Byron McDaniel

Have you ever been in a crew, on a team, or in a department that did not have the resources to get the job done and done right? You know there are not enough techs, clerks, engineers, _________ (fill in the title), to get the work accomplished in an effective manner, and you feel as though no one is listening or cares.

Thousands and thousands of miles are logged in motor vehicles each year by technicians, supervisors, engineers, and other OSP professionals. Each day, they receive their work orders, jump into their cars and trucks, and hurry off to their first job site. All have been trained to identify and respond to jobsite hazard. But has communication technology created a new peril?

The Need for Speed is a generation of people who, for good, bad, or indifferent, WANT IT NOW! It is our job to deliver it to them. Do you agree? Or not?

If you have spent any time in the OSP world, you have had the great fortune of entertaining a compliance team member(s) in your shop for a review of your operation. In years past, the compliance review was often called "a quality review", "an operations review", "a safety inspection", and a few other choice colorful phrases depending on how well your review went. I would like to focus on what function the compliance member plays, and how they should go about their tasks to provide the most value to the company.

Hello, my name is Mr. Goo Gull, and I would like to build a facilities-based network and become the premier provider of Omnipotent-Band (OB) services to the metropolis of Kandy Challis (KC).