Jon Heath Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Support of strategic Product and Process development for USDA-DISC

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Support of USDA-DISC strategic initiatives for product and process development

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Overland Park, Kansas

-Provided project and program management for USDA IT integration and transformation Roadmap project, including project administration and resource allocation, Stakeholder relationships, current state analysis, and communication plan. -Working with customers internal levels, organizations and agencies to research, review, develop a Transformation Roadmap including improvements to software development (SDM), System Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC), Project Management Organization (PMO) and human capital re-organization. -Producing and providing executive presentations, program reviews and an ultimately a multi-year roadmap, advising on corporate vision and future-state using Microsoft Suite as well as Visio, and Publisher.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

-Provided program management for Access strategy deployment. -Programs include GM2Cloud PoC (Proof of Concept), 5G open integration development, NGFW (Next Generation Fixed Wireless), PON (Passive Optical Network) Passive Component Strategy RFP, SDN (Software Defined Network)/Domain 2.0 Strategy deployment, and 10G PON RFP. -Provided expertise in cost and timing for business case submission, network financial development and review, coordination of field and lab testing, and overall program execution. -Worked across all internal levels, executives and outside vendors to initiate, review, develop and roll-out new access strategy including, hardware and software for implementation in the network. -Initiated process improvement and communication strategies. -Produced executive presentations, program reviews and a 5-10-year roadmap to communicate recommendations for corporate objectives and direction.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

-Provided senior level project management expertise and network planning for NP&E (Network Planning and Engineering) including scope determination, milestone and resources, and corporate strategy alignment. -Projects include VoD (Video on Demand) CMS 3.1 upgrade, 4-6 Server Growth, NAI (National Ad Insertion), IAC (IPTV Application Center) Build, Atlanta SHO2 build out, South Carolina VHO build, Orapa (xBox as STB), and Waverunner/L2V (Live to VOD). -Provided expertise in business case submission, network financial development and review, coordination of field and lab testing, MOP/Deployment design review, and overall project execution. -Worked with all levels, groups and outside vendors to initiate, review, develop and roll-out new products, hardware and software for implementation in the Video network. -Led project management process improvement including design, deployment and rollout of new system. -Produced upper level presentation, project reviews and issue resolution to communicate and eliminate project jeopardies. -Instrumental in introducing new products and infrastructure to improve AT&T's network, functionality and sales portfolio. - Participated in design and award of numerous patents.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

-Provided project management for both network infrastructure and product undertakings, including scope determination, objectives, roles and responsibility documents and estimates. -Projects include Nortel Carrier VoIP deployment, Lightspeed and IP-TV, CALEA, GETS (Government Emergency Telecommunication Systems) and NGSTP (Next Generation Signal Transfer Point).-Provided expertise in business case implementation, network financial development and review, coordination of field and SBC lab testing, M&P authoring and publishing, and overall project execution.-Worked extensively with all levels, internal groups and outside vendors to review, develop and roll-out new products, hardware and software. -Work within the organization to actualize training and instigate process improvement. -Developed and implemented executive communication plans including upper level presentation, project reviews and issue tracking/resolution. -Instrumental in introducing new products and infrastructure to improve SBC's network, functionality and sales portfolio.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

-Responsible for extensive leadership within integration process for new network components for the purpose of realization of high-level initiatives such as DSL deployment and merger support. -Coordinated with new technology introduction, network planning, upper management and national teams/ operation groups to ensure quality implementation of new technology. -Analysis of existing networks and processes and extensive project management, problem solving, and resource coordination across all regions and disciplines. -Led field support, coordination and project management for numerous new technologies, applications and next generation infrastructure. -Evaluated, designed and implemented process improvement within the national footprint.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

-Responsible for leadership for the western half of the State of Missouri account and coordinated expansion projects for the state government to ensure quality deployment of services and customer requests. -Provided analysis of existing architectures to determine the best solution to meet customer’s growth requirements and service expectations. -Delivered extensive project management and resource coordination between the field, marketing and the customer to deploy new technology and grow the existing government infrastructures.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

-Responsible for system integration of network and marketing components for the completion of central office conversions for the entire Midwest. -Provided multi-team project management and resource coordination. -Evaluated and implemented improved processes for Central Office conversions. -Provided sales channel support, problem solving, training, and process evaluation and integration for LNP (Local Number Portability), Charter Number, and Universal Service Funds.

Msm, Business Management With Emphasis In Project Managment, 3.98

Bfa, Fine Art, Graduated Cum Laude, Gpa 3.7, Presidents List 1983-84, Dean'S List 1981-84

Advanced Electronics, Gpa 3.0

Activities and Societies: ElectronicsCourse developed specifically for SWBT employees