Aaron Hastings

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Vice President, Network Planning @ Lumen Technologies
Denver, CO, US
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Denver Metropolitan Area, United States
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About Aaron Hastings

Accomplished executive in network planning & deployment, mergers & acquisitions, supply logistics, financial modeling & analysis, and business & personnel management. Thrives on multidimensional business problems that require balancing long-term strategic objectives with short term tactical expectations. Excels in translating conceptual vision into action and delivering results. Passion for data management, data analytics and statistics to inform and support decision models. A coach, mentor, partner, and culture champion. Current Executive Sponsor of Lumen’s Pride Employee Resource Group.

Aaron Hastings's Current Company Details
Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies

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Vice President, Network Planning
Denver, CO, US
Website:
lumen.com
Employees:
52037
Aaron Hastings Work Experience Details
  • Lumen Technologies
    Vice President, Network Planning
    Lumen Technologies
    Denver, Co, Us
  • Lumen Technologies
    Vice President, Network Planning
    Lumen Technologies Jul 2021 - Present
    Denver, Colorado, United States
    Network Planning Executive leader responsible for all layers of the Lumen Technologies platform that is redefining and reshaping the network marketplace, including Fiber & Conduit, Critical Infrastructure, Backbone & Access Waves, Ethernet, IP, Security, and Storage & Compute platforms. Optimizing and simplifying the Lumen platforms realizing more than a $1B annual EBITDA savings (throughout tenure). Culture champion and advocate, driving +10% Employee Engagement improvement. Delivered cross-functional Operations Readiness of platform adoption achieving +80% improvement in Ethernet delivery intervals and +90% operating cost reductions. Leading the planning, deployment, and management of the next generation network backbone technology (+6PB deployed capacity) and one of the world’s biggest IP Core networks (+40Tbps of IP backbone traffic).
  • Lumen Technologies
    Senior Director, Strategic Solutions
    Lumen Technologies Dec 2019 - Jul 2021
    Led the business intelligence "central nervous system" tasked with accelerating the transformation of the Lumen platform by delivering technology solutions and equipping platform specialists with the tools and solutions to drive business value. Consolidated siloed business intelligence operations forming a cohesive centralized operating structure delivering a broad portfolio of solutions, applications, and data ecosystems. Established and implemented a multifaceted branding and communication strategy increasing transparency and trust with a skeptical customer community, improved customer adoption of incremental technology solutions, and boosted morale of team technologist. Finally, led the integration of AI/ML solutions within the business intelligence operating model and unlocked the potential power of complex and data-intensive work packages to inform improved platform decisions, increase organization margins, and generate EBITDA value.
  • Centurylink
    Senior Director, Access Planning
    Centurylink Nov 2017 - Dec 2019
    Broomfield, Co
    Led a multidisciplinary team of more than 100 planning, project management, and off-net access specialists to maintain control and manage the intrinsic risk of CenturyLink's multibillion dollar annual network expenses liability. The team delivered on the corporate access strategy under a scope that includes physical and contractual optimization of monthly reoccurring off-net access costs, off-net vendor aggregation facility capacity management, general ledger expense and budget management, market health assessments and management plans, and resolution of capacity and routing constraints to enable revenue.
  • Level 3 Communications
    Senior Director, Access Planning
    Level 3 Communications Dec 2014 - Oct 2017
    Led Level 3 Communication's Optimization Operations team responsible for managing the embedded NetEx run rate. Team scope included assessment, prioritization, and execution of NetEx optimization to deliver on corporate EBITDA improvement initiatives. Additionally, the team was responsible for planning and executing all off-net migrations to support non-NetEx optimization corporate improvement initiatives such as Network Advancement, colo decoms, Vendor Requested Grooms, and all other off-net migrations when NetEx reduction is not the primary driver.Primary strategist for the NetEx integration of CenturyLink, Inc.'s acquisition of Level 3 Communication. An annual book of business of more than $2.5B and 700k unique circuits.Co-created and led the “best in industry” capability to optimize off-network access infrastructure and drive EBITDA improvement through monthly reoccurring access cost reduction.More than doubled the accuracy of monthly reoccurring savings results compared to forecast. This improvement led to increased employee engagement as a result of consistent goal achievement and increased senior leadership confidence in team capability arising from reliably delivering on commitments.Served as an expert witness in a case before the United States District Court.
