RICHARD Hawkins
Director Sales Program Management - GES at Electric Lightwave- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Electric Lightwave
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United States
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director Sales Program Management - GES
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Feb 2014 - Present
Sacramento, California Area Government Contract Management, primary responsibility for the State of California Calnet Contract, Sales support into major accounts and Government Agencies. Driving all internal teams through the customer delivery process and project management. Developing new amendments within Calnet to provide a greater reach and solutions delivery all aimed at the support and growth of Electric Lightwave in this market.
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Verizon Business
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Account Manager
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Jan 2001 - Sep 2013
Sacramento, California Area - State of California Account I supported Verizon's Government Team in Sacramento with Sales into major State Agencies. This included RFP response team support for Calnet and large Agency bids, working across egineering, pricing, marketing and project management. I coordinated the major sales efforts into the DMV, Calpers and National Guard.
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SME - Process Development - Bucharest, Romania
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Jan 1999 - Mar 2001
Bucharest, Romania Assigned to Verizon's team in Bucharest, Romania and tasked with the upgrade of Romania's telephone company, Romtelecom with the objective of meeting international standards of service delivery and customer care.
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Project Manager
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Mar 1992 - Jan 1999
Sacramento, California Project Mangement support for the construction of all aspects of the State of California's Calnet network, including 3 central offices, a Verizon managed NOC, telemetry systems, directory services and customer call center. Also supported the Sales Teams in complex systems sales into the major accounts including contact center services and MPLS network deployment.
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GTE
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Telecommunications
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200 - 300 Employee
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Capital Budget Manager
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Jan 1991 - Jan 1992
Caracas, Venezuela I worked with the GTE International Team in Caracas in the moderniztion program of CANTV which included projects spanning Central Office upgrades to inter-city fiber installations. My role was capital planning for all Project Managers and reported on the team progress to the Sr. VP and working through project requirements with each project team.
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Education
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Clemson University
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Univerisity of South Carolina
Master of International Business, Internaitonal Business