Benjamin Lundquist Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Reston, VA

• Managed sales engineering tasks for Mid-Atlantic and South-East markets, collaborating with peers to drive efficiencies and innovation.
• Provided oversight for deal placement, design, and initial opportunity metrics to drive sales growth.
• Influenced key executive leaders based on customer feedback and lessons learned over a multi-decade career.

Northern Virginia

- Responsible for maintaining and updating AutoCAD designs for computer rooms within our Northern VA and Washington DC data centers- Provide technical expertise and support to the sales organization- Drive customer requests through active listening, brainstorming, site tours, and designing solutions

Herndon, VA

Took time off to enjoy the kids, family, and home.

Herndon, VA

Responsible for the implementation, execution and consolidation of all colocation, intercity and metro IRU, cell tower, and leased agreements for North America. Managed Charter leased transport network. Kept annual expense below budget.Supported transition of Time Warner Cable Network Planning team and functions to Charter Communications during the 2016.

Herndon, VA

• Managed team of 7-10 engineers in procurement of colocation, leased network, dark fiber, IRU, and Master Service Agreement (MSA) negotiation, driving internal customer requests for new business.
• Maintained 150 vendor relationships and 1,450 colocation facilities, granting engineering, construction, and network design teams the rights to install equipment and fiber into 3rd party locations.
• Managed the planning and implementation of 275+ 100GigE circuits, roughly 27K miles of dark fiber, and associated colocation in support of dark fiber regen, add-drop, peering, and transit facilities.

Herndon, VA

Responsible for a $100M+ OpEx budget in funding of colocation, IRU, leased network, and voice. Served as a key engineer in implementation of TWC dark fiber long-haul and metro fiber builds. Ran KPIs for a team of 20 engineers to management, providing process improvement input. Built and maintained a new database “Netprov.”

Herndon, VA

• Developed and enacted entirely new way of doing financial monthly close process, saving team approximately 120 work hours per month, dramatically increasing general ledger accuracy.
• Worked with internal customers to develop suite layout designs, rack face drawings, lateral and riser conduit paths, utilizing Visio, KMZ / KML, and other internal application systems.
• Directed several dark fiber IRU networks from inception, including establishing standards, IRU and MSA Negotiation, Change Management, Financial Reconciliation, and Documentation.
• Performed site visits, surveys, installs, and other activities necessary in building out new COLO.

Responsible for a variety of activities, including DS0/DS1/DS3/OCx provisioning, circuit design, implementation, vendor capacity management, network capacity planning, DXC augments and decoms, VOIP implementation, and sales support

Responsible for calling RBOCs and ILECs to improve Telco delivery dates of services for MCI Commercial customers

Postgraduate Degree, Data Center Leadership & Management

The Masters Degree in Data Centre Leadership and Management is a unique program, which has been designed in collaboration with the sector.

Cable Industry Management Development Program, Scte / Isbe Leadership Institute

3.15 Continuing Education Units for Professional Education

Business Leadership

Building on the tactical strengths emerging leaders possess to drive them toward becoming impactful leaders.

On-Going Education, Telecommunications Management

Biology, General