SUMMARY

• Dedicated, Trustworthy, and Dependable Project Manager with 30 years of extensive experience in project planning, and execution, building strong working relationships and managing teams in the Telecommunications and Educational environments; actively seeking a challenging role in transforming Project Management, ideally with a progressive company in the Telecom industry.
• Extremely competent individual demonstrates a verifiable track record for completing difficult projects while complying with quality and procedural requirements.
• With an outstanding technical expertise and unparalleled project management skills incorporates innovative solutions that streamline processes, expand functionalities, increase company’s revenues and drive business growth.
• Distinguished top performer effectively contributes towards organizational success, pursuing every task with positive determination, professionally deals with increased challenges and responsibilities, and thrives in demanding fast paced environments

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Portfolio Project Manager/PM

Responsibilities:

• Successfully executed the E2E Project Management for the onboarding/migration of several Confidential Brands (GRE, TOEFL, Praxis) onto an enterprise - wide registration platform; oversaw the integration of 50 applications, operations and program processes from the initiation of the project thru to completion.
• Maintained full responsibility for the delivery of various, complex and multiyear projects; oversaw the E2E Project Management for the new assessment offerings, the major redesign spanning 4 years and 50 application interfaces, several IT infrastructure and test assessment and new scoring capabilities.
• In a mutual collaborative effort with 3-4 professionals and 1 support associate directed the team towards the achievement of set goals and objectives; guided the team during the formulation of project deliverables, work breakdown structure (WBS) and project milestones.
• Produced robust and insightful executive state reports on a weekly basis; deliberately managed resources and provided portfolio management of all deliverables related to the GRE Redesign project.
• Held daily PM/PA team calls to communicate project status, discuss any strategic initiatives and any possibilities impacting timely delivery of project goals; executed each activity and made sure everyone is performing in accordance with best practices and highest standards of project management.

Confidential

Consultant/Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Continuously strived to enhance and streamline processes towards achievement of operational excellence; instituted a LEC Ordering Process for VoIP provider which included the previous creation of order flows and business requirements.
• Established and nurtured positive working relationships with a cable provider for a project which required the formulation of process requirements and process flows to aid the migration activities.

Confidential

Senior Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Built favorable business relationships with various constituencies; regulated vendor relations and maintained vendor schedules utilizing on-line collaboration tools.
• Served as a Program Manager handling all aspects of post sales contracts for two large North American CSP's (Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications), and one large fiber network provider (Broadwing Communications); represented over $5M in revenue and over $1M in debt collection.
• Exhibited excellence in meeting all project key objectives in a timely manner, within the limits of defined budget and with a great quality levels; identified risk areas and ensured contingency actions are quickly implemented; successfully delivered complex multi-phase, multi-million projects that met and exceeded targeted results and strategic business objectives.
• Demonstrated outstanding ability to coach and effectively develop and guide team members towards achievement of set objectives and goals; directed 50 - 100 senior IT professionals.
• Exhibited robust project management skills, constantly over-delivering on results; executed each activity in accordance with the highest quality standards.
• Operated annual budgets of over $20M; assumed responsibility for the effective execution of assigned offshore projects representing over $1M in annual savings; maximized the value delivered by project plans ensuring that they are proportionate to the business opportunities they are designed to harness.
• Continuously strived to identify and in corporate solutions that streamline processes and contribute to business performance improvements; instituted $1M cost reduction program and held accountable for regulating all revenue and budgeting operations for new and existing accounts.
• Pioneered the initiative to in corporate web-based technology in the creation of advanced prototypes, leading to streaming video/audio, computer technology integration and advanced email handling capabilities towards full commercial product introduction.
• Kept abreast of new trends and emerging technologies; performed various analyses and evaluations to identify and implement new business development opportunities; significantly lowered system downtime and expanded the efficiency and accuracy of the installation process.
• Imposed various initiatives that facilitated software quality improvements; proactively participated in project team meetings; established and deployed solutions that rationalized business operations, and created opportunities for business growth.