Experience

Elenion Technologies

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Lead Project Manager

  • Apr 2015 - Aug 2017

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area



Coriant, Inc.

• Germany
• Telecommunications
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Staff Program Manager

  • 2006 - Jan 2015

  Led programs for access, multi-service router, and optical transport products including facilitating program planning, overseeing execution of the program, and reporting program progress, metrics, issues, and risks. Heavily involved in high level and detailed program planning, program monitoring and control, process tailoring, risk management, process checks, product releases, lessons learned, and change management. Also served as Internal Auditor for the TL9000 Quality Management team.



Tellabs

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Director – System Validation Test

  • 2000 - 2005

  Responsible for leading multi-site system validation team including 4 Managers, 2 Principal Engineers/Technical Leaders, and 45 Test Engineers. Areas of focus included project management, process improvement, test methodology development and implementation, test management tool design and development, integration testing, system testing, testware design and test automation. Co-authored white paper and presentation for the Software Quality Engineering (SQE) annual conference. Other… Show more Responsible for leading multi-site system validation team including 4 Managers, 2 Principal Engineers/Technical Leaders, and 45 Test Engineers. Areas of focus included project management, process improvement, test methodology development and implementation, test management tool design and development, integration testing, system testing, testware design and test automation. Co-authored white paper and presentation for the Software Quality Engineering (SQE) annual conference. Other Position at Tellabs / Advanced Fibre Communications: Engineering Manager - December 2000 - May 2004 Show less



Brierley & Partners

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Divisional Vice President – Technology Project Management

  • 2000 - 2000

  Directed interactive and e-commerce client engagements for a marketing agency specializing in customer relationship management and loyalty programs. Managed projects through all stages of development, from definition of requirements through delivery to customer. Coordinated efforts of strategy, account management, creative, e-mail, web development, validation, traditional media, database, and data analysis teams in multiple locations to ensure consistency and quality of delivery to client.… Show more Directed interactive and e-commerce client engagements for a marketing agency specializing in customer relationship management and loyalty programs. Managed projects through all stages of development, from definition of requirements through delivery to customer. Coordinated efforts of strategy, account management, creative, e-mail, web development, validation, traditional media, database, and data analysis teams in multiple locations to ensure consistency and quality of delivery to client. Responsibilities included managing the following: input meetings with clients to determine business requirements, input meetings with project team to define approach, timeline and cost estimate, creation of all project documents including technology scope, cost estimate, project plan and project status reports, development of test plans and supervision of the functional testing/QA process. Staff included 3 Directors, 7 Project Leads, and 1 Senior QA Staff. Show less



Guaranty Bank

• United States
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager - Systems Development & Project Management

  • 1998 - 2000

  Managed complete project lifecycle process of web-based systems development for the bank including determining business requirements, creation of build versus buy analysis, creation of all project documents including business case, project definition, functional requirements, data mapping, project plan, test plan, issues tracking database, online project notebook, and online application help file. Other responsibilities included conducting end-user training, monitoring of development stage… Show more Managed complete project lifecycle process of web-based systems development for the bank including determining business requirements, creation of build versus buy analysis, creation of all project documents including business case, project definition, functional requirements, data mapping, project plan, test plan, issues tracking database, online project notebook, and online application help file. Other responsibilities included conducting end-user training, monitoring of development stage, writing test scripts, performing functional testing, and coordinating implementation and post-implementation phases. Refined and implemented project management methodology for the IT department. Developed network diagrams for key components in WAN and LANs to allow for front line troubleshooting and network expansion planning. Projects managed included the implementation of a new online banking application. Staff included 3 Project Leads, 1 Development Manager, and 4 Programmer/Analysts. Other Positions at Guaranty Bank: Manager – Systems Financial – August 1996 to March 1998 Assistant Controller of Real Estate Subsidiary – 1993 to 1996. Corporate Accounting Manager of Real Estate Subsidiary – 1986 to 1992 Show less