Position Seeking: Project Manager

Qualifications Profile

• Experienced and high-performing professional offering advance expertise and strong qualifications in program and project management within the Telecommunications and Information Technology IT industries. Demonstrated record in successfully overseeing work to optimize and improve productivity and maximize bottom-line results. One who exhibits sound judgment and decision-making skills with exemplary leadership aptitude in constructing strategic vision, generating financial success, and delivering positive results across multiple business functions. Possess expertise in complex programs planning and implementation, including network planning and development and related life cycle management processes. In-depth PMI PMP orientation with the following Project/Program Management Capabilities:
• Ability to adhere to and manage Program Management Office PMO defined Project Management Life Cycle processes including coordinating and managing the Systems Development Life Cycle SDLC activities including requirements, analysis, process design, testing and implementation
• Effectively manage project scope, statement of work, schedule, create work breakdown structure WBS , quality of service milestones, as well as monitoring and control of resource allocation and utilization in conjunction with the development of an approved budget, Earned Value Management reporting, Estimates To Completions ETC's and Estimates At Completion EAC
• Capable of creating financial variance report, that is, actual versus budget projections and provide updated forecast from beginning to end of the project, while managing and controlling cost within budget and providing Earned Value Management EVM support for the Program's PMO
• Develop and maintain various project initiatives, including but not limited to the Project Charter, Resource Allocation Model and Estimates, Project Plan including requirements , schedules, change management, testing, communications plan, implementation, process improvement, issue identification and resolution
• Collaborate, assist and support Quality Assurance and Quality Control activities and processes
• Coordinate and facilitate updates and communicates with an integrated team and project stakeholders on an on-going basis, while leading, facilitating and participating in necessary collaborations regarding the coordination and reporting of project activities, milestones, deliverables
• Ensure effective interaction and communications within and outside of the project team, including status reporting to the Senior Program Manager, Senior Management Team and other Project Stakeholders.
• Perform project administration tasks in a timely manner relative to the Project Plan, PMO reporting, resource allocation, schedule updates, reporting and integration of initiatives
• Possess a working knowledge and ability to execute the Project Management Body of Knowledge PMBOK required of PMP's and PMO successfully achieving targeted goals and outcomes
• Recognized as an experienced professional with big-picture vision, leadership, and tenacity to successfully manage key accounts, capture and accelerate organizational efficiency and growth
• Known as an articulate communicator, strategist, and negotiator accustomed to establishing positive relationships with customers, staff, and senior-level personnel
• Selected Accomplishments
• Responsible for successfully generating new and existing profitable services in excess of 500M through effective evaluation of financial reports and implementation of strategic initiatives with financial emphasis on Net Present Value of cash flow, Internal Rate of Return and Return On Investment
• Played a major role in extensively managing and developing business cases and strategic plans for 1B product lines and other lines of businesses that increased revenue and profit margins 10 -15 annually
• Through the successful establishment of tactical plans, functional programs, SWOT analysis, solicited/non solicited proposals, for example, RFP's, RFQ's that increased customer lead generation and sales results by 20
• Expanded market reach for Telecom and IT service growth in three countries exemplifying exceptional international experience in-depth understanding of the Japan, Iraq, and Africa cultures as well as business and market structures for future growth
• Utilized and demonstrated expertise and in the areas of telecommunications and IT management and outsourcing, new product and infrastructure development, technical human resource recruitment, legislative affairs, policy and compliance, technology research and development, as well as network engineering
• Leveraged exceptional skills in the effective organization, oversight and direction of more than 25 diverse and multifunctional project teams
• Continuously met organizational critical product deadlines, by rendering keen oversight, direction and leadership to cross-functional digital, broadband, switch carrier, metro wireless including cellular back-haul teams that included essential technical, operational, customer service order interface and fulfilment, billing process, engineering, marketing, sales, financial, and legislative affairs personnel with competing organizational workloads and priorities
• Demonstrated effectual leadership and overall direction of additional associated team disciplines, including research, legal, promotion, public relations, advertising, accounting, supply chain, vendor selection, contracts and procurement among others to achieve targeted results
• Managed and completed numerous IT and Telecom projects on time, within budget, and according to target goal measurements
• Conducted and led the establishment of the early fiber optic FIOS type services with special pricing arrangements including collaborations with long distance carriers, which significantly boosted revenues and margins by over 25 for the digital product line of business services upon designing a market-based pricing structure versus the traditional cost plus structure of historical operation
• Expertly spearheaded the development of Verizon's first intelligent smartphone, featuring a smart card reader and remote diagnostics, with an international Fortune 500 Japanese company
• Successfully created inventions with three patents, namely prepaid cash card services US Patent 5621787 as well as IXC operator services and related advanced intelligent network AIN service applications US Patent 5684866 and Patent 5898771

