CAREER SUMMARY:

• He is a perceptive and creative problem solver who succeeds through actively participating as a Team Leader and as a Team Member.
• Skilled at bringing people and resources together from multiple organizational lines to complete projects within time and budget expectaions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Freelance Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As Project Manager for website development and audio/video productions I have led and worked with teams to develop and test new web sites for retail, training, and entertainment.
• In the area of audio/video productions I have Produced 30 + training videos that are 10 to 20 minutes in length, along with one 30 minute training session for Walmart.

Technical Project Manager

Confidential

My responsibitly was to provide technical support for Mobility Managers and Mobility Techs across the United States. My primary job was to assist in bringing new Mobile Telephone technologies to the MTSOs (Mobile Telephone Switch Offices.) These responsibilites included but were not limited to:

• Learning and working within working within the Confidential systems
• Technical Project Management
• Process Development and Documentation
• Creation and Development of technical task tutorials that were used by all AT&T MTSO Technicians

Technical MTSO Manager

Confidential

As MTSO (Mobile Telephone Switch Office) Manger for AT&T Mobility I was responsible for all ATT MTSOs (Mobile Telephone Switch Office) in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Responsibilites included Personnel Management and Facilities Management.

Branch Office Supervisor

Confidential

• As a Branch Office Supervisor I was responsible to recruit, train and supervise new sales agents in Financial Services industry.
• #1 in personal sales volume award received at national convention July 2005.
• Licenses held: NASD series 6, 26, and 65. Colorado State Life and Health insurance.

Owner/Manager/Producer

Confidential

• As owner I was responsible for all aspects of small audio/video production studio including; marketing, sales, web page development, contracts, budget, procurement, camera operator, editor, and employee selection.
• Produced five Extreme Off Road videotapes, three Promotional video productions, eighteen local school event videotapes, and one music CD.
• Gained an excellent reputation in the local market for live and taped video productions.

Operations Manager

Confidential

• Management experience included a variety of Technical Operations functions and locations in the western United States.
• In these Management positions I was responsible for personnel selection and training as well as training program development, departmental budget, shift staffing for 7 X 24 operation, fleet management, and project management.
• Being a Manager of a Technical function I personally provided a level of technical support to my staff in the areas of; AC and DC power systems, environmental control, FM Digital and SSB microwave radio, synchronous and asynchronous fiber optics, digital cross connects, digital and analog multiplexing, ATM, and packet switch networks.
• My team provided emergency response to critical equipment failures including microwave radio and fiber optic cable restoration.
• Throughout my career in Telecommunications I have worked with factory reps to develop and improve the latest and the best equipment in the industry.
• Following are some accomplishments in each of the specific areas of responsibility:

Confidential

Installation Manager - Denver, CO

• Provided much needed leadership and training to a department that previously had little of either. Boosted morale and created a cohesive team through creative problem solving, training, and teamwork.
• Drove local exchange carrier (Qwest) to improve delivery time of their circuits by over 100% to better meet our customer’s needs.
• Worked cooperatively with customers, sales, engineering and local exchange carriers to install, test and turn up Customer Premise Equipment at customer locations.
• Installed services including but not limited to a full spectrum of; ISDN, Switched Voice, Switched 56K and 64K, Internet Services, ATM, SONET.
• Project Managed the upgrade of over 30,000 echo cancellers using only existing maintenance staff while completing other tasks on time and staying within budget requirements

Confidential

Outside Plant Manager - Denver, CO

• Created and equipped a highly capable Fiber Optic Cable Emergency Response team using existing personnel from inside and outside my department. This team held the company record for the quickest cable restoration. This team also received many kudos for teamwork and professionalism from cable right of way owners during emergency responses.
• Actively participated in transitioning from an analog to a totally digital SONET network.
• Managed installation and long term maintenance of FAA Links network which included monthly service meetings with the FAA in Longmont.
• Created an On the Job training program that guided and recorded training activities of technical staff.
• An instigator of bringing underground facility owners (cables, pipes, etc.) as well as construction contractors together to create a new Colorado State Underground Facility Alert law. This new law protects underground facilities while assigning appropriate responsibility and penalties in the event of a damaged underground facility.

Manager

Confidential - Hayward, CA

• Provided much needed leadership and training to a department that previously had little of either. Boosted morale and created a cohesive team through creative problem solving, training, and teamwork. This team included seven shift managers who reported to me and approximately 60 technicians who reported to the shift managers.
• Provided first level of response to all company technical facilities west of Mississippi with 7 X 24 coverage.
• Created procedures for responding smoothly to a wide variety of critical and non-critical equipment failures.
• Developed an “Alarm Count Reduction” program that reduced alarms coming into the center to 10% of previous daily count. Implementing this program involved active cooperation of all field managers and their technicians. Completion of this program significantly improved network quality and my staff’s ability to do their jobs.

Manager

Confidential - Sacramento, CA

• Led and participated in Microwave Radio system builds from Phoenix to Los Angles, Salt Lake City to San Francisco and San Francisco to Los Angles. My participation included all aspects of installation and turn up of radio, tower, wave-guide, antenna, power systems, environmental control, building & grounds, etc.
• Personally led the RF proofing of two radio facilities near high power broadcast transmitters. RF levels inside both facilities were reduced by 130 db as read by spectrum analyzer.
• Significantly reduced microwave radiation within all radio facilities in Pacific District by installing RF gaskets in all wave-guide joints. This project improved end-to-end signal to noise by 3 db as read by NPR (noise power ratio) test equipment.
• Improved survivability of equipment in radio facilities during lightning strike through installation of extensive single point grounding systems.
• Participated in installation and turn up of one of the worlds first commercial long haul fiber optic transmission systems.