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Portland, Maine, Us

Responsible for the management and continued revenue growth and network expansion of Tilson Infrastructure’s wireless assets.

Portland, Maine, Us

Led the start up of Tilson Infrastructure, building a team of industry experts focused on financing and developing telecom infrastructure across three asset classes: poles, towers and fiber. Poles support small cells, IoT applications and other small wireless devices in the right of way; macro towers support 4G and 5G equipment; and fiber along major interstates in support of public private partnerships with state agencies. Tilson Infrastructure is Tilson's national CLEC affiliate in all US states.Tilson is a high growth (thirteen years on the Inc. 5000), 1,300-employee team of telecom and information technology professionals consulting, engineering, constructing, and maintaining large telecom and IT capital projects in the public and private sectors. Tilson has 30 offices around the US.

Operating, maintaining, and commercializing long haul fiber on the Georgia DOT, North Carolina DOT and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) interstate highway systems.

Denver, Co, Us

Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Advisors are Colorado's most successful entrepreneurs and scale-up business executives from one of five targeted industries (Tech, Natural Products, Energy, Biotech & Digital Health, Aerospace). They form the core working group of the Network because of their extensive expertise in starting or scaling a company and provide critical guidance when Network companies face key strategic challenges. Each Advisor volunteers to act as an objective sounding board and a peer-to-peer resource.

• Business Development introducing new multi-carrier wireless infrastructure solution for small cell/5G/IoT deployment to carriers, municipalities, and transportation networks. Validating product pricing, positioning and market value. Launched product at Mobile World Congress LA.• Fiber valuation for Canadian asset owner evaluating sale.• Data center siting study evaluating fiber connectivity for entry into Latin American market.• IoT sensor analysis to confirm competitive advantage in new sales channel.• Dense Networks panelist discussing benefits of multi-carrier 4G/5G infrastructure.• Smart Cities panelist – Wireless West Conference.• Edge Computing Panel Moderator – CAPRE Denver Data Center Summit.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Customer-facing Product Lead overseeing competitive pricing strategy and near and long term fiber network development for metro dark fiber, long haul dark fiber and mobile infrastructure (FTT and Small Cell).Led collaboration with Sales and new Business Development teams to drive marketing and branding initiatives with goal of 45% quarter-over-quarter growth. Reviewed technical solutions and costs to ensure competitive price points.Led customer contract negotiations.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Responsible for leading the growth of the Toronto market by developing and executing a strategy to maximize the value of Zayo's embedded dark fiber assets acquired through the acquisition of Allstream.Developed the legacy Allstream Sales and Sales Engineering teams to drive the expansion of Zayo's customer footprint and asset base in Southern Ontario.

Denver, Colorado, Us

• Led Pacific Northwest team responsible for strategy and pricing of 3 Products: metro dark fiber, long haul dark fiber and mobile infrastructure (FTT and Small Cell)• Drove Business Development activity focused on new sales into a focused geography

Denver, Colorado, Us

• Led start-up implementation of nationwide fiber optic network (FTTP) for global brand.

Denver, Colorado, Us

• Led early-stage development and execution of strategy to deploy new wireless technology (Small Cell) across the US on behalf of major wireless operator. Responsible for pricing development, site acquisition and leasing, environmental and regulatory compliance, engineering and zoning, construction, testing and commissioning.• Recognized as industry SME, invited to speak at national utility conferences.• Collaborated with Zayo legal team to create contract template for use with utility companies based on FCC pole attachment order. Negotiated commercial and technical terms of contracts including fee structure, engineering specifications, and operating contingencies.• Managed deployment of over $150 million of capital for infrastructure projects.• As of the end of December 2015, Zayo had a total of 2,224 small cells on its network. Out of this mix, 596 were operational, while the remaining sites were under contract with major wireless operators.

Denver, Colorado, Us

• Responsible for $64 million P&L, managing Product and Service Delivery teams in support of selling and installing colocation and connectivity services throughout 20 data centers in the US.• Following Zayo’s $2.2 billion acquisition of AboveNet, led zColo rebranding initiatives, sales team expansion and training, development of pricing strategies, and standardization of deployment processes to facilitate rapid scaling.

Houston, Texas, Us

• Responsible for $6+ million P&L, managing 30+ engineers in Chicago, Atlanta and Herndon offices focused on the design/renovation and construction of mission critical facilities.

Houston, Texas, Us

• Managed a staff of 25 mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineers with annual revenue of $5 million.• Led EYP’s post-acquisition integration into HP. Managed HR onboarding processes, IT systems conversion, and transition to new operational and SEC financial reporting requirements.• Principal-in-Charge on all major datacenter projects.• Led firm-wide adoption of innovative Building Information Modeling (BIM) software platform.• Led development and implementation of resourcing strategies during major downturn to mitigate losses.

Houston, Texas, Us

• Responsible for the pursuit, project management and delivery of energy analysis in North America focusing on energy efficiency, PUE analysis, and environmental impact of various data center electrical distribution systems.

• Led the start-up of non-profit family foundation focused on preparing high potential but disadvantaged youth for success at highly selective colleges and universities.• Grew staff to seven, annual budget from $300,000 to $1,000,000, increased scholar enrollment by 400% and led a five-fold increase in the number of new programs.

• Completed all requirements to create a 501(c)(3) including incorporation, creation of bylaws, board recruitment, and sales tax exemptions for total immersion foreign language preschool.• Performed all accounting functions including budgeting, tax filings, payroll and daily bookkeeping.• Developed and successfully executed fundraising strategy to raise over $100,000 of start-up funding.

New York, Ny, Us

Subsidiary of OWP/P Architects, largest architecture practice in Chicago, providing MEPFP engineering and consulting services.Created revenue generating opportunities and built brand awareness of a young, rapidly growing engineering subsidiary. Developed and implemented annual marketing strategy. Instrumental in securing new projects as engineering consultant on architectural proposal teams. Drove 50% revenue growth during this period by strategically identifying engineering services opportunities. Developed power engineering construction documents for commercial building projects and managed project consulting fees up to $500,000.

International consulting engineering firm providing complete planning, design and construction engineering services for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, life safety, fire protection systems and telecommunications.Supervised and coordinated multidisciplinary teams, budgets and schedules for high profile clients including Stanford University and Eddie Bauer. Designed electrical systems for commercial, corporate, and civic buildings under strict Title 24 energy code.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Architectural lighting manufacturer producing leading-edge designs with high quality illumination.Provided key technical link to sales force, product specifiers and R&D department. Conducted educational seminars for architects and engineers on technical aspects of product lines. Provided technical support to sales staff using computer simulations of product installations. Acted as sounding board for R&D department on potential adoption of new product developments.

Mba, Finance, Marketing

Bs, Architectural Engineering

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