Our Team
Earl Epps
Director of Operations
Earl has over 30 years in the telecom construction industry in both underground and aerial applications. As well as design, engineering and implementation with private sectors, carrier groups, tower owners, and city and county departments for quality control, future planning, and all jobsite overview.
Randy Robertson
Operations Manager
Randy Robertson is the Operations Manager at Gulf Coast Fiber Services with 7 years experience in the Telecommuncations Construction sector. He is helping Telecommunications Infrastructure Providers to solve their Small Cell and Fiber Optic Network needs across Texas and Beyond.
Summer Holloway
Office Manager
Summer is the Office Manager for GCFS. She oversees the day to day financial and administrative operations including human resources. She takes pride in being thorough and precise in her work.
Elisha Murray
Executive Assistant
Elisha is a highly skilled executive assistant adept at handling complex tasks and streamlining workflows.
Lark Johnson
Project Manager
Lark is a loyal employee who has been with the company for over 4 years. She manages our close out team making sure that all of the details of GCFS’s jobs, from the beginning of the job to the end, are showcased in a professional and seamless manner to our customers.
Tyler Mahoney
Fleet Manager
Tyler is our fleet manager in charge of keeping up with our company trucks and equipment. He maintains them at a great standard to allow our company to keep rolling forward to success.
Richard Staires
Underground Fiber Manager, Livingston Office
Richard has been working in utility construction for fourteen years. His experience, knowledge, and work ethic are vital assets to our construction management.
Eric Van Every
Fiber Network Manager
Eric has over 3 decades of fiber splicing and fiber placement experience. Some of his current responsibilities include coordinating work with the In-House splicing division, Sub Contractors, Design Engineers, Network Planners and Quality Control for delivering Aerial and Underground fiber and copper facilities.
Abdul Rasheed
Construction Manager
Abdul is an Inspector for GCFS. His daily duties are to manage crews (contractors) while also monitoring materials used on each job by verifying footage, checking the quality, and making sure job is up to code.
Daniel Cunningham
Underground Construction Manager of Houston
Daniel is the underground construction manager in charge of overseeing multiple projects at a time in Houston.
HUB CERTIFICATION
Historically Underutilized Business Certification
Gulf Coast Fiber Services, LLC is a 100% minority/women/veteran owned business operating in the state of Texas as a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Certified business since 2015. Gulf Coast Fiber Services, LLC is also registered and approved on the CMBL which is the Centralized Master Bidder’s List for the state of Texas.
All employees receive various safety training certifications dependent on job duties and responsibilities. These classes are taught by an OSHA certified trainer and include but are not limited to :
- CPR/First Aid
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Fall Protection
- Road Safety
- Confined Space
- Shoring
- Trenching/Excavating
- Competent Person
- OSHA 10
- OSHA 30
- Aerial Lift Safety
- Bucket Truck Safety
- PPE