Professional Experience

• Established Project Management Office PMO managing large IT government contracts including distributed systems and server implementation. Developed and coordinated projects plan, schedules, activities as a function of the task order. Provided oversight of the project schedule, ensuring problem identification and resolution and that task deliverables are completed on time within budget, in a quality manner, to the customers satisfaction.
• Oversight and responsibility for managing data center operations and subsystems, providing solutions for system administration. Created and or modified solutions to resolve problems impacting system availability, response times, network protocols and processing capacity.
• Developed Project Plans with responsibility for profit and loss, increasing P/L net profitable results by 10
• Responsible for providing project turn-around solutions to multiple customers, regaining customers confidence, retaining two client accounts that would have been at risk of being lost otherwise
• Produced project status reports, managed the project team and resolved day to day issues with emphasis on SDLC
• Rendered keen oversight and direction to Westcarb Enterprises' IT planning and implementation activities, encompassing overall network infrastructure including systems integration, cost control and projections, resource allocation, budgeting, profitability enhancements. Effectively managed data center migrations, operations and transitions.
• Leveraged exceptional skills in driving multi-million-dollar government and commercial results while simultaneously providing consultation, oversight, and direction on a contract-by-contract basis, including positioning and securing new multi-million dollar opportunities and contract awards, e.g., Westcarb's GSA STARS II Award, and MacDill AFB IT-government contracts

Dream Catcher Capital and Fundraising

Business Financial Management and Program Management of Commercial Real Estate, Mergers Acquisitions, Energy Commodity Finance, Equipment/Hardware/Software Leasing and additional business financial products. Non profit fundraising

Accomplishments:

• Exceptional performance in servicing the government contract for MacDill AFB by providing the best possible solutions for both IT administration, service management and outsourcing, which included physical storage of proprietary documentation as well as system assessments, product evaluations, records management, and other critical functions
• Expertly performed oversight of systems integration of multiple commercial off-the-shelf software including utilization of MS Projects, hardware and network infrastructure equipment, which also included secured, web-enabled, electronic documents and multi-media management systems
• Responsible for consistently improving IT infrastructure systems including computer software, hardware, facilities and security as well as developing and maintaining policies and procedures, while consistently maintaining best practices all within budget for an organizations network infrastructure
• Rendered key contribution throughout business process reengineering focused on developing applications to support business performance and transformation functions
• Ensured accuracy in evaluating and reconciling data from various sources while providing critical information to support IT governance decisions
• Effectively performed database management encompassing assessment, compilation, and reconciliation of data
• Offered effective information system solutions and project management oversight in the areas of personal computer and client server support, systems programming, applications design and development, database design and administration, network integration, cloud technology and cyber security initiatives

• As Proprietor, demonstrated a pivotal role in the successful development, consultation and profitable results of private pay and Medicare home care and durable medical equipment DME and supplies business cases and related new business ventures
• Managed various medical equipment and supplies product lines using expertise in orthotics, power equipment, diabetes, oxygen/respiratory, and prosthetics
• Leveraged exceptional interpersonal skills in developing national relationships with industry leaders and decision makers, which included operations, marketing, reimbursement and sales subject matter experts, as well as with DME and Homecare family business owner and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS

• Interviewed, hired, and managed members of the Iraq telecommunications technical staff located at the Iraq Embassy and throughout the country
• Worked in collaboration with 12 West African countries' Ministries of Telecommunications leadership teams and USAID in conducting telecommunication business development, infrastructure planning and network integration in West Africa, which resulted in new international business contracts, growth, and expansion
• Succeeded in developing a satellite-managed services business plan which included a CDMA network infrastructure creating new business development initiatives for small and medium size businesses, with a profitable 100M opportunity for new business diversification and expansion when teaming with mega telecommunications conglomerates
• Identified network solutions, addressing customer requirements by implementing Carrier specific CDMA 4G wireless
• infrastructure for future mobile growth solutions, for a newly formed business with national spectrum challenges