Plan and direct all administrative and operational activities for the Wireless Network Architecture & Design organization. Act as a point of contact between senior executive management, employees and other stakeholders. Responsible for executing the vision and decisions of senior leadership.• Managed complex 5G wireless technology demo for CEO, his direct reports and Board of Directors.• Developed and executed a plan to convert 200+ contractors to employees in order to cultivate and retain strategic skills and talent, while reducing costs $9M per year.• Leading the implementation across 1,000+ employees of capability evolution and cultural transformation initiatives, focused on creating a broadly capable workforce operating in a social, mobile and collaborative environment.

Leading end to end realization of AT&T Labs transformative Project AirGig technology that could one day deliver low-cost, multi-gigabit wireless internet speeds over power lines.

Responsible for work intake, project governance & administration, compliance, facilities, shared lab infrastructure, purchase processing, asset management, IT services and financial management services. Unified and guided a diverse team of experts, including 12 direct reports.• Consolidated and streamlined business support functions, reducing costs 24%.• Coordinated improvements in the management of new technology development projects that cut working capital by 50%. • Developed and implemented a new compliance program to enhance security of 200 self-managed IT applications.• Instituted a new process to streamline management of requests for custom development of service features required to win and retain enterprise customers.Cultivated a team of financial professionals that provided full financial management services to a 3,000 person research and development organization with a $700M budget.• Managed the business planning process in conjunction with Corporate Finance and the business unit leaders, establishing strategic plans and securing funding. Developed monthly forecasts and adjusted plans as needed to ensure goals were achieved.• Created a compelling business plan, obtained approval and managed 25% growth in the organization.• Orchestrated a transition to all new financial and administrative systems and processes resulting from a corporate merger.• Organized and executed a lab consolidation initiative that yielded $6M of annual savings.• Met or exceeded budget goals every year.

Directed a team that provided end-to-end financial support to a cutting edge network technology development organization. Responsibilities included day-to-day financial operations, corporate planning, project accounting, chargebacks, reporting and analysis. • Appointed lead financial manager on the merger of 5 R&D organizations into AT&T Labs, transforming it from a $350M to $2.6 billion organization. • Created, implemented and managed new standardized planning and outlook processes across the new AT&T Labs.• Selected to manage a critical financial relationship with largest customer. Negotiated funding, managed chargebacks, analyzed and forecasted technology development costs.• Implemented a new Internal Use Software accounting guideline (SOP 98-1). Translated accounting policy into a framework the R&D community could easily apply to their work and use to properly track and capitalize costs in accordance with accounting policy.• Created new organizational and project reports to improve the management and communication of financial results, develop accurate and auditable transfer pricing, and ensure management accountability.

Worked with organizations across the company to analyze capital requirements, construct annual budgets and develop business cases to obtain corporate approval. Managed capital spending and reported results against plan. • Instituted a new capital planning process that established clear linkage to business plans and reduced the number of headcount required to support it by 67%. • Created an easy to use tool to facilitate the creation of business case financial statements by business partners.

Financial responsibility for a $100M business segment. Participated in the acquisition of a financial information company by developing the business case and performing due diligence reviews. Developed pricing for financial market information, data communications and computer maintenance. Worked with sales, account management and legal teams to establish competitive and profitable pricing strategies, and contractual terms and conditions. Analyzed deals to determine if financial goals were achieved. • Created new pricing, based on a forward-looking cost structure that secured a new contract and prevented our largest client from issuing a RFP.• Managed client transfers from an acquired company’s product to ADP’s product. Developed an aggressive pricing strategy that led to the shut down of the acquired product 6 months ahead of schedule.

Executed and managed the planning process in concert with business unit management teams. Managed a wide variety of internally and externally focused projects designed to evaluate and continuously improve corporate performance.• Devised and implemented a formalized incentive program linking annual bonuses to goals designed to focus managers on improving financial performance.• Targeted a poor performing business unit, formulated initiatives that improved financial performance 12% during the first year. Initiatives included eliminating unprofitable operations, reducing fixed costs and growing more profitable lines of business.• Developed and implemented a comprehensive computer based budget package used to plan the financial performance of 17 operating divisions, which improved accuracy and quality of forecasts and increased data available for analysis and reporting.• Conducted detailed research to find and structure new benefits, worker's compensation and auto insurance, and 401K program. Negotiated pricing, closed deals and implemented these policies, which reduced costs by 15% - 25%.

Led a team of staff accountants responsible for accounting, record keeping and reporting for a private placement investment portfolio.• Developed and mentored team by setting clear goals and objectives, instituting a cross training program and assisting in career planning. These efforts led to the promotion of 2 accountants to supervisor.• Responsible for accounting and reporting for $1 billion portfolio of leverage buy-out, venture capital and oil & gas limited partnership investments.• Analyzed financial statements to determine Prudential's share of operating results for these complex investments.