Fred Dickson Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tn, Us

Program and Operations consultant to analyze and diagnose processes, help define procedure designs for new business structures, and provide agile program and project management methods to increase productivity and revenue. Developing new strategies to create a global structure for my client to provide a proactive management style to ensure client milestones are met early and on time.

New York, New York, Us

Tasked with restructuring team process and procedure, partnering with two managers to develop a new team SCRUM process moving to an Agile-managed project in a hybrid role for several real estate development initiatives regionally.• Implemented and established a JIRA Agile Management structure, leading the team through a transition from Waterfall to Agile to optimize project management efficiency.• I conducted weekly and monthly status reporting sessions for executive management, leveraging Scrum and Backlog Groom Sessions to streamline work assignments and align project management bandwidth within the deployment team.• Oversaw program management initiatives, guiding the deployment of new ZOOM designs and native ZOOM conference rooms in collaboration with the Real Estate Development and Multimedia Engineering Team across the United States.• Coordinated and executed projects across various regions of the United States, ensuring a smooth installation process and successful project completion.• Acted as a liaison between the Real Estate Project Team, Network Infrastructure Team, Vendors, and End Users, cultivating effective communication and collaboration to achieve successful project outcomes.

Banbridge, Co. Down, Gb

Supported the development of a new sales staff in the Northeastern United States and provided Program Management guidance overseeing a large financial firm.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Engaged as a Program Manager consultant to supervise the technology refresh of the New York City Headquarters building, initiating the process with two floors and a project value ranging from $7-9M for Bank of America. Key responsibilities encompassed budget tracking, profit and loss management, vendor coordination, design oversight, and communication with C-suite executives. Operated within a cross-functional team of up to fifteen members, managing diverse trades and responsibilities. • Directed and executed high-level US Real Estate projects by collaborating with Business Units and End Users to define conference space functionality needs. Developed comprehensive scopes and budgets for financial approvals.• Managed budgets ranging from $50K to $9M, meticulously tracking expenditures to generate detailed and accurate Profit and Loss statements for each Real Estate Project Director.• Led high-priority COVID-19 projects, facilitating the relocation of executive telepresence devices from offices to command centers and personal homes.• Supervised stand-alone Telepresence installations across the US, collaborating closely with the Cisco Engineering Team for turnup and testing.• Cultivated robust vendor relationships, optimized processes for all audio-visual projects, and oversaw remote system commissioning for domestic installations.• Provided guidance to team members on design, design review, project management strategies, and end-user training.Note: The contract was terminated due to budget cuts during the Covid-19 shutdown.

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

Contracted as a Program Management and Design consultant to supervise the development of innovative technology for a new headquarters office spanning 14 floors at New York Hudson Yards, initially allocated a $30M budget. Successfully redesigned and implemented the technology after budget compression, maintaining the same functionality and performance within the revised $16M budget.• Conducted research and testing on cutting-edge technologies for application within conference and shared spaces, ensuring the integration of modern solutions.• Served as a mediator and collaborator, fostering effective communication between the client, construction trades, and audio-visual vendors.• Collaborated closely with vendor design consultants to craft new global audio-visual standards, focusing on a significant project in New York City.• Developed budgeting analytics to support the planning and execution of new and revitalized Multimedia Projects.• Oversaw regional and global Multimedia projects, aligning them with concurrent Facility and Real Estate initiatives.• Innovatively devised a process for testing conference spaces, enabling daily IT sweeps, resulting in award-winning designs at both regional and global levels.

New York, New York, Us

Responsible for the designing, planning and implementation project to refresh of a legacy audio visual and video conference system and a new global standard for three Headquarter offices.• Delivered the completion of multiple projects with a collective budget of over $5M and established documentation for the upcoming 2018 project road map budget with plans to manage a budget of over $8M.• Creating a streamlined process for all audio-visual projects and vendor management for remote system commissioning for all domestic installations.• Created a project scope and budget for financial approvals and determined functionality needs of space.• Collaborated with team members on other US, EMEA, and APAC projects, including designing, design review, project management strategies, and end user training.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Contracted to help implement new Audio-Visual Technology and to provide Project Management for a large refresh project of 500 immersive Telepresence Conference Rooms. This initiative allowed me to be involved with an entire company video bandwidth upgrade to support the new systems that would need to be deployed throughout the United States.• Oversaw the design and installation of three conference rooms for the CEO of Bank of America valued at $2.5M and completed the project in 18 days.• Provided training and assistance to team members on Audio Visual technology and created a pricing format to provide to vendors for future projects and a bid-leveling document for team members to review pricing from multiple vendors for large projects.• The department manager tasked me to create a testing and commissioning document to ensure that new systems had been built and installed as per the Bank of America standards. Contract was terminated due to Bank of America policies on how long a consultant could work for the firm.

Iselin, Nj, Us

Freelance Audio Visual Consultant

London, Uk, Gb

Freelance Audio Visual Consultant

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Mountainside, Nj, Us

Wallingford, Ct, Us

Music And Video Business

High School Diploma

Education record