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Spring, TX, US

Houston, Texas, US

• Recruited and led a high-performance team of project managers and business analysts to deliver specialized mobile apps with payments and loyalty for customers.
• Employed traditional project management expertise, Agile methods, and improved processes to ensure exceptional value to customers and stakeholders.
• Led the direct management of critical customer projects involving multiple 3rd party vendor integrations, new feature development, overseeing workshops.
• Achieved successful delivery of strategic, high-value projects for key clients, including: - ExxonMobil - Esso and Mobil (Imperial Oil) - CITGO - Wawa

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Trusted resource for ExxonMobil’s Telecommunications, Engineering, and Construction Group providing engineering and project management consultative expertise for major capital projects directly and its global affiliates below: EXXONMOBIL, Houston, Texas Dec 2017 – Apr 2020 Telecommunications Engineering Consultant -Gulf Coast Growth Ventures -PP2 Growth.

US

• ExxonMobil IT Infrastructure Business Projects – Unified Telecommunications Engineering and Construction Group (thru TEKSystems, Inc.)
• Gulf Coast Growth Ventures: Engineering oversight support, factory acceptance testing, and inspections of telecom infrastructure systems for construction of a major multi-billion dollar plastics manufacturing facility.
• PP2 Growth Project: Engineering support for OSP fiber and Industrial Wi Fi infrastructure for the expansion of its polypropylene plant facility.
• Other Projects: Championed PTT over LTE Study & Pilot Test, Industrial RFID Evaluation for contractor tracking in plant facilities, Project Manager for network infrastructure upgrade to trucking fuel terminal.

US

• ExxonMobil IT Infrastructure Business Projects – Telecommunications Engineering and Construction Group (thru TEKSystems, Inc.)
• Marine Well Containment Project: Project Lead authoring telecom philosophy, specifications, project management, direction and QA of EPC contractors from pre-FEED thru design reviews, HAZOP’s, integration, and.
• Scarborough FLNG Project: Lead for Pre-Feed project development including design basis, specification development, desktop study for Subsea Fiber verses VSAT Communications for global connectivity.
• Kearl Oil Sands Data Radio Dispatch Project: Project manager, document stakeholder requirements, detailed specification and standards development, engineering design, vendor qualification, RFI thru RFP vendor.
• Other Projects: Plan, evaluate, and recommended subsea fiber systems/vendors for international projects, supporting design and construction activities for new capital projects in conjunction with major EPC.

• Atyrau Data Center Establishment Project: Selected to take over, lead, and manage a troubled EPC contract for the ground-up construction and delivery of ~30K sq. ft. Corporate Data Center in Kazakhstan.
• Realigned project to ensure scope completed within the $13M budget, restored schedule from critical path to satisfying Board of Directors priorities while achieving Uptime Institutes Tier 3 Certification for the.

Calgary, Alberta, CA

• Telecommunications Engineer Consultant to Imperial Oil - (as Accuwide Telecom Strategies, Ltd)
• Kearl Oil Sands Expansion Project: Chosen to provide engineering, project management, quality assurance, and direction of EPC contractors from FEED, detailed engineering, design reviews, factory acceptance testing.
• Solved critical issue of intersection control for safe, efficient heavy haul truck traffic priority, utilizing existing data radio assets, resulting in major capital and operational expense savings and safety.
• Syncrude Data Radio Replacement Project: Consulting engineer and management role overseeing software & hardware integration, testing, and system acceptance for major meshed data radio project.(Project systems include.

