SUMMARY:

Results - driven and highly accomplished Senior Telecommunications Professional with 30+ years of successful experience. Expertise in developing, analyzing, managing, and improving multi-million dollar telecommunications systems. Excels in the lifecycle management of advanced communications systems from cradle to grave. Solid analytical, communication, problem solving and critical thinking skills.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES AS FOLLOWS:

• Telecom Systems/Equipment
• Operations Management
• System Automation
• Lifecycle Management
• Project/Program Management
• Six Sigma Methodologies
• Cost/Expense Reduction
• Process Improvement
• Team Building/Leadership
• Report Generation
• Strategic Planning
• Conflict/Issue Resolution

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project), Microsoft Windows, Global Transportation Network (GTN), Global Command & Communications System (GCCS), Logistics Information Warehouse (LIW), Radio Frequency In-Transit Visibility (RF-ITV), SIPR/NIPR Networks, Cable Assignment Information Records System ( Confidential ), REMEDY

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Logistician Site Lead

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for managing the logistical support of Confidential /Retrograde equipment departing Southwest Asia by performing program activities from conceptual stage through the life cycle of product. Briefs and coordinates RESET/Retrograde efforts with local units and provides status of work in progress.
• Prepares timely and accurate reports on the induction of assets and ongoing retrograde activities while maintaining communications with Confidential military customers regarding equipment status.
• Optimizes processing procedures of mechanical/electronic systems/equipment by preparing/editing DoD documents and conducting Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) analyses.
• Utilizes industry expertise to successfully provide guidance and assist personnel in the proper cleaning, packing, and shipping of equipment.

Confidential

Senior Logistician Site Manager

Responsibilities:

• Recognized by senior leaders as the driving force in expediting the inventorying, processing, and shipping of 4,500 items worth $1.5B.
• Successfully oversaw 10 electronics technicians, logisticians, transportation specialists, and data entry personnel in their daily job performance, ensuring standards and performance objectives were met.
• Developed and executed several standard operating procedures (SOP), both internal and external to CECOM Afghanistan RESET/Retrograde operations.

Confidential

Field Service Technician & Logistics Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Recognized for technical expertise which was vital in processing of over 700 telecommunication systems worth $500M.
• Facilitated more efficient and cost effective CECOM Retrograde/RESET operations throughout Southwest Asia by creating and implementing internal/external standard operating procedures (SOP).
• Successfully engineered and implemented sequencing and timing of C4ISR program events and milestones, methods, and alternative approaches for completion.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Wrote and updated project Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) documentation that included system procedures, presentations, and materials.
• Prepared and presented executive level briefings outlining projects’ progress and completion timeline.
• Identified and recommended emergent relevant technologies that may result in improvements to current processes.
• Successfully managed 31 projects valued at $16M, including the installation of a base-wide manhole duct system with an overall cost value of $2.5M.
• Led a project that involved the installation of a 3-mile, 96-strand fiber optic cable valued at $3M and transformed communications from tactical to strategic levels with minimal resources and personnel.
• Spearheaded a $595K communications plan to relocate over 200 Special Operations personnel and directed a $1M plan to connect fiber optic cable between two bases, increasing bandwidth by 300%.
• Masterminded a $2.5M flight line wireless system which provided real-time wireless communications for aircraft maintenance personnel, reducing the turnaround time by 50% for launching aircraft.

Confidential

Switching Systems Manager, Ft. Gordon, GA

Responsibilities:

• Served as the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge ( Confidential ) of the Telephone Branch, responsible for managing a digital 25,000 line GTD-5 Telephone Switch.
• Coordinated the installation and removal of cross-connections from the Main Distribution Frame ( Confidential ).
• Maintained Cable Assignment Information Records System ( Confidential ), a system designed to account for telephone cable pairs and circuit assignments.
• Managed 24-hour Operator services in the United States and overseas, providing assistance to mission essential needs and morale support calls for soldiers on long deployments.
• Coordinated the installation of special circuits such as intrusion detection and data lines.
• Conducted site surveys for future upgrade of infrastructure. Supervised and trained two soldiers.
• Conducted daily meetings, assigned work schedules, and provided payroll inputs
• Ordered and maintained accountability of parts that were vital in sustaining the integrity of mission essential operations.
• Negotiated with union representatives on a continual basis and worked on ways of bettering relationships between management and employees. Installed 12+ cameras to provide security coverage to key facilities on Fort Gordon.
• Managed a workforce that completed over 3,000 Line Service Request ( Confidential ) for Moves Adds and Changes (MACS) and over 700 trouble tickets in 12 months, reducing the backlog by 90%.
• Negotiated with vendors in order to provide the best service and cost savings to the Army in an effort to coordinate cell phone services to all assigned units.