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Anchorage, Ak, Us

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Support achieving strategic vision through effective enterprise program management with a focus on optimizing the return of program-level investment in a way that effectively balances risk and return. Organize multi-disciplined teams and oversee strategic programs designed to further the overall business strategy. Enhance the company’s competitiveness and grow EBITDA/free cash flow. Manage program for material capital and operating projects within a program hierarchy to ensure the effective and efficient use of resources. Identify and pursue continuous improvement opportunities across the program.

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Provide program-level leadership and management to execute the company’s strategic and tactical goals within scope, schedule and budget.

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Direct the efforts of 90+ team members including engineers, managers, senior managers and directors within engineering, including budget responsibility for the department. Work with peers and executive leadership in developing departmental short and long-range objectives, plans, budgets and policies.

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Lead a team of 30+ personnel responsible for the operational management and support of 2G/3G/4G/5G wireless cellular voice/data technologies, WiFi and voice switching networks across the state as well as device testing and validation ensuring all services meet availability and performance metrics. Lead an additional team of 40+ multi-departmental personnel responsible to implement RAN and core network upgrades required to implement 5-Band 5G-NR services in the greater Anchorage area.

Philadelphia, Pa

Lead a team of 50+ multi-departmental personnel responsible for the day-to-day operational management of 3 repair centers and over 70 warehousing locations across the country in support of wireless infrastructure build-out and equipment sparing, including forward and reverse logistics.Develop, assign and monitor performance indicators to ensure customer experience and business goals are met. Establish reporting tools to effectively communicate these metrics internally and externally.Create capital planning business cases and provide operational forecasting, evaluating periodically to ensure continuous alignment with the short and long-term goals of the organization. Develop and maintain on-going relationships with customers and vendors to guarantee the customer service and financial needs of the program are surpassed. Collaborate with executive leadership and peers across numerous cross-functional business units in proof-of-concept projects to establish how they apply to strategic business objectives. Manage products and inventory to ensure optimal life-cycle utilization. Provide management and technical expertise to customers and cross-functional business counterparts.

Greater Chicago Area & Greater Denver Area

Oversee the design, integration, testing and sustained optimal performance of network infrastructure supporting data, voice and messaging services. Accountable to the executive leadership team for management and delivery of approved strategic and tactical projects. Identify and report project risks. Manage development and execution of mitigation plans. Ensure staffing levels and allocation of resources are aligned with the company’s enterprise plan of record and strategic objectives. Responsible for all employee management activities for teams of up to 30 Project Managers, Engineers, Business Analysts and their managers, including full-time and contract personnel. Conduct project plan evaluations to ensure they meet defined scope, schedule and budget requirements. Manage capital and operational budgets including business analysis, budget planning, initial forecast, PO approval and spend-tracking. Budget responsibility included annual expenses of $110M in Capex for Core Network and $48M in Opex for Backhaul & Interconnect. Negotiate and manage contracts with primary infrastructure and backhaul vendors (Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, AT&T, Verizon, Zayo, FiberTower, etc.). Responsible for budget development and program management of LTE planning, deployment and integration in the PCS, AWS and 700Mhz frequency bands. Research new technologies and review opportunities for operational and capital cost reduction.

Spokane, Kansas City, Chicago

Manage all aspects of wireless network operations including many turnkey cellular infrastructure build-outs, total vendor infrastructure conversions, project management, construction, maintenance and asset management in numerous cities across the United States.Provide technical direction in the development of overall network strategy. Conduct long-term system capacity planning including switching, signaling and cell site components.

Salem, Oregon

Turnkey buildout, launches, operation and maintenance of the Salem and Eugene, Oregon markets.

Reno, Nevada

Provided system, project and RF engineering, construction, operation, maintenance and repair of various analog and digital cellular communications systems in northern Nevada and northern California.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for the operation and maintenance of numerous Motorola analog cellular communications systems in Dallas, Texas.

Supervised teams responsible for the operation and repair of communications equipment covering all frequency bands from VLF to SHF including satellite equipment up to 20 meters.