Global Technical Project Manager Resume
PROFILE:
I am highly motivated individual with extensive knowledge of telecommunication/data products and excellent technical background. I have a flexible approach to my work and possess effective communication skills together with accuracy and efficiency. I am a hard working articulate and assertive person and am socially confident. I can organize, motivate and take responsibility of others. I adapt to different environments quickly and I am capable and willing to learn new skills that broaden my knowledge. I have had wealth of experience in Pre/ Post - sales within Unified communication industry, and I am also a certified project manager (TSPM).
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- Microsoft project, Word, Excel, Visio, Scheduler
- VMWare
- Broadsoft
- Ruckas
- Nomadics
- Data centers
- WAN solutions
- Avaya Aura Designs (including AACC, WFO and MES)
- External Line Plant
- Stores and procurement
- Mitel
- Nortel
- MDR Call Accounting
- Project management (use of Microsoft project)
- Managing customer trainers
- Avaya ERS
- Managing and supervision of staff
- Cisco routers/switches
- Nortel Baystack Switches and Routers
- HP switches
- Wan/LAN configuration and management
- Voice over IP (QOS)
- E1 to T1 converters
- Application servers (Mitel)
- VPN
- WLAN
- Designing large multi-site VOIP networks with features such as resiliency
- Use of MPT (Mitel pricing tool)
- Use of NNEC (Nortel pricing tool)
- Nortel GPCC
- Orderpro (Nortel Pre- pricing configuration tool)
- MPLS
- Metro e
- Video conferencing
- IP Centrex (Nortel)
- Mitel Networks 6510
- Live business gateway
- Linux
- SIP
- Mitel Sales Work Bench
- Avaya product appreciation training
- Avaya Defnity
- Avaya EZ Quote
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Confidential
Global Technical Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Consult with Pre-sales personal and accept high level technical design
- Produce a low level technical implementation design (complex UC solutions)
- Identify and source resources needed to implement the solution (Inclusive of global and remote support)
- Cross reference Bill of Material
- Confirm Critical Path and timelines
- Create contingences and roll back plans
- Lead technical meetings with technical resources
- Attend Executive meetings to discuss project with stakeholders
- Produce testing plans
- Produce a detailed Statement of Works
- Consult with Customer and end users
- Manage expectations of the Customer
- Produce detailed Gantt Chart (MS project)
- Manage deliverables and timelines (Project meetings, RAID reports)
- Provide risk and escalation management
- Manage project budget and restraints
- Manage post project support and lessons learned
Confidential
Senior Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Technical Project management of large communication projects
- Technical support of Mitel, Cisco and Avaya
- Resource placement and management for telecommunication projects throughout the CALA region
- NOC planning, implementation and management
- System design of UC solutions (Mitel and Avaya)
- Creating Detailed Statement of Works and Gantt Charts for complex UC implementations
- High level meetings with distributers and service providers to close contracts
Confidential
Pre-Sales Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Primary focus on the top 50 customers B2b
- Assist the sales and business development teams with customer presentations, meetings and other sales support activities as required.
- Pre-and Post-Sales/technical support to peers on voice/data products
- Testing new equipment
- Customer demonstrations
- Articulate technology and product positioning to both business and technical users
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders throughout the sales cycle
- Responsible for scoping and translating Customer business requirements into costs effective system designs.
- Liaise with relevant stakeholders to ensure their understanding of the costing and service deliverables
- Develop and manage relationships with relevant internal & external
- Provide technical responses to RFI/RFP/RFQ and support the Sales team in compiling commercial proposals
- Evaluating new products prior to them being introduced to the market
- Preparation of quotations prior to presenting to customer
- Planning customer installations
- Designing, engineering and providing customer solutions
- Sales Forecasting
- Technical Consultation directly with customers
- Traffic analysis on customer’s equipment
- Customer/site meetings
- Technical support to account mangers
- Project management and engineering of all major PBX (Mitel, Nortel, Avaya and Cisco) projects including VOIP and UC
- Management and implementation a NOC (used to manage solutions in the field remotely)
- Set up, Demo and POC of Avaya-Scopia video conferencing solution