SUMMARY:

Goal oriented, multicultural professional with extensive experience in Project Management in Telecommunications/ IT, manufacturing experience, rich experience in Telecom Engineering & Solutions offers a valuable combination of Managerial, Customer interfacing and Technical skills. Solid track record in leading and managing multi - million dollar programs, in a highly visible position.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Successfully managed Global manufacturing & production relocations for DAS/ Small Cells at Commscope.
• Managed 4000 stores’ network gear refresh project and voice services migration project for GameStop, moving voice related VoIP IT infrastructure into cloud/ virtual PBX (total: ~ 9300 lines).
• Managed 50+ DAS projects for AT&T (budget ranging from $50k up to $10M+) simultaneously from End-To- End. 40 successfully completed and closed projects from A to Z in 2.5 year period.
• Delivered Nokia Networks entire core network design within 3 month timeframe for Orange (France Telecom).
• Achieved 97% of integration success rate and only 3% rate of revisited sites during ALU 7210 router migration project for TWC and Verizon: 1000+ sites upgraded/ completed within ~5 months.
• Achieved max 2% rate of blocked calls throughout entire network via creation of Wireless Network RF KPIs monitoring and statistics project team, which developed and implemented KPIs monitoring SW for entire network.
• Saved $200k/ year of operational expenses via initiation/ implementation of HW Upgrade of EWSD Line Units.
• Worked successfully as chairman of evaluation committee- evaluated 30+ RFP/RFQ responses in a 2-year period.
• Prepared training materials and worked as corporate trainer for 5 years (SS7 Signalling System training course)
• Additional value to organization by being highly flexible and ability to manage various tasks.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Excellent leadership and negotiation skills, strong customer orientation, excellent conflict management skills, excellent analytical & problem resolution capability.
• Decision maker, ability to work unsupervised/ independently.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in different phases and projects with complex SOW.
• Clear communication with stakeholders, setting proper mutual expectations and ensuring high customer satisfaction.
• Active using of project methods/ processes and toolsets in accordance to established rules/ business models.
• Reliable meeting required deadlines and targets working under pressure. Proven ability to very quick learning.
• High level of integrity and dedication. Great team player and team motivator.
• Proven project management success in large scale Network Rollouts, networking, application and infrastructure development and delivery projects.
• Technical understanding and project experience with site construction, network deployment and integration, as well as telephony/ telecom/ IT services and transport (T1s and Ethernet).
• Advanced level experience in the development of project schedules, program roadmap and release planning, resource management, vendor management, portfolio management, financial management and change management.
• Financial management experience includes tracking project actuals to budget, program budget vs. the P&L and overall portfolio budget against the P&L.
• Skilled at developing long-lasting client relationships with third party vendors, international development partners and worldwide cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work as Technical PM Experience with infrastructure and security projects for telecom/ IT.
• Experience with SDLC Waterfall, Agile/ Scrum methodologies.
• Strong knowledge/ SME in 3GPP, 2G/3G CS&PS, 4G/LTE networks and protocols, network engineering and solutions experience.
• Knowledge of Network Elements (NEs) and implementations in all wire line and wireless domains POTS/ PSTN/ ISDN, RAN, legacy CS Core/ PS Core NEs, MME, SAE GW, HSS, IMS, PCRF, OSS/ BSS; LAN/WAN,TCP/IP,OSI,VPN, SS7/SIGTRAN, VoIP, IoT, NGN architecture/ protocols.
• Web HTML, CSS.
• Understanding of voice and data circuit provisioning process.
• Experience in creating training documentation, MOPs and conducting technical trainings.
• SW skills SAP, Clarity, ReqLogic, SmartSheet, Sharepoint, Siterra, CASPR/CSS, Mobius, Sweettooth, Quick Base, Oracle, LDO Apps; SRM/SAP; Site Handler; E/// eSourcing, NOLS, NSN Resolve, IssueTrak, MS Word, Excel (advanced filtering, vlookup, pivot), Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Power BI, Project, SharePoint, Business Objects, Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator, SmartSheet, IBM Lotus Notes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

DAS and Small Cells Global Manufacturing Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing of the production of Commscope DAS solutions at Contract Manufacturer facility, monitoring weekly commits and deliveries, identifying gaps, coordinating the priorities of orders, coordinating the issues with components shortages. Close coordination of forecasts with local /Global planning and NPI teams.
• Hosting weekly escalation calls for North America market with Key Account Managers (KAM)/ Sales teams and Product Line Managers. Main POC b/w manufacturing and KAM/ Sales and BD teams.
• Coordination of Last Time Buy activities for phased out product families. Supply chain/ logistics management.
• Weekly preparation of reports/ presentations for Tier 1 customers/ carriers and hosting of weekly calls with them
• Executive updates and reporting on regular basis. Vendor KPI/ quality report weekly preparation and analysis.

