Rick Wagner

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VP Commercial Service Delivery and Assurance @ Frontier Communications
Texas, United States
Rick Wagner's Location
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States, United States
Rick Wagner's Contact Details
About Rick Wagner

Highly motivated professional with over 20 years of leadership and hands-on technical expertise; with a focus in Engineering and Operations of complex Telecommunication service provider networks and Managed IT Services. Strengths include a demonstrated ability to manage, motivate and develop teams of highly skilled engineers, technicians and support staff in a fast-paced dynamic environment. Proven record of being able to communicate with clients and associates on all levels to design and present solutions, solve problems, manage changes and accomplish goals on time and within budget. Specialties: Technical Leadership and Team development.Network Engineering, Architecture, Operations and Troubleshooting

Rick Wagner's Current Company Details
Frontier Communications

Frontier Communications

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VP Commercial Service Delivery and Assurance
Texas, United States
Website:
frontier.com
Employees:
12694
Rick Wagner Work Experience Details
  • Frontier Communications
    Vp Commercial Service Delivery And Assurance
    Frontier Communications
    Texas, United States
  • Frontier Communications
    Vp Commercial Service Delivery & Assurance
    Frontier Communications May 2023 - Present
    Dallas, Texas, Us
  • Frontier Communications
    Vp Managed Services Delivery
    Frontier Communications Nov 2019 - May 2023
    Dallas, Texas, Us
  • Access One, Inc.
    Vice President Customer Operations & Engineering
    Access One, Inc. Dec 2012 - Oct 2019
    Chicago, Il, Us
    Leadership of Operational and Engineering functions from contract to installation, care and repair, including capital planning and technical product development. Notable achievements involve product development and launch of a Broadsoft HPBX resale solution growing to over 2500 seats in first 24 months. Near record deployment of a Metaswitch platform in under 120 days from order to first call. Successfully deployed 1,500 seats in 90 days and over 10,000 in 36 months.- Executive leader for department of over 35% of company employees consisting of Engineers, Network Technicians, Customer Care Representatives, Service Provisioners and Project Managers.Champion and architect for the technical evolution of network design and product development.- Recipient of 2015 Bronze Stevie award for Business Development Executive of the Year.- Consistent annual increase in Net Promoter Score peaking at 76 in 2018.- Executed Legacy TDM switch migration.- Develop and conduct technical and product training classes for operations and sales departments.- Highest level escalation point and customer advocate for all customer and vendor related issues.- Developed extensive disaster recovery and business continuity plan for all network elements and services.- Architected and launched two SD-WAN solutions with Versa Networks and Adaptiv-Networks (formerly TeloIP).- Responsible for all capacity and capital planning for network evolution, including vendor and contract negotiations. - Technical representative for all telecom and Internet/WAN RFP/RFI responses.
  • Comcast
    Director Engineering Operations
    Comcast Mar 2010 - Dec 2012
    Philadelphia, Pa, Us
    Post acquisition of CIMCO, oversaw all aspects of Legacy CIMCO CLEC operations while customers were strategically migrated to Comcast Fiber and Coax Network. - Consistently exceeded departmental goals of mean time to repair in under 4 hours, customer satisfaction greater than 8 out of 10, service installation intervals under 30 days, and ACD statistics under 30 seconds to answer.- Manage a multi-group department that consists of Project Management, Circuit and Service Provisioning, Installation, Call Center/Customer Care, Repair and Surveillance/NOC.- Escalation point for all data network related issues pertaining to the CLEC IP infrastructure. - Fourth-level escalation point for all customer issues within the CLEC business.- Successfully acquired SOC I type 1 audit (formerly SAS-70) for operational processes.- Familiar with the ordering, repair and escalation processes with multiple LECs.
  • Cimco Communications
    Director Of Technical Solutions
    Cimco Communications May 2009 - Mar 2010
    Oakbrook Terrace, Il, Us
    Acquired by ComcastService assurance accountability for department of over 20 individuals consisting of 3 managers and 17 technicians supporting a 24x7 surveillance and repair center (NOC). Service Delivery for IP based data services, and VoIP solutions.- Responsible for the installation and repair of all IP related services and networks including managed routers, switches and firewalls to deliver Internet, MPLS and VoIP solutions.- Represent operations on cross-functional product development teams.- Developed, revised and formalized processes to improve efficiencies in areas such as change management, trouble ticketing, and outage notification and response.
  • T3 Communications
    Director Engineering
    T3 Communications Sep 2007 - Mar 2009
    Fort Myers, Florida, Us
    Engineering and architecture responsibility for the voice, IP and transport networks for a regional facilities-based CLEC, offering traditional TDM and VoIP telephony. This position encompassed the growth of the business using Microwave/WiMax technologies to reduce dependencies on ILEC facilities and lower cost for last mile services.- Promoted structure and an analytical approach to problem resolution, with individuals and our networks.- Designed and constructed all facets of a co-location data center including: power, HVAC, floor plan, structured cabling, video and environment monitoring and security access and policies. - Deployed and managed a Cisco 15454/15310 optical backbone.- Involved in the development and deployment of a licensed and unlicensed WiMAX network to provide VoIP, and Internet access to the SMB market. - Accountable for CO engineering and operations from a CLEC perspective.- Responsible for the creation of IP Centrex/PBX, and SIP Trunking products with a MetaSwitch Soft-switch.
  • Cincinnati Bell
    Director Network & Systems Engineering
    Cincinnati Bell Jan 2002 - Sep 2007
    Overall Responsibility for Engineering, Implementation, Provisioning, and Support of Cincinnati Bell's Advanced Data, Broadband, and Internet Networks, and the Services Utilizing those networks.
  • Cincinnati Bell
    Sr. Manager Network Engineering
    Cincinnati Bell Oct 2000 - Jan 2002
  • Cincinnati Bell
    Sr. Network Engineer
    Cincinnati Bell Jul 1998 - Oct 2000
  • Cincinnati Bell
    Internet Network Administrator
    Cincinnati Bell Sep 1995 - Jul 1998

Rick Wagner Skills

Voip Data Center Mpls Ip Telecommunications Cisco Technologies Switches Network Engineering Firewalls Wan Network Design Wireless Ethernet Telephony Routers Networking Leadership Sip Troubleshooting T1 Voice Over Ip Computer Network Operations Managed Services Internet Protocol Architecture Network Security Wireless Networking Multiprotocol Label Switching Wireless Technologies Cross Functional Team Leadership Cisco Systems Products Co Location Fiber Optics Network Architecture Metro Ethernet System Deployment Optical Fiber Unified Communications

Rick Wagner Education Details

  • University Of Cincinnati
    University Of Cincinnati
    Engineering

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Rick Wagner's current role is VP Commercial Service Delivery and Assurance.

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Rick Wagner attended University Of Cincinnati.

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Rick Wagner's colleagues are Sterling Cargill, Marlon Dixon, Steven Zamore, Karen Leenhouts, Christian Rivera, Allison Konigus, Angella Ainsworth.

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