6704Cell + 1 253 359 8517diane.raeder@greythorninc.com