Webster, TX, US

• Cellular/Satellite Telecom Company Serving Energy and Maritime Industries(company successfully merged with Cellular One Jun 2010)
• Recruited as key executive of a 3 member taskforce reporting directly to the CEO, COO, and its venture capital partners to develop plans and recommend stratigies for the companies long-term Strategic Growth Initiative.
• Drafted business plans and made recommendations from resulting analysis, formulated sales projections, capital equipment requirement, and project deployment cost for evaluating available options for the Strategic.
• Researched Gulf of Mexico energy/maritime company profiles and competitive products for detailed market study.
• In-depth evaluation of UMTS/CDMA cellular, satellite/digital microwave backhaul options, project engineering, vendor selections, and deployment plans for overlaying the existing GSM cellular system in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Compiled business plans/applications for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

• Provided leadership and strategic direction with P&L responsibility for continued growth of Global VSAT services business segment.
• Grew Segment revenue from $91.9M to $109M and achieving 122% of Net revenue target with Telecom Sub-Segment revenues growing from $11.4M to $13.6M (YE 2007).
• Recognized by the Board of Directors of Schlumberger Limited for outstanding performance.
• Successfully negotiated long-term agreements for 95% of existing customers w/expiring or at-risk contracts.
• Spearheaded annual and long-term business plans to meet corporate goals and aligning with other segments.
• Reorganized technical support functions to increase customer satisfaction and retention.

Houston, Texas, US

• $200MM global provider of mission critical communications over satellite
• Created standards and processes for formal proposal submission to generate new business from large-scale infrastructure projects. Provided critical knowledge transfer to other team members for continuity.
• Led efforts to enter new market segment serving LNG Processing Facilities Projects ($10M-$30M)
• Proposal submission, cost estimating, technical compliance, engineering design, legal and contractual obligation support, for Front End Engineering Design (FEED) request and Request for Quotes from EPC Contractors.

• Telecom Consulting & Technology Construction - Houston, TX
• Consultative expertise and supporting business models to C2C Fiber, Inc.
• Authored feasibility study for Gulf of Mexico subsea fiber re-route for a client along pipeline right-of-ways.
• In-depth research, analysis, and presentation iterating capital budget and strategic direction in new fiber optic infrastructure growth markets to global telecom companies.
• Turnkey planning and management for telecom and private business commercial construction projects.
• Awarded construction of a 4k sq.ft. facility by restructuring the site design to satisfy stakeholder requirements.

• CLEC Carrier and Fiber Optic Long Haul Carrer, Houston, TX
• Fast-track promotion from operations to leading the entire construction team of switching facility infrastructure and fiber network support centers.
• Key executive of the Network Construction Group leading a team of project managers in the multi-state build-out of over $30M in telecom facilities for company’s national fiber optic network.
• Successful construction of 9 local exchange/LD switch centers and 10 POP facilities w/over 120Ksq.ft. commercial leased space, 40 fiber regen sites and network installation in over 100 LEC sites and application.
• Oversight and program management of capital budgets, real estate acquisition, building surveys, site design, contract negotiation, architect/engineering/general contractor selections, equipment procurement, and system.
• Created effective project management teams to meet company’s aggressive infrastructure build-out targets.

• International Long Distance Carrier Houston, TXConceptualized and managed the creation of companies infrastructure build, connecting US carriers to global fiber routes and foreign PTT’s while meeting the.
• Founding partner in telecom startup venture to build an International Long Distance Switching Center.
• Lead the design, engineering, acquisition, and build-out of an International Gateway Facility in NYC.
• Established traffic routes between major US carriers and international facilities in Germany and Iceland.
• Awarded consulting contract for the design and management of telecommunications systems for a global energy companies FPSO project in the Gulf of Thailand.

Telecom Service Company, Friendswood, TX* Awarded turn-key contract for telecom and satellite infrastructure to support U.S. military operations in Haiti.* First to be awarded long-term lease contracts for international satellite communications systems and services.. Satellite Sales Manager / Project Engineer formerly Spacelink Systems -Purchased Jul 93*.

Telecom Consulting and Services Company, Lafayette, LA* Awarded the designed and integration of critical emergency response systems for petrochemical companies.

Telecom Service Company, Houston, TX* Built a team of dedicated technical support staff that allowing the company to expand its telecommunications service offerings into the Houston market.* Chosen as a key member of the Alaska Oil Spill Response Team providing design, integration, installation, and operations support of emergency communications.

Natural Gas Pipeline Company, New Orleans, LA

Communications Service Provider to Oil & Gas, Lafayette, LA