Experience

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  Viasat Inc.

  • Carlsbad, California, United States

  • Technical Program Management

    • Apr 2023 - Present
    • Carlsbad, California, United States

    • Creates, drives, and evolves the framework and process for cross-segment prioritization, planning, and communication• Drives standard metrics for estimates, actuals, and flow (business value) metrics across products and domains• Works with engineering and product to execute roadmaps specific to External Customer requirements and Viasat Space and Commercial Network common development• Mentors other program managers and scrum masters through process improvements including automation

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  AT&T

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Program Director

    • Feb 2016 - Apr 2023
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    At AT&T/ DIRECTV, I provide creative and technical project management to the internal client, the Entertainment Group. My specialty is to lead a a team of direct reports and several 3 party vendors via both waterfall (for infrastructure) and scrum (for software) project methodologies. Projects include, building out Cloud compute systems for DIRECTV NOW and broadcast data centers.

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  DIRECTV Latin America

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Program Manager

    • Apr 2014 - Feb 2016
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Specially tasked with program management of expanding data centers in Venezuela, Argentina, and Colombia. Built out additionally broadcast capabilities. Managed multiple teams of 10-60 direct reports and contractors, acted as hiring manager, and oversaw 75-100 staff at one time. Received the DIRECTV presidential award for successful project execution.

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  DIRECTV

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Principal Project Engineer and Manager

    • Apr 2008 - Feb 2014
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Started as project engineer and developed into full time project manager and subject matter expert to develop broadcast systems a several of the DIRECTV data centers. • Managed collective ground systems infrastructure delivering content to customers throughout the US and Puerto Rico.• Developed several project processes that caused the team to become increasingly more efficient.• Developed project plans and identified key issues, problems, and established performance metrics and found resources as required.

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  Intelsat

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Engineer

    • Apr 1994 - Dec 2007
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Intelsat/PanAmSat: Managed multiple projects within a large-scale RF/satellite operation. Managed all aspects of Ground Station site construction at multiple global locations. Performed systems architecture and analysis on complex spacecraft bus and payload systems.Became Telemetry Tracking and Command subject matter expert.

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  Hughes Communications, Inc.

  • Engineer

    • Apr 1994 - Dec 2007

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  Intelsat Corporation

  • Engineer

    • 1901 - 1902