John Kaufman Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

United States

As a Senior Project Manager for Telamon I was responsible for overseeing the ISP construction for the clients in which Telamon serves, including, AT&T, Verizon, Ciena, Fujitsu, Windstream and others.Also had responsibility for overseeing 4 warehouses and 4 warehouse associates in OH, MO, KS, and AR. Warehouses were responsible for the logistics and handling of customer provided material and Telamon provided material including the receiving, picking, staging and shipping to installation locations across the U.SWorked in coordination with market project managers and installation managers to deliver on client expectationsDeveloped tracker to standardize data tracking of milestones from project inception to completion. This tracker was adopted by all PM’s across all turfs. This tracker also assisted in providing the platform to streamline and standardize our communication with the clients we serve. Utilized my experience in management to support the installation managers in decisions regarding their work force day to day activities as well as their activities in onboarding new installers into the organization, including setting clear expectations in regards to performance, coaching and developing activities, and utilizing tools to assist in their success.Worked directly with leadership throughout Telamon on decisions regarding force allocation, process development, client interactions, bidding, billing, training and equipment needs

As Project Manager I oversaw the Planning, Design, Construction, Quality and Invoicing of OSP and ISP fiber network construction for clients in and around the Phoenix Metropolitan area.

United States

Responsible for driving technical space planning alignment and integration at a cross-organizational level supporting Corporate Strategic initiatives.Facilitate and optimize planning efforts, providing process engineering support to infrastructure planning team, included but not limited to process definitions, design, collaboration and execution. In partnership with technology planning counterparts, analyze & recommend site level short term and long term strategies.

Chicago

As a second level supervisor I led a team of up to 160 employees consisting of 10-15 construction managers and 150 construction technicians.Oversight of construction projects in telecom involving expansion of IP based services. Including FTTN,FTTP, FTB, FTCS, Copper Construction, and Network Rehab.Leads and develops team members in all aspects of behavioral management, key in delivering performance in relation to Safety, Productivity, and Quality measures.

Greater Chicago Area

Mentor (MSOC Coach) supporting up to 10 AT&T network service managers and 100-150 network technicians responsible for the installation and maintenance of AT&T wire lines flagship product, U-verse.SME in behavioral management with peripheral focus on using LEAN and SixSigma concepts to improve Quality, Productivity, and Safety to improve customer, end user, satisfaction. SixSigma Green Belt 2010, LEAN Certification 2010, MSOC certification 2010.

Greater Chicago Area

Led teams of up to 50 Network Service technicians responsible for the installation and maintenance of AT&T wire lines flagship product, U-verse.Involved in launch of new IP based product including onboarding over 150 network technicians. Integral part of growing business from an expense only operation to a 10 billion dollar annual revenue stream. Recognized for ability to drive performance in Quality, Safety, and Productivity through coaching and developing employees as well as through adherence to performance management.

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Activities and Societies: Played golf for the Gauchos

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