Hamilton, OH · Remote or Greater Cincinnati

Dwight Steele

HFC / FTTH Network Designer · CAD & GIS Plant Design

Top-performing broadband network designer with 25+ years at Charter Communications / Time Warner Cable. Most recently HFC Designer III, delivering CAD/GIS strand, coax, and fiber designs while sustaining 111.2% average annual production across 2023–2026 against an 80% company standard. Creator of Midwest Regional Design Tools. Seeking remote or Greater Cincinnati roles as an HFC/FTTH, OSP Designer, or CAD-GIS Designer.

(513) 349-9379 DwightSteele@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/dwightsteele

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111.2% Avg. annual design production 2023–2026 vs 80% company standard
2,900+ As-builts completed with 1.89% avg. rejection vs <10% company standard
900+ Design jobs delivered across the full Designer tenure (2023–2026)

Experience

Expanded career detail beyond the one-page application resume · Charter Communications / Time Warner Cable

  1. HFC Designer III

    Oct 2023 – Aug 2026

    Charter Communications (Spectrum) · Cincinnati, OH · Promoted Designer I → II (May 2024) → III (Aug 2024)

    • Sustained 111.2% average annual production across 2023–2026 against an 80% company standard on the point-based assigned-work scale—including during initial training when full output was not expected. Yearly production: 113.42%, 118%, 107.3%, 106.03%.
    • Completed 2,900+ as-builts and 900+ design jobs (2023–2026) with a 1.89% average rejection rate versus a company standard of under 10%.
    • Selected for continued design ownership as a high performer; advanced Designer I → II → III within ~10 months.
    • Built portable offline design utilities (Midwest Regional Design Tools) used for naming, deliverables packaging, footage calc, and PM workflow support—including coax/fiber/FTTH naming, XLSX/PDF packaging automation, MST tail-footage calculation, GPS/address conversion, Magellan reference material, and PM email helpers.
    • Prepared and maintained CAD/GIS engineering packages in Bentley, Magellan/Spatial, and AutoCAD for strand, coax, fiber, splicing documentation, and BOMs to Charter digitizing standards and symbology.
    • Partnered with Tech Ops, Construction, Engineering, and Project Managers on strand maps, design maps, SOWs, vertical details, charts, and as-built reconciliation for construction closeout.
    • Scheduled work assignments, monitored project workflow, and maintained accurate weekly production reporting while applying HFC, FTTH, and PON architecture knowledge to specification-compliant deliverables.
    • Completed NCTI / demonstrative coursework required for Designer II advancement and continued building AutoCAD proficiency through LinkedIn Learning coursework.
  2. Network Analyst II / ROC Specialist III

    Feb 2014 – Oct 2023

    Time Warner Cable / Charter Communications · Cincinnati, OH · Promoted through Analyst II and ROC Specialist III

    • Diagnosed, monitored, tracked, and trended network outages and system issues across regional plant and service platforms.
    • Coordinated repair with technicians, supervisors, managers, and contractors; communicated service-impacting events to internal and external stakeholders.
    • Created Remedy / IT tickets and engaged fix agents quickly; monitored network and call queues for customer- and call-center-impacting events.
    • Selected as department trainer for new hires; mentored new employees through onboarding and job readiness.
    • Partnered with management to develop department metrics tooling and streamline processes, improving production by roughly 10–15%.
    • Supported ROC National standards for regional node health, dialer call-flow configuration, and Genacis closure workflows aligned to FCC guidelines.
    • Delivered accurate daily and weekly analytical reports using Lighthouse/Scope, Pathtrak, Remedy, Bentley/Magellan, CSG, and Microsoft 365 tools.
  3. Network Support Specialist III

    Dec 2006 – 2013

    Time Warner Cable · Cincinnati, OH · Promoted NSS-I → II (2008) → III (2009)

    • Triaged outages and system issues; supported field technicians with work-order entry for affecting and preventive maintenance activity.
    • Resolved subscriber service and billing questions; coached and mentored new employees with department trainers.
    • Contributed to Avaya IP Agent improvements, equipment recommendations, and training-tool development.
    • Built and maintained a departmental photo directory covering 120+ employees using Excel and image tools.
  4. Senior Residential Account Coordinator / Home Network Coordinator

    Oct 2000 – Dec 2006

    Time Warner Cable · Hamilton, OH

    • Installed and repaired digital phone VoIP technology, telephone wiring, and high-speed data using broadband cable modems on Windows and Apple systems.
    • Installed and repaired home networking equipment including wireless routers, adapters, NICs, and Ethernet cabling.
    • Served on the Safety Committee (2002–2004).

Technical skills

Curated for relevance—current design, ops, and automation stack (not a museum of every OS version).

CAD / GIS

  • Bentley
  • Magellan / Spatial
  • AutoCAD
  • GIS digitizing
  • As-builts
  • Strand / coax / fiber maps

Broadband plant

  • HFC
  • FTTH
  • PON
  • CATV standards
  • Fiber splicing docs
  • BOMs & SOWs

Ops tooling

  • Lighthouse / Scope
  • Pathtrak
  • Remedy / IT ticketing
  • CSG
  • Queue monitoring
  • Metrics reporting

Automation & web

  • HTML / CSS / JavaScript
  • PowerShell
  • Python
  • Cursor AI / agents / MCP
  • Local LLM ops (Ollama)
  • XLSX / PDF automation

Productivity

  • Microsoft 365
  • Excel reporting
  • Windows 10 / 11
  • Edge / Chrome
  • Cross-team facilitation

Credentials

  • NCTI ROC II Course 1
  • NCTI ROC II Course 2
  • NCTI ROC III Course 1
  • NCTI ROC III Course 2
  • NCTI ROC IV Conventional
  • NCTI Designer I — Understanding Fiber Optics and HFC Networks
  • NCTI Designer I — Advance to Designer II Conventional
  • NCTI Designer II — Advance to Designer III Conventional
  • NCTI Network Support Specialist I II III
  • NCTI Network Analyst I II
  • CompTIA A+ (Core 1 / Core 2)

Featured project

Practical tooling built for real regional design workflows.

Midwest Regional Design Tools

Portable offline HTML/CSS/JavaScript suite (Designer Tools v1.5+) for everyday regional design work: coax/fiber/FTTH naming, deliverables packaging with XLSX/PDF file automation, MST tail-footage calculation, address/GPS conversion, Magellan reference material, conversation paste utilities, and PM email helpers. Designed to run without admin rights after folder install—useful on locked-down work PCs.

Earlier venture

Profitable side business run alongside the Charter career.

Steele Web Hosting

Owner · 2010 – 2016

Built and ran a profitable sole-proprietor web design and hosting practice serving about 40 small-business clients. Handled client relationships end to end—new website design and delivery, ongoing support, and account management—while keeping the business intentionally small so it stayed secondary to full-time broadband work at Charter / Time Warner Cable.

In 2016, sold the client base to a larger hosting provider and stepped away to focus on the Spectrum career path after moving into analyst and design roles.

Let’s connect

Open to remote or Greater Cincinnati / local roles as an HFC/FTTH, OSP Designer, or CAD-GIS Designer. Not open to relocation.