SUMMARY

• Results - oriented project leader with over 15 years of experience in the wireless industry with safety in mind in all aspects of tower and cell site construction.
• Ten years IT experience, and 5 years Certified Scrum Master (Ecommerce and software development with rollout), helping organizations build and manage their wireless and IT markets.
• Established track record of success in program and project management from defining scope, budget planning, weekly reporting, managing stakeholder’s expectations to close out of the project.
• Leading complex software, operational projects, infrastructure projects, which include a strong background in complex deployments and implementation with proven project management methodologies.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance)
• Change / Risk Management
• Budget & Schedule Management
• Release Management
• Agile (Scrum) Development
• Site and tower construction
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Software expertise: GNET, CASPER, IPM, PMATT, Jira, TFS, and Primavera
• Work well under pressure with complex projects
• Project / product launches and rollouts
• LTE deployment
• SECRET clearances

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SECURITY PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Technical project manager, managing a $9 million-dollar security upgrade for the Federal Court house at Stewart and Nakamura.
• Also assigned 5 smaller security projects throughout the Seattle area to include 2 Washington State Government projects.
• Attend weekly meetings, coordinate with sub-contractors, and manage punch list to closeout.

LTE Site Construction PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Technical project manager for small cell build out for the State of Alaska and Oregon.
• Responsible for modifications on all technologies for the State of Washington as well as Alaska. Managed general contracting companies, Verizon Wireless construction managers, transport managers, site and tower buildouts.
• Attended weekly staff meetings to identify any safety issues, road blocks and risks. Provide status reports, run weekly meeting with Ericsson team as well as other cross functional teams.
• Documented scope of projects assigned to me, developed budget for each project, and managed and monitored changes to the budget throughout the project lifecycle. Worked with team leads to create a viable project plan, and proactively managed stakeholder’s expectations for success of each project.
• Able to achieve business goals set by the sponsor to keep project on time and within budget.

LTE Construction MANAGER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed four general contracting companies as well as their sub-contracting companies during construction of eNodeB sites and tower maintenance.
• Worked closely with AT&T construction managers in scheduling site builds. Worked closely with construction crews, tower crews, and conducted spot inspections for any safety issues. Attended weekly staff meetings, submitted weekly status reports to Sr. Managers and Directors.
• Documented scope and developed and maintained budget for each project. Secondary assignment to work with transport group to review sites that may require additional Micro Baseband Units (eBBU) to ensure transport was ordered in a timely manner and available before installation of eBBU’s.
• Worked with external vendors to assist in the coordination Bill of Materials (BOM), and Notice to Proceed (NTP), and managed equipment shipments.

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Using waterfall and Agile methodologies, managed multiple IT infrastructure (Agile), and telecommunications projects (Waterfall) for Confidential (PSE). Coordinated with Federal Government to ensure PSE remained North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) compliant.
• Responsible for defining and documenting scope of the projects, developed budgets for each project as well as managed any changes to the budget once finalized. Worked with team leads to create a viable project plan, and proactively managed stakeholder’s expectations for success of each project assigned to me.
• Established cost, schedule, scope, and risk controls were implemented to ensure a successful project to achieve the business goals set by the Sponsor. Given assignment to upgrade PSE’s website, and mobile applications for friendly end-user experience.
• Developed project plan, wrote Statement of work, schedules, and managed all stakeholder’s expectations during this intense, complex project., and worked as Release manager for the web and software deployment.
• Established WBS for all tasks involved, and managed $2 million-dollar budget for the cost of the project. Provided monthly steering committee meetings, and established and manage relationships with key client executives and stakeholders.

PROJECT MANAGER/ SCRUM MASTER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assigned as a scrum master on multiple projects related to the Next Generation 911 service, multiple mobile applications for end user experience. Managed 2 SCRUM teams, and drove cross functional teams.
• Instrumental in accepting a project, determining the WBS, creation of Purchase Requests, estimation of project costs, keeping projects on schedule all within budget. Additional assignments included acting as Release manager to ensure project was ready for deployment.
• Worked closely with the Product Owner to organize and facilitate sprint planning. Managed daily standup scrum meetings, retrospectives, release planning, and demonstrations.
• Established processes to manage scope, budget, minimized risk, and issues within and across multiple projects. Developed relationships with key client executives and stakeholders, and was instrumental in bridging the gap between TCS and Intrado (competitor to TCS) for the good of their client’s end-user when needing E911.