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Abingdon, MD, US

Abingdon, Maryland, United States

• Leading the planning and implementation of projects for the Architecture, Product, & Technology organization. Accountable for execution within the defined project constraints.
• Working with cross-functional teams to solve problems and perform changes while successfully managing the relationship with all stakeholders.
• Ensuring that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Presenting oral and written reports defining plans, problems, and resolutions to appropriate levels of management.

Abingdon, Maryland, United States

• Provided project management of initiatives created by Network Optimization Planning team to decommission or groom existing services off leased fibers to achieve cost savings or expense avoidance.
• Led project kickoff for planning initiatives to present timelines and explain project goals.
• Coordinated with network expansion and outside plant teams on fiber builds required for NetOpt projects.
• Hosted recurring update calls with transport and planning teams to ensure projects were moving forward properly.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure transport projects were free of any roadblocks.
• Managed access teams on evacuation of colocation sites to return space, power, and exit fiber feeding these colocations.

Abingdon, Maryland, United States

• Provided project management of fiber optic installations for wholesale and enterprise customers in competitive LEC territories.
• Created project shells in QuickBase for wholesale and enterprise fiber optic orders.
• Engaged outside plant (OSP) planners to create project kickoff documents.
• Collaborated with OSP construction managers to proceed with site surveys and production of engineering plans for fiber builds.
• Coordinated with permitting team to ensure proper state / city / DOT / railroad permits got approved.
• Managed fiber engineering team to ensure splicing documents were created and sent to OSP. Ensured that new fiber paths had OTDR shots taken and approved.

Abingdon, Maryland, United States

• Served as main point of contact for complex carrier-level telecommunications projects involving implementation of Mitel Unified Communications-as-a-Service (cloud) products, including SD-WAN, managed firewall, and.
• Led multiple customer projects simultaneously and maintained updated project documentation.
• Hosted project-related discovery, kickoff, and weekly status calls for customers and internal personnel. Utilized information obtained from calls and job packages to develop project scope, create project plan, and lead.
• Supervised cross-functional teams to ensure project goals were addressed and progress achieved.
• Monitored progress of service orders and led team through resolution of any issues. Ensured all project deployments were tested and complete.

Baltimore, MD

• Managed activation of competitive Local Exchange Carrier telephony services such as TDM PRI and CAS trunking, SIP trunking, business lines, dedicated internet access, MPLS wide area network, and hosted data center.
• Reviewed orders submitted by sales team and held discovery meetings with stakeholders to review and confirm services to be delivered. Scheduled tentative service activation dates and submitted internal work requests to.
• Led project to activate Carrier Switched Ethernet product for 150 Verizon Wireless retail stores from 2014 to 2015. Managed installation of dual 1G NNI circuits to each of 12 Verizon Wireless mobile switching centers..

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Provided pre-sales technical support to sales teams on network design and engineering aspects of carrier service offerings. Analyzed existing customer infrastructure and requirements to help create solution proposals. Participated in pre-sales presentations for current and prospective customers. Managed post-sale activation of voice and data carrier.