  • Level 3 Communications
    Director, Access Planning
    Level 3 Communications Dec 2011 - Dec 2014
    Led a team of people managers responsible for capacity and financial management of off-net, leased assets enabling voice, data, and content communication products. Planned and executed the integration of the former Global Crossing network to deliver on corporate synergy initiatives. Also led Level 3 team responsible for planning the access integration of the former TW Telecom network.Principle network architect responsible for logic, process, and tools used to deploy and capacity manage an access entrance network composed of more than 12,000 aggregation entrance facilities.Provided strategic oversight and guidance to the adoption of Ethernet as the alternative access aggregation and transport model leading to the deployment and subsequent capacity management strategies of over 2,500 Ethernet NNIs with off-net trading partners.Primary planning architect for off-network trunking deployments and capacity and financial management across local, long distance, and E911 voice trunking networks handling more than 10 billion minutes of use per month.Developed statistical analytics to evaluate financial and operational performance that led to the evolution of organization budgeting and forecasting processes.
  • Level 3 Communications
    Senior Manager, Network Planning & Strategy
    Level 3 Communications Nov 2010 - Dec 2011
    Delivered on a strategic initiative to reduce inefficient network consumption and reduce capital expense by leading the development of an algorithm to evaluate and rank the value/importance of on-net locations.
  • Level 3 Communications
    Senior Manager, Access Planning
    Level 3 Communications Jun 2009 - Nov 2010
    Managed a team of Special Access Planners responsible for reducing fixed infrastructure network expense via facility consolidation planning and mileage analysis.Co-created current Level 3 capability to optimize off-network access infrastructure and drive EBITDA improvement through monthly reoccurring access cost reduction.
  • Level 3 Communications
    Manager, Access Planning
    Level 3 Communications May 2007 - Jun 2009
    Managed a team of Special Access Planners responsible for reducing fixed infrastructure network expense via facility consolidation planning and mileage analysis. Lead integration planning for facility network expense reduction M&A activity related to the integration of the Level 3 and former Broadwing networks.
  • Level 3 Communications
    Planner
    Level 3 Communications Nov 2003 - May 2007
    Developed and implemented network expense reduction plans leading to more than $30M of reoccurring savings. Created optimization plans to realize synergy savings associated with the integration of the Level 3 network and six acquired networks (including former Genuity, Wiltel, Progress, ICG, TelCove, and Looking Glass Networks).
  • Tetra Tech Em Inc.
    Engineer
    Tetra Tech Em Inc. Aug 2000 - Nov 2003
    Provided environmental engineering and consulting services across an array of investigative and remediation technologies. Primary focus was remediation and restoration cost estimating and liability analysis.Designed, constructed, and operated a pilot-scale multiphase extraction (MPE) remediation system to remove chlorinated hydrocarbon contamination from soil and groundwater at a former waste storage site.Authored the US Navy construction cost estimate for a full-scale MPE remediation system to remove JP-5 fuel contamination at Naval Air Station Lemoore and conducted construction oversight of system deployment.Analyst and contributing author of pollution exclusion insurance settlement recovery documents across multiple industries (including mining, power generation and transmission, railroad, and non-petroleum chemical manufacturing).Led a multijurisdictional team of environmental professionals and firefighters in identification, documentation, and collection of the Space Shuttle Columbia debris in east Texas.

Aaron Hastings Skills

Program Management Cross Functional Team Leadership Vendor Management Project Management Process Improvement Telecommunications Six Sigma Business Process Improvement Strategic Planning Product Management Project Planning Ethernet Data Analysis Visio Contract Negotiation Team Leadership Integration

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Aaron Hastings attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University.

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