Craig Sexton, B.Tech Email & Phone Number

North Vancouver, BC, CA

Burnaby

• Increased workload capacity and effectiveness over 200% by transforming team from old model “field based” technicians to a “remote + field” technical team, without the need for new hires.
• Led, developed, and coached a team of 25 unionized technicians and five project managers to effectively operate the TELUS cellular network for BC, included mentoring and guidance for three peer managers to fully.
• Consistently received positive feedback from multiple successful presentations to Executive, Senior Leadership, and external parties as part of TELUS Strategy and Emergency Response Initiatives.
• Developed and implemented effective process improvement program to deliver on multiple year network upgrade activity to deliver 5G Technology to customers.
• Served as key Point of Contact for all TELUS Huawei 5G Living Lab activities since 2016. Worked with Technology Strategy, BC teams, and Huawei to successfully deliver first 5G call worldwide (2016) and 10 5G macro site.

• Developed and implemented National Strategy and Best Practices for Small Cell deployment with regional Small Cell RF and Implementation Teams.
• Served as Provincial Program Manager for Small Cell Deployment and led team of three Project Managers (2013), increasing to eight Project Managers the following year. Deployed over 300 units, increasing to over 1000+.
• Delivered very complex and large BC Place In-Building and Macro sites on schedule with excellent customer experience and performance for opening night of BC Lions Game with attendance of over 50,000 spectators.
• Successfully designed and project managed deployment of joint Electric Vehicle / cell site stations on Vancouver Parks Board land, facilitating relationships between TELUS, City of Vancouver, Vancouver Parks Board.

Richmond, BC

• Senior Instructor for Adult Ki and Aikido Programs. Non-Profit Society Treasurer and Board Member.

Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada

• Grew small “start-up” franchise from $200K to $1M+ in revenue, led all P&L / financial, budget, and marketing programs for seven years, and mentored manager to grow business and develop skills.
• Guided franchise and local manager through significant market downturn (2008/09) while successfully maintaining profitability.
• Led local management team to grow profitability to 20%+ of revenue.
• Developed and implemented plan which led to highly successful sale of franchise to new business owner.

• Responsible for managing all aspects of a $1M Franchise Operation.
• Delivered 30% increase in profitability in 2007 over previous year through active financial management and cost -cutting measures.
• Hired, trained, and led team of 15+ team members and two team managers to meet or exceed on franchise and corporate targets, and mentored Team Manager to assume role as General Manager.
• Implemented “World Class Customer Service” Training Program for all team members and supported more than 50 new Franchise Partners during training between 2006 and 2008.

• Responsible for managing all operation requirements for three central offices, five remote base station controller, and 10 remote point of Interconnect locations in four provinces (Alberta, Manitoba, BC and.
• Managed six team members in Central Offices and 10 team members in the Field during large scale deployment of CityFido Project which was delivered on time and successfully handled increased network traffic from 2.
• Negotiated with vendors to reduce regional and national supplier contracts costs by over $200,000 annually as part of the Operations Management team with an operating budget of approx. $20M / annum
• Supported build-out of Fido cellular network from 65 sites to over 250 sites throughout the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer/Information Technology Administration And Management

Electronics, Telecommunications