Brian Larson Email & Phone Number

Eau Claire, Wi, Us

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Area

IT Project Management

Arcadia, Wi

• Ownership of multiple strategic key initiative infrastructure based projects. • Budgets ranging from $1-$2 million per project• Project budgeting for Executive Management approval and acceptance• Stakeholder and cross-functional team management• Resource planning and scheduling• Vendor management• Communication weekly of current project status to IT leadership and Executive Management• Creation of project “as built” and hand off documentation for IT Operations and Support teams• Achievement of client’s overall business and strategic goals; on-time, on-budget, and on-scope• PMO Team Member• Mentoring and support of Project Management team members

Arcadia, Wi

• Management of a highly technical team responsible for all areas of Voice, LAN, WAN infrastructure systems and technologies for domestic and international locations• Design, build, test, deployment, and monitoring of:o 20+ domestic manufacturing & distribution centers | 5 corporate administrative officeso 80+ corporate owned retail store fronts | 550+ independently owned retail store frontso 3 global manufacturing centers o Multiple Data Centers • Project Management of Voice and Data infrastructure initiatives. Upgrades, integrations, enhancements. New construction, expansions, remodels• Creation of project and hardware standards templates for retail build-out consistency• Formalization of detailed infrastructure installation documentation to streamline the vendor RFP process • Contact/Call Center Management and administration for 250+ agents• Vendor Management• Cap Ex and Op Ex budgeting process• Proposed and managed annual communications budgets• Hiring and mentoring of network services employees

Arcadia, Wi

• Corporate Headquarters phone system administration• Call Center call flow design, routing, and queuing• Call Center agent skills based administration• Standard user Move/Add/Change• Agent and Stand users training and documentation• Network and voice cabling infrastructure and installation

Green Bay, Wisconsin Area

• Terminated and tested single-mode and multi-mode fiber optic backbones• Documentation/metric reporting to customers on performance of fiber optic backbones• Held training classes for multiple customer internal technicians on best practice methods for installation, termination, and testing of fiber optic backbones• Installed fiber optic, copper, and coaxial cabling for Local Area Networks• Supervisor/Lead on cabling project installations