Union Gospel Mission Men's Shelter
ARLINGTON, TX, January 19, 2011 – Southwest Networks, Inc., an infrastructure cabling installation company, recently installed communications systems valued at over $38,000 to Union Gospel Mission Calvert Place men’s homeless shelter. The systems will help shelter residents look for online jobs, improve literacy levels, take high school equivalency tests and even provide multimedia presentations in the shelter’s worship chapel.
William Thompson, Executive Director for Union Gospel Mission, said their 330-bed men’s shelter is the oldest Dallas organization serving the homeless and averages 305 residents each night. Thompson said the facility had some computers and a very antiquated phone system before the new installation.
“We ran the cable wires ourselves,” Thompson said. “We had wires running everywhere….this way….that way….from ceilings. If something went wrong we never knew what switch went out, it was a guessing game to fix it. Southwest Networks came in and professionally pulled our wires into one place, in neat bundles. It was beyond our wildest expectations.”
Dan Hightower, Estimator
ARLINGTON, TX – Southwest Networks’ President Robert Hernandez today recognized five employees at a luncheon at the company’s headquarters. The employees honored have served the company for more than ten years.
Employees that were acknowledged include the following:
- Jose Salinas, Project Manager, fourteen years of service
- Dan Hightower, Estimator, twelve years of service
- Francisco Juarez, Lead Technician, twelve years of service
- Saul Solis, Lead Technician, eleven years of service
- Tina Newsome, Accounts Payable Manager, ten years of service
“The dedication, loyalty and commitment of our employees are what led us to be the company we are today,” Hernandez said. Read More
Pratish Karsen
Southwest Networks is pleased to announce a new addition to our Project Management Team.
Pratish Karsen has over 20 years experience in the operation and management of numerous large projects within the areas of both Voice and Data Communication.
Karsen has managed many projects involving network cabling infrastructure, LAN/WAN administration, voice/data convergence, software development and Novell server system.
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