Alan Smith Email & Phone Number

Harahan, Louisiana, United States

Greater New Orleans Area

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Responsible for successfully delivering a SaaS Cloud based solution for the Mobile Workforce Industry.Experience with telecommunication, cable and retail industries.Additional Roles/Responsibilities:Provides consistent high quality and innovative solution leadership to the project team. Leads the solution design and implementation aspects of all engagement(s) ensuring high quality, integrated software solutions within constraints of time and budget.Analyzes business needs to help ensure the Oracle solution meets the customer’s objectives by combining industry best practices, product knowledge, and business acumen. Exercises judgment and business acumen in selecting methods and techniques to deliver functional and technical solutions on non-routine and very complex aspects of applications and technology installations. Provides direction and mentoring to project teams members, and effectively influences customer leadership on key decisions. Supports the business development efforts by pursuing new opportunities and extensions. Collaborates with the consulting sales team by providing domain expertise and contributes to RFP/RFI responses.

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Responsible for delivering a 1st class SaaS Cloud baed solution for the Mobile Workforce Industry.Experience with telecommunication and retail industries.Additional Roles/Responsibilities:Lead software architectural and functional discussions.Draft comprehensive functional and developmental software requirements.Identify innovative solutions to meet customer requirements and challenges.Develop comprehensive and detailed functional requirements covering all aspects of software.Work closely with research and development to ensure implementation meets requirements.Develop and manage the execution of a technical road map to deliver on customer requirements. Contribute to RFP/RFI responses.

Greater Atlanta Area

Primary Role/Responsibility: Responsible for being a software architect to AT&T, in deploying the Amdocs OSS network “Activation Engine” solution for the implementation of AT&T's 3G/4G data migration to LTE. Additional Roles/Responsibilities:Introduced Object Oriented Models of network components for introduction in an Oracle Database environment to support network provisioning.Designed and Developed software to support the Network Activation on the following equipment: Juniper MX series, Adtran TA 5000, Adtran NetVanta 838, Ciena 3911, Ciena 3960, Ciena LE311V, Ciena 3940 (EMUX) for Ethernet over Copper and Ethernet over Fiber.Implemented provisioning software for PPCOS, RMON (Remote Monitoring) for EVCs.Designed Order Management Adaptors (XML/XSLT) to receive data from outside systems for storing into an Oracle Database environment.Created Software Integration High-Level Design (HLD) and Detailed-Level Design (DLD) documents, based off of the clients requirements.Lead HLD and DLD document reviews to determine deficiencies and move forward to client sign-offWorked with the sales team to create, customize and conduct sales Demos and Proof of Concepts for the client.Worked with the Amdocs Product Development Division to provide enhancements to the product based on the needs seen on site with the client.

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Primary Role/Responsibility: Responsible for being a OSS Consultant to companies in the Telecom & Cable industry in deploying the Amdocs OSS suite of applications. Additional Roles/Responsibilities:Developed code in Java and PL/SQL to support customized enhancements.Performed end-to-end unit testing of code.Developed network inventory reporting tools for client using PL/SQL to data mine for information.Deployed and configured application servers using BEA Weblogic and LDAP for application using Oracle databases.Worked with the sales team to create, customize and conduct sales Demos and Proof of Concepts for the client.Worked with the Amdocs Product Development Division to provide enhancements to the product based on the needs seen on site with the client.

Greater Atlanta Area

Primary Role/Responsibility:Responsible for leading all IT projects through the entire project life cycle as an IT Subject Matter Expert Administered the IT needs of the Supply Chain Management organization including, the budgeting and procurement for corporate hardware and software.Additional Roles/Responsibilities:Evaluated, tested and recommended hardware/software for departments based on their requirements and company IT strategic policies.Communicated to upper management, the needs of 3rd party vendors and contractors in an effort to support the continued operations in the Supply Chain Management organization.Communicated to 3rd party vendors or contractors, the projects goals and worked to establish and maintain projects scheduleReported project status to upper management and met with sponsors to discuss issues Communicated project goals, scope and schedule to upper management.

Greater Atlanta Area

Primary Role/Responsibility:Responsible for managing and leading a team of circuit provisioning technicians on their daily tasksAdditional Roles/Responsibilities:Subject Matter Expert for the SONETCAP Activation Application which was responsible for all SONET network provisioning.Performed root cause analysis for all network circuit provisioning and remote communication failures.Conducting departmental training on network circuit provisioning.Designed and administrated intranet website (wiki) for the department.Performed reviews of test installation procedures prior to their distribution for AT&T Labs.

B.A, Business Management

Associate'S Degree, Industrial Mechanics Technology