Brian Coots Email & Phone Number

Wayne, Pennsylvania

Trenton, New Jersey

Parsippany, Nj

• Part of the initial 14 member cross functional team selected to design procedures, training materials, and workflow processes for the development of new or upgraded telecommunications and internet solutions to health-care consortiums• Responsible for the management, organization, and administration of five of the largest projects in the program totaling $51 million and insuring that all of their deliverables are met on time and without error• Responsible for all aspects of eligibility determination/pre-commitment, commitment, and post commitment including invoicing for each of the projects• Work closely with Project Coordinators to assist in the completion, accuracy, and appropriateness of completed required applications for Federal funding• Supervise the funding commitment and invoicing process of the program including QA reviews on all invoice reconciliations• Resolve exceptions found such as fraud & abuse, ineligible sites within the consortium, and ineligible services requested• Review Request For Proposals (RFP) and compliance with internal standards• Compile competitive bid information for contracts received due to RFP for bidding violations and cost effectiveness• Work closely with the FCC and Rural Health Care division of Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to clear existing issues and enhance procedures to increase effectiveness of the program• Became main point of contact between Pilot Program and USAC for issues in the utilization of SharePoint including the creation of Ad hoc reports• Investigate and communicate to appropriate levels of authority any instances of suspected or found fraudulent or inappropriate activities• Selected to lead an internal team that researched how the company can use social media networking for means of interface with applicants and service providers • Selected to be part of a three person systems testing team working directly with USAC IT on the creation of the new RHC applicant website

Parsippany, Nj

• Performed initial review of E-Rate applications submitted by School Districts and Library Boards requesting Federal funding for telecom and internet access• Reviewed Priority I applications for telecom and internet funding requests• Reviewed Priority II applications for network hardware and infrastructure funding requests• Ensured 100% compliance with Company procedures regarding completed applications• Worked directly with applicant to clear any known or found exceptions in the application process• Communicate found exceptions or discrepancies with Services Team to clear additional items noted during the process• Deliver completed and accurate application package to Final Reviewer for evaluation for funding• Achieved internal ranking of #10 overall by showing the ability to clear difficult exceptions and delivering completed applications in an expedient manner• Maintained an overall return rate of 2% over the calendar year 2007