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Greer, Sc, Us

Greer, Sc, Us

Greenville, Sc, Us

Wilmington, North Carolina, Us

• Build luxury custom homes to exacting specifications.• Meet prospects to identify needs; manage client expectations and satisfaction.• Prepare custom pricing proposals including project design specifications.• Coordinate and direct construction activities to achieve project objectives.• Prepare and file environmental, building, and zoning permits.• Liaise with jurisdictional inspectors and building code officials.• Develop and manage project schedules, estimates, forecasts, and budgets.• Review design, engineering, and construction documentation to ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, requirements, and regulations.• Review subcontractor work product to ensure quality and conformance to specifications and budgets.• Implement and maintain company's IT systems and solutions.

Colchester, Vermont, Us

+ Consulted to Fortune 500 telecoms and retailers.+ Provided expert level business consulting to facilitate optimization of operational processes.+ Interviewed business SMEs to gather and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements.+ Collaborated with software engineers to create technical design documents.+ Interfaced with software testers to validate UAT plans and scripts.+ Developed plans to inventory, transition, and verify connectivity from legacy to present-day network services.

Ringgold, Ga, Us

Managed IT, Finance/Accounting, Sales, and Regulatory departments. Aligned departmental work plans with strategic corporate initiatives. Consulted on enterprise clients' telecom requirements. Planned and managed transition to corporate IP communications system and new CRM/ERP/BSS software solution. Project management (PMI), strategic planning, business plan & marketing strategy development.+ Developed strategic technology projects specifying objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing. Examples include corporate LAN redesign, IP contact/call center, ISP implementation, IPTV network deployment, Fiber To The Home, Metro Ethernet deployment, new OSS/billing and financial reporting software.+ Monitored and reported project milestones and deliverables to project stakeholders. + Staffed and managed departmental personnel; collaborated to identify and resolve problems, deliver value to stakeholders.+ Championed development of project requirements (system performance requirements, business/functional/non-functional requirements), data validation, system testing, and process auditing to maximize project value.+ Utilized financial analysis, including cost-benefit, discounted cash flow, internal rate of return, and return on investment, to justify and prioritize technology projects against available capital constraints.+ Liaised with local business and government officials to identify new service improvements and business development opportunities.+ Managed corporate IT, Regulatory, Finance/Accounting, and Professional Services departments.

+ Developed, sold and built new residential construction and remodel projects.+ Managed customer satisfaction, timely completion, and budget compliance.+ Developed and managed project plans, budgets, permits, sub-contractors, scheduling, andrisk management.

Strategic planning, marketing & sales strategy development and training. Continuous improvement & technical consulting to the telecommunications & healthcare industries, and municipal governments.+ Directed strategic planning, marketing, and sales strategy development and training to telecom network carriers.+ Developed business plans and helped secure financing for multiple CLEC deployments, major network upgrades, and strategic service deployments.+ Created and implemented marketing plans to significantly increase carrier network service penetrations and revenues.+ Utilized primary and secondary market research to support customer experience, business development, and marketing programs developed to support strategic business initiatives.

Organized, staffed and trained a sales & marketing department. Significantly boosted subscriber revenues and service penetrations. Established ISP and packet WAN services. Implemented commercial account management, retention, and win-back program.

Little Rock, Ar, Us

Product Management, capital budgeting, P&L responsibility for product line & sales support to 30 field sales reps across 8 state southern region. Consulted to enterprise accounts, including Fortune 100.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Project Management

Bs, Business Marketing

Electrical Engineering