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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Responsible for Supplier Management, Network and Supplier strategy, Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Performance for the Americas and EMEA regions

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Responsible for Supplier Management, Network and Supplier strategy and Strategic Sourcing for North and South AmericaRegional Supplier Management lead with focus on Vendor strategy, diversity and Performance Management and enable buy-sell relationships. I also manage the strategic infrastructure sourcing for leased subsea capacity, Telstra’s subsea cable systems backhaul and the ASN 4673 backbone in the Americas and LATAM expansion project.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Lead Telstra Americas's Health and Well-being planning and events with a US based committee. Responsible for overall budgeting, event planning and activities to run across the year in the Americas.

Monroe, Louisiana , Us

Responsible for Vendor Management, Vendor Performance and Third Party Colocation Supplier Management. I managed a team of awesome US and APAC based Carrier & Vendor managers responsible for the APAC network infrastructure for ASN 3356, our CDN product, DIA and Ethernet last miles services used to support our Global enterprise customer with their APAC network requirements. Managed RFPs for strategic assets like Subsea capacity, Backhaul solutions and in region metro Dark Fiber. I have set up the regions Vendor Performance structure, hired and manged in region Vendor Performance Management staff and successfully rolled out a MBR and QBR program with the top 10 vendors, resulting in quarter over quarter performance improvements through out the supplier base. My team managed the APAC Third Party Colo suppliers relations and created a core market growth and cost optimization strategy allowing the company to grow its footprint while optimizing the existing spend.

Singapore, Sg

Responsible for regional P&L, Business and Corporate development Identified Metcom Network Services as New York based M&A candidate to acquire its connectivity & colocation business, then managed successful integration in to Epsilon post acquisition.Build up New York based sales and support organization to support regional commercial operations leading to on target new sales and revenue in year 1 of Epsilon’s operations in the US. Implemented regional Channel Partners structure and successfully recruited LATAM and North America based partners who contributed to the regions revenue growth.

Singapore, Sg

Responsible for Vendor Management, Local Access quoting, Backbone Procurement, Supplier and Network Strategy, OPEX reductions, Third Party Colocation and process optimization and automation.Automated quoting process through CRM development and vendor API deployment resulting in 50%+ of global quoting automation. Budget responsible for Global Network services, reduced OPEX by 20% within 9 months.Reviewed global vendor panel and coverage, created vendor gap analysis, sourced vendors and led the onboarding of 30+ new local and regional suppliers.

Singapore, Sg

Responsible for Global Local Access Procurement, Strategic Vendor and Solution SourcingDeveloped and managed to roll out of local supplier access strategy for the Americas by selecting and onboarding North American and LATAM suppliers, creating in dept, diverse and complete market covering Local Access and Managed Services sourcing capabilities.Enabled stategic vendor and buy-sell relationships to maintain optimal pricing, performance & Service Level Agreements while enabling revenue growth.

San Jose, Ca, Us

(acquired by Syniverse) Responsible for Global Procurement team and OPEX and CAPEX budgetary responsibility with focus on deal and Vendor Management, Cost Containment, Procurement Process & internal controls.Standardized Procure to Pay process, expanded footprint into Europe by sourcing new vendors and new PoP deployment. Managed network optimization projects, substantially lowering costs by re-negotiating network capacity, colocation and managed services services.

Lexington, Ma, Us

Responsible for Global Network procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Customer Solutions Design, Network Strategy and NETEX budget owner. Reducded the companies NETEX by 60+ % in 3 years time generating double digit $M annual savings. OPEX budget accountability, owners of commercial, and operational relationships for all Network Services, Peering and Colocation suppliers globally. Expanded global reach by managing deployment of Ethernet and MPLS network in all major global markets (NYC, MIA, LAX, TYO, HKG,SIN, SYD, LDN, FRA, PAR, AMS) facilitating network optimization and product roll out initiatives. Sources and onboarded 25+ new Suppliers in LATAM, North America, EMEA and Asia enhancing the companies global connectivity capabilities.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Responsible for regional Carrier Relantions, Network Engineering Procurement and Project ManagementSupported sales team with sourcing & pricing of off-net data services. Project managed network optimization initiative focused on OPEX savings &implementation of +2500 E1 interconnection infrastructure with incumbents within a 1 year window.Collaborated with network engineering on Least Cost Routing & network expansion programs.Managed network support software roll out in collaboration with IT using SAP & telecom-specific applications.Led vendor selection, commerical and contract negotiations for European Number Portability solution for Verizon's voice network.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us