Mary Eileen Mclaughlin Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Evanston, Il

•Overall responsibility for technology, finance, and staff deliverables for all facets of cellular and public safety radio communications and backbone network diversity (fiber);•Direct strategy and deployment, finance, funding and contracts and all cellular and public safety networks in campus buildings outdoor environments;•Responsible for Motorola P25-grade private campus radio system with 1200 users including safety and security, facilities, research safety and others; completed recent re-banding to 800MHz and network transition;•Led Program Review (a/k/a internal audit with external oversight) of IT department operations;•Eliminated campuses' single point of failure for fiber backbone by acquisition and deployment of additional fiber routes.

East Coast

Taking to reality the idea of improving wireless communication services inside buildings for First Responders and the people they serve; responsible for all aspects of fledgling 2-year old organization.• Obtained financial support to keep organization going;• Revamped brand and image;• Developed strategic plan and structured new revenue model.

• Set the strategy, business model, and reference architecture for solving problem impacting safety and security in 20M square feet of building space.• Achieved budget and timing goals for infrastructure renovation in first major venue (U-M stadium) serving 114,000+ people new 1M SF Women and Children’s Hospital.• Lead vendor contract negotiation with OGC, hospital and academic representatives.

Non-profit corporation providing network services to government and other entities with over 300,000 end users and $22B in resources. • Established fiber infrastructure across Michigan's peninsulas that allowed the Michigan peninsulas to shake off their isolation, including fiber agreements for the Mackinac bridge and Detroit-Windsor tunnel, microwave across Sault Ste. Marie, and cooperative agreements with Canadian networks; constructed fiber with the 56k square miles of Michigan and to meet points in Chicago via two diverse routes across the State and through Wisconsin;Maintained morale, productivity and commitment to our mission among staff and our Board through tumultuous organizational changes (4 presidents in 6 yrs), functioning as CEO.• Broke shackle of dated legacy org structure, services, infrastructure and financial operations; achieved cash infusion of ~$5M through Industrial Revenue Bonds.o Restructured budgeting process, financial reporting and finance tools to better understand and manage the business, after identifying $2M deficit on $25M in revenues;• P&L responsibility for $25M organization.• Increased net income from -10% to +30% of target in two years by focusing on technology infrastructure changes, staff re-deployment and services to meet customers evolving needs.• Established the consulting operation and personally won contracts worth $850k first year.• Chosen in a national election for a seat on the national network’s External Relations Advisory Council to Board.

Chicago, Il

Chicago, Il

Established the Midwest region for Verio, a start-up company which grew by acquisition and novel business plan to be largest Internet transaction when purchased by Japan’s NTT Communications Company for $5.5B. • P&L responsibility during startup, initial IPO and with M&As.o Developed and implemented strategy and drove revenues in yr. 2 to triple that planned due to both acquisition and organic growth; consistently met plan on EBITDA measurements.• Established technical and engineering plan, organizational and financial structure in my region which became national model for all regions.• Active Member of, and advisor to Senior Leadership team for the national organization.

• The youngest Executive Director in a team of 8 covering the U.S.; drove the contract negotiations and technical transition of the NSFNet regions to their commercial instantiation. Brought the enterprise from a deficit position to a positive performing position in 24 mos.

• Excelled as Transmission Maintenance Engineer;• Conceived and directed national study on network performance;• As Technical Assistant to the Executive Vice President, authored his papers and presentations for national and international commitments, briefed him on developments, represented research projects outside the company and to the regions.