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Irving, Texas, United States

• Conduct market analysis and provide support for the buildout of the backhaul and fronthaul fiber network for VZ business customers and Verizon’s 4G/5G CRAN network, in assigned markets (Charlotte, Columbia, Birmingham, Pensacola and Jacksonville).• Provide impact analysis for any hub and demand changes.• Provide planning for the Telco Migration/Access Unification program to move commercial customers served by a third party lease onto the OneFiber network.• Develop OSP RFP designs and cost estimates for prospective BARs (Building Add Requests) initiated by the sales team.• Provide ongoing support with the local engineering teams for the implementation of sold BARs.

Southaven, Mississippi, United States

• Responsible for independent onsite construction crew oversight for CSpire's underground and aerial FTTH deployment in the Southhaven/Hernando MS market.• Tracked and reported crew's daily production.• Ensured buildout adhered to the construction documents (responsible for red-lining, tracking bore depths and reporting any deviations).• Provided quality control to ensure construction and engineering standards/specifications were followed.• Reported and coordinated the resolution of utility hits, while ensuring proper protocols were followed for utility crossings.

Farmers Branch, Tx

• Provided planning and engineering support for the NTX and TN Wireless Market.• Maintained an 85% network efficiency target for the markets.• Planned 3yr. and 5yr. forecasts on a quarterly basis for E911, PSTN (tandem and end office), voicemail, IMT, Wireless Direct Connects and LD TG capacity requirements for the market.• Planned and Implemented core network capacity requirements needed to support various RAN projects including GSM (BTS and BSC) rehomes and UMTS (Node B and RNC) rehomes.• Developed and implemented capacity and routing plans through several network evolutions from TDMA, GSM, UMTS to LTE. (10 TMDA MSCs / 7 GSM MSCs / 6 UMTS MSCs and 2 Gateway MSCs).• Maintained routing for monthly LERG updates on the core MSCs and IMS (SPP/BGCF) network.• Maintained rule sets for optimized routing design.• Partnered with transport engineering to target off-net leased facilities for decom to meet our annual Network Optimization Savings targets which were met and exceeded each year.• Initiated and tracked network provisioning change orders for the market.• Verified the network design for orders created within the market in the CANOPI ordering system and GRANITE network inventory management systems.• Provided tracker updates and closely monitored all work orders until completion.• Created, closed out and tracked POs; ensured plans and orders were installed and submitted correctly.• Ensured deployment of equipment was properly integrated within the network.• Periodically worked with various teams on identifying, isolating, and resolving network problems.• Developed a route trend tool to analyze historical traffic data to plan capacity requirements and maintain efficiency for all market trunk groups.• Developed a weekly busy hour dashboard tool for quickly analyzing all market trunk groups utilization and capacity requirements at a glance.

Farmers Branch, Tx

• Processed and analyzed daily and weekly busy hour traffic reports for the NTX market.• Initiated BAU provisioning work orders using CTS and Granite to appropriately establish/add/reduce interconnect trunks to meet grade of service/efficiency objectives.• Planned and implemented downsizing / regrooming activities to facilitate the TNO (Transport Network Optimization) project in NTX for cost savings.• Supported various market trackers and reporting initiatives as needed.• Established wireless direct connect trunking with various carriers via the gateway MSCs for cost savings.

Irving, Tx

• Initiated, updated and tracked network change orders until completion.• Coordinated the installation, test and turn-up of vendor/customer transport and trunk groups.• Coordinated the installation of high-speed fiber transport for the IP Backbone.• Provided network cost verification.• Implemented and maintained data translations on a Veraz soft switch platform in Dallas, TX with media gateways in Los Angeles, San Jose, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta and NYC.• Provided support to the NOC on alternate routing solutions for vendor and customer related network problems.• Prepared and monitored network traffic reports to ensure acceptable CPU utilization on various VOIP switch network elements.

Farmers Branch, Tx

• Planned and implemented transport requirements for various projects (new MSCs, GSM launch and cost optimization).• Coordinated the transition of regrooming circuits to new optimized transport facilities from higher cost facilities.• Provided financial impact analysis of implementing new network designs.

Dallas, Tx

• Managed the network deployment of telephony services in major markets throughout the Mid-West and West Coast.• Provided senior management weekly reviews and briefings of network activities.• Prepared departmental budget.• Transitioned the existing customer base supported by various PBX platforms to the core central office switching network in each market.• Managed the selection, configuration, and integration of core network elements from various vendors.• Planned, ordered, and coordinated the installation of local interconnection transport and trunking in each market.• Maintained the transport facility and trunking assignment inventory for tracking, reporting, and cost control purposes.• Worked on the development, implementation and testing of the local call plans with marketing and translations.• Developed and analyzed traffic reports to ensure grade of service objectives were met and maintained.• Prepared quarterly trunking and facility forecast reports for LECs and filed FCC and PUC reports as required.• Implemented network and software upgrades in preparation for FCC's CALEA requirements.• Provided engineering support for the NOC in identifying, isolating, and resolving network problems.• Managed the administration activities for CLLIs, NPA/NXXs, OCNs, Point Codes, LRNs and NPAC.

Dallas, Tx

• Planned the transport facilities and trunking requirements for the deployment of local and toll telephony services on Lucent's 5ESS switching platform.• Compiled department budget information for projecting transport network costs.• Developed and implemented test plans for local and feature interaction testing.

Jackson, Ms

Traffic Engineering ManagerWorldCom, Jackson, MS / Jul 1993 - Feb 1996• Developed and maintained domestic and international least-cost routing design for the network.• Managed traffic engineers responsible for maintaining acceptable grade of service levels on network trunks.• Developed guidelines for performing real-time, weekly, and historical trend analysis of busy hour statistics in order to make appropriate network capacity and/or routing decisions.• Planned and Implemented network integration plans to combine multiple LD networks into a single seamless network that maximized network synergy resulting from WorldCom's aggressive growth and acquisition strategy. Developed and maintained domestic and international least-cost routing design for the network.• Managed traffic engineers responsible for maintaining acceptable grade of service levels on network trunks.• Developed guidelines for performing real-time, weekly, and historical trend analysis of busy hour statistics in order to make appropriate network capacity and/or routing decisions.• Planned and Implemented network integration plans to combine multiple LD networks into a single seamless network that maximized network synergy resulting from WorldCom's aggressive growth and acquisition strategy.Network Optimization AnalystWorldCom, Jackson, MS / Dec 1992 - Jul 1993• Developed and implemented network strategies to maximize the cost savings on PIU calculations of FGB and FGD trunk groups based on jurisdictional routing rules for terminating inter vs intrastate traffic.Line Cost AuditorWorldCom, Jackson, MS / Oct 1991 - Dec 1992• Processed carrier access network invoices for payment.• Reconciled network invoices with network data (tariff/contract rates, bandwidth quantities, PIU, and traffic volumes) provided by engineering and regulatory departments and disputed any inconsistencies.