Telecommunications Sales Engineer To 2007 / Telecommunications Sales Support Manager To 2012
Houston, Texas Area
Supervised group of eight pre-sales engineers across five states. Held responsibility for getting new data department up and running while serving as data engineer. Oversaw complete data sales cycle from customer qualification to engineering, proposal, equipment configuration, installation, and service of all customer LAN, WAN, data infrastructure, VoIP, and Internet needs. Met data training needs of operations, sales, and engineering. Renewed Cisco-certified network associate and design associate certifications.• Oversaw and participated in the preparation, response, and delivery of multimillion-dollar request for proposals for telecommunications and data networks in the Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri region.• Gathered all costs, verified network elements, and built business case to ensure profitability of proposed network solutions.• As the presales engineer I was responsible for all projects for up to 9 sales reps. As the presales engineering manager I was responsible for leading larger multi site and high dollar projects for up to 8 sales engineers and up to 25 sales reps.• Products sold include but not limited to: MPLS networks, PTP TDM, Fiber, and Ethernet circuits. Internet access and remote network access. CPE products including Ethernet switches from Cisco, Adtran, HP, and Nortel. Routers from Cisco, HP, Adtran, and Nortel. Firewall and IPS products from Cisco and Fortinet. Integrated Access products from Cisco and Adtran. Phone system PBX and VoIP products from Nortel, Avaya, Mitel, and Siemens. Wireless AP/Managed Wireless products from Cisco and Nortel.
