Ray Patrick Email & Phone Number

New Jersey, United States

As Assoc Director of Product Engineering, I am responsible for the architecture and deployment of wireless voice communication services for both consumer and business. Solutions include Push To Talk Plus, Verizon One Talk, and Verizon Mobile for Microsoft Teams, which provide voice, video, and messaging continuity, natively and over the top (OTT), in a multi-device environment of Verizon connected and Internet-connected products. The team engages in proof-of-concept work within our lab… Show more As Assoc Director of Product Engineering, I am responsible for the architecture and deployment of wireless voice communication services for both consumer and business. Solutions include Push To Talk Plus, Verizon One Talk, and Verizon Mobile for Microsoft Teams, which provide voice, video, and messaging continuity, natively and over the top (OTT), in a multi-device environment of Verizon connected and Internet-connected products. The team engages in proof-of-concept work within our lab environment, and provides 3rd tier network support for our products as needed. Show less

New Jersey, United States

Ray led the Network Systems Fault Management team responsible for developing and enhancing fault management and correlation applications that serve the Verizon Network Management Centers. Utilizing SaFE I acted in the Lean-Agile Leader role ensuring alignment across development teams in our ART and drove timely delivery of features and functionality. I was responsible for managing CapEx and OpEx budgets, coaching and developing our internal employees and aligning contractor resources to the… Show more Ray led the Network Systems Fault Management team responsible for developing and enhancing fault management and correlation applications that serve the Verizon Network Management Centers. Utilizing SaFE I acted in the Lean-Agile Leader role ensuring alignment across development teams in our ART and drove timely delivery of features and functionality. I was responsible for managing CapEx and OpEx budgets, coaching and developing our internal employees and aligning contractor resources to the best effect for our programming increments. Show less

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Responsible for leading a team of project managers in end-to-end implementation of network initiatives. Initiatives included the introduction of new wireless radio access platforms, features, capabilities, and service deployments. Programs ranged from critical FCC-mandated projects and public safety to large business product feature enhancement and network element virtualization. Collaboration between multiple departments and both internal and external organizations was required to deliver… Show more Responsible for leading a team of project managers in end-to-end implementation of network initiatives. Initiatives included the introduction of new wireless radio access platforms, features, capabilities, and service deployments. Programs ranged from critical FCC-mandated projects and public safety to large business product feature enhancement and network element virtualization. Collaboration between multiple departments and both internal and external organizations was required to deliver projects on time, driving revenue and technology enablement. Responsible for communicating project status and risks to executive management. Show less

Branchburg Township, New Jersey, United States

Managed network engineering and operations teams in support of Verizon's IMS & Voice-over-LTE networks serving all of Verizon customers nationwide. This included guiding the deployment of Verizon's first fully virtualized IMS/VoLTE core in support of launching the Visible mobile brand. During this time I reorganized our team to more rapidly deploy new geographically redundant locations while maintaining constant communication with Visible brand executive leadership and marketing teams. This… Show more Managed network engineering and operations teams in support of Verizon's IMS & Voice-over-LTE networks serving all of Verizon customers nationwide. This included guiding the deployment of Verizon's first fully virtualized IMS/VoLTE core in support of launching the Visible mobile brand. During this time I reorganized our team to more rapidly deploy new geographically redundant locations while maintaining constant communication with Visible brand executive leadership and marketing teams. This work required the ability to look for efficiency and drive for automation of tasks and monitoring processes to ensure 99.999% uptime on all network elements. Show less

New Jersey

Played a key role in the deployment of the Verizon Voice over LTE (VoLTE) network as an engineer working on IMS/VoLTE systems such as the Telephony Application Server (TAS), Media Resource Function Controller/Processor (MRFC/P) and the Web Gateway bridging IMS networks into the public internet. Utilized knowledge of Perl and PHP scripting to build monitoring and audit tools for our systems to ensure reliability and proper alerting. Collaborated closely with vendor resources to vet… Show more Played a key role in the deployment of the Verizon Voice over LTE (VoLTE) network as an engineer working on IMS/VoLTE systems such as the Telephony Application Server (TAS), Media Resource Function Controller/Processor (MRFC/P) and the Web Gateway bridging IMS networks into the public internet. Utilized knowledge of Perl and PHP scripting to build monitoring and audit tools for our systems to ensure reliability and proper alerting. Collaborated closely with vendor resources to vet configurations and call flows to ensure high-quality VoLTE voice services for our customers. Show less

Branchburg, Nj

Engineering capacity and demand for commercial data systems.

Branchburg, Nj

Bedminster, Nj

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology