Laurel Stephens Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Little Rock, Ar, Us

• Lead Project Manager in service delivery Enterprise/Wholesale for all Federal Government related accounts for 5 years. Primarily DITCO / DISA, VA, GSA accounts as well as Harris-L3 FAA projects• Implements project management and PMO practices • Kick off, contract review, requirements, implement, TTU, deploy $10M contract value annually. • Lead select cross-functional group of PC’s, engineers, and technicians in implementation.• Create specific training modules, training quick bits, etc• Extensive customer-facing and internal communications, presentations, status reports, etc.• Extensive work on process improvement and flow with multiple groups• Collaboration with leadership on strategic planning, risk assessment, potential opportunities• Collaborate with stakeholders on resource allocation, progress reporting.

Little Rock, Ar, Us

• Engineer II on all ILEC FTTT orders. • Implementing new processes to increase installation cycles, decrease costs with rework, etc. Overall improvements have increased productivity by 9%.• Executive reporting (VP Level) – KPI Metrics using Tableau.

• Managing estimating and bidding of telecommunications OSP projects, Wi-Max installs, AWS, PCS upgrades and tower maintenance.• Project managed each contract, scheduled crews, purchased materials, managed sub-contractors, reported to customers, executive management, completed all close out documentation. performed financial analysis, tracking profitability and completion ratios.

• Managing multiple $1M+ in telecom civil construction projects, closing projects on schedule and under budget. • Utilizing schedule driven PMO practices and knowledge in each project. • Manage tech crews and vendors on project implementation.

• Managed project managers and tech crews in the implementation of VoIP network integrations in foreign markets. Responsible for meeting deadlines and staying within budget. Average project revenue of $7M.• Interfaced directly with parish, state, and national governments in gaining approvals for site development. Primarily in Mumbai, India and Montego Bay, Jamaica. Extensive knowledge in federal and international telecommunications laws.• Negotiated and wrote interconnection agreements with Cable & Wireless and Digicell in Jamaica and MTNL in the Mumbai area.• Wrote and acquired Certificate of Necessity and Convenience with State of Iowa Utilities Board and completed all documentation setting up Gazelle Village as a registered CLEC. Completed all 499Q filings with USAC.