Retained by the Board of Directors of an independent power producer to develop and program manage all aspects of the development of a behind the meter, planned data center community in PJM territory.Performs market and technical research associated with power and water requirements, availability of fiber, layout of pad sites, road accessibility, tax-based incentives, tariff analysis, regulatory aspects associated with power distribution, and interconnection with the local power utility… Show more Retained by the Board of Directors of an independent power producer to develop and program manage all aspects of the development of a behind the meter, planned data center community in PJM territory.Performs market and technical research associated with power and water requirements, availability of fiber, layout of pad sites, road accessibility, tax-based incentives, tariff analysis, regulatory aspects associated with power distribution, and interconnection with the local power utility and grid operator.Leads all aspects of prospective customer interaction including the creation of all sales and marketing materials, lead identification, sales funnel management, pricing, and contractual negotiations. Manages business case and budget requirements associated with the land horizontal construction, existing power plant conversion to natural gas and the establishment of a new gas fired power plant. Show less

Recast financial projections and implemented formal spending controls over the organization in an effort to manage our cash position.Restructured 5G LLC’s cap table through negotiations with the founding partners. Recovered 26% of common shares to establish an employee RSU equity program.Established operational metrics, key performance indicators (KPIs), and identified root causes impeding the production of rooftop leases and cell site construction. Increased lease origination… Show more Recast financial projections and implemented formal spending controls over the organization in an effort to manage our cash position.Restructured 5G LLC’s cap table through negotiations with the founding partners. Recovered 26% of common shares to establish an employee RSU equity program.Established operational metrics, key performance indicators (KPIs), and identified root causes impeding the production of rooftop leases and cell site construction. Increased lease origination by 5x.Recruited and mentored professional talent for the roles of CMO and VP- Customer Experience to address sales, marketing, and customer care organizational gaps. Improved CRE rooftop portfolio retention above 95%.Implemented Salesforce.com to automate commercial real estate customer care, sales efforts, and create lead generation portals. This program resulted in expansion of our inventory to over 42K commercial rooftops under exclusive marketing agreement.Formed an agile development team to create a geographic information systems (GIS) solution to support the 3D visualization of rooftop locations for wireless carriers. The platform was based on open-source software and improved our search success rate by 30%.Advised CRE executives on the state of technology and the associated economic considerations in the deployment of indoor wireless platforms (enterprise Wi-Fi, CBRS, DAS), private networks, edge computing, cloud migration, EV charging stations, IoT solutions, edge compute/storage, and solar opportunities. Show less

Founded the Open Wi-Fi development program. Oversaw the acquisition of KodaCloud, a fledgling cloud based Wi-Fi platform. Established an agile environment for the planning, design, development, test and release of software. Created the leading open-source, secure enterprise Wi-Fi platform. Set budgeting priorities, feature roadmap, and established automated capabilities to enable a continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) approach. The program has since grown to 50+ globally… Show more Founded the Open Wi-Fi development program. Oversaw the acquisition of KodaCloud, a fledgling cloud based Wi-Fi platform. Established an agile environment for the planning, design, development, test and release of software. Created the leading open-source, secure enterprise Wi-Fi platform. Set budgeting priorities, feature roadmap, and established automated capabilities to enable a continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) approach. The program has since grown to 50+ globally based active members with multiple software and hardware contributions from the open-source community. Oversaw the world’s first carrier interconnected CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio System), neutral host deployment at Facebook. Managed the installation and turn-up of the first trial system. Worked cross functionally with the network operations team to test the final architecture and negotiate interconnection agreements with Tier 1 wireless providers.Led open-source deployment initiatives for mmWave, RAN, optical backhaul and supporting OSS/BSS platforms focused on end-to-end technology solutions. These solutions were designed to provide a minimum 25% improvement in lifecycle based operational cost.Harnessed Facebook’s analytical data to create the first company indoor connectivity index and KPIs to prioritize broadband deployments within public housing complexes across 50 major cities. This work served as a framework for future global indoor deployment prioritization efforts.Served as an advisory board member for CBRE’s Indoor Connectivity Roundtable. Provided subject matter expertise on indoor, neutral host architectures and cloud based initiatives for C Level real estate portfolio executives. Show less

Established and recruited the Market Segments team with a focus on international rural, urban, and indoor verticals. Identified and prioritized twenty-one key markets for connectivity deployments based on awareness, accessibility, affordability and relevance. This initiative served as our go-to-market program blueprint.Led market segmentation efforts and assessed the addressable markets leveraging a combination of Facebook analytics, census data and third-party research for key markets.

Established the Telecom Infra Project, a 501(c)(6) organization, recruited Board of Directors from industry leading companies (Nokia, Intel, BT, DT, Vodafone) and hired the Executive Director to manage day to day operations. Led the establishment of the annual TIP Summit (rebranded as Fyuz) that attracted 1200+ attendees.Established the 10 initial Project Groups (PGs) to productize and develop technologies across access, core, and transport disciplines. PGs included Edge Compute, Open… Show more Established the Telecom Infra Project, a 501(c)(6) organization, recruited Board of Directors from industry leading companies (Nokia, Intel, BT, DT, Vodafone) and hired the Executive Director to manage day to day operations. Led the establishment of the annual TIP Summit (rebranded as Fyuz) that attracted 1200+ attendees.Established the 10 initial Project Groups (PGs) to productize and develop technologies across access, core, and transport disciplines. PGs included Edge Compute, Open Optical Transport, Open RAN, and mmWave initiatives.Led Facebook’s People, Process and Technology organizational study to document FB Network Infrastructure's organizational journey from an engineering command and control culture to one based on collaboration, mentorship, and promoting individual creativity. Led Facebook’s efforts to educate Tier 1 carriers on the benefits of adopting Open Compute server, storage, power, rack and data center designs. This effort resulted in the partnership between Nokia and the Open Compute Project (OCP) to create the Nokia AirFrame product line specifically engineered for telco and enterprise environments. Show less

