Project Manager I & II Resume Cedar Rapids, IA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Proficient knowledge of 5G (both NSA and SA), cellular core network, SD Wan, circuit installation, number porting, and telecom infrastructure.
Create and implement Project Plans and deliverables with up to 30 team members in up to 10 work streams.
Managed numerous network projects simultaneously for length of up to two years and budgets up to $6M.
Utilizing active listening, critical thinking, complex problem solving and decision - making skills to effectively manage the project with vendors, national and international teams.
Led teams toward successful completion on multiple, complex projects to enhance the telecom network to provide excellent customer experience and service.
Reported status, risks, dependencies and escalations to Leadership, Project Sponsor and Program Manager applying the best PM process.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Cedar Rapids, IA

Integration Engineer

Responsibilities:

Execute plans for intermediate sized projects and sub-teams as part of project programs.
Ensure timely and accurate completion of duties and responsibilities of the team members.
Lead company and vendor teams in managing project integration, scope, time, costs, quality, testing and communication.
Great interpersonal skills, verbal and written communication to assist team and leadership on making quality decisions.
Assess decisions and outcomes to ensure to meet expected results.
Encourage collaboration between organizational teams and vendors to solve complex business problems and to achieve business goals.
Review current vs future state gap analysis to define the changes in the project.
Document changes and communicate to team and/or leadership for approvals.
Attend Change Control meetings to review changes with schedule, scope and budget.
Provide leadership, coaching and guidance on a continuous basis to project team in the areas of project life cycle, operating procedures, process and practices.
Create an environment that motivates, inspires and respects others.
Self-starter and versatile in a dynamic environment.
Communicate the status, risks and issues associated with each process to the correct level(s) within the company and vendor organization.
Document status, risks and issues associated with the project for the archive.
Report weekly status, risks and issues to stakeholders and leadership utilizing PowerPoint and communicating on TEAMs conference bridge.

Confidential, Hiawatha, IA

Project Manager I & II

Responsibilities:

Six (6) years plus managing multiply, multi-million-dollar, multi-location circuit customers for network products of SD Wan, Ethernet, T1s, SIP, firewall, porting and cellular services.
Serve as the single point of contact to the customer throughout the project and as a liaison between the internal groups, customer and vendors during the implementation of customer project orders.
Conduct post project reviews to identify areas of improvement.
Ability to tailor presentation and communication for the audience through excellent written and verbal skills.
Utilize Microsoft Suite tools to prepare and present tailored reports for meeting and tracking project status.
Maintaining composure and professionalism with teams.
Facility conflict and issue resolution through individual and team meetings.
Escalate as needed when issues cannot be resolved at the business unit level.
Provide teams with vision, clarity of purpose and motivation.
Ability to learn and thrive in fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.
Continuously evaluate status and risk to ensure teams are prioritizing towards agreed timeline. Actively researching project’s next steps to minimize risk.
Ability to work with variety of national and international companies and understand their business needs.
Coordinate and collaborate cross functional teams. Communicate status to all levels of management from executive to front line.