Experience

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  Mphasis

  • India
  • IT Services and IT Consulting
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Program Manager / Infrastructure Integration Manager

    • May 2011 - Feb 2013

    Served as the Hewlett Packard / Microsoft Frontline Partnership Program Management Lead with responsibility for the coordination, prioritization, and reporting of all program tasks and initiatives. Developed all PMO documentation and served as the single point of contact between the two partners. Responsibilities include, business case development, funding process, problem/conflict resolution, escalation point for all major issues, quality committee chair, project management milestones, executive briefing and report formats, monthly news letter development, and all lifecycle issues in support of the WIN 7 Enterprise roll out throughout the US.

  • Sr. IT and Telecom Project Manager

    • Jul 2009 - May 2011

    Completed PMI PMP certification October 2009Completed ITIL V3 Fundamentals Training Mar 2010Completed Lean Six Sigma (WB) Overview May 2010Completed Doctoral Dissertation Feb 2010 and Graduated July 2010

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  Verizon Business

  • Richardson, TX

  • Principal Engineer, Voice Switching Network

    • Mar 2006 - Jul 2009
    • Richardson, TX

    Oversaw vendor technical management of the Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia-Siemens, and Juniper firewall components; managed vendor technical recommendations, software upgrades, and feature enhancements. Additionally managed issues between internal organizations and external vendors; prioritized and updat...

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  Veriozn Global Networks Inc.

  • Manager, Intelligent Systems

    • Feb 2000 - Feb 2006

    Managed system engineering of voice networks integration (Lucent, Nortel CO/LD, and Telcordia Platforms), Intelligent Network (IN) peripherals, service development, call flow design, and ancillary equipment. Provided leadership and direction to 20 cross-functional engineers in the design, planni...

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  James Martin & Co.

  • Senior Telecommunications Consultant

    • Feb 1999 - Jan 2000

    Y2K Program Management and Infrastructure Assessments

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  Facilicom

  • Network Facilities Planning Manager

    • Jan 1999 - Feb 1999

    Principal Manager of ALL Carrier Grade Switching components and platform upgrades.

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  GTE Government Systems

  • Year 2000 (Y2K) Program/Project Leader

    • Mar 1996 - Dec 1998

    Program Manager and Senior Subject Matter Expert on the effects of the Y2K Event on Information Systems and Telecommunications Architectures.

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  Communications Technologies, Inc

  • Telecommunications Engineer

    • Oct 1994 - Feb 1996

    Sr. Systems Engineering and Integration of Military and Commercial telecommunications architectures and techniques.

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  US Army

  • Senior Telecommunications Manager

    • Sep 1974 - Nov 1994

    U. S. Army (Retired)