Senior Ran EngineerWorking on Technology Team for National Disaster Recovery 25+ years experience in the wireless industry.✢Worked on Project to provide BGAN portable satellite devices to 83 FirstNet Satellite Colts.✢Created training document for use of the BGAN and trained emergency responders.✢Worked on Call rotation with other team members to provide technical guidance and turn up support for portable Assets.✢Identified VSWR issues with RF Cabling and determined path forward for resolution.✢Worked with Incident Command as Technology lead during several disasters including Hurricane IDA and IAN.✢FirstNet Responder trained to drive and deploy Satellite Colt trucks for Emergency Response and Homeland Security incidents.✢Develops strong inter-organization relationships between Asset Management, Field Responders, and Incident Command.Vendor Manager with 25 +years networking and telecom experience:✢ Negotiate beneficial contract terms with third-party support suppliers resulting in $15M+ average annual savings.✢ Manage and issue Purchase Orders valued at $90M+/year in support of negotiated Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Liquidated Damage (LD) credits, and contracted reduced maintenance support pricing.✢ Design maintenance support and network performance scorecards to track supplier performance metrics (TL9000 & GR-209). ✢ Create and manage recurring quality assurance/performance scorecard reports and review processes to identify, remediate, and prevent systemic network issues.✢ Collaborate with Engineering and Operations to employ multiple network support strategies resulting in year-over-year savings of 20%.✢ Initiate and lead projects to refine cost saving strategies. ✢ Volunteer as FirstNet Responder trained to drive and deploy Satellite Colt trucks for Emergency Response and Homeland Security incidents.✢ Develop and maintain strong inter-organization relationships between Advanced Technical Support, Operations, IT, Security, Planning, and Global Supply Chain.