Senior IT Project Manager

• Managing projects within established SOW, timelines and cost. Project funding control and change control.
• Project scheduling, forecasting, tracking MSs, risks/ issues, resources and cost in “Clarity”.
• Managed program and project finances (Financial Management) - preparing monthly and ad hoc budget reports, cost estimating, track dollars using applications and general ledger
• Hosting weekly RAID calls with vendors, coordination of daily activities with all internal/ external stakeholders.
• Project status weekly presentations to executive leadership. Liaison b/w vendors and GS project team .
• Created Method Of Procedures (MOPs) for vendors

Senior Technical Project Manager

• Managing multiple (~50 in total) projects simultaneously (50% active in design/ construction/ optimization and 50% in initiation/ contract negotiation phase).
• Driving projects within established scope, quality, time, and cost from initiation into design, implementation and close out. Project funding control and change control. Acted as a liaison b/w customers and AT&T project team.
• Project scheduling, forecasting, tracking/ maintaining milestones in Mobius.
• Coordination of site walks, redline/ benchmark testing, RF design/ RFDS, BOMs, Zoning, Permitting, Regulatory compliance- NEPA/SHPO, NTP, install. & commissioning of the sites, Close out packages (COP) review and approvals.
• Project risk management: Development of risk mitigation plans. Ability to analyze/ resolve complex issues.
• Maintained clear communication: hosted internal team calls, kick off and weekly calls with the customers, vendors and other WSPs. Coordinated cross functional teams on regular basis (groups: C&E, RF, account, business development, transport -T1/ eNet, back office). Steered team building, mentoring and conflict resolution processes.
• Regularly updated internal and external project stakeholders. Was responsible for executive reporting.

Project Manager and Quality manager

• Initiating, planning, executing, control/monitoring, and closing.
• Risk, quality and procurement management. 
• Daily scheduling and crew management.
• AMS reporting in LDO Apps.
• Project milestones reporting.
• Close Out packages in SH (Site Handler), SRM/SAP milestones.
• MOPs creating and review.
• Training of field techs -Complete Change Request management: analysis, submission, follow-up for final approval.
• Excellent understanding of SRM flow and data exports.
• Coordination of bids and POs.
• Project financial management/ coordination as per established vendor procedures.
• Reporting: Ericsson VPR/VCR, CRR report generation and analysis.
• Always customer focused, maintained great working relationships with the Customers and 3rd parties. 

Network Planning and Optimization Project Manager

• CS and PS Core Planning for new 2G/3G Mobile network. End customer- Orange, France Telecom.
• Coordination of all network planning and design related activities with customer .
• Liaison person for all design related issues b/w customer and Nokia.
• Informed all stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Presented project status update on internal group meetings.
• Mitigated risk to minimize schedule delays and costs.
• Ensured all commitments are met in accordance with established project scope and milestones.
• Coordination of high level and low level design preparations for end customer.
• Dimensioning of Network interconnections and final corrections of HW configurations.
• Creating and maintaining of technical documents and version history.

Head of Wireless Core engineering 

• CS and PS Core engineering, dimensioning and performance monitoring.
• Core NEs (BSC, TRAU, RNC) load balance monitoring and prediction.
• Geo design of MSCs,LACs, RACs.
• Traffic and SS7 signalling routes’ planning, dimensioning and KPI data analysis.
• NSS/BSS and RAN KPIs and statistics analysis.
• Close cooperation with RAN planning team.
• Verification of parameters and activated performance measurement counters/objects.
• Planning, design and managing of cutover and swap activities in different markets.
• Used Agile/Scrum methodology while managing network KPI SW development project. 

Head of PSTN Switching Systems Support and development division

• Analysis and resolution of switching systems technical problems.
• Project management in Digital switching systems installation and commissioning.
• Evaluation of tenders/ RFP responses related to telecom equipment and services.
• Responsible for “After Sales Support” agreements with telecom equipment suppliers.
• Experience in negotiations with OEMs and providers of “After Sales Support” services.
• Worked as corporate trainer for 5 years (SS7 Signalling System training course). 

Lucent 5ESS International Gateway Switch O&M engineer

• Switching system operation & maintenance: HW/SW, TLWS, RCV, Routine maintenance, Call routing, Charging/ billing, Traffic measurements, Systems Upgrades, Retrofits, backups etc.