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Sunnyvale Ca

Responsible for Portfolio Planning and Business Management across the set of Infinera Product Lines and Products. Key accomplishments:- Generation of a combined and rationalized product roadmap based upon the Infinera acquisition of Coriant- Management of Product profitability including target setting per product and ongoing tracking / management to.

DFW

• CENX is a new-generation software company delivering Service Orchestration solutions that automate the entire lifecycle of advanced data services in NFV and software-defined networks and delivers products that drive IT.
• Building and managing a cross functional team of network engineers, solution architects, developers, deployment engineers, program managers that define, develop / test, and deploy Verizon programs
• Definition and implementation of new planning and product delivery processes needed to ensure customer expectations and CENX business requirements are achieved.
• Statement of Work generation encompassing project scope and cost / revenue baselines.
• Requirements specification via network engineer and solution architect engagement with the customer
• Program development, test, and delivery via an agile development process.

Plano, Texas

• Built a Program Management team that successfully delivered business critical projects to leading North American wireless carriers that ensure continued business with these customers. Addressed key product delivery.
• Overall planning & program management of all new products in the customer’s networks
• Facilitate alignment of project scope and schedule with Tekcomms and customers
• Project Management of Individual Projects from Project Definition through Customer Acceptance
• Establish customer scorecards to track performance and drive changes to address issues.
• Monthly Ops with Tekcomms executive team (President and Cabinet) to review status and key imperatives

Irving Texas

• Complete ownership of a Smartphone Product Line from Product Strategy & Definition through to End of Life (Product GM). Exceeded Smartphone Sell-in, Revenue ($3B), Earnings ($1.2B), and Quality targetsKey.
• Product Requirements Definition, Market Introduction and In-Life Ownership.
• Management of Smartphone development, testing, and deployment across the BlackBerry engineering teams and wireless carriers
• P&L / Business Case Generation
• Go to Market Plans including Marketing Plans, Market Introduction Strategy and Execution
• Ongoing In Market Management to ensure Sales, Cost, and Quality Targets are met

Richardson Texas

• Successfully addressed key issues with a key Nortel customer (one of the top North American Wireless Carriers) and rebuilt the relationship with the customer which was vital to continued business. Exceeded Internal.
• Led a 40-person team that provided project management, deployment, engineering, and technical support services to the customer.
• Meeting customer performance targets (quality, performance and schedule) and internal Nortel targets (revenue, cost, and earnings) for all network activities.
• Developed service offerings including service definition, pricing, costing, and contract development

Richardson Texas

• Program managed the development and delivery of New Products and SW releases for the Wireless business delivered $1B in earnings per year. Led an initiative that drove $60M R&D cost reduction.Developed an Industry.
• Program Management of the development and delivery of the New Products and SW releases to customers
• Product Strategy, Roadmap generation and Product Life Cycle Management
• 3rd party OEM Management and R&D Budget Management

Richardson Texas

• Defined and managed the delivery of the wireless data product roadmap including release timing, feature requirements, & 3rd party relationship. Delivered >$200M in Revenue per year.Key Highlights
• Program management of the development / delivery of New Products & SW Releases to leading North American wireless carriers
• Resolved large number of existing customer issues and re-established customer confidence
• Established product planning process for the wireless data product with OEM partner

Richardson Texas

• Managed all aspects of the project team (product definition to customer deployment) including requirements definition, competitive market analysis, pricing, product hardware and software development, product.
• Successfully led a team of more than 200 engineers in multiple locations that developed and deployed a best in class packet data platform in CDMA operators’ networks
• Flawless deployment into leading wireless operators’ networks with revenues of greater than $200M.

Calgary Alberta And Richardson Texas

• Project Managed the introduction of new wireless products into the manufacturing and customer delivery
• Product Management of wireless infrastructure products including RF Cellsites and the Core Network
• Developed Network and RF Engineering designs for wireless networks around the world