Pat Gunn
Senior Project Manager at KNZ Solutions, Inc- Claim this Profile
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Mike Miksche
As manager of the Cisco Advanced Services Contracts team, Pat Gunn was instrumental in successfully applying IT solutions to the advanced services contracts review and approval process. She enabled her team to be productive and successful, and she successfully implemented compliance into the process so as to be systematic. She led by example, carrying her own workload. The team and I learned a lot from Pat. Mike Miksche
Mike Miksche
As manager of the Cisco Advanced Services Contracts team, Pat Gunn was instrumental in successfully applying IT solutions to the advanced services contracts review and approval process. She enabled her team to be productive and successful, and she successfully implemented compliance into the process so as to be systematic. She led by example, carrying her own workload. The team and I learned a lot from Pat. Mike Miksche
Mike Miksche
As manager of the Cisco Advanced Services Contracts team, Pat Gunn was instrumental in successfully applying IT solutions to the advanced services contracts review and approval process. She enabled her team to be productive and successful, and she successfully implemented compliance into the process so as to be systematic. She led by example, carrying her own workload. The team and I learned a lot from Pat. Mike Miksche
Mike Miksche
As manager of the Cisco Advanced Services Contracts team, Pat Gunn was instrumental in successfully applying IT solutions to the advanced services contracts review and approval process. She enabled her team to be productive and successful, and she successfully implemented compliance into the process so as to be systematic. She led by example, carrying her own workload. The team and I learned a lot from Pat. Mike Miksche
Experience
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KNZ Solutions, Inc
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Project Manager
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Oct 2022 - Present
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OneNeck IT Solutions
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Project Manager
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Jan 2015 - Oct 2022
Program Management of large Professional Services project portfolios including virtual infrastructure build out, and application (storage and compute) migrations. Developed workflow processes, status tracking, and collaboration websites for communicating status to CTO, end users, and internal IT staff. Project management of Professional Services for Telecommunication providers and large enterprises including infrastructure upgrades, and office wireless, LAN, and Voice Over IP (VOIP) projects. Developed PMO process documentation, created project and process templates, and develped collateral websites Show less
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Cisco
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Manager
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Oct 2010 - Oct 2014
Provided product release management including managing product roadmaps and pipeline, new product introduction, creating sales and marketing collateral, review and contribution to technical product documentation, release training and presentations for sales, support, customers and partners. Followed Agile product release cycles; Defined product use case requirements definitions. Development of service description and contracts for cloud services offerings. Development and execution of sales, booking and service activation process with customers. Development of service and support portfolio. Show less
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Cisco
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager, Advanced Services Global Operations
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Jan 2008 - 2010
Established a 12 person team responsible for contract management for customer professional services contracts. Built processes, tools and content for automated contract creation and created policies for contract management.Created new product introduction process for professional service contracts within overall support services process.Collaborated with cross-functional global organizations for operational process development, support and development of legal service descriptions, agreements and offer lettersAll of the above in support of new product introduction for new services and products. Show less
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Business Operations Manager
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Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
Business initiative participation and justification for finance operations process improvements in support of sales. Improved and automated business processes including deal review and approval, and contract creation and signature automation. Collaboratively developed an automated professional services sales agreement.Defined and developed standardized process and policies and global standards for service contract templates.
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Engagement Manager / Project Manager, Professional Services
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Apr 2000 - Jan 2006
Sizing, scoping, proposal generation and sales of professional services for network equipment implementations for service providers. Contract creation, review and negotiationProject Management of professional services for network engineering planning, design, implementation and operations services.Project engineering support in development of QA and test procedures and product documentation.
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Software Engineer
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Feb 1999 - Apr 2000
Designed and implemented a web browser-based server application for data entry to a corporate database. The dynamic HTML application provided the interface between the operator (client) application, and the SQL (server) database for batch record tracking; Provided programming subject matter expertise and support. Designed and implemented a web browser-based server application for data entry to a corporate database. The dynamic HTML application provided the interface between the operator (client) application, and the SQL (server) database for batch record tracking; Provided programming subject matter expertise and support.
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Connectivity Project Manager
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Nov 1997 - Jan 1999
Process development for new site activation of monitoring and surveillance services for Class 4/Class 5 switches including central office transport equipment; Requirement specification, implementation, and deployment of a nationwide fault-tolerant frame relay network; Implemented new site activation process for connectivity from host site to remote customer sites for monitoring and surveillance of customer telephony equipment; Ordered facilities for connectivity to remote sites; Scheduled onsite installation and turn-up of network equipment; Performed initial testing of connectivity, and coordinated turn-up of network operating support services for Lucent 5ESS and VCDX switches; Maintained detailed tracking records of facilities, site schedules, connectivity turn-up dates, and services provided; Held weekly project meetings with internal customer liaisons, department heads, and outside vendor support; Provided on-going maintenance functions of existing network including troubleshooting, problem isolation, and resolution of loss of connectivity. Show less
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Education
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University of Colorado
Bachelor of Science (BS EECS), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science -
Continuing Education