Summary

• Experienced Telecommunications and IT Project Manager seeks to develop and execute your business strategies and objectives. I analyze and improve planning and processes, lead design-build IT Infrastructure and Data Center construction from inception to commission. Prepare and control budgets, resources, and deliverables. I develop and deliver solutions that support client processes. I manage project Risks, Schedules, and Change along with the communication of project status to stakeholders and sponsors to report progress of work. I promote and sustain strategic relationships with Suppliers of products and services related to project, and employ PMI / PMP best-practices throughout project execution.

Selected Achievements and Accomplishments

• Manage LAWA/LAX IT On-Call Contract projects and construction for wireless LAN, fiber OSP, and security.
• Upgrade expand LAX Data Center to increase SAN, UPS, HVAC and Cloud Server capacity.
• Upgrade the Fort Leavenworth, KS Data Center DC power system and install new 800-Amp electrical service.
• Construct and Retrofit the SONET microwave sites for the East Bay Municipal Utility District in Stockton, California.
• Design/build Glenwood Springs City-Owned Fiber Broadband Network.
• Upgrade Peterson AFB Data Center High Voltage, HVAC, UPS, and chilled water supply.
• Statewide design/build upgrade migration of entire Dept. of Labor Employment WAN/LAN in Colorado.
• Supervised emergency restoration of facilities immediately following the 1989 Earthquake disaster in California Bay Area.
• Author new AT T provisioning processes to resolve the post-Divestiture delays in circuit provisioning across US.

Skill Sets

Work Flow and Process Orientation: Use the PMI and PMBOK standards to effectively prioritize tasks, develop plans, and meet objectives. Plan and execute assignments as-needed to meet required schedules and business objectives.

Communication: Professional oral and written communication skills. Proficient MS Office Applications suite AutoCAD, SharePoint, and MS Project. Prepare and present project status to executive management.

Leadership: Team building, resolves conflict, creates and manages business relationships, and collaborates for success.

Metrics/Reporting: Produce and analyze project reports, schedules, and contracts assign resources and generate relevant statistics to ensure project milestones and costs are being met.

Management: Excellent subcontractor and vendor management to achieve safe and effective completion of project deliverables and tasks on-time and within approved budgets among local and dispersed teams. Mentor and develop project team members and improve upon human resources management processes.

Business Management: Decision making, negotiating, problem-solving, and project cost and budget management.

Capacity Planning: Data network, HVAC, Electrical, Fire Suppression, and Infrastructure requirements.

Project Management: Manage schedule, resources, change, and procurement calculate critical path and control risk.

Professional Skills

WORK HISTORY

Confidential

Project Manager

• Support LAWA IT O M and Capital Improvement Project contracts at LAX. Manage subcontractors and design teams to meet customer expectations. Lead teams to service and upgrade ACAMS Security, MPLS CCTV System, OSP and Data Center.
• Support the corporate financial and strategic business and EBIT objectives in the management of assigned projects.
• Manage Wireless LAN, Security, Fiber Optic, OSP, Access Controls, and Data Center construction projects for LAX clients.
• Support TSA and Homeland Security upgrade projects throughout the LAX facility.

Confidential

Project Manager

• Initiate Execute, Control, and Close data systems and IT infrastructure projects in the global financial transactions market.
• Schedule and manage task completions using SharePoint and Clarity PMIS with globally-dispersed teams.

Confidential

Owner Representative

• Represent Verizon Wireless for construction and project management activities in Colorado Springs, CO. Manage General Contractors and Subcontractors on multiple tasks, schedules, and budgets.
• Serve as liaison between Verizon Wireless and the City Inspectors during the construction of mechanical, electrical, and telecommunications upgrades to the facility.
• Prepare, review, and manage SOWs that include removal and installation of cooling towers, chillers, Air Handling Units AHUs , UPS systems, and Medium Voltage switchboards, transformers, electrical panels, and Building Automation Control systems.

Confidential

Project Manager

• Project Manager for data center upgrades at the LAX Airport. Coordinate, plan, schedule, and execute the construction of Mechanical, Electrical, and IT infrastructure to support LAWA and Public Safety data centers, storage networks, virtual servers, and legacy networks. Control project budget, Change Management process, and provide weekly reports.
• Manage on-site sub-contractors for the design-build upgrades to the mission-critical Peterson AFB, CO data center to provide new 2000-Amp, 3-phase power, and switchgear, HVAC, and UPS distribution panels.
• Manage concurrent projects at Ft. Bragg, NC and Ft. Leavenworth, KS for I3MP upgrades of site facilities and IT infrastructure.
• Lead multiple projects of varying complexity from requirements, design, and development to production. Define requirements, plan project lifecycle deployment, create risk mitigation and contingency planning strategies, direct and oversee project teams, and manage conflicts among project stakeholders.
• Manage the construction of electrical, mechanical, fire suppression, and telecommunications systems in the new Marine Corps ITS Data Center in Kansas City. Provide on-site data collection, cost control, reporting, scheduling, product integration, and oversee the change management process.

Confidential

Project Engineer

• Supervise OSP fiber construction for AT T, to include project scheduling, managing dispersed construction teams, prepare project bid submittals, supervise OSHA safety compliance, manage suppliers and vendors, prepare and monitor project budgets, and perform final inspections. Coordinate across functional teams internally and externally to ensure on-time completion.
• Project Manage and supervise fourteen direct-report staff during the City of Aurora Water Department SONET upgrade.
• Direct the radio site construction, HVAC and AC installations, RF path alignments, and system commissioning for the Upcountry Microwave Upgrade Project EBMUD in Stockton, CA.
• Perform site safety inspections, managed the Change Order process, prepared Safety Plans, Work Plans, managed the selection, hiring, and assignments of subcontractors and suppliers prepare and present weekly and monthly progress reports.
• Supervise radio tower construction. Design and install Motorola public safety radio system, to include IP-CCTV cameras.
• Responsible for joint planning and execution of specific projects, review and understand all project and business requirements.