Senior Manager, Technical Training and Support
Clearfield
Kelly P Weissmann, CFOT, CFOS/I – Sr Manager, Technical Training and Support at Clearfield.
Kelly has over 33 years of experience in the industry. She spent the first 25 of her career at her local telephone company, Cincinnati Bell (now known as altafiber), starting in the office of the “Repair Bureau” testing and dispatching. She quickly moved to the operations department, becoming a splicer, where she worked on a customer ticket from the central office all the way to re-wiring party line phones; climbing poles, working in manholes and working on the kitchen phone.
After several years working in the field, she was promoted to management. These varied talents brought her to becoming the sole OSP trainer where she spent many years instructing all technicians who were involved in the outside plant operations. She trained pole climbing and ladder safety to everything copper, fiber and premise coax that would entail construction, installation, troubleshooting and repair. In addition to training technicians, she expanded her career path to include 17 years with the FOA (fiber Optic Association) as a Certified Fiber Optic Technician (CFOT), and in the last several years as a Certified Fiber Optic Instructor (CFOS/I), leading Clearfield in providing education and certification through the FOA.
Today, Kelly continues to educate the industry on Fiber Optics and Clearfield products. Joining the company in 2013, Kelly leads the training program at Clearfield, a company specializing in fiber connectivity with an emphasis on fiber management.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022
2:30pm – 3:20pm