➤ Manage mission-critical, high-value projects and programs—high volume/short duration and low volume/long duration—with projects involving small expert teams with external revenue impact, to large teams driving internal excellence.➤ Champion project implementations, manage programs and vendors, and ensure teamwide application of program and project management best practices and methodologies, steering project portfolios approaching $180M in impact.➤ Develop authentic relationships across all stakeholders, earning a reputation as a “people person” with “contagious enthusiasm” and the ability to inspire and foster collaboration while cultivating large-customer C-suite relationships and influence.★ ★ ★ Spending 20 years with Lumen (formerly CenturyLink and Qwest Communications), my roles and impact grew from foundational positions in Program, Group, and Engineering Management. As a director, I led end-to-end technology design, launch, and management, establishing the infrastructure key to positioning the organization for future-state objectives. During this time, I led a global team of 300+ technicians and 10 vendors in executing IP technology test plans with an 80% passing rate. Through leadership of in-house and contracted resources and optimization of a $50M budget, my team and I introduced and delivered multiple platform innovations.Continuing my leadership contributions at the enterprise level, I next captured a $15M capital and project cost reduction on an $89M budget. Through strategic contract negotiations, I was able to lead my eight direct reports in identifying and capturing multimillion-dollar cost savings, augmenting SLAs, and positioning the enterprise with the resources, platforms, and technologies critical as it grew and required increased agility and scalability. For my last 10 years with Lumen as a Vendor Technical Manager, I leveraged my contract negotiation acumen to deliver unprecedented savings and cost avoidance.As a Project Manager with GoSecure (formerly Covail) within their Cybersecurity space, I managed the most complex, increasingly diverse portfolio of projects. Applying my technical knowledge, I drove strategic business initiatives, end-to-end projects, best practices, and a market-leading portfolio of modular detection and response capabilities to protect critical data and assets. Highly regarded for my constant diligence and monitoring, respect for budgets and quality standards, and strengths in partnering with SMEs to Fortune 15 leaders, I served as a valuable asset during my tenure.