John Dougherty Email & Phone Number

Augusta, Maine, US

John "jd" Dougherty Lives with his wife, Julia, in Bangor, Maine. Over the past few years, jd is challenging his creative spirit in the forms of writing, painting and tactile art. He enjoys spending time with his wife, daughter, son-in-law and two beautiful granddaughters. His Love for life can be seen in how he lives his life and how he loves being with.

Mission Broadband is professional Internet / Broadband consulting firm, helping cities, towns and counties across America provide adequate and affordable broadband to the entire community and solve the digital divide.www.missionbroadband.com

Founder and President of full service project management company providing pre-project business analysis, project management strategy and resource management and post-project closure services to a variety of vertical markets. Past projects include the New England Telehealth Consortium a $20 million Government funded Rural Health Care project in Maine, New.

Lewiston, Maine, US

• Key member of management team for entrepreneurial growth oriented technology company. In eleven years supported company revenue growth by $15 Million and helped grow employee base by 75 team members. Successfully.
• Lead team of professional technology engineers in creating customized communication systems for clients
• Cultivate new business and manage high level business customer relationships.
• Participate in corporate Strategic Planning
• Create and manage departmental and project specific budgets
• Marketing Department and new product development support

Lewiston, Maine, US

• Led expansive fiber optic builds in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts which included multiple contract negotiations with business partners and extensive equipment selection and deployment.
• Led numerous internal company projects/initiatives, developing cross functional teams with internal departments and external vendors
• Served on operational issues team (software bug and procedure issues)
• Provided ongoing technical training for Oxford Employees
• Participated in company wide strategic planning

Lewiston, Maine, US

• Design Voice and Data WAN networks for wholesale and retail customers
• Project Manage customer installations
• Provide technical training for Oxford employees

Lewiston, Maine, US

• Developed new departments within organization to install and support state of the art Fiber To The Premise Voice, Video and Internet services.
• Managed teams of professionals involved with Network Operations Center, installation, repair, technical support, provisioning and customer service.
• Led team of Sales Engineers and Project Managers to design and successfully implement business networks, to include creating processes and methodologies to deliver excellent results.
• Successfully managed four million dollar expense budget and one million dollar capital budget.
• Productive evaluation of employee performance following HR guidelines, and making necessary changes to teams as well as determining payment structure.
• Developed and taught year long product awareness classes that covered technical and marketing aspects of our technology, products and services.

Lewiston, Maine, US

• Provided engineering design and support of Optical network from Bangor, ME to Portsmouth, NH.
• Successfully managed budgets, created and grew vendor business relationships, and developed products and services.
• Managed and grew Verizon business partner relationship to ensure delivery of wholesale DS1’s, DS3’s and optical circuits.
• Successful project management work by implementing procedures and performing duties to deliver services to our customers on a timely and efficient basis.

North Mankato, MN, US

• Critical entrepreneur member of senior management team. Key role in developing business relationships, creating new products and support services. Lead role in developing driven results oriented company culture.
• Led management of sales team and sales manager along with customer service team.
• Primary Interface with business partner senior management of our manufacturers such as Bell Atlantic, Frontier, American Telesys, Adtran and Cisco.
• Proven success with #1 rated company of NYNEX/Bell Atlantic sales and customer service of WAN connectivity products

• Successful creation of data products and services.
• Interfaced service issues with senior management of business partners such as Mitel, Comdial, Fastcomm, Adtran, Sprint North Supply and Octel.
• Led team of professionals to include technicians, customer service reps and managers across Maine and New Hampshire.
• Successfully developed coordination process of sales, service and inventory for installation and repair of telephone systems.
• Implemented customer attitude survey to help us evaluate our sales and installation process.

• Successfully sold NYNEX products such as T1’s, T3’s, CENTREX, 56k DDSII and Frame Relay
• #1 in our company for sales in 1994 and 1995.
• Installed and serviced data equipment such as CSU/DSU’s, Modems, Hubs, Routers, Newbridge voice and Data Muxes, Stat Muxes, and Channel Banks.
• Self taught in multiple sales techniques to include Brian Tracy, Harvey Mackay and Stephen Covey.

Orono, ME, US

• Technician for repair and setup of microcomputers, printers, monitors and all related peripherals.
• Technical support for microcomputer software and hardware as well as complex video equipment.
• Responsible for $100,000 spare part inventory.
• Successful implementation of Help Desk, utilizing student employees
• Successful design and organization of multiple computer labs across campus