Oversaw the product roadmap and software development lifecycle (SDLC) of a cloud based SaaS platform to support the migration of TDM to IP services for Tier 1 wireline telecom carriers on a global basis. Allowed carriers to successfully organize and service map entire central offices supporting greater than 20,000 unique service types. Led multi-phase business process outsourcing (BPO) program for wholesale telecom access and workflow management encompassing over $6B in annual billings.… Show more Oversaw the product roadmap and software development lifecycle (SDLC) of a cloud based SaaS platform to support the migration of TDM to IP services for Tier 1 wireline telecom carriers on a global basis. Allowed carriers to successfully organize and service map entire central offices supporting greater than 20,000 unique service types. Led multi-phase business process outsourcing (BPO) program for wholesale telecom access and workflow management encompassing over $6B in annual billings. Led interview sessions with client’s subject matter experts to record key business processes associated with the validation and subsequent accrual of access billing invoices for wireless and wireline services. Program resulted in annual personnel expense savings of 35%.Interfaced with key internal and external clients regarding the implementation of mechanized audit tools to assist in the identification of over-billing/under-billing instances for carrier access charges. Show less

Oversaw the development and rollout of X Factor's digital display and kiosk platform. The platform was created to allow scheduling and content management for 130+ USPS office display locations and to educate the public on postal products and services. Responsible for all operational aspects of business operations for a digital signage company including: fund raising, 3-year budgetary forecasting, monthly P&L, investor relations, software deliverables, security, resource planning… Show more Oversaw the development and rollout of X Factor's digital display and kiosk platform. The platform was created to allow scheduling and content management for 130+ USPS office display locations and to educate the public on postal products and services. Responsible for all operational aspects of business operations for a digital signage company including: fund raising, 3-year budgetary forecasting, monthly P&L, investor relations, software deliverables, security, resource planning, product profitability, financial forecasting, budget approvals, contract negotiations, product roadmap and account management. Show less

Managed the business development and signing of Siemens and Accenture as our strategic international alliance partners to support deployment of Synchronoss’ SaaS based e-commerce order management and workflow solution for wireless carriers. Clients included AT&T, Sprint as well as handset manufacturers such as Apple.

Responsible for the end-to-end SDLC process for Synchronoss' SaaS based order management platform including architecture, business/technical requirements, development, testing, release management and production support. Successfully managed R&D expenditures from 14% to 9% of revenue based on off shoring and process improvement initiatives.Recruited by the CEO to stabilize an underperforming order processing organization. Planned and successfully managed the transition to a new 75… Show more Responsible for the end-to-end SDLC process for Synchronoss' SaaS based order management platform including architecture, business/technical requirements, development, testing, release management and production support. Successfully managed R&D expenditures from 14% to 9% of revenue based on off shoring and process improvement initiatives.Recruited by the CEO to stabilize an underperforming order processing organization. Planned and successfully managed the transition to a new 75 person facility and instituted off-shore order handling. Show less

Responsible for product management, regulatory support and implementation of the first carrier compliant back-office service capabilities for VoIP services including number management, local number portability, fraud management, CALEA, operator and directory assistance services. Managed the associated budgeting and associated roadmaps for these services.Planned, engineered and oversaw the implementation of the first regulatory compliant E-911 national network for VoIP services. Granted… Show more Responsible for product management, regulatory support and implementation of the first carrier compliant back-office service capabilities for VoIP services including number management, local number portability, fraud management, CALEA, operator and directory assistance services. Managed the associated budgeting and associated roadmaps for these services.Planned, engineered and oversaw the implementation of the first regulatory compliant E-911 national network for VoIP services. Granted two US patents as a result of this work. Show less

Created engineering and deployment plans for IP services including VoIP, MPLS, network-based security, and DSL aggregation platforms.

Recruited by the Chief Network Engineer to lead the planning, design and implementation of Bell Atlantic’s first long distance network build. Hired and led a team of 15 network transport, switching and signaling network planners/engineers and managed an annual budget of $50M. Successfully delivered the network on time and on budget to coincide with regulatory relief granted as part of the Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996. The network properly scaled and met anticipated traffic volumes… Show more Recruited by the Chief Network Engineer to lead the planning, design and implementation of Bell Atlantic’s first long distance network build. Hired and led a team of 15 network transport, switching and signaling network planners/engineers and managed an annual budget of $50M. Successfully delivered the network on time and on budget to coincide with regulatory relief granted as part of the Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996. The network properly scaled and met anticipated traffic volumes while achieving 99.999% uptime reliability goals.Led the planning and site selection for early trials of Bell Atlantic's fiber to the curb technology rollout. Responsible for the preparation of cost models and optical network unit lab testing for evaluation prior to field deployment. Responsible for the planning Bell Atlantic's xDSL rollout on a wire center by wire center basis. Led a staff of 30 network planners to evaluate the suitability for the deployment of xDSL technologies based on copper loop length and outside plant condition.Led vendor selection for long distance tandem switching, Class V end offices, DWDM, ATM, fiber and cross connect equipment. Managed an annual budget in excess of $70M. Show less