Sr Project Manager

• Mar 2017 - Present

Associate Program Manager

• Jan 2015 - Mar 2017

Lead, coach, and provide guidance to project managers within the NJ territory PMO Portfolio management: Project budget to date vs target to complete, revenue recognition review, milestone billing projections. Escalation point for customer sat issues and putting projects back on track Developed PM onboarding training plan and manual for PMO. Coauthored PMO Standard Operating Procedures Guide. Develop and improve on PMO project monitor and control… Show more Lead, coach, and provide guidance to project managers within the NJ territory PMO Portfolio management: Project budget to date vs target to complete, revenue recognition review, milestone billing projections. Escalation point for customer sat issues and putting projects back on track Developed PM onboarding training plan and manual for PMO. Coauthored PMO Standard Operating Procedures Guide. Develop and improve on PMO project monitor and control artifacts/templates. Pre sales scope review committee: Review scope/project deliverables and services to ensure project management services are in line with overall project cost. Ensure profitability of budgeted gross profit margins. + Sr. Project Manager responsibilities.

Sr. Project Manager

• Nov 2010 - Jan 2015

Specialize in Cisco Technologies (voice and networking): complex, multi-technology scopes, multi-national site and international site deployments, 3rd party integrations, 3rd party vendors. Manage large project teams that include: Internal teams from different disciplines within the organization, partners, sub-contractors, clients, at times geographically dispersed. Responsible for the project planning, execution, quality control throughout the project lifecycle from pre-sales… Show more Specialize in Cisco Technologies (voice and networking): complex, multi-technology scopes, multi-national site and international site deployments, 3rd party integrations, 3rd party vendors. Manage large project teams that include: Internal teams from different disciplines within the organization, partners, sub-contractors, clients, at times geographically dispersed. Responsible for the project planning, execution, quality control throughout the project lifecycle from pre-sales through project completion. Including gathering and prioritizing deliverables, understanding project stakeholders business and technical requirements, while working closely with all delivery organizations to execute and ensure overall business goals and technical needs are met. Effectively manage projects within the triple constraints (Cost, Time, and Scope) to success. Revenue of ~ $2M a year in services.

Project Manager

• Nov 2007 - Oct 2010

Responsible for the full life cycle of CISCO Unified Communications, Network Infrrastructure, and wireless implementations for companies within the tri state area Responsible for the full life cycle of CISCO Unified Communications, Network Infrrastructure, and wireless implementations for companies within the tri state area

Sr. Member Technical Staff

• Jan 2007 - Jul 2007

• Provide project management for the development and operational support of VZW’s Cisco VoIP internal telephony systems. • Effectively deliver to technical and non technical audiences, presentations and whiteboard discussions addressing company application and direction. o Starting with performing intrusive discovery analysis of existing infrastructure to conducting effective meetings with executives, VoIP team, and vendors to better understand and meet the units business, technical… Show more • Provide project management for the development and operational support of VZW’s Cisco VoIP internal telephony systems. • Effectively deliver to technical and non technical audiences, presentations and whiteboard discussions addressing company application and direction. o Starting with performing intrusive discovery analysis of existing infrastructure to conducting effective meetings with executives, VoIP team, and vendors to better understand and meet the units business, technical, and budgetary requirements. • Oversee the full life cycle of new VZW VoIP Deployments while managing technical VoIP team to secure that all development efforts are performed successfully within time frames and budgets. • Conducted weekly status meetings with VoIP team to discuss ongoing engagements and open items relating to development or operational support. • Aggressively engaged in projects relating to minimizing telco expenses for all HQ Facilities. Show less • Provide project management for the development and operational support of VZW’s Cisco VoIP internal telephony systems. • Effectively deliver to technical and non technical audiences, presentations and whiteboard discussions addressing company application and direction. o Starting with performing intrusive discovery analysis of existing infrastructure to conducting effective meetings with executives, VoIP team, and vendors to better understand and meet the units business, technical… Show more • Provide project management for the development and operational support of VZW’s Cisco VoIP internal telephony systems. • Effectively deliver to technical and non technical audiences, presentations and whiteboard discussions addressing company application and direction. o Starting with performing intrusive discovery analysis of existing infrastructure to conducting effective meetings with executives, VoIP team, and vendors to better understand and meet the units business, technical, and budgetary requirements. • Oversee the full life cycle of new VZW VoIP Deployments while managing technical VoIP team to secure that all development efforts are performed successfully within time frames and budgets. • Conducted weekly status meetings with VoIP team to discuss ongoing engagements and open items relating to development or operational support. • Aggressively engaged in projects relating to minimizing telco expenses for all HQ Facilities. Show less

Client Services Project Manager

• May 2005 - Jan 2007

• Provide project management for both development and operations for a Hosted Voice-Over-IP Telephony Company that supports 20 companies and 2,500 Voice Over IP users. All projects involve the coordination of senior network engineers, technical support staff, vendors, and client expectations to deploy successful Cisco VoIP implementations and provide ongoing technical support for medium to large sized companies. Prepare technical implementation plans and diagrams that illustrate actions… Show more • Provide project management for both development and operations for a Hosted Voice-Over-IP Telephony Company that supports 20 companies and 2,500 Voice Over IP users. All projects involve the coordination of senior network engineers, technical support staff, vendors, and client expectations to deploy successful Cisco VoIP implementations and provide ongoing technical support for medium to large sized companies. Prepare technical implementation plans and diagrams that illustrate actions, milestones, timelines and critical paths required for project completion. • WAN Provisioning management of Fiber Optical Circuits, Ethernet, DS3s, DS1s, broadband services, and DIDs from multiple Telecom Carriers within the Metropolitan Area for point to point VoIP network connectivity from our collocation to user nodes. Show less • Provide project management for both development and operations for a Hosted Voice-Over-IP Telephony Company that supports 20 companies and 2,500 Voice Over IP users. All projects involve the coordination of senior network engineers, technical support staff, vendors, and client expectations to deploy successful Cisco VoIP implementations and provide ongoing technical support for medium to large sized companies. Prepare technical implementation plans and diagrams that illustrate actions… Show more • Provide project management for both development and operations for a Hosted Voice-Over-IP Telephony Company that supports 20 companies and 2,500 Voice Over IP users. All projects involve the coordination of senior network engineers, technical support staff, vendors, and client expectations to deploy successful Cisco VoIP implementations and provide ongoing technical support for medium to large sized companies. Prepare technical implementation plans and diagrams that illustrate actions, milestones, timelines and critical paths required for project completion. • WAN Provisioning management of Fiber Optical Circuits, Ethernet, DS3s, DS1s, broadband services, and DIDs from multiple Telecom Carriers within the Metropolitan Area for point to point VoIP network connectivity from our collocation to user nodes. Show less

Telecom System Project Leader

• 1997 - 2005