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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 targets- Defined and implemented a new Product Introduction and Life Cycle process across the new combined company post Coriant acquisition

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 TransformationProgram GM for leading customer programs encompassing program definition, development / QA, deployment, ongoing support, program financials and customer managementKey responsibilities: • 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.• Cost and revenue management and reporting• Overall ownership of ongoing customer support and the customer relationship

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 issues and successfully rebuilt the relationships with the customersKey responsibilities:• 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 • Management of customer relationships

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 responsibilities:• 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 Nortel Revenue & Earnings Targets, and Customer Performance TargetsKey responsibilities:• 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 leading LTE Product Strategy and Product Roadmap and succeeded in winning key trials with leading operators in North America, Europe, and Asia.Key responsibilities:• 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 verification, field deployment, and customer support.Key Highlights• 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