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Shawnee, Ks, Us

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Led Roaming Practice Area, including coordination of resources, leading development and sharing expertise.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Stood up Project Management Organization to oversee cross-functional projects. Oversaw all project management functions for InSite Wireless Group, including new tower construction, DAS engineering and construction, engineering support of sales teams, cross functional programs, and integration of new companies into InSite. Developed regular C-Level reporting for high profile projects.

Oversaw 300+ agreements with domestic and international telecommunications providers, driving $400M in annual wholesale revenue and expanding high speed wireless coverage for Sprint subscribers, while reducing expenses by 61%. Improved Wi-Fi offload costs 22% at over 175 public locations without negatively affecting customer experience by negotiating improved vendor terms.

Overland Park, Ks

Led Network Services for program designed to expand Sprint features to an additional 2 million square miles through 3rd-party networks while minimizing capital and operating expenses by developing and implementing innovative technical solutions. Negotiated Network Services contracts, drove technical implementation and managed post-execution operations.

Overland Park, Ks

Built 7-member team of Subject Matter Experts, reducing cycle times significantly below Sprint PCS standards while maintaining outstanding quality of network implementations. Drove cost savings of 95% and resource expense reduction of 50% by establishing and implementing new engineering design.

Overland Park, Ks

Built new teams responsible for Roaming Product and Affiliate Network Operations support, designing, and implementing original solutions to raise quality while reducing operational expenses. Drove $5M in savings in the first year of the program.

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Oversaw quality of all vendor training, including Nortel, Lucent, Motorola, HP, PlaNet, LCC and Grayson, and defined entrance and exit criteria for rating field trial success and training satisfaction.

Designed and presented all wireless-based SS7 and wireless data courses. Served as Team Leader for North America GSM, training and defining comprehensive training curriculum for product line.