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Basehor, Ks, Us

Bonner Springs, Kansas, Us

Directing the operations of the Fleet Management Department in repairing, maintaining, and operating motor vehicles, and heavy or related equipment or tools.

Buford, Georgia, Us

- Lead the transition from Actavo Engineering Services to Atlantic Engineering Group. - Responsible for the upstart and operations for new engineering office in the Kansas City area. - Tasked with the overall transition and continued production of 4 Google projects from Actavo Engineering Services to Atlantic Engineering Group.- Provide goals, direction, training, and oversite to project managers spanning projects in several states and nationally for the Google Fiber projects, including the P&L of each. - Provided leadership, organization, team building, and training for up 26 in-house employees and 2 subcontractors.- Project managed the design for a rural Micro trench project for 41k homes in Maryland.

Dublin, Dublin, Ie

- Responsible for the delivery and overall success of each assigned program for designing and engineering telecom networks. - Provide goals, direction, and oversite to multiple project managers spanning projects in several states for Verizon One projects, as well as, Municipal and RUS Projects. Including the P&L of each. - Provide resolution to complex problems including WIP conversion, milestone challenges, and negotiation of new terms and rates to properly align with efforts.- Provided expansion of services, technology, and equipment via tools and software such as ArcGIS Collector, IKE4 and IKE Office. - Provided leadership, organization, team building, and training for up to 41 in-house employees and 2 subcontractors.- Responsible for the shutdown and closeout of US based operations.

Dublin, Dublin, Ie

- Provide construction project management oversight to the Field Engineering and Make Ready Engineering (MRE) departments. - Develop training and processes for IKE4 integration into Pole Survey processes. - Provide oversight of constructability ride outs for High Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD). - Utilize subject matter expertise and lessons learned from previous projects on construction design to identify project shortfalls. - Mitigate risk and increase cost savings realization for organization and client needs.

Canton, Ga, Us

As Business Development I explore new opportunities for ICON. As such, my role is to educate and assist Telecom and Power Companies using the latest technologies in gathering data for Make Ready, Pole Loading Analysis, Permitting, Quality Control, and more.

Canton, Ga, Us

- Managed the quality control, quality assurance, and safety programs of the Google Fiber project in Kansas City.- Provided quality oversight along with training for underground and aerial contractors during the mainline, drops, and MDU construction phases of the overbuild project. - Provided leadership, organization, team building, and training for up to 140 in-house employees working on the project. - Managed risks, communicated with the Google Fiber representatives regarding risks and daily operations, delegated tasks, problem solved issues in real time, and created training programs to reduce risks in the future.

- Created, designed and developed a website for connecting the utility industry.- Created add-on solutions for existing vendor management software systems and pre-qualified vendors for general contracting and engineering companies. - Provided consulting services to OSP contractors seeking help for organizational management, quality control, job costing and estimating. - Content creation and management.- Design and creation of advertisements, logos and marketing materials.- Sales, marketing and advertising of website and services including the use of multiple social media platforms.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

My company (Utility Contractors Xchange LLC) was chosen as one of ten companies to participate in the 2013 BetaBlox "Seed Accelerator Program". I was voted best presenter for the investor presentation upon the conclusion of the program. BetaBlox is a seed accelerator/business incubator designed to help start-up companies achieve a higher likelihood of success at a faster speed. They accomplish this by providing a bevy of products and services designed not only to help a company grow, but also to prevent it from having to spend unnecessary cash. Every six months, 10 companies are selected from hundreds of applications to participate in the program which provides complimentary turnkey office space, access to investors, mentors, consultation, and more.

- Expanded the corporate division in Kansas and started new divisions in Oklahoma and Maryland.- Expanded the company’s overall capabilities to include turnkey operations of outside plant placement. - Assisted in establishing the safety/loss prevention program, quality assurance, and employee training programs.- Managed contracts with Time Warner, AT&T, Verizon, Embarq and multiple municipalities and prime contractors.- Provided management, oversight, and training for up to 96 in-house employees and 8 subcontractors.- Additional Responsibilities included attending pre-design, pre-construction, and weekly progress meetings; to assist customers with plant placement, coordination of project layout with all pertinent parties involved in product placement, enforcing quality control, invoicing of completed projects, and conducting property and utility damage investigations.

- Managed the scheduling and operations of up to 8 in-house crews and 6 subcontract crews for contracts with Digital Access, Everest Communications, and several municipalities and prime contractors.- Additional Responsibilities included attending pre-construction meetings, estimating new projects, coordination of project layout with all pertinent parties involved in product placement including locates and permitting, weekly progression meetings with customers, overseeing day to day field operations, employee hiring and reviews, invoicing of completed projects, utility damage investigations, and a variety of safety and technical training of employees.

As the sole owner of LT's Drill Co I was tasked with the day to day operations of the company including securing contracts, customer relations, scheduling of work and crew members, finances, billing, quality control, training, safety, and maintenance of trucks and equipment. I sold the company to an allied competitor after only 11 months of operations for a profit.

Education record

High School Diploma, General Studies