Fiber Optics Training

Roy Pepper has Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Telecommunication’s and a PhD in Engineering and has been involved with telecommunications for over forty years. During his career he has held senior positions with some very high profile companies in both Canada and the United States. Companies such as BC Telephone or as it is known today Telus, Ungermann Bass who were a large manufacturer of LAN equipment, RCK Telecom an International Telecommunications consulting firm based in Canada, CTC Communications a CLEC in the US Northeast and now as an advisor and Senior Consultant with The Kenton Group a US based Telecom Consulting firm with headquarters in Florida. He has also sat on the Board of Directors for a number of start-up companies throughout his career.

Due to his expertise in telecom consulting and training Roy is often asked to provide specialized training and industry updates, on an International level, to the Telecom Industry. In addition to training he has been very involved in helping a number of companies to develop their Internet and Network strategies.

Tommy Bonner holds a Doctorate degree from Mississippi State University in education. He has over 14 years experience in teaching fiber optic courses for AT&T, 3M, OFS, Lucent Technologies and FNT. His certifications include 3M Fiber Products and Systems, Sorrento DWDM Metro Fiber, OFS connectors, QA/QC inspection, and Gigabit Ethernet. He also has assisted in the development of certification programs for Lucent Technologies ranging from fiber certification to smart LGX’s.
Tommy has been Certified to teach fiber classes since 1993 and is certified to teach numerous classes in fiber optics including 3M Fiber Products and Systems, Sorrento DWDM Metro Fiber, OFS connector styles, QA/QC inspection, and Gigabit Ethernet. He also has developed training programs for Lucent Technologies ranging from fiber certification to soft training used with smart LGX’s.

The training method used by Kenton Group is to focus on our course training manuals. Comprehensive development efforts have been engaged to create each course manual and they are of the highest quality in the industry. Each seminar participant receives a personal copy of our graphically illustrated course manual. Given the nature of this industry Kenton Group constantly updates and augments these manuals in an effort to meet the expectations and demands of the dynamic data and telecommunications marketplace.

Training is a critical element in the success of any individual or organization operating or marketing to the telecommunications industry. This is evident by the utilization of our services by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency, Harris Corporation, Saskatchewan Telephone Co., Newfoundland Telephone Co., Citizens Telephone Co., Northern Telecom, GTE, ICI, U.S. West, and Bell Canada. These organizations understand the necessary commitment to training to keep up and stay ahead of the competition.

We hope we can put our training service Expertise-on-Demand to work for you!!!