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Columbus, Oh, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Customer Project Manager for USP Platform Change Management at AT&T

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

★ Recognized for expertise in technical program management, overseeing and supporting customized cloud solutions and services provided to telecom client for the lightweight machine-to-machine protocol and SCEF specifications. Led daily standups, SCRUM sessions, and retrospectives to enhance device management and optimize provisioning. ★ Directed a team of onshore and offshore developers in Texas, Mexico, and India in building software leveraged in an IoT environment for LWM2M devices, leading people, processes, and product releases to ensure on-time delivery. Approved change requests, escalated problems, and engaged with client to address issues.➤ Managed execution of a $46M program budget, successfully delivering 3 major releases against tight timelines.➤ Mitigated risks to delays, turning around past record of missed deliveries through sound project management.➤ Oversaw releases enabling the addition of thousands of new users for client and meeting all device requirements.

La Jolla, California, Us

★ Recruited to add a new level of sophistication to the project management group with the ability to work with highly complex engagements, as well as very large and diverse clients. Interfaced with Fortune 500 executives, tailoring internal processes to meet customers’ expectations, and remaining flexible to changes and evolving requirements. ★ ❝Scott has led projects and conducted process evolution in highly technical areas with many diverse stakeholder needs…energetic, thorough, and acts like an owner…you can rely on him to deliver on budget and on schedule…❞Planned and executed full lifecycle cybersecurity projects from initial concept through monitoring, control, and closure. Ensured the achievement of deliverables through completion of daily customer support tasks including health checks, reporting, and expectation management. Collaborated with key internal stakeholders to establish onboarding timelines, chart milestones, mitigate risks, and proactively identify opportunities to improve performance, team efficiency, and project results.➤ Delivered a market-leading portfolio of modular detection and response capabilities to protect critical data and assets. (Next-Generation Antivirus; Endpoint, Network, Inbox, & Insider Detection & Response; Managed Firewall & SIEM; Vulnerability Management as a Service; Zero Trust Architecture; SaaS Security; Incident Response; and more.)➤ Directed numerous end-to-end, startup to execution, highly complex cybersecurity projects for partner clients.➤ Hosted cybersecurity educational sessions for partners and members, sharing learnings, findings, and best practices.➤ Leveraged product, program, and project expertise during the new business research and prospect analysis process.➤ Played a lead role in developing new business Cyber proposals and identifying emerging opportunities viable for pursuit.➤ Developed, distributed, tracked, and documented data surrounding KPIs of major cybersecurity projects and programs.

Monroe, Louisiana , Us

★ Captured multimillion-dollar cost savings and avoidance through strategic vendor contract negotiations and relationship management, representing and advocating for the needs of the enterprise—and its programs, projects, and processes—and achieving significant advancements in infrastructure readiness, scalability, and support. ★ Improved team effectiveness, value-added contributions, and cross-functional collaboration by leveraging expertise in telecommunications technology to drive optimal purchasing and pricing. Managed 12 vendor relationships with contracts ranging from $500K to $20M+, partnering with Procurement to negotiate cost-saving and highly competitive contracts. Presented consolidated commercial and technical Network position to vendors to secure best-fit solutions.➤ Mitigated $6M in capital equipment and $400K in maintenance spend through new 3-year Tekelec equipment contract.➤ Cut $1.5M in costs per site by negotiating Alcatel Lucent contract and rental agreement to replace national systems.➤ Consolidated key vendors by leading teams in achieving consensus and migrating to new providers and platforms.➤ Negotiated 20%-50%+ savings while representing Network group in Computer Associates licensing restructure.➤ Maintained flat maintenance costs with select vendors and captured 20%-30% savings on software purchases.➤ Saved $500K through tactical price and delivery negotiations related to monitoring of the NG911 Service.➤ Directed commercial aspects of RFx, Proof of Concept, First Office Application, and Lab Evaluation.

Monroe, Louisiana , Us

★ Built a synergistic organization, aligning local and national initiatives to reduce capital and project spend $15M on an $89M budget. Analyzed and identified cost avoidance and cost-savings opportunities, leveraging data to drive decision-making, renegotiating vendor contracts, and spearheading platform migrations, concurrently augmenting service levels. ★ ❝…blends his decades of experience and intellect with an engaging and approachable personality that is contagious…brings unique approaches and solutions to the table to help solve complex problems…❞Promoted to fuel enterprise initiatives based on domain expertise, outstanding performance, and success in leading multimillion-dollar global programs and projects. Led a team of 8 direct reports, managed $15M local and $17M national budgets, and drove the achievement of program and project deliverables.➤ Protected $20M+ in revenue by migrating 2M users in 5 states to next-generation voicemail message delivery platform.➤ Initiated contract negotiations resulting in $4.3M in cost avoidance while increasing enterprise service and support.➤ Captured up to $2M in annual cost savings through restructuring of telecommunications services and utilization.➤ Fueled innovation and led team to design additional AIN features capturing $1.3M in recurring annual revenue.➤ Developed a $10M cost-saving workaround to continue operation of national Service Control Points (SCPs).➤ Transitioned to new scalable LPN platform 60 days ahead of a forecasted 15M-record capacity exhaust.

Monroe, Louisiana , Us

★ Produced significant technology and systems advancements, establishing the infrastructures vital to supporting future growth, leading internal and external resources with a disciplined and consensus-oriented approach, challenging the status quo, and coaching and developing team members to best align talent with professional strengths and interests. ★ ❝…detail oriented, very quick to respond, helpful, and efficient…I was always very comfortable to rely on his experience and knowledge of network technologies during vendor discussions…that insight was invaluable…❞Championed end-to-end technology design, rollout, and management of innovative products and programs, transforming launch timelines, expediting key initiatives, and mitigating risks to successful product, project, and program delivery. Led a team of 30 in-house and contracted resources, assisted in allocating a $50M budget, and made strategic decisions on equipment vendors, technical specifications, and product viability.➤ Led global team of 300+ technicians and 10 vendors in executing IP technology test plans with an 80% passing rate.➤ Delivered VoIP production platform from lab to prototype 3 days ahead of an already-aggressive 3-week schedule.➤ Expedited VoIP lab system from prototype to launch in 6 months, navigating challenges while still hitting deadline.➤ Grew VoIP from 0 to 20K+ seats in 2,300 rate centers through aggressive development and launch strategy.

Monroe, Louisiana , Us

★ Provided targeted leadership to 16 technical resources, infusing project turnaround efforts with the best practices critical to the on-time lifecycle development of systems and products, launching VNS in just 30 days. ★

Monroe, Louisiana , Us

★ Led 8 cross-functional resources in launching into AIN market, reducing time to provision new services 80%—serving as a new platform for $20M in project and product delivery—and increasing project reporting efficiency 30%. ★

Monroe, Louisiana , Us

★ Engaged as an SME for systems lifecycle development, collaborating with internal stakeholders and external vendors to drive program to completion, launching within 60 days following prior team’s 5 missed deadlines and 12-month delay. ★